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File Nos. 333-123290 and 811-21726
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C.  20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
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Post-Effective Amendment No.  17
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
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360 FUNDS
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter
 
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 601
New York, NY 10170
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  901.680.5266
 
Christopher Anci
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 601
New York, NY 10170
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
With copy to:  Jeffrey T. Skinner, Esq.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
1001 West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
 

 
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SNOW CAPITAL
 
Snow Capital Focused Value Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SFOAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SFOIX)
 
Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SHEAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SHEIX)
 
Snow Capital Market Plus Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SPLAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SPLIX)
 
Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SIAAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SIAIX)
 
Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SDPAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SDPIX)
 
Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SNMAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SNMIX)
 
each a series of the
360 Funds
 
PROSPECTUS
March 28, 2013

This Prospectus relates to two classes of shares (Class A shares and Class I Shares), currently offered by the Snow Capital (i) Focused Value Fund, (ii) Hedged Equity Fund, (iii) Market Plus Fund, (iv) Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund, (v) Dividend Plus Fund, and (vi) Mid Cap Value Fund; for questions or for Shareholder Services, please call (877) 244-6235.
 
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 
 

 
 
Table of Contents
 
Page
 
SUMMARY OF THE SNOW CAPITAL FOCUSED VALUE FUND
1
SUMMARY OF THE SNOW CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY FUND
5
SUMMARY OF THE SNOW CAPITAL MARKET PLUS FUND
10
SUMMARY OF THE SNOW CAPITAL INFLATION ADVANTAGED EQUITIES FUND
14
SUMMARY OF THE SNOW CAPITAL DIVIDEND PLUS FUND
18
SUMMARY OF THE SNOW CAPITAL MID CAP VALUE FUND
22
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, RISKS AND PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
26
The Snow Capital Focused Value Fund
26
The Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund
26
The Snow Capital Market Plus Fund
27
The Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund
28
The Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund
29
The Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund
29
Temporary Defensive Positions
30
Non-Diversified Fund
30
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN A FUND
32
MANAGEMENT
37
ADMINISTRATION
39
INVESTING IN A FUND
40
 PURCHASING SHARES
42
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS
47
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
49
Distributions
49
Federal Taxes
49
Financial Highlights
49
 
 
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Summary of the Snow Capital Focused Value Fund
 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the Focused Value Fund (the “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section captioned “Purchasing Shares” on page 41 of the Fund’s prospectus and the section captioned “Purchases” beginning on page 30 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
5.25%
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of purchases of $1,000,000 or more that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase)
0.50%
None
Redemption Fees (as a % of amount redeemed; a redemption fee will be assessed on shares of the Fund that are held for 30 days or less)
0.50%
0.50%
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Management Fees
.90%
.90%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses1 
 14.13%
14.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
15.28%
15.03%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement2 
-13.88%
-13.88%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement
1.40%
1.15%

1
Because the Fund is new, these expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.

2
Snow Capital Management L.P. (the “Adviser”) has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits the Fund’s annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired funds fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, dividend and interest expenses related to short investments, and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 1.15% through at least April 30, 2014. Subject to approval by the Fund’s Board, any waiver under the Expense Limitation Agreement is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the year in which such waiver occurred, if the Fund is able to make the payment without exceeding the 1.15% expense limitation.   The current contractual agreement cannot be terminated prior to at least one year after the effective date without the Board of Trustees’ approval.

 
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Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
This expense example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The expense example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the contractual agreement to limit expenses remains in effect only until April 30, 2014.  The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) is not included in these calculations for Class A Shares.  If the CDSC were included, your costs would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,359
Class I Shares
$117
$2,934
 
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,359
Class I Shares
$117
$2,934

Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund.  The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest primarily in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities, or other similar investments. Under normal market conditions the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations greater than $1 billion.

In addition to equity securities, the Fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in U.S. Government or U.S. agency obligations of varying maturities and durations.  The Fund may have up to 25% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.

The Fund’s portfolio typically consists of 15 to 25 companies that are weighted according to the Adviser’s projected return expectations The Adviser selects stocks for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to experience a rebound in earnings due to an event or series of events that creates a price to earnings expansion resulting in higher stock price valuations.
 
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the principal amount invested.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective.  Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional risks:
 
·
Market riskMarket risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.
 
·
Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, or economic developments.
 
·
Emerging market risk - The risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets, which may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of securities.
 
 
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·
Credit risk – An issuer of debt securities may not make timely payments of principal and interest.
 
·
Debt securities risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the value of debt securities held by the Fund.  Investments in debt securities include credit risk.  There is also the risk that a bond issuer may “call,” or repay its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates.  Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.  Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.
 
·
Junk bonds risk – Investments in junk bonds involve a greater risk of default, are considered speculative, and are subject to a substantially higher degree of credit risk or price fluctuations than other types of debt securities.
 
·
Management style risk – The Fund intends to invest in value-oriented stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), and the Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than that of similar funds with other focuses or that have a broader investment style.
 
·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.
 
·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk – The Fund may invest in mid-cap companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.
 
·
Small company risk – The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which generally have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.
 
·
Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream. Accordingly, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
·
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile and thus perform differently than the market as a whole.
 
·
Shares of other investment companies and ETFs risk – You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.  Investments in ETFs bear the risk that the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a discount to their net asset value or that an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
 
·
Non-diversified fund risk – A non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
·
Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of risks, including greater price volatility, fewer regulatory and accounting controls, higher brokerage costs and adverse tax consequences.
 
 
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·
Foreign currency risk – The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency will decline in dollar terms if that currency weakens against the dollar. Additionally, certain countries may utilize formal or informal currency-exchange controls or “capital controls.” Such controls may also affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.
 
·
U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations risk – There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) who issue or guarantee certain securities where it is not obligated to do so.
 
·
New Fund risk – The Fund was formed in 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the investment style of the Fund.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
Performance.  The Fund is new as of the date of this prospectus and therefore performance information is not available.
 
Management.  Snow Capital Management, L.P. serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).  The Fund is managed using a team approach and is managed by the entire investment team of the Adviser.  Anne Wickland, Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst and Principal of the Adviser, and Simon Rosenberg, Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst and Principal of the Adviser, have served as the principal overseers of the Fund since inception.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  The minimum initial investment in Class A shares of the Fund is generally $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for IRA accounts.  The minimum initial investment in Class I shares of the Fund is generally $1,000,000.  You can purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open directly by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235, where you may also obtain more information about purchasing or redeeming shares by mail, facsimile or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf.  Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact their broker-dealer directly.
 
Tax Information.  The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs may be taxed later upon a withdrawal of assets from those accounts.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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Summary of the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund
 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the Hedged Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital and protection of investment principal with lower volatility than the U.S. equity market.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section captioned “Purchasing Shares” on page 41 of the Fund’s prospectus and the section captioned “Purchases” beginning on page 30 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
5.25%
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of purchases of $1,000,000 or more that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase)
0.50%
None
Redemption Fees (as a % of amount redeemed; a redemption fee will be assessed on shares of the Fund that are held for 30 days or less)
0.50%
0.50%
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Management Fees
1.00%
1.00%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses1 
7.14%
7.14%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
8.39%
8.14%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement2 
-6.89%
-6.89%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement
1.50%
1.25%

1
Because the Fund is new, these expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.

2
Snow Capital Management L.P. (the “Adviser”) has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits the Fund’s annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired funds fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, dividend and interest expenses related to short investments, and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 1.25% through at least April 30, 2014. Subject to approval by the Fund’s Board, any waiver under the Expense Limitation Agreement is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the year in which such waiver occurred, if the Fund is able to make the payment without exceeding the 1.25% expense limitation.   The current contractual agreement cannot be terminated prior to at least one year after the effective date without the Board of Trustees’ approval.
 
 
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Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
This expense example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The expense example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the contractual agreement to limit expenses remains in effect only until April 30, 2014.  The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) is not included in these calculations for Class A Shares.  If the CDSC were included, your costs would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$2,260
Class I Shares
$117
$1,764
 
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$2,260
Class I Shares
$117
$1,764

Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund.  The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest at least 80% of long net assets in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that invest in equity securities.  The Adviser will utilize short equity positions in individual equity securities and ETFs to reduce the portfolio’s overall market exposure.   The Fund may borrow money from banks or other financial institutions to purchase securities, commonly known as “leveraging,” in an amount not to exceed one-third of its total assets, as permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).  The Fund may invest in equity and/or fixed income securities of companies of any size.  In addition to domestic securities, the Fund may also directly or indirectly invest in foreign equity, including investments in emerging markets.

To the extent deemed appropriate by the Adviser to mitigate the risks of volatility in the U.S. equity market, the Fund seeks protection of investment principal by using options and futures.  Through the Fund’s use of options, the Adviser attempts to enhance equity returns relative to a long-only equity strategy and to lower the overall volatility of the Fund’s investment portfolio.  The Fund may also use futures contracts in place of options to achieve similar results.  The Fund may use an investment in options or futures contracts as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying equity security or to attempt to “hedge” or limit the exposure of the Fund’s position in an equity security.

In addition to equity securities, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its long net assets in debt securities of varying maturities and durations, including securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government or its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored entities, and including debt securities that have been rated below investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization (“NRSRO”), commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or “high yield bonds.”  However, the Fund will not purchase debt securities rated as in default by an NRSRO.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the principal amount invested.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective.  Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional risks:
 
 
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·
Market riskMarket risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.
 
·
Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, or economic developments.
 
·
Emerging market risk - The risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets, which may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of securities.
 
·
Credit risk – An issuer of debt securities may not make timely payments of principal and interest.
 
·
Debt securities risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the value of debt securities held by the Fund.  Investments in debt securities include credit risk.  There is also the risk that a bond issuer may “call,” or repay its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates.  Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.  Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.
 
·
Junk bonds risk – Investments in junk bonds involve a greater risk of default, are considered speculative, and are subject to a substantially higher degree of credit risk or price fluctuations than other types of debt securities.
 
·
Options and futures risk.- Options and futures may be more volatile than investments directly in the underlying securities, involve additional costs and may involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed.  In addition, the value of an option or future may not correlate perfectly with the underlying securities index or overall securities market.
 
·
Short sale risk – Short sale strategies are riskier than long investment strategies.  Short selling shares of equity securities or ETFs may cause the Fund’s investment performance to suffer if the Fund is required to close out a short position earlier than it had intended.  Furthermore, until the Fund replaces a security borrowed, or sold short, it must pay to the lender amounts equal to any dividends that accrue during the short sale period.
 
·
Leverage risk The Fund’s exposure to fluctuations in the prices of securities purchased with money borrowed from banks or other financial institutions is increased in relation to the extent of the Fund’s leverage.
 
·
Tax risk – Certain of the Fund’s investment strategies, including transactions in options and futures contracts, may be subject to special tax rules, the effect of which may have adverse tax consequences for the Fund and its shareholders.
 
·
Management style risk – The Fund intends to invest in value-oriented stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), and the Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than that of similar funds with other focuses or that have a broader investment style.
 
·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.
 
·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk – The Fund may invest in mid-cap companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.
 
 
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·
Small company risk – The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which generally have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.
 
·
Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream. Accordingly, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
·
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile and thus perform differently than the market as a whole.
 
·
Shares of other investment companies and ETFs risk – You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.  Investments in ETFs bear the risk that the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a discount to their net asset value or that an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
 
·
Non-diversified fund risk – A non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
·
Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of risks, including greater price volatility, fewer regulatory and accounting controls, higher brokerage costs and adverse tax consequences.
 
·
Foreign currency risk – The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency will decline in dollar terms if that currency weakens against the dollar. Additionally, certain countries may utilize formal or informal currency-exchange controls or “capital controls.” Such controls may also affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.
 
·
U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations risk – There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) who issue or guarantee certain securities where it is not obligated to do so.
 
·
New Fund risk – The Fund was formed in 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the investment style of the Fund.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
Performance.  The Fund is new as of the date of this prospectus and therefore performance information is not available.
 
Management.  Snow Capital Management, L.P. serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).   Nathan Snyder, Portfolio Manager and Principal of the Adviser, has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since inception.
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  The minimum initial investment in Class A shares of the Fund is generally $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for IRA accounts.  The minimum initial investment in Class I shares of the Fund is generally $1,000,000.  You can purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open directly by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235, where you may also obtain more information about purchasing or redeeming shares by mail, facsimile or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf.  Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact their broker-dealer directly.
 
Tax Information.  The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs may be taxed later upon a withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
 
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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Summary of the Snow Capital Market Plus Fund
 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the Capital Market Plus Fund (the “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section captioned “Purchasing Shares” on page 41 of the Fund’s prospectus and the section captioned “Purchases” beginning on page 30 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
5.25%
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of purchases of $1,000,000 or more that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase)
0.50%
None
Redemption Fees (as a % of amount redeemed; a redemption fee will be assessed on shares of the Fund that are held for 30 days or less)
0.50%
0.50%
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Management Fees
0.50%
0.50%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses1 
14.13%
14.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
14.88%
14.63%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement2 
-13.88%
-13.88%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement
1.00%
0.75%

1
 Because the Fund is new, these expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.

2
Snow Capital Management L.P. (the “Adviser”) has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits the Fund’s annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired funds fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, dividend and interest expenses related to short investments, and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 0.75% through at least April 30, 2014. Subject to approval by the Fund’s Board, any waiver under the Expense Limitation Agreement is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the year in which such waiver occurred, if the Fund is able to make the payment without exceeding the 0.75% expense limitation.   The current contractual agreement cannot be terminated prior to at least one year after the effective date without the Board of Trustees’ approval.
 
 
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Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
This expense example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The expense example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the contractual agreement to limit expenses remains in effect only until April 30, 2014.  The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) is not included in these calculations for Class A Shares.  If the CDSC were included, your costs would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,272
Class I Shares
$117
$2,840
 
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,272
Class I Shares
$117
$2,840

Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund.  The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest primarily in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest approximately 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies that are among the top 300 securities by weighting in the Russell 3000 Value Index.  The Fund will invest in each of the top 20 securities by weighting in the Russell 3000 Value Index.  The Adviser will use fundamental analysis and valuation techniques to determine an appropriate weight for each position.
 
With respect to its remaining 20% of assets, the Fund may invest in any securities favored by the Adviser at the time of investment, which securities may include equity securities (including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that invest in equity securities, or other similar investments), of companies of any size, U.S. Government or U.S. agency obligations and foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.

The Adviser selects stocks for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to experience a rebound in earnings due to an event or series of events that creates a price to earnings expansion leading to higher stock price valuations.  This portion of the Fund’s holdings are weighted according to the Adviser’s projected return expectations.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the principal amount invested.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective.  Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional risks:
 
·
Market riskMarket risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.
 
·
Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, or economic developments.
 
 
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·
Emerging market risk - The risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets, which may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of securities.
 
·
Management style risk – The Fund intends to invest in value-oriented stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), and the Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than that of similar funds with other focuses or that have a broader investment style.
 
·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.
 
·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk – The Fund may invest in mid-cap companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.
 
·
Small company risk – The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which generally have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.
 
·
Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream. Accordingly, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
·
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile and thus perform differently than the market as a whole.
 
·
Shares of other investment companies and ETFs risk – You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.  Investments in ETFs bear the risk that the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a discount to their net asset value or that an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
 
·
Non-diversified fund risk – A non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
·
Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of risks, including greater price volatility, fewer regulatory and accounting controls, higher brokerage costs and adverse tax consequences.
 
·
Foreign currency risk – The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency will decline in dollar terms if that currency weakens against the dollar. Additionally, certain countries may utilize formal or informal currency-exchange controls or “capital controls.” Such controls may also affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.
 
·
U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations risk – There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) who issue or guarantee certain securities where it is not obligated to do so.
 
·
New Fund risk – The Fund was formed in 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the investment style of the Fund.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
 
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Performance.  The Fund is new as of the date of this prospectus and therefore performance information is not available.
 
Management.  Snow Capital Management, L.P. serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).  Richard A. Snow, President and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since inception.
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  The minimum initial investment in Class A shares of the Fund is generally $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for IRA accounts.  The minimum initial investment in Class I shares of the Fund is generally $1,000,000.  You can purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open directly by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235, where you may also obtain more information about purchasing or redeeming shares by mail, facsimile or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf.  Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact their broker-dealer directly.
 
Tax Information.  The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs may be taxed later upon a withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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Summary of the Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund
 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund (the “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital and protection of investment principal.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section captioned “Purchasing Shares” on page 41 of the Fund’s prospectus and the section captioned “Purchases” beginning on page 30 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
5.25%
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of purchases of $1,000,000 or more that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase)
0.50%
None
Redemption Fees (as a % of amount redeemed; a redemption fee will be assessed on shares of the Fund that are held for 30 days or less)
0.50%
0.50%
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Management Fees
1.00%
1.00%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses1 
14.13%
14.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
15.38%
15.13%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement2 
-13.88%
-13.88%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement
1.50%
1.25%

1
 Because the Fund is new, these expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.

2
Snow Capital Management L.P. (the “Adviser”) has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits the Fund’s annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired funds fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, dividend and interest expenses related to short investments, and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 1.25% through at least April 30, 2014. Subject to approval by the Fund’s Board, any waiver under the Expense Limitation Agreement is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the year in which such waiver occurred, if the Fund is able to make the payment without exceeding the 1.25% expense limitation.   The current contractual agreement cannot be terminated prior to at least one year after the effective date without the Board of Trustees’ approval.
 
 
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Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
This expense example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The expense example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the contractual agreement to limit expenses remains in effect only until April 30, 2014.  The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) is not included in these calculations for Class A Shares.  If the CDSC were included, your costs would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,381
Class I Shares
$117
$2,957
 
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,381
Class I Shares
$117
$2,957

Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund.  The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest primarily in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities.
 
An important component of the Adviser’s investment process is a focus on inflation.  The Adviser will consider companies that may prosper from rising prices as evidenced by growing revenues, expanding margins, or other drivers of income.  Inflation may be driven by macroeconomic factors, but it can also be company or sector specific, allowing for a broad range of investment candidates in any economic environment.  The Adviser will utilize short equity positions in individual equity securities and ETFs to reduce the portfolio’s overall market exposure.  In addition, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Adviser to mitigate the risks of volatility in the U.S. equity market, the Fund seeks protection of investment principal by using futures and options.
 
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations greater than $1 billion.  With respect to its remaining assets, the Fund may invest in equity and/or fixed income securities of companies of any size.  In addition to equity securities, the Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in U.S. Government or its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored entities, and including debt securities that have been rated below investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization (“NRSRO”), commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or “high yield bonds.”  However, the Fund will not purchase debt securities rated as in default by an NRSRO.  The Fund may have up to 25% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the principal amount invested.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective.  Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional risks:
 
·
Market riskMarket risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.
 
 
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·
Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, or economic developments.
 
·
Emerging market risk - The risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets, which may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of securities.
 
·
Credit risk – An issuer of debt securities may not make timely payments of principal and interest.
 
·
Debt securities risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the value of debt securities held by the Fund.  Investments in debt securities include credit risk.  There is also the risk that a bond issuer may “call,” or repay its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates.  Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.  Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.
 
·
Junk bonds risk – Investments in junk bonds involve a greater risk of default, are considered speculative, and are subject to a substantially higher degree of credit risk or price fluctuations than other types of debt securities.
 
·
Short sale risk – Short sale strategies are riskier than long investment strategies.  Short selling shares of equity securities or ETFs may cause the Fund’s investment performance to suffer if the Fund is required to close out a short position earlier than it had intended.  Furthermore, until the Fund replaces a security borrowed, or sold short, it must pay to the lender amounts equal to any dividends that accrue during the short sale period.
 
·
Options and futures risk.- Options and futures may be more volatile than investments directly in the underlying securities, involve additional costs and may involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed.  In addition, the value of an option or future may not correlate perfectly with the underlying securities index or overall securities market.
 
·
Tax risk – Certain of the Fund’s investment strategies, including transactions in options and futures contracts, may be subject to special tax rules, the effect of which may have adverse tax consequences for the Fund and its shareholders.
 
·
Management style risk – The Fund intends to invest in value-oriented stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), and the Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than that of similar funds with other focuses or that have a broader investment style.
 
·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.
 
·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk – The Fund may invest in mid-cap companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.
 
·
Small company risk – The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which generally have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.
 
·
Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream. Accordingly, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
 
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·
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile and thus perform differently than the market as a whole.
 
·
Shares of other investment companies and ETFs risk – You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.  Investments in ETFs bear the risk that the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a discount to their net asset value or that an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
 
·
Non-diversified fund risk – A non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
·
Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of risks, including greater price volatility, fewer regulatory and accounting controls, higher brokerage costs and adverse tax consequences.
 
·
Foreign currency risk – The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency will decline in dollar terms if that currency weakens against the dollar. Additionally, certain countries may utilize formal or informal currency-exchange controls or “capital controls.” Such controls may also affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.
 
·
U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations risk – There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) who issue or guarantee certain securities where it is not obligated to do so.
 
·
New Fund risk – The Fund was formed in 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the investment style of the Fund.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
Performance.  The Fund is new as of the date of this prospectus and therefore performance information is not available.
 
Management.  Snow Capital Management, L.P. serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”). Joshua Schachter, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Principal of the Adviser, and Anne Wickland, CFA and Principal of the Adviser, have served as the Fund’s portfolio managers since inception.
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  The minimum initial investment in Class A shares of the Fund is generally $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for IRA accounts.  The minimum initial investment in Class I shares of the Fund is generally $1,000,000.  You can purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open directly by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235, where you may also obtain more information about purchasing or redeeming shares by mail, facsimile or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf.  Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact their broker-dealer directly.
 
Tax Information.  The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs may be taxed later upon a withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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Summary of the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund
 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the Capital Dividend Plus Fund (the “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital and income.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section captioned “Purchasing Shares” on page 41 of the Fund’s prospectus and the section captioned “Purchases” beginning on page 30 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
5.25%
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of purchases of $1,000,000 or more that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase)
0.50%
None
Redemption Fees (as a % of amount redeemed; a redemption fee will be assessed on shares of the Fund that are held for 30 days or less)
0.50%
0.50%
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Management Fees
0.75%
0.75%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses1 
14.13%
14.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
15.13%
14.88%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement2 
-13.88%
-13.88%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement
1.25%
1.00%

1
 Because the Fund is new, these expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.

2
Snow Capital Management L.P. (the “Adviser”) has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits the Fund’s annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired funds fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, dividend and interest expenses related to short investments, and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 1.00% through at least April 30, 2014. Subject to approval by the Fund’s Board, any waiver under the Expense Limitation Agreement is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the year in which such waiver occurred, if the Fund is able to make the payment without exceeding the 1.00% expense limitation.   The current contractual agreement cannot be terminated prior to at least one year after the effective date without the Board of Trustees’ approval.
 
 
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Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
This expense example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The expense example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the contractual agreement to limit expenses remains in effect only until April 30, 2014.  The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) is not included in these calculations for Class A Shares.  If the CDSC were included, your costs would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,327
Class I Shares
$117
$2,899
 
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,327
Class I Shares
$117
$2,899

Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund.  The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest in a diversified portfolio of equities, bonds, preferred stock, and options.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities that pay a dividend and are within the market capitalization range of the Russell 1000 Value Index.  With respect to its remaining assets, the Fund may invest in corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, or other securities or instruments whose prices are linked to the value of the underlying common stock of the issuer of the securities.  The Fund may have up to 25% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity  securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the principal amount invested.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective.  Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional risks:
 
·
Market riskMarket risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.
 
·
Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, or economic developments.
 
·
Emerging market risk - The risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets, which may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of securities.
 
·
Options risk - Options may be more volatile than investments directly in the underlying securities, involve additional costs and may involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed.  In addition, the value of an option may not correlate perfectly with the underlying securities index or overall securities market.
 
·
Tax risk – Certain of the Fund’s investment strategies, including transactions in options, may be subject to special tax rules, the effect of which may have adverse tax consequences for the Fund and its shareholders.
 
 
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·
Management style risk – The Fund intends to invest in value-oriented stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), and the Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than that of similar funds with other focuses or that have a broader investment style.
 
·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.
 
·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk – The Fund may invest in mid-cap companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.
 
·
Small company risk – The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which generally have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.
 
·
Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream. Accordingly, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
·
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile and thus perform differently than the market as a whole.
 
·
Shares of other investment companies and ETFs risk – You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.  Investments in ETFs bear the risk that the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a discount to their net asset value or that an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
 
·
Non-diversified fund risk – A non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
·
Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of risks, including greater price volatility, fewer regulatory and accounting controls, higher brokerage costs and adverse tax consequences.
 
·
Foreign currency risk – The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency will decline in dollar terms if that currency weakens against the dollar. Additionally, certain countries may utilize formal or informal currency-exchange controls or “capital controls.” Such controls may also affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.
 
·
New Fund risk – The Fund was formed in 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the investment style of the Fund.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
Performance.  The Fund is new as of the date of this prospectus and therefore performance information is not available.
 
 
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Management.  Snow Capital Management, L.P. serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).  Nathan Snyder, Portfolio Manager and Principal of the Adviser, and Simon Rosenberg, CFA, CPA, and Principal, have served as the Fund’s portfolio managers since inception.
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  The minimum initial investment in Class A shares of the Fund is generally $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for IRA accounts.  The minimum initial investment in Class I shares of the Fund is generally $1,000,000.  You can purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open directly by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235, where you may also obtain more information about purchasing or redeeming shares by mail, facsimile or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf.  Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact their broker-dealer directly.
 
Tax Information.  The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs may be taxed later upon a withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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Summary of the Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund
 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section captioned “Purchasing Shares” on page 41 of the Fund’s prospectus and the section captioned “Purchases” beginning on page 30 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
5.25%
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of purchases of $1,000,000 or more that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase)
0.50%
None
Redemption Fees (as a % of amount redeemed; a redemption fee will be assessed on shares of the Fund that are held for 30 days or less)
0.50%
0.50%
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Class A shares
Class I Shares
Management Fees
0.75%
0.75%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
None
Other Expenses1 
14.13%
14.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
15.13%
14.88%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement2 
-13.88%
-13.88%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement
1.25%
1.00%

1
 Because the Fund is new, these expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.

2
Snow Capital Management L.P. (the “Adviser”) has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits the Fund’s annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired funds fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, dividend and interest expenses related to short investments, and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 1.00% through at least April 30, 2014. Subject to approval by the Fund’s Board, any waiver under the Expense Limitation Agreement is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the year in which such waiver occurred, if the Fund is able to make the payment without exceeding the 1.00% expense limitation.   The current contractual agreement cannot be terminated prior to at least one year after the effective date without the Board of Trustees’ approval.
 
 
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Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
This expense example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The expense example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the contractual agreement to limit expenses remains in effect only until April 30, 2014.  The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) is not included in these calculations for Class A Shares.  If the CDSC were included, your costs would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,327
Class I Shares
$117
$2,899
 
You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$660
$3,327
Class I Shares
$117
$2,899

Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund.  The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies within the market capitalizations range of the Russell Mid Cap Value Index (“mid-cap securities”).  The Fund’s investments in equity securities may include common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities of mid-cap companies.  In addition to equity securities, the Fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in U.S. Government or U.S. agency obligations.  The Fund may have up to 20% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity  securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the principal amount invested.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective.  Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional risks:
 
·
Market riskMarket risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.
 
·
Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, or economic developments.
 
·
Emerging market risk - The risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets, which may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of securities.
 
·
Management style risk – The Fund intends to invest in value-oriented stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), and the Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than that of similar funds with other focuses or that have a broader investment style.
 
·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.
 
 
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·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk – The Fund will invest in mid-sized, or mid-cap, companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.
 
·
Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream. Accordingly, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
·
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile and thus perform differently than the market as a whole.
 
·
Shares of other investment companies and ETFs risk – You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.  Investments in ETFs bear the risk that the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a discount to their net asset value or that an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
 
·
Non-diversified fund risk – A non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
·
Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of risks, including greater price volatility, fewer regulatory and accounting controls, higher brokerage costs and adverse tax consequences.
 
·
Foreign currency risk – The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency will decline in dollar terms if that currency weakens against the dollar. Additionally, certain countries may utilize formal or informal currency-exchange controls or “capital controls.” Such controls may also affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.
 
·
U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations risk – There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) who issue or guarantee certain securities where it is not obligated to do so.
 
·
New Fund risk – The Fund was formed in 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the investment style of the Fund.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
Performance.  The Fund is new as of the date of this prospectus and therefore performance information is not available.
 
Management.  Snow Capital Management, L.P. serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).  Joshua Schachter, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Principal of the Adviser has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since inception.
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  The minimum initial investment in Class A shares of the Fund is generally $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for IRA accounts.  The minimum initial investment in Class I shares of the Fund is generally $1,000,000.  You can purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open directly by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235, where you may also obtain more information about purchasing or redeeming shares by mail, facsimile or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf.  Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact their broker-dealer directly.
 
 
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Tax Information.  The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs may be taxed later upon a withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, RISKS AND PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
The Funds’ Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies.  This section of the Prospectus provides additional information about the investment practices and related risks of the Snow Capital (i) Focused Value Fund, (ii) Hedged Equity Fund, (iii) Market Plus Fund, (iv) Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund, (v) Dividend Plus Fund,  and (vi) Mid Cap Value Fund (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”).  Any Fund’s investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval; however, the Fund will provide 30 days’ advance notice to shareholders before implementing a change in the Fund’s investment objective.
 
The Snow Capital Focused Value Fund
 
The investment objective of the Snow Capital Focused Value Fund is long-term growth of capital.
 
To meet the investment objective of this Fund, the Fund will invest primarily in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities, or other similar investments.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations greater than $1 billion.  In addition to equity securities, the Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in U.S. Government or U.S. agency obligations of varying maturities and durations.  The Fund may have up to 25% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
The Adviser selects stocks for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to experience a rebound in earnings due to an event or series of events that creates a price to earnings expansion resulting in higher stock price valuations.  The Fund’s portfolio typically consists of 15 to 25 companies that are weighted according to the Adviser’s projected return expectations.  The Adviser’s disciplined investment process seeks to yield a portfolio that is amply diversified across a wide spectrum of economic classifications and sectors.  In general, the Adviser may sell a stock (i) when it reaches its target price, (ii) when the position grows too large, (iii) when the company’s financial position or outlook deteriorates, (iv) when an anticipated business catalyst for the investment does not materialize as expected, or (v) to make room in the Fund for a more attractive investment.
 
An important component of the Adviser’s investment process focuses on a company’s balance sheet and cash flow statement.  The Adviser’s analysis of balance sheets and cash flow statements is centered on determining whether the securities of a company are undervalued.  The Adviser generally attempts to purchase equities for the Fund’s portfolio after an event in which the company’s equity valuation has fallen and business conditions are unfavorable, if not at or near a cyclical bottom.  This is generally done in conjunction with research to confirm the Adviser’s opinion that a company can survive the near-term problems.  While the Adviser’s analysis does not eliminate the occurrence of short-term equity valuation volatility, the Adviser believes that this process provides for a reasonable level of capital protection.
 
What is an Exchange-Traded Fund (“ETF”)?  An ETF is a fund that holds a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to track the performance of a particular securities index, sector or industry.  ETFs are traded on a securities exchange based on their market value.  ETFs that track an index hold the same stocks or bonds as the index, so its market price generally reflects the value of the index at any given time.  ETFs are registered investment companies and incur fees and expenses such as operating expenses, licensing fees, registration fees, trustee fees, and marketing expenses.
 
The Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund
 
The investment objective of the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund is long-term growth of capital and protection of investment principal.
 
To meet the investment objective of this Fund, the Fund invests at least 80% of long net assets in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities.  The Adviser will utilize short equity positions in individual equity securities and ETFs to reduce the portfolio’s overall market exposure.   The Fund may borrow money from banks or other financial institutions to purchase securities, commonly known as “leveraging,” in an amount not to exceed one-third of its total assets, as permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).  The Fund may invest in securities of companies of any size.  In addition to domestic securities, the Fund may invest directly or indirectly in foreign securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
 
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To the extent deemed appropriate by the Adviser to mitigate the risks of volatility in the U.S. equity market, the Fund seeks protection of investment principal by using options and futures.  Through the Fund’s use of options, the Adviser attempts to enhance equity returns relative to a long-only equity strategy and to lower the overall volatility of the Fund’s investment portfolio.  The Fund may also use futures contracts in place of options to achieve similar results.  The Fund may use an investment in options and futures contracts as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying equity security or to attempt to “hedge” or limit the exposure of the Fund’s position in an equity security.

In addition to equity securities, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its long net assets in debt securities of varying maturities and durations, including securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government or its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored entities, and including debt securities that have been rated below investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization (“NRSRO”), commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or “high yield bonds.”  However, the Fund will not purchase debt securities rated as in default by an NRSRO.

The Adviser selects investments for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies that  the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to  experience a  rebound in earnings due to an event or series of events that creates a price to earnings expansion that leads to higher stock price valuations.  The Fund’s portfolio typically consists of 30 to 50 equity securities that are weighted according to the Adviser’s projected return expectations.  In general, the Adviser may sell an investment when it reaches its target price, when the position grows too large, when the company’s financial position or outlook deteriorates, when an anticipated business catalyst for the investment does not materialize as expected, or to make room in the Fund for a more attractive investment.

The Snow Capital Market Plus Fund

The investment objective of the Snow Capital Market Plus Fund is long-term growth of capital.
 
To meet the investment objective of this Fund, the Fund will invest primarily in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities.  The Adviser expects the Fund will hold between 50 and 80 securities.
 
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies that are among the top 300 securities by weighting in the Russell 3000 Value Index.  The Fund will invest in each of the top 20 securities by weighting in the Russell 3000 Value Index.  The Adviser will use fundamental analysis and valuation techniques to determine an appropriate weight for each position.
 
With respect to its remaining 20% of assets, the Fund may invest in any securities favored by the Adviser at the time of investment, which securities may include equity securities (including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities,  or other similar investments), of companies of any size, U.S. Government or U.S. agency obligations and foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
The Adviser selects stocks for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to experience a rebound in earnings due to an event or series of events that creates a price to earnings expansion leading to higher stock price valuations.  This portion of the Fund’s holdings are weighted according to the Adviser’s projected return expectations.  The Adviser’s disciplined investment process seeks to yield a portfolio that is amply diversified across a wide spectrum of economic classifications and sectors.  In general, the Adviser may sell a stock (i) when it reaches its target price, (ii) when the position grows too large, (iii) when the company’s financial position or outlook deteriorates, (iv) when an anticipated business catalyst for the investment does not materialize as expected, or (v) to make room in the Fund for a more attractive investment.
 
 
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An important component of the Adviser’s investment process focuses on a company’s balance sheet and cash flow statement.  The Adviser’s analysis of balance sheets and cash flow statements is centered on determining whether the securities of a company are undervalued.  The Adviser generally attempts to purchase equities for the Fund’s Focused Value portion after an event in which the company’s equity valuation has fallen and business conditions are unfavorable, if not at or near a cyclical bottom.  This is generally done in conjunction with research to confirm the Adviser’s opinion that a company can survive the near-term problems.  While the Adviser’s analysis does not eliminate the occurrence of short-term equity valuation volatility, the Adviser believes that this process provides for a reasonable level of capital protection.
 
The Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund
 
The investment objective of the Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund is long-term growth of capital and protection of investment principal.
 
To meet the investment objective of this Fund, the Fund will invest primarily in equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations greater than $1 billion.  With respect to the remaining assets, the Fund may invest in equity and/or fixed income securities of companies of any size.  In addition to equity securities, the Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in U.S. Government or its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored entities, and including debt securities that have been rated below investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization (“NRSRO”), commonly referred to as “junk bonds” or “high yield bonds.”  However, the Fund will not purchase debt securities rated as in default by an NRSRO.  The Fund may have up to 25% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
An important component of the Adviser’s investment process is a focus on inflation.  The Adviser will consider companies that may prosper from rising prices as evidenced by growing revenues, expanding margins, or other drivers of income.  Inflation may be driven by macroeconomic factors, but it can also be company or sector specific, allowing for a broad range of investment candidates in any economic environment.
 
The Adviser selects stocks for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to experience a rebound in earnings due to an event or series of events that creates a price to earnings expansion resulting in higher stock price valuati ons.  The Fund’s portfolio typically consists of 30 to 50 companies that are weighted according to the Adviser’s projected return expectations.  The Adviser’s disciplined investment process seeks to yield a portfolio that is amply diversified across a wide spectrum of economic classifications and sectors.  In general, the Adviser may sell a stock (i) when it reaches its target price, (ii) when the position grows too large, (iii) when the company’s financial position or outlook deteriorates, (iv) when an anticipated business catalyst for the investment does not materialize as expected, or (v) to make room in the Fund for a more attractive investment.

The Fund’s investment process will also include an analysis of a company’s balance sheet and cash flow statement.  The Adviser’s analysis of balance sheets and cash flow statements is centered on determining whether a company can sustain itself through the problems that have caused its equity valuation to fall and subsequently brought the company’s stock to the Adviser’s attention.  The Adviser generally attempts to purchase equities for the Fund’s portfolio after an event in which the company’s equity valuation has fallen and business conditions are unfavorable, if not at or near a cyclical bottom.  The Adviser also seeks to confirm that, in the Adviser’s opinion, a company can survive the near-term problems.  While the Adviser’s analysis does not eliminate the occurrence of short-term equity valuation volatility, the Adviser believes that this process provides for a reasonable level of capital protection.

In addition, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Adviser to mitigate the risks of volatility in the U.S. equity market, the Fund seeks protection of investment principal by using futures and options.  Through the Fund’s use of options, the Adviser attempts to enhance equity returns relative to a long-only equity strategy and to lower the overall volatility of the Fund’s investment portfolio.  The Fund may also use futures contracts in place of options to gain exposure to commodities or instruments that may benefit from inflation.  The Fund may use an investment in such future or option contracts as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying equity security or to attempt to “hedge” or limit the exposure of the Fund’s position in an equity security.
 
 
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The Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund
 
The investment objective of the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund is long-term growth of capital and income.
 
To meet the investment objective of this Fund, the Fund will invest in a diversified portfolio of equities, bonds, preferred stocks, and options.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities that pay a dividend and are within the market capitalization range of the Russell 1000 Value Index.  With respect to its remaining assets, the Fund may invest in corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, or other securities or instruments whose prices are linked to the value of common stock.  The Fund may have up to 25% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
The Adviser selects stocks for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to appreciate due to an event or series of events that lead to a market reappraisal.  The Fund’s portfolio typically consists of 40 to 70 investments that are weighted according to the Adviser’s risk and return expectations.  The Adviser’s disciplined investment process seeks to yield a portfolio that is amply diversified across a wide spectrum of economic classifications and sectors.  In general, the Adviser may sell a stock (i) when it reaches its target price, (ii) when the position grows too large, (iii) when the company’s financial position or outlook deteriorates, (iv) when an anticipated business catalyst for the investment does not materialize as expected, or (v) to make room in the Fund for a more attractive investment.
 
An important component of the Adviser’s investment process focuses on a company’s balance sheet and cash flow statement.  This analysis is centered on determining the margin of safety, or the degree of downside protection offered by a company’s assets and cash flows.  While the margin of safety does not eliminate short-term volatility, the Adviser believes that it protects invested capital and supports ongoing dividend paying capacity.
 
Yield instruments including bonds and preferred stocks will be selected based on their duration, yield, default risk, subordination, and other security-specific features.  The Adviser may purchase debt obligations of any duration or credit quality.
 
Options may also be used to generate income from premiums received in connection with written covered call options.  Generally, a written call option is covered if a fund owns the security or instrument associated with the call or has the right to acquire that security or instrument without additional cash consideration.
 
The Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund
 
The investment objective of the Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund is long-term growth of capital.
 
To meet the investment objective of this Fund, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies within the market capitalizations range of the Russell Mid Cap Value Index (“mid-cap securities”).  The Fund’s investments in equity securities may include common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and shares of other investment companies and ETFs that invest in equity securities of mid-cap companies.
 
In addition to equity securities, the Fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in U.S. Government or U.S. agency obligations.  The Fund may have up to 25% of its net assets invested directly or indirectly in foreign equity securities, including investments in emerging markets.
 
The Adviser selects equity securities for the Fund using a bottom-up approach that seeks to identify mid-cap companies that  the Adviser believes are undervalued and are likely to  experience a  rebound in earnings due to an event or series of events that creates a price to earnings expansion that leads to higher stock price valuations.  The Fund’s portfolio typically consists of 30 to 50 equity securities that are weighted according to the Adviser’s projected return expectations.  The Adviser’s investment process seeks to yield a portfolio that is appropriately spread across a wide spectrum of economic classifications and sectors.  In general, the Adviser may sell an investment when it reaches its target price, when the position grows too large, when the company’s financial position or outlook deteriorates, when an anticipated business catalyst for the investment does not materialize as expected, or to make room in the Fund for a more attractive investment.
 
 
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An important component of the Adviser’s investment process focuses on a company’s balance sheet and cash flow statement.   The Adviser’s analysis of balance sheets and cash flow statements is centered on determining whether the securities of a company are undervalued.  The Adviser generally attempts to purchase equities for the Fund’s portfolio after an event in which the company’s equity valuation has fallen and business conditions are unfavorable, if not at or near a cyclical bottom. This is generally done in conjunction with research to confirm the Adviser’s opinion that a company can survive the near-term problems.  While the Adviser’s analysis does not eliminate the occurrence of short-term equity valuation volatility, the Adviser believes that this process provides for a reasonable level of capital protection.
 
Temporary Defensive Positions.  The Funds may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with such Fund’s principal investment strategies in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions.  During such an unusual set of circumstances, the Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash or cash equivalent positions.  When a Fund takes a temporary defensive position, such Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.
 
Non-Diversified Fund.  All of the Funds, except the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund, are “non-diversified” investment companies.  Many mutual funds elect to be “diversified” funds that, as to 75% of their assets, cannot invest more than 5% of their assets in any one security at any given time.  A non-diversified fund is not subject to this limitation, and so it may hold a relatively small number of securities in its portfolio.  Even a non-diversified fund has to have some diversification for tax purposes.  In order to deduct dividends distributed to shareholders under the tax code, mutual funds are required, at the end of each quarter of the taxable year, to have (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Fund’s total assets be invested in cash, U.S. Government securities, the securities of other regulated investment companies, and other securities, limited with respect to any one issuer limited for the purposes of this calculation to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities or the securities of other regulated investment companies).  As non-diversified investment companies, the Funds may hold a small number of equity securities, but in no event fewer than 12, which is the minimum number of companies in which a non-diversified investment company regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 may invest.
 
Portfolio Turnover.  Although each Fund’s strategy emphasizes longer-term investments that typically result in portfolio turnover less than 100%, the Funds may, from time to time, have a higher portfolio turnover when the Adviser’s implementation of a Fund’s investment strategy or a temporary defensive position results in frequent trading.  Since each Fund’s trades cost such Fund a brokerage commission, high portfolio turnover may have a significant adverse impact on the Fund’s performance.  In addition, because sales of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may result in taxable gain or loss, high portfolio turnover may result in significant tax consequences for shareholders.
 
“Portfolio Turnover” is a ratio that indicates how often the securities in a mutual fund’s portfolio change during a year’s time.  In general, higher numbers indicate a greater number of changes, and lower numbers indicate a smaller number of changes.
 
General Information Regarding Investing in a Fund. An investment in a Fund should not be considered a complete investment program.  Your investment needs will depend largely on your financial resources and individual investment goals and objectives, and you should consult with your financial professional before making an investment in a Fund.
 
 
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Additional Information.  To the extent a Fund makes investments regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, it intends to do so in accordance with Rule 4.5 under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has filed a notice of eligibility for exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” in accordance with Rule 4.5 and therefore, the Funds are not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the CEA.
 
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN A FUND
 
All investments carry risks, and investment in a Fund is no exception.  No investment strategy works all the time, and past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance.  You may lose money on your investment in a Fund.  To help you understand the risks of investing in a Fund, the principal risks of an investment in a Fund are generally set forth below:
 
 
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Market risk – Stock prices are volatile.  Market risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in a Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets generally.  A Fund’s performance per share will change daily based on many factors that may generally affect the stock market, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.  In a declining stock market, stock prices for all companies (including those in the Fund’s portfolio) may decline, regardless of their long-term prospects.
 
 
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Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
 
 
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Emerging market risk - The risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets, which may have relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of securities.
 
 
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Management style risk – Different styles of management tend to shift into and out of favor with stock market investors depending on market and economic conditions.  Because the Funds intend to invest in value-oriented stocks (stocks that the Adviser believes are undervalued), the Funds’ performances may at times be better or worse than the performance of similar funds that focus on other types of stocks (e.g., “growth” stocks selected for growth potential), or that have a broader investment style.
 
 
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Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.  For instance, economic or market factors; regulation or deregulation; and technological or other developments may negatively impact all companies in a particular industry.  To the extent a Fund invests heavily in a particular industry that experiences such a negative impact, the Fund’s portfolio will be adversely affected.
 
 
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Mid-sized company risk - A Fund may invest in mid-sized companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.  Mid-sized companies may not have the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of large companies.  Mid-sized company stock may also be bought and sold less often and in smaller amounts than larger company stocks.  Because of this, if a Fund wants to sell a large quantity of a mid-sized company’s stock, it may have to sell it at a lower price than the Adviser may prefer, or it may have to sell it in smaller than desired quantities over a period of time.
 
 
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Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream.  Since the market price of a stock changes continuously based upon investors’ collective perceptions of future earnings, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
 
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Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.  When you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you could lose money.
 
 
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Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of potential risks to which the Fund will be subject, including greater price volatility; less supervision and regulation than U.S. securities exchanges, brokers, and issuers; higher brokerage costs; adverse tax consequences; and settlement delays. Accounting and disclosure standards also differ from country to country, which may make obtaining reliable research more difficult.
 
 
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Foreign currency riskCurrencies of emerging markets countries are subject to significantly greater risks than currencies of developed countries, which may have an adverse effect on the value of securities of foreign companies traded on U.S. or foreign exchanges. For example, many emerging markets countries have experienced steady declines or sudden devaluations or increases of their currencies relative to the U.S. dollar, which may have adverse effects on companies’ cash flows, asset values and profits or losses, and may have adverse effects on the value of a Fund’s assets denominated in foreign currencies.  Some emerging markets currencies may not be internationally traded or may be subject to strict controls by local governments, resulting in undervalued or overvalued currencies. Some governments have responded to such market fluctuation by restricting currency conversions, foreign investments or the repatriation of foreign investments. Future restrictive exchange controls could prevent or restrict the ability of an issuer in such market to make dividend or interest payments in the original currency of the obligation.
 
 
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New Fund risk – Each Fund was formed in 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in the investment style of the Funds.  Accordingly, investors in a Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
In addition to the risks set forth under “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”, each Fund (except the Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund, which does not list small company risk, and the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund, which does not list non-diversified fund risk) is also subject to the following risks (collectively referred to as the “Principal Risks of the Majority of Funds”):

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Large company risk – These Funds may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.

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Small company risk – From time to time, these Funds may be substantially invested in stocks of smaller companies.  Stocks of smaller companies may have more risks than those of larger companies.  In general, smaller companies have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.  Due to these and other factors, small companies may be more susceptible to market downturns, and their stock prices may be more volatile than those of larger companies.
 
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Non-diversified fund risk – In general, a non-diversified fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issue and may own fewer securities than other mutual funds.  Accordingly, a non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
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Shares of other investment companies – Each Fund may invest in shares of other investment companies, including ETFs, as a means to pursue its investment objective.   Federal law generally prohibits a Fund from acquiring shares of an investment company if, immediately after such acquisition,  the  Fund  and  its  affiliated  persons  would  hold  more  than  3%  of  such  investment company’s total outstanding shares.   This prohibition may prevent a Fund from allocating its investments in an optimal manner.   You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in addition to a Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in a Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.
 
 
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Exchange-Traded Funds and other funds risk –

 
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Limits of investing in ETFs.  Each Fund’s investment strategy involves, among other things, investing in other investment companies, such as ETFs and other investment companies that track broad market indices or specific industries or sectors.  Under the 1940 Act, a Fund may not acquire shares of an ETF or other investment company if, immediately after such acquisition, the Fund and its affiliated persons would hold more than 3% of the ETF’s or investment company’s total outstanding stock unless (i) the ETF or the Fund has received an order for exemptive relief from the 3% limitation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that is applicable to the Fund (generally permitting the Fund and its affiliates to hold up to 25% of the ETF’s total outstanding stock); and (ii) the ETF and the Fund enter into an agreement to comply with any conditions in such order (an “ETF Agreement”).  Accordingly, the 25% limitation (or, in cases where the Fund has not entered into an ETF Agreement, the 3% limitation) may prevent a Fund from allocating its investments in the manner the Adviser considers optimal.

 
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Indirect costs of fund investments in ETFs.  To the extent a Fund invests in ETFs or other investment companies, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs or other investment company shares.  By investing in a Fund, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying ETFs and investment companies in which the Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses.  Furthermore, these types of investments by a Fund could affect the timing, amount and character of distributions to you and therefore may increase the amount of taxes payable by you.

 
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Risks related to ETF NAV and market price.  The market value of an ETF’s shares may differ from its net asset value (“NAV”). This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for ETF shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the ETF’s underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may be times when an ETF trades at a premium (creating the risk that the Fund pays more than NAV for an ETF when making a purchase) or discount (creating the risks that the Fund’s NAV is reduced for undervalued ETFs it holds, and that a Fund receives less than NAV when selling an ETF).

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U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations – These Funds may invest in various types of U.S. Government obligations.  U.S. Government obligations include securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, such as the U.S. Treasury.  Payment of principal and interest on U.S. Government obligations may be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or may be backed solely by the issuing or guaranteeing agency or instrumentality itself.   In the latter case, the investor must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment, which agency or instrumentality may be privately owned.  There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) where it is not obligated to do so.

In addition to the risks set forth under “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” and the Principal Risks of the Majority of Funds, the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund is also subject to the following risks:

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Credit risk – Debt securities are generally subject to the risk that the issuer may be unable to make principal and interest payments when they are due.  There is also the risk that the securities could lose value because of a loss of confidence in the ability of the borrower to pay back debt.  Lower rated debt securities involve greater credit risk, including the possibility of default or bankruptcy.

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Debt securities risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the value of debt securities held by a Fund.  Investments in debt securities include credit risk.  There is also the risk that a bond issuer may “call,” or repay its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates.  Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.  Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.
 
 
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Junk bonds risk – High-yield bonds, or “junk” bonds, are bonds rated below investment-grade by the primary rating agencies, such as Standard & Poors, Fitch and Moody’s, or are unrated bonds of similar quality.  Investments in junk bonds involve a greater risk of default, are considered speculative, and are subject to a substantially higher degree of credit risk or price fluctuations than other types of debt securities. The value of lower quality bonds generally is more dependent on credit risk than investment-grade bonds.  Issuers of high-yield / high-risk bonds may not be as strong financially as those issuing bonds with higher credit ratings and are more vulnerable to real or perceived economic changes, political changes or adverse developments specific to the issuer.  In addition, the junk bond market can experience sudden and sharp price swings.  Further, secondary markets for high-yield securities are less liquid than the market for investment-grade securities.  Therefore, it may be more difficult for a Fund to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective date available.

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Options and futures risk - Options transactions may be effected on securities exchanges or in the over-the- counter market.  When options are purchased over-the-counter, the Fund bears the risk that the counter-party that wrote the option will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the option contract. Such options may also be illiquid, and in such cases, the Fund may have difficulty closing out its position.  The Fund will cover the financial exposure of entering into options or futures contracts by either purchasing or selling offsetting options or futures contracts or designating liquid assets to cover such financial exposure.

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Short sale risk – Short sale strategies are riskier than long investment strategies.  Short selling shares of equity securities or ETFs that invest in equity securities may result in a Fund’s investment performance suffering if it is required to close out a short position earlier than it had intended. This would occur if the lender required a Fund to deliver the securities it borrowed at the commencement of the short sale and such Fund was unable to borrow the securities from other securities lenders.  Furthermore, until a Fund replaces a security borrowed, or sold short, it must pay to the lender amounts equal to any dividends that accrue during the period of the short sale.  The Board of Trustees has considered the Funds’ short sales strategies and its attendant risks and has determined that the strategy does not impair the Funds’ ability to meet redemptions or meet other regulatory requirements.  The Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures, and regularly reviews the adequacy of those policies and procedures, to ensure that the Funds’ short positions are continuously monitored, comply with regulatory requirements and are in the best interests of the Funds’ shareholders.

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Leverage risk - Because the Funds may borrow money from banks or other financial institutions to purchase securities, commonly referred to as “leveraging,” the Funds’ exposure to fluctuations in the prices of these securities is increased in relation to the Funds’ capital.   Each Fund’s borrowing activities may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the NAV of such Fund.  In addition, the interest that a Fund pays on borrowed money, together with any additional fees to maintain a line of credit or any minimum average balances required to be maintained, are additional costs that will reduce or may eliminate any net investment profits.  Unless profits on assets acquired with borrowed funds exceed the costs of borrowing, the use of borrowing will diminish the investment performance of the Fund compared to what it would have been without borrowing.

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Tax risk - Call option premiums received by a Fund will be recognized upon exercise, lapse or other disposition of the option and generally will be treated by the Fund as short-term capital gain or loss. The call options employed by a Fund reduce risk to the Fund by diminishing its risk of loss in offsetting positions in substantially similar or related property, thereby giving rise to “straddles” under the federal income tax rules.  The straddle rules require the Fund to defer certain losses on positions within a straddle, and terminate or suspend the holding period for certain securities in which the Fund does not yet have a long-term holding period or has not yet satisfied the holding period required for qualified dividend income.  As a result, the Funds cannot assure any level of regular quarterly net investment income (income other than net long-term capital gain) and cannot assure you as to any level of net capital gain distributions.
 
 
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The Funds expect to generate premiums from the writing of call options.  A Fund will recognize short-term capital gains upon the expiration of an option that it has written.  If a Fund enters into a closing transaction, the difference between the amount paid to close out its option position and the premium received for writing the option will be short-term capital gain or loss.   Transactions involving the disposition of a Fund’s underlying securities (whether pursuant to the exercise of a call option, put option or otherwise) will give rise to capital gains or losses.  Due to the tax treatment of securities on which call options have been written, it is expected that most of the gains from the sale of the underlying securities held by a Fund will be short-term capital gains.  Because the Funds do not have control over the exercise of the call options they write, such exercises or other required sales of the underlying stocks may force the Funds to realize capital gains or losses at inopportune times.
 
The Funds’ transactions in options are subject to special and complex U.S. federal income tax provisions (including, in addition to the straddle tax rules described above, tax rules regarding constructive sales, wash sales and short sales) that  may, among other things: (i) treat dividends  that  would  otherwise  constitute  qualified  dividend  income  as  non-qualified  dividend income; (ii) treat dividends that would otherwise be eligible for the corporate dividends-received deduction as ineligible for such treatment; (iii) disallow, suspend or otherwise limit the allowance of certain losses or deductions; (iv) accelerate income recognition to the Fund, (v) convert lower taxed long-term capital gain into higher taxed short-term capital gain or ordinary income; and (vi) convert an ordinary loss or deduction into a capital loss (the deductibility of which is more limited).
 
Furthermore, to the extent that any futures contract or option on a futures contract held by a Fund is a “section 1256 contract” under Section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the contract will be marked-to-market annually and any gain or loss will be treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term, regardless of the holding period for such contract. Section 1256 contracts include Fund transactions involving call options on a broad based securities index, certain futures contracts and other financial contracts.

In addition to the risks set forth under “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” and the Principal Risks of the Majority of Funds, the Snow Capital Focused Value Fund is also subject to the same credit risk, debt securities risk, and junk bonds risk as the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund, as identified above.

In addition to the risks set forth under “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” and the Principal Risks of the Majority of Funds, the Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund is also subject to the same credit risk, debt securities risk, junk bonds risk, options and futures risk, short sale risk and tax risk as the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund, as identified above.

In addition to the risks set forth under “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund,” except the non-diversified fund risk, and the Principal Risks of the Majority of Funds, the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund is also subject to the same options risk, and tax risk as the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund and Snow Capital Focused Value Fund, as identified above.
 
 
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MANAGEMENT

Investment Adviser.  Snow Capital Management, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, serves as the investment adviser to each Fund.  The Adviser’s principal office is located at 2000 Georgetowne Drive, Suite 200, Sewickley, PA 15143.  The Adviser has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (each, an “Advisory Agreement”) with each Fund, under which the Adviser selects the securities and manages the investments for the Fund, subject to the oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). Under each Advisory Agreement, each Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee based on an annualized rate of the average daily net asset value of that Fund as indicated in the fee tables above.  The Adviser has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with each Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” as indicated in the fee tables above. While the Adviser has no obligation to continue the waiver past the current term, it is expected that the contractual agreement will continue from year-to-year provided such continuance is approved by the Adviser and the Trustees.
 
Prior to the Funds’ inception, the Trustees approved each Advisory Agreement with an original term of two years. Assuming the Agreements are renewed on an annual basis after such initial term, a discussion regarding the Board of Trustees’ basis for the same will be available in the Fund’s annual or semiannual shareholder report each year.
 
In addition to the advisory fees described above, the Adviser may also receive certain benefits from its management of the Fund in the form of brokerage or research services received from brokers under arrangements under Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act and the terms of the Advisory Agreement.  For a description of these potential benefits, see the description under “Portfolio Transactions And Brokerage Allocation -- Brokerage Selection” in the SAI.
 
Snow Capital Focused Value Fund Portfolio Manager.  The Fund is managed using a team approach involoving the entire investment team of the Adviser.  Anne Wickland, Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst and Principal of the Adviser, and Simon Rosenberg, Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst and Principal of the Adviser, have served as the principal overseers of the Fund since inception.
 
Ms. Wickland, CFA, joined the Adviser in 2006 as a Senior Analyst.  Prior to joining the firm, she worked at Prudential Equity Group, Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan where she was responsible for research coverage in the specialty hardlines retail, household and personal care sectors.  She is a graduate of Davidson College and received her MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.   Ms. Wickland is a member of the CFA Institute.
 
Mr. Rosenberg, CFA and CPA, joined the Adviser in 2007 as a Senior Analyst.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rosenberg held positions as Controller for Rose Printing Company and as an Assurance Associate at KPMG LLP.  He is a graduate of Florida State University and received his MBA from the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business.  Mr. Rosenberg is a member of the CFA Institute.
 
The SAI provides additional information about Ms. Wickland’s and Mr. Rosenberg’s compensation, other accounts managed and their ownership of securities in the Fund.
 
Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund Portfolio Manager.  Nathan Snyder has served as a portfolio manager to the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund since its inception.  Mr. Snyder is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.
 
Mr. Snyder, CFA, joined the Adviser in 2005.  Prior to joining the Adviser, Mr. Snyder worked as Director of Equity Investments at Parker / Hunter Asset Management from July 2002 to August 2005, where he managed a number of different products.  Mr. Snyder is a graduate of Harvard University and the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business.  He is also a member of the Pittsburgh Society of Financial Analysts and the CFA Institute. The SAI provides additional information about Mr. Snyder’s compensation, other accounts managed and his ownership of securities in the Fund.
 
 
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Snow Capital Market Plus Fund Portfolio Manager.  Richard Snow has served as a portfolio manager to the Snow Capital Market Plus Fund since its inception.  Mr. Snow is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.  Mr. Snow is the Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser.
 
Mr. Snow is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.  Mr. Snow is the Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser.  Mr. Snow founded R.A.S. Capital Management in 1980, where he served as principal, managing private family assets.  In 2001, Mr. Snow restructured R.A.S. Capital Management as Snow Capital Management, L.P.  Mr. Snow is a graduate of Duquesne University and has an MBA in finance from the University of Pittsburgh. The SAI provides additional information about Mr. Snow’s compensation, other accounts managed and his ownership of securities in the Fund.
 
Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund Portfolio Manager.  Joshua Schachter and Anne Wickland have served as portfolio managers to the Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund since its inception.  Mr. Schachter is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.
 
Mr. Schachter, CFA, joined the Adviser at the firm’s inception in 2001.  His duties include security research, selection and portfolio management.  Mr. Schachter is a graduate of Allegheny College and received his MBA in finance from the University of Pittsburgh.  He is a member of the CFA Institute..  For information regarding Ms. Wickland’s’s experience, please see above.
 
The SAI provides additional information about Mr. Schachter’s and Ms. Wickland’s compensation, other accounts managed and their ownership of securities in the Fund.
 
Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund Portfolio Manager.  Nathan Snyder and Simon Rosenberg have served as portfolio managers to the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund since its inception.  Mr. Snyder is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.  For information regarding Mr. Snyder’s and Mr. Rosenberg’s experience, please see above.
 
The SAI provides additional information about Mr. Snyder’s and Mr. Rosenberg’s compensation, other accounts managed and their ownership of securities in the Fund.
 
Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund Portfolio Manager.  Joshua Schachter has served as a portfolio manager to the Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund since its inception.  Mr. Schachter is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.  For information regarding Mr. Schachter’s experience, please see above.  The SAI provides additional information about Mr. Schachter’s compensation, other accounts managed and his ownership of securities in the Fund.
 
Board of Trustees.  Each Fund is a series of the 360 Funds, an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on February 25, 2005.  The Board of Trustees of the Trust supervises the operations of each Fund according to applicable state and federal law, and is responsible for the overall management of each Fund’s business affairs.
 
 
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ADMINISTRATION
 
Custodian.  US Bank (the “Custodian”) serves as the custodian of the Funds’ securities.
 
Fund Administration and Distribution.  M3Sixty Administration, LLC (“M3Sixty”) serves as the Funds’ administrator providing the Funds with administrative, accounting and compliance services.  In addition, M3Sixty serves as the transfer agent and dividend-disbursing agent of the Funds.  As indicated below under the caption “Investing in the Fund,” M3Sixty will handle your orders to purchase and redeem Shares of a Fund, and will disburse dividends paid by a Fund.
 
Distribution of Shares.  Matrix Capital Group, Inc. (the “Distributor”) serves as the Funds’ principal underwriter.  The Distributor may sell the Funds’ Shares to or through qualified securities dealers or other approved entities. The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan in accordance with Rule 12b-1 (“Distribution Plan”) under the 1940 Act.  The Distribution Plan provides that a Fund may compensate or reimburse the Distributor for services rendered and expenses borne in connection with activities primarily intended to result in the sale of a Fund’s Shares (this compensation is commonly referred to as “12b-1 fees”).  Sales charges (including without limitation, sales loads, CDSCs and 12b-1 fees) may be paid to broker-dealers, banks and any other financial intermediary eligible to receive such fees for sales of Fund shares and for services provided to shareholders.  The Distributor may also retain a portion of these fees as a Fund’s distributor.  Pursuant to the Distribution Plan, a Fund may annually pay the Distributor up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Class A shares.  The 0.25% fee for the Class A shares is a service fee.  Because 12b-1 fees are paid out of a Fund’s assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
 
Each Fund offers two classes of shares (Class A shares and Class I shares).  Class A shares are available for purchase by all investors.  Each class represents interests in the same portfolio of investments and has the same rights, but the classes differ with respect to sales loads and expenses to which they are subject.  The decision as to whether Class A or Class I shares are more beneficial to you generally depends on the amount and intended length of time of your investment.
 
Certain Expenses.  In addition to the 12b-1 fees and the investment advisory fees, the Funds pay all expenses not assumed by the Adviser, which may include, without limitation, the fees and expenses of its independent accountants and of its legal counsel; the costs of printing and mailing to shareholders annual and semi-annual reports, proxy statements, prospectuses, statements of additional information and supplements thereto; the costs of printing registration statements; bank transaction charges and custodian’s fees; any proxy solicitors’ fees and expenses; filing fees; any federal, state or local income or other taxes; any interest; any membership fees of the Investment Company Institute and similar organizations; fidelity bond and Trustees’ liability insurance premiums; and any extraordinary expenses, such as indemnification payments or damages awarded in litigation or settlements made.
 
 
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INVESTING IN A FUND
 
Minimum Initial Investment.  A Fund’s Shares are sold and redeemed at net asset value.  Shares may be purchased by any account managed by the Adviser and any other institutional investor or any broker-dealer authorized to sell Shares in a Fund.  The minimum initial investment for the Class A shares of a Fund is generally $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for IRA accounts.  A Fund may, at the Adviser’s sole discretion, accept accounts with less than the minimum investment.
 
The minimum initial investment in Class I shares of a Fund is generally $1,000,000.  The minimum initial investment requirement may be waived or reduced for wrap programs and certain qualified retirement plans (excluding IRAs) sponsored by financial service firms that have entered into appropriate arrangements with a Fund, or otherwise by the Adviser in its sole discretion.
 
Determining the Fund’s Net Asset Value.  The price at which you purchase or redeem Shares is based on the next calculation of net asset value after an order is accepted in good form.  An order is considered to be in good form if it includes a complete application and payment in full of the purchase amount.  A Fund’s net asset value per share is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets, less liabilities (including Fund expenses, which are accrued daily), by the total number of outstanding Shares of the Fund.  The net asset value per Share of a Fund is normally determined at the time regular trading closes on the NYSE, currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except when the NYSE closes earlier.  A Fund does not calculate net asset value on business holidays when the NYSE is closed.
 
The valuation of portfolio securities is determined in accordance with procedures established by, and under the direction of, the Trustees.  In determining the value of a Fund's total assets, portfolio securities are generally calculated at market value by quotations from the primary market in which they are traded. Instruments with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.  The Funds normally use pricing services to obtain market quotations.  Securities and assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or that cannot be accurately valued using a Fund's normal pricing procedures are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies approved by the Trustees.  Fair value pricing may be used, for example, in situations where (i) a portfolio security, such as a small-cap stock, is so thinly traded that there have been no transactions for that stock over an extended period of time or the validity of a market quotation received is questionable; (ii) the exchange on which the portfolio security is principally traded closes early; (iii) trading of the particular portfolio security is halted; (iv) the security is a restricted security not registered under federal securities laws purchased through a private placement not eligible for resale; or (v) the security is purchased on a foreign exchange.
 
Pursuant to policies adopted by the Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for notifying the Board of Trustees (or the Trust’s Fair Value Committee (“Fair Value Committee”)) when it believes that fair value pricing is required for a particular security.  The Funds’ policies regarding fair value pricing are intended to result in a calculation of a Fund’s net asset value that fairly reflects portfolio security values as of the time of pricing.  A portfolio security’s fair value price may differ from the price next available for that portfolio security using a Fund’s normal pricing procedure, and may differ substantially from the price at which the portfolio security may ultimately be traded or sold.  If such fair value price differs from the price that would have been determined using a Fund’s normal pricing procedures, a shareholder may receive more or less proceeds or shares from redemptions or purchases of Fund shares, respectively, than a shareholder would have otherwise received if the portfolio security was priced using a Fund’s normal pricing procedures.  The performance of a Fund may also be affected if a portfolio security’s fair value price were to differ from the security’s price using a Fund’s normal pricing procedures.  The Trustees monitor and evaluate the Funds’ use of fair value pricing.
 
Other Matters.  Purchases and redemptions of Shares by the same shareholder on the same day will be netted for a Fund.  All redemption requests will be processed and payment with respect thereto will normally be made within seven days after tender.  A Fund may suspend redemption, if permitted by the 1940 Act, for any period during which the NYSE is closed or during which trading is restricted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or if the SEC declares that an emergency exists.  Redemptions may also be suspended during other periods permitted by the SEC for the protection of a Fund’s shareholders.  Additionally, during drastic economic and market changes, telephone redemption privileges may be difficult to implement.  Also, if the Trustees determine that it would be
 
 
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detrimental to the best interest of a Fund’s remaining shareholders to make payment in cash, a Fund may pay redemption proceeds in whole or in part by a distribution-in-kind of readily marketable securities.
 
 
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PURCHASING SHARES
 
Opening a New Account.  To open an account with a Fund, take the following steps:
 
1.           Complete an Account Application.  Be sure to indicate the type of account you wish to open, the amount of money you wish to invest, and which class of shares you wish to purchase.  If you do not indicate which class you wish to purchase, your purchase will be invested in Class A shares.  The application must contain your name, date of birth, address, and Social Security Number (“SSN”) or Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”).  If you have applied for a SSN or TIN prior to completing your account application but you have not received your number, please indicate this on the application and include a copy of the form applying for the SSN or TIN.  Taxes are not withheld from distributions to U.S. investors if certain IRS requirements regarding the SSN or TIN are met.
 
2.           Write a check or prepare a money order from a U.S. financial institution and payable in U.S. dollars.  For regular mail orders, mail your completed application along with your check or money order made payable to the name of the Fund in which you are investing to:
 
Snow Capital Funds
c/o M3Sixty Administration, LLC
4520 Main Street
Suite 1425
Kansas City, Missouri  64111
 
If checks are returned due to insufficient funds or other reasons, the purchase order will not be accepted.  The Funds will charge the prospective investor a $20 fee for cancelled checks and may redeem Shares of a Fund already owned by the prospective investor or another identically registered account for such fee.  The prospective investor will also be responsible for any losses or expenses incurred by a Fund or the Administrator in connection with any cancelled check.
 
Bank Wire Purchases.  Purchases may also be made through bank wire orders.  To establish a new account or add to an existing account by wire, please call (877) 244-6235 for instructions.
 
Additional Investments. You may add to your account by mail or wire at any time by purchasing Shares at the then current public offering price.  Before adding funds by bank wire, please call the Funds at (877) 244-6235 and follow the above directions for bank wire purchases.  Please note that in most circumstances, there will be a bank charge for wire purchases.  Mail orders should include, if possible, the “Invest by Mail” stub that is attached to your confirmation statement.  Otherwise, please identify your account in a letter accompanying your purchase payment.
 
Automatic Investment Plan.  Shareholders of Class A shares who have met a Fund’s minimum investment criteria may participate in a Fund’s automatic investment plan.  The automatic investment plan enables shareholders to make regular monthly or quarterly investments in Class A shares through automatic charges to shareholders’ checking account.  With shareholder authorization and bank approval, a Fund will automatically charge the shareholder’s checking account for the amount specified ($100 minimum for Class A shares of a Fund), which will automatically be invested in Class A shares at the public offering price on or about the 21st day of the month.  The shareholder may change the amount of the investment or discontinue the plan at any time by notifying a Fund in writing.
 
Important Information about Procedures for Opening a New Account.  Under the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act of 2001), a Fund is required to obtain, verify, and record information to enable a Fund to form a reasonable belief as to the identity of each customer who opens an account.  Consequently, when an investor opens an account, a Fund will ask for, among other things, the investor’s name, street address, date of birth (for an individual), social security or other tax identification number (or proof that the investor has filed for such a number), and other information that will allow the Fund to identify the investor.  A Fund may also ask to see the investor’s driver’s license or other identifying documents.  An investor’s account application will not be considered “complete” and, therefore, an account will not be opened and the investor’s money will not be invested until the Fund receives this required information.  In addition, if after opening the investor’s account, the Fund is unable to verify the investor’s identity after reasonable efforts, as determined by the Fund in its sole discretion, the Fund may (i) restrict redemptions and further investments until the investor’s identity is verified; and (ii) close the investor’s account without notice and return the investor’s redemption proceeds to the investor.  If a Fund closes an investor’s account because the Fund was unable to verify the investor’s identity, the Fund will value the account in accordance with the Fund’s next net asset value calculated after the investor’s account is closed.  In that case, the investor’s redemption proceeds may be worth more or less than the investor’s original investment.  A Fund will not be responsible for any losses incurred due to a Fund’s inability to verify the identity of any investor opening an account.
 
 
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Other Information. In connection with all purchases of Fund Shares, we observe the following policies and procedures:
 
 
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We price direct purchases based on the next public offering price (net asset value) computed after your order is received. Direct purchase orders received by Matrix as the Funds’ transfer agent by the close of the regular session of the NYSE (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) are confirmed at that day's public offering price. Purchase orders received by dealers prior to the close of the regular session of the NYSE on any business day and transmitted to Matrix on that day are confirmed at the public offering price determined as of the close of the regular session of trading on the NYSE on that day.
 
·
We do not accept third party checks for any investments.
 
·
We may open accounts for less than the minimum investment or change minimum investment requirements at any time.
 
·
We may refuse to accept any purchase request for any reason or no reason.
 
·
We mail you confirmations of all your purchases or redemptions of Fund Shares.
 
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Certificates representing Shares are not issued.

Choosing a Share Class.  The Funds offer two classes of shares (Class A shares and Class I shares).  As of the date of this Prospectus, Class A shares and Class I shares have not commenced operations.  These classes represent interests in the same portfolio of investments and have the same rights, but Class I shares are available only to institutional investors and certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have entered different.  You should speak with your financial representative or broker-dealer to help you decide which class into arrangements with a Fund and are subject to a minimum initial investment of $1,000,000.
 
Class A Shares.  Class A shares are sold at net asset value plus an initial sales load.  The sales load is deducted from the amount you invest.  The sales load for Class A shares is reduced for purchases of $25,000 or more, as shown in the chart below.
 
 
Sales load as a % of:
Dealer Reallowance as % of
Public Offering Price*
Amount of Investment
Public Offering Price*
Net Amount Invested
Less than $25,000
5.25%
5.54%
4.75%
$25,000 but less than $50,000
5.00%
5.26%
4.50%
$50,000 but less than $100,000
4.50%
4.71%
4.00%
$100,000 but less than $250,000
3.50%
3.63%
3.00%
$250,000 but less than $500,000
2.50%
2.56%
2.00%
$500,000 but less than $750,000
2.00%
2.04%
1.50%
$750,000 but less than $1 million
1.50%
1.52%
1.00%
$1 million or more
0.00%**
0.00%**
See below
 
 
*
“Public Offering Price” is the net asset value at the time of purchase plus the front-end sales load.  In general, the broker-dealer reallowance on sales of Class A shares will equal the amount of the Sales Load as a % of Public Offering Price described in this table.
 
**
No sales load is paid at the time of purchase for investments of $1 million or more.  A CDSC of 0.50% may be imposed on such investments in the event of redemption within 12 months of purchase.
 
Class A shares are also subject to an annual 12b-1 fee of up to 0.25% of a Fund’s average daily net assets allocable to Class A shares.
 
 
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Broker-Dealer Reallowances and Commissions. The broker-dealer reallowance for purchases of Class A shares under $1 million is described in the chart above.  For initial purchases of Class A shares of a Fund of $1 million or more, a broker-dealer’s commission (equal to 0.50% of such purchases over $1 million) may be paid by the Adviser to participating unaffiliated broker-dealers through whom such purchases are effected.  No commission will be paid if the purchase represents the reinvestment of a redemption from a Fund made during the previous twelve months.  Redemptions of Class A shares may result in the imposition of a CDSC if the broker-dealer’s commission described in this paragraph was paid in connection with the purchase of such shares.  See “CDSC for Certain Purchases of Class A shares” below.
 
Under certain circumstances, the Distributor may increase or decrease the reallowance to broker-dealers.  The Distributor receives that portion of the initial sales load which is not reallowed to the brokers who sell shares of a Fund.  The Distributor retains the entire sales load on all direct initial investments in a Fund and on all investments in accounts with no designated dealer of record.
 
Reduced Sales Loads.  Front-end sales loads on purchases of Class A shares may be reduced under the “Right of Accumulation” or under a “Letter of Intent.”  To receive a reduced sales load, you must inform your broker-dealer or the Fund at the time you purchase shares that you qualify for such a reduction.  If you do not let your broker-dealer or the Fund know you are eligible for a reduced sales charge, you may not receive the discount to which you are otherwise entitled.
 
You may use the “Right of Accumulation” to reduce your sales load.  Under the “Right of Accumulation,” you may combine the current net asset value of your existing Class A shares of a Fund with the amount of any current purchases in order to take advantage of the reduced sales loads in the table above.
 
Purchases made pursuant to a “Letter of Intent” may also be eligible for the reduced sales loads.  In a Letter of Intent, the investor expresses his or her intention, in writing, to invest a certain amount over a specified period of time.  The Fund will then apply to each of the investor’s periodic investments the reduced sales load that would apply to the total amount stated in the Letter of Intent.  The minimum initial investment under a Letter of Intent is $25,000. If not stated otherwise in the Letter of Intent, the amount of shares you purchase in a Fund during the thirteen (13) months following the signing of the Letter of Intent qualify for the reduced sales load.  The reduced sales load will not apply to purchases in a Fund made more than 90 days prior to the signing of the Letter of Intent.  During the term of your Letter of Intent, the Transfer Agent will hold in escrow shares representing the highest applicable sales load for a Fund each time you make a purchase.  Any shares you redeem during that period will count against your total amount stated in your Letter of Intent.  If, by the end of the term of the Letter of Intent, you have purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, the escrowed shares will be released to you.  If you have not purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, your escrowed shares will be redeemed in an amount equal to the sales load that would apply if you had purchased the actual amount in your account all at once.  Any escrowed shares not needed to satisfy that sales load would be released to you.
 
Shareholders may include the value of certain related accounts, including accounts held by their spouse and children under the age of 21, family trust accounts of the investor and other accounts held by the investor to determine the applicable sales load and for purposes of the Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.  These privileges apply even if your related accounts are opened at different brokerage firms, so it is important to let your broker-dealer(s) or the Transfer Agent know about all your accounts that may be combined.  To verify eligibility for a reduced sales load, your broker-dealer or the Fund may require that you submit copies of account statements to substantiate requests for Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.
 
In addition to the Right of Accumulation and Letters of Intent, Class A shares are offered at net asset value without a sales load to the following types of investors: trustees and officers of the Fund, clients of the Adviser, employees of the Adviser (and members of their immediate families) and the Adviser and certain service providers of the Fund.  As explained above, there also is no sales load at the time of purchase on investments of $1 million or more in a Fund, but such purchases may be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% in the event of redemption within 12 months of purchase.  See “CDSC for Certain Purchases of Class A Shares” below.
 
CDSC for Certain Purchases of Class A Shares.  A CDSC is imposed upon certain redemptions of Class A shares purchased at net asset value in amounts totaling $1 million if the dealer’s commission described above was paid by the underwriter and the shares are redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.  The CDSC will be paid to the Distributor and will be equal to 0.50% of the lesser of (1) the net asset value at the time of purchase of the Class A shares being redeemed; or (2) the net asset value of such shares at the time of redemption.  If your purchase of Class A shares is subject to the CDSC, you will be so notified on the confirmation you receive for such purchase.  A CDSC will not be imposed upon redemptions of Class A shares held for more than one year.
 
 
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Class I shares. Class I shares of a Fund are sold at NAV without an initial sales charge so that the full amount of your purchase payment may be immediately invested in a Fund. Class I shares are available for investment only to institutional investors and certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have entered into appropriate arrangements with a Fund. These arrangements are generally limited to discretionary managed, asset allocation, eligible retirement plan or wrap products offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions. Shareholders participating in these programs may be charged fees by their broker-dealer or financial institution.

Additional Information about Sales Charges.  Information regarding a Fund's sales charges, as well as information regarding reduced sales charges and waived sales charges, and the terms and conditions for the purchase, pricing, and redemption of Fund shares is not available on a Fund's website since each Funds’ website contain limited information. Further information is available by calling the Funds at (877) 244-6235.

Redeeming Shares

Regular Mail Redemptions.  Regular mail redemption requests should identify the name of the applicable Fund(s) and be addressed to:
 
Snow Capital Funds
c/o M3Sixty Administration, LLC
4520 Main Street
Suite 1425
Kansas City, Missouri  64111
 
Regular mail redemption requests should include the following:
 
(1)        Your letter of instruction specifying the Fund, account number and number of Shares (or the dollar amount) to be redeemed.  This request must be signed by all registered shareholders in the exact names in which they are registered;

(2)        Any required signature guarantees (see “Signature Guarantees” below); and
 
(3)        Other supporting legal documents, if required in the case of estates, trusts, guardianships, custodianships, corporations, pension or profit sharing plans, and other entities.
 
Your redemption proceeds normally will be sent to you within seven days after receipt of your redemption request.  However, a Fund may delay forwarding a redemption check for recently purchased Shares while it determines whether the purchase payment will be honored.  Such delay (which may take up to 10 days from the date of purchase) may be reduced or avoided if the purchase is made by certified check or wire transfer.  In all cases, the net asset value next determined after receipt of the request for redemption will be used in processing the redemption request.
 
Telephone and Bank Wire Redemptions.  Unless you specifically decline the telephone transaction privileges on your account application, you may redeem Shares of a Fund by calling 877.244-6235. A Fund may rely upon confirmation of redemption requests transmitted via facsimile (Fax# 816.743.4477).  The confirmation instructions must include the following:
 
 
(1)
Name of Fund;
 
(2)
Shareholder name(s) and account number;
 
(3)
Number of Shares or dollar amount to be redeemed;
 
(4)
Instructions for transmittal of redemption funds to the shareholder; and
 
(5)
Shareholder(s) signature(s) as it/they appear(s) on the application then on file with the Fund.
 
 
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You can choose to have redemption proceeds mailed to you at your address of record, your financial institution, or to any other authorized person, or you can have the proceeds sent by wire transfer to your financial institution ($5,000 minimum).  A Fund in its discretion may choose to pass through to redeeming shareholders any charges imposed by the Fund’s custodian for wire redemptions.  If this cost is passed through to redeeming shareholders by a Fund, the charge will be deducted automatically from your account by redemption of Shares in your account.  Your bank or brokerage firm may also impose a charge for processing the wire.  If wire transfer of funds is impossible or impractical, the redemption proceeds will be sent by mail to the designated account.
 
Redemption proceeds will only be sent to the financial institution account or person named in your Fund Shares Application currently on file with a Fund.  Telephone redemption privileges authorize the Fund to act on telephone instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be the investor and reasonably believed by the Fund to be genuine.  A Fund will not be liable for any losses due to fraudulent or unauthorized instructions nor for following telephone instructions provided that the Fund follows reasonable procedures to ensure instructions are genuine.
 
Minimum Account Size.  Due to the relatively high cost of maintaining small accounts, a Fund reserves the right to liquidate a shareholder’s account if, as a result of redemptions or transfers (but not required IRA distributions), the account’s balance falls below the minimum initial investment required for your type of account (see “Minimum Initial Investment” above).  A Fund will notify you if your account falls below the required minimum.  If your account is not increased to the required level after a thirty (30) day cure period then a Fund may, at its discretion, liquidate the account.
 
Redemptions In Kind.  A Fund does not intend, under normal circumstances, to redeem its Shares by payment in kind.  However, a Fund reserves the right to meet redemption requests by payment in kind where it believes it is in the best interest of the Fund and the remaining shareholders.  In such a case, the Trustees may authorize payment to be made in readily marketable portfolio securities of the Fund.  Securities delivered in payment of redemptions would be valued at the same value assigned to them in computing a Fund’s net asset value per share.  Shareholders receiving them would incur brokerage costs when these securities are sold.
 
Signature Guarantees.  To protect your account and a Fund from fraud, signature guarantees may be required to be sure that you are the person who has authorized a change in registration or standing instructions for your account.  Signature guarantees are generally required for (i) change of registration requests; (ii) requests to establish or to change exchange privileges or telephone and bank wire redemption service other than through your initial account application; (iii) transactions where proceeds from redemptions, dividends, or distributions are sent to an address or financial institution differing from the address or financial institution of record; and (iv) redemption requests in excess of $50,000.  Signature guarantees are acceptable from a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, a savings and loan institution, credit union (if authorized under state law), registered broker-dealer, securities exchange, or association clearing agency and must appear on the written request for change of registration, establishment or change in exchange privileges, or redemption request.
 
Other Information about Contingent Deferred Sales Charges.  If, within the first year of purchase, you redeem (i) Class A share purchases of more than $1 million, you may be subject to a CDSC as described above under “Fees and Expenses of a Fund” and “Purchasing Shares – Choosing a Share Class”.  Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions of capital gains will not be subject to a CDSC.  To determine if the CDSC applies to a redemption, the Fund redeems Shares in the following order: (i) Shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions; and then (ii) Shares held for the longest period.
 
A Fund will waive the CDSC if requested in the following circumstances:
 
 
·
Redemption upon the death or permanent disability of the shareholder if made within one year of the death or the initial determination of permanent disability.  The waiver is available only for Shares held at the time of death or initial determination of permanent disability.
 
·
Mandatory distributions from a tax-deferred retirement plan or IRA.

If you wish to request that the CDSC be waived for one of the reasons stated above, contact your financial representative, broker-dealer or the Fund.  Such waiver requests must be made at the time of redemption.
 
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS
 
Purchases and Redemptions through Securities Firms.  A Fund has authorized one or more brokers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf and such brokers are authorized to designate intermediaries to accept orders on behalf of a Fund.  In addition, orders will be deemed to have been received by a Fund when an authorized broker, or broker-authorized designee, accepts the purchase order or receives the redemption order.  Orders will be priced at the next calculation of a Fund’s net asset value after the authorized broker or broker-authorized designee receives the orders.  Investors may also be charged a fee by a broker or agent if Shares are purchased through a broker or agent.  A Fund is not responsible for ensuring that a broker carries out its obligations. You should look to the broker through whom you wish to invest for specific instructions on how to purchase or redeem shares of a Fund.
 
Telephone Purchases by Securities Firms.  Brokerage firms that are Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) members may telephone Matrix at (877) 244-6235 and buy Shares for investors who have investments in the Fund through the brokerage firm’s account with a Fund.  By electing telephone purchase privileges, FINRA member firms, on behalf of themselves and their clients, agree that neither the Fund nor Matrix shall be liable for following telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.  To be sure telephone instructions are genuine, a Fund and its agents send written confirmations of transactions to the broker that initiated the telephone purchase.  As a result of these and other policies, the FINRA member firms may bear the risk of any loss in the event of such a transaction.  However, if Matrix fails to follow these established procedures, it may be liable.  A Fund may modify or terminate these telephone privileges at any time.
 
Disruptive Trading and Market Timing.  A Fund is not intended for or suitable for market timers, and market timers are discouraged from becoming investors.  The ability of new shareholders to establish an account, or for existing shareholders to add to their accounts is subject to modification or limitation if a Fund determines, in its sole opinion, that the shareholder or potential shareholder has engaged in frequent purchases or redemptions that may be indicative of market timing or otherwise disruptive trading (“Disruptive Trading”) which can have harmful effects for other shareholders.  These risks and harmful effects include:
 
 
o
an adverse effect on portfolio management, as determined by the Adviser in its sole discretion, such as causing the Fund to maintain a higher level of cash than would otherwise be the case, or causing the Fund to liquidate investments prematurely; and
 
 
o
reducing returns to long-term shareholders through increased brokerage and administrative expenses.
 
You should note that, if a Fund invests primarily in securities of foreign companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, the Fund may be more susceptible to market timing than mutual funds investing primarily in U.S. companies.
 
In an effort to protect shareholders from Disruptive Trading, the Board of Trustees has approved certain market timing policies and procedures.  Under these market timing policies and procedures, a Fund may monitor trading activity by shareholders and take specific steps to prevent Disruptive Trading.  In general, each Fund considers frequent roundtrip transactions in a shareholder account to constitute Disruptive Trading.  A “roundtrip transaction” is one where a shareholder buys and then sells, or sells and then buys, Shares within 30 days.  While there is no specific limit on roundtrip transactions, the Funds reserve the right to (i) refuse any purchase order; and/or (ii) restrict or terminate purchase privileges for shareholders or former shareholders, particularly in cases where a Fund determines that the shareholder or potential shareholder has engaged in more than one roundtrip transaction in a Fund within any rolling 30-day period.
 
In determining the frequency of roundtrip transactions, a Fund does not include purchases pursuant to dollar cost averaging or other similar programs, and a Fund will not count systematic withdrawals and/or automatic purchases, mandatory retirement distributions, and transactions initiated by a plan sponsor.  A Fund will calculate roundtrip transactions at the shareholder level, and may contact a shareholder to request an explanation of any activity that the Fund suspects as Disruptive Trading.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Fund may also take action if a shareholder’s trading activity (evaluated based on roundtrip trading or otherwise) is deemed Disruptive Trading by a Fund, even if applicable Shares are held longer than 30 days.  In addition, a Fund may, without prior notice, take whatever action it deems appropriate to comply with or take advantage of any state or federal regulatory requirement.  A Fund also imposes an initial sales load and a CDSC on certain Shares, each of which has the effect of discouraging Disruptive Trading in Fund Shares.
 
 
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A Fund cannot guarantee that its policies and procedures regarding market timing will be effective in detecting and deterring all Disruptive Trading.
 
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings.  A description of a Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of such Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s SAI.
 
 
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OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
 
Distributions
 
The Funds distribute their net investment income and net realized long and short-term capital gains to their shareholders at least annually, usually in December.  Absent instructions to pay distributions in cash, distributions will be reinvested automatically in additional Shares (or fractions thereof) of the Fund.
 
Federal Taxes
 
The following information is meant as a general summary for U.S. taxpayers.  Additional information appears in the SAI.  Shareholders should rely on their own tax advisers for advice about the particular federal, state, and local tax consequences of investing in the Fund.
 
Shareholders may elect to take dividends from net investment income or capital gain distributions, if any, in cash or reinvest them in additional Fund Shares.  Although a Fund will not be taxed on amounts it distributes, shareholders will generally be taxed on distributions paid by a Fund, regardless of whether distributions are received in cash or are reinvested in additional Fund Shares.  Distributions may be subject to state and local taxes, as well as federal taxes.
 
Shareholders should consult with their own tax advisers to ensure that distributions and sale of Fund shares are treated appropriately on their income tax returns.
 
Financial Highlights
 
Because the Funds recently commenced operation, there are no financial highlights available at this time.
 
 
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Privacy Notice
 
FACTS
WHAT DOES 360 FUNDS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
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Why?
Financial companies choose how they share your personal information.  Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing.  Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information.  Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
   
What?
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us.  This information can include:
 § Social Security number
 § Assets
 § Retirement Assets
 § Transaction History
 § Checking Account Information
 § Purchase History
 § Account Balances
 § Account Transactions
 § Wire Transfer Instructions
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
   
How?
All financial companies need to share your personal information to run their everyday business.  In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons 360 Funds chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
   
Reasons we can share your personal information
Does 360 Funds share?
Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes –
Such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus
Yes
No
For our marketing purposes –
to offer our products and services to you
No
We don’t share
For joint marketing with other financial companies
No
We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
information about your transactions and experiences
No
We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
information about your creditworthiness
No
We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you
No
We don’t share
 
Questions?
Call 1-877-244-6235

 
 

 
 
   
 Who we are
 Who is providing this notice?
360 Funds
M3Sixty Administration, LLC (Administrator)
Matrix Capital Group, Inc. (Distributor)
What we do
 How does 360 Funds
 protect my personal information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law.  These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
 
Our service providers are held accountable for adhering to strict policies and procedures to prevent any misuse of your nonpublic personal information.
 How does 360 Funds
 collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
§ Open an account
§ Provide account information
§ Give us your contact information
§ Make deposits or withdrawals from your account
§ Make a wire transfer
§ Tell us where to send the money
§ Tell us who receives the money
§ Show your government-issued ID
§ Show your driver’s license
We also collect your personal information from other companies.
 Why can’t I limit all sharing?
Federal law gives you the right to limit only
§ Sharing  for affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
§ Affiliates from using your information to market to you
§ Sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
   
 Definitions
 Affiliates
Companies related by common ownership or control.  They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
§ M3Sixty Administration, LLC and Matrix Capital Group, Inc., could each be deemed to be an affiliate.
 Nonaffiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control.  They can be financial and nonfinancial companies
§ 360 Funds does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
 Joint marketing
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
§ 360 Funds does not jointly market.
 
 
 

 
 

 
FOR MORE INFORMATION
 

 
A statement of additional information (“SAI”) about the Funds has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SAI (which is incorporated in its entirety by reference in this Prospectus) contains additional information about the Funds.
 
To request a free copy of the SAI, a Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports and other information about the Fund, or to make inquiries about a Fund, write the Fund c/o Matrix 360 Administration, LLC, 630 Fitzwatertown Road, Building A, 2nd Floor, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 19090-1904 or call 1-877-244-6235.
 
Information about a Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C.  Information about the operation of the public reference room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090.  Reports and other information about Funds are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, and copies of this information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
 
360 Funds Investment Company Act File Number:  811-21726
 
 
 

 
 
Stringer Growth Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SRGAX)
Class C Shares (Ticker Symbol: SRGCX)
Institutional Class Shares (Ticker Symbol: SRGIX)
 
a series of the
360 Funds
 
 
PROSPECTUS
March 28, 2013
 
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This Prospectus relates to three classes of shares (Class A shares, Class C shares, and Institutional Class Shares); for questions or for Shareholder Services, please call (877) 244-6235.
 
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
 

 
 
Table of Contents

Page
 
SUMMARY
1
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, RISKS AND PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
5
Temporary Defensive Positions
6
Non-Diversified Fund
6
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
7
MANAGEMENT
10
ADMINISTRATION
12
INVESTING IN THE FUND
12
PURCHASING SHARES
13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS
19
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
20
Distributions
20
Federal Taxes
20
Financial Highlights
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Summary
 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the Stringer Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is long-term growth of capital.
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section captioned “Purchasing Shares” on page 13 of the Fund’s prospectus and the section captioned “Purchases” beginning on page 29 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
 
Class A shares
Class C shares
Institutional
Class shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
5.50%
1.00%
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or the amount redeemed, whichever is less)
1.00%
1.00%
None
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
 
Class A shares
Class C shares
Institutional
Class shares
Management Fees
0.95%
0.95%
0.95%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
0.25%
1.00%
None
Other Expenses1
1.03%
1.03%
1.03%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
0.40%
0.40%
0.40%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
2.63%
3.38%
2.38%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement2 
-0.58%
-0.58%
-0.58%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement
2.05%
2.80%
1.80%
 
1
Because the Fund is new, these expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.
 
2
Stringer Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits the Fund’s annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired funds fees and expenses, shareholder services fees, extraordinary expenses, interest and dividend expenses in connection with securities sold short, and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 1.40% through at least April 30, 2014.  Subject to approval by the Fund’s Board, any waiver under the Expense Limitation Agreement is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the year in which such waiver occurred, if the Fund is able to make the payment without exceeding the 1.40% expense limitation. The current contractual agreement cannot be terminated prior to at least one year after the effective date without the Board of Trustees’ approval.
 
 
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Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
This expense example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The expense example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and the contractual agreement to limit expenses remains in effect only until April 30, 2014.  The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) is not included in these calculations for Class A Shares.  If the CDSC were included, your costs would be higher.  See “CDSC for Certain Purchases of Class A Shares” below.  Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
Period Invested
1 Year
3 Years
Class A Shares
$747
$1,271
Class C Shares
$283
$985
Institutional Class Shares
$183
$687
 
Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategy of the Fund.  To meet its investment objective, the Fund will invest primarily in unaffiliated exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”).  The underlying ETFs will invest in various securities including, but not limited to, domestic equity securities (including large, mid and small-cap stocks), stocks offered in international markets, including emerging markets, domestic fixed income securities, foreign debt securities, and cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may also invest in alternative sector ETFs, such as commodity and real estate ETFs.
 
The Fund may be appropriate for investors with long-term time horizons who are not sensitive to short-term losses and want to participate in the long-term growth of the financial markets. The Fund seeks to avoid or minimize the effects of inflation on the portfolio.
 
The Fund may also invest directly in domestic equity securities (including large, small and mid-cap stocks), stocks offered in international markets, including emerging markets, and unaffiliated open-end investment companies.  At times, the Fund may also invest directly in fixed-income securities. These fixed-income securities, either held directly or through ETFs, may be domestic or foreign, corporate or sovereign, and of any quality or duration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under normal market conditions, the Fund will generally allocate 100% of its investments to equity securities.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or all of the principal amount invested.  There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective.  Generally, the Fund will be subject to the following additional risks:
 
·
Allocation risk – The performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark will depend largely on the decisions of the Adviser as to strategic asset allocation and tactical adjustments made to the asset allocation.  At times, the Adviser’s judgments as to the asset classes in which the Fund should invest may prove to be wrong, as some asset classes may perform worse than others or the equity markets generally from time to time or for extended periods of time.
 
·
Market riskMarket risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.
 
·
Management style risk – To the extent the Fund focuses on a particular style of stocks, such as growth or value, its performance may at times be better or worse than that of similar funds with other focuses or that have a broader investment style.
 
 
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·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.
 
·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk – The Fund may invest in mid-cap companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.
 
·
Small company risk – The Fund may invest in smaller companies, which generally have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.
 
·
Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) risk – The Fund may invest in ETFs or other pooled investment vehicles that invest in REITs.  REITs are susceptible to the risks associated with investing in real estate generally, including, among others, declines in the value of real estate, lack of ability to access the credit markets and defaults by borrowers or tenants.
 
·
Commodities risk – The Fund may invest in ETFs or other pooled investment vehicles that invest in commodities, such as raw materials or agricultural products.  Commodities are tied to future market values and future income and are vulnerable to adverse movements in prices and exchange rates.  Additionally, the price of commodities may be affected by geopolitical changes and relations.
 
·
Credit risk – An issuer of debt securities may not make timely payments of principal and interest.
 
·
Debt securities risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the value of debt securities held by the Fund.  Investments in debt securities include credit risk.  There is also the risk that a bond issuer may “call,” or repay its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates.  Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.  Limited training opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.
 
·
High yield securities risk – Investments in high yield fixed income securities, also known as “junk bonds”, are considered speculative, involve a greater risk of default and are subject to a substantially higher degree of credit risk or price fluctuations than other types of debt securities.
 
·
Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream. Accordingly, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
·
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile and thus perform differently than the market as a whole.
 
·
Shares of other investment companies and ETFs risk – You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.  Investments in ETFs bear the risk that the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a discount to their net asset value or that an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
 
·
Non-diversified fund risk – A non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
 
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·
Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, or economic developments.
 
·
Foreign currency risk – The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency will decline in dollar terms if that currency weakens against the dollar. Additionally, certain countries may utilize formal or informal currency-exchange controls or “capital controls.” Such controls may also affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.
 
·
U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations risk – There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) that issue or guarantee certain securities where it is not obligated to do so.
 
·
New Portfolio Manager risk - Although the Adviser’s principals and the Fund’s Portfolio Managers, Gary Stringer, CFA, Kim Escue, CFA, and Chad Keller, CFP, have been portfolio managers for private investment vehicles in the past, they have not had previous experience managing a mutual fund prior to serving as the Portfolio Manager for the Fund, which may limit the Portfolio Managers’ effectiveness.
 
·
New Fund risk - The Fund was formed in April 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
Performance.  The Fund is new as of the date of this prospectus and therefore performance information is not available.
 
Management.  Stringer Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).  Gary Stringer, CFA, Kim Escue, CFA, and Chad Keller, CFP have served as the Fund’s portfolio managers since inception.
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  The minimum initial investment in Class A or Class C shares of the Fund is generally $5,000, and the minimum subsequent investment for such shares is $250 ($100 under an automatic investment plan).  The minimum initial investment in Institutional Class shares of the Fund is generally $1,000,000, and the minimum subsequent investment for such shares is $5,000 ($100 under an automatic investment plan).  The Adviser can waive the minimum initial investment requirement for Institutional Class shares of the Fund.  You can purchase or redeem shares directly from the Fund on any business day the New York Stock Exchange is open directly by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235, where you may also obtain more information about purchasing or redeeming shares by mail, facsimile or bank wire. The Fund has also authorized certain broker-dealers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf.  Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact their broker-dealer directly.
 
Tax Information.  The Fund’s distributions will generally be taxed to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.  Distributions on investments made through tax deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs may be taxed later upon a withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
 
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries.  If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, STRATEGIES, RISKS AND PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
The Fund’s Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategy
 
The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.  The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval; however, the Fund will provide 30 days’ advance notice to shareholders before implementing a change in the Fund’s investment objective.
 
 
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To meet its investment objective, the Fund will invest primarily in unaffiliated exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”).  The underlying ETFs will invest in various securities including, but not limited to, domestic equity securities (including large, small and mid-cap stocks), stocks offered in international markets, including emerging markets, domestic fixed income securities, foreign debt securities, and cash or cash equivalents. The Fund may also invest in alternative sector ETFs, such as commodity and real estate ETFs.
 
The Fund may be appropriate for investors with long-term time horizons who are not sensitive to short-term losses and want to participate in the long-term growth of the financial markets. The Fund seeks to avoid or minimize the effects of inflation on the portfolio.
 
The Fund may also invest directly in domestic equity securities (including large, small and mid-cap stocks), stocks offered in international markets, including emerging markets, and unaffiliated open-end investment companies.  At times, the Fund may also invest in fixed-income securities. These fixed-income securities, either held directly or through ETFs, may be domestic or foreign, corporate or sovereign, and of any quality or duration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under normal market conditions, the Fund will generally allocate 100% of its investments to equity securities.

The Adviser uses strategic and tactical asset allocation methodologies to manage the Fund’s assets. The Adviser’s strategic asset allocation process includes:
 
 
·
Setting forward looking return and risk expectations by creating capital market expectations for broad asset classes based on historical returns, market valuations, the economic cycle, behavioral finance and other fundamental data.
 
 
·
Setting broad asset allocation targets based on our risk and return expectations.
 
 
·
Allocating to subcategories such as, without limitation, equities of companies of different capitalizations, fixed income securities of different durations or specialty asset classes.  The Adviser also considers the balance of risk characteristics across the portfolio and the correlations of the subcategories.
 
 
·
Considering and selecting from the universe of appropriate investments for the portfolio. The Adviser quantitatively models the Fund’s investment selections to determine their impact on the overall portfolio.
 
 
·
Purchasing securities based on the Adviser’s process.
 
 
·
Monitoring the Fund and rebalancing it on an as needed-basis in order to, without limitation, change the Fund’s asset allocation, free up cash in order to participate in attractive investment opportunities, or respond to a fundamental change.  The Adviser’s investment process also monitors its cash positions in order to maintain appropriate cash levels in the Fund.
 
The Adviser’s tactical asset allocation process includes:
 
 
·
Creating a macro view of the capital markets by evaluating domestic and global trends and market opportunities.
 
 
·
Identifying persistent trends and target sectors with strong momentum (equities, commodities) or relative value (fixed income).
 
 
·
Consideration of sector concentration within the Fund, and if necessary, rebalancing or allocating to additional sectors.
 
 
·
Purchasing securities based on the Adviser’s process.
 
 
·
Monitoring the Fund and rebalancing it on an as needed-basis, as described above.
 
What is an Exchange-Traded Fund (“ETF”)?  An ETF is a fund that holds a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to track the performance of a particular securities index, sector or industry.  ETFs are traded on a securities exchange based on their market value.  ETFs that track an index hold the same stocks or bonds as the index, so its market price generally reflects the value of the index at any given time.  ETFs are registered investment companies and incur fees and expenses such as operating expenses, licensing fees, registration fees, trustee fees, and marketing expenses.
 
 
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Temporary Defensive Positions.  The Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions.  During such an unusual set of circumstances, the Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash or cash equivalent positions.  When the Fund takes a temporary defensive position, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.
 
Non-Diversified Fund.  The Fund is a “non-diversified” investment company.  Many mutual funds elect to be “diversified” funds that, as to 75% of their assets, cannot invest more than 5% of their assets in any one security at any given time.  A non-diversified fund is not subject to this limitation, and so it may hold a relatively small number of securities in its portfolio.  Even a non-diversified fund has to have some diversification for tax purposes.  In order to deduct dividends distributed to shareholders under the tax code, mutual funds are required, at the end of each quarter of the taxable year, to have (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Fund’s total assets be invested in cash, U.S. Government securities, the securities of other regulated investment companies, and other securities, limited with respect to any one issuer limited for the purposes of this calculation to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities or the securities of other regulated investment companies).  As a non-diversified investment company, the Fund may hold a small number of equity securities, but in no event fewer than 12, which is the minimum number of companies a non-diversified investment company regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) may invest in.
 
Portfolio Turnover.  Although the Fund’s strategy emphasizes longer-term investments that typically result in portfolio turnover less than 100%, the Fund may, from time to time, have a higher portfolio turnover when the Adviser’s implementation of the Fund’s investment strategy or a temporary defensive position results in frequent trading.  Since the Fund’s trades cost the Fund a brokerage commission, high portfolio turnover may have a significant adverse impact on the Fund’s performance.  In addition, because sales of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may result in taxable gain or loss, high portfolio turnover may result in significant tax consequences for shareholders.
 
“Portfolio Turnover” is a ratio that indicates how often the securities in a mutual fund’s portfolio change during a year’s time.  In general, higher numbers indicate a greater number of changes, and lower numbers indicate a smaller number of changes.
 
General Information Regarding Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund should not be considered a complete investment program.  Your investment needs will depend largely on your financial resources and individual investment goals and objectives, and you should consult with your financial professional before making an investment in the Fund.
 
Additional Information. To the extent the Fund makes investments regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, it intends to do so in accordance with Rule 4.5 under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has filed a notice of eligibility for exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” in accordance with Rule 4.5 and therefore, the Fund is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the CEA.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
 
All investments carry risks, and investment in the Fund is no exception.  No investment strategy works all the time, and past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance.  You may lose money on your investment in the Fund.  To help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund, the principal risks of an investment in the Fund are generally set forth below:
 
 
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·
Allocation risk - The performance of the Fund will depend largely on the decisions of the Adviser as to strategic asset allocation and tactical adjustments made to the asset allocation.  At times, Stringer’s judgments as to the asset classes in which the Fund should invest may prove to be wrong, as some asset classes may perform worse than others or the equity markets generally from time to time or for extended periods of time.
 
·
Market risk – Stock prices are volatile.  Market risk refers to the risk that the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio may decline due to daily fluctuations in the securities markets generally.  The Fund’s performance per share will change daily based on many factors that may generally affect the stock market, including fluctuation in interest rates, national and international economic conditions and general equity market conditions.  In a declining stock market, stock prices for all companies (including those in the Fund’s portfolio) may decline, regardless of their long-term prospects.
 
·
Management style risk – Different styles of management tend to shift into and out of favor with stock market investors depending on market and economic conditions.  To the extent the Fund focuses on a particular style of stocks, such as growth or value, its performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of similar funds that focus on other types of stocks or that have a broader investment style.
 
·
Business and sector risk – From time to time, a particular set of circumstances may affect a particular industry or certain companies within an industry, while having little or no impact on other industries or other companies within the industry.  For instance, economic or market factors; regulation or deregulation; and technological or other developments may negatively impact all companies in a particular industry.  To the extent the Fund invests heavily in a particular industry that experiences such a negative impact, the Fund’s portfolio will be adversely affected.
 
·
Large company risk – The Fund may invest in larger, more established companies, which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors.  Also, large companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansions.
 
·
Mid-sized company risk - The Fund may invest in mid-sized companies, which may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies.  In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group.  Mid-sized companies may not have the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of large companies.  Mid-sized company stock may also be bought and sold less often and in smaller amounts than larger company stocks.  Because of this, if the Fund wants to sell a large quantity of a mid-sized company’s stock, it may have to sell it at a lower price than the Adviser may prefer, or it may have to sell it in smaller than desired quantities over a period of time.
 
·
Small company risk – From time to time, the Fund may be substantially invested in stocks of smaller companies.  Stocks of smaller companies may have more risks than those of larger companies.  In general, smaller companies have less experienced management teams, serve smaller markets, and find it more difficult to obtain financing for growth or potential development than larger companies.  Due to these and other factors, small companies may be more susceptible to market downturns, and their stock prices may be more volatile than those of larger companies.
 
·
Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) risk - The Fund may invest in ETFs or other pooled investment vehicles that invest in REITs.  REITs are susceptible to the risks associated with investing in real estate generally, such as: declines in property values; lack of ability to access the credit markets, defaults by borrowers or tenants, increases in property taxes or operating expenses, rising interest rates or competition overbuilding; zoning changes; and losses from casualty or condemnation.  REITs also typically incur fees that are separate from those of the Fund.  Accordingly, the Fund’s investment in ETFs or other pooled investment vehicles that invest in REITs will result in layering of expenses.
 
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Commodities risk - The Fund may invest in ETFs or other pooled investment vehicles that invest in commodities, such as raw materials or agricultural products.  Commodities are tied to future market values and future income and are vulnerable to adverse movements in prices and exchange rates.  Additionally, the price of commodities may be affected by geopolitical changes and relations.
 
 
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Credit risk – Debt securities are generally subject to the risk that the issuer may be unable to make principal and interest payments when they are due.  There is also the risk that the securities could lose value because of a loss of confidence in the ability of the borrower to pay back debt.  Lower rated debt securities involve greater credit risk, including the possibility of default or bankruptcy.
 
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Debt securities risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the value of debt securities held by the Fund.  Investments in debt securities include credit risk.  There is also the risk that a bond issuer may “call,” or repay its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates.  Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.  Limited training opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.
 
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High yield securities risk - High-yield fixed income securities, also known as “junk bonds”, are securities rated below investment-grade by the primary rating agencies, such as Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s, or are unrated securities of similar quality, and are thus considered speculative.  The value of lower quality securities generally is more dependent on credit risk than investment-grade securities.  Issuers of high-yield / high-risk securities may not be as strong financially as those issuing securities with higher credit ratings and are more vulnerable to real or perceived economic changes, political changes or adverse developments specific to the issuer.  Further, secondary markets for high-yield securities are less liquid than the market for investment-grade securities.  Therefore, it may be more difficult for the Fund to value the securities because valuation may require more research, and elements of judgment may play a larger role in the valuation because there is less reliable, objective data available.
 
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Interest rate risk – Increases in interest rates typically lower the present value of a company’s future earnings stream.  Since the market price of a stock changes continuously based upon investors’ collective perceptions of future earnings, stock prices will generally decline when investors anticipate or experience rising interest rates.
 
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Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.  When you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you could lose money.
 
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Shares of other investment companies – The Fund may invest in shares of other investment companies, including ETFs, as a means to pursue its investment objective.   Federal law generally prohibits the Fund from acquiring shares of an investment company if, immediately after such acquisition,  the  Fund  and  its  affiliated  persons  would  hold  more  than  3%  of  such  investment company’s total outstanding shares.   This prohibition may prevent the Fund from allocating its investments in an optimal manner.   You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses and, as a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in the underlying fund shares.
 
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Exchange-Traded Funds and other funds risk –

 
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Limits of investing in ETFs.  The Fund’s investment strategy involves, among other things, investing in other investment companies, such as ETFs and other investment companies that track broad market indices or specific industries or sectors.  Under the 1940 Act, the Fund may not acquire shares of an ETF or other investment company if, immediately after such acquisition, the Fund and its affiliated persons would hold more than 3% of the ETF’s or investment company’s total outstanding stock unless (i) the ETF or the Fund has received an order for exemptive relief from the 3% limitation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that is applicable to the Fund (generally permitting the Fund and its affiliates to hold up to 25% of the ETF’s total outstanding stock); and (ii) the ETF and the Fund enter into an agreement to comply with any conditions in such order (an “ETF Agreement”).  Accordingly, the 25% limitation (or, in cases where the Fund has not entered into an ETF Agreement, the 3% limitation) may prevent the Fund from allocating its investments in the manner the Adviser considers optimal.
 
 
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Indirect costs of fund investments in ETFs.  To the extent the Fund invests in ETFs or other investment companies, your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs or other investment company shares.  By investing in the Fund, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying ETFs and investment companies in which the Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses.  Furthermore, these types of investments by the Fund could affect the timing, amount and character of distributions to you and therefore may increase the amount of taxes payable by you.

 
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Risks related to ETF NAV and market price.  The market value of an ETF’s shares may differ from its net asset value (“NAV”). This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for ETF shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the ETF’s underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may be times when an ETF trades at a premium (creating the risk that the Fund pays more than NAV for an ETF when making a purchase) or discount (creating the risks that the Fund’s NAV is reduced for undervalued ETFs it holds, and that the Fund receives less than NAV when selling an ETF).

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Non-diversified fund risk – In general, a non-diversified fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issue and may own fewer securities than other mutual funds.  Accordingly, a non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issue will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund was required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.
 
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Foreign exposure risk – Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
 
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Foreign exchange risk – Investing in securities listed on non-U.S. exchanges involves a number of potential risks to which the Fund will be subject, including greater price volatility; less supervision and regulation than U.S. securities exchanges, brokers, and issuers; higher brokerage costs; adverse tax consequences; and settlement delays. Accounting and disclosure standards also differ from country to country, which may make obtaining reliable research more difficult.
 
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Foreign currency risk – Currencies of emerging markets countries are subject to significantly greater risks than currencies of developed countries, which may have an adverse effect on the value of securities of foreign companies traded on U.S. or foreign exchanges. For example, many emerging markets countries have experienced steady declines or sudden devaluations or increases of their currencies relative to the U.S. dollar, which may have adverse effects on companies’ cash flows, asset values and profits or losses, and may have adverse effects on the value of the Fund’s assets denominated in foreign currencies. Some emerging markets currencies may not be internationally traded or may be subject to strict controls by local governments, resulting in undervalued or overvalued currencies. Some governments have responded to such market fluctuation by restricting currency conversions, foreign investments or the repatriation of foreign investments. Future restrictive exchange controls could prevent or restrict the ability of an issuer in such market to make dividend or interest payments in the original currency of the obligation.
 
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U.S. Government and U.S. agency obligations – The Fund may invest in various types of U.S. Government obligations.  U.S. Government obligations include securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, such as the U.S. Treasury.  Payment of principal and interest on U.S. Government obligations may be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or may be backed solely by the issuing or guaranteeing agency or instrumentality itself.   In the latter case, the investor must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment, which agency or instrumentality may be privately owned.  There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) where it is not obligated to do so.
 
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New Portfolio Manager risk - Although the Adviser’s principals and the Fund’s Portfolio Managers, Gary Stringer, CFA, Kim Escue, CFA, and Chad Keller, CFP, have been portfolio managers for private investment vehicles in the past, they have not had previous experience managing a mutual fund prior to serving as the Portfolio Manager for the Fund, which may limit the Portfolio Managers’ effectiveness.
 
 
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New Fund risk - The Fund was formed in April 2013, and the Adviser had not previously managed an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Accordingly, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy.
 
MANAGEMENT
 
Investment Adviser.  Stringer Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.  The Adviser’s principal office is located at 6000 Poplar Avenue, Suite 250, Memphis, TN 38119.  The Adviser has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with the Fund, under which the Adviser selects the securities and manages the investments for the Fund, subject to the oversight of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). Under the Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee based on an annualized rate of the average daily net asset value of that Fund as indicated in the fee table above.  The Adviser has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” as indicated in the fee table above. While the Adviser has no obligation to continue the waiver past the current term, it is expected that the contractual agreement will continue from year-to-year provided such continuance is approved by the Adviser and the Trustees.
 
Prior to the Fund’s inception, the Trustees approved the Advisory Agreement with an original term of two years. Assuming the Agreements are renewed on an annual basis after such initial term, a discussion regarding the Board of Trustees basis for the same will be available in the Fund’s annual or semiannual shareholder report each year.
 
In addition to the advisory fees described above, the Adviser may also receive certain benefits from its management of the Fund in the form of brokerage or research services received from brokers under arrangements under Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act and the terms of the Advisory Agreement.  For a description of these potential benefits, see the description under “Portfolio Transactions And Brokerage Allocation -- Brokerage Selection” in the SAI.
 
Portfolio Manager.  Gary Stringer, CFA, Kim Escue, CFA, and Chad Keller, CFP have served as portfolio managers to the Fund since its inception.  Mr. Stringer is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund.  Mr. Stringer is the Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser.
 
Mr. Stringer is the President of the Adviser to the Fund, Stringer Asset Management, LLC (“Stringer”).  Mr. Stringer co-founded Stringer in February, 2013.  From August, 2005 to forming Stringer, Mr. Stringer was a Managing Director at Morgan Keegan and Company, Inc. where he served as the Director of Investments for Morgan Keegan’s Wealth Management Services division. In this position, Mr. Stringer chaired the Investment Strategy Committee, which set the firm’s asset allocation models and managed discretionary portfolios. Mr. Stringer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of Maryland as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designations. In addition, he is a Certified Investment Management AnalystSM and has completed the Securities Industry Institute sponsored by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and the Wharton School. He is a member of the CFA Institute, the Memphis Security Analyst Society, the Investment Management Consultants Association and the MidSouth Association for Business Economics.
 
Mrs. Escue also serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager of the Adviser to the Fund, Stringer. Mrs. Escue co-founded Stringer in February, 2013. From November, 2003 to forming Stringer, Mrs. Escue was a Senior Vice President and Senior Due Diligence Specialist at Morgan Keegan and Company, Inc. In her role as a research analyst she assessed mutual funds and separately managed accounts for retail and institutional clients. She was also a member of the Investment Strategies Committee, which set the firm’s asset allocation models and managed discretionary portfolios. Mrs. Escue received both her Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Memphis. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Memphis.
 
Mr. Keller is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for the Adviser to the Fund, Stringer.  Mr. Keller co-founded Stringer in February, 2013.  From August, 2005 to forming Stringer Asset Management, Mr. Keller was a First Vice President and Senior Investment Specialist in the Wealth Management Services division of Morgan Keegan and Company, Inc. In this role, Mr. Keller worked with investment and economic data on a daily basis and was responsible for the quantitative risk characteristics of several discretionary models. He also wrote many client-facing papers on market and investment topics. Mr. Keller holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Memphis. Additionally, Mr. Keller is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional and a Certified Investment Management AnalystSM professional.
 
 
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The SAI provides additional information about Mr. Stringer’s, Ms. Escue’s, and Mr. Keller’s compensation, other accounts managed and their ownership of securities in the Fund.

Board of Trustees.  The Fund is a series of the 360 Funds, an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on February 25, 2005.  The Board of Trustees of the Trust supervises the operations of the Fund according to applicable state and federal law, and is responsible for the overall management of the Fund’s business affairs.
 
ADMINISTRATION
 
Custodian.  Fifth Third Bank (the “Custodian”) serves as the custodian of the Fund’s securities.
 
Fund Administration and Distribution.  M3Sixty Administration, LLC (“M3Sixty”) serves as the Fund’s administrator providing the Fund with administrative, accounting and compliance services.  In addition, M3Sixty serves as the transfer agent and dividend-disbursing agent of the Fund.  As indicated below under the caption “Investing in the Fund,” M3Sixty will handle your orders to purchase and redeem Shares of the Fund, and will disburse dividends paid by the Fund.
 
Distribution of Shares.  Matrix Capital Group, Inc. (the “Distributor”) serves as the Fund’s principal underwriter.  The Distributor may sell the Fund’s Shares to or through qualified securities dealers or other approved entities. The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan in accordance with Rule 12b-1 (“Distribution Plan”) under the 1940 Act.  The Distribution Plan provides that the Fund may compensate or reimburse the Distributor for services rendered and expenses borne in connection with activities primarily intended to result in the sale of the Fund’s Shares (this compensation is commonly referred to as “12b-1 fees”).  Sales charges (including without limitation, sales loads, CDSCs and 12b-1 fees) may be paid to broker-dealers, banks and any other financial intermediary eligible to receive such fees for sales of Fund shares and for services provided to shareholders.  The Distributor may also retain a portion of these fees as the Fund’s distributor.  Pursuant to the Distribution Plan, the Fund may annually pay the Distributor up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Class A shares and up to 1.00% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Class C shares.  The 0.25% fee for the Class A shares is a service fee.  The 1.00% fee for the Class C shares is comprised of a 0.25% service fee and a 0.75% distribution fee.  Because 12b-1 fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
 
The Fund offers three classes of shares (Class A shares, Class C shares, and Institutional Class shares).  Class A shares and Class C shares are available for purchase by all investors.  Each class represents interests in the same portfolio of investments and has the same rights, but the classes differ with respect to sales loads and expenses to which they are subject.  The decision as to whether Class A shares, Class C shares, or Institutional Class shares are more beneficial to you generally depends on the amount and intended length of time of your investment.
 
Certain Expenses.  In addition to the 12b-1 fees and the investment advisory fees, the Fund pays all expenses not assumed by the Adviser, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of its independent accountants and of its legal counsel; the costs of printing and mailing to shareholders annual and semi-annual reports, proxy statements, prospectuses, statements of additional information and supplements thereto; the costs of printing registration statements; bank transaction charges and custodian’s fees; any proxy solicitors’ fees and expenses; filing fees; any federal, state or local income or other taxes; any interest; any membership fees of the Investment Company Institute and similar organizations; fidelity bond and Trustees’ liability insurance premiums; and any extraordinary expenses, such as indemnification payments or damages awarded in litigation or settlements made.
 
 
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INVESTING IN THE FUND
 
Minimum Initial Investment.  The Fund’s Shares are sold and redeemed at net asset value.  Shares may be purchased by any account managed by the Adviser and any other institutional investor or any broker-dealer authorized to sell Shares in the Fund.  The minimum initial investment for the Class A or Class C shares of the Fund is generally $5,000.  The minimum investment for Institutional Class shares is $1,000,000. The Fund may, at the Adviser’s sole discretion, accept accounts with less than the minimum investment.
 
Determining the Fund’s Net Asset Value.  The price at which you purchase or redeem Shares is based on the next calculation of net asset value after an order is accepted in good form.  An order is considered to be in good form if it includes a complete application and payment in full of the purchase amount.  The Fund’s net asset value per share is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets, less liabilities (including Fund expenses, which are accrued daily), by the total number of outstanding Shares of the Fund.  The net asset value per Share of the Fund is normally determined at the time regular trading closes on the NYSE, currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except when the NYSE closes earlier.  The Fund does not calculate net asset value on business holidays when the NYSE is closed.
 
The valuation of portfolio securities is determined in accordance with procedures established by, and under the direction of, the Trustees.  In determining the value of the Fund's total assets, portfolio securities are generally calculated at market value by quotations from the primary market in which they are traded. Instruments with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost which approximates market value.  The Fund normally uses pricing services to obtain market quotations.  Securities and assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or that cannot be accurately valued using the Fund's normal pricing procedures are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under policies approved by the Trustees.  Fair value pricing may be used, for example, in situations where (i) a portfolio security, such as a small-cap stock, is so thinly traded that there have been no transactions for that stock over an extended period of time or the validity of a market quotation received is questionable; (ii) the exchange on which the portfolio security is principally traded closes early; (iii) trading of the particular portfolio security is halted; (iv) the security is a restricted security not registered under federal securities laws purchased through a private placement not eligible for resale; or (v) the security is purchased on a foreign exchange.
 
Pursuant to policies adopted by the Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for notifying the Board of Trustees (or the Trust’s Fair Value Committee (“Fair Value Committee”)) when it believes that fair value pricing is required for a particular security.  The Fund’s policies regarding fair value pricing are intended to result in a calculation of the Fund’s net asset value that fairly reflects portfolio security values as of the time of pricing.  A portfolio security’s fair value price may differ from the price next available for that portfolio security using the Fund’s normal pricing procedure, and may differ substantially from the price at which the portfolio security may ultimately be traded or sold.  If such fair value price differs from the price that would have been determined using the Fund’s normal pricing procedures, a shareholder may receive more or less proceeds or shares from redemptions or purchases of Fund shares, respectively, than a shareholder would have otherwise received if the portfolio security was priced using the Fund’s normal pricing procedures.  The performance of the Fund may also be affected if a portfolio security’s fair value price were to differ from the security’s price using the Fund’s normal pricing procedures.  The Trustees monitor and evaluate the Fund’s use of fair value pricing.
 
Other Matters.  Purchases and redemptions of Shares by the same shareholder on the same day will be netted for the Fund.  All redemption requests will be processed and payment with respect thereto will normally be made within seven days after tender.  The Fund may suspend redemption, if permitted by the 1940 Act, for any period during which the NYSE is closed or during which trading is restricted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or if the SEC declares that an emergency exists.  Redemptions may also be suspended during other periods permitted by the SEC for the protection of the Fund’s shareholders.  Additionally, during drastic economic and market changes, telephone redemption privileges may be difficult to implement.  Also, if the Trustees determine that it would be detrimental to the best interest of the Fund’s remaining shareholders to make payment in cash, the Fund may pay redemption proceeds in whole or in part by a distribution-in-kind of readily marketable securities.
 
 
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PURCHASING SHARES
 
Opening a New Account.  To open an account with the Fund, take the following steps:
 
1.           Complete an Account Application.  Be sure to indicate the type of account you wish to open, the amount of money you wish to invest, and which class of shares you wish to purchase.  If you do not indicate which class you wish to purchase, your purchase will be invested in Class A shares.  The application must contain your name, date of birth, address, and Social Security Number (“SSN”) or Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”).  If you have applied for a SSN or TIN prior to completing your account application but you have not received your number, please indicate this on the application and include a copy of the form applying for the SSN or TIN.  Taxes are not withheld from distributions to U.S. investors if certain IRS requirements regarding the SSN or TIN are met.
 
2.           Write a check or prepare a money order from a U.S. financial institution and payable in U.S. dollars.  For regular mail orders, mail your completed application along with your check or money order made payable to the “Stringer Growth Fund” to:
 
Stringer Growth Fund
c/o M3Sixty Administration, LLC
4520 Main Street
Suite 1425
Kansas City, Missouri  64111
 
If checks are returned due to insufficient funds or other reasons, the purchase order will not be accepted.  The Fund will charge the prospective investor a $20 fee for cancelled checks and may redeem Shares of the Fund already owned by the prospective investor or another identically registered account for such fee.  The prospective investor will also be responsible for any losses or expenses incurred by the Fund or the Administrator in connection with any cancelled check.
 
Bank Wire Purchases.  Purchases may also be made through bank wire orders.  To establish a new account or add to an existing account by wire, please call (877) 244-6235 for instructions.
 
Additional Investments. You may add to your account by mail or wire at any time by purchasing Shares at the then current public offering price.  The minimum additional investment for any account of Class A or Class C shares in the Fund is $250, except under the automatic investment plan discussed below.  Before adding funds by bank wire, please call the Fund at (877) 244-6235 and follow the above directions for bank wire purchases.  Please note that in most circumstances, there will be a bank charge for wire purchases.  Mail orders should include, if possible, the “Invest by Mail” stub that is attached to your confirmation statement.  Otherwise, please identify your account in a letter accompanying your purchase payment.  The Fund may, at the Adviser’s sole discretion, accept additional investments for less than the minimum additional investment.
 
Automatic Investment Plan.  Shareholders who have met the Fund’s minimum investment criteria may participate in the Fund’s automatic investment plan.  The automatic investment plan enables shareholders to make regular monthly or quarterly investments in Class A shares, Class C shares, or Institutional Class shares through automatic charges to shareholders’ checking account.  With shareholder authorization and bank approval, the Fund will automatically charge the shareholder’s checking account for the amount specified ($100 minimum for each of Class A shares, Class C shares, or Institutional Class shares of the Fund), which will automatically be invested in the type of shares that the shareholder holds in his or her account (Class A shares, Class C shares, or Institutional Class shares), at the public offering price on or about the 21st day of the month.  The shareholder may change the amount of the investment or discontinue the plan at any time by notifying the Fund in writing.
 
Important Information about Procedures for Opening a New Account.  Under the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act of 2001), the Fund is required to obtain, verify, and record information to enable the Fund to form a reasonable belief as to the identity of each customer who opens an account.  Consequently, when an investor opens an account, the Fund will ask for, among other things, the investor’s name, street address, date of birth (for an individual), social security or other tax identification number (or proof that the investor has filed for such a number), and other information that will allow the Fund to identify the investor.  The Fund may also ask to see the investor’s driver’s license or other identifying documents.  An investor’s account application will not be considered “complete” and, therefore, an account will not be opened and the investor’s money will not be invested until the Fund receives this required information.  In addition, if after opening the investor’s account, the Fund is unable to verify the investor’s identity after reasonable efforts, as determined by the Fund in its sole discretion, the Fund may (i) restrict redemptions and further investments until the investor’s identity is verified; and (ii) close the investor’s account without notice and return the investor’s redemption proceeds to the investor.  If the Fund closes an investor’s account because the Fund was unable to verify the investor’s identity, the Fund will value the account in accordance with the Fund’s next net asset value calculated after the investor’s account is closed.  In that case, the investor’s redemption proceeds may be worth more or less than the investor’s original investment.  The Fund will not be responsible for any losses incurred due to the Fund’s inability to verify the identity of any investor opening an account.
 
 
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Other Information. In connection with all purchases of Fund Shares, we observe the following policies and procedures:
 
 
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We price direct purchases based on the next public offering price (net asset value) computed after your order is received. Direct purchase orders received by Matrix as the Fund’s transfer agent by the close of the regular session of the NYSE (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) are confirmed at that day's public offering price. Purchase orders received by dealers prior to the close of the regular session of the NYSE on any business day and transmitted to Matrix on that day are confirmed at the public offering price determined as of the close of the regular session of trading on the NYSE on that day.
 
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We do not accept third party checks for any investments.
 
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We may open accounts for less than the minimum investment or change minimum investment requirements at any time.
 
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We may refuse to accept any purchase request for any reason or no reason.
 
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We mail you confirmations of all your purchases or redemptions of Fund Shares.
 
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Certificates representing Shares are not issued.

Choosing a Share Class.  The Fund offers three classes of shares (Class A shares, Class C shares, and Institutional Class shares).  Class A shares and Class C shares are available for purchase by all investors.  Institutional Class shares are available only to institutional investors and certain broker dealers and financial institutions that have entered into appropriate arrangements with the Fund.  As of the date of this Prospectus, Class A shares, Class C shares, and Institutional Class shares have not commenced operations.  Each class represents interests in the same portfolio of investments and has the same rights, but the classes differ with respect to sales loads and ongoing expenses.  The decision as to whether Class A or Class C shares are more beneficial to you generally depends on your purchase amount, the length of time you expect to hold your investment and the sales charges and total operating expenses associated with each class.
 
Class A shares generally have an initial sales load, but are subject to lower ongoing expenses than Class C shares.  Class C shares are sold without any initial sales load so the entire purchase price is immediately invested in the Fund, but Class C shares are subject to higher ongoing expenses than Class A shares.  Since the entire amount of the purchase price of Class C shares is immediately invested in the Fund, any investment return on Class C shares may partially or wholly offset the higher annual expenses of Class C shares over the short term.  However, there can be no assurance that this would be the case, since the Fund’s future returns cannot be predicted.  In addition, you should consider the effect of the Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (the “CDSC”) applicable to Class C shares and certain redemptions of Class A shares, depending on the length of time you expect to hold your investment in the Fund.
 
Each investor’s considerations are different.  You should speak with your financial representative or broker-dealer to help you decide which class of shares is best for you.  Set forth below is a brief description of each class of shares offered by the Fund.
 
Class A Shares.  Class A shares are sold at net asset value plus an initial sales load.  The sales load is deducted from the amount you invest.  The sales load for Class A shares is reduced for purchases of $100,000 or more, as shown in the chart below.
 
 
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Sales load as a % of:
Dealer Reallowance as % of
Public Offering Price*
Amount of Investment
Public Offering Price*
Net Amount Invested
Less than $50,000
5.50%
4.71%
4.50%
$50,000 but less than $100,000
4.50%
3.63%
3.50%
$100,000 but less than $250,000
3.50%
3.09%
3.00%
$250,000 but less than $500,000
2.50%
2.04%
2.00%
$500,000 but less than $1 million
2.00%
1.01%
1.00%
$ million or more
0.00%**
0.00%**
See below
 
 
*
“Public Offering Price” is the net asset value at the time of purchase plus the front-end sales load.  In general, the broker-dealer reallowance on sales of Class A shares will equal the amount of the Sales Load as a % of Public Offering Price described in this table.
 
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No sales load is paid at the time of purchase for investments of $1 million or more.  A CDSC of 0.50% may be imposed on such investments in the event of redemption within 12 months of purchase.
 
Class A shares are also subject to an annual 12b-1 fee of up to 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets allocable to Class A shares.
 
Broker-Dealer Reallowances and Commissions. The broker-dealer reallowance for purchases of Class A shares under $1 million is described in the chart above.  For initial purchases of Class A shares of the Fund of $1 million or more, a broker-dealer’s commission (equal to 0.50% of such purchases over $1 million) may be paid by the Adviser to participating unaffiliated broker-dealers through whom such purchases are effected.  No commission will be paid if the purchase represents the reinvestment of a redemption from the Fund made during the previous twelve months.  Redemptions of Class A shares may result in the imposition of a CDSC if the broker-dealer’s commission described in this paragraph was paid in connection with the purchase of such shares.  See “CDSC for Certain Purchases of Class A shares” below.
 
Under certain circumstances, the Distributor may increase or decrease the reallowance to broker-dealers.  The Distributor receives that portion of the initial sales load which is not reallowed to the brokers who sell shares of the Fund.  The Distributor retains the entire sales load on all direct initial investments in the Fund and on all investments in accounts with no designated dealer of record.
 
Reduced Sales Loads.  Front-end sales loads on purchases of Class A shares may be reduced under the “Right of Accumulation” or under a “Letter of Intent.”  To receive a reduced sales load, you must inform your broker-dealer or the Fund at the time you purchase shares that you qualify for such a reduction.  If you do not let your broker-dealer or the Fund know you are eligible for a reduced sales charge, you may not receive the discount to which you are otherwise entitled.
 
You may use the “Right of Accumulation” to reduce your sales load.  Under the “Right of Accumulation,” you may combine the current net asset value of your existing Class A shares of the Fund with the amount of any current purchases in order to take advantage of the reduced sales loads in the table above.
 
Purchases made pursuant to a “Letter of Intent” may also be eligible for the reduced sales loads.  In a Letter of Intent, the investor expresses his or her intention, in writing, to invest a certain amount over a specified period of time. The Fund will then apply to each of the investor’s periodic investments the reduced sales load that would apply to the total amount stated in the Letter of Intent.  The minimum initial investment under a Letter of Intent is $50,000. If not stated otherwise in the Letter of Intent, the amount of shares you purchase in the Fund during the thirteen (13) months following the signing of the Letter of Intent qualify for the reduced sales load.  The reduced sales load will not apply to purchases in the Fund made more than 90 days prior to the signing of the Letter of Intent.  During the term of your Letter of Intent, the Transfer Agent will hold in escrow shares representing the highest applicable sales load for the Fund each time you make a purchase.  Any shares you redeem during that period will count against your total amount stated in your Letter of Intent.  If, by the end of the term of the Letter of Intent, you have purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, the escrowed shares will be released to you.  If you have not purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, your escrowed shares will be redeemed in an amount equal to the sales load that would apply if you had purchased the actual amount in your account all at once.  Any escrowed shares not needed to satisfy that sales load would be released to you.
 
 
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Shareholders may include the value of certain related accounts, including accounts held by their spouse and children under the age of 21, family trust accounts of the investor and other accounts held by the investor to determine the applicable sales load and for purposes of the Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.  These privileges apply even if your related accounts are opened at different brokerage firms, so it is important to let your broker-dealer(s) or the Transfer Agent know about all your accounts that may be combined.  To verify eligibility for a reduced sales load, your broker-dealer or the Fund may require that you submit copies of account statements to substantiate requests for Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.
 
In addition to the Right of Accumulation and Letters of Intent, Class A shares are offered at net asset value without a sales load to the following types of investors: trustees and officers of the Fund, clients of the Adviser, employees of the Adviser (and members of their immediate families) and the Adviser and certain service providers of the Fund.  As explained above, there also is no sales load at the time of purchase on investments of $1 million or more in the Fund, but such purchases may be subject to a CDSC of 0.50% in the event of redemption within 12 months of purchase.  See “CDSC for Certain Purchases of Class A Shares” below.
 
CDSC for Certain Purchases of Class A Shares.  A CDSC is imposed upon certain redemptions of Class A shares purchased at net asset value in amounts totaling $1 million if the dealer’s commission described above was paid by the underwriter and the shares are redeemed within one year from the date of purchase.  The CDSC will be paid to the Distributor and will be equal to 0.50% of the lesser of (1) the net asset value at the time of purchase of the Class A shares being redeemed; or (2) the net asset value of such shares at the time of redemption.  If your purchase of Class A shares is subject to the CDSC, you will be so notified on the confirmation you receive for such purchase.  A CDSC will not be imposed upon redemptions of Class A shares held for more than one year.
 
Class C shares.  Class C shares are sold at net asset value without an initial sales load so that the full amount of your purchase payment may be immediately invested in the Fund.  A CDSC of 1.00% will be imposed on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year of their purchase.  The CDSC will be a percentage of the dollar amount of shares redeemed and will be assessed on an amount equal to the net asset value at the time of purchase of the Class C shares being redeemed.  A CDSC will not be imposed upon redemptions of Class C shares held for more than one year.  Class C shares are subject to an annual 12b-1 fee of up to 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets allocable to Class C shares.
 
Institutional Class shares.
 
Institutional Class shares of the Fund are sold at NAV without an initial sales charge so that the full amount of your purchase payment may be immediately invested in the Fund.  Institutional Class shares are available for investment only to institutional investors and certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have entered into appropriate arrangements with the Fund.  These arrangements are generally limited to discretionary managed, asset allocation, eligible retirement plan or wrap products offered by broker-dealers and financial institutions. Shareholders participating in these programs may be charged fees by their broker-dealer or financial institution.
 
Additional Information about Sales Charges.  Information regarding the Fund's sales charges, as well as information regarding reduced sales charges and waived sales charges, and the terms and conditions for the purchase, pricing, and redemption of Fund shares is not available on the Fund's website since the Fund's website contains limited information. Further information is available by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235.
 
Redeeming Shares
 
Regular Mail Redemptions.  Regular mail redemption requests should be addressed to:
 
 
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Stringer Growth Fund
c/o M3Sixty Administration, LLC
4520 Main Street
Suite 1425
Kansas City, Missouri  64111
 
Regular mail redemption requests should include the following:
 
(1)       Your letter of instruction specifying the Fund, account number and number of Shares (or the dollar amount) to be redeemed.  This request must be signed by all registered shareholders in the exact names in which they are registered;

(2)       Any required signature guarantees (see “Signature Guarantees” below); and
 
(3)       Other supporting legal documents, if required in the case of estates, trusts, guardianships, custodianships, corporations, pension or profit sharing plans, and other entities.
 
Your redemption proceeds normally will be sent to you within seven days after receipt of your redemption request.  However, the Fund may delay forwarding a redemption check for recently purchased Shares while it determines whether the purchase payment will be honored.  Such delay (which may take up to 10 days from the date of purchase) may be reduced or avoided if the purchase is made by certified check or wire transfer.  In all cases, the net asset value next determined after receipt of the request for redemption will be used in processing the redemption request.
 
Telephone and Bank Wire Redemptions.  Unless you specifically decline the telephone transaction privileges on your account application, you may redeem Shares of the Fund by calling (877) 244-6235. The Fund may rely upon confirmation of redemption requests transmitted via facsimile (Fax# 816.743.4477).  The confirmation instructions must include the following:
 
 
(1)
Name of Fund;
 
(2)
Shareholder name(s) and account number;
 
(3)
Number of Shares or dollar amount to be redeemed;
 
(4)
Instructions for transmittal of redemption funds to the shareholder; and
 
(5)
Shareholder(s) signature(s) as it/they appear(s) on the application then on file with the Fund.
 
You can choose to have redemption proceeds mailed to you at your address of record, your financial institution, or to any other authorized person, or you can have the proceeds sent by wire transfer to your financial institution ($5,000 minimum).  The Fund in its discretion may choose to pass through to redeeming shareholders any charges imposed by the Fund’s custodian for wire redemptions.  If this cost is passed through to redeeming shareholders by the Fund, the charge will be deducted automatically from your account by redemption of Shares in your account.  Your bank or brokerage firm may also impose a charge for processing the wire.  If wire transfer of funds is impossible or impractical, the redemption proceeds will be sent by mail to the designated account.
 
Redemption proceeds will only be sent to the financial institution account or person named in your Fund Shares Application currently on file with the Fund.  Telephone redemption privileges authorize the Fund to act on telephone instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be the investor and reasonably believed by the Fund to be genuine.  The Fund will not be liable for any losses due to fraudulent or unauthorized instructions nor for following telephone instructions provided that the Fund follows reasonable procedures to ensure instructions are genuine.
 
Minimum Account Size.  Due to the relatively high cost of maintaining small accounts, the Fund reserves the right to liquidate a shareholder’s account if, as a result of redemptions or transfers (but not required IRA distributions), the account’s balance falls below the minimum initial investment required for your type of account (see “Minimum Initial Investment” above).  The Fund will notify you if your account falls below the required minimum.  If your account is not increased to the required level after a thirty (30) day cure period then the Fund may, at its discretion, liquidate the account.
 
 
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Redemptions In Kind.  The Fund does not intend, under normal circumstances, to redeem its Shares by payment in kind.  However, the Fund reserves the right to meet redemption requests by payment in kind where it believes it is in the best interest of the Fund and the remaining shareholders.  In such a case, the Trustees may authorize payment to be made in readily marketable portfolio securities of the Fund.  Securities delivered in payment of redemptions would be valued at the same value assigned to them in computing the Fund’s net asset value per share.  Shareholders receiving them would incur brokerage costs when these securities are sold.
 
Signature Guarantees.  To protect your account and the Fund from fraud, signature guarantees may be required to be sure that you are the person who has authorized a change in registration or standing instructions for your account.  Signature guarantees are generally required for (i) change of registration requests; (ii) requests to establish or to change exchange privileges or telephone and bank wire redemption service other than through your initial account application; (iii) transactions where proceeds from redemptions, dividends, or distributions are sent to an address or financial institution differing from the address or financial institution of record; and (iv) redemption requests in excess of $50,000.  Signature guarantees are acceptable from a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, a savings and loan institution, credit union (if authorized under state law), registered broker-dealer, securities exchange, or association clearing agency and must appear on the written request for change of registration, establishment or change in exchange privileges, or redemption request.
 
Other Information about Contingent Deferred Sales Charges.  If, within the first year of purchase, you redeem (i) Class A share purchases of more than $1 million; or (ii) Class C shares, you may be subject to a CDSC as described above under “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” and “Purchasing Shares – Choosing a Share Class”.  Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions of capital gains will not be subject to a CDSC.  To determine if the CDSC applies to a redemption, the Fund redeems Shares in the following order: (i) Shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions; and then (ii) Shares held for the longest period.
 
The Fund will waive the CDSC if requested in the following circumstances:
 
 
·
Redemption upon the death or permanent disability of the shareholder if made within one year of the death or the initial determination of permanent disability.  The waiver is available only for Shares held at the time of death or initial determination of permanent disability.
 
·
Mandatory distributions from a tax-deferred retirement plan or IRA.

If you wish to request that the CDSC be waived for one of the reasons stated above, contact your financial representative, broker-dealer or the Fund.  Such waiver requests must be made at the time of redemption.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS
 
Purchases and Redemptions through Securities Firms.  The Fund has authorized one or more brokers to accept purchase and redemption orders on its behalf and such brokers are authorized to designate intermediaries to accept orders on behalf of the Fund.  In addition, orders will be deemed to have been received by the Fund when an authorized broker, or broker-authorized designee, accepts the purchase order or receives the redemption order.  Orders will be priced at the next calculation of the Fund’s net asset value after the authorized broker or broker-authorized designee receives the orders.  Investors may also be charged a fee by a broker or agent if Shares are purchased through a broker or agent.  The Fund is not responsible for ensuring that a broker carries out its obligations. You should look to the broker through whom you wish to invest for specific instructions on how to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
 
Telephone Purchases by Securities Firms.  Brokerage firms that are Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) members may telephone Matrix at (877) 244-6235 and buy Shares for investors who have investments in the Fund through the brokerage firm’s account with the Fund.  By electing telephone purchase privileges, FINRA member firms, on behalf of themselves and their clients, agree that neither the Fund nor Matrix shall be liable for following telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.  To be sure telephone instructions are genuine, the Fund and its agents send written confirmations of transactions to the broker that initiated the telephone purchase.  As a result of these and other policies, the FINRA member firms may bear the risk of any loss in the event of such a transaction.  However, if Matrix fails to follow these established procedures, it may be liable.  The Fund may modify or terminate these telephone privileges at any time.
 
 
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Disruptive Trading and Market Timing.  The Fund is not intended for or suitable for market timers, and market timers are discouraged from becoming investors.  The ability of new shareholders to establish an account, or for existing shareholders to add to their accounts is subject to modification or limitation if the Fund determines, in its sole opinion, that the shareholder or potential shareholder has engaged in frequent purchases or redemptions that may be indicative of market timing or otherwise disruptive trading (“Disruptive Trading”) which can have harmful effects for other shareholders.  These risks and harmful effects include:
 
 
o
an adverse effect on portfolio management, as determined by the Adviser in its sole discretion, such as causing the Fund to maintain a higher level of cash than would otherwise be the case, or causing the Fund to liquidate investments prematurely; and
 
 
o
reducing returns to long-term shareholders through increased brokerage and administrative expenses.
 
In an effort to protect shareholders from Disruptive Trading, the Board of Trustees has approved certain market timing policies and procedures.  Under these market timing policies and procedures, the Fund may monitor trading activity by shareholders and take specific steps to prevent Disruptive Trading.  In general, the Fund considers frequent roundtrip transactions in a shareholder account to constitute Disruptive Trading.  A “roundtrip transaction” is one where a shareholder buys and then sells, or sells and then buys, Shares within 30 days.  While there is no specific limit on roundtrip transactions, the Fund reserves the right to (i) refuse any purchase order; and/or (ii) restrict or terminate purchase privileges for shareholders or former shareholders, particularly in cases where the Fund determines that the shareholder or potential shareholder has engaged in more than one roundtrip transaction in the Fund within any rolling 30-day period.
 
In determining the frequency of roundtrip transactions, the Fund does not include purchases pursuant to dollar cost averaging or other similar programs, and the Fund will not count systematic withdrawals and/or automatic purchases, mandatory retirement distributions, and transactions initiated by a plan sponsor.  The Fund will calculate roundtrip transactions at the shareholder level, and may contact a shareholder to request an explanation of any activity that the Fund suspects as Disruptive Trading.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund may also take action if a shareholder’s trading activity (evaluated based on roundtrip trading or otherwise) is deemed Disruptive Trading by the Fund, even if applicable Shares are held longer than 30 days.  In addition, the Fund may, without prior notice, take whatever action it deems appropriate to comply with or take advantage of any state or federal regulatory requirement.  The Fund also imposes an initial sales load and a CDSC on certain Shares, each of which has the effect of discouraging Disruptive Trading in Fund Shares.
 
The Fund cannot guarantee that its policies and procedures regarding market timing will be effective in detecting and deterring all Disruptive Trading.
 
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings.  A description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s SAI.
 
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
 
Distributions
 
The Fund distributes its net investment income and net realized long and short-term capital gains to its shareholders at least annually, usually in December.  Absent instructions to pay distributions in cash, distributions will be reinvested automatically in additional Shares (or fractions thereof) of the Fund.
 
Federal Taxes
 
The following information is meant as a general summary for U.S. taxpayers.  Additional information appears in the SAI.  Shareholders should rely on their own tax advisers for advice about the particular federal, state, and local tax consequences of investing in the Fund.
 
Shareholders may elect to take dividends from net investment income or capital gain distributions, if any, in cash or reinvest them in additional Fund Shares.  Although the Fund will not be taxed on amounts it distributes, shareholders will generally be taxed on distributions paid by the Fund, regardless of whether distributions are received in cash or are reinvested in additional Fund Shares.  Distributions may be subject to state and local taxes, as well as federal taxes.
 
 
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Shareholders should consult with their own tax advisers to ensure that distributions and sale of Fund shares are treated appropriately on their income tax returns.
 
Financial Highlights
 
Because the Fund recently commenced operations, there are no financial highlights available at this time.
 
 
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Privacy Notice
 
FACTS
WHAT DOES 360 FUNDS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
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Why?
Financial companies choose how they share your personal information.  Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing.  Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information.  Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
   
What?
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us.  This information can include:
 § Social Security number
 § Assets
 § Retirement Assets
 § Transaction History
 § Checking Account Information
 § Purchase History
 § Account Balances
 § Account Transactions
 § Wire Transfer Instructions
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
   
How?
All financial companies need to share your personal information to run their everyday business.  In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons 360 Funds chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
       
Reasons we can share your personal information
Does 360 Funds share?
Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes –
Such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus
Yes
No
For our marketing purposes –
to offer our products and services to you
No
We don’t share
For joint marketing with other financial companies
No
We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
information about your transactions and experiences
No
We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes –
information about your creditworthiness
No
We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you
No
We don’t share
 
Questions?
Call (877) 244-6235

 
 

 
 
   
 Who we are
 Who is providing this notice?
360 Funds
M3Sixty Administration, LLC (Administrator)
Matrix Capital Group, Inc. (Distributor)
What we do
 How does 360 Funds
 protect my personal information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law.  These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
 
Our service providers are held accountable for adhering to strict policies and procedures to prevent any misuse of your nonpublic personal information.
 How does 360 Funds
 collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
§ Open an account
§ Provide account information
§ Give us your contact information
§ Make deposits or withdrawals from your account
§ Make a wire transfer
§ Tell us where to send the money
§ Tell us who receives the money
§ Show your government-issued ID
§ Show your driver’s license
We also collect your personal information from other companies.
 Why can’t I limit all sharing?
Federal law gives you the right to limit only
§ Sharing  for affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
§ Affiliates from using your information to market to you
§ Sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
   
 Definitions
 Affiliates
Companies related by common ownership or control.  They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
§ M3Sixty Administration, LLC and Matrix Capital Group, Inc., could each be deemed to be an affiliate.
 Nonaffiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control.  They can be financial and nonfinancial companies
§ 360 Funds does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
 Joint marketing
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
§ 360 Funds does not jointly market.
 
 
 

 
 

 
STRINGER GROWTH FUND
 

 
A statement of additional information (“SAI”) about the Fund has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SAI (which is incorporated in its entirety by reference in this Prospectus) contains additional information about the Fund.
 
To request a free copy of the SAI, the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports and other information about the Fund, or to make inquiries about the Fund, write the Fund at Stringer Growth Fund c/o M3Sixty Administration, LLC, 4520 Main Street, Suite 1425, Kansas City, MO 64111 or call the Fund at (877) 244-6235.
 
Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C.  Information about the operation of the public reference room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090.  Reports and other information about Fund are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, and copies of this information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
 
360 Funds Investment Company Act File Number:  811-21726

 
 

 
 
 
Snow Capital

4520 Main Street, Suite 1425
Kansas City, MO 64111

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

March 28, 2013

Snow Capital Focused Value Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SFOAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SFOIX)

Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SHEAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SHEIX)

Snow Capital Market Plus Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SPLAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SPLIX)
 
Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SIAAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SIAIX)
 
Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SDPAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SDPIX)

Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund
Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SNMAX)
Class I Shares (Ticker Symbol: SNMIX)

each a series of the
360 Funds
 
 
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The following series managed by Snow Capital: (i) Focused Value Fund, (ii) Hedged Equity Fund, (iii) Market Plus Fund, (iv) Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund, (v) Dividend Plus Fund, and (vi) Mid Cap Value Fund; are each a series of 360 Funds, an open-end management investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus, and it should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s prospectus dated March 28, 2013, as the same may be amended from time to time.  Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained, without charge, by calling the Fund at 877.244.6235 or writing to the Fund at the following address:

Snow Capital
c/o M3Sixty Administration, LLC
4520 Main Street
Suite 1425
Kansas City, MO 64111
 
 
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SNOW CAPITAL
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES AND RISKS
3
 
General Investment Risks
3
 
Common Stocks
3
 
Derivative Instruments
3
 
Hedging
9
 
Foreign Securities
9
 
Investments in Small-Cap Companies
11
 
Convertible Securities
11
 
Real Estate Securities
11
 
U.S. Government Securities
11
 
Foreign Government Obligations
12
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities
12
 
Asset-Backed Securities
12
 
Structured Notes, Bonds and Debentures
13
 
Assignments and Participations
13
 
Corporate Debt Securities
14
 
Money Market Instruments
14
 
ETFs
15
 
Unit Investment Trusts
15
 
Repurchase Agreements
15
 
Reverse Repurchase Agreements
15
 
Illiquid Investments
15
 
Private Securities Transactions
16
 
Restricted Securities
16
 
Forward Commitment & When-Issued Securities
16
 
Short Sales of Securities
16
 
Lending of Portfolio Securities
17
 
Temporary Defensive Positions
17
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
17
 
Fundamental Restrictions
17
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE ALLOCATION
19
 
Brokerage Selection
19
 
Aggregated Trades
20
 
Portfolio Turnover
20
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE
20
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST
21
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
22
 
Trustees and Officers
22
 
Board Structure
23
 
Qualification of Trustees
23
 
Trustee Standing Committees
24
 
Fair Value Committee
25
 
Beneficial Equity Ownership Information
25
 
Compensation
25
 
 
 

 
 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
25
 
Investment Adviser
25
 
Snow Capital Focused Value Fund Portfolio Manager
26
 
Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund Portfolio Manager
27
 
Snow Capital Market Plus Fund Portfolio Manager
27
 
Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund Portfolio Manager
27
 
Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund Portfolio Manager
28
 
Administrator
28
 
Distributor
29
 
Custodian
30
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
30
 
Legal Counsel
30
CODE OF ETHICS
30
PROXY VOTING POLICIES
30
PURCHASES, REDEMPTIONS AND SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
31
 
Purchases
31
 
Redemptions
31
 
Additional Information
32
NET ASSET VALUE
34
ADDITIONAL TAX INFORMATION
35
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PERFORMANCE
37
 
Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.
38
 
Morningstar, Inc.
38
APPENDIX A – DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS
40
APPENDIX B – PROXY VOTING POLICIES
44
 
 
 

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES AND RISKS
 
360 Funds (the “Trust”) was organized on February 25, 2005 as a Delaware statutory trust.  The following series of the Snow Family of Funds: (i) Focused Value Fund, (ii) Hedged Equity Fund, (iii) Market Plus Fund, (iv) Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund, (v) Dividend Plus Fund, and (vi) Mid Cap Value Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively, the Funds) are each an open end management investment company and separate series of the Trust.  Prior to July 11, 2011, the Trust was known as the Parr Family of Funds and prior to August 27, 2007, the Trust was known as the Pope Family of Funds.  The Prospectus describes each Fund’s investment objective and principal investment strategy, as well as the principal investment risks of each Fund.
 
The Funds’ investment adviser is Snow Capital Management, L.P. (the “Adviser”).
 
The following descriptions and policies supplement these descriptions, and also include descriptions of certain types of investments that may be made by a Fund but are not principal investment strategies of a Fund.  Attached to this Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) is Appendix A, which contains descriptions of the rating symbols used by recognized statistical rating organizations for certain securities in which a Fund may invest.
 
General Investment Risks.  All investments in securities and other financial instruments involve a risk of financial loss.  No assurance can be given that a Fund’s investment program will be successful.  Investors should carefully review the descriptions of a Fund’s investments and their risks described in the Prospectus and this SAI.
 
Common Stocks. A Fund may invest in common stocks, which include the common stock of any class or series of domestic or foreign corporations or any similar equity interest, such as a trust or partnership interest. These investments may or may not pay dividends and may or may not carry voting rights. Common stock occupies the most junior position in a company’s capital structure. A Fund may also invest in warrants and rights related to common stocks.
 
Derivative Instruments. A Fund may (but is not required to) use a variety of derivative instruments (including both long and short positions) in an attempt to enhance the Fund’s investment returns, to hedge against market and other risks in the portfolio, to add leverage to the portfolio and/or to obtain market exposure with reduced transaction costs.
 
Generally, derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index and may relate to, among other things, stocks, bonds, interest rates, currencies or currency exchange rates, commodities, related indices and other assets. Examples of derivatives and information about some types of derivatives and risks associated therewith follows. The derivatives market is continually evolving and a Fund may invest in derivatives other than those described below.
 
The value of some derivative instruments in which a Fund may invest may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates, and, like the other investments of a Fund, the ability of a Fund to utilize these instruments successfully may depend in part upon their ability to forecast interest rates and other economic factors correctly. If a Fund incorrectly forecasts such factors and has taken positions in derivative instruments contrary to prevailing market trends, a Fund could suffer losses.
 
A Fund might not employ any of the strategies described herein, and no assurance can be given that any strategy used will succeed. If a Fund incorrectly forecasts interest rates, market values or other economic factors in utilizing a derivatives strategy, a Fund might have been in a better position if it had not entered into the transaction at all. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances. The use of derivative strategies involves certain special risks, including a possible imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of derivative instruments and price movements of related investments. While some strategies involving derivative instruments can reduce the risk of loss, they also can reduce the opportunity for gain or even result in losses by offsetting favorable price movements in related investments or otherwise, due to the possible inability of a Fund to purchase or sell a portfolio security at a time that otherwise would be favorable or the possible need to sell a portfolio security at a disadvantageous time because a Fund is required to maintain asset coverage or offsetting positions in connection with transactions in derivative instruments, and the possible inability of a Fund to close out or to liquidate its derivatives positions. A Fund’s use of derivatives may increase or accelerate the amount of ordinary income recognized by shareholders.
 
 
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Federal legislation has been recently enacted in the U.S. that provides for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. While the ultimate impact is not yet clear, these changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon a Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions.
 
Options on Securities and Indices. As described in the Prospectus, a Fund may, among other things, purchase and sell put and call options on equity, debt or other securities or indices in standardized contracts traded on foreign or domestic securities exchanges, boards of trade, or similar entities, or quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) System or on a regulated foreign over-the-counter market, and agreements, sometimes called cash puts, which may accompany the purchase of a new issue from a dealer. Among other reasons, a Fund may purchase put options to protect holdings in an underlying or related security against a decline in market value, and may purchase call options to protect against increases in the prices of securities it intends to purchase pending its ability to invest in such securities in an orderly manner.
 
An option on a security (or index) is a contract that gives the holder of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from (in the case of a call) or sell to (in the case of a put) the writer of the option the security underlying the option (or the cash value of the index) at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option. The writer of an option on a security has the obligation upon exercise of the option to deliver the underlying security upon payment of the exercise price or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security. Upon exercise, the writer of an option on an index is obligated to pay the difference between the cash value of the index and the exercise price multiplied by the specified multiplier for the index option. (An index is designed to reflect features of a particular financial or securities market, a specific group of financial instruments or securities, or certain economic indicators.)
 
When a Fund writes a call (put) option on an underlying security it owns (is short), the option is sometimes referred to as a “covered option.” A Fund may write such options. When a Fund writes a call or put option on an underlying securities it does not own (is not short), the option is sometimes referred to as a “naked option.”
 
A Fund may write “naked” call options on individual securities or instruments in which it may invest but that are not currently held by a Fund. When writing “naked” call options, a Fund must deposit and maintain sufficient margin with the broker-dealer through which it wrote the “naked” call option as collateral to ensure that it meets its obligations as the writer of the option. A Fund is further subject to the segregation requirements described below when it writes “naked” call options. Such segregation will ensure that a Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction, but will not limit a Fund’s exposure to loss. During periods of declining securities prices or when prices are stable, writing “naked” call options can be a profitable strategy to increase a Fund’s income with minimal capital risk. However, when the price of the security underlying the written option increases, a Fund is exposed to an increased risk of loss, because if the price of the security underlying the option exceeds the option’s exercise price, a Fund will lose the difference. “Naked” written call options are riskier than covered call options because there is no underlying security held by a Fund that can act as a partial hedge. “Naked” written call options have speculative characteristics, and the potential for loss is theoretically unlimited. When a “naked” written call option is exercised, a Fund must purchase the underlying security to meet its delivery obligation or make a payment equal to the value of its obligation in order to close out the option. There is also a risk, especially with less liquid preferred and debt securities or small capitalization securities, that the securities may not be available for purchase.
 
A naked put option is a position in which a buyer writes a put option and has no position in the underlying stock.  A naked put option may be used when a Fund expects the underlying stock to be trading above the strike price at the time of expiration.  A Fund will benefit from a naked put option if the underlying stock is trading above the strike price at the time of the expiration of the put option and expires worthless because a Fund will keep the entire premium.  A Fund could lose money if the price of the underlying stock is below the strike price because the put may be exercised against a Fund, causing a Fund to buy the stock at the strike price.
 
 
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If an option written by a Fund expires unexercised, a Fund realizes a capital gain equal to the premium received at the time the option was written. If an option purchased by a Fund expires unexercised, a Fund realizes a capital loss equal to the premium paid. Prior to the earlier of exercise or expiration, an option may be closed out by an offsetting purchase or sale of an option of the same series (type, exchange, underlying security or index, exercise price, and expiration). In addition, a Fund may sell put or call options it has previously purchased, which could result in a net gain or loss depending on whether the amount realized on the sale is more or less than the premium and other transaction costs paid on the put or call option that is sold. There can be no assurance, however, that a closing purchase or sale transaction can be effected when a Fund desires.
 
A Fund will realize a capital gain from a closing purchase transaction if the cost of the closing option is less than the premium received from writing the option, or, if it is more, a Fund will realize a capital loss. If the premium received from a closing sale transaction is more than the premium paid to purchase the option, a Fund will realize a capital gain or, if it is less, a Fund will realize a capital loss. The principal factors affecting the market value of a put or a call option include supply and demand, interest rates, the current market price of the underlying security or index in relation to the exercise price of the option, the volatility of the underlying security or index, and the time remaining until the expiration date.
 
While, as mentioned above, a Fund may write naked call or put options, such options will nonetheless be deemed to be “covered” as such term is used in the context of Section 18 of the 1940 Act. In the case of a call option on a security, a call option is covered for these purposes if a Fund segregates assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) in an amount equal to the contract value of the position (minus any collateral deposited with a broker-dealer), on a mark-to-market basis. The option is also covered if a Fund owns the security underlying the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or, if additional cash consideration is required, cash or other assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees in such amount are segregated) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held by a Fund. For a call option on an index, the option is covered if a Fund segregates assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser. A call option is also covered if a Fund holds a call on the same index or security as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is (i) equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written, or (ii) greater than the exercise price of the call written, provided the difference is segregated by a Fund in assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser. A put option on a security or an index is “covered” if a Fund segregates assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees equal to the exercise price. A put option is also covered if a Fund holds a put on the same security or index as the put written where the exercise price of the put held is (i) equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written, or (ii) less than the exercise price of the put written, provided the difference is segregated by a Fund in assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser.
 
OTC Options. A Fund may also purchase and write over-the-counter (“OTC”) options. OTC options differ from traded options in that they are two-party contracts, with price and other terms negotiated between buyer and seller, and generally do not have as much market liquidity as exchange-traded options. A Fund may be required to treat as illiquid OTC options purchased and securities being used to cover certain written OTC options, and they will treat the amount by which such formula price exceeds the intrinsic value of the option (i.e., the amount, if any, by which the market price of the underlying security exceeds the exercise price of the option) as an illiquid investment. A Fund may also purchase and write dealer options.
 
Risks Associated with Options on Securities and Indices. There are several risks associated with transactions in options on securities, including ETFs, and on indices. For example, there are significant differences between the securities and options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve the intended result. A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived transaction may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or unexpected events.
 
There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position. If a Fund were unable to close out an option that it had purchased on a security or index, it would have to exercise the option in order to realize any profit or the option may expire worthless. If a Fund were unable to close out a call option that it had written on a security held in its portfolio, it would not be able to sell the underlying security unless the option expired without exercise. As the writer of a call option on an individual security held in a Fund’s portfolio, a Fund foregoes, during the option’s life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security or index position covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the exercise price of the call but has retained the risk of loss (net of premiums received) should the price of the underlying security or index position decline. Similarly, as the writer of a call option on a securities index or ETF, a Fund forgoes the opportunity to profit from increases in the index or ETF over the strike price of the option, though it retains the risk of loss (net of premiums received) should the price of a Fund’s portfolio securities decline.
 
 
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The value of call options written by a Fund will be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of underlying securities (including those comprising an index), changes in the dividend rates of underlying securities (including those comprising an index), changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the stock market and underlying securities and the remaining time to an option’s expiration. The value of an option also may be adversely affected if the market for the option is reduced or becomes less liquid. The writer of an option generally has no control over the time when it may be required to fulfill its obligation as a writer of the option. Once an option writer has received an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction in order to terminate its obligation under the option and must deliver the underlying security at the exercise price.
 
The hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours during which the securities held by a Fund are traded. To the extent that the options markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying markets that may not be reflected in the options markets. In addition, a Fund’s options transactions will be subject to limitations established by each of the exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities on which the options are traded. An exchange, board of trade or other trading facility may order the liquidation of positions found to be in excess of these limits, and it may impose other sanctions that could adversely affect a Fund engaging in options transactions.
 
If a put or call option purchased by a Fund is not sold when it has remaining value, and if the market price of the underlying security or index remains equal to or greater than the exercise price (in the case of a put), or remains less than or equal to the exercise price (in the case of a call), a Fund will lose its entire investment in the option. Also, where a put or call option on a particular security or index is purchased to hedge against price movements in a related security or index, the price of the put or call option may move more or less than the price of the related security or index. Furthermore, if trading restrictions or suspensions are imposed on the options markets, a Fund may be unable to close out a position. Similarly, if restrictions on exercise were imposed, a Fund might be unable to exercise an option it has purchased. Except to the extent that a call option on an index or ETF written by a Fund is covered by an option on the same index or ETF purchased by a Fund, movements in the index or ETF may result in a loss to a Fund; however, such losses may be mitigated by changes in the value of a Fund’s securities during the period the option was outstanding (based, in part, on the extent of correlation (if any) between the performance of the index or ETF and the performance of a Fund’s portfolio securities).
 
Foreign Currency Options. A Fund may buy or sell put and call options on foreign currencies in various circumstances, including, but not limited to, as a hedge against changes in the value of the U.S. dollar (or another currency) in relation to a foreign currency in which a Fund’s securities may be denominated or to cross-hedge or in an attempt to increase the total return when the Adviser anticipates that the currency will appreciate or depreciate in value. In addition, a Fund may buy or sell put and call options on foreign currencies either on exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. A put option on a foreign currency gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell a foreign currency at the exercise price until the option expires. A call option on a foreign currency gives the purchaser of the option the right to purchase the currency at the exercise price until the option expires. Currency options traded on U.S. or other exchanges may be subject to position limits, which may limit the ability of a Fund to reduce foreign currency risk using such options.
 
Option Combinations.  A Fund may combine options transactions, which combinations may be in the form of option spreads or option collars. Put spreads and collars are designed to protect against a decline in value of a security a Fund owns. A collar involves the purchase of a put and the simultaneous writing of a call on the same security at a higher strike price. The put protects the investor from a decline in the price of the security below the put’s strike price. The call means that the investor will not benefit from increases in the price of the security beyond the call’s strike price. In a put spread, an investor purchases a put and simultaneously writes a put on the same security at a lower strike price. This combination protects the investor against a decline in the price down to the lower strike price. The premium received for writing the call (in the case of a collar) or writing the put (in the case of a put spread) offsets, in whole or in part, the premium paid to purchase the put.
 
 
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In a call spread, an investor purchases a call and simultaneously sells a call on the same security, with the call sold having a higher strike price than the call purchased. The purchased call is designed to provide exposure to a potential increase in the value of a security an investor owns. The premium received for writing the call offsets, in part, the premium paid to purchase the corresponding call, but it also means that the investor will not benefit from increases in the price of the security beyond the sold call’s strike price.
 
A Fund may write straddles (covered or uncovered) consisting of a combination of a call and a put written on the same underlying security. A straddle will be covered when sufficient assets are deposited to meet a Fund’s immediate obligations. A Fund may use the same liquid assets to cover both the call and put options where the exercise price of the call and put are the same, or the exercise price of the call is higher than that of the put. In such cases, a Fund will also segregate liquid assets equivalent to the amount, if any, by which the put is “in the money.”
 
Futures Contracts.  A futures contract is a bilateral agreement to buy or sell a security (or deliver a cash settlement price, in the case of a contract relating to an index or otherwise not calling for physical delivery at the end of trading in the contracts) for a set price in the future.  Futures contracts are designated by boards of trade that have been designated “contracts markets” by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”).  No purchase price is paid or received when the contract is entered into.  Instead, a Fund, upon entering into a futures contract (and to maintain a Fund’s open positions in futures contracts), would be required to deposit with its custodian in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker an amount of cash, U.S. government securities, suitable money market instruments, or liquid, high-grade debt securities, known as “initial margin.”  The margin required for a particular futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and may be significantly modified from time to time by the exchange during the term of the contract.  Futures contracts are customarily purchased and sold on margin that may range upward from less than 5% of the value of the contract being traded.  By using futures contracts as a risk management technique, given the greater liquidity in the futures market than in the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish certain results more quickly and with lower transaction costs.
 
If the price of an open futures contract changes (by increase in the case of a sale or by decrease in the case of a purchase) so that the loss on the futures contract reaches a point at which the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, the broker will require an increase in the margin.  However, if the value of a position increases because of favorable price changes in the futures contract so that the margin deposit exceeds the required margin, the broker will pay the excess to a Fund.  These subsequent payments, called “variation margin,” to and from the futures broker, are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying assets fluctuate, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as “marking to the market.”  A Fund expects to earn interest income on their initial and variation margin deposits.
 
A Fund will incur brokerage fees when they purchase and sell futures contracts.  Positions taken in the futures markets are not normally held until delivery or cash settlement is required, but are instead liquidated through offsetting transactions that may result in a gain or a loss.  While futures positions taken by a Fund will usually be liquidated in this manner, a Fund may instead make or take delivery of underlying securities whenever it appears economically advantageous for a Fund to do so.  A clearing organization associated with the exchange on which futures are traded assumes responsibility for closing out transactions and guarantees that as between the clearing members of an exchange, the sale and purchase obligations will be performed with regard to all positions that remain open at the termination of the contract.
 
Securities Index Futures Contracts. Purchases or sales of securities index futures contracts may be used in an attempt to protect a Fund’s current or intended investments from broad fluctuations in securities prices.  A securities index futures contract does not require the physical delivery of securities, but merely provides for profits and losses resulting from changes in the market value of the contract to be credited or debited at the close of each trading day to the respective accounts of the parties to the contract.  On the contract’s expiration date a final cash settlement occurs and the futures positions are simply closed out.  Changes in the market value of a particular index futures contract reflect changes in the specified index of securities on which the future is based.
 
 
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By establishing an appropriate “short” position in index futures, a Fund may also seek to protect the value of its portfolio against an overall decline in the market for such securities.  Alternatively, in anticipation of a generally rising market, a Fund can seek to avoid losing the benefit of apparently low current prices by establishing a “long” position in securities index futures and later liquidating that position as particular securities are acquired.  To the extent that these hedging strategies are successful, a Fund will be affected to a lesser degree by adverse overall market price movements than would otherwise be the case.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. A Fund may purchase exchange-traded call and put options on futures contracts and write exchange-traded call options on futures contracts.  These options are traded on exchanges that are licensed and regulated by the CFTC for the purpose of options trading.  A call option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to purchase a futures contract (assume a “long” position) at a specified exercise price at any time before the option expires.  A put option gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to sell a futures contract (assume a “short” position), for a specified exercise price at any time before the option expires.
 
A Fund may write options on futures contracts that are “covered.”  A Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a put option it has written if, so long as it is obligated as writer of the put, a Fund segregates with its custodian cash, U.S. government securities or liquid securities at all times equal to or greater than the aggregate exercise price of the puts it has written (less any related margin deposited with the futures broker).  A Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a call option it has written on a debt security future if, so long as it is obligated as a writer of the call, a Fund owns a security deliverable under the futures contract.  A Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a call option it has written on a securities index future if a Fund owns securities the price changes of which are, in the opinion of the Adviser, expected to replicate substantially the movement of the index upon which the futures contract is based.
 
Upon the exercise of a call option, the writer of the option is obligated to sell the futures contract (to deliver a “long” position to the option holder) at the option exercise price, which will presumably be lower than the current market price of the contract in the futures market.  Upon exercise of a put, the writer of the option is obligated to purchase the futures contract (deliver a “short” position to the option holder) at the option exercise price, which will presumably be higher than the current market price of the contract in the futures market.  When the holder of an option exercises it and assumes a long futures position, in the case of a call, or a short futures position, in the case of a put, its gain will be credited to its futures margin account, while the loss suffered by the writer of the option will be debited to its account and must be immediately paid by the writer.  However, as with the trading of futures, most participants in the options markets do not seek to realize their gains or losses by exercise of their option rights.  Instead, the holder of an option will usually realize a gain or loss by buying or selling an offsetting option at a market price that will reflect an increase or a decrease from the premium originally paid.
 
If a Fund writes options on futures contracts, a Fund will receive a premium but will assume a risk of adverse movement in the price of the underlying futures contract comparable to that involved in holding a futures position.  If the option is not exercised, a Fund will realize a gain in the amount of the premium, which may partially offset unfavorable changes in the value of securities held in or to be acquired for a Fund.  If the option is exercised, a Fund will incur a loss in the option transaction, which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it has received, but that will offset any favorable changes in the value of its portfolio securities or, in the case of a put, lower prices of securities it intends to acquire.
 
Options on futures contracts can be used by a Fund to hedge substantially the same risks as might be addressed by the direct purchase or sale of the underlying futures contracts.  If a Fund purchases an option on a futures contract, it may obtain benefits similar to those that would result if it held the futures position itself.  Purchases of options on futures contracts may present less risk in hedging than the purchase and sale of the underlying futures contracts since the potential loss is limited to the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs.
 
The purchase of put options on futures contracts may be used as a means of hedging a Fund’s portfolio against a general decline in market prices.  The purchase of a call option on a futures contract may represent a means of hedging a Fund’s portfolio against a market advance when a Fund is fully invested.
 
 
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The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of the underlying securities.  If the futures price at expiration is below the exercise price, a Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium, which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in the value of a Fund’s holdings of securities.  The writing of a put option on a futures contract is analogous to the purchase of a futures contract in that it hedges against an increase in the price of securities a Fund intends to acquire.  However, the hedge is limited to the amount of premium received for writing the put.
 
Hedging. A Fund may engage in an ongoing hedging strategy.  Hedging is a means of transferring risk that an investor does not wish to assume during an uncertain market environment. A Fund may enter into these transactions: (a) to hedge against changes in the market value of portfolio securities and against changes in the market value of securities intended to be purchased, (b) to close out or offset existing positions, (c) to manage the duration of a portfolio’s fixed income investments, or (d) to enhance returns.

Hedging activity in a Fund may involve the use of derivatives including, but not limited to, buying or selling (writing) put or call options on stocks, shares of exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) or stock indexes, buying ETFs or other investment companies that engage in hedging strategies, entering into stock index futures contracts or buying or selling options on stock index futures contracts or financial futures contracts, such as futures contracts on U.S. Treasury securities and interest related indices, and options on financial futures, or purchasing foreign currency forward contracts or options on foreign currency. A Fund will buy or sell options on stock index futures traded on a national exchange or board of trade and options on securities and on stock indexes traded on national securities exchanges or through private transactions directly with a broker-dealer. A Fund may hedge a portion of its portfolio by selling stock index futures contracts or purchasing puts on these contracts to limit exposure to an actual or anticipated market decline. A Fund may also hedge against fluctuations in currency exchange rates, in connection with its investments in foreign securities by purchasing foreign forward currency exchange contracts and/or options on foreign currency.

A notice on behalf of the Trust has been filed with the National Futures Association claiming an exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Trust's operation. Accordingly, a Fund is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator.

Foreign Securities
 
Foreign securities include U.S. dollar-denominated and non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers.  A Fund may invest directly in foreign equity securities traded directly on U.S. exchanges, foreign exchanges, over-the-counter or in the form of American Depository Receipts.  A Fund may also invest in foreign currency-denominated fixed-income securities.  Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments.  Many of the risks are more pronounced for investments in developing or emerging market countries, or countries whose markets are becoming open, or have only recently opened, to private investment, foreign investment or both.

American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”). ADRs provide a method whereby a Fund may invest in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States.  ADRs are receipts typically issued by a U.S. bank or trust company evidencing ownership of the underlying securities, and may be issued as sponsored or unsponsored programs.  In sponsored programs, an issuer has made arrangements to have its securities trade in the form of ADRs.  In unsponsored programs, the issuer may not be directly involved in the creation of the program.  Although regulatory requirements with respect to sponsored and unsponsored programs are generally similar, in some cases it may be easier to obtain financial information from an issuer that has participated in the creation of a sponsored program.  ADRs are subject to many of the risks affecting foreign investments generally, except for those specific to trading securities on foreign exchanges.

Political and Economic Factors. Foreign investments involve risks unique to the local political, economic, and regulatory structures in place, as well as the potential for social instability, military unrest, or diplomatic developments that could prove adverse to the interests of U.S. investors. Individual foreign economies can differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency, and balance of payments position. In addition, significant external political and economic risks currently affect some foreign countries. War and terrorism affect many countries. Many countries throughout the world are dependent on a healthy U.S. economy or economies elsewhere around the world (e.g., Europe), and are adversely affected when the U.S. or other world economies weaken or their markets decline.
 
 
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Government Action.  Governments in certain foreign countries continue to participate to a significant degree, through ownership interest or regulation, in their respective economies. Action by these governments could have a significant effect on market prices of securities and payment of dividends. The economies of many foreign countries are heavily dependent upon international trade and are accordingly affected by protective trade barriers and economic conditions of their trading partners. The enactment by these trading partners of protectionist trade legislation could have a significant adverse effect upon the securities markets of such countries.
 
Foreign Currencies; Currency Fluctuations. A Fund’s investments in foreign securities may be denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currencies. For securities valued in foreign currencies, a change in the value of any such currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in the U.S. dollar value of a Fund’s assets denominated in that currency. Such changes will also affect a Fund’s income and may affect the income of companies in which a Fund invests. Generally, when a given currency appreciates against the U.S. dollar (the U.S. dollar weakens), the value of a Fund’s securities denominated in that currency will rise. When a given currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar (the U.S. dollar strengthens), the value of a Fund’s securities denominated in that currency will decline.  Countries with managed currencies that are maintained at artificial levels to the U.S. dollar rather than at levels determined by the market may experience sudden and large adjustments in the currency which, in turn, can have a disruptive and negative effect on foreign investors.  Similarly, a Fund may be adversely affected by holding securities in foreign currencies that are not readily convertible into U.S. dollars.
 
Potential Adverse Changes.   With respect to certain foreign countries, especially developing and emerging ones, there is the possibility of adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitations on the removal of funds or other assets, political or social instability, or diplomatic developments which could affect investments by U.S. persons in those countries.

Information and Supervision. There is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies comparable to reports and ratings that are published about companies in the United States. Foreign companies are also generally not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices, and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. It also is often more difficult to keep currently informed of corporate actions that affect the prices of portfolio securities.

Market Characteristics. Foreign securities markets are generally not as developed or efficient as, and may be more volatile and have less volume and liquidity than, those in the United States. Securities may trade at price/earnings multiples higher than comparable U.S. securities and such levels may not be sustainable. Commissions on foreign securities trades are generally higher than commissions on U.S. exchanges, and while there are an increasing number of overseas securities markets that have adopted a system of negotiated rates, a number are still subject to an established schedule of minimum commission rates. There is generally less government supervision and regulation of foreign securities exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in the U.S. Moreover, settlement practices for transactions in foreign markets may differ from those in U.S. markets. Such differences include delays beyond periods customary in the U.S. and practices, such as delivery of securities prior to receipt of payment, which increase the likelihood of a "failed settlement." Failed settlements can result in losses to a Fund.

Investment and Repatriation Restrictions. Foreign investment in the securities markets of certain foreign countries is restricted or controlled to varying degrees. These restrictions limit and, at times, preclude investment in such countries and increase the cost and expenses of a Fund. Investments by foreign investors are subject to a variety of restrictions in many developing countries. These restrictions may take the form of prior governmental approval, limits on the amount or type of securities held by foreigners, and limits on the types of companies in which foreigners may invest. Additional or different restrictions may be imposed at any time by these or other countries in which a Fund invests. In addition, the repatriation of both investment income and capital from several foreign countries is restricted and controlled under certain regulations, including in some cases the need for certain government consents.
 
 
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Taxes.  The dividends and interest payable on foreign portfolio securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, thus reducing the net amount of income available for distribution to a Fund’s shareholders. In addition, some governments may impose a tax on purchases by foreign investors of certain securities that trade in their country.

Depositary Receipts. A Fund’s investments may include securities of foreign issuers in the form of sponsored or unsponsored ADRs, Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs). ADRs are depositary receipts typically issued by a United State bank or trust company which evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. EDRs and GDRs are typically issued by foreign banks or trust companies, although they also may be issued by United States banks or trust companies, and evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by either a foreign or a United States corporation. Generally, depositary receipts in registered form are designed for use in the United States securities market and depositary receipts in bearer form are designed for use in securities markets outside the United States Depositary receipts may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities into which they may be converted. Ownership of unsponsored depositary receipts may not entitle a Fund to financial or other reports from the issuer of the underlying security, to which it would be entitled as the owner of sponsored depositary receipts.

Investments in Small-Cap Companies.  A Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in securities of companies with small market capitalizations. Certain small-cap companies may offer greater potential for capital appreciation than larger companies.  However, investors should note that this potential for greater capital appreciation is accompanied by a substantial risk of loss and that, by their very nature, investments in small-cap companies tend to be very volatile and speculative.  Small-cap companies may have a small share of the market for their products or services, their businesses may be limited to regional markets, or they may provide goods and services for a limited market.  For example, they may be developing or marketing new products or services for markets that are not yet established or may never become established.  In addition, small companies may have or will develop only a regional market for products or services and thus be affected by local or regional market conditions.  In addition, small-cap companies may lack depth of management or they may be unable to generate funds necessary for growth or potential development, either internally or through external financing on favorable terms.  Such companies may also be insignificant in their industries and be subject to or become subject to intense competition from larger companies.  Due to these and other factors, a Fund’s investments in small-cap companies may suffer significant losses.  Further, there is typically a smaller market for the securities of a small-cap company than for securities of a large company.  Therefore, investments in small-cap companies may be less liquid and subject to significant price declines that result in losses for a Fund.
 
Convertible Securities.  Although the equity investments of a Fund consist primarily of common and preferred stocks, a Fund may buy securities convertible into common stock if, for example, the Adviser believes that a company’s convertible securities are undervalued in the market.  Convertible securities eligible for purchase by a Fund include convertible bonds, convertible preferred stocks, and warrants.  A warrant is an instrument issued by a corporation that gives the holder the right to subscribe to a specific amount of the corporation’s capital stock at a set price for a specified period of time.  Warrants do not represent ownership of the underlying securities, but only the right to buy the securities. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of underlying securities. Warrants may be considered speculative in that they have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of a corporation issuing them.  Warrant positions will not be used to increase the leverage of a Fund; consequently, warrant positions are generally accompanied by cash positions equivalent to the required exercise amount.  A Fund’s ability to invest in warrants may be limited by a Fund’s investment restrictions.
 
Real Estate Securities.  A Fund will not invest in real estate (including mortgage loans and limited partnership interests), but may invest in readily marketable securities issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein.  A Fund may also invest in readily marketable interests in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).  REITs are generally publicly traded on the national stock exchanges and in the over-the-counter market and have varying degrees of liquidity.  Investments in real estate securities are subject to risks inherent in the real estate market, including risk related to changes interest rates.
 
U.S. Government Securities.  A Fund may invest a portion of the portfolio in U.S. government securities, defined to be U.S. government obligations such as U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bonds, and U.S. Treasury bills, obligations guaranteed by the U.S. government such as Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) as well as obligations of U.S. government authorities, agencies and instrumentalities such as Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”), Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”), Federal Farm Credit Bank (“FFCB”), Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”), Student Loan Marketing Association (“SLMA”), and The Tennessee Valley Authority.  U.S. government securities may be acquired subject to repurchase agreements.  While obligations of some U.S. government sponsored entities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g. GNMA), several are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. government (e.g. FNMA, FHLMC), and still others are supported only by the credit of the issuer itself (e.g. SLMA, FFCB).  No assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support to U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities in the future, other than as set forth above, since it is not obligated to do so by law.  The guarantee of the U.S. government does not extend to the yield or value of a Fund’s shares.
 
 
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Foreign Government Obligations. A Fund may invest in short-term obligations of foreign sovereign governments or of their agencies, instrumentalities, authorities or political subdivisions. These securities may be denominated in United States dollars or in another currency.
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities. A Fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities, such as those issued by GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC or certain foreign issuers. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are secured by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. The mortgages backing these securities include, among other mortgage instruments, conventional 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, graduated payment mortgages and adjustable rate mortgages. The government or the issuing agency typically guarantees the payment of interest and principal of these securities. However, the guarantees do not extend to the securities’ yield or value, which are likely to vary inversely with fluctuations in interest rates, nor do the guarantees extend to the yield or value of a Fund’s shares. These securities generally are “pass-through” instruments, through which the holders receive a share of all interest and principal payments from the mortgages underlying the securities, net of certain fees.

Yields on pass-through securities are typically quoted by investment dealers and vendors based on the maturity of the underlying instruments and the associated average life assumption. The average life of pass-through pools varies with the maturities of the underlying mortgage loans. A pool’s term may be shortened by unscheduled or early payments of principal on the underlying mortgages. The occurrence of mortgage prepayments is affected by various factors, including the level of interest rates, general economic conditions, the location, scheduled maturity and age of the mortgage and other social and demographic conditions. Because prepayment rates of individual pools vary widely, it is not possible to predict accurately the average life of a particular pool. For pools of fixed-rate 30-year mortgages in a stable interest rate environment, a common industry practice in the U.S. has been to assume that prepayments will result in a 12-year average life, although it may vary depending on various factors. At present, pools, particularly those with loans with other maturities or different characteristics, are priced on an assumption of average life determined for each pool. In periods of falling interest rates, the rate of prepayment tends to increase, thereby shortening the actual average life of a pool of mortgage-related securities. Conversely, in periods of rising rates the rate of prepayment tends to decrease, thereby lengthening the actual average life of the pool. However, these effects may not be present, or may differ in degree, if the mortgage loans in the pools have adjustable interest rates or other special payment terms, such as a prepayment charge. Actual prepayment experience may cause the yield of mortgage-backed securities to differ from the assumed average life yield. Reinvestment of prepayments may occur at higher or lower interest rates than the original investment, thus affecting a Fund’s yield.

The rate of interest on mortgage-backed securities is lower than the interest rates paid on the mortgages included in the underlying pool due to the annual fees paid to the servicer of the mortgage pool for passing through monthly payments to certificate holders and to any guarantor, such as GNMA, and due to any yield retained by the issuer. Actual yield to the holder may vary from the coupon rate, even if adjustable, if the mortgage-backed securities are purchased or traded in the secondary market at a premium or discount. In addition, there is normally some delay between the time the issuer receives mortgage payments from the servicer and the time the issuer makes the payments on the mortgage-backed securities, and this delay reduces the effective yield to the holder of such securities.
 
 
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Asset-Backed Securities. A Fund may invest in asset-backed securities, which represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as motor vehicle installment sales, installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property and receivables from revolving credit (credit card) agreements. Such assets are securitized through the use of trusts and special purpose corporations. Payments or distributions of principal and interest may be guaranteed up to certain amounts and for a certain time period by a letter of credit or a pool insurance policy issued by a financial institution unaffiliated with the trust or corporation.

Asset-backed securities present certain risks that are not presented by other securities in which a Fund may invest. Automobile receivables generally are secured by automobiles. Most issuers of automobile receivables permit the loan servicers to retain possession of the underlying obligations. If the servicer were to sell these obligations to another party, there is a risk that the purchaser would acquire an interest superior to that of the holders of the asset-backed securities. In addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance and technical requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the automobile receivables may not have a proper security interest in the underlying automobiles. Therefore, there is the possibility that recoveries on repossessed collateral may not, in some cases, be available to support payments on these securities. Credit card receivables are generally unsecured, and the debtors are entitled to the protection of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, many of which give such debtors the right to set off certain amounts owed on the credit cards, thereby reducing the balance due. In addition, there is no assurance that the security interest in the collateral can be realized.

Structured Notes, Bonds and Debentures. A Fund may invest in structured notes, bonds and debentures. Typically, the value of the principal and/or interest on these instruments is determined by reference to changes in the value of specific currencies, interest rates, commodities, indexes or other financial indicators (the “Reference”) or the relevant change in two or more References. The interest rate or the principal amount payable upon maturity or redemption may be increased or decreased depending upon changes in the applicable Reference. The terms of the structured securities may provide that in certain circumstances no principal is due at maturity and, therefore, may result in the loss of a Fund’s entire investment. The value of structured securities may move in the same or the opposite direction as the value of the Reference, so that appreciation of the Reference may produce an increase or decrease in the interest rate or value of the security at maturity. In addition, the change in interest rate or the value of the security at maturity may be a multiple of the change in the value of the Reference so that the security may be more or less volatile than the Reference, depending on the multiple. Consequently, structured securities may entail a greater degree of market risk and volatility than other types of debt obligations.

Assignments and Participations. A Fund may invest in assignments of and participations in loans issued by banks and other financial institutions.

When a Fund purchases assignments from lending financial institutions, a Fund will acquire direct rights against the borrower on the loan. However, since assignments are generally arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, the rights and obligations acquired by a Fund as the purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the assigning lender.

Participations in loans will typically result in a Fund having a contractual relationship with the lending financial institution, not the borrower. A Fund would have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing a participation, a Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and a Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased a participation. As a result, a Fund purchasing a participation will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender selling the participation. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, a Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the lender and the borrower.

A Fund may have difficulty disposing of assignments and participations because there is no liquid market for such securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market will have an adverse impact on the value of such securities and on a Fund’s ability to dispose of particular assignments or participations when necessary to meet a Fund’s liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event, such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the borrower. The lack of a liquid market for assignments and participations also may make it more difficult for a Fund to assign a value to these securities for purposes of valuing a Fund’s portfolio and calculating its net asset value.
 
 
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A Fund may invest in fixed and floating rate loans (“Loans”) arranged through private negotiations between a foreign government (a “Borrower”) and one or more financial institutions (“Lenders”). The majority of a Fund’s investments in Loans are expected to be in the form of participations in Loans (“Participations”) and assignments of portions of Loans from third parties (“Assignments”). Participations typically will result in a Fund having a contractual relationship only with the Lender, not with the Borrower. A Fund will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the Lender selling the Participation and only upon receipt by the Lender of the payments from the Borrower. In connection with purchasing Participations, a Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the Borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the Loan, nor any rights of set-off against the Borrower, and a Fund may not directly benefit from any collateral supporting the Loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, a Fund will assume the credit risk of both the Borrower and the Lender that is selling the Participation. In the event of the insolvency of the Lender selling a Participation, a Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the Lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the Lender and the Borrower.

When a Fund purchases Assignments from Lenders, a Fund will acquire direct rights against the Borrower on the Loan. However, since Assignments are generally arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, the rights and obligations acquired by a Fund as the purchaser of an Assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the assigning Lender.

There are risks involved in investing in Participations and Assignments. A Fund may have difficulty disposing of them because there is no liquid market for such securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market will have an adverse impact on the value of such securities and on a Fund’s ability to dispose of particular Participations or Assignments when necessary to meet a Fund’s liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event, such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the Borrower. The lack of a liquid market for Participations and Assignments also may make it more difficult for a Fund to assign a value to these securities for purposes of valuing a Fund’s portfolio and calculating its net asset value.
 
Corporate Debt Securities.  A Fund’s fixed income investments may include corporate, municipal or other government debt securities.  Corporate and municipal debt obligations purchased by a Fund may be any credit quality, maturity or yield.  Accordingly, a Fund’s debt securities may include “investment grade” securities (those rated at least Baa by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Investors Service, Inc. (“Fitch”) or, if not rated, of equivalent quality in the Adviser’s opinion.  In addition, a Fund’s debt securities may include lower-rated debt securities including, without limitation, junk bonds.  Debt obligations rated Baa by Moody’s or BBB by S&P, or Fitch may be considered speculative and are subject to risks of non-payment of interest and principal.  Debt obligations rated lower than Baa by Moody’s or lower than BBB by S&P or Fitch are generally considered speculative and subject to significant risks of non-payment of interest and principal.  Descriptions of the quality ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch are contained in this SAI.  While the Adviser utilizes the ratings of various credit rating services as one factor in establishing creditworthiness, it relies primarily upon its own analysis of factors establishing creditworthiness.
 
Money Market Instruments.  A Fund may invest in money market instruments including U.S. government obligations or corporate debt obligations (including those subject to repurchase agreements), provided that they are eligible for purchase by a Fund.  Money market instruments also may include Banker’s Acceptances and Certificates of Deposit of domestic branches of U.S. banks, Commercial Paper, and Variable Amount Demand Master Notes (“Master Notes”).  Banker’s Acceptances are time drafts drawn on and “accepted” by a bank.  When a bank “accepts” such a time draft, it assumes liability for its payment.  When a Fund acquires a Banker’s Acceptance, the bank that “accepted” the time draft is liable for payment of interest and principal when due.  The Banker’s Acceptance carries the full faith and credit of such bank.  A Certificate of Deposit (“CD”) is an unsecured, interest bearing debt obligation of a bank.  Commercial Paper is an unsecured, short-term debt obligation of a bank, corporation, or other borrower.  Maturities of Commercial Paper generally range from 2 to 270 days and are usually sold on a discounted basis rather than as an interest-bearing instrument.  A Fund will invest in Commercial Paper only if it is rated in one of the top two rating categories by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or if not rated, of equivalent quality in the Adviser’s opinion.  Commercial Paper may include Master Notes of the same quality.  Master Notes are unsecured obligations which are redeemable upon demand of the holder and which permit the investment of fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest.  Master Notes are acquired by a Fund only through the Master Note program of a Fund’s custodian bank, acting as administrator thereof.  The Adviser will monitor, on a continuous basis, the earnings power, cash flow, and other liquidity ratios of the issuer of a Master Note held by a Fund.
 
 
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ETFs.   A Fund may invest in Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”).  An ETF is a fund that holds a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to track the performance of a securities index or sector of an index.  ETFs are traded on a securities exchange based on their market value.  An ETF portfolio holds the same stocks or bonds as the index it tracks, so its market price reflects the value of the index at any given time. ETFs are registered investment companies and incur fees and expenses such as operating expenses, licensing fees, registration fees, trustees fees, and marketing expenses, and ETF shareholders, such as a Fund, pay their proportionate share of these expenses. Your cost of investing in a Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs.  By investing in a Fund, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying ETFs in which a Fund invests in addition to a Fund's direct fees and expenses.
 
Unit Investment Trusts. A unit investment trust, commonly referred to as a UIT, is one of three basic types of investment companies. The other two types are mutual funds and closed-end funds. A unit investment trust is a registered investment company that buys and holds a generally fixed portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other securities. "Units" in the trust are sold to investors (unitholders) who receive a share of principal and dividends (or interest). A UIT has a stated date for termination that varies according to the investments held in its portfolio. A UIT investing in long-term bonds may remain outstanding for 20 to 30 years. UITs that invest in stocks may seek to capture capital appreciation over a period of a year or a few years. When these trusts are dissolved, proceeds from the securities are either paid to unitholders or reinvested in another trust. A UIT does not actively trade its investment portfolio. That is, a UIT buys a relatively fixed portfolio of securities (for example, five, ten, or twenty specific stocks or bonds), and holds them with little or no change for the life of the UIT. Because the investment portfolio of a UIT generally is fixed, investors know more or less what they are investing in for the duration of their investment. Investors will find the portfolio securities held by the UIT listed in its prospectus.
 
Repurchase Agreements.  A Fund may invest in repurchase agreements.  A repurchase agreement is a short term investment in which the purchaser acquires ownership of a U.S. government security and the seller agrees to repurchase the security at a future time at a set price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period.  Any repurchase transaction in which a Fund engages will require full collateralization of the seller’s obligation during the entire term of the repurchase agreement.  In the event of a bankruptcy or other default of the seller, a Fund could experience both delays in liquidating the underlying security and losses in value.
 
Reverse Repurchase Agreements.  A Fund may also be involved with reverse repurchase agreements.  Reverse repurchase agreements are repurchase agreements in which a Fund is the seller (rather than the buyer) of the securities, and agrees to repurchase them at an agreed upon time and price. A reverse repurchase agreement may be viewed as a type of borrowing by a Fund. Reverse repurchase agreements are subject to credit risks. In addition, reverse repurchase agreements create leverage risks because a Fund must repurchase the underlying security at a higher price, regardless of the market value of the security at the time of repurchase.
 
Illiquid Investments.  A Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, which are investments that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the prices at which they are valued.  Under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (“Trustees”), the Adviser determines the liquidity of a Fund’s investments, and through reports from the Adviser, the Trustees monitor investments in illiquid instruments.  In determining the liquidity of a Fund’s investments, the Adviser may consider various factors including (1) the frequency of trades and quotations; (2) the number of dealers and prospective purchasers in the marketplace; (3) dealer undertakings to make a market; (4) the nature of the security (including any demand or tender features); and (5) the nature of the marketplace for trades (including the ability to assign or offset a Fund’s rights and obligations relating to the investment).  If through a change in values, net assets, or other circumstances, a Fund were in a position where more than 15% of its net assets were invested in illiquid securities, a Fund may take appropriate steps to protect a Fund’s liquidity as deemed necessary or advisable by a Fund.  A Fund, through its Fair Value Committee, values illiquid securities using its fair value procedures (described below) but there can be no assurance that (i) a Fund will determine fair value for a private investment accurately; (ii) that a Fund will be able to sell private securities for the fair value determined by a Fund; or (iii) that a Fund will be able to sell such securities at all.  Investment in illiquid securities poses risks of potential delays in resale and uncertainty in valuation.  Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio securities and a Fund may be unable to dispose of illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices.
 
 
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Private Securities Transactions.  In general, securities purchased in private transactions are legally restricted as to resale.  A Fund’s investments in private placements will be subject to a number of risks because the securities will be illiquid securities for which there is no public market.  Illiquid securities are subject to risks of potential delays in resale and uncertainty in valuation.    In addition, as noted under “Illiquid Securities” above, if at any time more than 15% of a Fund’s net assets are invested in illiquid securities, a Fund may take appropriate steps to protect a Fund’s liquidity as deemed necessary or advisable by a Fund.  In such a case, a Fund may seek to sell private securities in its portfolio prematurely at prices below what the Adviser believes to be the securities’ fair value.
 
Restricted Securities.  Within its limitation on investment in illiquid securities and a Fund’s private investments, a Fund may purchase restricted securities that generally can be sold in privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to an exemption from registration under the federal securities laws, or in a registered public offering.  Where registration is required, a Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expense and a considerable period may elapse between the time it decides to seek registration and the time a Fund may be permitted to sell a security under an effective registration statement.  If during such a period adverse market conditions were to develop, a Fund might obtain a less favorable price than prevailed when it decided to seek registration of the security.  A Fund values restricted securities under fair value procedures described above under “Illiquid Securities” and as described in the section entitled “Investing in a Fund – Determining a Fund’s Net Asset Value” of the Prospectus.
 
Forward Commitment & When-Issued Securities.  A Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued basis or for settlement at a future date if a Fund holds sufficient assets to meet the purchase price.  In such purchase transactions, a Fund will not accrue interest on the purchased security until the actual settlement.  Similarly, if a security is sold for a forward date, a Fund will accrue the interest until the settlement of the sale.  When-issued security purchases and forward commitments have a higher degree of risk of price movement before settlement due to the extended time period between the execution and settlement of the purchase or sale.  As a result, the exposure to the counterparty of the purchase or sale is increased.  Although a Fund would generally purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis with the intention of taking delivery, a Fund may sell such a security prior to the settlement date if the Adviser felt such action was appropriate.  In such a case, a Fund could incur a short-term gain or loss.
 
Short Sales of Securities.  A Fund may make short sales, which are transactions in which a Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security.  To complete a short sale transaction, a Fund will borrow the security from a broker-dealer, which generally involves the payment of a premium and transaction costs.  A Fund then sells the borrowed security to a buyer in the market.  A Fund will then cover the short position by buying shares in the market either (i) at its discretion; or (ii) when called by the broker-dealer lender.  Until the security is replaced, a Fund is required to pay the broker-dealer lender any dividends or interest that accrue during the period of the loan.  In addition, the net proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker to the extent necessary to meet regulatory or other requirements, until the short position is closed out.
 
A Fund will incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which a Fund replaces the borrowed security.  A Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in price between those dates.  The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss increased, by the amount of the premium, dividends, interest or expenses a Fund may be required to pay in connection with a short sale.  When a Fund makes a short sale, a Fund will segregate liquid assets (such as cash, U.S. government securities, or equity securities) on a Fund’s books and/or in a segregated account at a Fund’s custodian in an amount sufficient to cover the current value of the securities to be replaced as well as any dividends, interest and/or transaction costs due to the broker-dealer lender.  In determining the amount to be segregated, any securities that have been sold short by a Fund will be marked to market daily.  To the extent the market price of the security sold short increases and more assets are required to meet a Fund’s short sale obligations, additional assets will be segregated to ensure adequate coverage of a Fund’s short position obligations.
 
 
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In addition, a Fund may make short sales “against the box” i.e., when a Fund sells a security short when a Fund has segregated securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short (or securities convertible or exchangeable into such securities) and will hold such securities while the short sale is outstanding.  A Fund will incur transaction costs, including interest, in connection with opening, maintaining, and closing short sales against the box.
 
Lending of Portfolio Securities.  In order to generate additional income, a Fund may lend portfolio securities in an amount up to 33% of total Fund assets to broker-dealers, major banks, or other recognized domestic institutional borrowers of securities that the Adviser has determined are creditworthy under guidelines established by the Trustees.  In determining whether a Fund will lend securities, the Adviser will consider all relevant facts and circumstances.  A Fund may not lend securities to any company affiliated with the Adviser.  Each loan of securities will be collateralized by cash, securities or letters of credit.  A Fund might experience a loss if the borrower defaults on the loan.
 
The borrower at all times during the loan must maintain with a Fund cash or cash equivalent collateral, or provide to a Fund an irrevocable letter of credit equal in value to at least 100% of the value of the securities loaned.  While the loan is outstanding, the borrower will pay a Fund any interest paid on the loaned securities, and a Fund may invest the cash collateral to earn additional income.  Alternatively, a Fund may receive an agreed-upon amount of interest income from the borrower who has delivered equivalent collateral or a letter of credit.  It is anticipated that a Fund may share with the borrower some of the income received on the collateral for the loan or a Fund will be paid a premium for the loan.  Loans are subject to termination at the option of a Fund or the borrower at any time.  A Fund may pay reasonable administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan, and may pay a negotiated portion of the income earned on the cash to the borrower or placing broker.  As with other extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially.
 
Temporary Defensive Positions.  A Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with a Fund’s principal investment strategies in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions.  During such an unusual set of circumstances, a Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash or cash equivalent positions.  When a Fund takes a temporary defensive position, a Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.
 
Lack of DiversificationExcept for the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund, the Funds are each a non-diversified Fund, which means that it has not made an election to be a “diversified” investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).  Many mutual funds elect to be “diversified” funds that, as to 75% of their assets, cannot invest more than 5% of their assets in any one security at any given time.  A non-diversified fund is not subject to this limitation, and so it can hold a relatively small number of securities in its portfolio.  Even a non-diversified fund has to have some diversification for tax purposes, though.  Under the tax code, all mutual funds are required, at the end of each quarter of the taxable year, to have (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Fund’s total assets be invested in cash, U.S. government securities, the securities of other regulated investment companies and other securities, limited with respect to any one issuer limited for the purposes of this calculation to an amount not greater than (A) 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets or (B) 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. government securities or the securities of other regulated investment companies).
 
Subject to the requirements of the tax code and each Fund’s investment restrictions (see description below under “Investment Restrictions”), these Funds may make significant investments in the securities of a particular issuer, select companies in a particular industry, or select companies in a sector within a particular industry.  Such a concentration of Fund investments exposes each non-diversified Fund to additional risks, and greater potential for significant share price fluctuation.  These Funds may or may not have a diversified portfolio of investments at any given time, and may have large amounts of assets invested in a very small number of companies, industries or securities.  Such lack of diversification substantially increases market risks and the risk of loss associated with an investment in these Funds, because the value of each security will have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance and the value of each shareholder’s investment.  When the value of a security in a non-diversified fund falls, it may have a greater impact on the Fund than it would have in a diversified fund.
 
 
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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

Fundamental Restrictions.  Each Fund has adopted the following “fundamental restrictions,” which cannot be changed without approval by holders of a majority of the out­stand­ing voting shares of a Fund.  A “majority” for this pur­pose means the lesser of (i) 67% of a Fund’s outstanding shares repre­sented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which more than 50% of its outstanding shares are represented, or (ii) more than 50% of its outstanding shares.
 
FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS.  As a matter of fundamental policy, a Fund may not:
 
(1)
Issue senior securities, except as permitted by Section 18(f)(1) of the 1940 Act;
 
(2)
Borrow money, except to the extent permitted under Section 18(f)(1) the 1940 Act (including, but not limited to, reverse repurchase agreements and borrowing to meet redemptions).  For purposes of this investment restriction, the entry into options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to indices, and options on futures contracts or indices shall not constitute borrowing;
 
(3)
Pledge, mortgage or hypothecate its assets, except to the extent necessary to secure permitted borrowings and to the extent related to the deposit of assets in escrow in connection with writing covered put and call options and the purchase of securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis and collateral and initial or variation margin arrangements with respect to options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to indices, and options on futures contracts or indices;
 
(4)
Act as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities, a Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain federal securities laws;
 
(5)
Make loans, provided that a Fund may lend its portfolio securities in an amount up to 33% of total Fund assets, and provided further that, for purposes of this restriction, investment in U.S. Government obligations, short-term commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and repurchase agreements shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan;
 
(6)
Purchase or sell real estate or interests in real estate directly; provided, however, that a Fund may purchase and sell securities which are secured by real estate and securities of companies which invest or deal in real estate (including, without limitation, investments in REITs and mortgage-backed securities);
 
(7)
Purchase or sell commodities, except that a Fund may purchase and sell options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to indices, and options on futures contracts or indices and may purchase interests in equity securities issued by companies (including, without limitation, investment companies) that hold or invest in one or more commodities as their sole or principal business activity; or
 
(8)
Invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry.  For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. Government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions and investments in other registered investment companies are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.
 
 
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NON-FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS.  The following investment limitations are not fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval.  As a matter of non-fundamental policy, a Fund may not:
 
(1)
Purchase securities on margin; provided, however, that a Fund may obtain such short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of transactions, may make short sales to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and may enter into options, forward contracts, futures contracts or indices options on futures contracts or indices;
 
(2)
Make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management over a portfolio company;
 
(3)
Invest in securities of other registered investment companies, except as permitted under the 1940 Act;
 
(4)
Invest in interests in oil, gas or other mineral exploration or development programs, although a Fund may invest in the common stock of companies which invest in or sponsor such programs; or
 
(5)
Purchase warrants if as a result a Fund would then have more than 5% of its total net assets (taken at the lower of cost or current value) invested in warrants.
 
With respect to the “fundamental” and “non-fundamental” investment restrictions above, if a percentage limitation is adhered to at the time of investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from any change in value or net assets will not result in a violation of such restriction (i.e., percentage limitations are determined at the time of purchase); provided, however, that the percentage limitations on borrowing under a Fund’s second fundamental investment restriction apply at all times.
 
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE ALLOCATION
 
Subject to the general supervision of the Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for, make decisions with respect to, and places orders for all purchases and sales of portfolio securities for a Fund.  The Adviser shall manage a Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the terms of each Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement by and between the Adviser and that Fund (the “Advisory Agreement”). Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser selects the securities and manages the investments for a Fund, and also selects broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions, all subject to the oversight of the Board of Trustees. The Advisory Agreement is described in detail under “Management and Administration”.  The Adviser serves as investment adviser for a number of client accounts, including the Funds.  Investment decisions for a Fund will be made independently from those for any other series of the Trust, if any, and for any other investment companies and accounts advised or managed by the Adviser.
 
Brokerage Selection.  In selecting brokers to be used in portfolio transactions, the Adviser’s general guiding principal is to obtain the best overall execution for each trade, which is a combination of price and execution.  With respect to execution, the Adviser considers a number of judgmental factors, including, without limitation, the actual handling of the order, the ability of the broker to settle the trade promptly and accurately, the financial standing of the broker, the ability of the broker to position stock to facilitate execution, the Adviser’s past experience with similar trades and other factors that may be unique to a particular order.  Recognizing the value of these judgmental factors, the Adviser may select brokers who charge a brokerage commission that is higher than the lowest commission that might otherwise be available for any given trade.  The Adviser may not give consideration to sales of shares of a Fund as a factor in selecting brokers to execute portfolio transactions.  The Adviser may, however, place portfolio transactions with brokers that promote or sell a Fund’s shares so long as such transactions are done in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Trustees that are designed to ensure that the selection is based on the quality of the broker’s execution and not on the broker’s sales efforts.
 
Under Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and as provided in the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is authorized to cause each Fund to pay a brokerage commission in excess of that which another broker might have charged for effecting the same transaction, in recognition of the value of brokerage and/or research services provided by the broker.  The research received may include, without limitation: information on the United States and other world economies; information on specific industries, groups of securities, individual companies, political and other relevant news developments affecting markets and specific securities; technical and quantitative information about markets; analysis of proxy proposals affecting specific companies; accounting and performance systems that allow the Adviser to determine and track investment results; and trading systems that allow the Adviser to interface electronically with brokerage firms, custodians and other providers. Where a product or service has a mixed use among research, brokerage and other purposes, the Adviser will make a reasonable allocation according to the uses and will pay for the non-research and non-brokerage functions in cash using its own funds.
 
 
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 The research and investment information services described above make available to the Adviser for its analysis and consideration the views and information of individuals and research staffs of other securities firms.  These services may be useful to the Adviser in connection with advisory clients other than a Fund and not all such services may be useful to the Adviser in connection with a Fund.  Although such information may be a useful supplement to the Adviser’s own investment information in rendering services to a Fund, the value of such research and services is not expected to reduce materially the expenses of the Adviser in the performance of its services under the Advisory Agreement and will not reduce the management fees payable to the Adviser by a Fund.
 
A Fund may invest in securities traded in the over-the-counter market.  Transactions in the over-the-counter market are generally principal transactions with dealers and the costs of such transactions involve dealer spreads rather than brokerage commissions.  A Fund, where possible, deals directly with the dealers who make a market in the securities involved except in those circumstances where better prices and/or execution are available elsewhere.  When a transaction involves exchange listed securities, the Adviser considers the advisability of effecting the transaction with a broker which is not a member of the securities exchange on which the security to be purchased is listed or effecting the transaction in the institutional market.
 
Aggregated Trades.  While investment decisions for a Fund are made independently of the Adviser’s other client accounts, the Adviser’s other client accounts may invest in the same securities as a Fund.  To the extent permitted by law, the Adviser may aggregate the securities to be sold or purchased for a Fund with those to be sold or purchased for other investment companies or accounts in executing transactions.  When a purchase or sale of the same security is made at substantially the same time on behalf of a Fund and another investment company or account, the transaction will be averaged as to price and available investments allocated as to amount in a manner which the Adviser believes to be equitable to a Fund and such other investment company or account.  In some instances, this investment procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by a Fund or the size of the position obtained or sold by a Fund.
 
Portfolio Turnover.  The annualized portfolio turnover rate for a Fund is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the reporting period by the monthly average value of the portfolio securities owned during the reporting period.  The calculation excludes all securities whose maturities or expiration dates at the time of acquisition are one year or less.  Portfolio turnover of a Fund may vary greatly from year to year as well as within a particular year, and may be affected by cash requirements for redemption of shares and by requirements that enable a Fund to receive favorable tax treatment.  Portfolio turnover will not be a limiting factor in making Fund decisions, and a Fund may engage in short-term trading to achieve its investment objectives.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE

The Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted policies to govern the circumstances under which disclosure regarding securities held by a Fund and disclosure of purchases and sales of such securities, may be made to shareholders of the Trust or other persons.  These policies include the following:
 
 
·
Public disclosure regarding the securities held by a Fund (“Portfolio Securities”) on a given day will not be made until the close of the next business day at least 24 hours after such day.
 
 
·
Public disclosure regarding a Fund’s Portfolio Securities is made quarterly through the Funds’ Form N-Q and Semi-Annual and Annual Reports (“Official Reports”).  Other than the Official Reports, shareholders and other persons generally may not be provided with information regarding Portfolio Securities held, purchased or sold by a Fund.
 
 
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·
Information regarding Portfolio Securities, and other information regarding the investment activities of the Portfolios, may be disclosed to rating and ranking organizations for use in connection with their rating or ranking of the Trust or a Fund, but only if such disclosure has been publicly disclosed or approved in writing by the Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust (the “CCO”).  The CCO will not approve arrangements prior to public disclosure unless persons receiving the information provide assurances that the information will not be used for inappropriate trading in Fund shares.
 
 
·
The Trust’s policy relating to disclosure of the Trust's holdings of Portfolio Securities does not prohibit: (i) disclosure of information to the Trust's investment adviser or to other Trust service providers, including but not limited to the Trust's administrator, distributor, custodian, legal counsel and auditors as identified in the Prospectus and this SAI, financial printers such as FilePoint EDGAR Services or to brokers and dealers through which the Trust purchases and sells Portfolio Securities; and (ii) disclosure of holdings of or transactions in Portfolio Securities by a Fund that is made on the same basis to all Fund shareholders.  This information is disclosed to third parties under conditions of confidentiality.  “Conditions of confidentiality” include (i) confidentiality clauses in written agreements, (ii) confidentiality implied by the nature of the relationship (e.g., attorney-client relationship), (iii) confidentiality required by fiduciary or regulatory principles (e.g., custody relationships), and (iv) understandings or expectations between the parties that the information will be kept confidential.
 
 
·
The CCO is required to approve any arrangements other than disclosure to service providers under which information relating to Portfolio Securities held by the Portfolios, or purchased or sold by a Fund is disclosed to a shareholder or other person before disclosure in the Official Reports.  In making such a determination, the CCO may consider, among other things, the information to be disclosed, the timing of the disclosure, the intended use of the information, whether the arrangement is reasonably necessary to aid in conducting the ongoing business of a Fund, and whether the arrangement will adversely affect the Trust, a Fund or its shareholders.  The CCO will not approve such arrangements unless persons receiving the information provide assurances that the information will not be used for inappropriate trading in Fund shares.
 
 
·
The CCO shall inform the Board of Trustees of any special portfolio holdings disclosure arrangements that are approved by the CCO, and the rationale supporting approval.
 
 
·
Neither the Trust's investment adviser nor the Trust (or any affiliated person, employee, officer, trustee or director of the investment adviser or the Trust) may receive any direct or indirect compensation in consideration of the disclosure of information relating to Portfolio Securities held, purchased or sold by a Fund.
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST
 
The Trust, which is a statutory trust organized under Delaware law on February 25, 2005, is an open-end management investment company.  The Trust’s Declaration of Trust (“Trust Instrument”) authorizes the Trustees to divide shares into series, each series relating to a separate portfolio of investments, and to classify and reclassify any unissued shares into one or more classes of shares of each such series.  The Trust currently offers eight series of shares, which includes the Funds, the Stringer Growth Fund and The USX China Fund.  Each Fund described herein offers two classes of shares (Class A shares and Class I shares.  Each class represents interests in the same portfolio of investments and has the same rights, but the classes differ with respect to sales loads and ongoing expenses.  The number of shares in the Trust shall be unlimited.  The Trustees may classify and reclassify the shares of the Funds into additional classes of shares at a future date.  When issued for payment as described in the Prospectus and this SAI, shares of a Fund will be fully paid and non-assessable and shall have no preemptive or conversion rights.
 
In the event of a liquidation or dissolution of the Trust or an individual series, such as a Fund, shareholders of a particular series would be entitled to receive the assets available for distribution belonging to such series.  Shareholders of a series are entitled to participate equally in the net distributable assets of the particular series involved on liquidation, based on the number of shares of the series that are held by each shareholder.  If there are any assets, income, earnings, proceeds, funds or payments, that are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular series, the Trustees shall allocate them among any one or more of the series as they, in their sole discretion, deem fair and equitable.
 
 
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Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each full share and a fractional vote for each fractional share held.  Shares have non-cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees, and in this event, the holders of the remaining shares voting will not be able to elect any Trustees.  Rights of shareholders cannot be modified by less than a majority vote.
 
The Trustees will hold office indefinitely, except that:  (1) any Trustee may resign or retire and (2) any Trustee may be removed: (a) any time by written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (b) at any meeting of shareholders of the Trust by a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Trust; or (c) by a written declaration signed by shareholders holding not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Trust.  In case a vacancy or an anticipated vacancy on the Board of Trustees shall for any reason exist, the vacancy shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to certain restrictions under the 1940 Act.
 
The Trust Instrument provides that the Trustees will not be liable in any event in connection with the affairs of the Trust, except as such liability may arise from a Trustee’s bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of duties.  It also provides that all third parties shall look solely to the Trust property for satisfaction of claims arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust.  With the exceptions stated, the Trust Instrument provides that a Trustee or officer is entitled to be indemnified against all liability in connection with the affairs of the Trust.
 
The Trust will not hold an annual shareholders’ meeting unless required by law.  There will normally be no annual meeting of shareholders in any year in which the election of Trustees by shareholders is not required by the 1940 Act.  As set forth in the Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, shareholders of the Trust have the right, under certain conditions, to call a special meeting of shareholders, including a meeting to consider removing a Trustee.
 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
 
The Trustees are responsible for the management and supervision of the Funds.  The Trustees approve all significant agreements between the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and those companies that furnish services to the Funds; review performance of the Funds; and oversee activities of the Funds.  This section of the SAI provides information about the persons who serve as Trustees and Officers to the Trust and Funds, respectively, as well as the entities that provide services to the Funds.
 
 
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Trustees and Officers.  Following are the Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their age and address, their present position with the Trust or the Funds, and their principal occupation during the past five years.  As described above under “Description of the Trust”, each of the Trustees of the Trust will generally hold office indefinitely.  The Officers of the Trust will hold office indefinitely, except that:  (1) any Officer may resign or retire and (2) any Officer may be removed any time by written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal.  In case a vacancy or an anticipated vacancy on the Board of Trustees shall for any reason exist, the vacancy shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to certain restrictions under the 1940 Act. Those Trustees who are “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) by virtue of their affiliation with either the Trust or the Adviser, are indicated in the table.
 
Name, Address and Age
Position(s) Held with Trust
Length of Service
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number of  Funds Overseen
Other Directorships During Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees
Art Falk
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 75
Trustee
Since
June 25, 2011
Mr. Falk is the Senior Vice President of Murray Hill Financial Marketing, a financial marketing consulting firm. He was President of the Company from 1990 to 2012.
Eight
None
Thomas Krausz
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 68
Trustee
Since
June 25, 2011
Mr. Krausz has been a management consultant to private enterprises since 2007. From 2005 to 2007 he was the Chief Technology Officer for IDT Ventures, a venture capital and business development firm. Prior to 2005, he was President of Mentorcom Services, Inc., a consulting and services company focusing on networking and web development.
Eight
None
Tom M. Wirtshafter
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 58
Trustee
Since
June 25, 2011
Mr. Wirtshafter has been the President of each of American Portfolios Financial Services, a broker-dealer, and American Portfolios Advisors, an investment adviser, since 2009. From 2005 to 2008 Mr. Wirtshafter was a business consultant. Prior to 2005 he served in executive and consulting roles for various companies in the financial services industry.
Eight
None
Interested Trustee*
Christopher Anci
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 43
Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
Since
June 25, 2011
Mr. Anci is managing member of the Adviser and has held various positions with Matrix Capital Group, Inc., the Fund’s underwriter, since 1996 (its President since 1/2004); President of LM Anderson Securities, a broker-dealer, since 2/2002.
Eight
None
Officers
David Ganley
630 Fitzwatertown Road
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090
Age 65
Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Since Inception
Mr. Ganley has been the Senior Vice President of Matrix Capital Group since January 2005.   He has been associated with its Mutual Fund operating division, Matrix Fund Services, since January 2005.
N/A
N/A
Larry Beaver
630 Fitzwatertown Road
Willow Grove, PA 19090
Age 43
Assistant Treasurer
Since March 2007
Mr. Beaver has been the Director of Fund Accounting & Administration for Matrix Fund Services, a mutual fund operating division of Matrix Capital Group, since February 2005.
N/A
N/A
 
 
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* The Interested Trustee is an Interested Trustee because he is an officer and employee of the Administrator.
 
Board Structure
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees includes three independent Trustees and one interested Trustee, Mr. Anci. Art Falk, one of the Trust’s non-interested trustees, serves as the Chairman of the Board. The Trustees have determined that the Trust’s current leadership structure is appropriate, as it allows Trust management to communicate with each independent Trustee as and when needed, and permits each independent Trustee to be involved in each committee of the Board (each a “Committee”) as well as each Board function. With respect to risk oversight, the Board holds four regular meetings each year to consider and address matters involving the Trust and the Funds. During these meetings, the Board receives reports from the Funds’ administrator, transfer agent and distributor, and Trust management, including the Trust’s President, Mr. Anci, and the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, David Ganley, on regular quarterly items and, where appropriate and as needed, on specific issues.  As part of its oversight function, the Board also may hold special meetings or communicate directly with the Trust’s officers to address matters arising between regular meetings. The Board has established a committee structure that includes an Audit Committee, a Nominating Committee and a Proxy Voting Committee (discussed in more detail below). Each of these Committees is comprised entirely of independent Trustees.
 
Qualification of Trustees
 
The Board has considered each Trustee's experience, qualifications, attributes and skills in light of the Board’s function and the Trust’s business and structure, and has determined that each Trustee possesses experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that enable the Trustee to be an effective member of the Board.  In this regard, the Board has considered the following specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills for each Trustee:
 
Art Falk
For over 20 years, Mr. Falk was the President of Murray Hill Financial Marketing, a financial marketing consulting firm, and now serves as its Senior Vice President. Murray Hill provides consulting services on the development of mutual funds and similar investment products.
 
Thomas Krausz
Mr. Krausz has held numerous consulting and management positions, including as Chief Technology Officer for IDT Ventures, which provides venture capital and business development resources for domestic and international companies. Prior to his experience at IDT Ventures, Mr. Krausz was President of Mentorcom Services Inc., a consulting and services company focusing on networking and web development, and spent more than 20 years as an employee and then officer of IMI Systems, Inc., a computer consulting services company.
 
Tom M. Wirtshafter
Mr. Wirtshafter has more than 30 years’ experience managing and operating a wide range of financial services companies, and is currently the President of American Portfolios Financial Services, a broker-dealer, and American Portfolios Advisors, an investment adviser.
 
Christopher Anci
Mr. Anci has been affiliated with Matrix Capital Group, Inc. since 1996, and since that time has facilitated the expansion of its business in the fund services, investment advisory and broker-dealer areas.
 
 
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The Board has determined that each of the Trustees’ careers and background, combined with their interpersonal skills and general understanding of financial and other matters, enable the Trustees to effectively participate in and contribute to the Board’s functions and oversight of the Trust.  References to the qualifications, attributes and skills of Trustees are pursuant to requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), do not constitute holding out the Board or any Trustee as having any special expertise or experience, and shall not impose any greater responsibility on any such person or on the Board by reason thereof.

Trustee Standing Committees.  The Trustees have established the following standing committees:

Audit Committee: All of the Independent Trustees are members of the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee oversees the Funds’ accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, reviews the results of the annual audits of the Funds’ financial statements, and interacts with the Funds’ independent auditors on behalf of all the Trustees.  The Audit Committee also serves as the Trust’s qualified legal compliance committee.  The Audit Committee operates pursuant to an Audit Committee Charter and meets periodically as necessary.  The Audit Committee met two times in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
 
Nominating Committee:  All of the Independent Trustees are members of the Nominating Committee.  The Nominating Committee nominates, selects and appoints independent trustees to fill vacancies on the Board of Trustees and to stand for election at meeting of the shareholders of the Trust.  The Nominating Committee generally will not consider nominees recommended by shareholders of the Trust.  The Nominating Committee meets only as necessary.
 
Proxy Voting Committee:  All of the Independent Trustees are members of the Proxy Voting Committee.  The Proxy Voting Committee will determine how the Fund should cast its vote, if called upon by the Board or the Adviser, when a matter with respect to which a Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interests of the Funds’ shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Funds’ Adviser, principal underwriter or an affiliated person of a Fund, its investment adviser, or principal underwriter, on the other hand.  The Proxy Voting Committee will also review the Trust’s Proxy Voting Policy and recommend any changes to the Board as it deems necessary or advisable.  The Proxy Voting Committee meets only as necessary and did not meet during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
 
Fair Value Committee.  In addition to the foregoing Committees established by the Board, the Trust has also established a Fair Value Committee.  Art Falk, Christopher Anci and David Ganley are members of the Fair Value Committee.  The Fair Value Committee oversees the valuation of restricted securities and any other security that may be purchased for the Trust’s portfolio for which a readily available market quotation is not available and implements guidelines and instructions adopted by the Board regarding the valuation of restricted securities held by the Fund focusing on such important factors, among others, as valuation, liquidity and availability of relevant information. The Fair Value Committee reviews relevant market conditions for any restricted security held by the Fund on a daily basis to determine the appropriate value for such restricted security.  The Fair Value Committee met 20 times in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
 
Beneficial Equity Ownership Information.  As of 30 days prior to the date of this SAI, the Funds had no shares outstanding. Therefore, the Board members and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
 
Compensation.  Officers of the Trust and Trustees who are “interested persons” of the Trust or the Adviser will receive no salary or fees from the Trust.  Each Trustee who is not an “interested person” receives a fee of  $2,000 each year plus $250 per Board or committee meeting attended in person and $100 per meeting attended by telephone.  The Trust reimburses each Trustee and officer for his or her travel and other expenses relating to attendance at such meetings.
 
 
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Name of Trustee**
Aggregate
Compensation
From the Fund*
Pension or Retirement Benefits Accrued As Part of Fund Expenses
Estimated Annual
Benefits Upon
Retirement
Total Compensation From Fund and Fund
Complex Paid to Trustees*
Independent Trustees
Art Falk
$4,900
None
None
$4,900
Thomas Krausz
$3,000
None
None
$3,000
Tom M. Wirtshafter
$3,000
None
None
$3,000
Interested Trustee
Christopher Anci
None
None
None
None

*     Figures are for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012
**  Each of the Trustees serves as a Trustee to the eight funds of the Trust.
 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Investment Adviser. Snow Capital Management, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, serves as the investment adviser to each Fund.  The Adviser’s principal office is located at 2000 Georgetowne Drive, Suite 200, Sewickley, PA 15143..  Information about the Adviser and its duties and compensation as Adviser is contained in the Prospectus.  The Adviser is a Pennsylvania limited partnership and  is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
 
The Adviser supervises each of the Funds’ investments pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust.  The Advisory Agreement is effective for an initial two-year period and will be renewed thereafter only so long as such renewal and continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees or by vote of a majority of each Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or interested persons of any such party.

The Adviser manages the operations of each Fund and manages the Fund’s investments in accordance with the stated policies of that Fund, subject to the approval of the Trustees.

Under each Fund’s Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is not liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the performance of such Advisory Agreement, except a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services; or a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence on the part of the Adviser in the performance of its duties; or from its reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under the Advisory Agreement.

Richard Snow is Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser.  Snow Capital Management, L.P. is owned by Snow Capital Management Holdings L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership.
 
The Adviser will receive a monthly management fee equal to an annual rate of each Fund’s net assets for Class A and I shares as follows:
 
Focused Value Fund:
0.90%
Hedged Equity Fund
1.00%
Market Plus Fund
0.50%
Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund
1.00%
Dividend Plus Fund
0.75%
Mid Cap Value Fund
0.75%
 
 
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In addition, the Adviser and each Fund have entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement under which the Adviser has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of each Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, shareholder servicing fees, extraordinary expenses, dividend and interest expenses in connection with securities sold short and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than the following average daily net assets of each of the Funds through April 30, 2014:
 
 
Annual Operating Expenses
Focused Value Fund:
1.15%
Hedged Equity Fund
1.25%
Market Plus Fund
0.75%
Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund
1.25%
Dividend Plus Fund
1.00%
Mid Cap Value Fund
1.00%
 
As a result, the Funds’ “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions and extraordinary expenses) will be limited as indicated in the Prospectus. It is expected that the contractual agreement will continue from year-to-year provided such continuance is approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund.
 
In addition to the management fee described above, the Adviser may also receive certain benefits from its management of a Fund in the form of brokerage or research services received from brokers under arrangements under Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act and the terms of each Fund’s Advisory Agreement.  For a description of these potential benefits, see the description under “Portfolio Transactions And Brokerage Allocation -- Brokerage Selection.”
 
Snow Capital Focused Value Fund Portfolio Manager.  Anne Wickland and Simon Rosenberg are the portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.  Ms. Wickland and Mr. Rosenberg are compensated with a salary, bonus based on the performance of the Adviser and receive a share of the profits of the Adviser based on each of their ownership of the Adviser.
 
As of February 28, 2013, Ms. Wickland and Mr. Rosenberg were responsible for managing the following types of accounts (other than the Fund):
 
Name of Portfolio Manager
Registered Investment
Companies
Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles Managed
Other Accounts Managed
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Anne Wickland
1
$38 million
0
$0
4
$124 million
Simon Rosenberg
0
$0
0
$0
289
$426 million

Ownership of Securities.  As of February 28, 2013, Ms. Wickland and Mr. Rosenberg did not beneficially own any equity securities of the Fund.

Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund Portfolio Manager.  Nathan Snyder is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.  Mr. Snyder is compensated with a salary, a bonus based on the performance of the Adviser and receives a share of the profits of the Adviser based on his ownership of the Adviser.
 
 
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As of February 28, 2013, Mr. Snyder was responsible for managing the following types of accounts (other than the Fund):
 
Name of Portfolio Manager
Registered Investment
Companies
Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles Managed
Other Accounts Managed
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Nathan Snyder
1
$238 million
0
$0
286
$424 million

Snow Capital Market Plus Fund Portfolio Manager.  Richard Snow is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.  Mr. Snow is compensated with a salary, a bonus based on the performance of the Adviser and receives a share of the profits of the Adviser based on his ownership of the Adviser.
 
Name of Portfolio Manager
Registered Investment
Companies
Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles Managed
Other Accounts Managed
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Richard Snow
1
$238 million
1
$92 million
2,643
$2.296 million

Ownership of Securities.  As of February 28, 2013, Mr. Snow did not beneficially own any equity securities of the Fund.

Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund Portfolio Manager.  Joshua Schacter is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.  Mr. Schacter is compensated with a salary, a bonus based on the performance of the Adviser and receives a share of the profits of the Adviser based on his ownership of the Adviser.

As of February 28, 2013, Mr. Schacter was responsible for managing the following types of accounts (other than the Fund):
 
Name of Portfolio Manager
Registered Investment
Companies
Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles Managed
Other Accounts Managed
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Joshua Schacter
1
$38 million
0
$0
1,938
$1,610 million

Ownership of Securities.  As of February 28, 2013, Mr. Schacter did not beneficially own any equity securities of the Fund.

Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund Portfolio Manager.  Mr. Snyder is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.  Mr. Snyder is compensated with a salary, a bonus based on the performance of the Adviser and receives a share of the profits of the Adviser based on his ownership of the Adviser.

Please see above for the types of accounts that Mr. Snyder was responsible for managing, as of February 28, 2013.
 
 
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Ownership of Securities.  As of February 28, 2013, Mr. Snyder did not beneficially own any equity securities of the Fund.

Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund Portfolio Manager.  Joshua Schacter is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.  Mr. Schacter is compensated with a salary, a bonus based on the performance of the Adviser and receives a share of the profits of the Adviser based on his ownership of the Adviser.
 
Please see above for the types of accounts that Mr. Snyder was responsible for managing, as of February 28, 2013.

Ownership of Securities.  As of February 28, 2013, Mr. Schacter did not beneficially own any equity securities of the Fund.

Conflicts of Interest.  The Adviser’s management of accounts other than the Funds may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with its management of the Funds’ investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts (the “Other Accounts”), on the other.  The Other Accounts might have similar investment objectives as the Funds, track the same indices a Fund tracks or otherwise hold, purchase, or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased, or sold by the Fund.  While the portfolio manager’s management of other accounts may give rise to the following potential conflicts of interest, the Adviser does not believe that the conflicts, if any, are material or, to the extent any such conflicts are material, the Adviser believes that it has designed policies and procedures that are designed to manage those conflicts in an appropriate way.
 
 
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Knowledge of the Timing and Size of Fund Trades:  A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager’s day-to-day management of the Funds.  The portfolio manager knows the size and timing of trades for the Funds and the Other Accounts, and may be able to predict the market impact of Fund trades.  It is theoretically possible that the portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of Other Accounts it manages and to the possible detriment of the Funds, or vice versa.
 
 
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Investment Opportunities:  The Adviser may provide investment supervisory services for a number of investment accounts that have varying investment guidelines.  Differences in the compensation structures of the Adviser’s various accounts may give rise to a conflict of interest by creating an incentive for the Adviser to allocate the investment opportunities it believes might be the most profitable to the client accounts that may benefit the most from the investment gains.

Administrator.  M3Sixty Administration, LLC (“M3Sixty”), with principal offices at 4520 Main Street, Suite 1425, Kansas City, MO 64111, provides accounting, administrative, transfer agency, dividend disbursing agency, and shareholder servicing agency services for the Trust pursuant to an Investment Company Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”). Under the Services Agreement, M3Sixty is responsible for a wide variety of functions, including but not limited to: (a) Fund accounting services; (b) financial statement preparation; (c) valuation of the Fund's portfolio securities; (d) pricing the Fund's shares; (e) assistance in preparing tax returns; (f) preparation and filing of required regulatory reports; (g) communications with shareholders; (h) coordination of Board and shareholder meetings; (i) monitoring the Fund's legal compliance; (j) maintaining shareholder account records.
 
Under the Services Agreement, the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, pays M3Sixty servicing fees as described below for each Fund:
 
Fund Accounting
$5,000 annually, plus $1,500 for the second and each additional share class
Fund Administration
$5,000 annually, plus $1,500 for the second and each additional share class
Transfer Agency
$5,000 annually, plus $1,500 for the second and each additional share class
Fund Asset Based Fees (annualized)
0.15% on daily net assets between $0 and $200 million;
0.10% on the next $200 million of daily net assets;
0.05% on the next $200 million of daily net assets; and
0.025% in excess of $600 million of daily net assets
 
 
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If the above fees, aggregated across all of the Funds (the “Complex”), are not at least $40,000 on an annual basis, a Complex minimum fee of $40,000 per year will apply.

Distributor.  Matrix Capital Group, Inc. acts as the principal underwriter and distributor (the “Distributor”) of the Funds’ shares for the purpose of facilitating the registration of shares of the Funds under state securities laws and to assist in sales of Fund shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) approved by the Trustees.  The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and maintains, at its own expense, its qualification as a broker-dealer under all applicable federal or state laws in those states which the Funds shall from time to time identify to the Distributor as states in which it wishes to offer its shares for sale, in order that state registrations may be maintained for the Funds.  Shares of the Funds are sold on a continuous basis. The distribution agreement between the Funds and the Distributor requires the Distributor to use all reasonable efforts in connection with the distribution of the Funds’ shares. However, the Distributor has no obligation to sell any specific number of shares and will only sell shares for orders it receives.  Under the Distribution Agreement, for each Fund, the Distributor shall be paid an annual fee of $9,000 (provided, however, that for so long as a Fund is in the incubation stage, the annual fee shall be $4,500). The annual fee above includes the first share class of a Fund; the Distributor shall receive $1,500 annually for each additional class. The Distributor shall also receive an annualized amount equal to .75 bps (0.0075%) of the average assets of each Fund. The Distribution Agreement may be terminated by either party upon 60-days’ prior written notice to the other party.

David Ganley, an affiliated person of the Fund, is also an affiliated person of M3Sixty and the Distributor.
 
The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act (see “Administration – Distribution of Shares” in the Prospectus and “Purchases, Redemptions and Special Shareholder Services – Additional Information” below).  As required by Rule 12b-1, the Plan (together with the Distribution Agreement) was approved by the Trustees and separately by a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan and the Distribution Agreement.  The Plan provides that the Trust’s Treasurer shall provide to the Trustees, at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts expended pursuant to the Plan and the purposes of such expenditures. The continuation of the Plan must be considered by the Trustees annually.
 
Potential benefits of the Plan to the Fund include improved shareholder services and savings to the Funds in certain operating expenses. It is anticipated that the Plan will benefit shareholders because an effective sales program typically is necessary in order for the Funds to reach and maintain a sufficient size to achieve efficiently investment objectives and to realize economies of scale.
 
Under the Plan, the Funds may use 12b-1 fees to compensate broker-dealers (including, without limitation, the Distributor) for sales of Fund shares, or for other expenses associated with distributing Fund shares.  The Funds may expend up to 0.25% for Class A shares of a Fund’s average daily net assets annually to pay for any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of shares of the Funds and the servicing of shareholder accounts, provided that the Trustees have approved the category of expenses for which payment is being made.  Under ordinary circumstances, the Funds expect sales of Fund shares to involve a payment to broker-dealers; however, certain sales of Fund shares (e.g. sales to:  (1) to current and retired officers and Trustees of the Trust; to clients (including custodial, agency, advisory and trust accounts) and current and retired officers and employees of the Adviser; to officers and employees of M3Sixty and the Distributor; to persons associated with law firms, consulting firms and others providing services to the Trust; and to such persons’ spouses, parents, siblings and lineal descendants and their beneficial accounts; or (2) to investors purchasing amounts of Class A shares greater than $3 million) may be made with or without remitting compensation to any broker-dealer.
 
 
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Custodian.  Fifth Third Bank serves as custodian for the Funds’ assets.  The Custodian acts as the depository for the Funds, safekeeps its portfolio securities, collects all income and other payments with respect to portfolio securities, disburses monies at the Fund’s request and maintains records in connection with its duties as Custodian.  For its services as Custodian, the Custodian is entitled to receive from the Administrator an annual fee based on the average net assets of the Funds held by the Custodian plus additional out of pocket and transaction expenses incurred by the Funds.
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  The Trustees have selected the firm of Sanville & Company of Abington, Pennsylvania to serve as independent registered public accountants for the Funds for the current fiscal year and to audit the annual financial statements of the Funds, prepare the Funds’ federal, state and excise tax returns, and consult with the Funds on matters of accounting and federal and state income taxation.
 
Independent registered public accountants will audit the financial statements of the Funds at least once each year.  Shareholders will receive annual audited and semi-annual (unaudited) reports when published and written confirmation of all transactions in their account.  A copy of the most recent Annual Report will accompany the SAI whenever a shareholder or a prospective investor requests it.
 
Legal Counsel.  Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 1001 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, serves as legal counsel to the Trust and the Fund.
 
CODE OF ETHICS
 
The Trust, the Adviser and the Distributor each have adopted a code of ethics, as required by applicable law, which is designed to prevent affiliated persons of the Trust, the Adviser and the Distributor from engaging in deceptive, manipulative, or fraudulent activities in connection with securities held or to be acquired by the Funds (which may also be held by persons subject to a code).  Each code permits the applicable entity’s employees and officers to invest in securities, subject to certain restrictions and pre-approval requirements.  In addition, the Trust’s and Adviser’s codes require that portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Adviser report their personal securities transactions and holdings, which are reviewed for compliance with the code of ethics.

PROXY VOTING POLICIES
 
The Trust has adopted a proxy voting and disclosure policy that delegates to the Adviser the authority to vote proxies for the Funds, subject to oversight of the Trustees.  Copies of the Trust’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy and the Adviser’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures are included as Appendix B to this SAI.
 
Each year the Fund is required to file Form N-PX stating how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, within 60 days after the end of such period.  Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies as set forth in its most recent filing of Form N-PX will be available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds at 877.244.6235; and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
 
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PURCHASES, REDEMPTIONS AND SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
 
Purchases.  Reference is made to “Purchasing Shares” in the Prospectus for more information concerning how to purchase shares.  Specifically, potential investors should refer to the Prospectus for information regarding purchasing shares by mail or bank wire, and for information regarding telephone orders.  Potential investors should also refer to the Prospectus for information regarding the Funds’ two classes of shares, Class A and Class I shares, and their respective fees and expenses.  The Prospectus also describes the Funds’ automatic investment plan and certain rights reserved by the Funds with respect to orders for Fund shares.  The following information supplements the information regarding share purchases in the Prospectus:
 
Pricing of Orders.  Shares of the Funds will be offered and sold on a continuous basis.  The purchase price of shares of a Fund is based on the net asset value next determined after the order is received, subject to the order being accepted by the Fund in good form.  Net asset value is normally determined at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, as described under “Net Asset Value” below.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Class A shares are generally subject to an initial sales load as described in the Prospectus.
 
Regular Accounts.  The regular account allows for voluntary investments to be made at any time.  Available to individuals, custodians, corpora­tions, trusts, estates, corporate retirement plans, and others, investors are free to make additions and withdrawals to or from their account as often as they wish.  When an investor makes an initial investment in a Fund, a shareholder account is opened in accordance with the investor’s registra­tion instructions.  Each time there is a transaction in a shareholder account, such as an additional investment or the reinvestment of a dividend or distribution, the shareholder will receive a confirmation statement showing the current transaction and all prior transactions in the shareholder account during the calendar year to date, along with a summary of the status of the account as of the transaction date.
 
Purchases in Kind.  A Fund may accept securities in lieu of cash in payment for the purchase of shares in the Fund.  The acceptance of such securities is at the sole discretion of the Adviser based upon the suitability of the securities accepted for inclusion as a long-term investment of a Fund, the marketability of such securities, and other factors that the Adviser may deem appropriate.  If accepted, the securities will be valued using the same criteria and methods as described in “Investing in the Fund - Determining the Fund’s Net Asset Value” in the Prospectus.
 
Share Certificates.  The Funds normally do not issue stock certificates.  Evidence of ownership of shares is provided through entry in the Funds’ share registry.  Investors will receive periodic account statements (and, where applicable, purchase confirmations) that will show the number of shares owned.
 
Redemptions.  Reference is made to “Redeeming Shares” in the Prospectus for more information concerning how to redeem shares.  Specifically, investors wishing to redeem shares in the Funds should refer to the Prospectus for information regarding redeeming shares by mail, telephone/fax or bank wire.  The Prospectus also describes contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSCs”) that apply to certain purchases of Class A shares of the Fund.  The Prospectus also describes the Funds’ policy regarding accounts that fall below a Fund’s required minimums, redemptions in kind, signature guarantees and other information about a Fund’s redemption policies.  The following information supplements the information regarding share redemptions in the Prospectus:
 
Suspension of Redemption Privileges and Postponement of Payment.  A Fund may suspend redemption privileges or postpone the date of payment (i) during any period that the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekend and holiday closings, or that trading on the NYSE is restricted as determined by the SEC; (ii) during any period when an emergency exists as defined by the rules of the SEC as a result of which it is not reasonably practicable for a Fund to dispose of securities owned by it, or to determine fairly the value of its assets; and (iii) for such other periods as the SEC may permit.  A Fund may also suspend or postpone the recordation of the transfer of shares upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing conditions.  Any redemption may be more or less than the shareholder’s cost depending on the market value of the securities held by a Fund.  No charge is made by a Fund for redemptions other than the possible charge for wiring redemption proceeds, and the assessment of a CDSC on certain redemptions of Fund shares occurring within one year following the issuance of such shares.  For information on the CDSCs that apply to certain purchases of Class A shares, see “Redeeming Shares – Contingent Deferred Sales Charges” in the Prospectus.
 
 
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Involuntary Redemptions.  In addition to the situations described in the Prospectus under “Redeeming Shares,” a Fund may redeem shares involuntarily to reimburse a Fund for any loss sustained by reason of the failure of a shareholder to make full payment for shares purchased by the shareholder or to collect any charge relating to a transaction effected for the benefit of a shareholder which is applicable to Fund shares as provided in the Prospectus from time to time.
 
Additional Information.  Following is additional information regarding certain services and features related to purchases, redemptions and distribution of Fund shares.  Investors who have questions about any of this information should call the Funds at 877.244.6235.
 
Reduced Sales Loads.  Front-end sales loads on purchases of Class A shares may be reduced under the “Right of Accumulation” or under a “Letter of Intent.”  To receive a reduced sales load, you must inform your broker-dealer or the Funds at the time you purchase shares that you qualify for such a reduction.  If you do not let your broker-dealer or the Funds know you are eligible for a reduced sales charge, you may not receive the discount to which you are otherwise entitled.
 
You may use the “Right of Accumulation” to reduce your sales load.  Under the “Right of Accumulation,” you may combine the current net asset value of your existing Class A shares of a Fund with the amount of any current purchases in order to take advantage of the reduced sales loads with higher amounts of investment in a Fund.
 
Purchases made pursuant to a “Letter of Intent” may also be eligible for the reduced sales loads.  In a Letter of Intent, the investor expresses his or her intention, in writing, to invest a certain amount over a specified period of time. A Fund will then apply to each of the investor’s periodic investments the reduced sales load that would apply to the total amount stated in the Letter of Intent.  The minimum initial investment under a Letter of Intent is $100,000.  If not stated otherwise in the Letter of Intent, the amount of shares you purchase in a Fund during the thirteen (13) months following the signing of the Letter of Intent qualify for the reduced sales load.  The reduced sales load will not apply to purchases in a Fund made more than 90 days prior to the signing of the Letter of Intent.  During the term of your Letter of Intent, the Transfer Agent will hold in escrow shares representing the highest applicable sales load for a Fund each time you make a purchase.  Any shares you redeem during that period will count against your total amount stated in your Letter of Intent.  If, by the end of the term of the Letter of Intent, you have purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, the escrowed shares will be released to you.  If you have not purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, your escrowed shares will be redeemed in an amount equal to the sales load that would apply if you had purchased the actual amount in your account all at once.  Any escrowed shares not needed to satisfy that sales load would be released to you.
 
Shareholders may include the value of certain related accounts, including accounts held by their spouse and children under the age of 21, family trust accounts of the investor and other accounts held by the investor to determine the applicable sales load and for purposes of the Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.  These privileges apply even if your related accounts are opened at different brokerage firms, so it is important to let your broker-dealer(s) or the Transfer Agent know about all your accounts that may be combined.  To verify eligibility for a reduced sales load, your broker-dealer or the Funds may require that you submit copies of account statements to substantiate requests for Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.
 
Class A shares may be sold at net asset value, without a sales charge, to current and retired officers and Trustees of the Trust; to clients (including custodial, agency, advisory and trust accounts) and current and retired officers and employees of the Adviser; to officers and employees of M3Sixty and the Distributor; to persons associated with law firms, consulting firms and others providing services to the Trust; and to such persons’ spouses, parents, siblings and lineal descendants and their beneficial accounts. Such shares may also be issued at net asset value (1) in connection with the merger (or similar transaction) of an investment company (or series or class thereof) or personal holding company with a Fund (or class thereof), and (2) to investment advisers, financial planners or other intermediaries who place trades for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients and who charge a management, consulting or other fee for their services;  and to clients of such investment advisers, financial planners or other intermediaries who place trades for their own accounts if the accounts are linked to the master account of such investment adviser, financial planner or other intermediary on the books and records of the broker or agent.  The Trust may also determine to sell Class A shares to retirement and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to fund those plans, including, but not limited to, those defined in Section 401(a), 403(b) or 457 of the Code and “rabbi trusts”.  A “rabbi trust” is a type of grantor trust created by an employer to hold assets for the future payment of nonqualified executive benefit plans.  Sales charges generally are waived in the foregoing cases because either (i) there is no sales effort involved in the sale of shares; or (ii) the investor is paying a fee (other than the sales charge) to the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary or adviser involved in the sale.
 
 
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Transfer of Registration.  To transfer shares to another owner, send a written request to the Funds at 360 Funds, 4520 Main Street, Suite 1425, Kansas City, MO 64111.  Your request should include the following:  (1) the Fund name and existing account registration; (2) signature(s) of the registered owner(s) exactly as the signature(s) appear(s) on the account registration; (3) the new account registration, address, social security or taxpayer identification number, and how dividends and capital gains are to be distributed; (4) signature guarantees (See the Prospectus under the heading “Redeeming Shares - Signature Guarantees”); and (5) any additional documents which are required for transfer by corporations, administrators, executors, trustees, guardians, etc.  If you have any questions about transferring shares, call or write the Funds.
 
Mailing Shareholder Communications.  Accounts having the same mailing address may consent in writing to sharing a single mailing of shareholder reports, proxy statements (but each such shareholder would receive his/her own proxy) and other Fund literature.
 
Plan under Rule 12b-1. As discussed in the “Management and Administration – Distributor” section above, the Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act for the Funds.  Under the Plan, a Fund may pay for services related to the distribution of shares of a Fund with up to 0.25% of a Fund’s assets on an annual basis for Class A shares.  The Trustees will take into account the expenditures for purposes of reviewing operations under the Plan and in connection with their annual consideration of renewal of the Plan.  The Distributor has indicated that it expects its expenditures to include, without limitation: (a) the printing and mailing of Fund prospectuses, statements of additional information, any supplements thereto and shareholder reports for prospective shareholders with respect to shares of a Fund; (b) those relating to the development, preparation, printing and mailing of advertisements, sales literature and other promotional materials describing and/or relating to shares of a Fund; (c) obtaining information and providing explanations to wholesale and retail distributors of contracts regarding Fund investment objectives and policies and other information about a Fund, including the performance of a Fund; (d) training sales personnel regarding the shares of a Fund; and (e) financing any activity that the Distributor determines is primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares.  Under the Plan, the Distributor is compensated regardless of its out-of-pocket expenditures.  The Funds do not participate in any joint distribution activities with other investment companies nor are the Funds aware of any interested person of the Funds or any director who is not an interested person of the Funds having any direct or indirect financial interest in the Plan or related agreements.
 
Dealers.  The Distributor, at its expense, may provide additional compensation in addition to dealer discounts and brokerage commissions to dealers in connection with sales of shares of a Fund.  Compensation may include financial assistance to dealers in connection with conferences, sales or training programs for their employees, seminars for the public, advertising campaigns regarding a Fund, and/or other dealer-sponsored special events, to the extent permitted under applicable law and the rules and regulations of the FINRA.  None of the aforementioned compensation is paid directly by a Fund or its shareholders although the Distributor may use a portion of the payment it receives under the Distribution Plan to pay these expenses.
 
Additional Information About Redemptions. The right to redeem shares of a Fund can be suspended and the payment of the redemption price deferred when the NYSE is closed (other than for customary weekend and holiday closings), during periods when trading on the NYSE is restricted as determined by the SEC, or during any emergency as determined by the SEC which makes it impracticable for a Fund to dispose of its securities or value its assets, or during any other period permitted by order of the SEC for the protection of investors.
 
Due to the high cost of maintaining small accounts, the Trust reserves the right to redeem accounts with balances of less than $1,000.00. Prior to such a redemption, shareholders will be given 60 days’ written notice to make an additional purchase. However, no such redemption would be required by the Trust if the cause of the low account balance was a reduction in the net asset value of shares.  No CDSC will be imposed with respect to such involuntary redemptions.
 
 
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The Funds do not intend, under normal circumstances, to redeem shares by payment in kind.  It is possible, however, that conditions may arise in the future that would, in the opinion of the Trustees, make it undesirable for a Fund to pay for all redemptions in cash.  In such a case, the Trustees may authorize payment to be made in readily marketable portfolio securities of a Fund.  Securities delivered in payment of redemptions would be valued at the same value assigned to them in computing the net asset value per share.  Shareholders receiving them would incur brokerage costs when these securities are sold.
 
NET ASSET VALUE
 
The net asset value and net asset value per share of a Fund normally is determined at the time regular trading closes on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through Friday), except on business holidays when the NYSE is closed.  The NYSE recognizes the following holidays:  New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.  Any other holiday recognized by the NYSE will be considered a business holiday on which the net asset value of shares of a Fund will not be calculated.
 
In computing a Fund’s net asset value, all liabilities incurred or accrued are deducted from its net assets.  The resulting net assets are divided by the number of shares of a Fund outstanding at the time of the valuation and the result is the net asset value per share of a Fund.
 
The pricing and valuation of portfolio securities is determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by, and under the direction of, the Trustees.  Values are determined according to accepted accounting practices and all laws and regulations that apply.  Using methods approved by the Trustees, the assets of a Fund are valued as follows:
 
 
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Securities that are listed on a securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sales price at the time the valuation is made.  Price information on listed securities is taken from the exchange where the security is primarily traded by a Fund.
 
 
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Securities that are listed on an exchange and which are not traded on the valuation date are valued at the bid price.
 
 
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Unlisted securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the latest quoted sales price, if available, at the time of valuation, otherwise, at the latest quoted bid price.
 
 
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Temporary cash investments with maturities of 60 days or less will be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
 
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Securities for which no current quotations are readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Trustees.  Securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service when such prices are believed to reflect the fair market value of such securities.
 
 
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Securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service when such prices are believed to reflect the fair value of such securities.
 
Subject to the provisions of the Trust Instrument, determinations by the Trustees as to the direct and allocable liabilities of a Fund and the allocable portion of any general assets are conclusive.  As described in the Prospectus, the Adviser is responsible for notifying the Trustees or the Trust’s Fair Value Committee when it believes that fair value pricing is required for a particular security.  The Trust has adopted Fair Value Pricing procedures and instructions that apply to investments by a Fund in restricted securities and warrants (“Restricted Securities”).  A description of these procedures and instructions is included in the Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.  As explained in the Prospectus, because a Fund’s fair valuing of Restricted Securities is a determination of the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale, a Fund is subject to the risk that a Fund’s fair valued prices are not accurate, and that the fair value price is not reflective of the value a Fund will receive upon a sale of the security.
 
 
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ADDITIONAL TAX INFORMATION
 
The following summarizes certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the Funds and its shareholders that are not described in the Prospectus.  No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Funds or its shareholders.  The discussions here and in the Prospectus are not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning and are based on tax laws and regulations that are in effect on the date hereof; such laws and regulations may be changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action.  Investors are advised to consult their tax advisors with specific reference to their own tax situations.
 
A Fund, and any other series of the Trust, will be treated as a separate corporate entity under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and intends to qualify or remain qualified as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.  At least 90% of the gross income of a Fund must be derived from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stocks, securities or foreign currencies, and other income derived with respect to a Fund’s business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies.  Any income derived by a Fund from a partnership or trust is treated as derived with respect to a Fund’s business of investing in stock, securities, or currencies only to the extent that such income is attributable to items of income that would have been qualifying income if realized by a Fund in the same manner as by the partnership or trust.
 
An investment company may not qualify as a regulated investment company for any taxable year unless it satisfies certain requirements with respect to the diversification of its investments at the close of each quarter of the taxable year.  In general, at least 50% of the value of its total assets must be represented by cash, cash items, government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and other securities which, with respect to any one issuer, do not represent more than 5% of the total assets of a Fund nor more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer.  In addition, not more than 25% of the value of a Fund’s total assets may be invested in the securities (other than government securities or the securities of other regulated investment companies) of any one issuer.  Each Fund intends to satisfy all requirements on an ongoing basis for continued qualification as a regulated investment company.
 
The 2003 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act reduced the federal tax rate on most dividends paid by U.S. corporations to individuals after December 31, 2002.  These qualifying corporate dividends are taxable at long-term capital gains tax rates.  The 2012 Taxpayer Relief Act signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013 set the long-term capital gains rate for individual taxpayers at a rate of 15% for individuals who are subject to the 25% (or greater) tax bracket on their ordinary income and whose taxable income is less than $400,000 ($450,000 for married filing jointly) and at 20% for those individuals whose taxable income is more than $400,000.  Some, but not all, of the dividends paid by the Fund may be taxable at the reduced long-term capital gains tax rate for individual shareholders.  If the Fund designates a dividend as qualified dividend income, it generally will be taxable to individual shareholders at the long-term capital gains tax rate, provided certain holding period requirements are met. Taxable dividends paid by a Fund to corporate shareholders will be taxed at corporate income tax rates.  Corporate shareholders may be entitled to a dividends received deduction (“DRD”) for a portion of the dividends paid and designated by a Fund as qualifying for the DRD.
 
If a Fund designates a dividend as a capital gains distribution, it generally will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long the shareholders have held their Fund shares or whether they received in cash or reinvested in additional shares.  All taxable dividends paid by a Fund other than those designated as qualified dividend income or capital gains distributions will be taxable as ordinary income to shareholders, whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares.  To the extent a Fund engages in increased portfolio turnover, short-term capital gains may be realized, and any distribution resulting from such gains will be considered ordinary income for federal tax purposes.
 
 
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Each series of the Trust, including the Funds, will designate (1) any dividend of qualified dividend income as qualified dividend income; (2) any tax-exempt dividend as an exempt-interest dividend; (3) any distribution of long-term capital gains as a capital gain dividend; and (4) any dividend eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction as such in a written notice mailed to shareholders within 60 days after the close of the series’ taxable year.  Shareholders should note that, upon the sale or exchange of series shares, if the shareholder has not held such shares for at least six months, any loss on the sale or exchange of those shares will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain dividends received with respect to the shares.
 
A 4% nondeductible excise tax is imposed on regulated investment companies that fail to currently distribute an amount equal to specified percentages of their ordinary taxable income and capital gain net income (excess of capital gains over capital losses).  Each Fund intends to make sufficient distributions or deemed distributions of its ordinary taxable income and any capital gain net income prior to the end of each calendar year to avoid liability for this excise tax.
 
If for any taxable year a Fund does not qualify for the special federal income tax treatment afforded regulated investment companies, all of its taxable income will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates (without any deduction for distributions to its shareholders).  In such event, dividend distributions (whether or not derived from interest on tax-exempt securities) would be taxable as qualified dividends to individual shareholders to the extent of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, and would be eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporations.
 
A Fund will be required, in certain cases, to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury a percentage equal to the fourth lowest tax rate for unmarried individuals (presently 28% for 2013) of taxable dividends or of gross proceeds realized upon sale paid to shareholders who have failed to provide a correct tax identification number in the manner required, or who are subject to withholding by the Internal Revenue Service for failure to include properly on their return payments of taxable interest or dividends, or who have failed to certify to a Fund that they are not subject to backup withholding when required to do so, or that they are “exempt recipients.”
 
Depending upon the extent of a Fund’s activities in states and localities in which its offices are maintained, in which its agents or independent contractors are located, or in which it is otherwise deemed to be conducting business, a Fund may be subject to the tax laws of such states or localities.  In addition, in those states and localities that have income tax laws, the treatment of a Fund and its shareholders under such laws may differ from their treatment under federal income tax laws.
 
Dividends paid by a Fund to non-U.S. shareholders may be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% unless reduced by treaty (and the shareholder files a valid Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN with a Fund certifying foreign status and treaty eligibility) or the non-U.S. shareholder files an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI with a Fund certifying that the investment to which the distribution relates is effectively connected to a United States trade or business of such non-U.S. shareholder (and, if certain tax treaties apply, is attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by such non-U.S. shareholder).  A Fund may elect not to withhold the applicable withholding tax on any distribution representing a capital gain dividend to a non-U.S. shareholder.
 
Legislation passed by Congress in 2008 requires a fund (or its administrative agent) to report to the IRS and furnish to fund shareholders the cost basis information for fund shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012, and sold on or after that date.  In addition to the present law requirement to report the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, a Fund will also be required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period.  In the absence of an election by a shareholder to elect from available IRS accepted cost basis methods, the Fund will use a default cost basis method.  The cost basis method elected or applied may not be changed after the settlement date of a sale of Fund shares.  Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisers concerning the most desirable IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how the new cost basis reporting law applies to them.  The current law requirement to report only the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares will continue to apply to all fund shares acquired through December 31, 2011, and sold on and after that date.
 
 
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On March 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.  This act will require certain individuals, estates and trusts to pay a 3.8% Medicare surtax on “net investment income” including, among other things, dividends and proceeds of sale in respect of securities like Fund shares, subject to certain exceptions.  This surtax will apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.  Prospective investors should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 on their ownership and disposition of the shares.
 
The Funds will send shareholders information each year on the tax status of dividends and distributions.  A dividend or capital gains distribution paid shortly after shares have been purchased, although in effect a return of investment, is subject to federal income taxation.  Dividends from net investment income, along with capital gains, will be taxable to shareholders, whether received in cash or Fund shares and no matter how long the shareholder has held Fund shares, even if they reduce the net asset value of shares below the shareholder’s cost and thus, in effect, result in a return of a part of the shareholder’s investment.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PERFORMANCE
 
From time to time, the total return of a Fund may be quoted in advertisements, sales literature, shareholder reports, or other communications to shareholders.  The “average annual total return” of a Fund refers to the average annual compounded rate of return over the stated period that would equate an initial investment in that Fund at the beginning of the period to its ending redeemable value, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and deduction of all recurring charges, other than charges and deductions which may be imposed under a Fund’s contracts.  Performance figures will be given for the recent one, five or ten year periods or for the life of a Fund if it has not been in existence for any such periods.  When considering “average annual total return” figures for periods longer than one year, it is important to note that a Fund’s annual total return for any given year might have been greater or less than its average for the entire period.  “Cumulative total return” represents the total change in value of an investment in a Fund for a specified period (again reflecting changes in Fund share prices and assuming reinvestment of Fund distributions).
 
The following is a brief description of how performance is calculated.  Quotations of average annual total return for a Fund will be expressed in terms of the average annual compounded rate of return of a hypothetical investment in a Fund over periods of one year, five years and ten years or since inception (as applicable).  These are the average annual total rates of return that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending redeemable value.
 
The average annual total return (before taxes) is calculated by finding the average annual compounded rates of return over the applicable period that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending value using the following formula:
 
P(1+T)n = ERV
 
Where 
P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
T = average annual total return
n = number of years
 
ERV = Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
 
The average annual total return (after taxes on distributions) is calculated by finding the average annual compounded rates of return over the applicable period that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending value using the following formula:
 
P(1+T)n = ATVD
 
Where 
P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
T = average annual total return (after taxes on distributions)
n = number of years
 
ATVD =
Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000, after taxes on fund distributions but not after taxes on redemption
 
 
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The average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares) is calculated by finding the average annual compounded rates of return over the applicable period that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending value using the following formula:
 
P(1+T)n = ATVDR
 
Where 
P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
T = average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and redemptions)
n = number of years
 
ATVDR =
Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000, after taxes on fund distributions and redemption
 
The calculation of average annual total return and aggregate total return assume an initial $1,000 investment and that there is a reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions on the reinvestment dates during the period.  The ending redeemable value is determined by assuming complete redemption of the hypothetical investment and the deduction of all nonrecurring charges at the end of the period covered by the computations.  These performance quotations should not be considered as representative of a Fund’s future performance.
 
A Fund’s performance may be compared in advertisements, sales literature, shareholder reports, and other communications to the performance of other mutual funds having similar objectives or to standardized indices or other measures of investment performance.  In particular, a Fund may compare its performance to broad-based indices that are generally considered to be representative of the performance of companies in which a Fund invests.

Comparative performance may also be expressed by reference to a ranking prepared by a mutual fund monitoring service or by one or more newspapers, newsletters, or financial periodicals.  A Fund may also occasionally cite statistics to reflect its volatility and risk.  A Fund may also compare its performance to other published reports of the performance of unmanaged portfolios of companies.  The performance of such unmanaged portfolios generally does not reflect the effects of dividends or dividend reinvestment.  There can be no assurance a Fund will experience the same results.  Performance comparisons may be useful to investors who wish to compare a Fund’s past performance to that of other mutual funds and investment products.  Of course, past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

A Fund’s performance fluctuates on a daily basis largely because net earnings and net asset value per share fluctuate daily.  Both net earnings and net asset value per share are factors in the computation of total return as described above.
 
As indicated, from time to time a Fund may advertise its performance compared to similar funds or portfolios using certain indices, reporting services, and financial publications.  These may include the following:
 
·           Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. ranks funds in various fund categories by making comparative calculations using total return.  Total return assumes the reinvestment of all capital gains distributions and income dividends and takes into account any change in net asset value over a specific period of time.
 
·           Morningstar, Inc., an independent rating service, is the publisher of the bi-weekly Mutual Fund Values.  Mutual Fund Values rates more than 1,000 NASDAQ-listed mutual funds of all types according to their risk-adjusted returns.  The maximum rating is five stars, and ratings are effective for two weeks.
 
Investors may use such indices in addition to the Prospectus to obtain a more complete view of a Fund’s performance before investing.  Of course, when comparing a Fund’s performance to any index, factors such as composition of the index and prevailing market conditions should be considered in assessing the significance of such comparisons.  When comparing funds using reporting services, or total return, investors should take into consideration any relevant differences in funds such as permitted portfolio compositions and methods used to value portfolio securities and to compute offering price.  Advertisements and other sales literature for a Fund may quote total returns that are calculated on non-standardized base periods.  The total returns represent the historic change in the value of an investment in a Fund based on monthly reinvestment of dividends over a specified period of time.
 
 
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From time to time a Fund may include in advertisements and other communications charts and illustrations relating to inflation and the effects of inflation on the dollar, including the purchasing power of the dollar at various rates of inflation.  A Fund may also disclose from time to time information about its portfolio allocation and holdings at a particular date (including ratings of securities assigned by independent rating services such as Standard & Poor’s Rating Service and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.).  A Fund may also depict the historical performance of the securities in which a Fund may invest over periods reflecting a variety of market or economic conditions either alone or in comparison with alternative investments, performance indices of those investments, or economic indicators.  A Fund may also include in advertisements and in materials furnished to present and prospective shareholders statements or illustrations relating to the appropriateness of types of securities and/or mutual funds that may be employed to meet specific financial goals, such as saving for retirement, children’s education, or other future needs.
 
 
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APPENDIX A – DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS

A Fund may acquire from time to time debt securities as described in the Prospectus and this SAI.  The Funds may purchase debt securities that are of high quality “investment grade” (“Investment-Grade Debt Securities”) or of lower quality with significant risk characteristics (e.g., “junk bonds”).  The various ratings used by the nationally recognized securities rating organizations (each a “NRSRO”) are described below.

A rating by a NRSRO represents the organization’s opinion as to the credit quality of the security being rated.  However, the ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality or guarantees as to the creditworthiness of an issuer.  Consequently, the Adviser believes that the quality of Investment-Grade Debt Securities in which a Fund may invest should be continuously reviewed and that individual analysts give different weightings to the various factors involved in credit analysis.  A rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold a security, because it does not take into account market value or suitability for a particular investor.  When a security has received a rating from more than one NRSRO, each rating is evaluated independently.  Ratings are based on current information furnished by the issuer or obtained by the NRSROs from other sources that they consider reliable.  Ratings may be changed, suspended or withdrawn as a result of changes in or unavailability of such information, or for other reasons.

STANDARD & POOR’S® RATINGS SERVICES. The following summarizes the highest four ratings used by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”), a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., for bonds that are deemed to be Investment-Grade Debt Securities by the Adviser:

 
AAA –
This is the highest rating assigned by S&P to a debt obligation and indicates an extremely strong capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

 
AA –
Debt rated AA differs from AAA issues only in a small degree.  The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

 
A –
Debt rated A is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher-rated categories.  However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

 
BBB –
Debt rated BBB exhibits adequate protection parameters.  However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

To provide more detailed indications of credit quality, the AA, A and BBB ratings may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within these major rating categories.

Bonds rated BB, B, CCC, CC and C are not considered by the Adviser to be Investment-Grade Debt Securities and are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics.  BB indicates the lowest degree of speculation and C the highest degree of speculation.  While such bonds may have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions.

Commercial paper rated A-1 by S&P indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong.  Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted A-1+.  Capacity for timely payment on commercial paper rated A-2 is satisfactory, but the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated A-1.

The rating SP-1 is the highest rating assigned by S&P to short term notes and indicates strong capacity to pay principal and interest.  An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.  The rating SP-2 indicates a satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.  The rating SP-3 indicates a speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.
 
 
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MOODY’S INVESTOR SERVICE, INC.  The following summarizes the highest four ratings used by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) for fixed-income obligations with an original maturity of one year or more, which are deemed to be Investment-Grade Securities by the Adviser:

 
Aaa 
Bond obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk.

 
Aa 
Bond obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.

 
A 
Bond obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.

 
Baa –
Bond obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk.  They are considered medium-grade and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.

Obligations which are rated Ba, B, Caa, Ca or C by Moody’s are not considered “Investment-Grade Debt Securities” by the Adviser.  Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk.  Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.  Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.

Note: Moody’s appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa.  The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

Short-Term Ratings.

Moody’s short-term ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor short-term financial obligations.  Ratings may be assigned to issuers, short-term programs or to individual short-term debt instruments.  Such obligations generally have an original maturity not exceeding thirteen months, unless explicitly noted.

Moody’s employs the following designations to indicate the relative repayment ability of rated issuers:
 
 
P-1 –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-1 have a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
 
 
P-2 –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
 
 
P-3 –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-3 have an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.
 
 
NP –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.
 
Note: Canadian issuers rated P-1 or P-2 have their short-term ratings enhanced by the senior-most long-term rating of the issuer, its guarantor or support-provider.
 
U.S. Municipal Short-Term Debt And Demand Obligation Ratings.

Short-Term Debt Ratings. There are three rating categories for short-term municipal obligations that are considered investment grade.  These ratings are designated as Municipal Investment Grade (MIG) and are divided into three levels - MIG 1 through MIG 3.  In addition, those short-term obligations that are of speculative quality are designated SG, or speculative grade.  MIG ratings expire at the maturity of the obligation.

 
MIG 1 –
This designation denotes superior credit quality.  Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.
 
 
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MIG 2 –
This designation denotes strong credit quality.  Margins of protection are ample, although not as large as in the preceding group.
 
 
MIG 3 –
This designation denotes acceptable credit quality.  Liquidity and cash-flow protection may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established.
 
 
SG –
This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality.  Debt instruments in this category may lack sufficient margins of protection.
 
Demand Obligation Ratings.  In the case of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs), a two-component rating is assigned; a long or short-term debt rating and a demand obligation rating.  The first element represents Moody’s evaluation of the degree of risk associated with scheduled principal and interest payments.  The second element represents Moody’s evaluation of the degree of risk associated with the ability to receive purchase price upon demand (“demand feature”), using a variation of the MIG rating scale, the Variable Municipal Investment Grade or VMIG rating.

When either the long- or short-term aspect of a VRDO is not rated, that piece is designated NR, e.g., Aaa/NR or NR/VMIG 1.

VMIG rating expirations are a function of each issue’s specific structural or credit features.
 
 
VMIG 1 –
This designation denotes superior credit quality.  Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
 
VMIG 2 –
This designation denotes strong credit quality.  Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
 
VMIG 3 –
This designation denotes acceptable credit quality.  Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
SG – This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality.  Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a liquidity provider that does not have an investment grade short-term rating or may lack the structural and/or legal protections necessary to ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
FITCH RATINGS. The following summarizes the highest four ratings used by Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”):

Long-Term Ratings.

 
AAA –
Highest credit quality.  The rating AAA denotes that the lowest expectation of credit risk.  They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.  This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

 
AA –
Very high credit quality.  The rating AA denotes a very low expectation of credit risk.  They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.  This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

 
A –
High credit quality.  The rating A denotes a low expectation of credit risk.  The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong.  This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher rating.

 
BBB –
Good credit quality.  The rating BBB indicates that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk.  The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.  This is the lowest investment grade category.
 
 
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Long-term securities rated below BBB by Fitch are not considered by the Adviser to be investment-grade securities.  Securities rated BB and B are regarded as speculative with regard to a possible credit risk developing.  BB is considered speculative and B is considered highly speculative.  Securities rated CCC, CC and C are regarded as a high default risk.  A rating CC indicates that default of some kind appears probable, while a rating C signals imminent default.  Securities rated DDD, D and D indicate a default has occurred.

Short-Term Ratings.
 
 
F1 –
Highest credit quality.  The rating F1 indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added (+) to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.
 
 
F2 –
Good credit quality.  The rating F2 indicates a satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitment, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.
 
 
F3 –
Fair credit quality.  The rating F3 indicates the capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate; however, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment grade.
 
 
B –
Speculative.  The rating B indicates minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
 
Short-term rates B, C and D by Fitch are considered by the Adviser to be below investment-grade securities.  Short-term securities rated B are considered speculative, securities rated C have a high default risk and securities rated D denote actual or imminent payment default.

(+) or (-) suffixes may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories.  Such suffixes are not added to long-term ratings “AAA” category or to the categories below “CCC”, nor to short-term ratings other than “F1”.  The suffix “NR” indicates that Fitch does not publicly rate the issuer or issue in question.
 
While the foregoing descriptions of the ratings systems used by the Adviser distinguish between “Investment-Grade Debt Securities” and more speculative debt securities, a Fund’s portfolio may be invested in Investment-Grade Debt Securities or debt securities that are not Investment-Grade Debt Securities as permitted by the Prospectus.
 
 
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APPENDIX B – PROXY VOTING POLICIES
 
The following proxy voting policies are provided:
 
(1)
the Trust’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy and
(2)
the Adviser’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy.
 
(1)
PROXY VOTING AND DISCLOSURE POLICY FOR 360 FUNDS
 
I.
Introduction
 
Effective April 14, 2003, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Act of 1934, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) to require registered management investment companies to provide disclosure about how they vote proxies for their portfolio securities (collectively, the rule and form amendments are referred to herein as the “IC Amendments”).
 
The IC Amendments require that the Trust and the Fund disclose the policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies for portfolio securities.  The IC Amendments also require the Fund to file with the SEC and to make available to their shareholders the specific proxy votes cast for portfolio securities.
 
This Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy (“Policy”) is designed to ensure that the Fund complies with the requirements of the IC Amendments, and otherwise fulfills its obligations with respect to proxy voting, disclosure, and recordkeeping.  The overall goal is to ensure that the Fund’s proxy voting is managed in an effort to act in the best interests of its shareholders.  While decisions about how to vote must be determined on a case-by-case basis, proxy voting decisions will be made considering these guidelines and following the procedures recited herein.
 
II.
Specific Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
 
 
A.
General
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) believes that the voting of proxies is an important part of portfolio management as it represents an opportunity for shareholders to make their voices heard and to influence the direction of a company.  The Trust and the Fund are committed to voting corporate proxies in the manner that best serves the interests of the Fund’s shareholders.
 
 
B.
Delegation to Fund’s Adviser
 
The Board believes that the Adviser, as the Fund’s investment adviser, is in the best position to make individual voting decisions for the Fund consistent with this Policy.  Therefore, subject to the oversight of the Board, the Adviser is hereby delegated the following duties:
 
 
(1)
to make the proxy voting decisions for the Fund; and
 
(2)
to assist the Fund in disclosing the Fund’s proxy voting record as required by Rule 30b1-4 under the Investment Company Act, including providing the following information for each matter with respect to which the Fund was entitled to vote: (a) information identifying the matter voted on; (b) whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder; (c) whether and how the Fund cast its vote; and (d) whether the Fund cast its vote for or against management.
 
The Board, including a majority of the independent trustees of the Board, shall approve the Adviser’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy (“Adviser’s Voting Policy”) as it relates to the Fund.  The Board shall also approve any material changes to the Adviser’s Voting Policy no later than four (4) months after adoption by Adviser.
 
 
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C.
Conflicts
 
In cases where a matter with respect to which the Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interest of the Fund’s shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund’s investment adviser, principal underwriter, or an affiliated person of the Fund, its investment adviser or principal underwriter, on the other hand, the Fund shall always vote in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders.  For purposes of this Policy a vote shall be considered in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders (i) when a vote is cast consistent with a specific voting policy as set forth in the Adviser’s Voting Policy, provided such specific voting policy was approved by the Board or (ii) when a vote is cast consistent with the decision of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Committee (as defined below).
 
III.
Fund Disclosure
 
 
A.
Disclosure of Fund Policies and Procedures With Respect to Voting Proxies Relating to Portfolio Securities
 
The Fund shall disclose this Policy, or a description of the policies and procedures of this Policy, to its shareholders in its Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) on Form N-1A.  The Fund will notify shareholders in the SAI and the Fund’s shareholder reports that a description of this Policy is available upon request, without charge, by calling a specified toll-free telephone number, by reviewing the Fund’s website, if applicable, and by reviewing filings available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.  The Fund will send this description of the Fund’s Policy within three business days of receipt of any shareholder request, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.
 
 
B.
Disclosure of the Fund’s Complete Proxy Voting Record
 
In accordance with Rule 30b1-4 of the Investment Company Act, the Fund shall disclose to its shareholders on Form N-PX the Fund’s complete proxy voting record for the twelve month period ended June 30 by no later than August 31 of each year.
 
The Fund shall disclose the following information on Form N-PX for each matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by the report and with respect to which to the Fund was entitled to vote:
 
 
(i)
The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;
 
(ii)
The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security (if available through reasonably practicable means);
 
(iii)
The Council on Uniform Security Identification Procedures (“CUSIP”) number for the portfolio security (if available through reasonably practicable means);
 
(iv)
The shareholder meeting date;
 
(v)
A brief identification of the matter voted on;
 
(vi)
Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder;
 
(vii)
Whether the Fund cast its vote on the matter;
 
(viii)
How the Fund cast its vote (e.g., for or against proposal, or abstain; for or withhold regarding election of directors); and
 
(ix)
Whether the Fund cast its vote for or against management.
 
The Fund shall make its proxy voting record available to shareholders either upon request or by making available an electronic version on or through the Fund’s website, if applicable.  If the Fund discloses its proxy voting record on or through its website, the Fund shall post the information disclosed in the Fund’s most recently filed report on Form N-PX on the website beginning the same day it files such information with the SEC.
 
 
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The Fund shall also include in its annual reports, semi-annual reports and SAI a statement that information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge upon request, by calling a specified toll-free (or collect) telephone number, or (if applicable) on or through the Fund’s website at a specified Internet address; and (2) on the SEC’s website.  If the Fund discloses that its proxy voting record is available by calling a toll-free (or collect) telephone number, it shall send the information disclosed in the Fund’s most recently filed report on Form N-PX within three business days of receipt of a request for this information, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.
 
IV.
Recordkeeping
 
The Trust shall keep the following records for a period of at least five years, the first two in an easily accessible place:
 
 
(i)
A copy of this Policy;
 
(ii)
Proxy Statements received regarding the Fund’s securities;
 
(iii)
Records of votes cast on behalf of the Fund; and
 
(iv)
A record of each shareholder request for proxy voting information and the Fund’s response, including the date of the request, the name of the shareholder, and the date of the response.
 
The foregoing records may be kept as part of the Adviser’s records.
 
The Fund may rely on proxy statements filed on the SEC EDGAR system instead of keeping its own copies, and may rely on proxy statements and records of proxy votes cast by the Adviser that are maintained with a third party such as a proxy voting service, provided that an undertaking is obtained from the third party to provide a copy of the documents promptly upon request.
 
V.
Proxy Voting Committee
 
 
A.
General
 
The Proxy Voting Committee of the Trust shall be composed entirely of independent trustees of the Board and may be comprised of one or more such independent trustees as the Board may, from time to time, decide.  The purpose of the Proxy Voting Committee shall be to determine how the Fund should cast its vote, if called upon by the Board or the Adviser, when a matter with respect to which the Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interest of the Fund’s shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund’s investment adviser, principal underwriter, or an affiliated person of the Fund, its investment adviser or principal underwriter, on the other hand.
 
 
B.
Powers and Methods of Operation
 
The Proxy Voting Committee shall have all the powers necessary to fulfill its purpose as set forth above and such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board may, from time to time, grant and/or assign the Proxy Voting Committee.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall meet at such times and places as the Proxy Voting Committee or the Board may, from time to time, determine.  The act of a majority of the members of the Proxy Voting Committee in person, by telephone conference or by consent in writing without a meeting shall be the act of the Proxy Voting Committee.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall have the authority to utilize Trust counsel at the expense of the Trust if necessary.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall prepare minutes of each meeting and keep such minutes with the Trust’s records.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall review this Policy and recommend any changes to the Board as it deems necessary or advisable.
 
 
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VI.
Other
 
This Policy may be amended, from time to time; provided, however, that material changes are approved by the Board as provided under Section II(B) above.
 
(2)
PROXY VOTING AND DISCLOSURE POLICY OF THE ADVISER
 
Snow Capital Management L.P. (“SCM”) has been delegated by many clients the authority to vote all proxies and corporate actions for securities held within client portfolios. We follow written policies and procedures to ensure that SCM votes proxies in accordance with SEC rules and the best interest of clients. In upholding our fiduciary obligation to clients, we strive to keep all votes free from any inappropriate influences. Our policies and procedures describe how we manage material conflicts between our interests and those of our clients in the proxy voting process.
 
We exercise voting responsibilities to serve the best interests of our clients as shareholders of a company and in a manner most likely to increase the value of the securities within the portfolio. We rely on outside proxy recommendation firms and media sources to make voting decisions.
 
Unless our client directs otherwise, we vote all proxies and corporate actions according to our internal voting policies. If a client wishes to have SCM vote proxies based on other specific proxy voting guidelines, the client must make this request in writing. We keep detailed records of all client proxy votes. A copy of our proxy voting policies and your account’s voting history may be obtained by contacting us.
 
SCM typically does not advise or act for clients in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held or previously held in a client‘s account or the issuers of such securities. Some clients may enroll in class action voting programs offered by their custodian. These programs may provide clients with advantages that other clients do not enjoy.
 
Policy Inquiries
 
This Proxy & Corporate Actions Voting Policies Notice is provided for your information and no action on your part is required.
 
Please direct your questions about this notice to:
 
Snow Capital Management L.P.
Compliance
2100 Georgetowne Drive
Sewickley, PA 15143
724-934-5800
 
 
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Stringer Growth Fund

4520 Main Street, Suite 1425
Kansas City, MO 64111

Class A Shares (Ticker Symbol: SRGAX)
Class C Shares (Ticker Symbol: SRGCX)
Institutional Class Shares (Ticker Symbol: SRGIX)

a series of the
360 Funds

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

March 28, 2013

The Stringer Growth Fund is a series of 360 Funds, an open-end management investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus, and it should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s prospectus dated March 28, 2013, as the same may be amended from time to time.  Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained, without charge, by calling the Fund at (877) 244-6235 or writing to the Fund at the following address:

Stringer Growth Fund
c/o M3Sixty Administration, LLC
4520 Main Street
Suite 1425
Kansas City, MO 64111
 
 
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STRINGER GROWTH FUND
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES AND RISKS
3
 
General Investment Risks
3
 
Foreign Securities
9
 
Investments in Small-Cap Companies
11
 
Convertible Securities
11
 
Real Estate Securities
11
 
U.S. Government Securities
11
 
Corporate Debt Securities
14
 
Money Market Instruments
14
 
ETFs
15
 
Repurchase Agreements
15
 
Reverse Repurchase Agreements
15
 
Illiquid Investments
15
 
Private Securities Transactions
16
 
Restricted Securities
16
 
Forward Commitment & When-Issued Securities
16
 
Short Sales of Securities
16
 
Lending of Portfolio Securities
17
 
Temporary Defensive Positions
17
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
18
 
Fundamental Restrictions
18
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE ALLOCATION
19
 
Brokerage Selection
19
 
Aggregated Trades
20
 
Portfolio Turnover
20
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE
20
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST
21
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
22
 
Trustees and Officers
22
 
Board Structure
23
 
Qualification of Trustees
24
 
Trustee Standing Committees
24
 
Fair Value Committee
25
 
Beneficial Equity Ownership Information
25
 
Compensation
25
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
26
 
Investment Adviser
26
 
Portfolio Manager
26
 
Administrator
27
 
Distributor
28
 
Custodian
28
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
29
 
Legal Counsel
29
 
 
 

 
 
CODE OF ETHICS
29
PROXY VOTING POLICIES
29
PURCHASES, REDEMPTIONS AND SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
29
 
Purchases
29
 
Redemptions
30
 
Additional Information
30
NET ASSET VALUE
32
ADDITIONAL TAX INFORMATION
33
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PERFORMANCE
36
 
Lipper Analytical Services, Inc
37
 
Morningstar, Inc
37
APPENDIX A – DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS
38
APPENDIX B – PROXY VOTING POLICIES
42
 
 
 

 
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES AND RISKS
 
360 Funds (the “Trust”) was organized on February 25, 2005 as a Delaware statutory trust.  The Stringer Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is an open end management investment company and a separate non-diversified series of the Trust.  Prior to July 11, 2011, the Trust was known as the Parr Family of Funds and prior to August 27, 2007, the Trust was known as the Pope Family of Funds.  The Prospectus describes the Fund’s investment objective and principal investment strategy, as well as the principal investment risks of the Fund.
 
The Fund’s investment adviser is Stringer Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”).
 
The following descriptions and policies supplement these descriptions, and also include descriptions of certain types of investments that may be made by the Fund but are not principal investment strategies of the Fund.  Attached to this Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) is Appendix A, which contains descriptions of the rating symbols used by recognized statistical rating organizations for certain securities in which the Fund may invest.
 
General Investment Risks.  All investments in securities and other financial instruments involve a risk of financial loss.  No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment program will be successful.  Investors should carefully review the descriptions of the Fund’s investments and their risks described in the Prospectus and this SAI.
 
Common Stocks. The Fund may invest in common stocks, which include the common stock of any class or series of domestic or foreign corporations or any similar equity interest, such as a trust or partnership interest. These investments may or may not pay dividends and may or may not carry voting rights. Common stock occupies the most junior position in a company’s capital structure. The Fund may also invest in warrants and rights related to common stocks.
 
Derivative Instruments. The Fund may (but is not required to) use a variety of derivative instruments (including both long and short positions) in an attempt to enhance the Fund’s investment returns, to hedge against market and other risks in the portfolio, to add leverage to the portfolio and/or to obtain market exposure with reduced transaction costs.
 
Generally, derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index and may relate to, among other things, stocks, bonds, interest rates, currencies or currency exchange rates, commodities, related indices and other assets. Examples of derivatives and information about some types of derivatives and risks associated therewith follows. The derivatives market is continually evolving and the Fund may invest in derivatives other than those described below.
 
The value of some derivative instruments in which the Fund may invest may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates, and, like the other investments of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to utilize these instruments successfully may depend in part upon their ability to forecast interest rates and other economic factors correctly. If the Fund incorrectly forecasts such factors and has taken positions in derivative instruments contrary to prevailing market trends, the Fund could suffer losses.
 
The Fund might not employ any of the strategies described herein, and no assurance can be given that any strategy used will succeed. If the Fund incorrectly forecasts interest rates, market values or other economic factors in utilizing a derivatives strategy, the Fund might have been in a better position if it had not entered into the transaction at all. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances. The use of derivative strategies involves certain special risks, including a possible imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of derivative instruments and price movements of related investments. While some strategies involving derivative instruments can reduce the risk of loss, they also can reduce the opportunity for gain or even result in losses by offsetting favorable price movements in related investments or otherwise, due to the possible inability of the Fund to purchase or sell a portfolio security at a time that otherwise would be favorable or the possible need to sell a portfolio security at a disadvantageous time because the Fund is required to maintain asset coverage or offsetting positions in connection with transactions in derivative instruments, and the possible inability of the Fund to close out or to liquidate its derivatives positions. The Fund’s use of derivatives may increase or accelerate the amount of ordinary income recognized by shareholders.
 
 
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Federal legislation has been recently enacted in the U.S. that provides for new clearing, margin, reporting and registration requirements for participants in the derivatives market. While the ultimate impact is not yet clear, these changes could restrict and/or impose significant costs or other burdens upon the Fund’s participation in derivatives transactions.
 
Options on Securities and Indices. As described in the Prospectus, the Fund may, among other things, purchase and sell put and call options on equity, debt or other securities or indices in standardized contracts traded on foreign or domestic securities exchanges, boards of trade, or similar entities, or quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) System or on a regulated foreign over-the-counter market, and agreements, sometimes called cash puts, which may accompany the purchase of a new issue from a dealer. Among other reasons, the Fund may purchase put options to protect holdings in an underlying or related security against a decline in market value, and may purchase call options to protect against increases in the prices of securities it intends to purchase pending its ability to invest in such securities in an orderly manner.
 
An option on a security (or index) is a contract that gives the holder of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from (in the case of a call) or sell to (in the case of a put) the writer of the option the security underlying the option (or the cash value of the index) at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option. The writer of an option on a security has the obligation upon exercise of the option to deliver the underlying security upon payment of the exercise price or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security. Upon exercise, the writer of an option on an index is obligated to pay the difference between the cash value of the index and the exercise price multiplied by the specified multiplier for the index option. (An index is designed to reflect features of a particular financial or securities market, a specific group of financial instruments or securities, or certain economic indicators.)
 
When the Fund writes a call (put) option on an underlying security it owns (is short), the option is sometimes referred to as a “covered option.” The Fund may write such options. When the Fund writes a call or put option on an underlying securities it does not own (is not short), the option is sometimes referred to as a “naked option.”
 
The Fund may write “naked” call options on individual securities or instruments in which it may invest but that are not currently held by the Fund. When writing “naked” call options, the Fund must deposit and maintain sufficient margin with the broker-dealer through which it wrote the “naked” call option as collateral to ensure that it meets its obligations as the writer of the option. The Fund is further subject to the segregation requirements described below when it writes “naked” call options. Such segregation will ensure that the Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction, but will not limit the Fund’s exposure to loss. During periods of declining securities prices or when prices are stable, writing “naked” call options can be a profitable strategy to increase the Fund’s income with minimal capital risk. However, when the price of the security underlying the written option increases, the Fund is exposed to an increased risk of loss, because if the price of the security underlying the option exceeds the option’s exercise price, the Fund will lose the difference. “Naked” written call options are riskier than covered call options because there is no underlying security held by the Fund that can act as a partial hedge. “Naked” written call options have speculative characteristics, and the potential for loss is theoretically unlimited. When a “naked” written call option is exercised, the Fund must purchase the underlying security to meet its delivery obligation or make a payment equal to the value of its obligation in order to close out the option. There is also a risk, especially with less liquid preferred and debt securities or small capitalization securities, that the securities may not be available for purchase.
 
A naked put option is a position in which a buyer writes a put option and has no position in the underlying stock.  A naked put option may be used when the Fund expects the underlying stock to be trading above the strike price at the time of expiration.  The Fund will benefit from a naked put option if the underlying stock is trading above the strike price at the time of the expiration of the put option and expires worthless because the Fund will keep the entire premium.  The Fund could lose money if the price of the underlying stock is below the strike price because the put may be exercised against the Fund, causing the fund to buy the stock at the strike price.
 
 
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If an option written by the Fund expires unexercised, the Fund realizes a capital gain equal to the premium received at the time the option was written. If an option purchased by the Fund expires unexercised, the Fund realizes a capital loss equal to the premium paid. Prior to the earlier of exercise or expiration, an option may be closed out by an offsetting purchase or sale of an option of the same series (type, exchange, underlying security or index, exercise price, and expiration). In addition, the Fund may sell put or call options it has previously purchased, which could result in a net gain or loss depending on whether the amount realized on the sale is more or less than the premium and other transaction costs paid on the put or call option that is sold. There can be no assurance, however, that a closing purchase or sale transaction can be effected when the Fund desires.
 
The Fund will realize a capital gain from a closing purchase transaction if the cost of the closing option is less than the premium received from writing the option, or, if it is more, the Fund will realize a capital loss. If the premium received from a closing sale transaction is more than the premium paid to purchase the option, the Fund will realize a capital gain or, if it is less, the Fund will realize a capital loss. The principal factors affecting the market value of a put or a call option include supply and demand, interest rates, the current market price of the underlying security or index in relation to the exercise price of the option, the volatility of the underlying security or index, and the time remaining until the expiration date.
 
While, as mentioned above, the Fund may write naked call or put options, such options will nonetheless be deemed to be “covered” as such term is used in the context of Section 18 of the 1940 Act. In the case of a call option on a security, a call option is covered for these purposes if the Fund segregates assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) in an amount equal to the contract value of the position (minus any collateral deposited with a broker-dealer), on a mark-to-market basis. The option is also covered if the Fund owns the security underlying the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security without additional cash consideration (or, if additional cash consideration is required, cash or other assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees in such amount are segregated) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held by the Fund. For a call option on an index, the option is covered if the Fund segregates assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser. A call option is also covered if the Fund holds a call on the same index or security as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is (i) equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written, or (ii) greater than the exercise price of the call written, provided the difference is segregated by the Fund in assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser. A put option on a security or an index is “covered” if the Fund segregates assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees equal to the exercise price. A put option is also covered if the Fund holds a put on the same security or index as the put written where the exercise price of the put held is (i) equal to or greater than the exercise price of the put written, or (ii) less than the exercise price of the put written, provided the difference is segregated by the Fund in assets determined to be liquid by the Adviser.
 
OTC Options. The Fund may also purchase and write over-the-counter (“OTC”) options. OTC options differ from traded options in that they are two-party contracts, with price and other terms negotiated between buyer and seller, and generally do not have as much market liquidity as exchange-traded options. The Fund may be required to treat as illiquid OTC options purchased and securities being used to cover certain written OTC options, and they will treat the amount by which such formula price exceeds the intrinsic value of the option (i.e., the amount, if any, by which the market price of the underlying security exceeds the exercise price of the option) as an illiquid investment. The Fund may also purchase and write dealer options.
 
Risks Associated with Options on Securities and Indices. There are several risks associated with transactions in options on securities, including ETFs, and on indices. For example, there are significant differences between the securities and options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve the intended result. A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived transaction may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or unexpected events.
 
There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the Fund seeks to close out an option position. If the Fund were unable to close out an option that it had purchased on a security or index, it would have to exercise the option in order to realize any profit or the option may expire worthless. If the Fund were unable to close out a call option that it had written on a security held in its portfolio, it would not be able to sell the underlying security unless the option expired without exercise. As the writer of a call option on an individual security held in the Fund’s portfolio, the Fund foregoes, during the option’s life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security or index position covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the exercise price of the call but has retained the risk of loss (net of premiums received) should the price of the underlying security or index position decline. Similarly, as the writer of a call option on a securities index or ETF, the Fund forgoes the opportunity to profit from increases in the index or ETF over the strike price of the option, though it retains the risk of loss (net of premiums received) should the price of the Fund’s portfolio securities decline.
 
 
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The value of call options written by the Fund will be affected by, among other factors, changes in the value of underlying securities (including those comprising an index), changes in the dividend rates of underlying securities (including those comprising an index), changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the stock market and underlying securities and the remaining time to an option’s expiration. The value of an option also may be adversely affected if the market for the option is reduced or becomes less liquid. The writer of an option generally has no control over the time when it may be required to fulfill its obligation as a writer of the option. Once an option writer has received an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction in order to terminate its obligation under the option and must deliver the underlying security at the exercise price.
 
The hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours during which the securities held by the Fund are traded. To the extent that the options markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying markets that may not be reflected in the options markets. In addition, the Fund’s options transactions will be subject to limitations established by each of the exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities on which the options are traded. An exchange, board of trade or other trading facility may order the liquidation of positions found to be in excess of these limits, and it may impose other sanctions that could adversely affect the Fund engaging in options transactions.
 
 If a put or call option purchased by the Fund is not sold when it has remaining value, and if the market price of the underlying security or index remains equal to or greater than the exercise price (in the case of a put), or remains less than or equal to the exercise price (in the case of a call), the Fund will lose its entire investment in the option. Also, where a put or call option on a particular security or index is purchased to hedge against price movements in a related security or index, the price of the put or call option may move more or less than the price of the related security or index. Furthermore, if trading restrictions or suspensions are imposed on the options markets, the Fund may be unable to close out a position. Similarly, if restrictions on exercise were imposed, the Fund might be unable to exercise an option it has purchased. Except to the extent that a call option on an index or ETF written by the Fund is covered by an option on the same index or ETF purchased by the Fund, movements in the index or ETF may result in a loss to the Fund; however, such losses may be mitigated by changes in the value of the Fund’s securities during the period the option was outstanding (based, in part, on the extent of correlation (if any) between the performance of the index or ETF and the performance of the Fund’s portfolio securities).
 
Foreign Currency Options. The Fund may buy or sell put and call options on foreign currencies in various circumstances, including, but not limited to, as a hedge against changes in the value of the U.S. dollar (or another currency) in relation to a foreign currency in which the Fund’s securities may be denominated or to cross-hedge or in an attempt to increase the total return when the Adviser anticipates that the currency will appreciate or depreciate in value. In addition, the Fund may buy or sell put and call options on foreign currencies either on exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. A put option on a foreign currency gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell a foreign currency at the exercise price until the option expires. A call option on a foreign currency gives the purchaser of the option the right to purchase the currency at the exercise price until the option expires. Currency options traded on U.S. or other exchanges may be subject to position limits, which may limit the ability of the Fund to reduce foreign currency risk using such options.
 
Option Combinations.  The Fund may combine options transactions, which combinations may be in the form of option spreads or option collars. Put spreads and collars are designed to protect against a decline in value of a security the Fund owns. A collar involves the purchase of a put and the simultaneous writing of a call on the same security at a higher strike price. The put protects the investor from a decline in the price of the security below the put’s strike price. The call means that the investor will not benefit from increases in the price of the security beyond the call’s strike price. In a put spread, an investor purchases a put and simultaneously writes a put on the same security at a lower strike price. This combination protects the investor against a decline in the price down to the lower strike price. The premium received for writing the call (in the case of a collar) or writing the put (in the case of a put spread) offsets, in whole or in part, the premium paid to purchase the put.
 
 
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In a call spread, an investor purchases a call and simultaneously sells a call on the same security, with the call sold having a higher strike price than the call purchased. The purchased call is designed to provide exposure to a potential increase in the value of a security an investor owns. The premium received for writing the call offsets, in part, the premium paid to purchase the corresponding call, but it also means that the investor will not benefit from increases in the price of the security beyond the sold call’s strike price.
 
The Fund may write straddles (covered or uncovered) consisting of a combination of a call and a put written on the same underlying security. A straddle will be covered when sufficient assets are deposited to meet the Fund’s immediate obligations. The Fund may use the same liquid assets to cover both the call and put options where the exercise price of the call and put are the same, or the exercise price of the call is higher than that of the put. In such cases, the Fund will also segregate liquid assets equivalent to the amount, if any, by which the put is “in the money.”
 
Futures Contracts.  A futures contract is a bilateral agreement to buy or sell a security (or deliver a cash settlement price, in the case of a contract relating to an index or otherwise not calling for physical delivery at the end of trading in the contracts) for a set price in the future.  Futures contracts are designated by boards of trade that have been designated “contracts markets” by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”).  No purchase price is paid or received when the contract is entered into.  Instead, the Fund, upon entering into a futures contract (and to maintain the Fund’s open positions in futures contracts), would be required to deposit with its custodian in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker an amount of cash, U.S. government securities, suitable money market instruments, or liquid, high-grade debt securities, known as “initial margin.”  The margin required for a particular futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and may be significantly modified from time to time by the exchange during the term of the contract.  Futures contracts are customarily purchased and sold on margin that may range upward from less than 5% of the value of the contract being traded.  By using futures contracts as a risk management technique, given the greater liquidity in the futures market than in the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish certain results more quickly and with lower transaction costs.
 
If the price of an open futures contract changes (by increase in the case of a sale or by decrease in the case of a purchase) so that the loss on the futures contract reaches a point at which the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, the broker will require an increase in the margin.  However, if the value of a position increases because of favorable price changes in the futures contract so that the margin deposit exceeds the required margin, the broker will pay the excess to the Fund.  These subsequent payments, called “variation margin,” to and from the futures broker, are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying assets fluctuate, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as “marking to the market.”  The Fund expects to earn interest income on their initial and variation margin deposits.
 
The Fund will incur brokerage fees when they purchase and sell futures contracts.  Positions taken in the futures markets are not normally held until delivery or cash settlement is required, but are instead liquidated through offsetting transactions that may result in a gain or a loss.  While futures positions taken by the Fund will usually be liquidated in this manner, the Fund may instead make or take delivery of underlying securities whenever it appears economically advantageous for the Fund to do so.  A clearing organization associated with the exchange on which futures are traded assumes responsibility for closing out transactions and guarantees that as between the clearing members of an exchange, the sale and purchase obligations will be performed with regard to all positions that remain open at the termination of the contract.
 
Securities Index Futures Contracts. Purchases or sales of securities index futures contracts may be used in an attempt to protect the Fund’s current or intended investments from broad fluctuations in securities prices.  A securities index futures contract does not require the physical delivery of securities, but merely provides for profits and losses resulting from changes in the market value of the contract to be credited or debited at the close of each trading day to the respective accounts of the parties to the contract.  On the contract’s expiration date a final cash settlement occurs and the futures positions are simply closed out.  Changes in the market value of a particular index futures contract reflect changes in the specified index of securities on which the future is based.
 
 
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By establishing an appropriate “short” position in index futures, the Fund may also seek to protect the value of its portfolio against an overall decline in the market for such securities.  Alternatively, in anticipation of a generally rising market, the Fund can seek to avoid losing the benefit of apparently low current prices by establishing a “long” position in securities index futures and later liquidating that position as particular securities are acquired.  To the extent that these hedging strategies are successful, the Fund will be affected to a lesser degree by adverse overall market price movements than would otherwise be the case.
 
Options on Futures Contracts. The Fund may purchase exchange-traded call and put options on futures contracts and write exchange-traded call options on futures contracts.  These options are traded on exchanges that are licensed and regulated by the CFTC for the purpose of options trading.  A call option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to purchase a futures contract (assume a “long” position) at a specified exercise price at any time before the option expires.  A put option gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to sell a futures contract (assume a “short” position), for a specified exercise price at any time before the option expires.
 
The Fund may write options on futures contracts that are “covered.”  The Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a put option it has written if, so long as it is obligated as writer of the put, the Fund segregates with its custodian cash, U.S. government securities or liquid securities at all times equal to or greater than the aggregate exercise price of the puts it has written (less any related margin deposited with the futures broker).  The Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a call option it has written on a debt security future if, so long as it is obligated as a writer of the call, the Fund owns a security deliverable under the futures contract.  The Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a call option it has written on a securities index future if the Fund owns securities the price changes of which are, in the opinion of the Adviser, expected to replicate substantially the movement of the index upon which the futures contract is based.
 
Upon the exercise of a call option, the writer of the option is obligated to sell the futures contract (to deliver a “long” position to the option holder) at the option exercise price, which will presumably be lower than the current market price of the contract in the futures market.  Upon exercise of a put, the writer of the option is obligated to purchase the futures contract (deliver a “short” position to the option holder) at the option exercise price, which will presumably be higher than the current market price of the contract in the futures market.  When the holder of an option exercises it and assumes a long futures position, in the case of a call, or a short futures position, in the case of a put, its gain will be credited to its futures margin account, while the loss suffered by the writer of the option will be debited to its account and must be immediately paid by the writer.  However, as with the trading of futures, most participants in the options markets do not seek to realize their gains or losses by exercise of their option rights.  Instead, the holder of an option will usually realize a gain or loss by buying or selling an offsetting option at a market price that will reflect an increase or a decrease from the premium originally paid.
 
If the Fund writes options on futures contracts, the Fund will receive a premium but will assume a risk of adverse movement in the price of the underlying futures contract comparable to that involved in holding a futures position.  If the option is not exercised, the Fund will realize a gain in the amount of the premium, which may partially offset unfavorable changes in the value of securities held in or to be acquired for the Fund.  If the option is exercised, the Fund will incur a loss in the option transaction, which will be reduced by the amount of the premium it has received, but that will offset any favorable changes in the value of its portfolio securities or, in the case of a put, lower prices of securities it intends to acquire.
 
Options on futures contracts can be used by the Fund to hedge substantially the same risks as might be addressed by the direct purchase or sale of the underlying futures contracts.  If the Fund purchases an option on a futures contract, it may obtain benefits similar to those that would result if it held the futures position itself.  Purchases of options on futures contracts may present less risk in hedging than the purchase and sale of the underlying futures contracts since the potential loss is limited to the amount of the premium plus related transaction costs.
 
The purchase of put options on futures contracts may be used as a means of hedging the Fund’s portfolio against a general decline in market prices.  The purchase of a call option on a futures contract may represent a means of hedging the Fund’s portfolio against a market advance when the Fund is fully invested.
 
 
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The writing of a call option on a futures contract constitutes a partial hedge against declining prices of the underlying securities.  If the futures price at expiration is below the exercise price, the Fund will retain the full amount of the option premium, which provides a partial hedge against any decline that may have occurred in the value of the Fund’s holdings of securities.  The writing of a put option on a futures contract is analogous to the purchase of a futures contract in that it hedges against an increase in the price of securities the Fund intends to acquire.  However, the hedge is limited to the amount of premium received for writing the put.
 
Hedging. The Fund may engage in an ongoing hedging strategy.  Hedging is a means of transferring risk that an investor does not wish to assume during an uncertain market environment. The Fund may enter into these transactions: (a) to hedge against changes in the market value of portfolio securities and against changes in the market value of securities intended to be purchased, (b) to close out or offset existing positions, (c) to manage the duration of a portfolio’s fixed income investments, or (d) to enhance returns.

Hedging activity in the Fund may involve the use of derivatives including, but not limited to, buying or selling (writing) put or call options on stocks, shares of exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) or stock indexes, buying ETFs or other investment companies that engage in hedging strategies, entering into stock index futures contracts or buying or selling options on stock index futures contracts or financial futures contracts, such as futures contracts on U.S. Treasury securities and interest related indices, and options on financial futures, or purchasing foreign currency forward contracts or options on foreign currency. The Fund will buy or sell options on stock index futures traded on a national exchange or board of trade and options on securities and on stock indexes traded on national securities exchanges or through private transactions directly with a broker-dealer. The Fund may hedge a portion of its portfolio by selling stock index futures contracts or purchasing puts on these contracts to limit exposure to an actual or anticipated market decline. The Fund may also hedge against fluctuations in currency exchange rates, in connection with its investments in foreign securities by purchasing foreign forward currency exchange contracts and/or options on foreign currency.

A notice on behalf of the Trust has been filed with the National Futures Association claiming an exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Trust's operation. Accordingly, the Fund is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator.

Foreign Securities

Foreign securities include U.S. dollar-denominated and non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers.  The Fund may invest directly in foreign equity securities traded directly on U.S. exchanges, foreign exchanges, over-the-counter or in the form of American Depository Receipts.  The Fund may also invest in foreign currency-denominated fixed-income securities.  Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments.  Many of the risks are more pronounced for investments in developing or emerging market countries, or countries whose markets are becoming open, or have only recently opened, to private investment, foreign investment or both.

American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”). ADRs provide a method whereby the Fund may invest in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States.  ADRs are receipts typically issued by a U.S. bank or trust company evidencing ownership of the underlying securities, and may be issued as sponsored or unsponsored programs.  In sponsored programs, an issuer has made arrangements to have its securities trade in the form of ADRs.  In unsponsored programs, the issuer may not be directly involved in the creation of the program.  Although regulatory requirements with respect to sponsored and unsponsored programs are generally similar, in some cases it may be easier to obtain financial information from an issuer that has participated in the creation of a sponsored program.  ADRs are subject to many of the risks affecting foreign investments generally, except for those specific to trading securities on foreign exchanges.

Political and Economic Factors. Foreign investments involve risks unique to the local political, economic, and regulatory structures in place, as well as the potential for social instability, military unrest, or diplomatic developments that could prove adverse to the interests of U.S. investors. Individual foreign economies can differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency, and balance of payments position. In addition, significant external political and economic risks currently affect some foreign countries. War and terrorism affect many countries. Many countries throughout the world are dependent on a healthy U.S. economy or economies elsewhere around the world (e.g., Europe), and are adversely affected when the U.S. or other world economies weaken or their markets decline.
 
 
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Government Action.  Governments in certain foreign countries continue to participate to a significant degree, through ownership interest or regulation, in their respective economies. Action by these governments could have a significant effect on market prices of securities and payment of dividends. The economies of many foreign countries are heavily dependent upon international trade and are accordingly affected by protective trade barriers and economic conditions of their trading partners. The enactment by these trading partners of protectionist trade legislation could have a significant adverse effect upon the securities markets of such countries.

Foreign Currencies; Currency Fluctuations. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may be denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currencies. For securities valued in foreign currencies, a change in the value of any such currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in the U.S. dollar value of the Fund’s assets denominated in that currency. Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income and may affect the income of companies in which the Fund invests. Generally, when a given currency appreciates against the U.S. dollar (the U.S. dollar weakens), the value of the Fund’s securities denominated in that currency will rise. When a given currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar (the U.S. dollar strengthens), the value of the Fund’s securities denominated in that currency will decline.  Countries with managed currencies that are maintained at artificial levels to the U.S. dollar rather than at levels determined by the market may experience sudden and large adjustments in the currency which, in turn, can have a disruptive and negative effect on foreign investors.  Similarly, the Fund may be adversely affected by holding securities in foreign currencies that are not readily convertible into U.S. dollars.

Potential Adverse Changes.   With respect to certain foreign countries, especially developing and emerging ones, there is the possibility of adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitations on the removal of funds or other assets, political or social instability, or diplomatic developments which could affect investments by U.S. persons in those countries.

Information and Supervision. There is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies comparable to reports and ratings that are published about companies in the United States. Foreign companies are also generally not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices, and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. It also is often more difficult to keep currently informed of corporate actions that affect the prices of portfolio securities.

Market Characteristics. Foreign securities markets are generally not as developed or efficient as, and may be more volatile and have less volume and liquidity than, those in the United States. Securities may trade at price/earnings multiples higher than comparable U.S. securities and such levels may not be sustainable. Commissions on foreign securities trades are generally higher than commissions on U.S. exchanges, and while there are an increasing number of overseas securities markets that have adopted a system of negotiated rates, a number are still subject to an established schedule of minimum commission rates. There is generally less government supervision and regulation of foreign securities exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in the U.S. Moreover, settlement practices for transactions in foreign markets may differ from those in U.S. markets. Such differences include delays beyond periods customary in the U.S. and practices, such as delivery of securities prior to receipt of payment, which increase the likelihood of a "failed settlement." Failed settlements can result in losses to the Fund.

Investment and Repatriation Restrictions. Foreign investment in the securities markets of certain foreign countries is restricted or controlled to varying degrees. These restrictions limit and, at times, preclude investment in such countries and increase the cost and expenses of the Fund. Investments by foreign investors are subject to a variety of restrictions in many developing countries. These restrictions may take the form of prior governmental approval, limits on the amount or type of securities held by foreigners, and limits on the types of companies in which foreigners may invest. Additional or different restrictions may be imposed at any time by these or other countries in which the Fund invests. In addition, the repatriation of both investment income and capital from several foreign countries is restricted and controlled under certain regulations, including in some cases the need for certain government consents.
 
 
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Taxes.  The dividends and interest payable on foreign portfolio securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, thus reducing the net amount of income available for distribution to the Fund’s shareholders. In addition, some governments may impose a tax on purchases by foreign investors of certain securities that trade in their country.

Depositary Receipts. The Fund’s investments may include securities of foreign issuers in the form of sponsored or unsponsored ADRs, Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs). ADRs are depositary receipts typically issued by a United State bank or trust company which evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. EDRs and GDRs are typically issued by foreign banks or trust companies, although they also may be issued by United States banks or trust companies, and evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by either a foreign or a United States corporation. Generally, depositary receipts in registered form are designed for use in the United States securities market and depositary receipts in bearer form are designed for use in securities markets outside the United States Depositary receipts may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities into which they may be converted. Ownership of unsponsored depositary receipts may not entitle the Fund to financial or other reports from the issuer of the underlying security, to which it would be entitled as the owner of sponsored depositary receipts.

Investments in Small-Cap Companies.  The Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in securities of companies with small market capitalizations. Certain small-cap companies may offer greater potential for capital appreciation than larger companies.  However, investors should note that this potential for greater capital appreciation is accompanied by a substantial risk of loss and that, by their very nature, investments in small-cap companies tend to be very volatile and speculative.  Small-cap companies may have a small share of the market for their products or services, their businesses may be limited to regional markets, or they may provide goods and services for a limited market.  For example, they may be developing or marketing new products or services for markets that are not yet established or may never become established.  In addition, small companies may have or will develop only a regional market for products or services and thus be affected by local or regional market conditions.  In addition, small-cap companies may lack depth of management or they may be unable to generate funds necessary for growth or potential development, either internally or through external financing on favorable terms.  Such companies may also be insignificant in their industries and be subject to or become subject to intense competition from larger companies.  Due to these and other factors, the Fund’s investments in small-cap companies may suffer significant losses.  Further, there is typically a smaller market for the securities of a small-cap company than for securities of a large company.  Therefore, investments in small-cap companies may be less liquid and subject to significant price declines that result in losses for the Fund.
 
Convertible Securities.  Although the equity investments of the Fund consist primarily of common and preferred stocks, the Fund may buy securities convertible into common stock if, for example, the Adviser believes that a company’s convertible securities are undervalued in the market.  Convertible securities eligible for purchase by the Fund include convertible bonds, convertible preferred stocks, and warrants.  A warrant is an instrument issued by a corporation that gives the holder the right to subscribe to a specific amount of the corporation’s capital stock at a set price for a specified period of time.  Warrants do not represent ownership of the underlying securities, but only the right to buy the securities. The prices of warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of underlying securities. Warrants may be considered speculative in that they have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of a corporation issuing them.  Warrant positions will not be used to increase the leverage of the Fund; consequently, warrant positions are generally accompanied by cash positions equivalent to the required exercise amount.  The Fund’s ability to invest in warrants may be limited by the Fund’s investment restrictions.
 
Real Estate Securities.  The Fund will not invest in real estate (including mortgage loans and limited partnership interests), but may invest in readily marketable securities issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein.  The Fund may also invest in readily marketable interests in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).  REITs are generally publicly traded on the national stock exchanges and in the over-the-counter market and have varying degrees of liquidity.  Investments in real estate securities are subject to risks inherent in the real estate market, including risk related to changes interest rates.
 
U.S. Government Securities.  The Fund may invest a portion of the portfolio in U.S. government securities, defined to be U.S. government obligations such as U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bonds, and U.S. Treasury bills, obligations guaranteed by the U.S. government such as Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) as well as obligations of U.S. government authorities, agencies and instrumentalities such as Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”), Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”), Federal Farm Credit Bank (“FFCB”), Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”), Student Loan Marketing Association (“SLMA”), and The Tennessee Valley Authority.  U.S. government securities may be acquired subject to repurchase agreements.  While obligations of some U.S. government sponsored entities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g. GNMA), several are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. government (e.g. FNMA, FHLMC), and still others are supported only by the credit of the issuer itself (e.g. SLMA, FFCB).  No assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support to U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities in the future, other than as set forth above, since it is not obligated to do so by law.  The guarantee of the U.S. government does not extend to the yield or value of the Fund’s shares.
 
 
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Foreign Government Obligations. The Fund may invest in short-term obligations of foreign sovereign governments or of their agencies, instrumentalities, authorities or political subdivisions. These securities may be denominated in United States dollars or in another currency.
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities. The Fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities, such as those issued by GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC or certain foreign issuers. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are secured by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. The mortgages backing these securities include, among other mortgage instruments, conventional 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, graduated payment mortgages and adjustable rate mortgages. The government or the issuing agency typically guarantees the payment of interest and principal of these securities. However, the guarantees do not extend to the securities’ yield or value, which are likely to vary inversely with fluctuations in interest rates, nor do the guarantees extend to the yield or value of the Fund’s shares. These securities generally are “pass-through” instruments, through which the holders receive a share of all interest and principal payments from the mortgages underlying the securities, net of certain fees.

Yields on pass-through securities are typically quoted by investment dealers and vendors based on the maturity of the underlying instruments and the associated average life assumption. The average life of pass-through pools varies with the maturities of the underlying mortgage loans. A pool’s term may be shortened by unscheduled or early payments of principal on the underlying mortgages. The occurrence of mortgage prepayments is affected by various factors, including the level of interest rates, general economic conditions, the location, scheduled maturity and age of the mortgage and other social and demographic conditions. Because prepayment rates of individual pools vary widely, it is not possible to predict accurately the average life of a particular pool. For pools of fixed-rate 30-year mortgages in a stable interest rate environment, a common industry practice in the U.S. has been to assume that prepayments will result in a 12-year average life, although it may vary depending on various factors. At present, pools, particularly those with loans with other maturities or different characteristics, are priced on an assumption of average life determined for each pool. In periods of falling interest rates, the rate of prepayment tends to increase, thereby shortening the actual average life of a pool of mortgage-related securities. Conversely, in periods of rising rates the rate of prepayment tends to decrease, thereby lengthening the actual average life of the pool. However, these effects may not be present, or may differ in degree, if the mortgage loans in the pools have adjustable interest rates or other special payment terms, such as a prepayment charge. Actual prepayment experience may cause the yield of mortgage-backed securities to differ from the assumed average life yield. Reinvestment of prepayments may occur at higher or lower interest rates than the original investment, thus affecting the Fund’s yield.

The rate of interest on mortgage-backed securities is lower than the interest rates paid on the mortgages included in the underlying pool due to the annual fees paid to the servicer of the mortgage pool for passing through monthly payments to certificate holders and to any guarantor, such as GNMA, and due to any yield retained by the issuer. Actual yield to the holder may vary from the coupon rate, even if adjustable, if the mortgage-backed securities are purchased or traded in the secondary market at a premium or discount. In addition, there is normally some delay between the time the issuer receives mortgage payments from the servicer and the time the issuer makes the payments on the mortgage-backed securities, and this delay reduces the effective yield to the holder of such securities.
 
 
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Asset-Backed Securities. The Fund may invest in asset-backed securities, which represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as motor vehicle installment sales, installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property and receivables from revolving credit (credit card) agreements. Such assets are securitized through the use of trusts and special purpose corporations. Payments or distributions of principal and interest may be guaranteed up to certain amounts and for a certain time period by a letter of credit or a pool insurance policy issued by a financial institution unaffiliated with the trust or corporation.

Asset-backed securities present certain risks that are not presented by other securities in which the Fund may invest. Automobile receivables generally are secured by automobiles. Most issuers of automobile receivables permit the loan servicers to retain possession of the underlying obligations. If the servicer were to sell these obligations to another party, there is a risk that the purchaser would acquire an interest superior to that of the holders of the asset-backed securities. In addition, because of the large number of vehicles involved in a typical issuance and technical requirements under state laws, the trustee for the holders of the automobile receivables may not have a proper security interest in the underlying automobiles. Therefore, there is the possibility that recoveries on repossessed collateral may not, in some cases, be available to support payments on these securities. Credit card receivables are generally unsecured, and the debtors are entitled to the protection of a number of state and federal consumer credit laws, many of which give such debtors the right to set off certain amounts owed on the credit cards, thereby reducing the balance due. In addition, there is no assurance that the security interest in the collateral can be realized.

Structured Notes, Bonds and Debentures. The Fund may invest in structured notes, bonds and debentures. Typically, the value of the principal and/or interest on these instruments is determined by reference to changes in the value of specific currencies, interest rates, commodities, indexes or other financial indicators (the “Reference”) or the relevant change in two or more References. The interest rate or the principal amount payable upon maturity or redemption may be increased or decreased depending upon changes in the applicable Reference. The terms of the structured securities may provide that in certain circumstances no principal is due at maturity and, therefore, may result in the loss of the Fund’s entire investment. The value of structured securities may move in the same or the opposite direction as the value of the Reference, so that appreciation of the Reference may produce an increase or decrease in the interest rate or value of the security at maturity. In addition, the change in interest rate or the value of the security at maturity may be a multiple of the change in the value of the Reference so that the security may be more or less volatile than the Reference, depending on the multiple. Consequently, structured securities may entail a greater degree of market risk and volatility than other types of debt obligations.

Assignments and Participations. The Fund may invest in assignments of and participations in loans issued by banks and other financial institutions.

When the Fund purchases assignments from lending financial institutions, the Fund will acquire direct rights against the borrower on the loan. However, since assignments are generally arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, the rights and obligations acquired by the Fund as the purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the assigning lender.

Participations in loans will typically result in the Fund having a contractual relationship with the lending financial institution, not the borrower. The Fund would have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing a participation, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased a participation. As a result, the Fund purchasing a participation will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender selling the participation. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the lender and the borrower.

The Fund may have difficulty disposing of assignments and participations because there is no liquid market for such securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market will have an adverse impact on the value of such securities and on the Fund’s ability to dispose of particular assignments or participations when necessary to meet the Fund’s liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event, such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the borrower. The lack of a liquid market for assignments and participations also may make it more difficult for the Fund to assign a value to these securities for purposes of valuing the Fund’s portfolio and calculating its net asset value.
 
 
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The Fund may invest in fixed and floating rate loans (“Loans”) arranged through private negotiations between a foreign government (a “Borrower”) and one or more financial institutions (“Lenders”). The majority of the Fund’s investments in Loans are expected to be in the form of participations in Loans (“Participations”) and assignments of portions of Loans from third parties (“Assignments”). Participations typically will result in the Fund having a contractual relationship only with the Lender, not with the Borrower. The Fund will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the Lender selling the Participation and only upon receipt by the Lender of the payments from the Borrower. In connection with purchasing Participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the Borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the Loan, nor any rights of set-off against the Borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from any collateral supporting the Loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, a Fund will assume the credit risk of both the Borrower and the Lender that is selling the Participation. In the event of the insolvency of the Lender selling a Participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the Lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the Lender and the Borrower.

When the Fund purchases Assignments from Lenders, the Fund will acquire direct rights against the Borrower on the Loan. However, since Assignments are generally arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, the rights and obligations acquired by the Fund as the purchaser of an Assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the assigning Lender.

There are risks involved in investing in Participations and Assignments. The Fund may have difficulty disposing of them because there is no liquid market for such securities. The lack of a liquid secondary market will have an adverse impact on the value of such securities and on the Fund’s ability to dispose of particular Participations or Assignments when necessary to meet the Fund’s liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event, such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness of the Borrower. The lack of a liquid market for Participations and Assignments also may make it more difficult for the Fund to assign a value to these securities for purposes of valuing the Fund’s portfolio and calculating its net asset value.
 
Corporate Debt Securities.  The Fund’s fixed income investments may include corporate, municipal or other government debt securities.  Corporate and municipal debt obligations purchased by the Fund may be any credit quality, maturity or yield.  Accordingly, the Fund’s debt securities may include “investment grade” securities (those rated at least Baa by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Investors Service, Inc. (“Fitch”) or, if not rated, of equivalent quality in the Adviser’s opinion.  In addition, the Fund’s debt securities may include lower-rated debt securities including, without limitation, junk bonds.  Debt obligations rated Baa by Moody’s or BBB by S&P, or Fitch may be considered speculative and are subject to risks of non-payment of interest and principal.  Debt obligations rated lower than Baa by Moody’s or lower than BBB by S&P or Fitch are generally considered speculative and subject to significant risks of non-payment of interest and principal.  Descriptions of the quality ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch are contained in this SAI.  While the Adviser utilizes the ratings of various credit rating services as one factor in establishing creditworthiness, it relies primarily upon its own analysis of factors establishing creditworthiness.
 
Money Market Instruments.  The Fund may invest in money market instruments including U.S. government obligations or corporate debt obligations (including those subject to repurchase agreements), provided that they are eligible for purchase by the Fund.  Money market instruments also may include Banker’s Acceptances and Certificates of Deposit of domestic branches of U.S. banks, Commercial Paper, and Variable Amount Demand Master Notes (“Master Notes”).  Banker’s Acceptances are time drafts drawn on and “accepted” by a bank.  When a bank “accepts” such a time draft, it assumes liability for its payment.  When the Fund acquires a Banker’s Acceptance, the bank that “accepted” the time draft is liable for payment of interest and principal when due.  The Banker’s Acceptance carries the full faith and credit of such bank.  A Certificate of Deposit (“CD”) is an unsecured, interest bearing debt obligation of a bank.  Commercial Paper is an unsecured, short-term debt obligation of a bank, corporation, or other borrower.  Maturities of Commercial Paper generally range from 2 to 270 days and are usually sold on a discounted basis rather than as an interest-bearing instrument.  The Fund will invest in Commercial Paper only if it is rated in one of the top two rating categories by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or if not rated, of equivalent quality in the Adviser’s opinion.  Commercial Paper may include Master Notes of the same quality.  Master Notes are unsecured obligations which are redeemable upon demand of the holder and which permit the investment of fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest.  Master Notes are acquired by the Fund only through the Master Note program of the Fund’s custodian bank, acting as administrator thereof.  The Adviser will monitor, on a continuous basis, the earnings power, cash flow, and other liquidity ratios of the issuer of a Master Note held by the Fund.
 
 
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ETFs.   The Fund may invest in Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”).  An ETF is a fund that holds a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to track the performance of a securities index or sector of an index.  ETFs are traded on a securities exchange based on their market value.  An ETF portfolio holds the same stocks or bonds as the index it tracks, so its market price reflects the value of the index at any given time. ETFs are registered investment companies and incur fees and expenses such as operating expenses, licensing fees, registration fees, trustees fees, and marketing expenses, and ETF shareholders, such as the Fund, pay their proportionate share of these expenses. Your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs.  By investing in the Fund, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying ETFs in which the Fund invests in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses.
 
Unit Investment Trusts. A unit investment trust, commonly referred to as a UIT, is one of three basic types of investment companies. The other two types are mutual funds and closed-end funds. A unit investment trust is a registered investment company that buys and holds a generally fixed portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other securities. "Units" in the trust are sold to investors (unitholders) who receive a share of principal and dividends (or interest). A UIT has a stated date for termination that varies according to the investments held in its portfolio. A UIT investing in long-term bonds may remain outstanding for 20 to 30 years. UITs that invest in stocks may seek to capture capital appreciation over a period of a year or a few years. When these trusts are dissolved, proceeds from the securities are either paid to unitholders or reinvested in another trust. A UIT does not actively trade its investment portfolio. That is, a UIT buys a relatively fixed portfolio of securities (for example, five, ten, or twenty specific stocks or bonds), and holds them with little or no change for the life of the UIT. Because the investment portfolio of a UIT generally is fixed, investors know more or less what they are investing in for the duration of their investment. Investors will find the portfolio securities held by the UIT listed in its prospectus.
 
Repurchase Agreements.  The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements.  A repurchase agreement is a short term investment in which the purchaser acquires ownership of a U.S. government security and the seller agrees to repurchase the security at a future time at a set price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period.  Any repurchase transaction in which the Fund engages will require full collateralization of the seller’s obligation during the entire term of the repurchase agreement.  In the event of a bankruptcy or other default of the seller, the Fund could experience both delays in liquidating the underlying security and losses in value.
 
Reverse Repurchase Agreements.  The Fund may also be involved with reverse repurchase agreements.  Reverse repurchase agreements are repurchase agreements in which the Fund is the seller (rather than the buyer) of the securities, and agrees to repurchase them at an agreed upon time and price. A reverse repurchase agreement may be viewed as a type of borrowing by the Fund. Reverse repurchase agreements are subject to credit risks. In addition, reverse repurchase agreements create leverage risks because the Fund must repurchase the underlying security at a higher price, regardless of the market value of the security at the time of repurchase.
 
Illiquid Investments.  The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, which are investments that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the prices at which they are valued.  Under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (“Trustees”), the Adviser determines the liquidity of the Fund’s investments, and through reports from the Adviser, the Trustees monitor investments in illiquid instruments.  In determining the liquidity of the Fund’s investments, the Adviser may consider various factors including (1) the frequency of trades and quotations; (2) the number of dealers and prospective purchasers in the marketplace; (3) dealer undertakings to make a market; (4) the nature of the security (including any demand or tender features); and (5) the nature of the marketplace for trades (including the ability to assign or offset the Fund’s rights and obligations relating to the investment).  If through a change in values, net assets, or other circumstances, the Fund were in a position where more than 15% of its net assets were invested in illiquid securities, the Fund may take appropriate steps to protect the Fund’s liquidity as deemed necessary or advisable by the Fund.  The Fund, through its Fair Value Committee, values illiquid securities using its fair value procedures (described below) but there can be no assurance that (i) the Fund will determine fair value for a private investment accurately; (ii) that the Fund will be able to sell private securities for the fair value determined by the Fund; or (iii) that the Fund will be able to sell such securities at all.  Investment in illiquid securities poses risks of potential delays in resale and uncertainty in valuation.  Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio securities and the Fund may be unable to dispose of illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices.
 
 
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Private Securities Transactions.  In general, securities purchased in private transactions are legally restricted as to resale.  The Fund’s investments in private placements will be subject to a number of risks because the securities will be illiquid securities for which there is no public market.  Illiquid securities are subject to risks of potential delays in resale and uncertainty in valuation.    In addition, as noted under “Illiquid Securities” above, if at any time more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets are invested in illiquid securities, the Fund may take appropriate steps to protect the Fund’s liquidity as deemed necessary or advisable by the Fund.  In such a case, the Fund may seek to sell private securities in its portfolio prematurely at prices below what the Adviser believes to be the securities’ fair value.
 
Restricted Securities.  Within its limitation on investment in illiquid securities and the Fund’s private investments, the Fund may purchase restricted securities that generally can be sold in privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to an exemption from registration under the federal securities laws, or in a registered public offering.  Where registration is required, the Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expense and a considerable period may elapse between the time it decides to seek registration and the time the Fund may be permitted to sell a security under an effective registration statement.  If during such a period adverse market conditions were to develop, the Fund might obtain a less favorable price than prevailed when it decided to seek registration of the security.  The Fund values restricted securities under fair value procedures described above under “Illiquid Securities” and as described in the section entitled “Investing in the Fund – Determining the Fund’s Net Asset Value” of the Prospectus.
 
Forward Commitment & When-Issued Securities.  The Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued basis or for settlement at a future date if the Fund holds sufficient assets to meet the purchase price.  In such purchase transactions, the Fund will not accrue interest on the purchased security until the actual settlement.  Similarly, if a security is sold for a forward date, the Fund will accrue the interest until the settlement of the sale.  When-issued security purchases and forward commitments have a higher degree of risk of price movement before settlement due to the extended time period between the execution and settlement of the purchase or sale.  As a result, the exposure to the counterparty of the purchase or sale is increased.  Although the Fund would generally purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis with the intention of taking delivery, the Fund may sell such a security prior to the settlement date if the Adviser felt such action was appropriate.  In such a case, the Fund could incur a short-term gain or loss.
 
Short Sales of Securities.  The Fund may make short sales, which are transactions in which the Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security.  To complete a short sale transaction, the Fund will borrow the security from a broker-dealer, which generally involves the payment of a premium and transaction costs.  The Fund then sells the borrowed security to a buyer in the market.  The Fund will then cover the short position by buying shares in the market either (i) at its discretion; or (ii) when called by the broker-dealer lender.  Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay the broker-dealer lender any dividends or interest that accrue during the period of the loan.  In addition, the net proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker to the extent necessary to meet regulatory or other requirements, until the short position is closed out.
 
The Fund will incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security.  The Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in price between those dates.  The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss increased, by the amount of the premium, dividends, interest or expenses the Fund may be required to pay in connection with a short sale.  When the Fund makes a short sale, the Fund will segregate liquid assets (such as cash, U.S. government securities, or equity securities) on the Fund’s books and/or in a segregated account at the Fund’s custodian in an amount sufficient to cover the current value of the securities to be replaced as well as any dividends, interest and/or transaction costs due to the broker-dealer lender.  In determining the amount to be segregated, any securities that have been sold short by the Fund will be marked to market daily.  To the extent the market price of the security sold short increases and more assets are required to meet the Fund’s short sale obligations, additional assets will be segregated to ensure adequate coverage of the Fund’s short position obligations.
 
 
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In addition, the Fund may make short sales “against the box” i.e., when the Fund sells a security short when the Fund has segregated securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short (or securities convertible or exchangeable into such securities) and will hold such securities while the short sale is outstanding.  The Fund will incur transaction costs, including interest, in connection with opening, maintaining, and closing short sales against the box.
 
Lending of Portfolio Securities.  In order to generate additional income, the Fund may lend portfolio securities in an amount up to 33% of total Fund assets to broker-dealers, major banks, or other recognized domestic institutional borrowers of securities that the Adviser has determined are creditworthy under guidelines established by the Trustees.  In determining whether the Fund will lend securities, the Adviser will consider all relevant facts and circumstances.  The Fund may not lend securities to any company affiliated with the Adviser.  Each loan of securities will be collateralized by cash, securities or letters of credit.  The Fund might experience a loss if the borrower defaults on the loan.
 
The borrower at all times during the loan must maintain with the Fund cash or cash equivalent collateral, or provide to the Fund an irrevocable letter of credit equal in value to at least 100% of the value of the securities loaned.  While the loan is outstanding, the borrower will pay the Fund any interest paid on the loaned securities, and the Fund may invest the cash collateral to earn additional income.  Alternatively, the Fund may receive an agreed-upon amount of interest income from the borrower who has delivered equivalent collateral or a letter of credit.  It is anticipated that the Fund may share with the borrower some of the income received on the collateral for the loan or the Fund will be paid a premium for the loan.  Loans are subject to termination at the option of the Fund or the borrower at any time.  The Fund may pay reasonable administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan, and may pay a negotiated portion of the income earned on the cash to the borrower or placing broker.  As with other extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially.
 
Temporary Defensive Positions.  The Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions.  During such an unusual set of circumstances, the Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash or cash equivalent positions.  When the Fund takes a temporary defensive position, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.
 
Lack of DiversificationThe Fund is a non-diversified Fund, which means that it has not made an election to be a “diversified” investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).  Many mutual funds elect to be “diversified” funds that, as to 75% of their assets, cannot invest more than 5% of their assets in any one security at any given time.  A non-diversified fund is not subject to this limitation, and so it can hold a relatively small number of securities in its portfolio.  Even a non-diversified fund has to have some diversification for tax purposes, though.  Under the tax code, all mutual funds are required, at the end of each quarter of the taxable year, to have (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Fund’s total assets be invested in cash, U.S. government securities, the securities of other regulated investment companies and other securities, limited with respect to any one issuer limited for the purposes of this calculation to an amount not greater than (A) 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets or (B) 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. government securities or the securities of other regulated investment companies).
 
Subject to the requirements of the tax code and the Fund’s investment restrictions (see description below under “Investment Restrictions”), the Fund may make significant investments in the securities of a particular issuer, select companies in a particular industry, or select companies in a sector within a particular industry.  Such a concentration of Fund investments exposes the Fund to additional risks, and greater potential for significant share price fluctuation.  The Fund may or may not have a diversified portfolio of investments at any given time, and may have large amounts of assets invested in a very small number of companies, industries or securities.  Such lack of diversification substantially increases market risks and the risk of loss associated with an investment in the Fund, because the value of each security will have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance and the value of each shareholder’s investment.  When the value of a security in a non-diversified fund falls, it may have a greater impact on the Fund than it would have in a diversified fund.
 
 
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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

Fundamental Restrictions.  The Fund has adopted the following “fundamental restrictions,” which cannot be changed without approval by holders of a majority of the out­stand­ing voting shares of the Fund.  A “majority” for this pur­pose means the lesser of (i) 67% of the Fund’s outstanding shares repre­sented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which more than 50% of its outstanding shares are represented, or (ii) more than 50% of its outstanding shares.
 
FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS.  As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund may not:
 
(1)
Issue senior securities, except as permitted by Section 18(f)(1) of the 1940 Act;
 
(2)
Borrow money, except to the extent permitted under Section 18(f)(1) the 1940 Act (including, but not limited to, reverse repurchase agreements and borrowing to meet redemptions).  For purposes of this investment restriction, the entry into options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to indices, and options on futures contracts or indices shall not constitute borrowing;
 
(3)
Pledge, mortgage or hypothecate its assets, except to the extent necessary to secure permitted borrowings and to the extent related to the deposit of assets in escrow in connection with writing covered put and call options and the purchase of securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis and collateral and initial or variation margin arrangements with respect to options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to indices, and options on futures contracts or indices;
 
(4)
Act as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities, the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain federal securities laws;
 
(5)
Make loans, provided that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities in an amount up to 33% of total Fund assets, and provided further that, for purposes of this restriction, investment in U.S. Government obligations, short-term commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and repurchase agreements shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan;
 
(6)
Purchase or sell real estate or interests in real estate directly; provided, however, that the Fund may purchase and sell securities which are secured by real estate and securities of companies which invest or deal in real estate (including, without limitation, investments in REITs and mortgage-backed securities);
 
(7)
Purchase or sell commodities, except that the Fund may purchase and sell options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to indices, and options on futures contracts or indices and may purchase interests in equity securities issued by companies (including, without limitation, investment companies) that hold or invest in one or more commodities as their sole or principal business activity; or
 
(8)
Invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities of issuers in any particular industry.  For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. Government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions and investments in other registered investment companies are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.
 
 
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NON-FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS.  The following investment limitations are not fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval.  As a matter of non-fundamental policy, the Fund may not:
 
(1)
Purchase securities on margin; provided, however, that the Fund may obtain such short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of transactions, may make short sales to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and may enter into options, forward contracts, futures contracts or indices options on futures contracts or indices;
 
(2)
Make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management over a portfolio company;
 
(3)
Invest in securities of other registered investment companies, except as permitted under the 1940 Act;
 
(4)
Invest in interests in oil, gas or other mineral exploration or development programs, although the Fund may invest in the common stock of companies which invest in or sponsor such programs; or
 
(5)
Purchase warrants if as a result the Fund would then have more than 5% of its total net assets (taken at the lower of cost or current value) invested in warrants.
 
With respect to the “fundamental” and “non-fundamental” investment restrictions above, if a percentage limitation is adhered to at the time of investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from any change in value or net assets will not result in a violation of such restriction (i.e., percentage limitations are determined at the time of purchase); provided, however, that the percentage limitations on borrowing under the Fund’s second fundamental investment restriction apply at all times.
 
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE ALLOCATION
 
Subject to the general supervision of the Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for, make decisions with respect to, and places orders for all purchases and sales of portfolio securities for the Fund.  The Adviser shall manage the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement by and between the Adviser and the Fund (the “Advisory Agreement”). Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser selects the securities and manages the investments for the Fund, and also selects broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions, all subject to the oversight of the Board of Trustees. The Advisory Agreement is described in detail under “Management and Administration”.  The Adviser serves as investment adviser for a number of client accounts, including the Fund.  Investment decisions for the Fund will be made independently from those for any other series of the Trust, if any, and for any other investment companies and accounts advised or managed by the Adviser.
 
Brokerage Selection.  In selecting brokers to be used in portfolio transactions, the Adviser’s general guiding principal is to obtain the best overall execution for each trade, which is a combination of price and execution.  With respect to execution, the Adviser considers a number of judgmental factors, including, without limitation, the actual handling of the order, the ability of the broker to settle the trade promptly and accurately, the financial standing of the broker, the ability of the broker to position stock to facilitate execution, the Adviser’s past experience with similar trades and other factors that may be unique to a particular order.  Recognizing the value of these judgmental factors, the Adviser may select brokers who charge a brokerage commission that is higher than the lowest commission that might otherwise be available for any given trade.  The Adviser may not give consideration to sales of shares of the Fund as a factor in selecting brokers to execute portfolio transactions.  The Adviser may, however, place portfolio transactions with brokers that promote or sell the Fund’s shares so long as such transactions are done in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Trustees that are designed to ensure that the selection is based on the quality of the broker’s execution and not on the broker’s sales efforts.
 
Under Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and as provided in the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is authorized to cause the Fund to pay a brokerage commission in excess of that which another broker might have charged for effecting the same transaction, in recognition of the value of brokerage and/or research services provided by the broker.  The research received may include, without limitation: information on the United States and other world economies; information on specific industries, groups of securities, individual companies, political and other relevant news developments affecting markets and specific securities; technical and quantitative information about markets; analysis of proxy proposals affecting specific companies; accounting and performance systems that allow the Adviser to determine and track investment results; and trading systems that allow the Adviser to interface electronically with brokerage firms, custodians and other providers. Where a product or service has a mixed use among research, brokerage and other purposes, the Adviser will make a reasonable allocation according to the uses and will pay for the non-research and non-brokerage functions in cash using its own funds.
 
 
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The research and investment information services described above make available to the Adviser for its analysis and consideration the views and information of individuals and research staffs of other securities firms.  These services may be useful to the Adviser in connection with advisory clients other than the Fund and not all such services may be useful to the Adviser in connection with the Fund.  Although such information may be a useful supplement to the Adviser’s own investment information in rendering services to the Fund, the value of such research and services is not expected to reduce materially the expenses of the Adviser in the performance of its services under the Advisory Agreement and will not reduce the management fees payable to the Adviser by the Fund.
 
The Fund may invest in securities traded in the over-the-counter market.  Transactions in the over-the-counter market are generally principal transactions with dealers and the costs of such transactions involve dealer spreads rather than brokerage commissions.  The Fund, where possible, deals directly with the dealers who make a market in the securities involved except in those circumstances where better prices and/or execution are available elsewhere.  When a transaction involves exchange listed securities, the Adviser considers the advisability of effecting the transaction with a broker which is not a member of the securities exchange on which the security to be purchased is listed or effecting the transaction in the institutional market.
 
Aggregated Trades.  While investment decisions for the Fund are made independently of the Adviser’s other client accounts, the Adviser’s other client accounts may invest in the same securities as the Fund.  To the extent permitted by law, the Adviser may aggregate the securities to be sold or purchased for the Fund with those to be sold or purchased for other investment companies or accounts in executing transactions.  When a purchase or sale of the same security is made at substantially the same time on behalf of the Fund and another investment company or account, the transaction will be averaged as to price and available investments allocated as to amount in a manner which the Adviser believes to be equitable to the Fund and such other investment company or account.  In some instances, this investment procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by the Fund or the size of the position obtained or sold by the Fund.
 
Portfolio Turnover.  The annualized portfolio turnover rate for the Fund is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the reporting period by the monthly average value of the portfolio securities owned during the reporting period.  The calculation excludes all securities whose maturities or expiration dates at the time of acquisition are one year or less.  Portfolio turnover of the Fund may vary greatly from year to year as well as within a particular year, and may be affected by cash requirements for redemption of shares and by requirements that enable the Fund to receive favorable tax treatment.  Portfolio turnover will not be a limiting factor in making Fund decisions, and the Fund may engage in short-term trading to achieve its investment objectives.
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE
 
The Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted policies to govern the circumstances under which disclosure regarding securities held by the Fund and disclosure of purchases and sales of such securities, may be made to shareholders of the Trust or other persons.  These policies include the following:
 
 
·
Public disclosure regarding the securities held by the Fund (“Portfolio Securities”) on a given day will not be made until the close of the next business day at least 24 hours after such day.
 
 
·
Public disclosure regarding the Fund’s Portfolio Securities is made quarterly through the Fund’s Form N-Q and Semi-Annual and Annual Reports (“Official Reports”).  Other than the Official Reports, shareholders and other persons generally may not be provided with information regarding Portfolio Securities held, purchased or sold by the Fund.
 
 
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·
Information regarding Portfolio Securities, and other information regarding the investment activities of the Portfolios, may be disclosed to rating and ranking organizations for use in connection with their rating or ranking of the Trust or the Fund, but only if such disclosure has been publicly disclosed or approved in writing by the Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust (the “CCO”).  The CCO will not approve arrangements prior to public disclosure unless persons receiving the information provide assurances that the information will not be used for inappropriate trading in Fund shares.
 
 
·
The Trust’s policy relating to disclosure of the Trust's holdings of Portfolio Securities does not prohibit: (i) disclosure of information to the Trust's investment adviser or to other Trust service providers, including but not limited to the Trust's administrator, distributor, custodian, legal counsel and auditors as identified in the Prospectus and this SAI, financial printers such as FilePoint EDGAR Services or to brokers and dealers through which the Trust purchases and sells Portfolio Securities; and (ii) disclosure of holdings of or transactions in Portfolio Securities by the Fund that is made on the same basis to all Fund shareholders.  This information is disclosed to third parties under conditions of confidentiality.  “Conditions of confidentiality” include (i) confidentiality clauses in written agreements, (ii) confidentiality implied by the nature of the relationship (e.g., attorney-client relationship), (iii) confidentiality required by fiduciary or regulatory principles (e.g., custody relationships), and (iv) understandings or expectations between the parties that the information will be kept confidential.
 
 
·
The CCO is required to approve any arrangements other than disclosure to service providers under which information relating to Portfolio Securities held by the Portfolios, or purchased or sold by the Fund is disclosed to a shareholder or other person before disclosure in the Official Reports.  In making such a determination, the CCO may consider, among other things, the information to be disclosed, the timing of the disclosure, the intended use of the information, whether the arrangement is reasonably necessary to aid in conducting the ongoing business of the Fund, and whether the arrangement will adversely affect the Trust, the Fund or its shareholders.  The CCO will not approve such arrangements unless persons receiving the information provide assurances that the information will not be used for inappropriate trading in Fund shares.
 
 
·
The CCO shall inform the Board of Trustees of any special portfolio holdings disclosure arrangements that are approved by the CCO, and the rationale supporting approval.
 
 
·
Neither the Trust's investment adviser nor the Trust (or any affiliated person, employee, officer, trustee or director of the investment adviser or the Trust) may receive any direct or indirect compensation in consideration of the disclosure of information relating to Portfolio Securities held, purchased or sold by the Fund.
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST
 
The Trust, which is a statutory trust organized under Delaware law on February 25, 2005, is an open-end management investment company.  The Trust’s Declaration of Trust (“Trust Instrument”) authorizes the Trustees to divide shares into series, each series relating to a separate portfolio of investments, and to classify and reclassify any unissued shares into one or more classes of shares of each such series.  The Trust currently offers eight series of shares, including the Fund, six funds managed by Snow Capital Management, and The USX China Fund.  The Fund offers three classes of shares (Class A shares, Class C shares and Institutional Class shares), of which Classes A and C are available for purchase by all investors.  Each class represents interests in the same portfolio of investments and has the same rights, but the classes differ with respect to sales loads and ongoing expenses.  The number of shares in the Trust shall be unlimited.  The Trustees may classify and reclassify the shares of the Fund into additional classes of shares at a future date.  When issued for payment as described in the Prospectus and this SAI, shares of the Fund will be fully paid and non-assessable and shall have no preemptive or conversion rights.
 
 
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In the event of a liquidation or dissolution of the Trust or an individual series, such as the Fund, shareholders of a particular series would be entitled to receive the assets available for distribution belonging to such series.  Shareholders of a series are entitled to participate equally in the net distributable assets of the particular series involved on liquidation, based on the number of shares of the series that are held by each shareholder.  If there are any assets, income, earnings, proceeds, funds or payments, that are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular series, the Trustees shall allocate them among any one or more of the series as they, in their sole discretion, deem fair and equitable.
 
Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each full share and a fractional vote for each fractional share held.  Shares have non-cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees, and in this event, the holders of the remaining shares voting will not be able to elect any Trustees.  Rights of shareholders cannot be modified by less than a majority vote.
 
The Trustees will hold office indefinitely, except that:  (1) any Trustee may resign or retire and (2) any Trustee may be removed: (a) any time by written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (b) at any meeting of shareholders of the Trust by a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Trust; or (c) by a written declaration signed by shareholders holding not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Trust.  In case a vacancy or an anticipated vacancy on the Board of Trustees shall for any reason exist, the vacancy shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to certain restrictions under the 1940 Act.
 
The Trust Instrument provides that the Trustees will not be liable in any event in connection with the affairs of the Trust, except as such liability may arise from a Trustee’s bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of duties.  It also provides that all third parties shall look solely to the Trust property for satisfaction of claims arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust.  With the exceptions stated, the Trust Instrument provides that a Trustee or officer is entitled to be indemnified against all liability in connection with the affairs of the Trust.
 
The Trust will not hold an annual shareholders’ meeting unless required by law.  There will normally be no annual meeting of shareholders in any year in which the election of Trustees by shareholders is not required by the 1940 Act.  As set forth in the Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, shareholders of the Trust have the right, under certain conditions, to call a special meeting of shareholders, including a meeting to consider removing a Trustee.
 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
 
The Trustees are responsible for the management and supervision of the Fund.  The Trustees approve all significant agreements between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and those companies that furnish services to the Fund; review performance of the Fund; and oversee activities of the Fund.  This section of the SAI provides information about the persons who serve as Trustees and Officers to the Trust and Fund, respectively, as well as the entities that provide services to the Fund.
 
 
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Trustees and Officers.  Following are the Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their age and address, their present position with the Trust or the Fund, and their principal occupation during the past five years.  As described above under “Description of the Trust”, each of the Trustees of the Trust will generally hold office indefinitely.  The Officers of the Trust will hold office indefinitely, except that:  (1) any Officer may resign or retire and (2) any Officer may be removed any time by written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal.  In case a vacancy or an anticipated vacancy on the Board of Trustees shall for any reason exist, the vacancy shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Trustees, subject to certain restrictions under the 1940 Act. Those Trustees who are “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) by virtue of their affiliation with either the Trust or the Adviser, are indicated in the table.
 
Name, Address and Age
Position(s) Held with Trust
Length of Service
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number of  Funds Overseen
Other Directorships During Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees
Art Falk
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 75
Trustee
 
Since
June 25, 2011
 
Mr. Falk is the Senior Vice President of Murray Hill Financial Marketing, a financial marketing consulting firm. He was President of the Company from 1990 to 2012.
 
Eight
 
None
 
Thomas Krausz
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 68
Trustee
 
Since
June 25, 2011
 
Mr. Krausz has been a management consultant to private enterprises since 2007. From 2005 to 2007 he was the Chief Technology Officer for IDT Ventures, a venture capital and business development firm. Prior to 2005, he was President of Mentorcom Services, Inc., a consulting and services company focusing on networking and web development.
Eight
 
None
 
Tom M. Wirtshafter
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 58
Trustee
 
Since
June 25, 2011
 
Mr. Wirtshafter has been the President of each of American Portfolios Financial Services, a broker-dealer, and American Portfolios Advisors, an investment adviser, since 2009. From 2005 to 2008 Mr. Wirtshafter was a business consultant. Prior to 2005 he served in executive and consulting roles for various companies in the financial services industry.
Eight
 
None
 
Interested Trustee*
Christopher Anci
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Age 43
Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
Since
June 25, 2011
 
Mr. Anci is managing member of the Adviser and has held various positions with Matrix Capital Group, Inc., the Fund’s underwriter, since 1996 (its President since 1/2004); President of LM Anderson Securities, a broker-dealer, since 2/2002.
Eight
 
None
 
Officers
David Ganley
630 Fitzwatertown Road
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090
Age 65
Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Since Inception
 
Mr. Ganley has been the Senior Vice President of Matrix Capital Group since January 2005.   He has been associated with its Mutual Fund operating division, Matrix Fund Services, since January 2005.
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
Larry Beaver
630 Fitzwatertown Road
Willow Grove, PA 19090
Age 43
Assistant Treasurer
 
Since March 2007
 
Mr. Beaver has been the Director of Fund Accounting & Administration for Matrix Fund Services, a mutual fund operating division of Matrix Capital Group, since February 2005.
N/A
 
N/A
 
 
 
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* The Interested Trustee is an Interested Trustee because he is an officer and employee of the Adviser.
 
Board Structure
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees includes three independent Trustees and one interested Trustee, Mr. Anci. Art Falk, one of the Trust’s non-interested trustees, serves as the Chairman of the Board. The Trustees have determined that the Trust’s current leadership structure is appropriate, as it allows Trust management to communicate with each independent Trustee as and when needed, and permits each independent Trustee to be involved in each committee of the Board (each a “Committee”) as well as each Board function. With respect to risk oversight, the Board holds four regular meetings each year to consider and address matters involving the Trust and the Fund. During these meetings, the Board receives reports from the Fund’s administrator, transfer agent and distributor, and Trust management, including the Trust’s President, Mr. Anci, and the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, David Ganley, on regular quarterly items and, where appropriate and as needed, on specific issues.  As part of its oversight function, the Board also may hold special meetings or communicate directly with the Trust’s officers to address matters arising between regular meetings. The Board has established a committee structure that includes an Audit Committee, a Nominating Committee and a Proxy Voting Committee (discussed in more detail below). Each of these Committees is comprised entirely of independent Trustees.
 
Qualification of Trustees
 
The Board has considered each Trustee's experience, qualifications, attributes and skills in light of the Board’s function and the Trust’s business and structure, and has determined that each Trustee possesses experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that enable the Trustee to be an effective member of the Board.  In this regard, the Board has considered the following specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills for each Trustee:
 
Art Falk
 
For over 20 years, Mr. Falk was the President of Murray Hill Financial Marketing, a financial marketing consulting firm, and now serves as its Senior Vice President. Murray Hill provides consulting services on the development of mutual funds and similar investment products.
 
Thomas Krausz
 
Mr. Krausz has held numerous consulting and management positions, including as Chief Technology Officer for IDT Ventures, which provides venture capital and business development resources for domestic and international companies. Prior to his experience at IDT Ventures, Mr. Krausz was President of Mentorcom Services Inc., a consulting and services company focusing on networking and web development, and spent more than 20 years as an employee and then officer of IMI Systems, Inc., a computer consulting services company.
 
Tom M. Wirtshafter
 
Mr. Wirtshafter has more than 30 years’ experience managing and operating a wide range of financial services companies, and is currently the President of American Portfolios Financial Services, a broker-dealer, and American Portfolios Advisors, an investment adviser.
 
Christopher Anci
 
Mr. Anci has been affiliated with Matrix Capital Group, Inc. since 1996, and since that time has facilitated the expansion of its business in the fund services, investment advisory and broker-dealer areas.
 
 
 
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The Board has determined that each of the Trustees’ careers and background, combined with their interpersonal skills and general understanding of financial and other matters, enable the Trustees to effectively participate in and contribute to the Board’s functions and oversight of the Trust.  References to the qualifications, attributes and skills of Trustees are pursuant to requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), do not constitute holding out the Board or any Trustee as having any special expertise or experience, and shall not impose any greater responsibility on any such person or on the Board by reason thereof.
 
Trustee Standing Committees.  The Trustees have established the following standing committees:
 
Audit Committee: All of the Independent Trustees are members of the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee oversees the Fund’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, reviews the results of the annual audits of the Fund’s financial statements, and interacts with the Fund’s independent auditors on behalf of all the Trustees.  The Audit Committee also serves as the Trust’s qualified legal compliance committee.  The Audit Committee operates pursuant to an Audit Committee Charter and meets periodically as necessary.  The Audit Committee met two times in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
 
Nominating Committee:  All of the Independent Trustees are members of the Nominating Committee.  The Nominating Committee nominates, selects and appoints independent trustees to fill vacancies on the Board of Trustees and to stand for election at meeting of the shareholders of the Trust.  The Nominating Committee generally will not consider nominees recommended by shareholders of the Trust.  The Nominating Committee meets only as necessary.
 
Proxy Voting Committee:  All of the Independent Trustees are members of the Proxy Voting Committee.  The Proxy Voting Committee will determine how the Fund should cast its vote, if called upon by the Board or the Adviser, when a matter with respect to which the Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interests of the Fund’s shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund’s Adviser, principal underwriter or an affiliated person of the Fund, its investment adviser, or principal underwriter, on the other hand.  The Proxy Voting Committee will also review the Trust’s Proxy Voting Policy and recommend any changes to the Board as it deems necessary or advisable.  The Proxy Voting Committee meets only as necessary and did not meet during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
 
Fair Value Committee.  In addition to the foregoing Committees established by the Board, the Trust has also established a Fair Value Committee.  Art Falk, Christopher Anci and David Ganley are members of the Fair Value Committee.  The Fair Value Committee oversees the valuation of restricted securities and any other security that may be purchased for the Trust’s portfolio for which a readily available market quotation is not available and implements guidelines and instructions adopted by the Board regarding the valuation of restricted securities held by the Fund focusing on such important factors, among others, as valuation, liquidity and availability of relevant information. The Fair Value Committee reviews relevant market conditions for any restricted security held by the Fund on a daily basis to determine the appropriate value for such restricted security.  The Fair Value Committee met 20 times in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
 
Beneficial Equity Ownership Information.  As of 30 days prior to the date of this SAI, the Fund had no shares outstanding. Therefore, the Board members and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
 
Compensation.  Officers of the Trust and Trustees who are “interested persons” of the Trust or the Adviser will receive no salary or fees from the Trust.  Each Trustee who is not an “interested person” receives a fee of  $2,000 each year plus $250 per Board or committee meeting attended in person and $100 per meeting attended by telephone.  The Trust reimburses each Trustee and officer for his or her travel and other expenses relating to attendance at such meetings.
 
 
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Name of Trustee**
Aggregate
Compensation
From the Fund*
Pension or Retirement
Benefits Accrued As Part of Fund Expenses
Estimated Annual
Benefits
Upon Retirement
Total Compensation From
Fund and Fund
Complex Paid to Trustees*
Independent Trustees
Art Falk
$4,900
None
None
$4,900
Thomas Krausz
$3,000
None
None
$3,000
Tom M. Wirtshafter
$3,000
None
None
$3,000
Interested Trustee
Christopher Anci
None
None
None
None

*
Figures are for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012
**
Each of the Trustees serves as a Trustee to the eight funds of the Trust.
 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Investment Adviser.  Stringer Asset Management, LLC serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.  The Adviser’s principal office is located at 6000 Poplar Avenue, Suite 250 Memphis, TN 38119.  Information about the Adviser and its duties and compensation as Adviser is contained in the Prospectus.  The Adviser is a Delaware limited liability company and registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
 
The Adviser supervises the Fund’s investments pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust.  The Advisory Agreement is effective for an initial two-year period and will be renewed thereafter only so long as such renewal and continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees or by vote of a majority of each Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or interested persons of any such party.

The Adviser manages the operations of the Fund and manages the Fund’s investments in accordance with the stated policies of the Fund, subject to the approval of the Trustees.

Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is not liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the performance of such Advisory Agreement, except a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services; or a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence on the part of the Adviser in the performance of its duties; or from its reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under the Advisory Agreement.

Gary Stringer, CFA, is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser. Stringer Asset Management, LLC is owned by Laurus Principal Group, LLC.

The Adviser will receive a monthly management fee equal to an annual rate of 0.95% of the Fund’s net assets.  In addition, the Adviser and the Fund have entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement under which the Adviser has agreed to waive or reduce its fees and to assume other expenses of the Fund, if necessary, in an amount that limits annual operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses and payments, if any, under the Rule 12b-1 Plan) to not more than 1.40% for Class A shares, Class C shares, and Institutional Class Shares, respectively, of the average daily net assets of the Fund through at least April 30, 2014.  As a result, as of the date of this SAI, it is estimated that the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions and extraordinary expenses) will be limited to 2.05% for Class A shares, 2.80% for Class C shares, and 1.80%% for Institutional Class shares, as indicated in the Prospectus. It is expected that the contractual agreement will continue from year-to-year provided such continuance is approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund.

In addition to the management fee described above, the Adviser may also receive certain benefits from its management of the Fund in the form of brokerage or research services received from brokers under arrangements under Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act and the terms of the Advisory Agreement.  For a description of these potential benefits, see the description under “Portfolio Transactions And Brokerage Allocation -- Brokerage Selection.”
 
 
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Portfolio Manager.  Gary Stringer, CFA is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.  Mr. Stringer is compensated through salary, bonus and equity ownership of Laurus Principal Group LLC.  His compensation is not determined by assets under management or performance of the Fund..
 
As of March 15, 2013, Mr. Stringer was responsible for managing the following types of accounts (other than the Fund):
 
Name of Portfolio Manager
Registered Investment
Companies
Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles Managed
Other Accounts Managed
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Number
Total Assets
Gary Stringer, CFA
0
None
0
None
140
$37,000,000
 
Ownership of Securities.  As of March 15, 2013, Mr. Stringer did not beneficially own any equity securities of the Fund.
 
Conflicts of Interest.  Mr. Stringer’s management of accounts other than the Fund may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with his management of the Fund’s investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts (the “Other Accounts”), on the other.  The Other Accounts might have similar investment objectives as the Fund, track the same indices the Fund tracks or otherwise hold, purchase, or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased, or sold by the Fund.  While the portfolio manager’s management of other accounts may give rise to the following potential conflicts of interest, the Adviser does not believe that the conflicts, if any, are material or, to the extent any such conflicts are material, the Adviser believes that it has designed policies and procedures that are designed to manage those conflicts in an appropriate way.
 
 
·
Knowledge of the Timing and Size of Fund Trades:  A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager’s day-to-day management of the Fund.  The portfolio manager knows the size and timing of trades for the Fund and the Other Accounts, and may be able to predict the market impact of Fund trades.  It is theoretically possible that the portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of Other Accounts it manages and to the possible detriment of the Fund, or vice versa.
 
 
·
Investment Opportunities:  The Adviser may provide investment supervisory services for a number of investment accounts that have varying investment guidelines.  Differences in the compensation structures of the Adviser’s various accounts may give rise to a conflict of interest by creating an incentive for the Adviser to allocate the investment opportunities it believes might be the most profitable to the client accounts that may benefit the most from the investment gains.

Administrator.  M3Sixty Administration, LLC (“M3Sixty”), with principal offices at 4520 Main Street, Suite 1425, Kansas City, MO 64111, provides accounting, administrative, transfer agency, dividend disbursing agency, and shareholder servicing agency services for the Trust pursuant to an Investment Company Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”). Under the Services Agreement, M3Sixty is responsible for a wide variety of functions, including but not limited to: (a) Fund accounting services; (b) financial statement preparation; (c) valuation of the Fund's portfolio securities; (d) pricing the Fund's shares; (e) assistance in preparing tax returns; (f) preparation and filing of required regulatory reports; (g) communications with shareholders; (h) coordination of Board and shareholder meetings; (i) monitoring the Fund's legal compliance; (j) maintaining shareholder account records.
 
 
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Under the Services Agreement, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, pays M3Sixty the fees described below:
 
Fund Accounting
$5,000 annually, plus $1,500 for the second and each additional share class
Fund Administration
$5,000 annually, plus $1,500 for the second and each additional share class
Transfer Agency
$5,000 annually, plus $1,500 for the second and each additional share class
Fund Asset Based Fees (annualized)
0.15% on daily net assets between $0 and $200 million;
0.10% on the next $200 million of daily net assets;
0.05% on the next $200 million of daily net assets; and
0.025% in excess of $600 million of daily net assets

If the above fees, in the aggregate, are not at least $40,000 on an annual basis, a minimum fee of $40,000 per year will apply.

Distributor.  Matrix Capital Group, Inc. acts as the principal underwriter and distributor (the “Distributor”) of the Fund’s shares for the purpose of facilitating the registration of shares of the Fund under state securities laws and to assist in sales of Fund shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) approved by the Trustees.  The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and maintains, at its own expense, its qualification as a broker-dealer under all applicable federal or state laws in those states which the Fund shall from time to time identify to the Distributor as states in which it wishes to offer its shares for sale, in order that state registrations may be maintained for the Fund.  Shares of the Fund are sold on a continuous basis. The distribution agreement between the Fund and the Distributor requires the Distributor to use all reasonable efforts in connection with the distribution of the Fund's shares. However, the Distributor has no obligation to sell any specific number of shares and will only sell shares for orders it receives.  Under the Distribution Agreement the Distributor shall be paid an annual fee of $9,000. The annual fee above includes the first share class of the Fund; the Distributor shall receive $1,500 annually for each additional class. The Distributor shall also receive an annualized amount equal to .75 bps (0.0075%) of the average assets of the Fund. The Distribution Agreement may be terminated by either party upon 60-days’ prior written notice to the other party.

David Ganley, an affiliated person of the Fund, is also an affiliated person of M3Sixty, the Distributor and the Adviser.
 
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act (see “Administration – Distribution of Shares” in the Prospectus and “Purchases, Redemptions and Special Shareholder Services – Additional Information” below).  As required by Rule 12b-1, the Plan (together with the Distribution Agreement) was approved by the Trustees and separately by a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan and the Distribution Agreement.  The Plan provides that the Trust’s Treasurer shall provide to the Trustees, at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts expended pursuant to the Plan and the purposes of such expenditures. The continuation of the Plan must be considered by the Trustees annually.
 
Potential benefits of the Plan to the Fund include improved shareholder services and savings to the Fund in certain operating expenses. It is anticipated that the Plan will benefit shareholders because an effective sales program typically is necessary in order for the Fund to reach and maintain a sufficient size to achieve efficiently investment objectives and to realize economies of scale.
 
Under the Plan, the Fund may use 12b-1 fees to compensate broker-dealers (including, without limitation, the Distributor) for sales of Fund shares, or for other expenses associated with distributing Fund shares.  The Fund may expend up to 1.00% for Class C shares and up to 0.25% for Class A shares of the Fund’s average daily net assets annually to pay for any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of shares of the Fund and the servicing of shareholder accounts, provided that the Trustees have approved the category of expenses for which payment is being made.  Under ordinary circumstances, the Fund expects sales of Fund shares to involve a payment to broker-dealers; however, certain sales of Fund shares (e.g. sales to:  (1) to current and retired officers and Trustees of the Trust; to clients (including custodial, agency, advisory and trust accounts) and current and retired officers and employees of the Adviser; to officers and employees of M3Sixty and the Distributor; to persons associated with law firms, consulting firms and others providing services to the Trust; and to such persons’ spouses, parents, siblings and lineal descendants and their beneficial accounts; or (2) to investors purchasing amounts of Class A shares greater than $3 million) may be made with or without remitting compensation to any broker-dealer.
 
 
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Custodian.  Fifth Third Bank serves as custodian for the Fund’s assets.  The Custodian acts as the depository for the Fund, safekeeps its portfolio securities, collects all income and other payments with respect to portfolio securities, disburses monies at the Fund’s request and maintains records in connection with its duties as Custodian.  For its services as Custodian, the Custodian is entitled to receive from the Administrator an annual fee based on the average net assets of the Fund held by the Custodian plus additional out of pocket and transaction expenses incurred by the Fund.
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  The Trustees have selected the firm of Sanville & Company of Abington, Pennsylvania to serve as independent registered public accountants for the Fund for the current fiscal year and to audit the annual financial statements of the Fund, prepare the Fund’s federal, state and excise tax returns, and consult with the Fund on matters of accounting and federal and state income taxation.
 
Independent registered public accountants will audit the financial statements of the Fund at least once each year.  Shareholders will receive annual audited and semi-annual (unaudited) reports when published and written confirmation of all transactions in their account.  A copy of the most recent Annual Report will accompany the SAI whenever a shareholder or a prospective investor requests it.
 
Legal Counsel.  Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 1001 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, serves as legal counsel to the Trust and the Fund.
 
CODE OF ETHICS
 
The Trust, the Adviser and the Distributor each have adopted a code of ethics, as required by applicable law, which is designed to prevent affiliated persons of the Trust, the Adviser and the Distributor from engaging in deceptive, manipulative, or fraudulent activities in connection with securities held or to be acquired by the Fund (which may also be held by persons subject to a code).  Each code permits the applicable entity’s employees and officers to invest in securities, subject to certain restrictions and pre-approval requirements.  In addition, the Trust’s and Adviser’s codes requires that portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Adviser report their personal securities transactions and holdings, which are reviewed for compliance with the code of ethics.

PROXY VOTING POLICIES
 
The Trust has adopted a proxy voting and disclosure policy that delegates to the Adviser the authority to vote proxies for the Fund, subject to oversight of the Trustees.  Copies of the Trust’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy and the Adviser’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures are included as Appendix B to this SAI.
 
Each year the Fund is required to file Form N-PX stating how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, within 60 days after the end of such period.  Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies as set forth in its most recent filing of Form N-PX will be available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 877-244-6235; and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
PURCHASES, REDEMPTIONS AND SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
 
Purchases.  Reference is made to “Purchasing Shares” in the Prospectus for more information concerning how to purchase shares.  Specifically, potential investors should refer to the Prospectus for information regarding purchasing shares by mail or bank wire, and for information regarding telephone orders.  Potential investors should also refer to the Prospectus for information regarding the Fund’s three classes of shares, Class A, Class C and Institutional Class shares, and their respective fees and expenses.  The Prospectus also describes the Fund’s automatic investment plan and certain rights reserved by the Fund with respect to orders for Fund shares.  The following information supplements the information regarding share purchases in the Prospectus:
 
 
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Pricing of Orders.  Shares of the Fund will be offered and sold on a continuous basis.  The purchase price of shares of the Fund is based on the net asset value next determined after the order is received, subject to the order being accepted by the Fund in good form.  Net asset value is normally determined at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, as described under “Net Asset Value” below.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Class A shares are generally subject to an initial sales load as described in the Prospectus.
 
Regular Accounts.  The regular account allows for voluntary investments to be made at any time.  Available to individuals, custodians, corpora­tions, trusts, estates, corporate retirement plans, and others, investors are free to make additions and withdrawals to or from their account as often as they wish.  When an investor makes an initial investment in the Fund, a shareholder account is opened in accordance with the investor’s registra­tion instructions.  Each time there is a transaction in a shareholder account, such as an additional investment or the reinvestment of a dividend or distribution, the shareholder will receive a confirmation statement showing the current transaction and all prior transactions in the shareholder account during the calendar year to date, along with a summary of the status of the account as of the transaction date.
 
Purchases in Kind.  The Fund may accept securities in lieu of cash in payment for the purchase of shares in the Fund.  The acceptance of such securities is at the sole discretion of the Adviser based upon the suitability of the securities accepted for inclusion as a long-term investment of the Fund, the marketability of such securities, and other factors that the Adviser may deem appropriate.  If accepted, the securities will be valued using the same criteria and methods as described in “Investing in the Fund - Determining the Fund’s Net Asset Value” in the Prospectus.
 
Share Certificates.  The Fund normally does not issue stock certificates.  Evidence of ownership of shares is provided through entry in the Fund’s share registry.  Investors will receive periodic account statements (and, where applicable, purchase confirmations) that will show the number of shares owned.
 
Redemptions.  Reference is made to “Redeeming Shares” in the Prospectus for more information concerning how to redeem shares.  Specifically, investors wishing to redeem shares in the Fund should refer to the Prospectus for information regarding redeeming shares by mail, telephone/fax or bank wire.  The Prospectus also describes contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSCs”) that apply to purchases of Class C shares of the Fund and to certain purchases of Class A shares of the Fund.  The Prospectus also describes the Fund’s policy regarding accounts that fall below the Fund’s required minimums, redemptions in kind, signature guarantees and other information about the Fund’s redemption policies.  The following information supplements the information regarding share redemptions in the Prospectus:
 
Suspension of Redemption Privileges and Postponement of Payment.  The Fund may suspend redemption privileges or postpone the date of payment (i) during any period that the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekend and holiday closings, or that trading on the NYSE is restricted as determined by the SEC; (ii) during any period when an emergency exists as defined by the rules of the SEC as a result of which it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund to dispose of securities owned by it, or to determine fairly the value of its assets; and (iii) for such other periods as the SEC may permit.  The Fund may also suspend or postpone the recordation of the transfer of shares upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing conditions.  Any redemption may be more or less than the shareholder’s cost depending on the market value of the securities held by the Fund.  No charge is made by the Fund for redemptions other than the possible charge for wiring redemption proceeds, and the assessment of a CDSC on certain redemptions of Fund shares occurring within one year following the issuance of such shares.  For information on the CDSCs that apply to purchases of Class C shares and to certain purchases of Class A shares, see “Redeeming Shares – Contingent Deferred Sales Charges” in the Prospectus.
 
Involuntary Redemptions.  In addition to the situations described in the Prospectus under “Redeeming Shares,” the Fund may redeem shares involuntarily to reimburse the Fund for any loss sustained by reason of the failure of a shareholder to make full payment for shares purchased by the shareholder or to collect any charge relating to a transaction effected for the benefit of a shareholder which is applicable to Fund shares as provided in the Prospectus from time to time.
 
 
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Additional Information.  Following is additional information regarding certain services and features related to purchases, redemptions and distribution of Fund shares.  Investors who have questions about any of this information should call the Fund at (877) 244-6235.
 
Reduced Sales Loads.  Front-end sales loads on purchases of Class A shares may be reduced under the “Right of Accumulation” or under a “Letter of Intent.”  To receive a reduced sales load, you must inform your broker-dealer or the Fund at the time you purchase shares that you qualify for such a reduction.  If you do not let your broker-dealer or the Fund know you are eligible for a reduced sales charge, you may not receive the discount to which you are otherwise entitled.
 
You may use the “Right of Accumulation” to reduce your sales load.  Under the “Right of Accumulation,” you may combine the current net asset value of your existing Class A shares of the Fund with the amount of any current purchases in order to take advantage of the reduced sales loads with higher amounts of investment in the Fund.
 
Purchases made pursuant to a “Letter of Intent” may also be eligible for the reduced sales loads.  In a Letter of Intent, the investor expresses his or her intention, in writing, to invest a certain amount over a specified period of time. The Fund will then apply to each of the investor’s periodic investments the reduced sales load that would apply to the total amount stated in the Letter of Intent.  The minimum initial investment under a Letter of Intent is $100,000.  If not stated otherwise in the Letter of Intent, the amount of shares you purchase in the Fund during the thirteen (13) months following the signing of the Letter of Intent qualify for the reduced sales load.  The reduced sales load will not apply to purchases in the Fund made more than 90 days prior to the signing of the Letter of Intent.  During the term of your Letter of Intent, the Transfer Agent will hold in escrow shares representing the highest applicable sales load for the Fund each time you make a purchase.  Any shares you redeem during that period will count against your total amount stated in your Letter of Intent.  If, by the end of the term of the Letter of Intent, you have purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, the escrowed shares will be released to you.  If you have not purchased all the shares you committed to purchase in the Letter of Intent, your escrowed shares will be redeemed in an amount equal to the sales load that would apply if you had purchased the actual amount in your account all at once.  Any escrowed shares not needed to satisfy that sales load would be released to you.
 
Shareholders may include the value of certain related accounts, including accounts held by their spouse and children under the age of 21, family trust accounts of the investor and other accounts held by the investor to determine the applicable sales load and for purposes of the Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.  These privileges apply even if your related accounts are opened at different brokerage firms, so it is important to let your broker-dealer(s) or the Transfer Agent know about all your accounts that may be combined.  To verify eligibility for a reduced sales load, your broker-dealer or the Fund may require that you submit copies of account statements to substantiate requests for Right of Accumulation and Letter of Intent privileges.
 
Class A shares may be sold at net asset value, without a sales charge, to current and retired officers and Trustees of the Trust; to clients (including custodial, agency, advisory and trust accounts) and current and retired officers and employees of the Adviser; to officers and employees of M3Sixty and the Distributor; to persons associated with law firms, consulting firms and others providing services to the Trust; and to such persons’ spouses, parents, siblings and lineal descendants and their beneficial accounts. Such shares may also be issued at net asset value (1) in connection with the merger (or similar transaction) of an investment company (or series or class thereof) or personal holding company with the Fund (or class thereof), and (2) to investment advisers, financial planners or other intermediaries who place trades for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients and who charge a management, consulting or other fee for their services;  and to clients of such investment advisers, financial planners or other intermediaries who place trades for their own accounts if the accounts are linked to the master account of such investment adviser, financial planner or other intermediary on the books and records of the broker or agent.  The Trust may also determine to sell Class A shares to retirement and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to fund those plans, including, but not limited to, those defined in Section 401(a), 403(b) or 457 of the Code and “rabbi trusts”.  A “rabbi trust” is a type of grantor trust created by an employer to hold assets for the future payment of nonqualified executive benefit plans.  Sales charges generally are waived in the foregoing cases because either (i) there is no sales effort involved in the sale of shares; or (ii) the investor is paying a fee (other than the sales charge) to the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary or adviser involved in the sale.
 
 
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Transfer of Registration.  To transfer shares to another owner, send a written request to the Fund at 360 Funds, 4520 Main Street, Suite 1425, Kansas City, MO 64111.  Your request should include the following:  (1) the Fund name and existing account registration; (2) signature(s) of the registered owner(s) exactly as the signature(s) appear(s) on the account registration; (3) the new account registration, address, social security or taxpayer identification number, and how dividends and capital gains are to be distributed; (4) signature guarantees (See the Prospectus under the heading “Redeeming Shares - Signature Guarantees”); and (5) any additional documents which are required for transfer by corporations, administrators, executors, trustees, guardians, etc.  If you have any questions about transferring shares, call or write the Fund.
 
Mailing Shareholder Communications.  Accounts having the same mailing address may consent in writing to sharing a single mailing of shareholder reports, proxy statements (but each such shareholder would receive his/her own proxy) and other Fund literature.
 
Plan under Rule 12b-1. As discussed in the “Management and Administration – Distributor” section above, the Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act for the Fund.  Under the Plan, the Fund may pay for services related to the distribution of shares of the Fund with up to 1.00% of the Fund’s assets on an annual basis for Class C shares and up to 0.25% of the Fund’s assets on an annual basis for Class A shares.  The Trustees will take into account the expenditures for purposes of reviewing operations under the Plan and in connection with their annual consideration of renewal of the Plan.  The Distributor has indicated that it expects its expenditures to include, without limitation: (a) the printing and mailing of Fund prospectuses, statements of additional information, any supplements thereto and shareholder reports for prospective shareholders with respect to shares of the Fund; (b) those relating to the development, preparation, printing and mailing of advertisements, sales literature and other promotional materials describing and/or relating to shares of the Fund; (c) obtaining information and providing explanations to wholesale and retail distributors of contracts regarding Fund investment objectives and policies and other information about the Fund, including the performance of the Fund; (d) training sales personnel regarding the shares of the Fund; and (e) financing any activity that the Distributor determines is primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares.  Under the Plan, the Distributor is compensated regardless of its out-of-pocket expenditures.  The Fund does not participate in any joint distribution activities with other investment companies nor is the Fund aware of any interested person of the Fund or any director who is not an interested person of the Fund having any direct or indirect financial interest in the Plan or related agreements.
 
Dealers.  The Distributor, at its expense, may provide additional compensation in addition to dealer discounts and brokerage commissions to dealers in connection with sales of shares of the Fund.  Compensation may include financial assistance to dealers in connection with conferences, sales or training programs for their employees, seminars for the public, advertising campaigns regarding the Fund, and/or other dealer-sponsored special events, to the extent permitted under applicable law and the rules and regulations of the FINRA.  None of the aforementioned compensation is paid directly by the Fund or its shareholders although the Distributor may use a portion of the payment it receives under the Distribution Plan to pay these expenses.
 
Additional Information About Redemptions. The right to redeem shares of the Fund can be suspended and the payment of the redemption price deferred when the NYSE is closed (other than for customary weekend and holiday closings), during periods when trading on the NYSE is restricted as determined by the SEC, or during any emergency as determined by the SEC which makes it impracticable for the Fund to dispose of its securities or value its assets, or during any other period permitted by order of the SEC for the protection of investors.
 
Due to the high cost of maintaining small accounts, the Trust reserves the right to redeem accounts with balances of less than $1,000.00. Prior to such a redemption, shareholders will be given 60 days’ written notice to make an additional purchase. However, no such redemption would be required by the Trust if the cause of the low account balance was a reduction in the net asset value of shares.  No CDSC will be imposed with respect to such involuntary redemptions.
 
 
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The Fund does not intend, under normal circumstances, to redeem shares by payment in kind.  It is possible, however, that conditions may arise in the future that would, in the opinion of the Trustees, make it undesirable for the Fund to pay for all redemptions in cash.  In such a case, the Trustees may authorize payment to be made in readily marketable portfolio securities of the Fund.  Securities delivered in payment of redemptions would be valued at the same value assigned to them in computing the net asset value per share.  Shareholders receiving them would incur brokerage costs when these securities are sold.
 
NET ASSET VALUE
 
The net asset value and net asset value per share of the Fund normally is determined at the time regular trading closes on the NYSE (currently 4:00 p.m., New York time, Monday through Friday), except on business holidays when the NYSE is closed.  The NYSE recognizes the following holidays:  New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.  Any other holiday recognized by the NYSE will be considered a business holiday on which the net asset value of shares of the Fund will not be calculated.
 
In computing the Fund’s net asset value, all liabilities incurred or accrued are deducted from its net assets.  The resulting net assets are divided by the number of shares of the Fund outstanding at the time of the valuation and the result is the net asset value per share of the Fund.
 
The pricing and valuation of portfolio securities is determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by, and under the direction of, the Trustees.  Values are determined according to accepted accounting practices and all laws and regulations that apply.  Using methods approved by the Trustees, the assets of the Fund are valued as follows:
 
 
·
Securities that are listed on a securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sales price at the time the valuation is made.  Price information on listed securities is taken from the exchange where the security is primarily traded by the Fund.
 
 
·
Securities that are listed on an exchange and which are not traded on the valuation date are valued at the bid price.
 
 
·
Unlisted securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the latest quoted sales price, if available, at the time of valuation, otherwise, at the latest quoted bid price.
 
 
·
Temporary cash investments with maturities of 60 days or less will be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
 
·
Securities for which no current quotations are readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Trustees.  Securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service when such prices are believed to reflect the fair market value of such securities.
 
 
·
Securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service when such prices are believed to reflect the fair value of such securities.
 
Subject to the provisions of the Trust Instrument, determinations by the Trustees as to the direct and allocable liabilities of the Fund and the allocable portion of any general assets are conclusive.  As described in the Prospectus, the Adviser is responsible for notifying the Trustees or the Trust’s Fair Value Committee when it believes that fair value pricing is required for a particular security.  The Trust has adopted Fair Value Pricing procedures and instructions that apply to investments by the Fund in restricted securities and warrants (“Restricted Securities”).  A description of these procedures and instructions is included in the Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.  As explained in the Prospectus, because the Fund’s fair valuing of Restricted Securities is a determination of the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale, the Fund is subject to the risk that the Fund’s fair valued prices are not accurate, and that the fair value price is not reflective of the value the Fund will receive upon a sale of the security.
 
 
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ADDITIONAL TAX INFORMATION
 
The following summarizes certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders that are not described in the Prospectus.  No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Fund or its shareholders.  The discussions here and in the Prospectus are not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning and are based on tax laws and regulations that are in effect on the date hereof; such laws and regulations may be changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action.  Investors are advised to consult their tax advisors with specific reference to their own tax situations.
 
The Fund, and any other series of the Trust, will be treated as a separate corporate entity under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and intends to qualify or remain qualified as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.  At least 90% of the gross income of the Fund must be derived from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stocks, securities or foreign currencies, and other income derived with respect to the Fund’s business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies.  Any income derived by the Fund from a partnership or trust is treated as derived with respect to the Fund’s business of investing in stock, securities, or currencies only to the extent that such income is attributable to items of income that would have been qualifying income if realized by the Fund in the same manner as by the partnership or trust.
 
An investment company may not qualify as a regulated investment company for any taxable year unless it satisfies certain requirements with respect to the diversification of its investments at the close of each quarter of the taxable year.  In general, at least 50% of the value of its total assets must be represented by cash, cash items, government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and other securities which, with respect to any one issuer, do not represent more than 5% of the total assets of the fund nor more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer.  In addition, not more than 25% of the value of the fund’s total assets may be invested in the securities (other than government securities or the securities of other regulated investment companies) of any one issuer.  The Fund intends to satisfy all requirements on an ongoing basis for continued qualification as a regulated investment company.
 
The 2003 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act reduced the federal tax rate on most dividends paid by U.S. corporations to individuals after December 31, 2002.  These qualifying corporate dividends are taxable at long-term capital gains tax rates.  The 2012 Taxpayer Relief Act signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013 set the long-term capital gains rate for individual taxpayers at a rate of 15% for individuals who are subject to the 25% (or greater) tax bracket on their ordinary income and whose taxable income is less than $400,000 ($450,000 for married filing jointly) and at 20% for those individuals whose taxable income is more than $400,000.  Some, but not all, of the dividends paid by the Fund may be taxable at the reduced long-term capital gains tax rate for individual shareholders.  If the Fund designates a dividend as qualified dividend income, it generally will be taxable to individual shareholders at the long-term capital gains tax rate, provided certain holding period requirements are met. Taxable dividends paid by a Fund to corporate shareholders will be taxed at corporate income tax rates.  Corporate shareholders may be entitled to a dividends received deduction (“DRD”) for a portion of the dividends paid and designated by a Fund as qualifying for the DRD.

If the Fund designates a dividend as a capital gains distribution, it generally will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long the shareholders have held their Fund shares or whether they received in cash or reinvested in additional shares.  All taxable dividends paid by the Fund other than those designated as qualified dividend income or capital gains distributions will be taxable as ordinary income to shareholders, whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares.  To the extent the Fund engages in increased portfolio turnover, short-term capital gains may be realized, and any distribution resulting from such gains will be considered ordinary income for federal tax purposes.
 
Each series of the Trust, including the Fund, will designate (1) any dividend of qualified dividend income as qualified dividend income; (2) any tax-exempt dividend as an exempt-interest dividend; (3) any distribution of long-term capital gains as a capital gain dividend; and (4) any dividend eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction as such in a written notice mailed to shareholders within 60 days after the close of the series’ taxable year.  Shareholders should note that, upon the sale or exchange of series shares, if the shareholder has not held such shares for at least six months, any loss on the sale or exchange of those shares will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain dividends received with respect to the shares.
 
 
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A 4% nondeductible excise tax is imposed on regulated investment companies that fail to currently distribute an amount equal to specified percentages of their ordinary taxable income and capital gain net income (excess of capital gains over capital losses).  The Fund intends to make sufficient distributions or deemed distributions of its ordinary taxable income and any capital gain net income prior to the end of each calendar year to avoid liability for this excise tax.
 
If for any taxable year the Fund does not qualify for the special federal income tax treatment afforded regulated investment companies, all of its taxable income will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates (without any deduction for distributions to its shareholders).  In such event, dividend distributions (whether or not derived from interest on tax-exempt securities) would be taxable as qualified dividends to individual shareholders to the extent of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, and would be eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporations.
 
The Fund will be required, in certain cases, to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury a percentage equal to the fourth lowest tax rate for unmarried individuals (presently 28% for 2013) of taxable dividends or of gross proceeds realized upon sale paid to shareholders who have failed to provide a correct tax identification number in the manner required, or who are subject to withholding by the Internal Revenue Service for failure to include properly on their return payments of taxable interest or dividends, or who have failed to certify to the Fund that they are not subject to backup withholding when required to do so, or that they are “exempt recipients.”
 
Depending upon the extent of the Fund’s activities in states and localities in which its offices are maintained, in which its agents or independent contractors are located, or in which it is otherwise deemed to be conducting business, the Fund may be subject to the tax laws of such states or localities.  In addition, in those states and localities that have income tax laws, the treatment of the Fund and its shareholders under such laws may differ from their treatment under federal income tax laws.
 
Dividends paid by the Fund to non-U.S. shareholders may be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% unless reduced by treaty (and the shareholder files a valid Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN with the Fund certifying foreign status and treaty eligibility) or the non-U.S. shareholder files an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI with the Fund certifying that the investment to which the distribution relates is effectively connected to a United States trade or business of such non-U.S. shareholder (and, if certain tax treaties apply, is attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by such non-U.S. shareholder).  The Fund may elect not to withhold the applicable withholding tax on any distribution representing a capital gain dividend to a non-U.S. shareholder.
 
Legislation passed by Congress in 2008 requires a fund (or its administrative agent) to report to the IRS and furnish to fund shareholders the cost basis information for fund shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012, and sold on or after that date.  In addition to the present law requirement to report the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, a Fund will also be required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period.  In the absence of an election by a shareholder to elect from available IRS accepted cost basis methods, the Fund will use a default cost basis method.  The cost basis method elected or applied may not be changed after the settlement date of a sale of Fund shares.  Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisers concerning the most desirable IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how the new cost basis reporting law applies to them.  The current law requirement to report only the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares will continue to apply to all fund shares acquired through December 31, 2011, and sold on and after that date.

On March 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.  This act will require certain individuals, estates and trusts to pay a 3.8% Medicare surtax on “net investment income” including, among other things, dividends and proceeds of sale in respect of securities like Fund shares, subject to certain exceptions.  This surtax will apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.  Prospective investors should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 on their ownership and disposition of the shares.
 
 
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The Fund will send shareholders information each year on the tax status of dividends and distributions.  A dividend or capital gains distribution paid shortly after shares have been purchased, although in effect a return of investment, is subject to federal income taxation.  Dividends from net investment income, along with capital gains, will be taxable to shareholders, whether received in cash or Fund shares and no matter how long the shareholder has held Fund shares, even if they reduce the net asset value of shares below the shareholder’s cost and thus, in effect, result in a return of a part of the shareholder’s investment.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PERFORMANCE
 
From time to time, the total return of the Fund may be quoted in advertisements, sales literature, shareholder reports, or other communications to shareholders.  The “average annual total return” of the Fund refers to the average annual compounded rate of return over the stated period that would equate an initial investment in that Fund at the beginning of the period to its ending redeemable value, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and deduction of all recurring charges, other than charges and deductions which may be imposed under the Fund’s contracts.  Performance figures will be given for the recent one, five or ten year periods or for the life of the Fund if it has not been in existence for any such periods.  When considering “average annual total return” figures for periods longer than one year, it is important to note that the Fund’s annual total return for any given year might have been greater or less than its average for the entire period.  “Cumulative total return” represents the total change in value of an investment in the Fund for a specified period (again reflecting changes in Fund share prices and assuming reinvestment of Fund distributions).
 
The following is a brief description of how performance is calculated.  Quotations of average annual total return for the Fund will be expressed in terms of the average annual compounded rate of return of a hypothetical investment in the Fund over periods of one year, five years and ten years or since inception (as applicable).  These are the average annual total rates of return that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending redeemable value.
 
The average annual total return (before taxes) is calculated by finding the average annual compounded rates of return over the applicable period that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending value using the following formula:
 
P(1+T)n = ERV
 
Where
P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
T = average annual total return
n = number of years
ERV = Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
 
The average annual total return (after taxes on distributions) is calculated by finding the average annual compounded rates of return over the applicable period that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending value using the following formula:
 
P(1+T)n = ATVD
 
Where
P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
T = average annual total return (after taxes on distributions)
n = number of years
 
ATVD =
Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000, after taxes on fund distributions but not after taxes on redemption
 
 
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The average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares) is calculated by finding the average annual compounded rates of return over the applicable period that would equate the initial amount invested to the ending value using the following formula:
 
P(1+T)n = ATVDR
 
Where
P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
T = average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and redemptions)
n = number of years
 
ATVDR =
 Ending Redeemable Value of a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000, after taxes on fund distributions and redemption
 
The calculation of average annual total return and aggregate total return assume an initial $1,000 investment and that there is a reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions on the reinvestment dates during the period.  The ending redeemable value is determined by assuming complete redemption of the hypothetical investment and the deduction of all nonrecurring charges at the end of the period covered by the computations.  These performance quotations should not be considered as representative of the Fund’s future performance.
 
The Fund’s performance may be compared in advertisements, sales literature, shareholder reports, and other communications to the performance of other mutual funds having similar objectives or to standardized indices or other measures of investment performance.  In particular, the Fund may compare its performance to broad-based indices that are generally considered to be representative of the performance of companies in which the Fund invests.

Comparative performance may also be expressed by reference to a ranking prepared by a mutual fund monitoring service or by one or more newspapers, newsletters, or financial periodicals.  The Fund may also occasionally cite statistics to reflect its volatility and risk.  The Fund may also compare its performance to other published reports of the performance of unmanaged portfolios of companies.  The performance of such unmanaged portfolios generally does not reflect the effects of dividends or dividend reinvestment.  There can be no assurance the Fund will experience the same results.  Performance comparisons may be useful to investors who wish to compare the Fund’s past performance to that of other mutual funds and investment products.  Of course, past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

The Fund’s performance fluctuates on a daily basis largely because net earnings and net asset value per share fluctuate daily.  Both net earnings and net asset value per share are factors in the computation of total return as described above.
 
As indicated, from time to time the Fund may advertise its performance compared to similar funds or portfolios using certain indices, reporting services, and financial publications.  These may include the following:
 
·           Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. ranks funds in various fund categories by making comparative calculations using total return.  Total return assumes the reinvestment of all capital gains distributions and income dividends and takes into account any change in net asset value over a specific period of time.
 
·           Morningstar, Inc., an independent rating service, is the publisher of the bi-weekly Mutual Fund Values.  Mutual Fund Values rates more than 1,000 NASDAQ-listed mutual funds of all types according to their risk-adjusted returns.  The maximum rating is five stars, and ratings are effective for two weeks.
 
Investors may use such indices in addition to the Prospectus to obtain a more complete view of the Fund’s performance before investing.  Of course, when comparing the Fund’s performance to any index, factors such as composition of the index and prevailing market conditions should be considered in assessing the significance of such comparisons.  When comparing funds using reporting services, or total return, investors should take into consideration any relevant differences in funds such as permitted portfolio compositions and methods used to value portfolio securities and to compute offering price.  Advertisements and other sales literature for the Fund may quote total returns that are calculated on non-standardized base periods.  The total returns represent the historic change in the value of an investment in the Fund based on monthly reinvestment of dividends over a specified period of time.
 
 
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From time to time the Fund may include in advertisements and other communications charts and illustrations relating to inflation and the effects of inflation on the dollar, including the purchasing power of the dollar at various rates of inflation.  The Fund may also disclose from time to time information about its portfolio allocation and holdings at a particular date (including ratings of securities assigned by independent rating services such as Standard & Poor’s Rating Service and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.).  The Fund may also depict the historical performance of the securities in which the Fund may invest over periods reflecting a variety of market or economic conditions either alone or in comparison with alternative investments, performance indices of those investments, or economic indicators.  The Fund may also include in advertisements and in materials furnished to present and prospective shareholders statements or illustrations relating to the appropriateness of types of securities and/or mutual funds that may be employed to meet specific financial goals, such as saving for retirement, children’s education, or other future needs.
 
 
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APPENDIX A – DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS

The Fund may acquire from time to time debt securities as described in the Prospectus and this SAI.  The Fund is not restricted with respect to yield, maturity or credit quality of any debt securities, so that the Fund may purchase debt securities that are of high quality “investment grade” (“Investment-Grade Debt Securities”) or of lower quality with significant risk characteristics (e.g., “junk bonds”).  The various ratings used by the nationally recognized securities rating organizations (each a “NRSRO”) are described below.

A rating by a NRSRO represents the organization’s opinion as to the credit quality of the security being rated.  However, the ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality or guarantees as to the creditworthiness of an issuer.  Consequently, the Adviser believes that the quality of Investment-Grade Debt Securities in which the Fund may invest should be continuously reviewed and that individual analysts give different weightings to the various factors involved in credit analysis.  A rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold a security, because it does not take into account market value or suitability for a particular investor.  When a security has received a rating from more than one NRSRO, each rating is evaluated independently.  Ratings are based on current information furnished by the issuer or obtained by the NRSROs from other sources that they consider reliable.  Ratings may be changed, suspended or withdrawn as a result of changes in or unavailability of such information, or for other reasons.

STANDARD & POOR’S® RATINGS SERVICES. The following summarizes the highest four ratings used by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”), a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., for bonds that are deemed to be Investment-Grade Debt Securities by the Adviser:

 
AAA –
This is the highest rating assigned by S&P to a debt obligation and indicates an extremely strong capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

 
AA –
Debt rated AA differs from AAA issues only in a small degree.  The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

 
A –
Debt rated A is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher-rated categories.  However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

 
BBB –
Debt rated BBB exhibits adequate protection parameters.  However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

To provide more detailed indications of credit quality, the AA, A and BBB ratings may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within these major rating categories.

Bonds rated BB, B, CCC, CC and C are not considered by the Adviser to be Investment-Grade Debt Securities and are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics.  BB indicates the lowest degree of speculation and C the highest degree of speculation.  While such bonds may have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions.

Commercial paper rated A-1 by S&P indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong.  Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted A-1+.  Capacity for timely payment on commercial paper rated A-2 is satisfactory, but the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated A-1.

The rating SP-1 is the highest rating assigned by S&P to short term notes and indicates strong capacity to pay principal and interest.  An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.  The rating SP-2 indicates a satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.  The rating SP-3 indicates a speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.
 
 
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MOODY’S INVESTOR SERVICE, INC.  The following summarizes the highest four ratings used by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) for fixed-income obligations with an original maturity of one year or more, which are deemed to be Investment-Grade Securities by the Adviser:

 
Aaa 
Bond obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk.

 
Aa 
Bond obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.

 
A 
Bond obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.

 
Baa –
Bond obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk.  They are considered medium-grade and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.

Obligations which are rated Ba, B, Caa, Ca or C by Moody’s are not considered “Investment-Grade Debt Securities” by the Adviser.  Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk.  Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.  Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.

Note: Moody’s appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa.  The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

Short-Term Ratings.

Moody’s short-term ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor short-term financial obligations.  Ratings may be assigned to issuers, short-term programs or to individual short-term debt instruments.  Such obligations generally have an original maturity not exceeding thirteen months, unless explicitly noted.

Moody’s employs the following designations to indicate the relative repayment ability of rated issuers:
 
 
P-1 –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-1 have a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
 
 
P-2 –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
 
 
P-3 –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-3 have an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.
 
 
NP –
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.
 
Note: Canadian issuers rated P-1 or P-2 have their short-term ratings enhanced by the senior-most long-term rating of the issuer, its guarantor or support-provider.
 
U.S. Municipal Short-Term Debt And Demand Obligation Ratings.

Short-Term Debt Ratings. There are three rating categories for short-term municipal obligations that are considered investment grade.  These ratings are designated as Municipal Investment Grade (MIG) and are divided into three levels - MIG 1 through MIG 3.  In addition, those short-term obligations that are of speculative quality are designated SG, or speculative grade.  MIG ratings expire at the maturity of the obligation.
 
 
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MIG 1 – This designation denotes superior credit quality.  Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.
 
 
MIG 2 – This designation denotes strong credit quality.  Margins of protection are ample, although not as large as in the preceding group.
 
 
MIG 3 – This designation denotes acceptable credit quality.  Liquidity and cash-flow protection may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established.
 
 
SG –
This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality.  Debt instruments in this category may lack sufficient margins of protection.
 
Demand Obligation Ratings.  In the case of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs), a two-component rating is assigned; a long or short-term debt rating and a demand obligation rating.  The first element represents Moody’s evaluation of the degree of risk associated with scheduled principal and interest payments.  The second element represents Moody’s evaluation of the degree of risk associated with the ability to receive purchase price upon demand (“demand feature”), using a variation of the MIG rating scale, the Variable Municipal Investment Grade or VMIG rating.

When either the long- or short-term aspect of a VRDO is not rated, that piece is designated NR, e.g., Aaa/NR or NR/VMIG 1.

VMIG rating expirations are a function of each issue’s specific structural or credit features.
 
 
VMIG 1 – This designation denotes superior credit quality.  Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
 
VMIG 2 – This designation denotes strong credit quality.  Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
 
VMIG 3 – This designation denotes acceptable credit quality.  Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
SG – This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality.  Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a liquidity provider that does not have an investment grade short-term rating or may lack the structural and/or legal protections necessary to ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
 
FITCH RATINGS. The following summarizes the highest four ratings used by Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”):

Long-Term Ratings.

 
AAA –
Highest credit quality.  The rating AAA denotes that the lowest expectation of credit risk.  They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.  This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

 
AA –
Very high credit quality.  The rating AA denotes a very low expectation of credit risk.  They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.  This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

 
A –
High credit quality.  The rating A denotes a low expectation of credit risk.  The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong.  This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher rating.
 
 
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BBB –
Good credit quality.  The rating BBB indicates that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk.  The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.  This is the lowest investment grade category.

Long-term securities rated below BBB by Fitch are not considered by the Adviser to be investment-grade securities.  Securities rated BB and B are regarded as speculative with regard to a possible credit risk developing.  BB is considered speculative and B is considered highly speculative.  Securities rated CCC, CC and C are regarded as a high default risk.  A rating CC indicates that default of some kind appears probable, while a rating C signals imminent default.  Securities rated DDD, D and D indicate a default has occurred.

Short-Term Ratings.
 
 
F1 –
Highest credit quality.  The rating F1 indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added (+) to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.
 
 
F2 –
Good credit quality.  The rating F2 indicates a satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitment, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.
 
 
F3 –
Fair credit quality.  The rating F3 indicates the capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate; however, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment grade.
 
 
B –
Speculative.  The rating B indicates minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
 
Short-term rates B, C and D by Fitch are considered by the Adviser to be below investment-grade securities.  Short-term securities rated B are considered speculative, securities rated C have a high default risk and securities rated D denote actual or imminent payment default.

(+) or (-) suffixes may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories.  Such suffixes are not added to long-term ratings “AAA” category or to the categories below “CCC”, nor to short-term ratings other than “F1”.  The suffix “NR” indicates that Fitch does not publicly rate the issuer or issue in question.
 
While the foregoing descriptions of the ratings systems used by the Adviser distinguish between “Investment-Grade Debt Securities” and more speculative debt securities, as stated above the Fund is not limited with respect to the yield, maturity or credit quality of the debt securities in which it invests.  Accordingly, the Fund’s portfolio may be invested in Investment-Grade Debt Securities or debt securities that are not Investment-Grade Debt Securities in any proportion.
 
 
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APPENDIX B – PROXY VOTING POLICIES
 
The following proxy voting policies are provided:
 
(1)
the Trust’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy and
(2)
the Adviser’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy.
 
(1)
PROXY VOTING AND DISCLOSURE POLICY FOR 360 FUNDS
 
I.
Introduction
 
Effective April 14, 2003, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Act of 1934, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) to require registered management investment companies to provide disclosure about how they vote proxies for their portfolio securities (collectively, the rule and form amendments are referred to herein as the “IC Amendments”).
 
The IC Amendments require that the Trust and the Fund disclose the policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies for portfolio securities.  The IC Amendments also require the Fund to file with the SEC and to make available to their shareholders the specific proxy votes cast for portfolio securities.
 
This Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy (“Policy”) is designed to ensure that the Fund complies with the requirements of the IC Amendments, and otherwise fulfills its obligations with respect to proxy voting, disclosure, and recordkeeping.  The overall goal is to ensure that the Fund’s proxy voting is managed in an effort to act in the best interests of its shareholders.  While decisions about how to vote must be determined on a case-by-case basis, proxy voting decisions will be made considering these guidelines and following the procedures recited herein.
 
II.
Specific Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
 
 
A.
General
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) believes that the voting of proxies is an important part of portfolio management as it represents an opportunity for shareholders to make their voices heard and to influence the direction of a company.  The Trust and the Fund are committed to voting corporate proxies in the manner that best serves the interests of the Fund’s shareholders.
 
 
B.
Delegation to Fund’s Adviser
 
The Board believes that the Adviser, as the Fund’s investment adviser, is in the best position to make individual voting decisions for the Fund consistent with this Policy.  Therefore, subject to the oversight of the Board, the Adviser is hereby delegated the following duties:
 
 
(1)
to make the proxy voting decisions for the Fund; and
 
(2)
to assist the Fund in disclosing the Fund’s proxy voting record as required by Rule 30b1-4 under the Investment Company Act, including providing the following information for each matter with respect to which the Fund was entitled to vote: (a) information identifying the matter voted on; (b) whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder; (c) whether and how the Fund cast its vote; and (d) whether the Fund cast its vote for or against management.
 
The Board, including a majority of the independent trustees of the Board, shall approve the Adviser’s Proxy Voting and Disclosure Policy (“Adviser’s Voting Policy”) as it relates to the Fund.  The Board shall also approve any material changes to the Adviser’s Voting Policy no later than four (4) months after adoption by Adviser.
 
 
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C.
Conflicts
 
In cases where a matter with respect to which the Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interest of the Fund’s shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund’s investment adviser, principal underwriter, or an affiliated person of the Fund, its investment adviser or principal underwriter, on the other hand, the Fund shall always vote in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders.  For purposes of this Policy a vote shall be considered in the best interest of the Fund’s shareholders (i) when a vote is cast consistent with a specific voting policy as set forth in the Adviser’s Voting Policy, provided such specific voting policy was approved by the Board or (ii) when a vote is cast consistent with the decision of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Committee (as defined below).
 
III.
Fund Disclosure
 
 
A.
Disclosure of Fund Policies and Procedures With Respect to Voting Proxies Relating to Portfolio Securities
 
The Fund shall disclose this Policy, or a description of the policies and procedures of this Policy, to its shareholders in its Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) on Form N-1A.  The Fund will notify shareholders in the SAI and the Fund’s shareholder reports that a description of this Policy is available upon request, without charge, by calling a specified toll-free telephone number, by reviewing the Fund’s website, if applicable, and by reviewing filings available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.  The Fund will send this description of the Fund’s Policy within three business days of receipt of any shareholder request, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.
 
 
B.
Disclosure of the Fund’s Complete Proxy Voting Record
 
In accordance with Rule 30b1-4 of the Investment Company Act, the Fund shall disclose to its shareholders on Form N-PX the Fund’s complete proxy voting record for the twelve month period ended June 30 by no later than August 31 of each year.
 
The Fund shall disclose the following information on Form N-PX for each matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by the report and with respect to which to the Fund was entitled to vote:
 
 
(i)
The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;
 
(ii)
The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security (if available through reasonably practicable means);
 
(iii)
The Council on Uniform Security Identification Procedures (“CUSIP”) number for the portfolio security (if available through reasonably practicable means);
 
(iv)
The shareholder meeting date;
 
(v)
A brief identification of the matter voted on;
 
(vi)
Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder;
 
(vii)
Whether the Fund cast its vote on the matter;
 
(viii)
How the Fund cast its vote (e.g., for or against proposal, or abstain; for or withhold regarding election of directors); and
 
(ix)
Whether the Fund cast its vote for or against management.
 
The Fund shall make its proxy voting record available to shareholders either upon request or by making available an electronic version on or through the Fund’s website, if applicable.  If the Fund discloses its proxy voting record on or through its website, the Fund shall post the information disclosed in the Fund’s most recently filed report on Form N-PX on the website beginning the same day it files such information with the SEC.
 
 
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The Fund shall also include in its annual reports, semi-annual reports and SAI a statement that information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge upon request, by calling a specified toll-free (or collect) telephone number, or (if applicable) on or through the Fund’s website at a specified Internet address; and (2) on the SEC’s website.  If the Fund discloses that its proxy voting record is available by calling a toll-free (or collect) telephone number, it shall send the information disclosed in the Fund’s most recently filed report on Form N-PX within three business days of receipt of a request for this information, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.
 
IV.
Recordkeeping
 
The Trust shall keep the following records for a period of at least five years, the first two in an easily accessible place:
 
 
(i)
A copy of this Policy;
 
(ii)
Proxy Statements received regarding the Fund’s securities;
 
(iii)
Records of votes cast on behalf of the Fund; and
 
(iv)
A record of each shareholder request for proxy voting information and the Fund’s response, including the date of the request, the name of the shareholder, and the date of the response.
 
The foregoing records may be kept as part of the Adviser’s records.
 
The Fund may rely on proxy statements filed on the SEC EDGAR system instead of keeping its own copies, and may rely on proxy statements and records of proxy votes cast by the Adviser that are maintained with a third party such as a proxy voting service, provided that an undertaking is obtained from the third party to provide a copy of the documents promptly upon request.
 
V.
Proxy Voting Committee
 
 
A.
General
 
The Proxy Voting Committee of the Trust shall be composed entirely of independent trustees of the Board and may be comprised of one or more such independent trustees as the Board may, from time to time, decide.  The purpose of the Proxy Voting Committee shall be to determine how the Fund should cast its vote, if called upon by the Board or the Adviser, when a matter with respect to which the Fund is entitled to vote presents a conflict between the interest of the Fund’s shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund’s investment adviser, principal underwriter, or an affiliated person of the Fund, its investment adviser or principal underwriter, on the other hand.
 
 
B.
Powers and Methods of Operation
 
The Proxy Voting Committee shall have all the powers necessary to fulfill its purpose as set forth above and such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board may, from time to time, grant and/or assign the Proxy Voting Committee.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall meet at such times and places as the Proxy Voting Committee or the Board may, from time to time, determine.  The act of a majority of the members of the Proxy Voting Committee in person, by telephone conference or by consent in writing without a meeting shall be the act of the Proxy Voting Committee.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall have the authority to utilize Trust counsel at the expense of the Trust if necessary.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall prepare minutes of each meeting and keep such minutes with the Trust’s records.  The Proxy Voting Committee shall review this Policy and recommend any changes to the Board as it deems necessary or advisable.
 
 
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VI.
Other
 
This Policy may be amended, from time to time; provided, however, that material changes are approved by the Board as provided under Section II(B) above.
 
(2)
PROXY VOTING AND DISCLOSURE POLICY OF THE ADVISER
 
Stringer Asset Management (“SAM”) has been delegated by many clients the authority to vote all proxies relating to securities held within the accounts managed by the Firm. In accordance with Rule 206(4)-6, the Firm has adopted and implemented written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that SAM votes client securities in the best interest of clients and strives to keep all votes free from any inappropriate influences or material conflicts. The Firm exercises voting responsibilities in a method that we believe is most likely to increase the value of the securities within the portfolio.

The Firm utilizes a third party proxy voting service, which includes electronic voting services and research. SAM conducts its own proxy research by reading the proxies and proposals for each security while using third party research as a guide.

Unless specified otherwise by the client, SAM will vote all proxies according to the Firm’s internal voting policies. If a client wishes to have the Firm vote proxies based on other specific proxy voting guidelines, the client must request this in writing.

Proxy Voting Procedures

r Research Analysts are responsible for monitoring proxy votes and ensuring that (i) proxies are received and forwarded to the appropriate decision makers; and (ii) proxies are voted in a timely manner upon receipt of voting instructions. SAM is not responsible for voting proxies it does not receive but will make reasonable efforts to obtain missing proxies.
 
r Proxy voting decisions will be determined by a Research Analyst for each account. Issues not covered by these guidelines or any deviations from these guidelines must be discussed with and reviewed by one of the Portfolio Managers.
 
r Research Analysts may determine not to vote a particular proxy, if the costs and burdens exceed the benefits of voting.
 
 
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PART C

FORM N-1A

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 28.
Exhibits
 
 
(a)(1)
Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Trust Instrument”).1
 
 
(a)(2)
Certificate of Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust.5
 
 
(b)
By-Laws. 1
 
 
(c)
Articles III, V, and VI of the Trust Instrument, Exhibit 28(a)(1) hereto, defines the rights of holders of the securities being registered.  (Certificates for shares are not issued.)
 
 
(d)(1)
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Matrix 360 Advisor, LLC with respect to the USX China Fund. 5
 
 
(d)(2)
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Snow Capital Management L.P. (“Snow Capital”) with respect to the Snow Capital Focused Value Fund, the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund, the Snow Capital Market Plus Fund, the Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund, the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund and the Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Snow Capital Funds”) , filed herewith.
 
 
(d)(3)
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Stringer Asset Management, LLC with respect to the Stringer Growth Fund, filed herewith.
 
 
(e)(1)
Distribution Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the USX China Fund, and Matrix Capital Group, Inc. (“Distributor”). 2
 
 
(e)(2)
Distribution Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Snow Capital Funds, and the Distributor, filed herewith.
 
 
(e)(3)
Distribution Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Stringer Fund, and the Distributor, filed herewith.
 
 
(f)
Not Applicable.
 
 
(g)(1)
Custodian Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the USX China Fund and the Stringer Growth Fund, and Fifth Third Bank, filed herewith.
 
 
(g)(2)
Custodian Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Snow Capital Funds, and US Bank, filed herewith.
 
 
(h)(1)
Investment Company Services Agreement between the Registrant, on behalf of the USX China Fund, and Matrix 360 Administration, LLC, as Administrator. 5
 
 
(h)(2)
Investment Company Services Agreement between the Registrant, on behalf of the Snow Capital Funds, and Matrix 360 Administration, LLC, as Administrator, filed herewith.
 
 
 

 
 
 
(h)(3)
Investment Company Services Agreement between the Registrant, on behalf of the Stringer Growth Fund, and Matrix 360 Administration, LLC, as Administrator, filed herewith.
 
 
(h)(4)
Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the USX China Fund, and Matrix 360 Advisor, LLC.5
 
 
(h)(5)
Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Snow Capital Funds, and Snow Capital, filed herewith.
 
 
(h)(6)
Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Stringer Growth Fund, and Stringer Asset Management, LLC, filed herewith.
 
 
(i)
Opinion and Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP regarding the legality of securities registered with respect to the USX China Fund.2
 
 
(j)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, filed herewith.
 
 
(k) 
Not applicable.
 
 
(l) 
Initial Subscription Agreement.2
 
 
(m)(1)
Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 for the USX China Fund.2
 
 
(m)(2)
Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 for the Snow Capital Funds, filed herewith.
 
 
(m)(3)
Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 for the Stringer Growth Fund, filed herewith.
 
 
(n)(1)
Rule 18f-3 Plan for the USX China Fund.3
 
 
(n)(2)
Rule 18f-3 Plan for the Snow Capital Funds, filed herewith.
 
 
(n)(3)
Rule 18f-3 Plan for the Stringer Growth Fund, filed herewith.
 
 
(o)
Reserved.
 
 
(p)(1)
Code of Ethics for the Registrant. 2
 
 
(p)(2)
Code of Ethics for Matrix 360 Advisor, LLC. 5
 
 
(p)(3)
Code of Ethics for Snow Capital, filed herewith.
 
 
(p)(4)
Code of Ethics for Stringer Asset Management, LLC, filed herewith.
 
 
(p)(5)
Code of Ethics for the Distributor. 4
 
 
(q)
Copy of Powers of Attorney. 5
 
1
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed March 14, 2005.
 
 
 

 
 
2
Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed June 13, 2005.

3
Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed July 22, 2005.

4
Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed August 21, 2008.

5
Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed August 26, 2011.

ITEM 29.
Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Registrant
 
No person is controlled by or under common control with the Registrant.
 
ITEM 30.
Indemnification
 
Under Delaware law, Section 3817 of the Treatment of Delaware Statutory Trusts empowers Delaware business trusts to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee or beneficial owner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject to such standards and restrictions as may be set forth in the governing instrument of the business trust.  The Registrant's Trust Instrument contains the following provisions:

Section 2.  Indemnification and Limitation of Liability.  The Trustees shall not be responsible or liable in any event for any neglect or wrong-doing of any officer, agent, employee, Manager or Principal Underwriter of the Trust, nor shall any Trustee be responsible for the act or omission of any other Trustee, and, as provided in Section 3 of this Article VII, the Trust out of its assets shall indemnify and hold harmless each and every Trustee and officer of the Trust from and against any and all claims, demands, costs, losses, expenses, and damages whatsoever arising out of or related to such Trustee's performance of his or her duties as a Trustee or officer of the Trust; provided that nothing herein contained shall indemnify, hold harmless or protect any Trustee or officer from or against any liability to the Trust or any Shareholder to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.
 
Section 3.  Indemnification.
 
 
 
(a)
Subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in Subsection (b) below:
 
(i)           every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or an officer, employee or agent of the Trust (including any individual who serves at its request as director, officer, partner, trustee or the like of another organization in which it has any interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise) (“Covered Person”) shall be indemnified by the Trust or the appropriate Series to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his being or having been a Covered Person and against amounts paid or incurred by him in the settlement thereof; and
 
(ii)           as used herein, the words “claim,” “action,” “suit,” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal or other, including appeals),
 
 
 

 
 
actual or threatened, and the words “liability” and “expenses” shall include, without limitation, attorneys, fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.
 
 
(b)
No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered Person:
 
(i)           who shall have been adjudicated by a court or body before which the proceeding was brought (A) to be liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office, or (B) not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Trust; or
 
(ii)           in the event the matter is not adjudicated by a court or other appropriate body, unless there has been a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office: by at least a majority of those Trustees who are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor are parties to the matter based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), or by written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry).
 
(c)        The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of a Covered Person.
 
(d)        To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, expenses incurred in defending any proceeding may be advanced by the Trust before the disposition of the proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person that such amount will be paid over by him to the Trust or applicable Series if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification under this Section; provided, however, that either a majority of the Trustees who are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor parties to the matter, or independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall have determined, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that there is reason to believe that such Covered Person will not be disqualified from indemnification under this Section.
 
(e)        Any repeal or modification of this Article VII by the Shareholders, or adoption or modification of any other provision of the Declaration or By-laws inconsistent with this Article, shall be prospective only, to the extent that such repeal, or modification would, if applied retrospectively, adversely affect any limitation on the liability of any Covered Person or indemnification available to any Covered Person with respect to any act or omission which occurred prior to such repeal, modification or adoption.
 
In addition, the Registrant has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to each series’ respective investment adviser and a Distribution Agreement with its Distributor. These agreements provide indemnification for those entities and their affiliates.  Personnel of certain investment advisers to the trust and the Distributor may serve as trustees and officers of the Trust.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Trust Instrument or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and, therefore, is unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, officers or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered,
 
 
 

 
 
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.
 
ITEM 31.
Business and other Connections of the Investment Advisers
 
The descriptions of Snow Capital and Stringer Asset Management, LLC are found under the caption of “Management” in the respective Prospectuses and under the caption “Management and Administration” in the respective Statements of Additional Information constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated by reference herein.  The description of Matrix 360 Advisor, LLC is found under the caption of “Management” in the Prospectus and under the caption “Management and Administration” in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of the Trust’s Registration Statement dated August 28, 2012, which is incorporated by reference herein.
 
These investment advisers may provide investment advisory services to other persons or entities other than the Registrant.
 
ITEM 32.
Principal Underwriter
 
(a)       The principal underwriter and distributor for The USX China Fund, the Snow Capital Funds and the Stringer Growth Fund is Matrix Capital Group, Inc. Other funds for which this distributor acts as principal underwriter, depositor or investment adviser include AMIDEX Funds, Inc., Congressional Effect Family of Funds, Epiphany Family of Funds and Monteagle Funds.
 
 
(b)
Set forth below is information concerning each Director and Officer of the Distributor.
 
(1)
(2)
(3)
 
Name and Address
Position and Offices
With Underwriter
Positions and Offices
with Registrant
Christopher F. Anci
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 601
New York, NY  10170
Chief Executive Officer
Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
     
Jennifer Sarkany
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 601
New York, NY 10170
Secretary
None
     
David F. Ganley
630 Fitzwatertown Road
Building A, 2nd Floor
Willow Grove, PA  19010-1904
Senior Vice President – Mutual Fund Services
Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer & Secretary
 
 
(c)
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 33.
Location of Accounts and Records
 
Registrant maintains the records required to be maintained by it under Rules 31a-1(a), 31a-1(b) and 31a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 at its principal executive offices at 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 601, New York, NY  10170, except for those records that may be maintained pursuant to Rule 31a-3 at the offices of Registrant's Custodian, Fifth Third Bank, 38 Fountain Square
 
 
 

 
 
Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio 45263; and Registrant’s Administrator and Transfer Agent, Matrix 360 Administration, LLC, 630 Fitzwatertown Road, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19044.
 
Such records may also be maintained with the investment advisers to the respective series of the Registrant:
 
Matrix 360 Advisor, LLC, 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 601, New York, NY  10170
 
Snow Capital Management, L.P., 2000 Georgetowne Drive, Suite 200, Sewickley, PA 15143
 
Stringer Asset Management, LLC, 6000 Poplar Avenue, Suite 250, Memphis, TN 38119
 
ITEM 34.
Management Services
 
None.
 
ITEM 35.
Undertakings
 
None.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City and State of New York on the 27th day of March 2013.
 
 
The USX China Fund
       
 
By:
/s/ Christopher Anci
 
   
Christopher Anci, President and Trustee
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

*
 
March 27, 2013
Art Falk, Trustee
 
Date
     
*
 
March 27, 2013
Thomas Krausz, Trustee
 
Date
     
*
 
March 27, 2013
Tom M. Wirtshafter, Trustee
 
Date
     
/s/ Christopher Anci
 
March 27, 2013
Christopher Anci, Trustee and President
 
Date
     
/s/ David Ganley
 
March 27, 2013
David Ganley, Treasurer
 
Date
     
     
*  By:
/s/ Christopher Anci
 
March 27, 2013
Christopher Anci, Attorney-in-Fact
 
Date

 
 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
(FOR POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT)

 
EXHIBIT NO.
UNDER PART C
OF FORM N-1A
NAME OF EXHIBIT
 
(d)(2)
 
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Snow Capital Management L.P. (“Snow Capital”) with respect to the Snow Capital Focused Value Fund, the Snow Capital Hedged Equity Fund, the Snow Capital Market Plus Fund, the Snow Capital Inflation Advantaged Equities Fund, the Snow Capital Dividend Plus Fund and the Snow Capital Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Snow Capital Funds”)
 
(d)(3)
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Stringer Asset Management, LLC with respect to the Stringer Growth Fund
 
(e)(2)
Distribution Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Snow Capital Funds, and the Distributor
 
(e)(3)
Distribution Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Stringer Fund, and the Distributor
 
(g)(1)
Custodian Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the USX China Fund and the Stringer Growth Fund, and Fifth Third Bank
 
(g)(2)
Custodian Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Snow Capital Funds, and US Bank
 
(h)(2)
Investment Company Services Agreement between the Registrant, on behalf of the Snow Capital Funds, and Matrix 360 Administration, LLC, as Administrator
 
(h)(3)
Investment Company Services Agreement between the Registrant, on behalf of the Stringer Growth Fund, and Matrix 360 Administration, LLC, as Administrator
 
(h)(5)
Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Snow Capital Funds, and Snow Capital
 
(h)(6)
Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Stringer Growth Fund
 
(j)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
(m)(2)
Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 for the Snow Capital Funds
 
(m)(3)
Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 for the Stringer Growth Fund
 
(n)(2)
Rule 18f-3 Plan for the Snow Capital Funds
 
(n)(3)
Rule 18f-3 Plan for the Stringer Growth Fund
 
(p)(3)
Code of Ethics for Snow Capital
 
(p)(4)
Code of Ethics for Stringer Asset Management