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EIC VALUE FUND
Portfolio of Investments
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited)
  Number
of Shares
  Value
COMMON STOCKS — 89.0%
Basic Materials — 3.1%
Barrick Gold Corp.    203,325   $  3,171,870
PPG Industries, Inc.     34,565     4,875,048
        8,046,918
Communications — 13.1%
AT&T, Inc.    572,300    10,123,987
Cisco Systems, Inc.     77,025     3,865,114
Expedia Group, Inc.*     33,400     4,954,222
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A*     11,015     4,297,392
Verizon Communications, Inc.    248,885    10,540,280
       33,780,995
Consumer, Cyclical — 5.6%
Dollar General Corp.     41,780     5,517,885
Dollar Tree, Inc.*     36,675     4,790,488
Honda Motor Co. Ltd., SP ADR    122,780     4,111,902
       14,420,275
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 19.1%
GSK PLC, SP ADR    230,951     9,108,707
Ingredion, Inc.     59,960     6,449,897
Johnson & Johnson      5,352       850,433
Kenvue, Inc.    354,839     7,366,458
Medtronic PLC     92,725     8,117,146
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*    103,175     6,329,786
Sanofi, ADR    122,255     6,100,525
Unilever PLC, SP ADR    105,500     5,136,795
       49,459,747
Energy — 9.7%
Coterra Energy, Inc.    275,913     6,864,715
Shell PLC, ADR     64,125     4,034,104
TotalEnergies SE, SP ADR    102,675     6,692,357
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)    214,350     7,429,371
       25,020,547
Financial — 27.3%
AGNC Investment Corp., REIT    436,315     4,136,266
American Express Co.     23,805     4,778,616
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     95,890     6,033,399
Globe Life, Inc.     48,388     5,943,014
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     88,575     7,702,482
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.*     26,260     4,649,596
NNN REIT, Inc.     90,925     3,667,914
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     45,813     6,927,384
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     25,475     5,384,396
  Number
of Shares
  Value
COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)
Financial — (Continued)
Truist Financial Corp.    148,392   $  5,499,407
US Bancorp    180,040     7,478,862
Wells Fargo & Co.    166,800     8,370,024
       70,571,360
Industrial — 6.2%
General Dynamics Corp.     24,605     6,520,079
Oshkosh Corp.     42,500     4,679,250
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     34,640     4,915,416
       16,114,745
Technology — 1.7%
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     72,175     4,493,616
Utilities — 3.2%
National Fuel Gas Co.    108,025     5,094,459
PPL Corp.    117,050     3,066,710
        8,161,169
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $170,525,158)
    230,069,372
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 11.8%
Money Market Fund — 11.8%
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Treasury Securities Money Market Fund, Hamilton Shares 5.25%(a) 30,493,287    30,493,287
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT
(Cost $30,493,287)
     30,493,287
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.8%
(Cost $201,018,445)
    260,562,659
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS - (0.8)%      (1,968,271)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%     $258,594,388

* Non-income producing.
(a) Rate disclosed is the 7-day yield at January 31, 2024.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
PLC Public Limited Company
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
SP ADR Sponsored American Depository Receipt
 
See accompanying Notes to the Quarterly Portfolio of Investments.
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EIC VALUE FUND
Notes to the Quarterly Portfolio of Investments
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited)
A. Portfolio Valuation:
Portfolio Valuation – The EIC Value Fund’s (the "Fund") net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued at their closing sale or official closing price. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). Securities that do not have a readily available current market value are valued in good faith by the Adviser as "valuation designee" under the oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments. The Adviser has adopted written policies and procedures for valuing securities and other assets in circumstances where market quotes are not readily available. In the event that market quotes are not readily available, and the security or asset cannot be valued pursuant to one of the valuation methods, the value of the security or asset will be determined in good faith by the Adviser pursuant to its policies and procedures. On a quarterly basis, the Adviser’s fair valuation determinations will be reviewed by the Trust’s Board of Trustees.
Fair Value Measurements The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:
•  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;
• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and
•  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Transfers in and out are recognized at the value at the end of the period.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2024, in valuing the Fund's investments carried at fair value:
  Total
Value at
01/31/24
  Level 1
Quoted
Prices
  Level 2
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Assets              
Common Stocks* $230,069,372   $230,069,372   $   $
Short-Term Investments* 30,493,287   30,493,287    
Total Assets $260,562,659   $260,562,659   $  $

* Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for further details on portfolio holdings.
At the end of each quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third-party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.
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EIC VALUE FUND
Notes to the Quarterly Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)
January 31, 2024
(Unaudited)
Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or are otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.
For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that present changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 3 are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.
For the period ended January 31, 2024, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.
For more information with regard to significant accounting policies, see the most recent semi-annual or annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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