N-CSR 1 baf-ncsra.htm BROWN ADVISORY FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT 6-30-23

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES




Investment Company Act file number:  (811-22708)



Brown Advisory Funds
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)



901 South Bond Street Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 21231
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Paul J. Chew
Principal Executive Officer
Brown Advisory Funds
901 South Bond Street Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 21231
 (Name and address of agent for service)


(410) 537-5400
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end: June 30



Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2023




Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

(a)
The registrant’s annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), is as follows:








ANNUAL REPORT


June 30, 2023


Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund

Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund

Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund

Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund

Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund

Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund

Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund

Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund

Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund

Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund

Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund

Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund

Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund

Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund

Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
1
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
5
Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
9
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
13
Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
17
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
21
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
26
Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
29
Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund
33
Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
37
Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund
41
Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
45
Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
50
Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
57
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
62
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
68
Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
73
Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
83
Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
87
Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
91
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
95
Statements of Operations
100
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
105
Financial Highlights
115
Notes to Financial Statements
123
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
139
Additional Information
141










The views in the report contained herein were those of the Funds’ investment adviser, Brown Advisory LLC, or, for the sub-advised funds, of the respective sub-adviser, as of June 30, 2023 and may not reflect their views on the date this report is first published or anytime thereafter. This report may contain discussions about certain investments both held and not held in the portfolio as of June 30, 2023. All current and future holdings are subject to risk and are subject to change. While these views are intended to assist shareholders in understanding their investment in each Fund, they do not constitute investment advice, are not a guarantee of future performance and are not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security. Performance figures include the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS® is a service mark of MSCI, Inc. and S&P and has been licensed for use by the Administrator, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.
 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 
Absolute basis is to express as a fixed amount rather than referring to variable factors.
 
Absolute performance refers to the percentage rise or fall in the share price of a security over a stated period.
 
Absolute return refers to the percent amount that an asset rises or declines in value in a given period.
 
Alpha refers to the abnormal rate of return on a security or portfolio in excess of what would be predicted by an equilibrium model like the capital asset pricing model (CAPM).
 
American Rescue Plan (ARP) is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, to speed up the United States’ recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing recession.
 
Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years.
 
Bloomberg Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index represents domestic taxable investment-grade bonds with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities and asset-backed securities with average maturities and durations in the intermediate range. This index represents a sector of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index.
 
Bloomberg Mortgage Backed Securities Index is a market value-weighted index which covers the mortgage-backed securities component of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. The index is composed of agency mortgage-backed passthrough securities of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) with a minimum $150 million par amount outstanding and a weighted-average maturity of at least 1 year. The index includes reinvestment of income.
 
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market.  The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS, ABS and CMBS.
 
Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Index measures the US Dollar denominated, high-yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market.
 
Basis point(s) (bps) is a unit that is equal to 1/100th of 1%, and is used to denote the change in a financial instrument. The basis point is commonly used for calculating changes in interest rates, equity indexes and the yield of a fixed-income security. 1% is equal to 100 basis points.
 
Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole.
 
Book value is the net asset value of a company, calculated by total assets minus intangible assets (patents, goodwill) and liabilities.
 
CAPEX, or capital expenditures, are funds used by a company to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment. It is often used to undertake new projects or investments by the firm. This type of outlay is also made by companies to maintain or increase the scope of their operations.
 
Cash flow measures the cash generating capability of a company by adding non-cash charges (e.g. depreciation) and interest expense to pretax income.
 
Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food, and medical care. It is calculated by taking price changes for each item in the predetermined basket of goods and averaging them.
 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), also known as the CARES Act, is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 116th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
 
Correlation is a statistical measurement of how two securities move in relation to each other.
 
Credit spread is the difference in yield between a U.S. Treasury bond and another debt security of the same maturity but different credit quality. Credit spreads between U.S. Treasuries and other bond issuances are measured in basis points, with a 1% difference in yield equal to a spread of 100 basis points.
 
Dividend Yield is a financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. In the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock.
 
Downside Capture is a statistical measure of a fund’s performance in down markets. For example, a fund with downside capture of 90% would only have declined 90% as much as the related index during the same down market period.
 
Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income investment to a change in interest rates. Duration is expressed as a number of years.
 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 
Duration contribution equals the spread duration, or the measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond or other debt instrument to a change in interest rates, of a security or market segment multiplied by the size of the allocation to it.
 
Earnings growth is a measure of growth in a company’s net income over a specific period, often one year. The term can apply to actual data from previous periods or estimated data for future periods.
 
Earnings per share (EPS) is calculated by taking the total earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding.
 
Earnings Yield is the earnings per share for the most recent 12-month period divided by the current market price per share. The earnings yield shows the percentage of each dollar invested in the stock that was earned by the company.
 
EBITDA is the Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. An approximate measure of a company’s operating cash flow based on data from the company’s income statement.
 
Enterprise Value (EV) is a measure of a company’s value, often used as an alternative to straightforward market capitalization. Enterprise Value is calculated as market capitalization plus debt, minority interest and preferred shares, minus total cash and cash equivalents.
 
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is an evaluation of a firm’s collective conscientiousness for social and environmental factors. The criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. Environmental criteria consider how a company performs as a steward of nature. Social criteria examine how it manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. Governance deals with a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights.
 
FTSE All-World Index is a market capitalization weighted index representing the performance of large and mid-capitalization stocks from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series.
 
FTSE Emerging Index is a market capitalization weighted index representing the performance of over 790 large and mid-capitalization companies in 22 emerging markets.
 
Forward price to earnings ratio uses forecasted earnings, rather than current earnings, to calculate the price to earnings ratio.
 
Free Cash Flow is the operating cash flows (net income plus amortization and depreciation) minus capital expenditures and dividends. Free cash flow is the amount of cash that a company has left over after it has paid all of its expenses, including investments.
 
Free Cash Flow (FCF) Conversion represents the cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets. Unlike earnings or net income, free cash flow is a measure of profitability that excludes the non-cash expenses of the income statement and includes spending on equipment and assets as well as changes in working capital from the balance sheet.
 
Free Cash Flow (FCF) Yield is a financial ratio that compares the free cash flow per share a company is expected to earn against its market value per share. The ratio is calculated by taking the free cash flow per share divided by the current share price.
 
Global Financial Crisis refers to the financial crisis of 2007-2008, which was a severe worldwide economic crisis. Prior to the COVID-19 recession in 2020, it was considered by many economists to have been the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.
 
Government agency residential mortgage-backed security is an instrument whose principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a government agency such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
 
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the monetary value of all the goods and services produced by an economy over a specified period. It includes consumption, government purchases, investments, and exports minus imports.
 
ICE BofAML 0-3 Month US Treasury Bill Index is a subset of the ICE BofAML US Treasury Bill Index and includes all securities with a remaining term to final maturity less than 3 months.
 
Inflation rate refers to the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time. Inflation is typically a broad measure, such as the overall increase in prices or the increase in the cost of living in a country.
 
Internal rate of return (IRR) is a metric used in financial analysis to estimate the profitability of potential investments. IRR is a discount rate that makes the net present value (NPV) of all cash flows equal to zero in a discounted cash flow analysis.
 
Mandatory convertible is a bond issued by a company which must be converted into shares to common stock on or before a specific date.
 
Meme stocks are stocks that see dramatic price increases, mostly fueled by people on social media (primarily Reddit, Twitter and Tik Tok). These stocks rarely have company fundamentals that back the rise in price and are often highly volatile.
 
Mortgage-backed security (MBS) is an investment similar to a bond that is made up of a bundle of home loans bought from the banks that issued them. Investors in MBS receive periodic payments similar to bond coupon payments.
 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index is an index that captures large and mid cap representation across Developed Markets countries (excluding the US) and Emerging Markets countries.  The index covers the majority of the global equity opportunity set outside the US.
 
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the large- and mid-cap segments of certain developed markets and global emerging markets countries.
 
MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.
 
MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure small cap equity market performance in the global emerging markets.
 
MSCI Europe Index is an index that captures large and mid cap representation across 15 developed market countries in Europe.
 
Net present value (NPV) is the difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time. NPV is used in capital budgeting and investment planning to analyze the profitability of a projected investment or project.
 
90% active share is an active share that was developed to quantify the degree of active management and measures the fraction of portfolio (based on position weights) that differs from the benchmark index.  A portfolio with an active share of more than 60% is considered actively managed. Therefore, a 90% active share portfolio significantly differs from its index.
 
Positive Convexity is a measure describing the sensitivity of a bond’s duration to changes in yield where a fall in yields leads to a greater increase in price than price declines due to an increase in yields providing downside protection for investors.
 
Price to Book Value Ratio (P/B) is ratio used to compare a stock’s market value to its book value. It is calculated by dividing the current closing price of the stock by the latest quarter’s book value per share.
 
Price to earnings ratio (P/E) is a common tool for comparing the prices of different common stocks and is calculated by dividing the current market price of a stock by the earnings per share.
 
Quantitative Easing is an expansionary monetary policy implemented by a central bank aiming to increase the money supply and decrease interest rates by buying bonds in order to inject liquidity into the economy.
 
Relative performance measures how a stock is performing relative to a specific market or index.
 
Return of Capital (ROC) is a return from an investment that is not considered income. The return of capital is when some or all of the money an investor has in an investment is paid back to him or her, thus decreasing the value of the investment.
 
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is a financial ratio that measures a company’s profitability and the efficiency with which its capital is employed. Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is calculated as:  ROCE = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) / Capital Employed.
 
Return on Equity (ROE) is the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.
 
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is a calculation used to assess a company’s efficiency at allocating the capital under its control to profitable investments. ROIC is typically calculated by taking a company’s net income, subtracting dividends the company paid out and dividing that amount by the company’s total capital.
 
Risk-adjusted return refers to a calculation of the profit or potential profit from an investment that takes into account the degree of risk that must be accepted in order to achieve it. The risk is usually measured in comparison to U.S. Treasuries.
 
Russell Midcap Growth Index measures the performance of the mid-capitalization growth sector of the U.S. equity market.
 
Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price to book value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price to book value ratios and lower expected growth values.
 
Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with higher price to book value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index.
 
Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with lower price to book value ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
 
Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 
S&P 500 Index (“S&P 500”) is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks.
 
Securitized credit refers to the transformation of illiquid, nonmarketed assets into liquid, marketable assets, or in other words, securities.
 
Sell-side research is investment research issued by an investment bank or brokerage firm that is circulated to the firm’s clients. The ultimate outcome of the research is to provide a report including a set of financial estimates, a price target, and a recommendation of a stock’s expected performance.
 
Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the extent to which returns of an asset vary from its average.
 
Sustainable Business Advantage Drivers (SBA Drivers) refers to characteristic determined to help drive material value for customers and meaningful differentiation versus peers, as well as strong ESG risk management.
 
Tangible Book Value (“TBV”) is a valuation ratio expressing the price of a security compared to its hard, or tangible, book value as reported in the company’s balance sheet. The tangible book value number is equal to the company’s total book value less the value of any intangible assets.
 
Tier 1 Capital Ratio is a comparison between a banking firm’s core equity capital and total risk-weighted assets. A firm’s core equity capital is known as its Tier 1 capital and is the measure of a bank’s financial strength based on the sum of its equity capital and disclosed reserves, and sometimes non-redeemable, non-cumulative preferred stock. A firm’s risk-weighted assets include all assets that the firm holds that are systematically weighted for credit risk. Central banks typically develop the weighting scale for different asset classes, such as cash and coins, which have zero risk, versus a letter or credit, which carries more risk.
 
Turnover refers to a fund buying or selling securities. (The fund “turns over” its portfolio.) A fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities. Additionally, a higher turnover rate may result in higher taxes when the fund shares are held in a taxable account.
 
Yield concessions is when an investor gives up some yield by buying a lower yielding bond that if one were to invest in a higher yielding bond.
 
Yield Curve is a line that plots the yields of securities having equal credit quality but different maturity dates.
 
Yield Spread is the difference between yields on differing securities, calculated by deducting the yield of one security from another.
 
The broad based market indexes referenced in the following management commentaries are considered representative of their indicated market, the indexes are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of fees, such as, investment management and fund accounting fees, or taxes associated with a mutual fund. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 20.22% in value. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 27.11%.
 
The market has thus far shrugged off several ongoing macroeconomic challenges, from banking turmoil in the U.S., a debt ceiling crisis, and the Fed’s continued effort to tamp down inflation. Despite these economic headwinds, U.S. growth stocks posted strong absolute returns, mostly driven by a subset of mega-cap companies (a consistent trend in recent quarters; year-to-date more than 70% of the Index’s return came from the 10 largest constituents by market capitalization).
 
This narrow market leadership has pushed the Index into historic territory. As of the end of the period, the top 10 companies represented 53% of our benchmark, the highest percentage in its history. The information technology sector, according to GICS, is now 43% of the benchmark, just shy of the peak of the technology bubble in the late 1990s. While these dynamics have created a challenging environment from a relative performance perspective, our Fund’s companies have executed well, fundamentally.
 
From a sector perspective, information technology and communication services were the largest detractors to relative performance during the period. While the portfolio’s information technology stocks, on average, returned more than 40% during the period, our underweight to the sector was the primary driver of relative underperformance. Match Group, the online dating provider, has underperformed during the period due to macroeconomic uncertainties, foreign exchange headwinds and management team changes. The new management team is relentlessly focused on Tinder, the company’s largest and most profitable brand, and ensuring that profitability is optimized across its user base, something we expect to benefit the company in the back half of this year.
 
Health care and consumer discretionary were the largest positive contributing sectors to relative performance during the period. Intuitive Surgical, the provider of advanced robotic-surgical solutions and longest held name in the Fund, was a top contributor to absolute performance during the period. The company recently reported impressive results across geographies and raised guidance for the remainder of the fiscal year. The company’s procedure growth of 26% significantly exceeded Wall Street consensus estimates of 14%.
 
While the concentration in the benchmark (and in U.S. equities generally) has made it challenging to outperform, we are generally pleased with our companies’ fundamental execution. We hope that the month of June, where fundamentals mattered more than market cap, compared to recent months, is indicative of what to expect over the coming quarters.
 
Sincerely,
 
Kenneth M. Stuzin, CFA
Portfolio Manager





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Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
Investments in smaller and medium capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets.
 
The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.




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Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against broad-based securities market indices. The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price to book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The S&P 500 Index is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks. The indexes are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 



PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
     
Information Technology
 
30.5%
Health Care
 
21.2%
Financials
 
9.8%
Consumer Discretionary
 
8.7%
Industrials
 
8.2%
Consumer Staples
 
6.8%
Communication Services
 
5.6%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
3.1%
Real Estate
 
2.9%
Money Market Funds
 
2.1%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
1.1%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
20.22%
10.93%
12.41%
Investor Shares
20.03%
10.76%
12.25%
Advisor Shares
19.76%
10.49%
11.97%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
27.11%
15.14%
15.74%
S&P 500 Index
19.59%
12.31%
12.86%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.66%
0.81%
1.06%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.66%
0.81%
1.06%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/growth-equity-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 93.7%
     
       
Communication Services — 5.6%
     
 
775,983
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*
   
93,870,664
 
 
1,164,379
 
Match Group, Inc.*
   
48,729,261
 
           
142,599,925
 
Consumer Discretionary — 8.7%
       
 
758,537
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*
   
98,882,883
 
 
1,352,463
 
Chewy, Inc.*
   
53,381,715
 
 
183,523
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*
   
69,463,455
 
           
221,728,053
 
Consumer Staples — 6.8%
       
 
169,406
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.
   
91,204,802
 
 
410,842
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
   
80,681,152
 
           
171,885,954
 
Financials — 9.8%
       
 
243,875
 
MasterCard, Inc.
   
95,916,038
 
 
519,633
 
Progressive Corp.
   
68,783,820
 
 
206,688
 
S&P Global, Inc.
   
82,859,152
 
           
247,559,010
 
Health Care — 21.2%
       
 
174,666
 
Align Technology, Inc.*
   
61,768,884
 
 
427,080
 
DexCom, Inc.*
   
54,884,051
 
 
861,137
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
81,231,053
 
 
337,006
 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*
   
115,235,832
 
 
166,916
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
87,088,423
 
 
343,242
 
Veeva Systems, Inc.*
   
67,869,241
 
 
407,274
 
Zoetis, Inc.
   
70,136,655
 
           
538,214,139
 
Industrials — 8.2%
       
 
144,694
 
Cintas Corp.
   
71,924,493
 
 
452,644
 
Generac Holdings, Inc.*
   
67,502,800
 
 
319,437
 
IDEX Corp.
   
68,762,009
 
           
208,189,302
 
Information Technology — 30.5%
       
 
173,558
 
Adobe, Inc.*
   
84,868,126
 
 
376,288
 
Atlassian Corp.*
   
63,144,889
 
 
344,401
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
70,467,889
 
 
213,697
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
97,913,829
 
 
347,332
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
118,280,439
 
 
284,475
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
120,338,615
 
 
330,127
 
NXP Semiconductors NV
   
67,570,394
 
 
210,858
 
ServiceNow, Inc.*
   
118,495,870
 
 
530,027
 
Shopify, Inc.*
   
34,239,744
 
           
775,319,795
 
Real Estate — 2.9%
       
 
829,901
 
CoStar Group, Inc.*
   
73,861,189
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,412,241,143)
   
2,379,357,367
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.1%
       
 
337,947
 
SBA Communications Corp.
   
78,322,597
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $48,355,046)
   
78,322,597
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 2.1%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 2.1%
       
 
51,949,309
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
51,949,309
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $51,949,309)
   
51,949,309
 
Total Investments — 98.9% (Cost $1,512,545,498)
   
2,509,629,273
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.1%
   
29,102,233
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
2,538,731,506
 

*
Non-income producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.


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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2023 the Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) returned 21.24%. During the same period, the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, returned 19.59%.
 
While outperformance over the course of a year is always welcome, we remind shareholders that our focus remains on longer-term investment horizons. It is interesting to note that more recently, the market’s strong performance has been primarily driven by some of the largest companies within the S&P 500 Index. These companies now have more sway on the returns as the Index has become top heavy with the ten largest companies accounting for nearly 30% of the market value.
 
The U.S. equity markets have demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of various concerns looming over the economy. Investors thus far have successfully overcome worries regarding a slowing economy, prominent bank failures, a weaker than expected China recovery, the possibility of a policy error by the Fed, and the risk of a U.S. default due to a political stalemate earlier in the year. As we stand today, the outlook remains uncertain, as is often the case. On one hand, a pessimistic view perceives the glass as half-empty as the money supply dwindles, consumers exhaust their excess savings, and potential commercial real estate losses pose a contagion risk. On the other hand, an optimistic investor recognizes the glass as half-full, with full employment, healthy consumer balance sheets and companies reporting robust quarterly results. Furthermore, the Fed’s hiking cycle may be nearing its end, and there is a possibility of rate cuts in the near future.
 
In the twelve-month period, communications services and financials sectors contributed the most to the portfolio’s return relative to the Index. Both had a larger weighting and a higher return than the Index. Information technology detracted the most from the results. While the return was strongly positive, both the return and the weighting were lower than the Index.
 
The largest contributors to returns in the twelve-month period were Microsoft, Meta, First Citizens BancShares, Apple and Booking Holdings. Meta (formerly known as Facebook) is particularly interesting as it illustrates stock prices getting disconnected from the underlying business value. Meta’s stock is the best performing stock in the portfolio as it has more than doubled this year, which is in stark contrast from the previous year when it was one of the biggest detractors to return in the portfolio. We had strong conviction that Meta’s business would recover from some of the challenges that had led to a situation of a ‘perfect storm’ for it in 2022. In fact, we had added to our position when the stock was lower and when Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed this year as the ‘year of efficiency’ and brought in more expense discipline to the company.
 
The biggest detractors were Avantor, SBA Communications, CarMax, Nomad Foods and Suncor Energy. Generally speaking, investors have shied away from businesses that are economically sensitive (e.g., Suncor) as well as from businesses that are more levered (e.g., SBA Communications) due to higher interest rate costs.  We see nothing wrong with most of these businesses and plan to continue to hold them, especially at these prices, viewing them as attractive outside of the short-term cyclical concerns.
 
Since our semi-annual report at the end of 2022, no holdings were eliminated and we added one new investment, Uber Technologies. Uber is a strong global consumer brand that has transformed rideshare. It has built a two-sided network of consumers and drivers at scale that is difficult to disrupt. In the past, our biggest reservation of investing in Uber was its mentality of growth regardless of cost. We believe Uber’s management is now focused on profitable growth for the long-term to drive value creation. We see tremendous potential for its free cash flow to grow from here if it can execute on its existing strategy and achieve its margin targets.
 
We look for investment bargains among long-term attractive businesses with shareholder-oriented managers – those with productive assets and productive managers. These businesses should have or develop competitive advantages that result in good business economics, managers who allocate capital well, capacity to adjust to changes in the world and the ability to grow business value over time. Bargains in these types of stocks can arise for various reasons, but are often due to short-term investor perceptions, temporary business challenges that should improve, company or industry changes for the better or as-yet-unrecognized potential for long-term growth and development. Despite the occasional investment that will go awry, and stretches when the general stock market, or our investment selection, is unrewarding, we are optimistic about the long-term outlook for equities of good businesses purchased at reasonable prices and our ability to find them.
 
Sincerely,
 
Maneesh Bajaj
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
Investments in smaller and medium-sized capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets.
 
The value of the Fund’s investments in REITS may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based securities market index. The S&P 500 Index (“Index”) is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
     
Financials
 
25.7%
Information Technology
 
21.0%
Health Care
 
13.3%
Communication Services
 
12.5%
Consumer Discretionary
 
11.7%
Industrials
 
7.3%
Energy
 
3.2%
Money Market Funds
 
2.6%
Consumer Staples
 
1.4%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
1.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.1%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
21.44%
12.11%
12.53%
Investor Shares
21.24%
11.94%
12.35%
Advisor Shares
20.93%
11.66%
12.07%
S&P 500 Index
19.59%
12.31%
12.86%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.53%
0.68%
0.93%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.53%
0.68%
0.93%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/flexible-equity-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 96.1%
     
       
Communication Services — 12.5%
     
 
128,683
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A*
   
15,403,355
 
 
213,558
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*
   
25,834,111
 
 
87,739
 
Meta Platforms, Inc.*
   
25,179,338
 
 
16,947
 
Netflix, Inc.*
   
7,464,984
 
 
191,307
 
Pinterest, Inc.*
   
5,230,334
 
 
67,270
 
T-Mobile US, Inc.*
   
9,343,803
 
           
88,455,925
 
Consumer Discretionary — 11.7%
       
 
179,168
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*
   
23,356,341
 
 
7,231
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.*
   
19,526,086
 
 
75,601
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*
   
6,989,312
 
 
148,080
 
CarMax, Inc.*
   
12,394,296
 
 
41,724
 
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
   
9,417,107
 
 
128,178
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
10,868,213
 
           
82,551,355
 
Consumer Staples — 1.4%
       
 
558,760
 
Nomad Foods, Ltd.*
   
9,789,475
 
         
Energy — 3.2%
       
 
314,876
 
Baker Hughes Co.
   
9,953,230
 
 
439,531
 
Suncor Energy, Inc.
   
12,887,049
 
           
22,840,279
 
Financials — 25.7%
       
 
36,675
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
12,181,968
 
 
473,107
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
13,573,440
 
 
86,537
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.*
   
29,509,117
 
 
63,313
 
Blackstone, Inc.
   
5,886,209
 
 
130,966
 
Charles Schwab Corp.
   
7,423,153
 
 
10,671
 
First Citizens BancShares, Inc.
   
13,695,695
 
 
90,354
 
Fiserv, Inc.*
   
11,398,157
 
 
331,539
 
KKR & Co., Inc.
   
18,566,184
 
 
87,556
 
MasterCard, Inc.
   
34,435,775
 
 
147,829
 
Visa, Inc.
   
35,106,431
 
           
181,776,129
 
Health Care — 13.3%
       
 
58,270
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
   
7,006,968
 
 
26,197
 
Align Technology, Inc.*
   
9,264,307
 
 
481,489
 
Avantor, Inc.*
   
9,889,784
 
 
201,057
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
18,965,707
 
 
33,760
 
Elevance Health, Inc.
   
14,999,230
 
 
78,890
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
9,103,117
 
 
51,141
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
24,580,410
 
           
93,809,523
 
Industrials — 7.3%
       
 
73,404
 
Canadian National Railway Co.
   
8,887,022
 
 
257,424
 
Carrier Global Corp.
   
12,796,547
 
 
92,297
 
Otis Worldwide Corp.
   
8,215,356
 
 
144,340
 
Uber Technologies, Inc.*
   
6,231,158
 
 
34,778
 
United Rentals, Inc.
   
15,489,078
 
           
51,619,161
 
Information Technology — 21.0%
       
 
32,057
 
Accenture PLC
   
9,892,149
 
 
24,510
 
Adobe, Inc.*
   
11,985,145
 
 
60,541
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
11,793,992
 
 
159,734
 
Apple, Inc.
   
30,983,604
 
 
31,297
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
14,339,973
 
 
153,623
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
52,314,776
 
 
171,889
 
Taiwan Semiconductor
       
     
  Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
   
17,347,038
 
           
148,656,677
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $302,226,838)
   
679,498,524
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.2%
       
 
37,241
 
SBA Communications Corp.
   
8,630,974
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $6,641,597)
   
8,630,974
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 2.6%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 2.6%
       
 
18,388,478
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
18,388,478
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $18,388,478)
   
18,388,478
 
Total Investments — 99.9% (Cost $327,256,913)
   
706,517,976
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%
   
673,698
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
707,191,674
 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
*
Non-income producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 10.87% in value. During the same period, the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 19.59%.
 
In recent months, the attention of investors seemed to shift rapidly and dramatically away from shorter-term economic concerns and toward the long-term growth potential of the emerging technology of Generative AI. This sudden shift and narrowing of investor enthusiasm seemed to crest during the spring, when a small cohort of very large, tech-related companies accounted for virtually all of the Index’s positive performance. During the springtime run-up, the vast majority of the Fund’s holdings meaningfully trailed the strong performance of the Index’s tech-related leaders.
 
The current narrow and bifurcated nature of the U.S. stock market is unusual, but it is certainly not unprecedented. Most recently in 2020, the Fund similarly trailed the Index during the market’s sharp recovery from its Covid-related lows. Some investors might also recall the market environment of the late 1990’s, when technology- and internet-related companies dominated all other possible investment options. Then as now, the type of defensive and income-oriented businesses favored by the Fund were largely overshadowed by the general fervor for other segments of the stock market.
 
Given the enthusiasm for AI, the information technology sector was by far the best performing sector for the Index over the past year. Unfortunately, the sector detracted from relative performance as the Fund’s holdings did not keep pace with the Index’s surging advance, despite strong performance from large holdings such as Microsoft and Apple. In particular, Microsoft has clearly benefited from the early excitement amongst investors. Through its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft is already integrating AI technology into many of its well-known software products.
 
In March, several of the Fund’s financial stocks were hit hard by the turbulence created by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Worries about deposit flight, uninsured deposits, accounting losses for owned securities, and the prospect of increased regulation battered the stock prices of many financial services companies, especially small- and mid-sized banks. The Fund added regional bank Truist Financial amidst the turmoil. Formed by the combination of Suntrust and BB&T a few years ago, Truist has a large presence in key Southeastern US markets and appears well-positioned to accelerate its business growth rate over the coming years.
 
The Fund also added Internet access and data transport services provider Cogent Communications during the same period. Cogent is a stable, well-managed business that caters primarily to corporate customers and has steadily grown its dividend over time. The company also has a history of executing savvy acquisitions, and its recent deal to acquire Sprint’s wireline assets from T-Mobile seems to fit that mold.
 
To make room for Truist and Cogent, the Fund exited investment manager T. Rowe Price Group and defense technologies provider L3Harris Technologies. T. Rowe Price’s near-term earnings growth has been hampered by persistent outflows from some of its largest funds, primarily several that are focused on large U.S. stocks. As for L3Harris, the company’s dividend growth rate has slowed recently as its strategic priorities have shifted toward acquisitions and higher research and development program investments.
 
While the large majority of the Fund’s holdings continued to increase their dividends over the past year, the rate of absolute dividend growth has noticeably slowed in recent months. This change may reflect the uncertain macroeconomic environment as management teams continue to adjust to operating in a world of higher inflation and interest rates.
 
While we anticipate a challenging investment backdrop for the remainder of 2023, we are nonetheless optimistic about finding opportunities in fundamentally strong businesses that are run by management teams who are committed to paying consistent dividends to shareholders. In the end, the Fund’s long-term goal is to build the best possible portfolio of investments offering above-average yields with strong potential for future growth at reasonable valuations.
 
Sincerely,
 
Brian Graney, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in foreign securities and ADRs entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Dividends are not guaranteed and a company’s future abilities to pay dividends may be limited. A company currently paying dividends may cease paying dividends at any time.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The S&P 500 Index (“Index”) is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 



PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
     
Information Technology
 
20.7%
Health Care
 
19.2%
Financials
 
15.0%
Consumer Discretionary
 
9.0%
Industrials
 
8.8%
Consumer Staples
 
7.2%
Materials
 
4.5%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
3.9%
Communication Services
 
3.5%
Energy
 
3.5%
Money Market Funds
 
3.1%
Utilities
 
1.9%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
(0.3)%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
10.95%
  9.37%
  9.19%
Investor Shares
10.87%
  9.22%
  9.03%
Advisor Shares
10.51%
  8.92%
  8.75%
S&P 500 Index
19.59%
12.31%
12.86%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.79%
0.94%
1.19%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.76%
0.91%
1.16%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/equity-income-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect. In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 92.7%
     
       
Communication Services — 3.5%
     
 
11,317
 
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
   
761,521
 
 
42,915
 
Comcast Corp.
   
1,783,118
 
           
2,544,639
 
Consumer Discretionary — 9.0%
       
 
12,619
 
Best Buy Co., Inc.
   
1,034,127
 
 
5,739
 
Home Depot, Inc.
   
1,782,763
 
 
6,327
 
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
   
1,428,004
 
 
7,698
 
McDonald’s Corp.
   
2,297,160
 
           
6,542,054
 
Consumer Staples — 7.2%
       
 
13,783
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
   
2,091,432
 
 
10,406
 
Target Corp.
   
1,372,551
 
 
32,912
 
Unilever PLC ADR
   
1,715,703
 
           
5,179,686
 
Energy — 3.5%
       
 
37,222
 
Baker Hughes Co.
   
1,176,587
 
 
79,285
 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
   
1,365,288
 
           
2,541,875
 
Financials — 14.4%
       
 
8,447
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
2,805,756
 
 
50,878
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
1,459,690
 
 
16,295
 
Blackstone, Inc.
   
1,514,946
 
 
8,977
 
Chubb Ltd.
   
1,728,611
 
 
12,676
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
1,843,597
 
 
36,070
 
Truist Financial Corp.
   
1,094,724
 
           
10,447,324
 
Health Care — 19.2%
       
 
14,912
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
2,009,094
 
 
2,159
 
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
   
569,998
 
 
21,216
 
CVS Health Corp.
   
1,466,662
 
 
15,603
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
   
1,202,523
 
 
4,033
 
Johnson & Johnson
   
667,542
 
 
17,136
 
Medtronic PLC
   
1,509,682
 
 
26,736
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
3,085,067
 
 
17,182
 
Novartis AG ADR
   
1,733,836
 
 
3,446
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
1,656,285
 
           
13,900,689
 
Industrials — 8.8%
       
 
10,395
 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
   
2,284,717
 
 
5,773
 
Cummins, Inc.
   
1,415,309
 
 
10,475
 
Otis Worldwide Corp.
   
932,380
 
 
9,749
 
United Parcel Service, Inc.
   
1,747,508
 
           
6,379,914
 
Information Technology — 20.7%
       
 
4,702
 
Accenture PLC
   
1,450,943
 
 
9,346
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
1,820,694
 
 
25,745
 
Apple, Inc.
   
4,993,758
 
 
31,264
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
1,617,599
 
 
15,073
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
5,132,960
 
           
15,015,954
 
Materials — 4.5%
       
 
15,822
 
Dow, Inc.
   
842,680
 
 
6,315
 
Linde PLC
   
2,406,520
 
           
3,249,200
 
Utilities — 1.9%
           
 
27,116
 
Dominion Energy, Inc.
   
1,404,338
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $35,300,075)
   
67,205,673
 
         
Preferred Stocks — 0.6%
       
             
Financials — 0.6%
       
 
6,373
 
KKR & Co., Inc. — Series C, 6.00%
   
421,255
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $331,644)
   
421,255
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.9%
       
 
6,350
 
American Tower Corp.
   
1,231,519
 
 
23,774
 
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable
       
     
  Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
   
594,350
 
 
15,546
 
W.P. Carey, Inc.
   
1,050,288
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $2,310,384)
   
2,876,157
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 3.1%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 3.1%
       
 
2,237,337
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
2,237,337
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,237,337)
   
2,237,337
 
Total Investments — 100.3% (Cost $40,179,440)
   
72,740,422
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)%
   
(209,520
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
72,530,902
 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased in value by 21.63%. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Growth Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 27.11%.
 
The past year has been volatile, with the market fluctuating between upswings and downswings on a nearly monthly cadence. While each quarter experienced a similar degree of volatility, the direction of the market shifted dramatically between the back half of 2022 and the first two quarters of 2023, with investor concerns about geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty giving way to optimism about gradually improving economic indicators, stronger-than-expected resilience in corporate earnings, and the potential of a paradigm shift in technology driven by artificial intelligence. Against the backdrop of an uncertain macro environment and a sharp market rotation, the strategy underperformed the benchmark due to unfavorable sector allocation and stock selection. From a sector allocation perspective, our underweight to communication services and lack of exposure to energy and consumer staples had positive contributions to relative returns but were not enough to offset the negative impact of our overweight to health care and underweight to information technology. Inclusive of stock selection and interaction, strong performance from our industrials and consumer discretionary names was outweighed by weakness in our health care and financial services names. The strategy’s large active weight in semiconductors was a key contributor to absolute returns during the period, as companies like Nvidia, Marvell, Monolithic Power and Cadence Design Systems benefited from investor enthusiasm about artificial intelligence.
 
Consistent with our historical approach during periods of market turbulence, we sought to take advantage of short-term dislocations to upgrade the portfolio via strategic trades that we believe will better position the portfolio for long-term success. Our valuation discipline is a key aspect of our fundamentally-driven approach that helps us identify companies that may be trading at a short-term discount relative to our view of their business model strengths and long-term upside/downside potential. This approach defined our trading activity over the past year, including the one new name that we initiated, the one stock we fully exited, and the 133 adjustments to position sizes that we made to existing holdings during the period. True to our “one in, one out” philosophy, we eliminated Enphase from the portfolio in the first quarter of 2023 in order to make room for Gartner, a company that we believe possesses a superior business model, stronger pricing power, and less downside risk. We also took advantage of strong share price appreciation by trimming a number of our top-performing names like Nvidia and Cadence,  in order to fund incremental additions to other high-conviction portfolio holdings that we believed were trading down on short-term weakness.
 
We remain fully invested and disciplined in our process of finding investment opportunities at the intersection of strong fundamentals, sustainable business advantages and attractive valuations. This philosophy has served us well over the last thirteen and a half years, and we believe it will continue to do so in the years ahead.
 
Sincerely,
 
David Powell, Karina Funk
Portfolio Managers
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
The Adviser assesses a company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) profile through conducting ESG research and leveraging engagement when appropriate through dialogue with company management teams as part of its fundamental due diligence process. The Adviser views ESG characteristics as material to fundamentals and seeks to understand their impact on companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund’s consideration of ESG characteristics as part of the investment process could cause it to make or avoid investments that could result in the Fund underperforming similar funds that do not take ESG characteristics into consideration.
 
Investments in smaller and medium-sized capitalization companies generally carry greater  risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
The value of the Fund’s investments in REITS may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Because the Fund’s ESG criteria exclude securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to the funds that do not use these criteria.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 1000® Growth Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price to book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 



PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Information Technology
 
39.2%
Health Care
 
21.2%
Consumer Discretionary
 
11.2%
Financials
 
10.8%
Industrials
 
6.3%
Communication Services
 
3.8%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
3.6%
Materials
 
2.0%
Money Market Funds
 
1.7%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.2%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
21.63%
14.78%
15.86%
Investor Shares
21.42%
14.60%
15.69%
Advisor Shares
21.14%
14.32%
15.39%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
27.11%
15.14%
15.74%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.63%
0.78%
1.03%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.63%
0.78%
1.03%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/sustainable-growth-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 94.5%
     
       
Communication Services — 3.8%
     
 
2,399,135
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A*
   
287,176,460
 
         
Consumer Discretionary — 11.2%
       
 
2,766,839
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*
   
360,685,132
 
 
88,224
 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*
   
188,711,136
 
 
422,009
 
Home Depot, Inc.
   
131,092,876
 
 
1,625,931
 
NIKE, Inc.
   
179,454,004
 
           
859,943,148
 
Financials — 10.8%
       
 
1,692,454
 
Blackstone, Inc.
   
157,347,448
 
 
1,789,867
 
Block, Inc.*
   
119,151,446
 
 
428,719
 
MSCI, Inc.
   
201,193,540
 
 
1,466,094
 
Visa, Inc.
   
348,168,003
 
           
825,860,437
 
Health Care — 21.2%
       
 
385,732
 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.*
   
146,238,716
 
 
1,201,197
 
Danaher Corp.
   
288,287,280
 
 
2,114,104
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
199,423,430
 
 
422,903
 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*
   
212,394,574
 
 
476,362
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
248,541,874
 
 
675,510
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
324,677,126
 
 
525,639
 
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
   
201,041,148
 
           
1,620,604,148
 
Industrials — 6.3%
       
 
2,625,499
 
Fortive Corp.
   
196,308,560
 
 
1,253,424
 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
   
283,311,427
 
           
479,619,987
 
Information Technology — 39.2%
       
 
353,211
 
Adobe, Inc.*
   
172,716,647
 
 
837,768
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
163,205,584
 
 
763,465
 
Atlassian Corp.*
   
128,117,062
 
 
752,731
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
154,016,290
 
 
954,731
 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*
   
223,903,514
 
 
3,480,202
 
Dynatrace, Inc.*
   
179,125,997
 
 
413,323
 
Gartner, Inc.*
   
144,791,180
 
 
674,401
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
309,003,794
 
 
3,145,946
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
   
188,064,652
 
 
1,174,603
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
399,999,306
 
 
419,910
 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
   
226,847,979
 
 
1,040,159
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
440,008,060
 
 
486,788
 
ServiceNow, Inc.*
   
273,560,252
 
           
3,003,360,317
 
Materials — 2.0%
       
 
835,355
 
Ecolab, Inc.
   
155,952,425
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $5,087,430,142)
   
7,232,516,922
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.6%
       
 
1,413,509
 
American Tower Corp.
   
274,135,935
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $300,537,606)
   
274,135,935
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 1.7%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 1.7%
       
 
134,012,462
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
134,012,462
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $134,012,462)
   
134,012,462
 
Total Investments — 99.8% (Cost $5,521,980,210)
   
7,640,665,319
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.2%
   
12,297,570
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
7,652,962,889
 

*
Non-income producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the twelve-month period ended June 2023, the Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 17.26% in value. During the same period, the Russell Midcap® Growth Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 23.13%.
 
We seek to produce attractive, risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle by owning companies that we believe are well-positioned to grow their enterprise value meaningfully (or compound) over time. We define a firm’s potential to compound with a set of traits we call the three Gs—durable growth, sound governance and scalable go-to-market strategies. This philosophy typically leads us to own higher-quality, less-cyclical businesses. Finally, we strive to mitigate risk through deep due diligence, a valuation sensitivity, and by employing a structured sell discipline.
 
During the last twelve months, signs of economic growth slowing emerged, the pace of inflation eased but remained elevated, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield popped 84 basis points to end the period at 3.81%, and, most recently, the AI theme emerged, sending numerous tech stocks soaring. With that backdrop, large caps, tech, and growth-oriented investments (sometimes regardless of quality or valuation, in our view) led returns in the U.S markets while small-caps and value benchmarks generally lagged. The Russell Midcap Growth Index nearly kept pace with the NASDAQ thanks to (approximately) 30% gains in the tech, consumer discretionary, and industrial sectors. In our view, the Fund underperformed during this period due to a lack of exposure to momentum-oriented investments in the aforementioned sectors as well as selection effects in the health care sector.
 
The Fund’s two largest contributors during the last twelve months were Dexcom and CoStar Group. Continuous glucose monitor (CGM) maker Dexcom’s stock price benefited from the company’s solid results and the approval of its next-generation sensor during the period. CoStar Group’s growth accelerated in the segments that should drive profit growth over the coming years (CoStar suite and multifamily). Solid results helped lift its share price out of a brief drawdown following the company’s announcement of a major investment in a new residential real estate information business, which we think could be quite additive to shareholder value in five-to-ten years.
 
The Fund’s two largest detractors were Match Group and SBA Communications. Match Group’s revenue growth slowed as execution issues emerged at Tinder, by far the largest top-line contributor of the firm’s 45+ online dating brands. The company’s new CEO has taken several steps to improve execution and we continue to hold the position. Results at SBA Communications have generally been in line with our expectations. Nonetheless, the cell-tower REIT’s share price underperformed during the last twelve months due to rising rates (which hurts its valuation multiples) and fears of slightly lower growth in the future. Like with Match Group’s shares, we continue to hold this stock due to its solid long-term prospects and reasonable valuation.
 
The Fund added 27 new investments during the period, including eleven in technology, five in health care, five in industrials, three in consumer discretionary, one in materials, one in consumer staples, and one in the financials vertical. The Fund exited 21 investments during the period to fund those opportunities.
 
As always, we remain committed to seeking attractive, risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle by owning a diversified portfolio of companies, each of which we believe could one day grow much larger. We thank you for your support and interest and look forward to updating you in our next letter.
 
Sincerely,
 
George Sakellaris, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
Investments in smaller and medium-sized capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
The value of the Fund’s investments in REITS may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs
 
Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund compared with the broad-based securities market index. The Russell Midcap® Growth Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the mid-capitalization growth sector of the U.S. equity market. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Industrials
 
25.2%
Health Care
 
19.7%
Information Technology
 
17.7%
Consumer Discretionary
 
9.4%
Money Market Funds
 
5.9%
Financials
 
5.3%
Consumer Staples
 
4.6%
Communication Services
 
4.2%
Real Estate
 
3.5%
Materials
 
2.0%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
1.9%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.6%
   
100.0%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(10/2/17)
Institutional Shares1
17.38%
7.28%
  8.72%
Investor Shares
17.26%
7.11%
  8.55%
Russell Midcap® Growth Index
23.13%
9.71%
10.57%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.79%
0.94%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.79%
0.94%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/mid-cap-growth-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect. In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to its inception date of July 2, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 91.6%
     
       
Communication Services — 4.2%
     
 
39,063
 
Match Group, Inc.*
   
1,634,786
 
 
43,193
 
Pinterest, Inc.*
   
1,180,897
 
 
15,344
 
Trade Desk, Inc.*
   
1,184,864
 
           
4,000,547
 
Consumer Discretionary — 9.4%
       
 
15,621
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*
   
1,444,161
 
 
665
 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*
   
1,422,435
 
 
6,346
 
Five Below, Inc.*
   
1,247,243
 
 
2,857
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*
   
1,081,375
 
 
4,104
 
Pool Corp.
   
1,537,523
 
 
21,079
 
Ross Stores, Inc.
   
2,363,588
 
           
9,096,325
 
Consumer Staples — 4.6%
       
 
7,155
 
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
   
1,744,961
 
 
17,612
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
   
1,765,251
 
 
5,585
 
Dollar General Corp.
   
948,221
 
           
4,458,433
 
Financials — 5.3%
       
 
5,000
 
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
   
836,650
 
 
22,289
 
KKR & Co., Inc.
   
1,248,184
 
 
19,645
 
Tradeweb Markets, Inc.
   
1,345,290
 
 
9,467
 
WEX, Inc.*
   
1,723,656
 
           
5,153,780
 
Health Care — 19.7%
       
 
21,788
 
agilon health, Inc.*
   
377,804
 
 
5,354
 
Align Technology, Inc.*
   
1,893,389
 
 
6,628
 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
   
1,258,922
 
 
2,393
 
argenx SE ADR*
   
932,624
 
 
4,839
 
Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR*
   
431,881
 
 
4,478
 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.*
   
1,697,699
 
 
8,219
 
Bio-Techne Corp.
   
670,917
 
 
18,943
 
DexCom, Inc.*
   
2,434,365
 
 
25,407
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
2,396,642
 
 
19,351
 
HealthEquity, Inc.*
   
1,221,822
 
 
3,145
 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*
   
1,579,513
 
 
19,497
 
Inari Medical, Inc.*
   
1,133,556
 
 
8,601
 
Veeva Systems, Inc.*
   
1,700,676
 
 
3,227
 
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
   
1,234,231
 
           
18,964,041
 
Industrials — 25.2%
       
 
17,959
 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
   
2,004,225
 
 
5,607
 
Carlisle Cos, Inc.
   
1,438,364
 
 
5,319
 
Cintas Corp.
   
2,643,968
 
 
27,352
 
Copart, Inc.*
   
2,494,776
 
 
6,455
 
Equifax, Inc.
   
1,518,862
 
 
3,651
 
Generac Holdings, Inc.*
   
544,474
 
 
48,225
 
Genpact, Ltd.
   
1,811,813
 
 
5,242
 
IDEX Corp.
   
1,128,393
 
 
5,899
 
Paycom Software, Inc.
   
1,894,995
 
 
34,224
 
Rentokil Initial PLC ADR
   
1,335,078
 
 
6,277
 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*
   
1,050,519
 
 
7,866
 
Trex Co, Inc.*
   
515,695
 
 
9,443
 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
   
2,134,401
 
 
26,434
 
Waste Connections, Inc.
   
3,778,211
 
           
24,293,774
 
Information Technology — 17.7%
       
 
2,630
 
Atlassian Corp.*
   
441,340
 
 
6,515
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
1,333,034
 
 
4,916
 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*
   
1,152,900
 
 
12,328
 
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.*
   
1,810,613
 
 
37,929
 
Dynatrace, Inc.*
   
1,952,206
 
 
6,520
 
Elastic NV*
   
418,062
 
 
2,213
 
Fair Isaac Corp.*
   
1,790,782
 
 
5,377
 
Gartner, Inc.*
   
1,883,617
 
 
984
 
HubSpot, Inc.*
   
523,577
 
 
2,193
 
KLA Corp.
   
1,063,649
 
 
25,820
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
   
1,543,519
 
 
1,829
 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
   
988,081
 
 
3,564
 
NXP Semiconductors NV
   
729,480
 
 
6,390
 
Workday, Inc.*
   
1,443,437
 
           
17,074,297
 
Materials — 2.0%
       
 
8,566
 
Vulcan Materials Co.
   
1,931,119
 
         
Real Estate — 3.5%
       
 
37,373
 
CoStar Group, Inc.*
   
3,326,197
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $68,580,438)
   
88,298,513
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.9%
       
 
7,712
 
SBA Communications Corp.
   
1,787,333
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $1,541,572)
   
1,787,333
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 5.9%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 5.9%
       
 
5,686,143
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
5,686,143
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $5,686,143)
   
5,686,143
 
Total Investments — 99.4% (Cost $75,808,153)
   
95,771,989
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.6%
   
607,125
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
96,379,114
 

*
Non-income producing
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 14.33%. During the same period, the Russell 2000® Growth Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, returned 18.53%.
 
For the twelve-month period, the largest contributors to the Fund’s overall performance were the information technology, materials, real estate, utilities and energy sectors in approximately equal proportion. Consumer discretionary and industrials were laggards due to a relative lack of cyclicality.
 
At the individual stock level, EVO Payments, ChampionX Corporation and Workiva were the strongest contributors. EVO Payments, a global merchant acquirer and payment processor servicing company, agreed to be acquired by Global Payments for $34 in cash per share. Detractors included Clarus Corporation, Azenta and Blackline. Clarus, a manufacturer of outdoor sporting equipment, was the victim of inventory rationalization at several national account customers, which prompted it to lower guidance.
 
There were roughly an equal number of additions to and deletions from the portfolio over the twelve-month period. A substantial amount of the portfolio turnover was due to M&A activity and our desire to eliminate positions where our investment thesis appeared violated or we believed a poor risk/reward dynamic necessitated a redeployment of capital. For example, Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holdings, CMC Materials, EVO Payments, IAA, ManTech International Corporation and Terminix were all acquired during the period. Catalent, Nevro Corp, and Progyny are situations that fell into the latter bucket. We were pleased that the team was able to redeploy the vast majority of the proceeds into a diverse collection of businesses that we hope to own for the next several years.
 
Overall, we were pleased with the strategy’s absolute return, representing a solid rebound from the challenging market conditions experienced toward the end of 2021 and most of 2022. The portfolio did not keep pace with the benchmark primarily due to a lack of cyclicality (or perhaps beta) in the consumer discretionary and industrials sectors. Given the portfolio held up quite well compared with the Index during the downdraft, we remain pleased with the longer run performance and will strive to continue to drive solid risk-adjusted returns going forward.
 
Sincerely,
 
Christopher Berrier
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
Investments in smaller companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.
 
Earnings growth is not representative of the fund’s future performance. Diversification does not assure a profit, nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market.
 
Privately Placement issued securities are restricted securities that are not publicly traded. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to the Fund.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund compared with the broad-based securities market index. The Russell 2000® Growth Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with higher price to book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Health Care
 
22.6%
Industrials
 
18.8%
Information Technology
 
15.5%
Consumer Discretionary
 
11.0%
Money Market Funds
 
8.2%
Energy
 
4.8%
Communication Services
 
4.2%
Financials
 
4.0%
Materials
 
3.4%
Consumer Staples
 
3.3%
Exchange Traded Funds
 
2.3%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
1.6%
Real Estate
 
0.5%
Private Placements
 
0.1%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
(0.3)%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
14.33%
7.80%
10.51%
Investor Shares
14.17%
7.64%
10.35%
Advisor Shares
13.91%
7.36%
10.07%
Russell 2000® Growth Index
18.53%
4.22%
  8.83%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.96%
1.11%
1.36%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.96%
1.11%
1.36%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/small-cap-growth-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 88.1%
     
       
Communication Services — 4.2%
     
 
2,568,082
 
Angi, Inc.*
   
8,474,670
 
 
395,982
 
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
   
26,645,629
 
 
1,376,974
 
Pinterest, Inc.*
   
37,646,469
 
 
150,473
 
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*
   
22,143,607
 
           
94,910,375
 
Consumer Discretionary — 11.0%
       
 
702,677
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*
   
64,962,489
 
 
168,523
 
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
   
19,804,823
 
 
247,096
 
Churchill Downs, Inc.
   
34,388,350
 
 
1,529,261
 
Clarus Corp.
   
13,977,445
 
 
521,079
 
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.*
   
8,806,235
 
 
1,424,015
 
Leslie’s, Inc.*
   
13,371,501
 
 
397,098
 
MakeMyTrip, Ltd.*
   
10,713,704
 
 
3,928,152
 
Mister Car Wash, Inc.*
   
37,906,667
 
 
73,651
 
TopBuild Corp.*
   
19,592,639
 
 
1,231,517
 
Vizio Holding Corp.*
   
8,312,740
 
 
176,536
 
XPEL, Inc.*
   
14,867,862
 
           
246,704,455
 
Consumer Staples — 3.3%
       
 
212,623
 
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
   
51,854,497
 
 
602,153
 
Simply Good Foods Co.*
   
22,032,779
 
           
73,887,276
 
Energy — 4.8%
       
 
560,307
 
Cactus, Inc.
   
23,712,192
 
 
1,583,020
 
ChampionX Corp.
   
49,136,941
 
 
397,893
 
Denbury, Inc.*
   
34,322,250
 
           
107,171,383
 
Financials — 4.0%
       
 
127,688
 
Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
   
12,553,007
 
 
790,909
 
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
   
44,670,540
 
 
174,324
 
WEX, Inc.*
   
31,739,171
 
           
88,962,718
 
Health Care — 22.6%
       
 
2,094,879
 
Abcam PLC ADR*
   
51,261,689
 
 
1,988,733
 
Accolade, Inc.*
   
26,788,234
 
 
1,205,866
 
agilon health, Inc.*
   
20,909,717
 
 
1,171,633
 
Alignment Healthcare, Inc.*
   
6,736,890
 
 
142,794
 
Arvinas, Inc.*
   
3,544,147
 
 
154,661
 
Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR*
   
13,803,494
 
 
250,020
 
Azenta, Inc.*
   
11,670,934
 
 
185,084
 
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*
   
11,697,309
 
 
530,596
 
Bruker Corp.
   
39,221,656
 
 
1,357,913
 
Definitive Healthcare Corp.*
   
14,937,043
 
 
560,051
 
Encompass Health Corp.
   
37,921,053
 
 
472,481
 
Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.*
   
32,416,921
 
 
620,990
 
HealthEquity, Inc.*
   
39,209,309
 
 
441,451
 
Inari Medical, Inc.*
   
25,665,961
 
 
103,084
 
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.*
   
22,353,765
 
 
2,037,760
 
NeoGenomics, Inc.*
   
32,746,803
 
 
348,141
 
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
   
32,829,696
 
 
469,334
 
OrthoPediatrics Corp.*
   
20,580,296
 
 
1,011,050
 
Phreesia, Inc.*
   
31,352,661
 
 
1,179,350
 
SI-BONE, Inc.*
   
31,818,863
 
           
507,466,441
 
Industrials — 18.8%
       
 
511,630
 
AZEK Co., Inc.*
   
15,497,273
 
 
178,390
 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.*
   
16,135,375
 
 
111,155
 
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
   
20,414,727
 
 
144,929
 
FTI Consulting, Inc.*
   
27,565,496
 
 
1,327,036
 
Genpact, Ltd.
   
49,856,743
 
 
49,471
 
IDEX Corp.
   
10,649,127
 
 
210,105
 
John Bean Technologies Corp.
   
25,485,736
 
 
296,523
 
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.
   
16,474,818
 
 
234,721
 
MSA Safety, Inc.
   
40,832,065
 
 
1,130,090
 
Mueller Water Products, Inc.
   
18,341,361
 
 
1,066,795
 
Rentokil Initial PLC ADR
   
41,615,673
 
 
62,394
 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*
   
10,442,260
 
 
111,673
 
Valmont Industries, Inc.
   
32,502,427
 
 
271,932
 
Waste Connections, Inc.
   
38,867,241
 
 
292,351
 
Woodward, Inc.
   
34,763,457
 
 
834,453
 
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.
   
22,438,441
 
           
421,882,220
 
Information Technology — 15.5%
       
 
493,910
 
Bentley Systems, Inc.
   
26,784,739
 
 
605,356
 
BlackLine, Inc.*
   
32,580,260
 
 
441,502
 
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.*
   
4,949,237
 
 
929,217
 
Clear Secure, Inc.
   
21,529,958
 
 
816,037
 
Dynatrace, Inc.*
   
42,001,424
 
 
326,749
 
Entegris, Inc.
   
36,210,324
 
 
387,374
 
Envestnet, Inc.*
   
22,990,647
 
 
4,818,071
 
Infinera Corp.*
   
23,271,283
 
 
129,638
 
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*
   
12,454,323
 
 
91,879
 
Littelfuse, Inc.
   
26,765,272
 
 
353,140
 
Power Integrations, Inc.
   
33,431,764
 
 
740,953
 
PROS Holdings, Inc.*
   
22,821,352
 
 
21,049
 
SiTime Corp.*
   
2,483,151
 
 
377,571
 
Workiva, Inc.*
   
38,383,868
 
           
346,657,602
 
Materials — 3.4%
       
 
523,375
 
HB Fuller Co.
   
37,426,546
 
 
192,008
 
Quaker Houghton
   
37,422,359
 
           
74,848,905
 
Real Estate — 0.5%
       
 
764,721
 
DigitalBridge Group, Inc.
   
11,249,046
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,642,144,383)
   
1,973,740,421
 
         
Private Placements — 0.1%
       
 
19,200
 
StepStone VC Global Partners IV-B, L.P.*^†
   
1,160,365
 
 
91,769
 
StepStone VC Global Partners V-B, L.P.*~†
   
108,565
 
Total Private Placements (Cost $–)
   
1,268,930
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.6%
       
 
211,345
 
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
   
36,689,492
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $23,195,542)
   
36,689,492
 
         
Exchange Traded Funds — 2.3%
       
 
627,322
 
SPDR S&P Biotech Exchange Traded Fund
   
52,193,190
 
Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $50,624,409)
   
52,193,190
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Short-Term Investments — 8.2%
     
       
Money Market Funds — 8.2%
     
 
184,800,488
 
First American Government
     
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
184,800,488
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $184,800,488)
   
184,800,488
 
Total Investments — 100.3% (Cost $1,900,764,822)
   
2,248,692,521
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)%
   
(6,752,157
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
2,241,940,364
 

*
Non-income producing
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
^
Security is exempt from registration under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. Security was acquired from February 2008 to April 2018 as part of a $2,000,000 capital commitment. As of the date of this report, $1,920,000 of the capital commitment has been fulfilled by the Fund.
~
Security is exempt from registration under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. Security was acquired from October 2012 to August 2018 as part of a $100,000 capital commitment. As of the date of this report, $91,000 of the capital commitment has been fulfilled by the Fund.
These securities are being fair valued, using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), under the supervision of the Board of Trustees. Further, they may not be sold by the Fund. Total unfunded capital commitments related to these holdings are immaterial and total $89,000, or 0.0% of the Fund’s net assets as of the date of this report.
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 12.49% in value. During the same period, the Russell 2000® Value Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 6.01%.
 
The Fund’s largest overweight positions during the period were in industrials and communication services. The largest underweight positions were in health care and real estate.
 
From an individual stock perspective, the top contributor for the period was Eagle Materials. Eagle announced a strong quarter reflecting high demand for cement and reflecting recent price increases. The company expects the environment to remain strong and further expects that government infrastructure projects are only starting to be awarded. The bottom contributor was Owens & Minor, which we sold during the period. We believe Owens & Minor experienced deeper-than-expected challenges in its product manufacturing business which resulted in reduced cash flow generation and increased leverage, causing us to move on from the stock.
 
The Fund made 16 new investments over the 12-month period—six additions in financials, three in industrials, three in consumer discretionary, one in communication services, one in real estate, one in information technology and one in materials. Notable additions include two previously owned companies, Enpro Industrials and Assured Guaranty. In both cases, we are particularly excited about corporate actions that they have taken to simplify and improve their business positioning.
 
EnPro is a high-quality small-cap multi-industrial with a heavy aftermarket focus. It has two businesses, both with leading market positions. Sealing Technologies produces mission critical seals and critical process technology components that create impenetrable barriers through which air and gas cannot move. Advanced Surface Technologies provides cleaning, coating, and refurbishment services to advanced node semiconductor equipment manufacturers and fabs. At the time of purchase, we think the market is missing the value of the relatively new AST business segment, as well as the upgraded quality of the management team.
 
Assured Guaranty is the leading municipal bond insurance company in the world. The firm maintains a greater than 50% market share in the company’s niche industry and shares a duopoly with one other firm. Later this summer, it expects to receive approval from regulators to begin to release a substantial amount of excess capital from its subsidiaries; if, as expected, much of this capital goes towards share buybacks, we believe it could create a substantial amount of shareholder value.
 
During the period, the Fund sold 11 of its investments. The exits were diversified, with four in industrials, three in consumer discretionary, and one in the information technology, one in energy, one in health care and one in financials.
 
During the period, small-cap value stocks generally trailed growth peers, especially larger growth stocks. We will closely monitor this and the broader equity markets. We will also keenly watch how AI influences investors and how the impact of falling bank liquidity, and general economic conditions will impact the market. As we head into the next several months, we will continue to put new ideas to work and discover new opportunities.
 
Sincerely,
 
J. David Schuster
Portfolio Manager
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in smaller companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit,  nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 2000® Value Index (“Index”) measures the performance of small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with lower price to book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 



PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Financials
 
20.9%
Industrials
 
18.0%
Consumer Discretionary
 
11.3%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
9.4%
Energy
 
7.4%
Materials
 
7.3%
Information Technology
 
7.1%
Communication Services
 
6.2%
Money Market Funds
 
4.6%
Consumer Staples
 
2.7%
Health Care
 
2.4%
Utilities
 
2.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.5%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
12.67%
4.15%
7.81%
Investor Shares
12.49%
3.99%
7.64%
Advisor Shares
12.25%
3.74%
7.37%
Russell 2000® Value Index
  6.01%
3.54%
7.29%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.95%
1.10%
1.35%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.95%
1.10%
1.35%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/small-cap-fundamental-value-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 85.5%
     
       
Communication Services — 6.2%
     
 
45,696
 
Cable One, Inc.
   
30,025,928
 
 
185,829
 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
   
30,949,820
 
 
1,414,876
 
WideOpenWest, Inc.*
   
11,941,553
 
           
72,917,301
 
Consumer Discretionary — 11.3%
       
 
603,663
 
La-Z-Boy, Inc.
   
17,288,908
 
 
834,709
 
Modine Manufacturing Co.*
   
27,562,091
 
 
236,941
 
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.
   
16,692,493
 
 
74,806
 
Murphy USA, Inc.
   
23,272,895
 
 
59,235
 
Oxford Industries, Inc.
   
5,829,909
 
 
353,027
 
Signet Jewelers Ltd.
   
23,038,542
 
 
711,838
 
Vista Outdoor, Inc.*
   
19,696,558
 
           
133,381,396
 
Consumer Staples — 2.7%
       
 
298,546
 
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*
   
10,965,594
 
 
420,063
 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*
   
21,162,774
 
           
32,128,368
 
Energy — 7.4%
       
 
1,212,122
 
ChampionX Corp.
   
37,624,267
 
 
1,944,609
 
Oceaneering International, Inc.*
   
36,364,188
 
 
409,569
 
REX American Resources Corp.*
   
14,257,097
 
           
88,245,552
 
Financials — 20.9%
       
 
161,797
 
Alerus Financial Corp.
   
2,909,110
 
 
516,193
 
Amalgamated Financial Corp.
   
8,305,545
 
 
167,551
 
Assurant, Inc.
   
21,064,512
 
 
63,719
 
Assured Guaranty, Ltd.
   
3,555,520
 
 
755,842
 
Bancorp, Inc.*
   
24,678,241
 
 
429,879
 
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.
   
7,578,767
 
 
2,022,799
 
Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
   
24,819,744
 
 
275,529
 
First Bancorp
   
8,196,988
 
 
152,658
 
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
   
17,254,934
 
 
842,833
 
International Money Express, Inc.*
   
20,674,694
 
 
1,136,057
 
MGIC Investment Corp.
   
17,938,340
 
 
928,470
 
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
   
19,200,760
 
 
314,116
 
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.
   
8,506,261
 
 
451,542
 
Premier Financial Corp.
   
7,233,703
 
 
29,798
 
Primerica, Inc.
   
5,892,853
 
 
219,340
 
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida
   
4,847,414
 
 
237,956
 
UMB Financial Corp.
   
14,491,520
 
 
52,466
 
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
   
10,360,461
 
 
4,062
 
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.
   
5,641,752
 
 
377,752
 
WSFS Financial Corp.
   
14,248,805
 
           
247,399,924
 
Health Care — 2.4%
       
 
842,494
 
Patterson Cos, Inc.
   
28,021,350
 
         
Industrials — 18.0%
       
 
225,432
 
Albany International Corp.
   
21,028,297
 
 
161,458
 
Civeo Corp.*
   
3,145,202
 
 
99,515
 
CRA International, Inc.
   
10,150,530
 
 
282,637
 
Crane NXT Co.
   
15,952,032
 
 
141,826
 
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
   
26,047,763
 
 
175,279
 
EnPro Industries, Inc.
   
23,405,005
 
 
536,502
 
Federal Signal Corp.
   
34,352,223
 
 
81,237
 
Kadant, Inc.
   
18,042,738
 
 
928,470
 
Leonardo DRS, Inc.*
   
16,099,670
 
 
1,783,827
 
Mueller Water Products, Inc.
   
28,951,512
 
 
589,645
 
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.*
   
15,684,557
 
           
212,859,529
 
Information Technology — 7.1%
       
 
687,082
 
CTS Corp.
   
29,290,306
 
 
857,388
 
NCR Corp.*
   
21,606,177
 
 
196,258
 
Onto Innovation, Inc.*
   
22,858,169
 
 
217,647
 
PC Connection, Inc.
   
9,815,880
 
           
83,570,532
 
Materials — 7.3%
       
 
78,191
 
Chase Corp.
   
9,478,313
 
 
205,462
 
Eagle Materials, Inc.
   
38,302,226
 
 
399,415
 
Ingevity Corp.*
   
23,229,977
 
 
715,592
 
Orion S.A.
   
15,184,862
 
           
86,195,378
 
Utilities — 2.2%
       
 
413,631
 
Portland General Electric Co.
   
19,370,340
 
 
502,653
 
Star Group L.P.
   
6,866,240
 
           
26,236,580
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $781,089,846)
   
1,010,955,910
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 9.4%
       
 
203,092
 
CTO Realty Growth, Inc.
   
3,480,997
 
 
120,163
 
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
   
20,860,297
 
 
809,058
 
Equity Commonwealth
   
16,391,515
 
 
875,666
 
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
   
20,613,178
 
 
496,222
 
Getty Realty Corp.
   
16,782,228
 
 
673,928
 
Global Medical REIT, Inc.
   
6,152,963
 
 
2,482,803
 
Ladder Capital Corp.
   
26,938,412
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $90,177,604)
   
111,219,590
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 4.6%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 4.6%
       
 
54,928,108
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
54,928,108
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $54,928,108)
   
54,928,108
 
Total Investments — 99.5% (Cost $926,195,558)
   
1,177,103,608
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.5%
   
5,662,485
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
1,182,766,093
 

*
Non-income producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 13.68% in value. During the same period, the Russell 2000® Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 12.31%.
 
We began the period with increasingly cautious forward-looking commentary and guidance from many of our portfolio companies’ management teams, and with investors fearful of an impending recession as the Fed continued hiking interest rates to curb high inflation, coupled with geopolitical instability. Market volatility was further compounded by the banking crisis in early March; regional banks represent a meaningful portion of our benchmark index, and this situation put pressure on the broader asset class. Small caps began to rally towards the end of the period as investors weighed the likelihood of the Fed approaching the end of its hiking cycle, along with both slowing inflation and resilient economic data. Despite this strength, large caps outpaced small caps due to both the euphoria surrounding artificial intelligence, and the fear of a U.S. government debt default that was eventually avoided in the eleventh hour. We remain excited about the small-cap asset class, with valuations trading at historical lows. Activity in the Fund during the period should reflect this sentiment.
 
Strong stock selection within the Fund’s industrials and financials sectors offset weakness in the consumer discretionary and health care sectors. The largest contributors to returns included Comfort Systems, Federal Signal, Onto Innovation, SPX Technologies, and Bancorp Inc. The Fund’s single largest contributor, Comfort Systems, benefited from a strong demand backdrop, which led to better-than-expected revenue and bookings growth. The company has been gaining market share, both organically and through tuck-in acquisitions, and its value proposition around supporting the efficiency and sustainability of customers’ buildings, combined with the company’s track record of execution, has led to strong free cash flow generation.
 
The Fund’s largest detractors included Owens & Minor, Eastern Bankshares, United Natural Foods, UMB Financial, and Infinera. Owens & Minor, the Fund’s largest detractor, was operating in a challenged industry environment characterized by lower hospital procedure volumes, industry destocking, and foreign exchange headwinds. This was coupled with company-specific execution issues which drove a cut to Owens & Minor’s full year guidance.
 
We took advantage of the volatile markets to initiate fifteen new positions in the Fund, including Arvinas, Assurant, Assured Guaranty, Azenta, Cable One, Encompass Health, EnPro Industries, Entegris, First Watch Restaurant Group, Infinera, Karuna Therapeutics, United Natural Foods, Valmont Industries, WSFS Financial, and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
 
Many of these additions to the portfolio replaced fourteen positions that were eliminated during the period, including Biohaven (acquired), CMC Materials (acquired), Denny’s, EVO Payments (acquired), Fate Therapeutics, IAA (acquired), McGrath RentCorp, National Vision, Nevro, Owens & Minor, Simpson Manufacturing, United Natural Foods, Veritex, and Warby Parker.
 
Broadly speaking, the market’s strong returns at the tail end of this 12-month period has taken many equity market participants by surprise, especially considering the many issues that have vexed investors such as the regional bank crisis, the debt ceiling drama, pesky inflation and geopolitical uncertainty. Despite a lack of directional clarity in the market, we remain steadfast in our long-term investment approach which seeks investment opportunities that reflect strong business fundamentals, attractive valuations and Sustainable Drivers.
 
Sincerely,
 
Timothy Hathaway, CFA
Emily Dwyer
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
Investments in smaller companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITS may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.
 
Earnings growth is not representative of the fund’s future performance. Diversification does not assure a profit, nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market.
 
The Fund’s consideration of ESG characteristics as part of the investment process could cause it to make or avoid investments that could result in the Fund underperforming similar funds that do not take ESG characteristics into consideration. Because the Fund’s ESG criteria exclude securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to the funds that do not use these criteria.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 2000® Index (“Index”) measures the performance of a small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Index includes the 2,000 stocks with the lowest market capitalization in the Russell 3000® Index.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Industrials
 
19.0%
Health Care
 
17.1%
Financials
 
15.0%
Information Technology
 
13.5%
Money Market Funds
 
6.6%
Consumer Discretionary
 
6.5%
Communication Services
 
5.0%
Materials
 
3.8%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
 
3.8%
Consumer Staples
 
2.9%
Real Estate
 
1.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
5.6%
   
100.0%

   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
(9/30/21)
Institutional Shares
13.68%
-6.99%
Investor Shares
13.57%
-7.11%
Russell 2000® Index
12.31%
-7.15%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
1.36%
1.51%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.93%
1.08%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/funds/sustainable-small-cap-core-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022.  Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the period ended as of the date of this report.  Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 84.0%
     
       
Communication Services — 5.0%
     
 
80,177
 
Angi, Inc.*
   
264,584
 
 
1,727
 
Cable One, Inc.
   
1,134,777
 
 
16,228
 
EchoStar Corp.*
   
281,394
 
 
5,937
 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
   
988,807
 
           
2,669,562
 
Consumer Discretionary — 6.5%
       
 
14,182
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*
   
1,311,126
 
 
3,647
 
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
   
428,595
 
 
21,405
 
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.*
   
361,745
 
 
3,242
 
TopBuild Corp.*
   
862,437
 
 
7,576
 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
   
519,486
 
           
3,483,389
 
Consumer Staples — 2.9%
       
 
18,322
 
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*
   
672,967
 
 
17,758
 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*
   
894,648
 
           
1,567,615
 
Financials — 15.0%
       
 
4,351
 
Assurant, Inc.
   
547,008
 
 
1,827
 
Assured Guaranty, Ltd.
   
101,947
 
 
66,682
 
AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.*
   
692,159
 
 
36,134
 
Bancorp, Inc.*
   
1,179,776
 
 
85,692
 
Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
   
1,051,441
 
 
66,283
 
MGIC Investment Corp.
   
1,046,608
 
 
24,167
 
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
   
499,774
 
 
3,540
 
Primerica, Inc.
   
700,070
 
 
7,609
 
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
   
429,756
 
 
5,196
 
UMB Financial Corp.
   
316,436
 
 
5,074
 
WEX, Inc.*
   
923,823
 
 
14,429
 
WSFS Financial Corp.
   
544,262
 
           
8,033,060
 
Health Care — 17.1%
       
 
20,454
 
Abcam PLC ADR*
   
500,510
 
 
39,305
 
Accolade, Inc.*
   
529,438
 
 
40,890
 
Alignment Healthcare, Inc.*
   
235,118
 
 
3,541
 
Arvinas, Inc.*
   
87,888
 
 
5,373
 
Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR*
   
479,540
 
 
11,205
 
Azenta, Inc.*
   
523,049
 
 
6,607
 
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*
   
417,562
 
 
1,968
 
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*
   
413,772
 
 
12,456
 
Encompass Health Corp.
   
843,396
 
 
14,570
 
HealthEquity, Inc.*
   
919,949
 
 
10,800
 
Inari Medical, Inc.*
   
627,912
 
 
2,149
 
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.*
   
466,011
 
 
49,840
 
NeoGenomics, Inc.*
   
800,929
 
 
4,598
 
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
   
433,591
 
 
13,636
 
OrthoPediatrics Corp.*
   
597,939
 
 
22,938
 
Phreesia, Inc.*
   
711,307
 
 
21,546
 
SI-BONE, Inc.*
   
581,311
 
           
9,169,222
 
Industrials — 19.0%
       
 
29,016
 
AZEK Co., Inc.*
   
878,894
 
 
5,972
 
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
   
980,603
 
 
3,999
 
EnPro Industries, Inc.
   
533,986
 
 
28,787
 
Federal Signal Corp.
   
1,843,233
 
 
12,949
 
Genpact, Ltd.
   
486,494
 
 
2,403
 
John Bean Technologies Corp.
   
291,484
 
 
84,494
 
Mueller Water Products, Inc.
   
1,371,338
 
 
2,449
 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*
   
409,865
 
 
16,560
 
SPX Technologies, Inc.*
   
1,407,103
 
 
2,484
 
Valmont Industries, Inc.
   
722,968
 
 
4,862
 
Woodward, Inc.
   
578,140
 
 
23,766
 
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.
   
639,068
 
           
10,143,176
 
Information Technology — 13.5%
       
 
1,550
 
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
   
259,796
 
 
9,619
 
BlackLine, Inc.*
   
517,695
 
 
21,489
 
CTS Corp.
   
916,076
 
 
10,940
 
Dynatrace, Inc.*
   
563,081
 
 
2,819
 
Entegris, Inc.
   
312,402
 
 
6,060
 
Envestnet, Inc.*
   
359,661
 
 
87,964
 
Infinera Corp.*
   
424,866
 
 
2,378
 
Littelfuse, Inc.
   
692,735
 
 
13,812
 
Onto Innovation, Inc.*
   
1,608,683
 
 
6,483
 
Power Integrations, Inc.
   
613,746
 
 
9,424
 
Workiva, Inc.*
   
958,044
 
           
7,226,785
 
Materials — 3.8%
       
 
14,587
 
HB Fuller Co.
   
1,043,116
 
 
17,336
 
Ingevity Corp.*
   
1,008,262
 
           
2,051,378
 
Real Estate — 1.2%
       
 
43,092
 
DigitalBridge Group, Inc.
   
633,883
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $41,007,170)
   
44,978,070
 
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.8%
       
 
4,563
 
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
   
792,136
 
 
22,868
 
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
   
538,313
 
 
17,054
 
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable
       
     
  Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
   
426,350
 
 
3,717
 
W.P. Carey, Inc.
   
251,121
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $2,072,210)
   
2,007,920
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 6.6%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 6.6%
       
 
3,519,714
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
3,519,714
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,519,714)
   
3,519,714
 
Total Investments — 94.4% (Cost $46,599,094)
   
50,505,704
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 5.6%
   
2,969,666
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
53,475,370
 

*
Non-income producing
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
#
 Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the four-month period ended June 30, 2023 the Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 0.30% in value. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 3.60%. Period gains came primarily in June, and we were pleased that our value-oriented strategy kept pace during that rapid market rise.
 
The Fund’s largest overweight positions during the period were in communication services and information technology, while the largest underweight positions were in consumer staples and financials.
 
Utilities were a positive contributor for the strategy as Constellation Energy put some of its excess balance sheet capacity to work and acquired a stake in a Texas nuclear facility at an attractive multiple. We continue to think that Constellation has one of the more differentiated capital allocation frameworks among utilities on a go forward basis. Our biggest detractors in the quarter were financials, health care, and consumer discretionary.
 
From an individual stock perspective, Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) was the top contributor for the period. GOOG has now recovered most of the losses the stock saw following the launch of ChatGPT, which sparked fears that Google was behind on AI. Since then the market has become more comfortable with search market share stability given GOOG’s wide moat around browser usage. While Google may have fumbled some initial marketing attempts, they are arguably further along on AI than any other company in the world. The company took advantage of the recent share price weakness and accelerated its capital returns to shareholders through its buyback program. The bottom contributor was Truist Financial Corporation (TFC) as broader banking system concerns pulled down the super-regional and regional banks. Concerns mostly center around heightened regulatory uncertainty in the future, capital levels given losses in securities portfolios, and continued negative sentiment around the commercial real estate sector.
 
The Fund made two new investments in the period since its inception on February 28, 2023. One addition in the materials sector and one in information technology. These additions include CRH public limited company Sponsored ADR and TD SYNNEX Corporation. CRH is a leading building materials company in North America with attractive assets across cement, aggregates, concrete, asphalt and outdoor living products. CRH is listed in the UK despite earning the bulk of its business in North America, so it is not on the radar of many U.S. investors; that is set to change on September 25th when the company moves its primary listing to the U.S. The heavy materials sector is well-positioned going forward, in our view, thanks to accelerating federal infrastructure spending, healthy state and local budgets and limited new supply growth. CRH presents us an opportunity the buy a market leader at a significant discount to its peers (as of June 30, the stock traded at just 7.4x EBITDA and was earning a FCF yield of 8%). The company is sitting on its best balance sheet in its 50-year history, setting up the potential for accelerating capital returns to shareholders going forward. Our Sustainable Cash Flow Advantage thesis centers around CRH’s leading positions among its peers in terms of circularity, emissions, and innovation. CRH is one of the largest recyclers in North America in terms of weight (42.4m tons last year) with 1 in every 4 miles of roads built with recycled materials. CRH is a leader within the industry in terms of sustainability with a target of a 30% reduction in absolute emissions by 2030 and a goal to be net zero by 2050. From an innovation standpoint in 2022, $12.6bn of CRH’s revenues (~40%) came from products with enhanced sustainable attributes, according to their 2022 Annual Report. TD Synnex (the result of a 2021 merger of Synnex and Tech Data) is a leading global IT distributor with ~20% market share and $60B+ in revenue. It has a durable FCF profile and a well-defined capital allocation plan with a goal of returning at least 50% of FCF to shareholders on an annual basis. Concerns over the PC cycle brought valuation down to a very attractive level of just 7x EV/EBITDA or ~11% FCF yield. TD Synnex’s size and scale is unmatched within the industry; according to company reports, it partners with over 1,500 original equipment manufacturers (OEM), carries 200,000 SKUs and serves more than 150,000 customers. As the IT ecosystem becomes increasingly complex and hardware and software solutions become more combined over time, we believe its Sustainable Cash Flow Advantage is derived from its position as partner of choice for both the OEM as well as their fragmented customer bases. The company’s unique ability to become a solutions aggregator for their resellers should, in our assessment, reduce overall costs, reduce time to market, and extend customer relationships further into the future.
 
We continue to believe that a portfolio of companies that generate consistently high levels of free cash flow, possess a Sustainable Cash Flow Advantage (SCFA), exhibit capital discipline, and trade at attractive valuations will lead to compelling risk-adjusted returns over the long term while providing a margin of safety for our investors.
 
Sincerely,
 
Michael Poggi
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
The Adviser assesses a company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) profile through conducting ESG research and leveraging engagement when appropriate through dialogue with company management teams as part of its fundamental due diligence process. The Adviser views ESG characteristics as material to fundamentals and seeks to understand their impact on companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund’s consideration of ESG characteristics as part of the investment process could cause it to make or avoid investments that could result in the Fund underperforming similar funds that do not take ESG characteristics into consideration.
 
Large Capitalization Company Risk. Large capitalization companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges like changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors. In addition, large capitalization companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Because the Fund’s ESG criteria exclude securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to the funds that do not use these criteria.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 1000® Value Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price to book ratios and lower expected growth values.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Financials
 
15.9%
Health Care
 
14.5%
Industrials
 
12.9%
Information Technology
 
11.1%
Communication Services
 
10.9%
Energy
 
6.2%
Consumer Discretionary
 
6.1%
Money Market Funds
 
5.6%
Consumer Staples
 
4.6%
Utilities
 
3.5%
Materials
 
2.4%
Real Estate
 
1.8%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
4.5%
   
100.0%

 
Since Inception
Total Return
(2/28/23)
Institutional Shares
0.30%
Investor Shares
0.20%
Russell 1000® Value Index
3.60%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
1.16%
1.31%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.71%
0.86%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/funds/sustainable-value-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated February 28, 2023.  Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the period ended as of the date of this report.  Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 89.9%
     
       
Communication Services — 10.9%
     
 
8,983
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*
   
1,086,674
 
 
46,594
 
Comcast Corp.
   
1,935,981
 
 
4,379
 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
   
729,322
 
 
12,648
 
T-Mobile US, Inc.*
   
1,756,807
 
           
5,508,784
 
Consumer Discretionary — 6.1%
       
 
9,612
 
Best Buy Co., Inc.
   
787,703
 
 
7,819
 
Expedia Group, Inc.*
   
855,320
 
 
21,101
 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
   
1,446,896
 
           
3,089,919
 
Consumer Staples — 4.6%
       
 
44,108
 
Unilever PLC ADR
   
2,299,350
 
         
Energy — 6.2%
       
 
46,673
 
ChampionX Corp.
   
1,448,730
 
 
34,191
 
Schlumberger NV
   
1,679,462
 
           
3,128,192
 
Financials — 15.9%
       
 
2,465
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
818,775
 
 
8,011
 
Assurant, Inc.
   
1,007,143
 
 
58,295
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
1,672,483
 
 
9,733
 
Charles Schwab Corp.
   
551,666
 
 
30,613
 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
   
1,674,531
 
 
16,656
 
KKR & Co., Inc.
   
932,736
 
 
9,137
 
Morgan Stanley
   
780,300
 
 
18,970
 
Truist Financial Corp.
   
575,739
 
           
8,013,373
 
Health Care — 14.5%
       
 
6,593
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
888,275
 
 
2,410
 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.*
   
913,679
 
 
12,198
 
Centene Corp.*
   
822,755
 
 
1,597
 
Elevance Health, Inc.
   
709,531
 
 
9,917
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
   
764,303
 
 
17,386
 
Medtronic PLC
   
1,531,707
 
 
14,617
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
1,686,656
 
           
7,316,906
 
Industrials — 12.9%
       
 
13,074
 
Ferguson PLC
   
2,056,671
 
 
5,671
 
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
   
1,126,431
 
 
16,902
 
Masco Corp.
   
969,837
 
 
7,119
 
Trane Technologies PLC
   
1,361,579
 
 
7,085
 
Waste Connections, Inc.
   
1,012,659
 
           
6,527,177
 
Information Technology — 11.1%
       
 
4,229
 
Applied Materials, Inc.
   
611,260
 
 
30,839
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
1,595,610
 
 
10,254
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
   
669,381
 
 
12,506
 
Micron Technology, Inc.
   
789,254
 
 
4,833
 
NXP Semiconductors NV
   
989,218
 
 
10,113
 
TD SYNNEX Corp.
   
950,622
 
           
5,605,345
 
Materials — 2.4%
           
 
21,927
 
CRH PLC ADR
   
1,221,992
 
         
Real Estate — 1.8%
       
 
11,426
 
CBRE Group, Inc.*
   
922,192
 
         
Utilities — 3.5%
       
 
19,116
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
   
1,750,070
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $43,918,037)
   
45,383,300
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 5.6%
       
             
Money Market Funds — 5.6%
       
 
2,820,271
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
2,820,271
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,820,271)
   
2,820,271
 
Total Investments — 95.5% (Cost $46,738,308)
   
48,203,571
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 4.5%
   
2,267,058
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
50,470,629
 

*
Non-income producing
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 21.63% in value. During the same period, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 16.53%.
 
For the 12 months ended June 30, 2023, the market environment was driven by recession fears, geopolitical risks both in Europe and Asia and a banking crisis in the U.S. Our bottom-up, quality approach to investment selection, combined with our focus on active capital allocation, performed well in this environment. Over the reporting period, the main drivers for outperformance were industrials and financials. The differentiated nature of our financials investments became clear. Amid global concerns about a potential banking and credit crisis, our investments in securities exchanges benefited from volatility while the emerging market banks’ largely uncorrelated nature translated into outperformance within the financial sector. Artificial intelligence (AI) (especially excitement around generative AI) was also a driver that impacted individual companies’ share performance during the reporting period. So far, we have benefited from our AI-related investments, particularly in technical infrastructure, cloud datacenter and leading application software companies; however, we remain attentive to developments in this dynamic landscape.
 
During the past year, we invested in four new companies while exiting one. We invested in Coloplast, London Stock Exchange Group, Ferguson and General Electric while exiting Tencent Holdings. Coloplast, a leading global medical device manufacturer, was our first health care investment since 2019. Our valuation discipline, which includes a 10% weighted-average-cost-of capital (WACC) threshold, meant that many attractive health care companies did not pass the Fund’s valuation test over the previous years. London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Ferguson and General Electric are all new investments with multiple economic moats, strong fundamental and sustainable competitive advantages. We believe we have initiated positions at opportune moments of time, be it due to the execution on the turnaround at Refinitiv at LSEG or General Electric’s business model simplification linking up with a cash-harvesting period following the GE9X engine approval and a period of heightened shop visits for its CFM56 engines.
 
The Global Leaders strategy is focused on delivering attractive long-term performance by investing in a concentrated portfolio of companies that can uniquely solve problems for their customers and generate attractive economics for shareholders. Given its concentrated nature, the Global Leaders strategy’s performance is primarily an output of our investment selection. The Global Leaders team remains dedicated to executing on our investment process that we believe will deliver value for our investors over the long run.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mick Dillon, Bertie Thomson
Portfolio Managers
 


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Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
 
The Fund invests in small and medium capitalization companies which carry greater risk than is associated with larger companies for various reasons, such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.
 
Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets.
 
The Adviser assesses a company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) profile through conducting ESG research and leveraging engagement when appropriate through dialogue with company management teams as part of its fundamental due diligence process. The Adviser views ESG characteristics as material to fundamentals and seeks to understand their impact on companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund’s consideration of ESG characteristics as part of the investment process could cause it to make or avoid investments that could result in the Fund underperforming similar funds that do not take ESG characteristics into consideration.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
The Fund’s ESG criteria may exclude securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons, therefore the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to funds that do not use these criteria.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the large- and mid-cap segments of certain developed markets and global emerging markets countries. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Financials
 
31.7%
Information Technology
 
24.9%
Industrials
 
15.0%
Communication Services
 
7.2%
Health Care
 
6.8%
Consumer Staples
 
6.6%
Consumer Discretionary
 
4.1%
Materials
 
2.3%
Money Market Funds
 
1.0%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.4%
   
100.0%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(7/1/15)
Institutional Shares1
21.83%
10.40%
10.87%
Investor Shares
21.63%
10.23%
10.70%
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)
16.53%
  8.10%
  8.05%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.75%
0.90%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.75%
0.90%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/global-leaders-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to its inception date of October 31, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 98.6%
     
       
Brazil — 2.7%
     
 
12,868,627
 
B3 S.A. — Brasil Bolsa Balcao
   
39,265,411
 
         
China — 3.1%
       
 
4,464,444
 
AIA Group, Ltd.
   
45,343,124
 
         
Denmark — 1.9%
       
 
228,212
 
Coloplast A/S
   
28,557,585
 
         
France — 4.3%
       
 
407,897
 
Safran S.A.
   
63,921,586
 
         
Germany — 6.4%
       
 
542,850
 
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA
   
34,333,244
 
 
322,835
 
Deutsche Boerse AG
   
59,600,180
 
           
93,933,424
 
India — 3.4%
       
 
2,449,332
 
HDFC Bank, Ltd.
   
50,830,539
 
         
Indonesia — 2.4%
       
 
97,072,664
 
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero
   
35,440,420
 
         
Netherlands — 5.0%
       
 
52,955
 
ASML Holding NV ADR
   
38,379,136
 
 
285,331
 
Wolters Kluwer NV
   
36,229,560
 
           
74,608,696
 
Sweden — 1.8%
       
 
2,087,138
 
Atlas Copco AB
   
26,023,444
 
         
Switzerland — 2.6%
       
 
128,445
 
Roche Holding AG
   
39,236,102
 
         
Taiwan — 3.3%
       
 
482,208
 
Taiwan Semiconductor
       
     
  Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
   
48,664,432
 
         
United Kingdom — 7.3%
       
 
409,857
 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
   
43,622,562
 
 
1,239,998
 
Unilever PLC
   
64,572,081
 
           
108,194,643
 
United States — 54.4%
       
         
Communication Services — 4.9%
       
 
602,325
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*
   
72,863,256
 
         
Consumer Discretionary — 4.1%
       
 
9,991
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.*
   
26,978,997
 
 
391,906
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
33,229,710
 
           
60,208,707
 
Consumer Staples — 2.2%
       
 
168,294
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
   
33,049,576
 
         
Financials — 13.2%
       
 
587,283
 
Charles Schwab Corp.
   
33,287,200
 
 
144,579
 
MasterCard, Inc.
   
56,862,921
 
 
120,628
 
Moody’s Corp.
   
41,944,768
 
 
265,857
 
Visa, Inc.
   
63,135,720
 
           
195,230,609
 
Health Care — 2.2%
       
 
341,279
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
32,192,848
 
         
Industrials — 6.5%
       
 
280,769
 
Allegion PLC
   
33,697,895
 
 
144,967
 
Ferguson PLC
   
22,804,759
 
 
135,412
 
General Electric Co.
   
14,875,008
 
 
278,573
 
Otis Worldwide Corp.
   
24,795,783
 
           
96,173,445
 
Information Technology — 19.0%
       
 
75,580
 
Adobe, Inc.*
   
36,957,864
 
 
140,903
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
28,830,163
 
 
87,851
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
40,252,450
 
 
677,121
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
   
40,478,293
 
 
395,110
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
134,550,759
 
           
281,069,529
 
Materials — 2.3%
           
 
126,692
 
Sherwin-Williams Co.
   
33,639,260
 
Total United States
   
804,427,230
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,053,869,750)
   
1,458,446,636
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 1.0%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 1.0%
       
 
15,191,809
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
15,191,809
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $15,191,809)
   
15,191,809
 
Total Investments — 99.6% (Cost $1,069,061,559)
   
1,473,638,445
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.4%
   
5,509,129
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
1,479,147,574
 

*
Non-income producing
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 25.24% in value. During the same period, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 12.72%.
 
The main drivers for outperformance were industrials and consumer discretionary. Our industrial exposure is mainly in quality cyclical companies that typically benefit from subscription-like revenues from maintenance, business or service contracts, like the Swedish compressor business Atlas, or the French aerospace engine manufacturer Safran. These two businesses performed strongly as they benefited from a recovery in their end markets. Within consumer discretionary, investments in LVMH and Compass Group, both companies with a history of strong execution across multiple economic cycles, outperformed the Index.
 
During the past year we invested in three new companies: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Howdens Joinery. GAP is an attractive infrastructure asset with a dominant market position and high returns on invested capital. It is set to benefit from a number of secular growth trends in the Mexican market such as air travel penetration and industrial near shoring. TCS is a leading Indian IT service company that we believe is well positioned to benefit from a multi-year technology upgrade cycle. We expect its superior execution capability to allow TCS to capture a greater share of its customers’ IT budgets at the expense of smaller players. We also initiated a position in Howdens Joinery, UK’s market leader in the production and supply of kitchen products. The company’s unique trade-only business model, its guaranteed availability of stock and a large network of depots in close proximity to its clients offer meaningful competitive advantages vs. peers. We exited our holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Chinese technology company Tencent as well as e-commerce platform Shopify and beauty company Shiseido during this period. The exit of TSMC was primarily a reflection of rising geopolitical risks and their impact on the semiconductor industry, while the sale of Tencent reflects our growing concern around the changed regulatory environment in China. Shopify has a leading position in e-commerce platform solutions but its decision to invest in the fulfillment business made it more difficult to predict free cash flows for the business. We therefore sold out of our position. Finally, we exited our investment in Shiseido as we became increasingly concerned about the company’s competitive position in its key markets, Japan and China.
 
We view the Fund as a collection of strong business models that may be positioned to increase their intrinsic value over a long period of time in a wide range of macroeconomic scenarios. The attractive portfolio characteristics highlighted here are reflected in the strategy’s 20.1% ROIC (ex. financials), 7.7% three-year sales growth and a 4.0% free cash flow “FCF” yield (ex. financials) as of June 30, 2023.
 
Sincerely,
 
Priyanka Agnihotri
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund invests in small and medium capitalization companies which carry greater risk than is associated with larger companies for various reasons, such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.
 
Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets.
 
The Adviser assesses a company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) profile through conducting ESG research and leveraging engagement when appropriate through dialogue with company management teams as part of its fundamental due diligence process. The Adviser views ESG characteristics as material to fundamentals and seeks to understand their impact on companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund’s consideration of ESG characteristics as part of the investment process could cause it to make or avoid investments that could result in the Fund underperforming similar funds that do not take ESG characteristics into consideration.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Because the Fund’s ESG criteria exclude securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to funds that do not use these criteria.
 
In addition, the Sub-Adviser utilizes the services of third-party data providers for purposes of conducting its ESG due diligence process and such data is inherently subject to interpretation, restatement, delay and omission outside the Sub-Adviser’s control.
 
The Fund is new with no operating history and there can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index is an index that captures large and mid cap representation across Developed Markets countries (excluding the US) and Emerging Markets countries.  The index covers the majority of the global equity opportunity set outside the US.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
United Kingdom
 
22.6%
Netherlands
 
10.3%
France
 
8.2%
Germany
 
7.5%
Switzerland
 
7.0%
India
 
5.9%
United States
 
5.4%
Denmark
 
4.0%
Brazil
 
3.9%
Canada
 
3.8%
Sweden
 
3.6%
China
 
3.5%
Indonesia
 
3.2%
Japan
 
3.1%
Finland
 
2.9%
Mexico
 
2.2%
Money Market Funds
 
1.5%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
1.4%
   
100.0%

   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
(2/28/22)
Institutional Shares
25.24%
4.06%
Investor Shares
25.03%
3.84%
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index
12.72%
-1.96% 

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
4.26%
4.41%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.85%
1.00%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/funds/sustainable-international-leaders-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect. In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022.  Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the period ended as of the date of this report.  Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 97.1%
     
       
Brazil — 3.9%
     
 
307,896
 
B3 S.A. — Brasil Bolsa Balcao
   
939,468
 
         
Canada — 3.8%
       
 
6,463
 
Waste Connections, Inc.
   
923,676
 
         
China — 3.5%
       
 
84,300
 
AIA Group, Ltd.
   
856,193
 
         
Denmark — 4.0%
       
 
7,811
 
Coloplast A/S
   
977,439
 
         
Finland — 2.9%
       
 
13,723
 
Kone OYJ
   
716,954
 
         
France — 8.2%
       
 
995
 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
   
938,199
 
 
6,766
 
Safran S.A.
   
1,060,301
 
           
1,998,500
 
Germany — 7.5%
       
 
12,744
 
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA
   
806,011
 
 
5,469
 
Deutsche Boerse AG
   
1,009,659
 
           
1,815,670
 
India — 5.9%
       
 
13,680
 
HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR
   
953,496
 
 
11,874
 
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
   
479,797
 
           
1,433,293
 
Indonesia — 3.2%
       
 
2,107,883
 
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT
   
769,571
 
         
Japan — 3.1%
       
 
1,588
 
Keyence Corp.
   
754,549
 
         
Mexico — 2.2%
       
 
29,993
 
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV
   
539,776
 
             
Netherlands — 10.3%
       
 
520
 
Adyen NV*
   
900,469
 
 
910
 
ASML Holding NV
   
660,050
 
 
7,435
 
Wolters Kluwer NV
   
944,050
 
           
2,504,569
 
Sweden — 3.6%
       
 
70,931
 
Atlas Copco AB
   
884,402
 
         
Switzerland — 7.0%
       
 
2,659
 
Roche Holding AG
   
812,245
 
 
3,091
 
Sika AG
   
885,264
 
           
1,697,509
 
United Kingdom — 22.6%
       
 
31,051
 
Compass Group PLC
   
869,528
 
 
23,533
 
Experian PLC
   
903,222
 
 
72,492
 
Howden Joinery Group PLC
   
592,288
 
 
9,250
 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
   
984,511
 
 
161,464
 
Rentokil Initial PLC
   
1,262,443
 
 
17,115
 
Unilever PLC
   
891,252
 
           
5,503,244
 
United States — 5.4%
       
 
260
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.*
   
702,086
 
 
3,007
 
NXP Semiconductors NV
   
615,473
 
           
1,317,559
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $20,264,035)
   
23,632,372
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 1.5%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 1.5%
       
 
371,672
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
371,672
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $371,672)
   
371,672
 
Total Investments — 98.6% (Cost $20,635,707)
   
24,004,044
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.4%
   
342,683
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
24,346,727
 

*
Non-income producing
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) returned -1.44% behind the -0.60% return for the Bloomberg Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index, the Fund’s benchmark.
 
The Fund aims to generate performance primarily through individual security analysis, supported by a detailed and disciplined research process focused on downside protection. Duration and sector weightings are determined mainly by an analysis of the intermediate-term risk/reward as opposed to any particular macro forecast.
 
During the period, the Federal Reserve aggressively raised the Federal Funds Rate in 75 basis point increments in an attempt to close the gap between monetary policy and the prevailing inflationary environment. The move higher in interest rates was not parallel with shorter Treasury yields moving aggressively higher, thus, inverting the yield curve as investors priced in the growing risk of recession. As to be expected, highly interest rate sensitive portions of the economy such as housing and autos suffered early, however the broader economy proved very resilient directly challenging the Federal Reserve’s effort to slow economic activity which put the real economy at odds with the market’s consensus of an imminent recession.
 
During the summer of 2022, we were positioned defensively against rising interest rates but began to extend duration as the Federal Reserve altered its commentary around the expected terminal policy rate and expressed a desire to move away from outsized policy adjustments. Intermediate and longer-term interest rates then moved lower in anticipation of a future recessionary period. We completely closed our duration underweight in the first quarter of 2023 and have maintained this stance.
 
Given the continued resilience of corporate balance sheets, we also lessened our underweight to corporate credit. We invested in companies that we believed would exhibit less cyclicality if a recession did occur, such as industrial technology, consumer non-cyclical, and utilities. Ultimately, our underweight was a headwind to overall performance as corporate bonds closed the period in a robust manner. We continued to refine our securitized bond exposure, almost completely eliminating our commercial mortgage-backed and collateralized mortgage bond exposure in favor of government-backed mortgage bonds. On a relative value basis, mortgage bonds were attractive given their elevated yield, high quality, and limited extension risk going forward. Broadly, securitized bonds were a detractor to performance, though, as they were greatly impacted by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. Lastly, although we primarily utilize Treasuries for liquidity and duration management of the Fund, we continued to hold an elevated amount in Treasuries as we look to navigate the last leg of the monetary cycle.
 
Looking forward, we believe income will return to being the primary driver of return, rather than capital appreciation resulting from a secular period of ever lower interest rates. We expect our research focused investment process will continue to identify attractive individual security opportunities, enhancing the yield and income profile of the Fund. Finally, we also believe duration will be a valuable tool when the Federal Reserve succeeds in cooling the economy and shifts to a dovish stance.
 
Sincerely,
 
Jason T. Vlosich
Portfolio Manager
 

 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of increases in market interest rates. Investments in Asset Backed and Mortgage Backed Securities include additional risks that investors should be aware of such as credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise.
 
The risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Inflation-indexed bonds see the principal value of the security increased as the Consumer Price Index increases. Should the Consumer Price Index decline, those securities should be adversely impacted. Diversification does not assure a profit, nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based bond index. The Bloomberg Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index (“Index”) represents domestic taxable investment grade bonds, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities with average maturities and durations in the intermediate range. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
U.S. Treasury Notes
 
39.4%
Mortgage Backed Securities
 
21.1%
Corporate Bonds & Notes
 
18.2%
Affiliated Mutual Funds
 
12.0%
Asset Backed Securities
 
4.8%
Money Market Funds
 
4.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities*
 
0.3%
   
100.0%

*  Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts.

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Investor Shares
-1.44%
0.64%
1.11%
Advisor Shares
-1.62%
0.41%
0.86%
Bloomberg Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index
-0.60%
0.83%
1.33%

 
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.56%
0.81%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.52%
0.77%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/intermediate-income-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 21.1%
               
 
1,629,682
 
Bayview MSR Opportunity Master Fund Trust, Series 2021-INV5 A-5#^
 
2.50
%
 
11/25/2051
   
1,398,595
 
 
1,737,466
 
Bayview Opportunity Master Fund VI Trust, Series 2021-INV6 A-5#^
 
2.50
%
 
10/25/2051
   
1,483,972
 
 
1,661,879
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# WA-3311
 
2.21
%
 
04/01/2038
   
1,220,557
 
 
1,520,336
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# SD-0913
 
2.50
%
 
02/01/2052
   
1,299,003
 
 
814,398
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QE-0622
 
2.00
%
 
04/01/2052
   
670,975
 
 
1,342,387
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# RA-7927
 
4.50
%
 
09/01/2052
   
1,292,416
 
 
957,019
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QF-0492
 
5.50
%
 
09/01/2052
   
962,263
 
 
453,067
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 5145 AB
 
1.50
%
 
09/25/2049
   
345,696
 
 
852,581
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4634 MA
 
4.50
%
 
11/15/2054
   
830,852
 
 
117,277
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT2#
 
2.76
%
 
10/25/2028
   
110,770
 
 
65,601
 
FHMS, Series Q-010 APT1#
 
4.90
%
 
04/25/2046
   
65,192
 
 
80,442
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT1#
 
5.02
%
 
10/25/2047
   
80,075
 
 
750,000
 
FNMA, Pool# BL1160
 
3.64
%
 
01/01/2026
   
715,609
 
 
8,269
 
FNMA, Pool# 628837
 
6.50
%
 
03/01/2032
   
8,450
 
 
343,964
 
FNMA, Pool# MA2998
 
3.50
%
 
04/01/2032
   
329,958
 
 
11,997
 
FNMA, Pool# 663238
 
5.50
%
 
09/01/2032
   
11,949
 
 
17,339
 
FNMA, Pool# 744805 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
 
4.27
%
 
11/01/2033
   
16,926
 
 
9,037
 
FNMA, Pool# 741373 (1 Year CMT  Rate + 2.28%)
 
4.41
%
 
12/01/2033
   
8,871
 
 
20,383
 
FNMA, Pool# 764342 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
 
3.90
%
 
02/01/2034
   
19,992
 
 
1,511,528
 
FNMA, Pool# BQ3248
 
2.00
%
 
11/01/2050
   
1,243,449
 
 
1,389,046
 
FNMA, Pool# BQ6307
 
2.00
%
 
11/01/2050
   
1,143,259
 
 
765,943
 
FNMA, Pool# MA4208
 
2.00
%
 
12/01/2050
   
630,588
 
 
830,135
 
FNMA, Pool# BR5634
 
2.00
%
 
03/01/2051
   
683,220
 
 
1,075,337
 
FNMA, Pool# FM6555
 
2.00
%
 
04/01/2051
   
884,411
 
 
1,387,635
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0031
 
2.50
%
 
10/01/2051
   
1,178,365
 
 
1,174,089
 
FNMA, Pool# MA4492
 
2.00
%
 
12/01/2051
   
959,311
 
 
1,536,605
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0348
 
2.00
%
 
01/01/2052
   
1,263,641
 
 
1,364,789
 
FNMA, Pool# CB2548
 
2.50
%
 
01/01/2052
   
1,164,567
 
 
683,495
 
FNMA, Pool# BW0025
 
4.00
%
 
07/01/2052
   
643,202
 
 
298,993
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-M10
 
2.35
%
 
11/25/2045
   
285,321
 
 
189,787
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-KF74 B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.15%)^
 
7.34
%
 
01/25/2027
   
180,333
 
 
8,923
 
GNMA Pool, Pool# 781186X
 
9.00
%
 
06/15/2030
   
8,914
 
 
2,463,443
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-084 ED
 
1.00
%
 
07/16/2060
   
1,836,909
 
 
924,391
 
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-LTV2 A15#^
 
3.00
%
 
11/25/2050
   
831,828
 
 
1,378,657
 
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2022-LTV2 A4#^
 
3.50
%
 
09/25/2052
   
1,237,463
 
 
1,756,986
 
RCKT Mortgage Trust, Series 2022-2 A6#^
 
2.50
%
 
02/25/2052
   
1,506,168
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $29,113,702)
             
26,553,070
 
                   
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 18.2%
                 
 
686,000
 
American Tower Corp.
 
3.60
%
 
01/15/2028
   
632,366
 
 
1,485,000
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
 
1.70
%
 
10/01/2028
   
1,276,720
 
 
754,000
 
Aptiv PLC
 
3.25
%
 
03/01/2032
   
645,827
 
 
1,349,000
 
Citigroup, Inc.
 
3.20
%
 
10/21/2026
   
1,263,646
 
 
1,311,000
 
Clorox Co.
 
4.40
%
 
05/01/2029
   
1,275,311
 
 
694,000
 
Comcast Corp.
 
3.40
%
 
04/01/2030
   
638,090
 
 
1,211,000
 
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
 
3.35
%
 
04/01/2030
   
1,101,586
 
 
719,000
 
Crown Castle, Inc.
 
3.30
%
 
07/01/2030
   
636,013
 
 
1,450,000
 
DH Europe Finance II Sarl
 
2.60
%
 
11/15/2029
   
1,277,037
 
 
1,315,000
 
Dollar General Corp.
 
3.88
%
 
04/15/2027
   
1,255,497
 
 
1,296,000
 
Dollar Tree, Inc.
 
4.20
%
 
05/15/2028
   
1,228,607
 
 
680,000
 
Fortis, Inc.
 
3.06
%
 
10/04/2026
   
626,877
 
 
1,325,000
 
Hasbro, Inc.
 
3.55
%
 
11/19/2026
   
1,231,555
 
 
644,000
 
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
 
3.88
%
 
03/01/2026
   
621,516
 
 
1,291,000
 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
 
4.60
%
 
04/06/2027
   
1,270,976
 
 
1,345,000
 
Morgan Stanley
 
3.13
%
 
07/27/2026
   
1,260,206
 
 
895,000
 
Oracle Corp.
 
6.15
%
 
11/09/2029
   
932,795
 
 
764,000
 
Revvity, Inc.
 
1.90
%
 
09/15/2028
   
647,655
 


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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 18.2% (Continued)
               
 
604,000
 
SYSCO Corp.
 
5.95
%
 
04/01/2030
   
632,685
 
 
1,275,000
 
Trimble, Inc.
 
6.10
%
 
03/15/2033
   
1,292,329
 
 
1,451,000
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
 
2.10
%
 
03/22/2028
   
1,275,394
 
 
1,354,000
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
3.00
%
 
10/23/2026
   
1,257,792
 
 
730,000
 
Xylem, Inc.
 
1.95
%
 
01/30/2028
   
640,885
 
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $25,030,866)
       

   
22,921,365
 
                   
Asset Backed Securities — 4.8%
                 
 
510,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2015-SFR2 C^
 
4.69
%
 
10/18/2052
   
494,159
 
 
900,000
 
CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2 C
 
1.34
%
 
02/16/2027
   
823,382
 
 
296,586
 
Dext ABS LLC, Series 2021-1 A^
 
1.12
%
 
02/15/2028
   
284,837
 
 
322,503
 
FHF Trust, Series 2021-2A A^
 
0.83
%
 
12/15/2026
   
307,273
 
 
73,849
 
FHF Trust, Series 2021-1A A^
 
1.27
%
 
03/15/2027
   
70,962
 
 
786,882
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2022-1FP B^
 
1.91
%
 
03/19/2029
   
778,561
 
 
590,000
 
GTP Acquisition Partners I LLC, Series 2015-1-2^
 
3.48
%
 
06/15/2050
   
563,616
 
 
1,575,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2021-2A B^
 
0.61
%
 
09/20/2028
   
1,548,641
 
 
419,643
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA — CACLN, Series 2021-3 B^
 
0.76
%
 
02/26/2029
   
399,704
 
 
260,808
 
MVW Owner Trust, Series 2017-1A A^
 
2.42
%
 
12/20/2034
   
259,224
 
 
47,127
 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3 D
 
2.68
%
 
10/15/2025
   
47,044
 
 
445,000
 
Tesla Auto Lease Trust, Series 2021-A C^
 
1.18
%
 
03/20/2025
   
433,178
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $6,293,187)
       

   
6,010,581
 
                   
U.S. Treasury Notes — 39.4%
                 
 
10,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.63
%
 
12/31/2023
   
9,870,549
 
 
3,320,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.75
%
 
05/15/2025
   
3,189,534
 
 
6,775,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.25
%
 
03/31/2026
   
6,376,440
 
 
6,395,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.88
%
 
05/15/2028
   
6,035,531
 
 
6,200,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
3.25
%
 
06/30/2029
   
5,933,109
 
 
2,735,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
0.88
%
 
11/15/2030
   
2,213,961
 
 
18,635,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
1.88
%
 
02/15/2032
   
15,966,046
 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $52,797,630)
       

   
49,585,170
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Affiliated Mutual Funds (Note 3) — 12.0%
     
 
1,654,617
 
Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund — Institutional Shares
   
15,057,017
 
Total Affiliated Mutual Funds (Cost $16,952,513)
   
15,057,017
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 4.2%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 4.2%
       
 
5,252,688
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%*
   
5,252,688
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $5,252,688)
   
5,252,688
 
Total Investments — 99.7% (Cost $135,440,586)
   
125,379,891
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.3%
   
400,353
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
125,780,244
 

^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

Futures Contracts — Long (Note 6)
                         
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures
 
59
 
09/29/2023
 
$
6,439,321
   
$
6,318,532
   
$
(120,789
)
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note Futures
 
78
 
09/29/2023
   
16,070,074
     
15,860,812
     
(209,262
)
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures
 
  7
 
09/20/2023
   
889,544
     
888,344
     
(1,200
)
             
$
23,398,939
   
$
23,067,688
   
$
(331,251
)
                                 
Futures Contracts — Short (Note 6)
                               
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note Futures
 
(26)

09/20/2023
 
$
(2,970,244
)
 
$
(2,918,906
)
 
$
51,338
 
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Futures
 
(53)

09/20/2023
   
(6,332,903
)
   
(6,277,187
)
   
55,716
 
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond Futures
 
  (1)

09/20/2023
   
(134,592
)
   
(136,219
)
   
(1,627
)
             
$
(9,437,739
)
 
$
(9,332,312
)
 
$
105,427
 

There is no variation margin due to or from the Fund as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) returned -3.16%, trailing its benchmark, the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, which returned -0.94%.
 
The negative total return was driven by an increase in Treasury yields, as expectations for an end to the Fed tightening cycle diminished. Relative underperformance for the period was primarily driven by positioning for a steeper yield curve, positioning within the mortgage sector, and a defensive underweight position in corporate credit.
 
The Fund seeks to take a sustainable and dynamic approach to fixed income. We believe that dynamic asset allocation informed by comprehensive top-down macro analysis, combined with rigorous, bottom-up security selection and a differentiated sustainable investment approach, can deliver an attractive stream of income and risk-adjusted returns through the economic cycle while producing positive environmental and social impact.
 
We maintain our conviction that economic weakness is ahead, not behind, for the U.S. economy. We expect that to change as the full effect of tighter monetary policy has yet to be felt. Evidence of this impact within interest-rate-sensitive sectors and signs of inflection points within macroeconomic indicators and labor markets give us more confidence in our view.
 
Additionally, we expect inflation to moderate in the months ahead. Shelter represents the largest weight in price indices and the moderation in rental rates and home prices will soon be reflected. Recent data on other core measures of inflation and wage growth are also encouraging.
 
In our view, a weak growth outlook coupled with declining inflation will result in the end of the monetary policy tightening cycle. This should result in a meaningful steepening of yield curves, returning to more conventional upward sloping yield curves. The Fund is currently long duration yet positioned for a steeper yield curve.
 
The Fund remains defensively positioned within credit, liquidity, and structure risk as we expect better fundamental-valuation alignment in the coming months and quarters.
 
Lastly, we believe over the cycle our research focused investment process may continue to generate attractive income as individual security selection returns to the forefront of relative performance.
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Diaz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Amy Hauter, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Colby Stilson
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified which means it may invest a large percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Concentration in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk than if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers. The Fund is also subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of an increase in market interest rates. This risk is usually greater for longer- term debt securities. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the Federal Alternative minimum tax for certain investors. The Adviser utilizes ESG analysis in connection with the Fund’s investments in fixed-income securities. ESG factors are considered systematically and comprehensively through leveraging a repeatable process that strives to minimize risk and capture opportunity.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Because the Fund’s ESG criteria exclude securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to the funds that do not use these criteria.
 
Credit Quality weights by rating are derived from the highest bond rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by private independent rating services such as S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. These firms evaluate a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when none of the three rating agencies have issued a formal rating, the Advisor will classify the security as nonrated.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index (“Index”) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade US dollar-denominated, fixed rate taxable bond market.  The Index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS, ABS and CMBS.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Money Market Funds
 
38.2%
Mortgage Backed Securities
 
28.8%
Corporate Bonds & Notes
 
22.6%
Foreign Government Bonds
 
22.6%
U.S. Treasury Securities
 
14.1%
Asset Backed Securities
 
3.7%
Municipal Bonds
 
1.3%
U.S. Treasury Bills
 
0.3%
Other Assets and Liabilities*
 
(31.6)%
   
100.0%

*  Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts.

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(8/7/17)
Institutional Shares1
-3.22%
0.82%
0.48%
Investor Shares
-3.16%
0.79%
0.45%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
-0.94%
0.77%
0.47%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.44%
0.49%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.44%
0.49%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/sustainable-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect. In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced. Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to its inception date of July 2, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 28.8%
           
 
620,328
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G3-1063
 
3.50
%
 
11/01/2037
   
588,041
 
 
1,094,192
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QC-5510
 
3.50
%
 
07/01/2051
   
999,510
 
 
5,103,350
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# RA-6064
 
2.50
%
 
09/01/2051
   
4,417,457
 
 
1,797,183
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-7054
 
3.00
%
 
02/01/2052
   
1,585,227
 
 
1,849,515
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-5888
 
3.50
%
 
02/01/2052
   
1,688,343
 
 
1,884,437
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# RA-6699
 
3.50
%
 
02/01/2052
   
1,720,205
 
 
1,795,394
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-7450
 
3.00
%
 
03/01/2052
   
1,585,816
 
 
166,921
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QE-0380
 
2.50
%
 
04/01/2052
   
142,632
 
 
251,513
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4094 NI~
 
2.50
%
 
03/15/2027
   
3,578
 
 
1,608,247
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4107 LI~
 
3.00
%
 
08/15/2027
   
111,121
 
 
1,164,626
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4143 IA~
 
3.50
%
 
09/15/2042
   
97,269
 
 
84,872
 
FHLMC SCRTT, Series 2017-1 M1#^
 
4.00
%
 
01/25/2056
   
83,823
 
 
73,940
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2015-HQ2 M3 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 3.25%)
 
8.40
%
 
05/27/2025
   
74,790
 
 
6,322,999
 
FHMS, Series Q-013 XPT1#~
 
1.66
%
 
05/25/2025
   
129,025
 
 
5,506,786
 
FHMS, Series Q-013 XPT2#~
 
1.81
%
 
05/25/2027
   
145,650
 
 
300,000
 
FHMS, Series K-W03 A2
 
3.02
%
 
06/25/2027
   
279,392
 
 
131,203
 
FHMS, Series Q-010 APT1#
 
4.90
%
 
04/25/2046
   
130,384
 
 
148,508
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT1#
 
5.02
%
 
10/25/2047
   
147,830
 
 
1,620,000
 
FNMA, Pool# BS4700
 
2.43
%
 
02/01/2032
   
1,331,097
 
 
439,197
 
FNMA, Pool# MA2897
 
3.00
%
 
02/01/2037
   
405,978
 
 
246,709
 
FNMA, Pool# 467095
 
5.90
%
 
01/01/2041
   
257,998
 
 
162,459
 
FNMA, Pool# 469130
 
4.87
%
 
10/01/2041
   
161,765
 
 
97,658
 
FNMA, Pool# BH7686
 
4.50
%
 
12/01/2047
   
95,344
 
 
142,843
 
FNMA, Pool# BK5105
 
5.50
%
 
05/01/2048
   
143,449
 
 
213,316
 
FNMA, Pool# BK8032
 
5.50
%
 
06/01/2048
   
214,853
 
 
145,916
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4936
 
5.50
%
 
12/01/2048
   
145,717
 
 
146,124
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4921
 
5.50
%
 
01/01/2049
   
145,856
 
 
5,571,796
 
FNMA, Pool# FM8754
 
3.00
%
 
09/01/2051
   
4,949,620
 
 
2,027,723
 
FNMA, Pool# BT7699
 
4.00
%
 
09/01/2051
   
1,962,806
 
 
1,208,586
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0031
 
2.50
%
 
10/01/2051
   
1,026,318
 
 
627,372
 
FNMA, Pool# FS1480
 
2.50
%
 
11/01/2051
   
536,434
 
 
2,760,046
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0491
 
3.50
%
 
01/01/2052
   
2,521,289
 
 
1,086,918
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0731
 
2.00
%
 
02/01/2052
   
894,296
 
 
1,806,183
 
FNMA, Pool# CB2909
 
3.50
%
 
02/01/2052
   
1,648,355
 
 
1,835,532
 
FNMA, Pool# BV4532
 
3.50
%
 
03/01/2052
   
1,674,999
 
 
2,512,767
 
FNMA, Pool# MA4565
 
3.50
%
 
03/01/2052
   
2,294,105
 
 
5,032,734
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-95 WI#~
 
0.00
%
 
05/25/2035
   
138,190
 
 
197,830
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-65 HJ
 
5.00
%
 
07/25/2040
   
196,756
 
 
25,660,000
 
FNMA, 2.00%, Due TBA July
 
2.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
20,931,945
 
 
13,945,000
 
FNMA, 2.50%, Due TBA July
 
2.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
11,827,103
 
 
9,100,000
 
FNMA, 3.00%, Due TBA July
 
3.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
8,010,488
 
 
6,350,000
 
FNMA, 3.50%, Due TBA July
 
3.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
5,787,182
 
 
24,700,000
 
FNMA, 4.00%, Due TBA July
 
4.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
23,182,301
 
 
7,200,000
 
FNMA, 4.50%, Due TBA July
 
4.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
6,922,688
 
 
9,400,000
 
FNMA, 5.00%, Due TBA July
 
5.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
9,215,675
 
 
544,670
 
GNMA, Pool# 781950X
 
4.50
%
 
07/15/2035
   
534,486
 
 
661,299
 
GNMA, Pool# MA7106M
 
2.00
%
 
01/20/2036
   
587,455
 
 
644,238
 
GNMA, Pool# MA7164M
 
2.00
%
 
02/20/2036
   
572,349
 
 
241,195
 
GNMA, Pool# 723334X
 
5.00
%
 
09/15/2039
   
242,421
 
 
2,773,950
 
GNMA, Pool# 783467X
 
4.00
%
 
10/15/2041
   
2,701,663
 
 
1,070,664
 
GNMA, Pool# MA2754M
 
3.50
%
 
04/20/2045
   
1,005,519
 
 
3,232,617
 
GNMA, Pool# 784507C
 
4.00
%
 
12/20/2047
   
3,095,719
 
 
294,915
 
GNMA, Pool# MA7774M
 
6.00
%
 
11/20/2051
   
308,709
 
 
26,785,000
 
GNMA, 2.00%, Due TBA July
 
2.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
22,519,281
 
 
16,800,000
 
GNMA, 2.50%, Due TBA July
 
2.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
14,550,375
 
 
8,800,000
 
GNMA, 3.00%, Due TBA July
 
3.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
7,864,656
 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 28.8% (Continued)
               
 
5,350,000
 
GNMA, 3.50%, Due TBA July
 
3.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
4,938,510
 
 
14,434,000
 
GNMA, 4.00%, Due TBA July
 
4.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
13,659,864
 
 
4,915,000
 
GNMA, 4.50%, Due TBA July
 
4.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
4,744,127
 
 
1,250,000
 
GNMA, 5.00%, Due TBA July
 
5.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
1,228,418
 
 
1,945,537
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-167 SE (1 Month LIBOR USD + 6.20%)~
 
1.04
%
 
11/20/2047
   
207,518
 
 
920,150
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-125 UL
 
1.50
%
 
07/20/2051
   
694,658
 
 
1,343,418
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-158 JD
 
1.50
%
 
09/20/2051
   
996,959
 
 
2,104,659
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-160 DK
 
2.00
%
 
09/20/2051
   
1,462,765
 
 
1,383,690
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-177 KD
 
2.00
%
 
10/20/2051
   
1,091,749
 
 
2,605,978
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2022-009 CD
 
2.00
%
 
01/20/2052
   
2,098,828
 
 
371,888
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-45 B1#~
 
0.55
%
 
07/16/2054
   
3,926
 
 
231,427
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-135 I0#~
 
0.43
%
 
01/16/2056
   
4,321
 
 
234,507
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2015-172 I0#~
 
0.61
%
 
03/16/2057
   
5,045
 
 
442,218
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-40 I0#~
 
0.61
%
 
07/16/2057
   
9,798
 
 
297,382
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-56 I0#~
 
1.00
%
 
11/16/2057
   
12,822
 
 
450,759
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-98 I0#~
 
0.86
%
 
05/16/2058
   
17,627
 
 
8,461,789
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-084 ED
 
1.00
%
 
07/16/2060
   
6,309,680
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $221,095,968)
             
212,021,948
 
                   
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 22.6%
                 
 
8,155,000
 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust
 
3.00
%
 
10/29/2028
   
7,057,630
 
 
3,450,000
 
AIB Group PLC (Fixed until 10/14/2025, then SOFR + 3.46%)^
 
7.58
%
 
10/14/2026
   
3,506,174
 
 
4,320,000
 
Amphenol Corp.
 
2.80
%
 
02/15/2030
   
3,785,807
 
 
8,295,000
 
Aptiv PLC
 
3.25
%
 
03/01/2032
   
7,104,951
 
 
7,330,000
 
AT&T, Inc.
 
4.35
%
 
03/01/2029
   
7,044,128
 
 
7,095,000
 
CaixaBank S.A. (Fixed until 01/18/2028, then SOFR + 2.70%)^
 
6.21
%
 
01/18/2029
   
7,084,463
 
 
5,960,000
 
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
 
3.35
%
 
04/01/2030
   
5,421,515
 
 
7,980,000
 
Crown Castle, Inc.
 
3.30
%
 
07/01/2030
   
7,058,946
 
 
7,960,000
 
DH Europe Finance II Sarl
 
2.60
%
 
11/15/2029
   
7,010,494
 
 
8,050,000
 
Equinix, Inc.
 
3.20
%
 
11/18/2029
   
7,077,647
 
 
7,600,000
 
Fortis, Inc.
 
3.06
%
 
10/04/2026
   
7,006,269
 
 
39,250,000
 
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau
 
0.63
%
 
01/22/2026
   
35,468,890
 
 
7,249,000
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
4.88
%
 
06/22/2028
   
7,038,930
 
 
3,380,000
 
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
6.75
%
 
11/01/2029
   
3,515,639
 
 
3,795,000
 
Nationwide Building Society (Fixed until 03/08/2028, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
 
4.30
%
 
03/08/2029
   
3,519,572
 
 
3,660,000
 
NatWest Group PLC (Fixed until 01/27/2029, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.91%)
 
5.08
%
 
01/27/2030
   
3,494,719
 
 
3,765,000
 
NatWest Group PLC (Fixed until 08/10/2025, then 5 Year Swap Rate USD + 5.72%)
 
8.00
%
 
12/29/2049
   
3,668,352
 
 
2,260,000
 
Oracle Corp.
 
6.15
%
 
11/09/2029
   
2,355,437
 
 
4,883,000
 
Oracle Corp.
 
4.65
%
 
05/06/2030
   
4,720,967
 
 
8,850,000
 
Revvity, Inc.
 
2.25
%
 
09/15/2031
   
7,106,846
 
 
6,120,000
 
Roper Technologies, Inc.
 
1.75
%
 
02/15/2031
   
4,857,692
 
 
7,955,000
 
Societe Generale S.A. (Fixed until 01/19/2027, then 1 Year CMT  Rate + 1.30%)^
 
2.80
%
 
01/19/2028
   
7,053,348
 
 
6,890,000
 
Sprint LLC
 
7.63
%
 
02/15/2025
   
7,044,102
 
 
615,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
 
5.05
%
 
07/15/2033
   
604,126
 
 
7,005,000
 
Trimble, Inc.
 
6.10
%
 
03/15/2033
   
7,100,206
 
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $173,325,439)
             
166,706,850
 
                   
Foreign Government Bonds — 22.6%
                 
 
37,500,000
 
Asian Development Bank
 
2.88
%
 
05/06/2025
   
36,084,552
 
 
10,200,000
 
Asian Development Bank
 
1.88
%
 
03/15/2029
   
8,986,240
 
 
14,100,000
 
Council Of Europe Development Bank
 
3.00
%
 
06/16/2025
   
13,569,853
 
 
3,150,000
 
European Investment Bank
 
2.88
%
 
08/15/2023
   
3,141,655
 
 
24,655,000
 
European Investment Bank
 
1.38
%
 
03/15/2027
   
22,088,159
 
 
39,880,000
 
Inter-American Development Bank
 
0.88
%
 
04/20/2026
   
35,990,782
 
 
10,625,000
 
Inter-American Development Bank (SOFR + 0.28%)
 
4.82
%
 
04/12/2027
   
10,628,551
 
 
38,700,000
 
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
 
0.63
%
 
04/22/2025
   
35,780,664
 
Total Foreign Government Bonds (Cost $169,185,768)
             
166,270,456
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
U.S. Treasury Securities — 14.1%
               
 
2,650,000
 
United States Treasury Bond
 
3.88
%
 
02/15/2043
   
2,584,578
 
 
2,445,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
3.88
%
 
12/31/2027
   
2,411,142
 
 
2,980,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
3.50
%
 
04/30/2028
   
2,896,071
 
 
3,486,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
3.50
%
 
04/30/2030
   
3,385,233
 
 
4,805,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
3.50
%
 
02/15/2033
   
4,681,121
 
 
16,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
1.25
%
 
07/31/2023
   
15,950,989
 
 
6,270,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
3.25
%
 
06/30/2027
   
6,031,201
 
 
12,560,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.88
%
 
05/15/2028
   
11,853,991
 
 
3,800,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.88
%
 
04/30/2029
   
3,564,281
 
 
11,765,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
0.88
%
 
11/15/2030
   
9,523,676
 
 
20,490,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
1.88
%
 
02/15/2032
   
17,555,367
 
 
53,020,000
 
United States Treasury STRIP+
 
4.25
%
 
05/15/2043
   
23,163,464
 
Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost $106,067,359)
             
103,601,114
 
                   
Asset Backed Securities — 3.7%
                 
 
540,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR2 D^
 
5.15
%
 
10/17/2036
   
529,541
 
 
520,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2015-SFR1 D^
 
4.41
%
 
04/18/2052
   
501,389
 
 
1,000,000
 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2 C
 
1.48
%
 
02/18/2026
   
964,236
 
 
2,255,000
 
CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2 C
 
1.34
%
 
02/16/2027
   
2,063,030
 
 
1,000,000
 
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2020-A A4
 
1.51
%
 
04/15/2027
   
972,261
 
 
2,650,000
 
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2021-C B
 
1.41
%
 
04/16/2029
   
2,376,052
 
 
34,370
 
Dext ABS LLC, Series 2020-1 A^
 
1.46
%
 
02/16/2027
   
34,299
 
 
1,306,908
 
Dext ABS LLC, Series 2021-1 A^
 
1.12
%
 
02/15/2028
   
1,255,136
 
 
870,000
 
Dext ABS LLC, Series 2021-1 B^
 
1.76
%
 
02/15/2028
   
794,297
 
 
585,980
 
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3 D
 
3.18
%
 
10/15/2026
   
582,065
 
 
1,008,731
 
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1 D
 
2.70
%
 
05/17/2027
   
992,292
 
 
467,339
 
FHF Trust, Series 2021-2A A^
 
0.83
%
 
12/15/2026
   
445,269
 
 
698,084
 
FHF Trust, Series 2021-1A A^
 
1.27
%
 
03/15/2027
   
670,792
 
 
1,000,000
 
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2021-2 C
 
1.01
%
 
05/20/2025
   
979,553
 
 
1,975,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2021-2 B^
 
0.61
%
 
09/20/2028
   
1,941,947
 
 
2,000,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2021-1 TR^
 
1.03
%
 
03/20/2031
   
1,930,493
 
 
3,775,000
 
John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2023-B A2
 
5.59
%
 
06/15/2026
   
3,774,522
 
 
1,149,930
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA — CACLN, Series 2021-3 B^
 
0.76
%
 
02/26/2029
   
1,095,295
 
 
730,263
 
MVW Owner Trust, Series 2017-1A A^
 
2.42
%
 
12/20/2034
   
725,827
 
 
591,741
 
Newtek Small Business Loan Trust, Series 2018-1 A (1 Month LIBOR USD + -0.55%)^
 
7.70
%
 
02/25/2044
   
584,487
 
 
136,117
 
Oportun Funding XIII LLC, Series 2019-A A^
 
3.08
%
 
08/08/2025
   
133,712
 
 
1,075,000
 
PFS Financing Corp., Series 2021-A A^
 
0.71
%
 
04/15/2026
   
1,030,056
 
 
62,051
 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3 D
 
2.68
%
 
10/15/2025
   
61,941
 
 
138,980
 
SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust, Series 2021-1 A^
 
0.49
%
 
09/25/2030
   
136,950
 
 
2,705,000
 
Tesla Auto Lease Trust, Series 2021-A C^
 
1.18
%
 
03/20/2025
   
2,633,141
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $28,327,325)
             
27,208,583
 
                   
Municipal Bonds — 1.3%
                 
 
230,000
 
American Municipal Power, Inc.
 
6.05
%
 
02/15/2043
   
248,360
 
 
2,650,000
 
California Health Facilities Financing Authority
 
3.03
%
 
06/01/2034
   
2,220,869
 
 
1,325,000
 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority
 
3.36
%
 
12/01/2030
   
1,162,740
 
 
1,200,000
 
Health Care Authority for Baptist Health
 
5.50
%
 
11/15/2043
   
1,118,939
 
 
100,000
 
Honolulu, City & County Hawaii
 
3.00
%
 
09/01/2027
   
93,656
 
 
30,000
 
Los Angeles California Community College District
 
6.60
%
 
08/01/2042
   
36,395
 
 
430,000
 
Los Angeles California Wastewater System Revenue
 
3.49
%
 
06/01/2029
   
401,020
 
 
15,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
 
3.24
%
 
09/01/2048
   
14,469
 
 
3,300,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
 
3.96
%
 
12/15/2026
   
3,126,938
 
 
1,000,000
 
New York City Housing Development Corp.
 
2.71
%
 
08/01/2031
   
822,615
 
 
355,000
 
University of California
 
2.99
%
 
05/15/2026
   
335,249
 
 
25,000
 
University of North Texas System
 
3.69
%
 
04/15/2030
   
23,313
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $10,779,708)
             
9,604,563
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares/
         
Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Short-Term Investments — 38.5%
     
       
Money Market Funds — 38.2%
     
 
281,273,994
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%*
   
281,273,994
 
         
U.S. Treasury Bills — 0.3%
       
 
2,050,000
 
United States Treasury Bill, 04/13/2023, 4.87%†
   
2,047,152
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $283,320,680)
   
283,321,146
 
Total Investments — 131.6% (Cost $992,102,247)
   
968,734,660
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (31.6)%
   
(232,513,549
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
736,221,111
 

#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
~
Interest only security
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
+
Zero coupon bond. Rate disclosed is calculated yield to maturity as of the date of this report.
This security is pledged as collateral in connection with open futures contracts. Rate disclosed is yield to maturity as of the date of this report.

Futures Contracts — Long (Note 6)
                         
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
Canadian 10-Year Bond Futures*
 
  96
 
09/20/2023
 
$
9,026,615
   
$
8,879,321
   
$
(147,294
)
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures
 
798
 
09/29/2023
   
87,073,973
     
85,460,813
     
(1,613,160
)
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note Futures
 
309
 
09/29/2023
   
63,497,368
     
62,833,219
     
(664,149
)
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note Futures
 
100
 
09/20/2023
   
11,333,015
     
11,226,563
     
(106,452
)
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures
 
   8
 
09/20/2023
   
1,016,621
     
1,015,250
     
(1,371
)
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond Futures
 
310
 
09/20/2023
   
41,711,415
     
42,227,813
     
516,398
 
Australian 10-Year Bond Futures^
 
  97
 
09/15/2023
   
7,632,418
     
7,506,671
     
(125,747
)
             
$
221,291,425
   
$
219,149,650
   
$
(2,141,775
)
                                 
Futures Contracts — Short (Note 6)
                               
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Note Futures
 
(66)

09/20/2023
 
$
(7,886,101
)
 
$
(7,816,875
)
 
$
69,226
 
             
$
(7,886,101
)
 
$
(7,816,875
)
 
$
69,226
 

There is no variation margin due to or from the Fund as of the date of this report.

*
These futures contracts are denominated in Canadian Dollars.  Notional Amount, Notional Value, and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) have been translated into U.S. Dollars as of the date of this report.
^
These futures contracts are denominated in Australian Dollars.  Notional Amount, Notional Value, and Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) have been translated into U.S. Dollars as of the date of this report.

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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 2.73% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 2.22%.
 
After a tumultuous start in 2022, the municipal bond market began to find its footing in the autumn of last year. Broad interest rates showed early signs of stabilization after reaching 2022 peak levels in October, helped by modest improvements in inflation data, and a downshift in the size of Fed rate hikes. Market volatility persisted into the first half of 2023, but as inflation continued to moderate, broad interest rates began to settle into a trading range. The tone of the municipal bond market improved dramatically and contributed to municipals outperforming most other U.S. investment-grade fixed income sectors over the 12-month period. We believe the performance has been driven by increased investor demand, the majority of which has been focused down the curve, as investors have been reluctant to take on duration risk given the continued monetary policy and macroeconomic uncertainty.
 
This segmentation in maturity demand for municipals has impacted the shape of the muni yield curve, with short and intermediate high-grade yields remaining low, and ultra-short and longer-maturity yields holding at more elevated levels. We believe retail investors remain somewhat gun-shy after last year’s very tough market environment for bonds, particularly when short-term T-Bills are yielding 5.25% or more. Looking at the aggregate level of household balance sheets as reported in the Fed Flow of Funds report, we can see that households have built up very large cash balances and U.S. Treasury positions, while also reducing their aggregate ownership of municipal bonds. At the same time, many state and local government maximum income tax rates have moved higher, with some states opting to add new “millionaire’s brackets”, making tax-exempt municipal income very compelling for these high taxpayers. We believe these shifts could indicate a large amount of dry powder that could return to municipal bonds once macroeconomic factors become less pronounced and interest rate volatility declines. These conditions could also provide a meaningful tailwind for municipal bonds as capital begins to flow back into the asset class.
 
Within the Fund, yield curve positioning and individual security selection drove much of the relative outperformance during the period. We have kept overall portfolio duration slightly elevated relative to our benchmark while maintaining a barbell, with overweight positions in both floating-rate and 10-year and slightly longer duration bonds, which have recently been higher yielding. We added to our ultra-short duration position overweight during the period as the Fed continued to hike rates and yield curves continued to invert. We believe this ultra-short duration overweight will help provide capital preservation during periods of interest rate volatility, while also currently providing higher yields compared to the tight valuations in some intermediate maturity bonds.
 
Within credit we have been very focused on late-cycle dynamics, by being opportunistic regarding relatively tight credit spreads and reducing credit risk in spread sectors that could underperform if economic growth deteriorates. The typical forms of revenue (sales, income, and property taxes) for government issuers have been robust, including providing some cushion for inflation concerns, and there has been an incredible amount of federal fiscal stimulus to municipal borrowers. However, we are cognizant of the fact that further credit improvement will be difficult in any potential slowdown given a backdrop of lower economic activity, abating wage pressures, and stressed property valuations. Therefore, we are being more selective at this point in the cycle, preferring issuers that have a more robust financial footing.
 
Given the speed and magnitude of the tightening of monetary policy since the Fed most recently started raising rates, we are watchful for unforeseen risks that may yet surprise the market this year. As we progress deeper into this economic cycle, macroeconomic uncertainty will likely continue to remain at the front of investors’ minds, which may keep market volatility at elevated levels broadly across assets. Yet, we believe the worst of the persistent negative sentiment within municipals is behind us, and that the asset class now appears poised to serve more of its traditional roles such as providing diversification, capital preservation, and tax-efficient income.
 
Sincerely,
 
Stephen M. Shutz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Joshua R. Perry, CFA, CAIA, FRM
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified which means it may invest a large percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Investment in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk than if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers. The Fund is also subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of an increase in market interest rates. Municipal securities are subject to adverse political or economic factors, including changes in the tax law. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report. Credit Quality weights by rating are derived from the highest bond rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by private independent rating services such as S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. These firms evaluate a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when none of the three rating agencies have issued a formal rating, the Advisor will classify the security as nonrated.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based municipal bond index. The Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (“Index”) is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Revenue Bonds
 
81.4%
General Obligation Bonds
 
16.1%
Money Market Funds
 
2.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.3%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Investor Shares
2.73%
1.15%
1.54%
Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index
2.22%
1.65%
1.98%

 
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.47%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.47%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/maryland-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term  performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 97.5%
               
                 
General Obligation Bonds — 16.1%
               
 
1,650,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
08/01/2028
   
1,683,546
 
 
1,520,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
 
4.00
%
 
02/01/2033
   
1,525,018
 
 
7,875,000
 
Howard County Maryland
 
1.75
%
 
08/15/2036
   
5,868,024
 
 
7,000,000
 
Maryland State
 
5.00
%
 
08/01/2023
   
7,008,883
 
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland State
 
5.00
%
 
08/01/2025
   
1,040,909
 
 
3,370,000
 
Montgomery County Maryland
 
3.00
%
 
10/01/2034
   
3,280,273
 
 
1,350,000
 
Prince George’s County Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2024
   
1,380,733
 
 
1,500,000
 
Prince George’s County Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2025
   
1,561,581
 
 
1,550,000
 
Prince George’s County Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2026
   
1,646,476
 
 
1,290,000
 
St Mary’s County Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
05/01/2028
   
1,418,706
 
                     
26,414,149
 
Revenue Bonds — 81.4%
                 
 
975,000
 
Austin, Texas
 
7.88
%
 
09/01/2026
   
978,063
 
 
520,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
06/15/2030
   
527,915
 
 
225,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland^
 
3.25
%
 
06/01/2031
   
202,175
 
 
1,550,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
 
4.50
%
 
06/01/2033
   
1,522,020
 
 
670,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
06/15/2033
   
680,024
 
 
1,260,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland^
 
3.50
%
 
06/01/2039
   
1,051,637
 
 
1,750,000
 
California Municipal Finance Authority^
 
5.00
%
 
11/01/2039
   
1,742,876
 
 
1,000,000
 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa#
 
7.49
%
 
08/15/2029
   
998,750
 
 
1,860,000
 
Dallas Fort Worth Texas International Airport
 
5.25
%
 
11/01/2027
   
1,866,486
 
 
1,550,000
 
Franklin County Ohio
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2034
   
1,556,175
 
 
1,995,000
 
Frederick County Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2029
   
2,177,716
 
 
1,390,000
 
Frederick County Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2030
   
1,533,080
 
 
1,410,000
 
Frederick County Maryland
 
3.75
%
 
07/01/2039
   
1,242,448
 
 
1,000,000
 
Gaithersburg, City of Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
01/01/2028
   
1,005,233
 
 
2,000,000
 
Gaithersburg, City of Maryland
 
5.00
%
 
01/01/2033
   
1,991,032
 
 
2,000,000
 
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Hospital Authority
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2035
   
1,924,925
 
 
2,650,000
 
Lehigh County Pennsylvania (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 1.10%)
 
5.07
%
 
08/15/2038
   
2,618,461
 
 
1,245,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
 
5.00
%
 
09/01/2030
   
1,354,284
 
 
1,030,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
 
5.00
%
 
09/01/2031
   
1,117,693
 
 
3,930,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
 
4.60
%
 
03/01/2042
   
3,950,603
 
 
2,660,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
 
2.41
%
 
07/01/2043
   
1,986,503
 
 
1,140,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration Local Government Infrastructure
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
1,199,766
 
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2028
   
1,068,588
 
 
750,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2029
   
811,569
 
 
2,600,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.#
 
4.10
%
 
10/01/2036
   
2,651,564
 
 
1,500,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
 
4.00
%
 
07/01/2040
   
1,439,143
 
 
4,500,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
 
4.50
%
 
07/01/2044
   
4,204,030
 
 
1,100,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority
 
1.42
%
 
05/01/2025
   
1,020,580
 
 
3,000,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority
 
5.00
%
 
05/01/2030
   
3,166,159
 
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2037
   
1,045,444
 
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority
 
5.00
%
 
09/01/2037
   
1,132,764
 
 
5,000,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority
 
5.00
%
 
05/01/2038
   
5,317,069
 
 
1,340,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority Built to Learn Revenue
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
1,390,959
 
 
1,500,000
 
Maryland State Department of Transportation
 
0.91
%
 
08/01/2026
   
1,315,993
 
 
1,715,000
 
Maryland State Department of Transportation
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2027
   
1,832,524
 
 
1,260,000
 
Maryland State Department of Transportation
 
4.00
%
 
12/01/2029
   
1,298,599
 
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland State Department of Transportation
 
5.00
%
 
08/01/2033
   
1,103,959
 
 
1,150,000
 
Maryland State Department of Transportation
 
4.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
1,128,735
 
 
500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
08/15/2023
   
500,717
 
 
420,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2026
   
434,529
 
 
4,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
08/15/2027
   
4,098,604
 
 
2,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2029
   
2,126,718
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares/
                   
Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 97.5% (Continued)
               
                 
Revenue Bonds — 81.4% (Continued)
               
 
100,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
4.00
%
 
10/01/2030
   
100,917
 
 
300,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
4.00
%
 
10/01/2031
   
302,603
 
 
1,250,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
08/15/2033
   
1,280,827
 
 
1,955,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2034
   
2,020,241
 
 
5,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities#
 
3.72
%
 
04/01/2035
   
5,000,000
 
 
2,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities#
 
3.68
%
 
07/01/2036
   
2,000,000
 
 
5,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
05/15/2037
   
5,123,036
 
 
1,200,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2037
   
1,240,959
 
 
1,500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2038
   
1,525,799
 
 
4,335,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
05/15/2042
   
4,473,211
 
 
2,650,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.28%)
 
4.29
%
 
07/01/2042
   
2,641,623
 
 
1,310,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2043
   
1,318,030
 
 
4,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities#
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2045
   
4,197,248
 
 
2,500,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2023
   
2,500,000
 
 
1,510,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,568,446
 
 
3,000,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2025
   
3,116,119
 
 
4,420,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2028
   
4,791,388
 
 
4,330,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
4,318,105
 
 
1,500,000
 
Metropolitan Washington DC Airports Authority
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2040
   
1,571,266
 
 
5,000,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Expressway Authority (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.05%)
 
6.22
%
 
07/01/2032
   
5,015,805
 
 
365,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(d)
 
5.50
%
 
07/01/2046
   
164,250
 
 
820,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(d)
 
5.75
%
 
07/01/2051
   
369,000
 
 
6,760,000
 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority+
 
4.56
%
 
12/15/2038
   
3,479,762
 
 
2,000,000
 
Newport News Virginia Economic Development Authority
 
5.00
%
 
12/01/2031
   
2,021,112
 
 
2,000,000
 
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2031
   
1,962,814
 
 
1,000,000
 
St Mary’s College of Maryland
 
4.00
%
 
09/01/2024
   
1,005,985
 
                     
133,424,658
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $165,816,982)
             
159,838,807
 
                   
Short-Term Investments — 2.2%
                 
                   
Money Market Funds — 2.2%
                 
 
3,582,287
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%*
             
3,582,287
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,582,287)
             
3,582,287
 
Total Investments — 99.7% (Cost $169,399,269)
             
163,421,094
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.3%
             
540,224
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
            
$
163,961,318
 

#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
+
Zero coupon bond. Rate disclosed is calculated yield to maturity as of the date of this report.
(d)
Security is in default and missed all or a portion of its last payment of interest as of the date of this report.
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 3.54% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 2.22%.
 
After a tumultuous start in 2022, the municipal bond market began to find its footing in the autumn of last year. Broad interest rates showed early signs of stabilization after reaching 2022 peak levels in October, helped by modest improvements in inflation data, and a downshift in the size of Fed rate hikes. Market volatility persisted into the first half of 2023, but as inflation continued to moderate, broad interest rates began to settle into a trading range. The tone of the municipal bond market improved dramatically and contributed to municipals outperforming most other U.S. investment-grade fixed income sectors over the 12-month period. We believe the performance has been driven by increased investor demand, the majority of which has been focused down the curve, as investors have been reluctant to take on duration risk given the continued monetary policy and macroeconomic uncertainty.
 
This segmentation in maturity demand for municipals has impacted the shape of the muni yield curve, with short and intermediate high-grade yields remaining low, and ultra-short and longer-maturity yields holding at more elevated levels. We believe retail investors remain somewhat gun-shy after last year’s very tough market environment for bonds, particularly when short-term T-Bills are yielding 5.25% or more. Looking at the aggregate level of household balance sheets as reported in the Fed Flow of Funds report, we can see that households have built up very large cash balances and U.S. Treasury positions, while also reducing their aggregate ownership of municipal bonds. At the same time, many state and local government maximum income tax rates have moved higher, with some states opting to add new “millionaire’s brackets”, making tax-exempt municipal income very compelling for these high taxpayers. We believe these shifts could indicate a large amount of dry powder that could return to municipal bonds once macroeconomic factors become less pronounced and interest rate volatility declines. These conditions could also provide a meaningful tailwind for municipal bonds as capital begins to flow back into the asset class.
 
Within the Fund, yield curve positioning and individual security selection drove much of the relative outperformance during the period. We have kept overall portfolio duration slightly elevated relative to our benchmark while maintaining a barbell, with overweight positions in both floating-rate and 10-year and slightly longer duration bonds, which have recently been higher yielding. We added to our ultra-short duration position overweight during the period as the Fed continued to hike rates and yield curves continued to invert. We believe this ultra-short duration overweight will help provide capital preservation during periods of interest rate volatility, while also currently providing higher yields compared to the tight valuations in some intermediate maturity bonds.
 
Within credit we have been very focused on late-cycle dynamics, by being opportunistic regarding relatively tight credit spreads and reducing credit risk in spread sectors that could underperform if economic growth deteriorates. The typical forms of revenue (sales, income, and property taxes) for government issuers have been robust, including providing some cushion for inflation concerns, and there has been an incredible amount of federal fiscal stimulus to municipal borrowers. However, we are cognizant of the fact that further credit improvement will likely be difficult in any potential slowdown given a backdrop of lower economic activity, abating wage pressures, and stressed property valuations. Therefore, we are being more selective at this point in the cycle, preferring issuers that have a more robust financial footing.
 
Given the speed and magnitude of the tightening of monetary policy since the Fed most recently started raising rates, we are watchful for unforeseen risks that may yet surprise the market this year. As we progress deeper into this economic cycle, macroeconomic uncertainty will likely continue to remain at the front of investors’ minds, which may keep market volatility at elevated levels broadly across assets. Yet, we believe the worst of the persistent negative sentiment within municipals is behind us, and that the asset class now appears poised to serve more of its traditional roles such as providing diversification, capital preservation, and tax-efficient income.
 
Sincerely,
 
Stephen M. Shutz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Joshua R. Perry, CFA, CAIA, FRM
Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified which means it may invest a large percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Concentration in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk than if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers. The Fund is also subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of an increase in market interest rates. This risk is usually greater for longer- term debt securities. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the Federal Alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Credit Quality weights by rating are derived from the highest bond rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by private independent rating services such as S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. These firms evaluate a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when none of the three rating agencies have issued a formal rating, the Advisor will classify the security as nonrated.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based municipal bond index. The Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (“Index”) is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Revenue Bonds
 
84.8%
General Obligation Bonds
 
13.3%
Money Market Funds
 
1.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.7%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares1
3.59%
1.80%
2.23%
Investor Shares
3.54%
1.75%
2.18%
Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index
2.22%
1.65%
1.98%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.42%
0.47%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.42%
0.47%
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/tax-exempt-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term  performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to its inception date of July 2, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 98.1%
               
                 
General Obligation Bonds — 13.3%
               
 
9,000,000
 
Chicago Illinois Park District
 
5.00
%
 
01/01/2044
   
9,458,987
 
 
5,000,000
 
Comal Texas Independent School District
 
2.50
%
 
02/01/2038
   
4,078,924
 
 
3,365,000
 
Des Moines, City of Iowa
 
1.75
%
 
06/01/2038
   
2,399,599
 
 
4,545,000
 
Des Moines, City of Iowa
 
2.00
%
 
06/01/2038
   
3,365,883
 
 
7,875,000
 
Douglas County Omaha Nebraska School District
 
1.88
%
 
12/15/2038
   
5,650,755
 
 
6,475,000
 
Fort Worth, City of Texas
 
2.00
%
 
03/01/2038
   
4,812,228
 
 
4,740,000
 
Frisco, City of Texas
 
2.00
%
 
02/15/2038
   
3,514,415
 
 
1,675,000
 
Frisco, City of Texas
 
2.00
%
 
02/15/2038
   
1,241,908
 
 
6,580,000
 
Hempstead, Town of New York
 
2.13
%
 
06/15/2037
   
5,228,206
 
 
6,720,000
 
Hempstead, Town of New York
 
2.13
%
 
06/15/2038
   
5,212,594
 
 
2,830,000
 
Henderson, City of Nevada
 
2.00
%
 
06/01/2038
   
2,073,527
 
 
1,585,000
 
Henderson, City of Nevada
 
2.00
%
 
06/01/2039
   
1,136,459
 
 
3,470,000
 
Illinois, State of
 
5.00
%
 
11/01/2024
   
3,531,692
 
 
4,050,000
 
Illinois, State of
 
5.00
%
 
12/01/2025
   
4,187,812
 
 
1,700,000
 
Illinois, State of
 
4.00
%
 
10/01/2033
   
1,736,920
 
 
8,980,000
 
Illinois, State of
 
5.00
%
 
05/01/2039
   
9,019,731
 
 
1,270,000
 
Lewiston, City of Maine
 
1.75
%
 
02/15/2038
   
885,650
 
 
1,270,000
 
Lewiston, City of Maine
 
1.75
%
 
02/15/2039
   
861,290
 
 
5,810,000
 
Madison Wisconsin Metropolitan School District
 
1.88
%
 
03/01/2038
   
4,219,802
 
 
830,000
 
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.57%)
 
4.12
%
 
05/01/2037
   
829,800
 
 
5,005,000
 
New York, City of New York
 
4.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
5,065,829
 
 
2,000,000
 
New York, City of New York
 
4.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
2,031,192
 
 
10,000,000
 
New York, City of New York#
 
4.21
%
 
04/01/2042
   
10,000,000
 
 
3,543,800
 
Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of
 
5.25
%
 
07/01/2023
   
3,543,800
 
 
5,870,000
 
Rutherford, County of Tennessee
 
1.88
%
 
04/01/2039
   
4,166,525
 
 
4,455,000
 
Somerville, City of Massachusetts
 
2.00
%
 
10/15/2038
   
3,308,757
 
 
1,645,000
 
Suffolk, City of Virginia
 
1.88
%
 
02/01/2038
   
1,207,067
 
 
1,385,000
 
Suffolk, City of Virginia
 
1.88
%
 
02/01/2040
   
972,029
 
 
1,525,000
 
Willis Texas Independent School District
 
2.00
%
 
02/15/2038
   
1,123,385
 
 
1,500,000
 
Willis Texas Independent School District
 
2.00
%
 
02/15/2039
   
1,077,353
 
                     
105,942,119
 
Revenue Bonds — 84.8%
                 
 
5,310,000
 
American Municipal Power, Inc.
 
4.00
%
 
02/15/2037
   
5,294,343
 
 
5,940,000
 
American Municipal Power, Inc.
 
4.00
%
 
02/15/2038
   
5,856,890
 
 
4,200,000
 
Austin, Texas
 
7.88
%
 
09/01/2026
   
4,213,195
 
 
6,295,000
 
Bartow County Georgia Development Authority#
 
3.95
%
 
12/01/2032
   
6,287,759
 
 
17,000,000
 
Black Belt Energy Gas District#
 
4.00
%
 
12/01/2048
   
16,995,084
 
 
11,685,000
 
Black Belt Energy Gas District (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.62%)
 
4.63
%
 
12/01/2048
   
11,670,030
 
 
24,000,000
 
Black Belt Energy Gas District (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.35%)
 
4.36
%
 
10/01/2052
   
23,343,017
 
 
7,670,000
 
Black Belt Energy Gas District#
 
5.25
%
 
01/01/2054
   
8,099,115
 
 
10,325,000
 
Buckeye Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2037
   
10,326,886
 
 
5,000,000
 
California Community Choice Financing Authority (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.45%)
 
4.46
%
 
02/01/2052
   
4,718,139
 
 
10,000,000
 
California Earthquake Authority
 
5.60
%
 
07/01/2027
   
10,003,681
 
 
1,050,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.35%)
 
4.36
%
 
08/01/2047
   
1,038,142
 
 
12,000,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank#^
 
3.65
%
 
01/01/2050
   
11,949,904
 
 
7,150,000
 
Central Plains Energy Project#
 
5.00
%
 
03/01/2050
   
7,179,936
 
 
3,200,000
 
Chicago Illinois Board of Education Dedicated Capital Improvement Tax
 
5.25
%
 
04/01/2036
   
3,515,970
 
 
3,700,000
 
Chicago Illinois Board of Education Dedicated Capital Improvement Tax
 
5.25
%
 
04/01/2037
   
4,025,767
 
 
3,250,000
 
Chicago Illinois Board of Education Dedicated Capital Improvement Tax
 
5.25
%
 
04/01/2040
   
3,473,748
 
 
3,000,000
 
Chicago Illinois Midway International Airport
 
5.00
%
 
01/01/2035
   
3,002,359
 
 
4,095,000
 
Chicago Illinois Waterworks Revenue
 
5.00
%
 
11/01/2044
   
4,128,755
 
 
7,715,000
 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority
 
5.00
%
 
12/01/2035
   
7,771,380
 
 
3,000,000
 
Delaware Valley Pennsylvania Regional Finance Authority (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.40%)
 
4.41
%
 
03/01/2057
   
2,961,744
 
 
7,680,000
 
Du Page, County of Illinois
 
3.00
%
 
05/15/2047
   
5,579,359
 
 
20,000,000
 
Farmington, City of New Mexico
 
1.80
%
 
04/01/2029
   
17,215,264
 
 
11,875,000
 
Gainesville Florida Utilities System Revenue#
 
3.65
%
 
10/01/2042
   
11,875,000
 
 
5,000,000
 
Grand Forks, County of North Dakota^(d)~
 
6.63
%
 
12/15/2031
   
2,500,000
 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 98.1% (Continued)
               
                 
Revenue Bonds — 84.8% (Continued)
               
 
2,500,000
 
Grand Forks, County of North Dakota^(d)~
 
9.00
%
 
06/15/2044
   
1,250,000
 
 
4,050,000
 
Harris County Texas Sports Authority+
 
4.50
%
 
11/15/2034
   
2,359,648
 
 
1,000,000
 
Henrico County Virginia Economic Development Authority#
 
9.10
%
 
08/23/2027
   
1,000,000
 
 
10,335,000
 
Illinois Sales Tax Revenue
 
3.00
%
 
06/15/2031
   
9,784,215
 
 
3,000,000
 
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
 
5.00
%
 
01/01/2031
   
3,003,756
 
 
4,150,000
 
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
 
5.00
%
 
01/01/2038
   
4,169,531
 
 
4,891,008
 
Industrial Development Authority of the City of St. Louis Missouri
 
2.22
%
 
12/01/2038
   
3,742,388
 
 
1,585,000
 
Kentucky Public Energy Authority#
 
4.00
%
 
12/01/2049
   
1,577,582
 
 
4,100,000
 
Kentucky Public Energy Authority (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)
 
4.76
%
 
12/01/2049
   
4,091,953
 
 
3,000,000
 
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Hospital Authority
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2035
   
2,887,388
 
 
2,280,000
 
Las Vegas Nevada Redevelopment Agency
 
5.00
%
 
06/15/2028
   
2,359,719
 
 
9,800,000
 
Lehigh County Pennsylvania (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 1.10%)
 
4.40
%
 
08/15/2038
   
9,683,365
 
 
7,950,000
 
Los Angeles California Department of Airports
 
4.00
%
 
05/15/2042
   
7,838,377
 
 
5,000,000
 
Louisville/Jefferson County Kentucky Metropolitan Government
 
5.75
%
 
10/01/2042
   
5,013,428
 
 
17,720,000
 
Love Field Texas Airport Modernization Corp.
 
4.00
%
 
11/01/2036
   
17,611,313
 
 
17,000,000
 
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.83%)
 
4.29
%
 
08/01/2048
   
16,989,820
 
 
5,000,000
 
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.57%)
 
4.58
%
 
08/01/2048
   
4,994,556
 
 
5,290,000
 
Maricopa County Arizona Industrial Development Authority (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.57%)
 
4.58
%
 
01/01/2035
   
5,274,812
 
 
5,000,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
 
2.41
%
 
07/01/2043
   
3,734,028
 
 
3,000,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
 
4.38
%
 
07/01/2036
   
2,871,567
 
 
3,055,000
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
 
4.00
%
 
12/01/2033
   
3,045,790
 
 
1,495,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
2.42
%
 
12/15/2033
   
990,836
 
 
5,000,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
5.66
%
 
06/15/2036
   
2,900,332
 
 
10,165,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
4.26
%
 
06/15/2037
   
5,556,139
 
 
20,365,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
5.07
%
 
12/15/2037
   
10,834,276
 
 
1,705,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority+
 
3.19
%
 
11/15/2029
   
1,346,454
 
 
5,050,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2032
   
5,106,977
 
 
6,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority+
 
3.59
%
 
11/15/2033
   
3,950,919
 
 
17,590,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
17,591,333
 
 
15,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
15,005,657
 
 
5,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
5,001,886
 
 
5,835,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
5,835,442
 
 
5,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.25
%
 
11/15/2044
   
5,022,640
 
 
10,000,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Aviation Revenue
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2024
   
10,013,224
 
 
3,595,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Aviation Revenue
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2036
   
3,610,194
 
 
6,055,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Expressway Authority (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.05%)
 
6.22
%
 
07/01/2026
   
6,060,344
 
 
5,260,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Expressway Authority (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.05%)
 
6.22
%
 
07/01/2029
   
5,272,168
 
 
8,260,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Expressway Authority (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.05%)
 
6.22
%
 
07/01/2032
   
8,286,111
 
 
2,500,000
 
Mobile Alabama Industrial Development Board#
 
3.78
%
 
06/01/2034
   
2,500,000
 
 
1,080,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(d)
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2031
   
486,000
 
 
1,750,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(d)
 
5.25
%
 
07/01/2036
   
787,500
 
 
4,000,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2046
   
2,000,000
 
 
250,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(d)
 
5.50
%
 
07/01/2046
   
112,500
 
 
2,000,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(d)
 
5.75
%
 
07/01/2051
   
900,000
 
 
12,745,000
 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
 
7.43
%
 
02/15/2029
   
13,702,917
 
 
11,000,000
 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority
 
5.75
%
 
12/15/2028
   
11,112,221
 
 
1,000,000
 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority+
 
2.21
%
 
12/15/2035
   
613,276
 
 
10,050,000
 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority+
 
4.23
%
 
12/15/2037
   
5,515,584
 
 
5,000,000
 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority+
 
5.15
%
 
12/15/2038
   
2,616,954
 
 
21,355,000
 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority+
 
4.62
%
 
12/15/2039
   
10,615,077
 
 
13,565,000
 
New Mexico Municipal Energy Acquisition Authority#
 
5.00
%
 
11/01/2039
   
13,856,365
 
 
2,000,000
 
New York Convention Center Development Corp.+
 
3.94
%
 
11/15/2032
   
1,407,908
 
 
8,730,000
 
New York Convention Center Development Corp.+
 
4.30
%
 
11/15/2035
   
5,319,936
 
 
5,750,000
 
New York Convention Center Development Corp.+
 
3.84
%
 
11/15/2037
   
3,107,479
 
 
6,700,000
 
New York Liberty Development Corp.
 
3.00
%
 
09/15/2043
   
5,418,382
 
 
8,970,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority
 
4.00
%
 
03/15/2039
   
9,030,958
 
 
1,745,000
 
New York State Mortgage Agency
 
4.70
%
 
04/01/2036
   
1,739,044
 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares/
                   
Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 98.1% (Continued)
               
                 
Revenue Bonds — 84.8% (Continued)
               
 
5,500,000
 
New York Transportation Development Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2041
   
5,500,270
 
 
3,375,000
 
Newport News Virginia Economic Development Authority
 
5.00
%
 
12/01/2031
   
3,410,626
 
 
1,760,000
 
Niagara County New York Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
05/15/2024
   
1,771,250
 
 
2,000,000
 
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2031
   
1,962,814
 
 
1,000,000
 
Park Creek Colorado Metropolitan District
 
5.00
%
 
12/01/2034
   
1,022,852
 
 
10,000,000
 
Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency  (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.86%)
 
4.32
%
 
10/01/2048
   
9,993,935
 
 
16,249,000
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sales Tax Revenue+
 
5.82
%
 
07/01/2031
   
11,612,252
 
 
6,234,000
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sales Tax Revenue+
 
4.50
%
 
07/01/2033
   
4,059,814
 
 
3,675,000
 
San Diego California Tobacco Settlement Revenue Funding Corp.
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2032
   
3,628,805
 
 
1,100,000
 
Tampa, City of Florida+
 
4.66
%
 
09/01/2039
   
518,819
 
 
1,280,000
 
Tampa, City of Florida+
 
4.75
%
 
09/01/2041
   
539,657
 
 
1,850,000
 
Tampa, City of Florida+
 
3.75
%
 
09/01/2045
   
624,566
 
 
3,045,000
 
Terrebonne Parish Louisiana+
 
3.16
%
 
04/01/2036
   
1,869,754
 
 
15,115,000
 
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp II (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.87%)
 
4.59
%
 
09/15/2027
   
15,122,450
 
 
7,870,000
 
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp II (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.55%)
 
3.85
%
 
09/15/2027
   
7,775,349
 
 
15,345,000
 
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp II (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.69%)
 
4.35
%
 
09/15/2027
   
15,269,128
 
 
1,630,000
 
Texas Municipal Power Agency
 
3.00
%
 
09/01/2035
   
1,488,453
 
 
460,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Authority
 
5.25
%
 
06/01/2032
   
457,715
 
 
4,505,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority
 
2.55
%
 
06/01/2029
   
3,848,725
 
 
23,310,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
23,664,256
 
 
5,000,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
 
5.25
%
 
06/01/2046
   
5,192,183
 
 
7,960,000
 
TSASC, Inc.
 
5.00
%
 
06/01/2030
   
8,327,699
 
 
1,070,000
 
TSASC, Inc.
 
5.00
%
 
06/01/2031
   
1,117,697
 
 
5,661,923
 
Utah Housing Corp.
 
3.00
%
 
01/21/2052
   
4,902,042
 
 
9,518,413
 
Utah Housing Corp.
 
4.50
%
 
06/21/2052
   
9,328,780
 
 
4,955,642
 
Utah Housing Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
10/21/2052
   
4,942,484
 
 
11,840,226
 
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.00%)
 
5.85
%
 
06/02/2042
   
11,865,032
 
 
1,230,000
 
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
 
4.00
%
 
12/01/2036
   
1,130,064
 
 
2,540,000
 
Washington Health Care Facilities Authority
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2033
   
2,540,630
 
 
1,610,000
 
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority
 
5.00
%
 
05/01/2027
   
1,625,232
 
                     
674,649,069
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $789,132,197)
             
780,591,188
 
                   
Short-Term Investments — 1.2%
                 
                   
Money Market Funds — 1.2%
                 
 
9,788,932
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%*
             
9,788,932
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $9,788,932)
             
9,788,932
 
Total Investments — 99.3% (Cost $798,921,129)
             
790,380,120
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.7%
             
5,660,921
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
            
$
796,041,041
 

+
Zero coupon bond. Rate disclosed is calculated yield to maturity as of the date of this report.
#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(d)
Security is in default and missed all or a portion of its last payment of interest as of the date of this report.
~
Non-income producing
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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67


Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 2.39% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg 1-10 year Blended Municipal Bond Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 2.22%.
 
After a tumultuous start in 2022, the municipal bond market began to find its footing in the autumn of last year. Broad interest rates showed early signs of stabilization after reaching 2022 peak levels in October, helped by modest improvements in inflation data, and a downshift in the size of Fed rate hikes. Market volatility persisted into the first half of 2023, but as inflation continued to moderate, broad interest rates began to settle into a trading range. The tone of the municipal bond market improved dramatically and contributed to municipals outperforming most other U.S. investment-grade fixed income sectors over the 12-month period. We believe the performance has been driven by increased investor demand, the majority of which has been focused down the curve, as investors have been reluctant to take on duration risk given the continued monetary policy and macroeconomic uncertainty.
 
This segmentation in maturity demand for municipals has impacted the shape of the muni yield curve, with short and intermediate high-grade yields remaining low, and ultra-short and longer-maturity yields holding at more elevated levels. We believe retail investors remain somewhat gun-shy after last year’s very tough market environment for bonds, particularly when short-term T-Bills are yielding 5.25% or more. Looking at the aggregate level of household balance sheets as reported in the Fed Flow of Funds report, we can see that households have built up very large cash balances and U.S. Treasury positions, while also reducing their aggregate ownership of municipal bonds. At the same time, many state and local government maximum income tax rates have moved higher, with some states opting to add new “millionaire’s brackets”, making tax-exempt municipal income very compelling for these high taxpayers. We believe these shifts could indicate a large amount of dry powder that could return to municipal bonds once macroeconomic factors become less pronounced and interest rate volatility declines. These conditions could also provide a meaningful tailwind for municipal bonds as capital begins to flow back into the asset class.
 
Within the Fund, yield curve positioning and individual security selection drove much of the relative outperformance during the period. We have kept overall portfolio duration slightly elevated relative to our benchmark while maintaining a barbell, with overweight positions in both floating-rate and 10-year and slightly longer duration bonds, which have recently been higher yielding. We added to our ultra-short duration position overweight during the period as the Fed continued to hike rates and yield curves continued to invert. We believe this ultra-short duration overweight will help provide capital preservation during periods of interest rate volatility, while also currently providing higher yields compared to the tight valuations in some intermediate maturity bonds.
 
Within credit we have been very focused on late-cycle dynamics, by being opportunistic regarding relatively tight credit spreads and reducing credit risk in spread sectors that could underperform if economic growth deteriorates. The typical forms of revenue (sales, income, and property taxes) for government issuers have been robust, including providing some cushion for inflation concerns, and there has been an incredible amount of federal fiscal stimulus to municipal borrowers. However, we are cognizant of the fact that further credit improvement will be difficult in any potential slowdown given a backdrop of lower economic activity, abating wage pressures, and stressed property valuations. Therefore, we are being more selective at this point in the cycle, preferring issuers that have a more robust financial footing.
 
Given the speed and magnitude of the tightening of monetary policy since the Fed most recently started raising rates, we are watchful for unforeseen risks that may yet surprise the market this year. As we progress deeper into this economic cycle, macroeconomic uncertainty will likely continue to remain at the front of investors’ minds, which may keep market volatility at elevated levels broadly across assets. Yet, we believe the worst of the persistent negative sentiment within municipals is behind us, and that the asset class now appears poised to serve more of its traditional roles such as providing diversification, capital preservation, and tax-efficient income.
 
From a sustainability perspective, high interest rates and inflation did not temper demand in the sustainable debt markets during the first half of this year, when green bonds set a new half-year issuance record ($382bn), with an increase in municipal issuance year over year. Social and sustainability bond issuance also grew from the prior year, while the market saw a continued decline in sustainability-linked bonds and loans, following a similar trend in recent quarters as investor confidence in those structures continues to decline.
 


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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


While we do not invest solely in labeled bonds, they often give us the ability to target specific impact opportunities and timely sustainability issues. With evolving regulatory landscapes and rapidly increasing sustainability challenges, we expect issuance to continue on this growth trajectory.
 
Sincerely,
 
Stephen M. Shutz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Amy N. Hauter, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 

 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified which means it may invest a large percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Concentration in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk than if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers. The Fund is also subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of an increase in market interest rates. This risk is usually greater for longer- term debt securities. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the Federal Alternative minimum tax for certain investors. The Adviser utilizes ESG analysis in connection with the Fund’s investments in fixed-income securities. ESG factors are considered systematically and comprehensively through leveraging a repeatable process that strives to minimize risk and capture opportunity.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Because the Fund’s ESG criteria exclude securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to the funds that do not use these criteria.
 
Credit Quality weights by rating are derived from the highest bond rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by private independent rating services such as S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. These firms evaluate a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when none of the three rating agencies have issued a formal rating, the Advisor will classify the security as nonrated.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based municipal bond index. The Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (“Index”) is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Revenue Bonds
 
84.7%
General Obligation Bonds
 
13.8%
Money Market Funds
 
0.7%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.8%
   
100.0%

   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
(12/2/19)
Investor Shares
2.39%
-0.71%
Bloomberg 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index
2.22%
  0.43%

 
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.49%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.49%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/tax-exempt-sustainable-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 98.5%
               
                 
General Obligation Bonds — 13.8%
               
 
1,805,000
 
Bondurant-Farrar Iowa Community School District
 
2.00
%
 
06/01/2038
   
1,308,514
 
 
2,555,000
 
Bondurant-Farrar Iowa Community School District
 
2.00
%
 
06/01/2039
   
1,816,749
 
 
1,035,000
 
Calumet, County of Wisconsin
 
1.75
%
 
12/01/2037
   
732,621
 
 
1,320,000
 
Calumet, County of Wisconsin
 
1.88
%
 
12/01/2038
   
932,535
 
 
2,650,000
 
Calumet, County of Wisconsin
 
1.88
%
 
12/01/2039
   
1,814,704
 
 
3,195,000
 
Cartersville, City of Georgia
 
2.00
%
 
10/01/2039
   
2,323,047
 
 
2,425,000
 
Chicago Illinois Park District
 
4.00
%
 
01/01/2034
   
2,445,788
 
 
2,930,000
 
Chicago Illinois Park District
 
4.00
%
 
01/01/2036
   
2,942,747
 
 
3,845,000
 
Fairfield, City of California+
 
4.32
%
 
04/01/2038
   
2,083,162
 
 
4,950,000
 
Illinois, State of
 
5.00
%
 
02/01/2039
   
4,965,614
 
 
1,000,000
 
Westosha Wisconsin Central High School District
 
2.00
%
 
03/01/2038
   
738,721
 
 
1,500,000
 
Westosha Wisconsin Central High School District
 
2.00
%
 
03/01/2039
   
1,085,521
 
 
10,000,000
 
Wisconsin, State of (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.42%)
 
4.43
%
 
05/01/2025
   
9,976,648
 
 
4,585,000
 
York County South Carolina Fort Mill School District No. 4
 
1.88
%
 
03/01/2037
   
3,437,771
 
 
4,675,000
 
York County South Carolina Fort Mill School District No. 4
 
1.88
%
 
03/01/2038
   
3,395,532
 
                     
39,999,674
 
Revenue Bonds — 84.7%
                 
 
5,410,000
 
Alabama Housing Finance Authority#
 
5.00
%
 
09/01/2024
   
5,441,559
 
 
890,000
 
Alaska Housing Finance Corp.
 
4.60
%
 
12/01/2042
   
892,716
 
 
1,750,000
 
Allegheny County Pennsylvania Hospital Development Authority
                 
     
  (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.58%)
 
4.59
%
 
11/15/2026
   
1,711,379
 
 
1,000,000
 
American Municipal Power, Inc.
 
5.00
%
 
02/15/2036
   
1,077,393
 
 
1,200,000
 
Arizona Industrial Development Authority
 
4.00
%
 
07/01/2041
   
1,071,300
 
 
2,250,000
 
Austin, Texas
 
7.88
%
 
09/01/2026
   
2,257,069
 
 
1,000,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
 
4.00
%
 
01/01/2039
   
929,192
 
 
1,525,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
 
4.00
%
 
01/01/2040
   
1,402,250
 
 
750,000
 
Buffalo New York Sewer Authority
 
4.00
%
 
06/15/2051
   
705,367
 
 
5,000,000
 
California Community Choice Financing Authority (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.45%)
 
4.46
%
 
02/01/2052
   
4,718,140
 
 
5,000,000
 
California Community Choice Financing Authority#
 
5.50
%
 
05/01/2054
   
5,278,004
 
 
4,210,000
 
California Earthquake Authority
 
5.39
%
 
07/01/2023
   
4,210,000
 
 
8,095,000
 
California Earthquake Authority
 
5.60
%
 
07/01/2027
   
8,097,979
 
 
2,000,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank
 
4.00
%
 
05/01/2046
   
1,918,153
 
 
4,360,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.35%)
 
4.36
%
 
08/01/2047
   
4,310,763
 
 
8,000,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank#^
 
3.65
%
 
01/01/2050
   
7,966,602
 
 
1,170,000
 
California Municipal Finance Authority^
 
5.00
%
 
11/01/2029
   
1,203,157
 
 
1,575,000
 
California Municipal Finance Authority^
 
5.00
%
 
11/01/2049
   
1,481,327
 
 
1,180,000
 
California School Finance Authority^
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2037
   
1,211,965
 
 
1,500,000
 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority
 
4.00
%
 
12/01/2040
   
1,291,215
 
 
3,000,000
 
Dallas Fort Worth Texas International Airport
 
5.00
%
 
11/01/2034
   
3,496,490
 
 
2,500,000
 
District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency#
 
5.00
%
 
12/01/2026
   
2,562,324
 
 
7,935,000
 
Douglas, County of Nebraska (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.53%)
 
4.54
%
 
07/01/2035
   
7,813,211
 
 
7,495,000
 
Du Page, County of Illinois
 
3.00
%
 
05/15/2047
   
5,444,961
 
 
2,722,000
 
Fairfax County Virginia Redevelopment & Housing Authority#
 
5.00
%
 
01/01/2025
   
2,725,652
 
 
2,000,000
 
Florida Development Finance Corp.
 
4.00
%
 
11/15/2035
   
2,005,942
 
 
2,500,000
 
Grand Forks, County of North Dakota^(d)~
 
7.00
%
 
12/15/2043
   
1,250,000
 
 
2,500,000
 
Grand Forks, County of North Dakota^(d)~
 
9.00
%
 
06/15/2044
   
1,250,000
 
 
2,700,000
 
Illinois Housing Development Authority
 
4.85
%
 
10/01/2042
   
2,766,032
 
 
4,452,000
 
Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority#
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2026
   
4,530,313
 
 
2,445,504
 
Industrial Development Authority of the City of St. Louis Missouri
 
2.22
%
 
12/01/2038
   
1,871,194
 
 
9,000,000
 
Lakeland Florida Hospital System
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2045
   
9,033,295
 
 
2,380,000
 
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Hospital Authority
 
5.00
%
 
08/15/2042
   
2,446,253
 
 
2,000,000
 
Los Angeles California Department of Airports
 
5.00
%
 
05/15/2038
   
2,175,808
 
 
7,020,000
 
Louisville/Jefferson County Kentucky Metropolitan Government
 
5.75
%
 
10/01/2042
   
7,038,853
 
 
2,500,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
 
2.41
%
 
07/01/2043
   
1,867,014
 
 
1,275,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
 
4.00
%
 
07/01/2040
   
1,223,272
 
 
10,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
08/15/2038
   
10,008,689
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 98.5% (Continued)
               
                 
Revenue Bonds — 84.7% (Continued)
               
 
6,000,000
 
Memphis Tennessee Health Educational and Housing Facility Board#
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2027
   
6,168,976
 
 
135,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
2.31
%
 
12/15/2031
   
97,187
 
 
270,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
2.87
%
 
06/15/2034
   
175,007
 
 
175,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
2.96
%
 
06/15/2037
   
95,654
 
 
1,175,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
3.58
%
 
12/15/2038
   
594,869
 
 
3,300,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
5.09
%
 
06/15/2046
   
1,109,128
 
 
375,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
3.44
%
 
12/15/2051
   
94,336
 
 
590,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
 
3.60
%
 
12/15/2052
   
140,781
 
 
12,500,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.43%)
 
4.44
%
 
11/01/2031
   
12,290,949
 
 
5,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2033
   
5,001,613
 
 
5,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
5,001,886
 
 
1,250,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
1,334,351
 
 
1,870,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2042
   
1,869,931
 
 
4,455,000
 
Miami Beach Florida Health Facilities
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2039
   
4,481,726
 
 
1,000,000
 
Montana Board of Housing
 
4.90
%
 
12/01/2042
   
1,022,603
 
 
2,500,000
 
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
 
4.35
%
 
09/01/2043
   
2,463,472
 
 
2,775,000
 
Nevada Housing Division#
 
5.00
%
 
12/01/2025
   
2,812,154
 
 
1,800,000
 
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority
 
4.65
%
 
07/01/2047
   
1,812,656
 
 
2,075,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.(d)
 
5.50
%
 
07/01/2046
   
933,750
 
 
6,910,000
 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 1.25%)
 
5.26
%
 
09/01/2025
   
6,918,346
 
 
1,000,000
 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
 
3.47
%
 
06/15/2027
   
940,802
 
 
2,665,000
 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
 
4.00
%
 
06/15/2036
   
2,698,907
 
 
1,765,000
 
New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency
 
1.60
%
 
10/01/2026
   
1,640,592
 
 
1,985,000
 
New York City Housing Development Corp.
 
2.60
%
 
11/01/2034
   
1,732,987
 
 
4,500,000
 
New York City Housing Development Corp.#
 
4.00
%
 
05/01/2062
   
4,500,000
 
 
6,340,000
 
New York Liberty Development Corp.
 
3.00
%
 
09/15/2043
   
5,127,245
 
 
4,660,000
 
New York Liberty Development Corp.
 
3.13
%
 
09/15/2050
   
3,628,009
 
 
1,950,000
 
New York State Housing Finance Agency
 
1.60
%
 
11/01/2024
   
1,891,409
 
 
1,321,608
 
New York State Housing Finance Agency
 
1.65
%
 
05/15/2039
   
934,292
 
 
2,285,000
 
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency
 
4.60
%
 
07/01/2043
   
2,305,050
 
 
1,500,000
 
Portland Maine General Airport Revenue
 
4.00
%
 
01/01/2038
   
1,474,680
 
 
6,220,000
 
San Francisco California Airport Commission-San Francisco International Airport
 
5.00
%
 
05/01/2038
   
6,749,094
 
 
7,000,000
 
Seattle Washington Municipal Light & Power (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.49%)
 
4.50
%
 
11/01/2046
   
7,000,999
 
 
10,000,000
 
Tampa Bay Florida Water
 
5.00
%
 
10/01/2038
   
10,029,510
 
 
1,957,000
 
Utah Housing Corp.#
 
5.00
%
 
08/01/2025
   
1,979,969
 
 
1,887,308
 
Utah Housing Corp.
 
3.00
%
 
01/21/2052
   
1,634,014
 
 
4,759,481
 
Utah Housing Corp.
 
4.50
%
 
06/21/2052
   
4,664,659
 
 
2,477,821
 
Utah Housing Corp.
 
5.00
%
 
10/21/2052
   
2,471,242
 
 
2,250,000
 
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
 
4.00
%
 
01/01/2036
   
2,186,701
 
                     
244,694,369
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $295,696,492)
             
284,694,043
 
                   
Short-Term Investments — 0.7%
                 
                   
Money Market Funds — 0.7%
                 
 
1,959,564
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%*
             
1,959,564
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1,959,564)
             
1,959,564
 
Total Investments — 99.2% (Cost $297,656,056)
             
286,653,607
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.8%
             
2,339,062
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
            
$
288,992,669
 

+
Zero coupon bond. Rate disclosed is calculated yield to maturity as of the date of this report.
#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(d)
Security is in default and missed all or a portion of its last payment of interest as of the date of this report.
~
Non-income producing
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund Investor Shares (the “Fund”) decreased 2.11% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg Mortgage Backed Securities Index, the Fund’s benchmark, decreased 1.52%.
 
The Fund aims to generate performance primarily through strong current income generation from high quality mortgage-related securities selected to have favorable relative valuations and principal repayment characteristics. This is supplemented by select securitized credit positions in mortgage and asset backed securities. We believe this combination can deliver attractive income generation with relatively low correlation to equity and corporate credit.
 
With the Fed more than a year into an aggressive interest rate hiking cycle, inflation has moderated in recent quarters, with U.S. CPI dropping to 3.0% recently, down from more than 6% at the start of the year and 9% a year ago. However, mixed economic data, including more stubborn inflation from core CPI measures, strength in the employment and labor markets, and stronger than expected consumer spending has encouraged the Fed to continue raising rates, albeit with a softening tone. Furthermore, expensive housing continues to pressure consumers, particularly new homebuyers and those who were unable to benefit from the abnormally low mortgage rates of 2020 and 2021.
 
While interest rates entered the year with declining volatility and signs of stabilization, this changed by February as short-term rates rose to new interim heights, resulting in the most inverted yield curve in more than 40 years. Interest rate volatility, as measured by the Ice BofA MOVE Index, also peaked early in the year and reached its highest point since 2008 before easing in the second quarter. As a result, mortgage rates were also volatile over the period, and positive momentum from the end of 2022 dissipated by February with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate closing the first half of the year just shy of its recent peak of 7.42% at 7.04%.
 
Under this volatile rate environment, mortgage sector performance was mixed. Security selection within MBS was a negative contributor over the first half of the year, primarily in January when strong investor demand and declining interest rate volatility leading into the year led to strong sector performance. Our conservative allocation to MBS and our exposure to less interest rate sensitive mortgage assets caused us to lag during this period. This was offset by positive performance for our positions in asset backed securities and commercial mortgage backed securities, which contributed positively despite volatility during the early spring. Finally, the severe flattening of the yield curve in the second quarter negatively impacted performance, while the resulting curve inversion additionally weakened the carry position of the Fund.
 
Despite an uncertain environment, we believe that mortgage investors will start to transition from macroeconomic to security-specific thinking, as policymakers reach an inflection point in the tightening cycle. Consumers continue to feel the pressure of inflation and a tightening borrowing environment, and regardless of whether inflation continues its normalizing trend, the impact of the past inflationary years will likely weigh on consumers for years to come. Costs are likely to remain high within the housing market, where tight supply shows no signs of easing as low locked-in mortgage rates discourage mobility. Offsetting these negative headwinds is a resilient labor market, potentially allowing consumers to weather this challenging environment, but also challenging progress in disinflation. We continue to believe the risk-reward favors conservative positioning, and we will continue to focus on short duration and high credit quality sectors. We have been adding recently to short securitized credit positions, which we believe provide attractive yield along with high credit quality, and we will continue to look for these opportunities.
 
Sincerely,
 
Garritt Conover, CFA, CAIA
Portfolio Manager
 
Chris Roof
Associate Portfolio Manager
 


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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of increases in market interest rates. Investments in Asset Backed and Mortgage Backed Securities include additional risks that investors should be aware of such as credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. The risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Inflation-indexed bonds see the principal value of the security increased as the Consumer Price Index increases. Should the Consumer Price Index decline, those securities should be adversely impacted. Diversification does not assure a profit, nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based bond index.  The Bloomberg Mortgage Backed Securities Index (“Index”) is a market value-weighted index which covers the mortgage-backed securities component of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. The Index is composed of agency mortgage-backed passthrough securities of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) with a minimum $150 million par amount outstanding and a weighted-average maturity of at least 1 year. The Index includes reinvestment of income.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Mortgage Backed Securities
 
87.4%
Money Market Funds
 
28.5%
Asset Backed Securities
 
7.5%
U.S. Treasury Notes
 
1.4%
Municipal Bonds
 
0.2%
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets*
 
(25.0)%
   
100.0%

*  Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts.

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(12/26/13)
Institutional Shares1
-2.06%
0.74%
1.36%
Investor Shares
-2.11%
0.71%
1.33%
Bloomberg Mortgage Backed Securities Index
-1.52%
0.03%
1.15%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.44%
0.49%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.44%
0.49%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/mortgage-securities-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to its inception date of May 13, 2014, is based on the performance of the Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to the Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 87.4%
               
 
2,316,530
 
Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, Series 2022-1 A1^+
 
2.88
%
 
12/25/2066
   
2,019,332
 
 
3,000,951
 
Bayview MSR Opportunity Master Fund Trust INV2, Series 2022-2 A1#^
 
3.00
%
 
12/25/2051
   
2,533,785
 
 
34,830
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N3-0530
 
5.50
%
 
01/01/2029
   
34,772
 
 
47,014
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C5-3878
 
5.50
%
 
12/01/2030
   
47,267
 
 
104,410
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C9-1366
 
4.50
%
 
04/01/2031
   
102,654
 
 
49,055
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C6-6421
 
6.50
%
 
02/01/2032
   
50,518
 
 
157,126
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N7-0078
 
5.50
%
 
01/01/2033
   
154,327
 
 
39,618
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# A1-4256
 
5.50
%
 
10/01/2033
   
39,790
 
 
119,014
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G3-0932
 
4.50
%
 
03/01/2034
   
117,015
 
 
378,296
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C9-1826
 
3.00
%
 
05/01/2035
   
353,486
 
 
18,928
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1J-0204 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.75%)
 
5.12
%
 
05/01/2035
   
18,427
 
 
106,489
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N7-0071
 
6.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
105,484
 
 
35,862
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# A4-6629
 
5.00
%
 
08/01/2035
   
36,085
 
 
232,582
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# K9-3365
 
3.50
%
 
11/01/2035
   
220,484
 
 
228,191
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# K9-3349
 
4.00
%
 
11/01/2035
   
220,232
 
 
16,652
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1L-1263 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.25%)
 
4.61
%
 
03/01/2036
   
16,799
 
 
15,350
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1H-1348 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.14%)
 
4.17
%
 
10/01/2036
   
15,625
 
 
109,820
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G2-0028
 
7.50
%
 
12/01/2036
   
111,917
 
 
65,772
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1891
 
5.38
%
 
01/01/2037
   
66,018
 
 
83,222
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1900
 
5.38
%
 
02/01/2037
   
83,597
 
 
4,292
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 84-7727 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.74%)
 
5.49
%
 
02/01/2037
   
4,204
 
 
41,228
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1934
 
5.38
%
 
04/01/2037
   
41,411
 
 
83,665
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1976
 
5.10
%
 
05/01/2037
   
83,187
 
 
21,704
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1J-1681 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.98%)
 
5.73
%
 
06/01/2037
   
21,565
 
 
48,508
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0653
 
5.13
%
 
07/01/2037
   
48,630
 
 
61,024
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0606
 
5.10
%
 
09/01/2037
   
60,681
 
 
199,325
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0681
 
5.10
%
 
09/01/2037
   
198,793
 
 
43,655
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1G-2249 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.78%)
 
4.03
%
 
10/01/2037
   
42,747
 
 
123,377
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# T3-0346
 
5.38
%
 
10/01/2037
   
124,187
 
 
620,328
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G3-1063
 
3.50
%
 
11/01/2037
   
588,041
 
 
73,977
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0800
 
5.10
%
 
11/01/2037
   
73,552
 
 
3,188,172
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# WA-3311
 
2.21
%
 
04/01/2038
   
2,341,534
 
 
129,826
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-1874
 
5.38
%
 
04/01/2038
   
130,497
 
 
286,757
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N7-0082
 
6.00
%
 
07/01/2038
   
285,209
 
 
108,391
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-4655
 
6.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
113,088
 
 
122,490
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-4540
 
6.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
127,763
 
 
88,897
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-2470
 
5.10
%
 
11/01/2038
   
88,402
 
 
61,353
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-8348
 
5.00
%
 
06/01/2039
   
61,903
 
 
271,843
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C0-3427
 
5.50
%
 
10/01/2039
   
278,666
 
 
74,822
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-8828
 
5.50
%
 
04/01/2048
   
74,674
 
 
1,394,811
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QC-5310
 
3.00
%
 
08/01/2051
   
1,233,271
 
 
3,778,527
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-5779
 
3.00
%
 
01/01/2052
   
3,329,273
 
 
3,190,503
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# SD-0846
 
2.50
%
 
02/01/2052
   
2,725,253
 
 
5,187,561
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# SD-8196
 
3.50
%
 
02/01/2052
   
4,734,688
 
 
3,906,261
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# RA-6966
 
2.00
%
 
03/01/2052
   
3,204,684
 
 
1,795,394
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-7450
 
3.00
%
 
03/01/2052
   
1,585,816
 
 
4,185,949
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-7999
 
4.00
%
 
03/01/2052
   
3,933,172
 
 
551,981
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QE-0622
 
2.00
%
 
04/01/2052
   
454,772
 
 
977,681
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QE-0380
 
2.50
%
 
04/01/2052
   
835,419
 
 
3,102,115
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-9382
 
4.00
%
 
04/01/2052
   
2,916,770
 
 
2,591,306
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QD-9775
 
4.00
%
 
04/01/2052
   
2,434,549
 
 
2,850,316
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QE-0898
 
4.50
%
 
04/01/2052
   
2,742,457
 
 
3,750,634
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# RA-7374
 
3.00
%
 
05/01/2052
   
3,306,925
 
 
3,138,911
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QE-2358
 
3.50
%
 
05/01/2052
   
2,868,763
 
 
3,209,001
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QE-3174
 
3.50
%
 
06/01/2052
   
2,932,794
 
 
2,826,771
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QF-0493
 
5.50
%
 
09/01/2052
   
2,838,249
 
 
3,257,043
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# QF-0773
 
5.50
%
 
09/01/2052
   
3,251,481
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 87.4% (Continued)
               
 
3,501,052
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# SD-1846
 
4.50
%
 
10/01/2052
   
3,374,014
 
 
1,890
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 1843 Z
 
7.00
%
 
04/15/2026
   
1,888
 
 
42,695
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 2517 Z
 
5.50
%
 
10/15/2032
   
40,996
 
 
568,321
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 2907 VZ
 
4.50
%
 
05/15/2034
   
544,925
 
 
167,354
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 2890 ZA
 
5.00
%
 
11/15/2034
   
166,039
 
 
306,254
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 3150 DZ
 
5.50
%
 
05/15/2036
   
307,524
 
 
166,828
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 3294 CB
 
5.50
%
 
03/15/2037
   
169,588
 
 
138,291
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 3830 NB
 
4.50
%
 
02/15/2039
   
137,642
 
 
762,204
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4121 DH
 
2.00
%
 
10/15/2042
   
557,500
 
 
418,568
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4872 AB
 
4.00
%
 
08/15/2047
   
403,799
 
 
127,323
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4891 PA
 
3.50
%
 
07/15/2048
   
121,058
 
 
687,817
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4888 AC
 
3.50
%
 
01/15/2049
   
638,517
 
 
2,072,784
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 5080 PB
 
1.25
%
 
03/25/2050
   
1,549,136
 
 
2,690,149
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 5083 UB
 
1.25
%
 
03/25/2051
   
2,034,635
 
 
282,908
 
FHLMC SCRTT, Series 2017-1 M1#^
 
4.00
%
 
01/25/2056
   
279,411
 
 
6,046,532
 
FHMS, Series K-035 X1#~
 
0.57
%
 
08/25/2023
   
1,143
 
 
5,846,067
 
FHMS, Series K-040 X1#~
 
0.81
%
 
09/25/2024
   
37,310
 
 
6,692,031
 
FHMS, Series Q-013 XPT1#~
 
1.66
%
 
05/25/2025
   
136,556
 
 
5,567,171
 
FHMS, Series Q-013 XPT2#~
 
1.81
%
 
05/25/2027
   
147,247
 
 
547,295
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT2#
 
2.76
%
 
10/25/2028
   
516,927
 
 
361,347
 
FHMS, Series Q-004 A2H#
 
4.17
%
 
01/25/2046
   
359,066
 
 
109,336
 
FHMS, Series Q-010 APT1#
 
4.90
%
 
04/25/2046
   
108,654
 
 
787,014
 
FHMS, Series Q-004 A4H#
 
4.50
%
 
08/25/2046
   
782,481
 
 
705,430
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT1#
 
5.02
%
 
10/25/2047
   
702,213
 
 
777,938
 
FHS, Series 366 IO~
 
4.00
%
 
08/01/2049
   
134,415
 
 
1,000,000
 
FNMA, Pool# AN9202
 
3.32
%
 
05/01/2025
   
954,522
 
 
9,105
 
FNMA, Pool# 336422 (3 Year CMT Rate + 2.30%)
 
3.43
%
 
10/01/2025
   
8,981
 
 
10,405
 
FNMA, Pool# 344903
 
5.50
%
 
10/01/2025
   
10,364
 
 
33,275
 
FNMA, Pool# 356232
 
6.50
%
 
01/01/2026
   
34,004
 
 
14,858
 
FNMA, Pool# 406521 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.52%)
 
3.90
%
 
05/01/2026
   
14,444
 
 
30,365
 
FNMA, Pool# 356329 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.65%)
 
4.78
%
 
01/01/2027
   
29,645
 
 
11,252
 
FNMA, Pool# 363850 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.13%)
 
4.90
%
 
04/01/2027
   
11,044
 
 
19,252
 
FNMA, Pool# 406380 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.17%)
 
4.34
%
 
11/01/2027
   
18,918
 
 
150,000
 
FNMA, Pool# AN8842
 
3.32
%
 
04/01/2028
   
141,174
 
 
2,698,256
 
FNMA, Pool# BL0387
 
4.28
%
 
05/01/2028
   
2,638,441
 
 
346,492
 
FNMA, Pool# 257203
 
5.00
%
 
05/01/2028
   
344,074
 
 
767,318
 
FNMA, Pool# 958720
 
5.65
%
 
10/01/2028
   
799,632
 
 
310,969
 
FNMA, Pool# 957502
 
3.98
%
 
07/01/2029
   
309,803
 
 
27,056
 
FNMA, Pool# 520478 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.10%)
 
4.23
%
 
11/01/2029
   
26,495
 
 
59,745
 
FNMA, Pool# AL0898
 
5.00
%
 
02/01/2031
   
59,766
 
 
1,127,094
 
FNMA, Pool# AI4717
 
4.50
%
 
07/01/2031
   
1,113,905
 
 
27,735
 
FNMA, Pool# 656181 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.16%)
 
4.35
%
 
08/01/2031
   
26,962
 
 
2,150,000
 
FNMA, Pool# BL4313
 
2.31
%
 
09/01/2031
   
1,822,816
 
 
29,102
 
FNMA, Pool# 723313 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.54%)
 
4.54
%
 
09/01/2031
   
28,736
 
 
788,025
 
FNMA, Pool# 470828
 
3.53
%
 
03/01/2032
   
729,755
 
 
8,076
 
FNMA, Pool# 642122 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.27%)
 
4.40
%
 
03/01/2032
   
7,664
 
 
7,752
 
FNMA, Pool# 628837
 
6.50
%
 
03/01/2032
   
7,922
 
 
12,657
 
FNMA, Pool# 640225 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.27%)
 
4.40
%
 
04/01/2032
   
12,080
 
 
31,907
 
FNMA, Pool# 662138 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.30%)
 
4.30
%
 
09/01/2032
   
31,505
 
 
24,731
 
FNMA, Pool# 668309 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.02%)
 
4.02
%
 
11/01/2032
   
24,340
 
 
24,377
 
FNMA, Pool# 696546 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 2.26%)
 
4.63
%
 
03/01/2033
   
23,708
 
 
5,334
 
FNMA, Pool# 555819 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.03%)
 
4.28
%
 
07/01/2033
   
5,225
 
 
25,829
 
FNMA, Pool# 744805 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
 
4.27
%
 
11/01/2033
   
25,214
 
 
11,017
 
FNMA, Pool# 751498 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.22%)
 
4.34
%
 
11/01/2033
   
10,760
 
 
23,006
 
FNMA, Pool# 741373 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.28%)
 
4.41
%
 
12/01/2033
   
22,582
 
 
24,385
 
FNMA, Pool# 764342 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
 
3.90
%
 
02/01/2034
   
23,917
 
 
24,998
 
FNMA, Pool# 774969 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.28%)
 
5.28
%
 
04/01/2034
   
24,624
 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 87.4% (Continued)
               
 
100,197
 
FNMA, Pool# 783554 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.21%)
 
4.21
%
 
07/01/2034
   
99,113
 
 
2,814
 
FNMA, Pool# 819649 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
 
4.12
%
 
03/01/2035
   
2,743
 
 
34,991
 
FNMA, Pool# 889829
 
5.00
%
 
07/01/2035
   
35,262
 
 
29,412
 
FNMA, Pool# 830970 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.83%)
 
4.08
%
 
08/01/2035
   
28,857
 
 
421,930
 
FNMA, Pool# AL7654
 
3.00
%
 
09/01/2035
   
393,729
 
 
20,199
 
FNMA, Pool# 837329 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.04%)
 
4.04
%
 
09/01/2035
   
19,945
 
 
46,974
 
FNMA, Pool# 836715 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.77%)
 
4.02
%
 
10/01/2035
   
46,165
 
 
108,124
 
FNMA, Pool# 842006
 
4.25
%
 
10/01/2035
   
105,685
 
 
18,352
 
FNMA, Pool# 922680 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.91%)
 
4.88
%
 
11/01/2035
   
18,622
 
 
228,910
 
FNMA, Pool# 850232
 
4.25
%
 
12/01/2035
   
223,987
 
 
11,138
 
FNMA, Pool# 865849 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.54%)
 
3.94
%
 
03/01/2036
   
10,872
 
 
202,875
 
FNMA, Pool# AB0577
 
4.00
%
 
03/01/2036
   
190,642
 
 
9,289
 
FNMA, Pool# 877009 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 2.38%)
 
6.15
%
 
03/01/2036
   
9,298
 
 
16,774
 
FNMA, Pool# 868568 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.74%)
 
4.61
%
 
04/01/2036
   
16,473
 
 
33,960
 
FNMA, Pool# 882017 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.56%)
 
4.31
%
 
05/01/2036
   
33,132
 
 
17,045
 
FNMA, Pool# 745626 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.14%)
 
4.99
%
 
05/01/2036
   
16,767
 
 
4,154
 
FNMA, Pool# 872895 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.88%)
 
6.13
%
 
06/01/2036
   
4,091
 
 
15,447
 
FNMA, Pool# 886163 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.83%)
 
4.08
%
 
07/01/2036
   
15,184
 
 
214,787
 
FNMA, Pool# 896838
 
5.45
%
 
07/01/2036
   
211,620
 
 
69,036
 
FNMA, Pool# 745818
 
6.50
%
 
09/01/2036
   
71,177
 
 
26,706
 
FNMA, Pool# 995521 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.82%)
 
5.32
%
 
05/01/2037
   
26,003
 
 
26,003
 
FNMA, Pool# 941050 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)
 
3.95
%
 
08/01/2037
   
25,469
 
 
35,634
 
FNMA, Pool# 950382 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.11%)
 
5.54
%
 
08/01/2037
   
35,941
 
 
30,334
 
FNMA, Pool# 952835 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.32%)
 
4.75
%
 
09/01/2037
   
30,606
 
 
1,427,758
 
FNMA, Pool# MA3208
 
4.50
%
 
10/01/2037
   
1,394,098
 
 
67,667
 
FNMA, Pool# 955233
 
6.50
%
 
12/01/2037
   
69,866
 
 
206,912
 
FNMA, Pool# AD0100
 
7.00
%
 
12/01/2038
   
220,297
 
 
83,580
 
FNMA, Pool# 930507
 
6.50
%
 
02/01/2039
   
85,395
 
 
1,346,429
 
FNMA, Pool# AS2249
 
4.00
%
 
04/01/2039
   
1,295,444
 
 
199,120
 
FNMA, Pool# AL0407
 
6.50
%
 
04/01/2039
   
202,838
 
 
155,946
 
FNMA, Pool# AD0427
 
5.50
%
 
10/01/2039
   
159,756
 
 
220,610
 
FNMA, Pool# AD0941
 
5.50
%
 
04/01/2040
   
226,499
 
 
575,653
 
FNMA, Pool# 467095
 
5.90
%
 
01/01/2041
   
601,995
 
 
275,474
 
FNMA, Pool# AH8447
 
5.50
%
 
04/01/2041
   
275,632
 
 
893,522
 
FNMA, Pool# 469130
 
4.87
%
 
10/01/2041
   
889,708
 
 
226,507
 
FNMA, Pool# BC1738
 
4.50
%
 
09/01/2043
   
222,355
 
 
206,118
 
FNMA, Pool# AS1429
 
4.00
%
 
12/01/2043
   
199,022
 
 
234,999
 
FNMA, Pool# AV7739
 
4.00
%
 
01/01/2044
   
226,394
 
 
136,132
 
FNMA, Pool# AW6485
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2044
   
131,441
 
 
188,641
 
FNMA, Pool# AY0382
 
4.00
%
 
11/01/2044
   
180,579
 
 
337,806
 
FNMA, Pool# AW9534
 
4.00
%
 
03/01/2045
   
323,817
 
 
117,670
 
FNMA, Pool# AZ4154
 
4.00
%
 
06/01/2045
   
113,951
 
 
940,713
 
FNMA, Pool# AZ7828
 
4.00
%
 
08/01/2045
   
899,507
 
 
509,623
 
FNMA, Pool# BA3674
 
4.50
%
 
10/01/2045
   
500,667
 
 
316,880
 
FNMA, Pool# BC6366
 
4.50
%
 
02/01/2046
   
309,737
 
 
192,045
 
FNMA, Pool# BD1241
 
4.50
%
 
05/01/2046
   
187,630
 
 
693,607
 
FNMA, Pool# BD5189
 
4.50
%
 
07/01/2046
   
681,094
 
 
167,820
 
FNMA, Pool# BD8599
 
4.50
%
 
11/01/2046
   
164,550
 
 
291,723
 
FNMA, Pool# BH7686
 
4.50
%
 
12/01/2047
   
284,812
 
 
329,649
 
FNMA, Pool# BJ8287
 
4.50
%
 
01/01/2048
   
320,511
 
 
350,249
 
FNMA, Pool# BK5105
 
5.50
%
 
05/01/2048
   
351,735
 
 
377,751
 
FNMA, Pool# BK8032
 
5.50
%
 
06/01/2048
   
380,472
 
 
1,000,000
 
FNMA, Pool# AN9931
 
4.24
%
 
08/01/2048
   
885,971
 
 
182,348
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4936
 
5.50
%
 
12/01/2048
   
182,099
 
 
105,170
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4921
 
5.50
%
 
01/01/2049
   
104,977
 
 
2,653,389
 
FNMA, Pool# BP5419
 
3.00
%
 
05/01/2050
   
2,373,106
 
 
1,389,046
 
FNMA, Pool# BQ6307
 
2.00
%
 
11/01/2050
   
1,143,259
 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 87.4% (Continued)
               
 
2,885,516
 
FNMA, Pool# BQ3248
 
2.00
%
 
11/01/2050
   
2,373,751
 
 
995,726
 
FNMA, Pool# MA4208
 
2.00
%
 
12/01/2050
   
819,765
 
 
830,135
 
FNMA, Pool# BR5634
 
2.00
%
 
03/01/2051
   
683,220
 
 
3,714,531
 
FNMA, Pool# FM8754
 
3.00
%
 
09/01/2051
   
3,299,747
 
 
3,286,462
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0031
 
2.50
%
 
10/01/2051
   
2,790,828
 
 
460,292
 
FNMA, Pool# FS1480
 
2.50
%
 
11/01/2051
   
393,572
 
 
4,994,980
 
FNMA, Pool# FM9760
 
3.50
%
 
11/01/2051
   
4,563,800
 
 
1,173,114
 
FNMA, Pool# MA4492
 
2.00
%
 
12/01/2051
   
958,514
 
 
3,348,896
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0348
 
2.00
%
 
01/01/2052
   
2,753,995
 
 
3,087,152
 
FNMA, Pool# CB2548
 
2.50
%
 
01/01/2052
   
2,634,251
 
 
3,118,174
 
FNMA, Pool# CB2539
 
2.50
%
 
01/01/2052
   
2,667,398
 
 
1,086,918
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0731
 
2.00
%
 
02/01/2052
   
894,296
 
 
2,709,274
 
FNMA, Pool# CB2909
 
3.50
%
 
02/01/2052
   
2,472,533
 
 
4,023,213
 
FNMA, Pool# CB3103
 
2.50
%
 
03/01/2052
   
3,456,117
 
 
2,872,012
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0832
 
3.50
%
 
03/01/2052
   
2,621,719
 
 
1,974,317
 
FNMA, Pool# MA4565
 
3.50
%
 
03/01/2052
   
1,802,511
 
 
1,454,544
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0922
 
3.50
%
 
03/01/2052
   
1,328,007
 
 
2,686,607
 
FNMA, Pool# BV4532
 
3.50
%
 
03/01/2052
   
2,451,640
 
 
4,236,939
 
FNMA, Pool# FS0945
 
4.00
%
 
03/01/2052
   
3,982,381
 
 
3,745,955
 
FNMA, Pool# FS1521
 
3.00
%
 
04/01/2052
   
3,329,260
 
 
740,453
 
FNMA, Pool# BW0025
 
4.00
%
 
07/01/2052
   
696,802
 
 
9,915
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 1996-23 G
 
6.50
%
 
07/25/2026
   
9,890
 
 
1,992,944
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-T1 A
 
2.90
%
 
06/25/2027
   
1,845,443
 
 
586,929
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-139 HI~
 
2.50
%
 
12/25/2027
   
21,056
 
 
44,191
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-15 QI~
 
3.00
%
 
03/25/2028
   
1,973
 
 
96,020
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2001-80 Z
 
6.00
%
 
01/25/2032
   
95,063
 
 
142,894
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-M2 A2A#
 
5.27
%
 
10/25/2032
   
141,152
 
 
264,179
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-71 MB
 
5.50
%
 
08/25/2033
   
265,363
 
 
1,175,745
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-8 IQ~
 
4.00
%
 
03/25/2034
   
136,843
 
 
6,470,657
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-95 WI#~
 
0.00
%
 
05/25/2035
   
177,673
 
 
1,660,087
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2005-73 EZ
 
5.50
%
 
08/25/2035
   
1,650,590
 
 
588,232
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2005-110 GL
 
5.50
%
 
12/25/2035
   
594,160
 
 
267,673
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-21 Z
 
5.50
%
 
04/25/2036
   
267,982
 
 
829,308
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-112 QC
 
5.50
%
 
11/25/2036
   
835,862
 
 
379,959
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2007-22 A
 
5.50
%
 
03/25/2037
   
386,210
 
 
418,000
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2008-2 PH
 
5.50
%
 
02/25/2038
   
423,698
 
 
579,411
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2009-20 DA (1 Month LIBOR USD + 7.40%)~
 
2.25
%
 
04/25/2039
   
68,749
 
 
989,148
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-65 HJ
 
5.00
%
 
07/25/2040
   
983,778
 
 
729,840
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-27 PI~
 
4.50
%
 
02/25/2042
   
63,324
 
 
47,342
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-10 UF (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.55%)
 
5.70
%
 
02/25/2042
   
46,763
 
 
290,514
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-34 IG~
 
3.00
%
 
05/25/2042
   
32,557
 
 
6,283
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W10 3A5
 
4.30
%
 
06/25/2043
   
5,903
 
 
1,741
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 1A9
 
4.48
%
 
06/25/2043
   
1,674
 
 
10,445
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 1A8
 
4.55
%
 
06/25/2043
   
10,007
 
 
5,967
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 2A7
 
4.68
%
 
06/25/2043
   
5,700
 
 
6,961
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 2A6
 
5.00
%
 
06/25/2043
   
6,750
 
 
335,742
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2015-40 LI~
 
4.50
%
 
03/25/2045
   
62,202
 
 
188,024
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-86 JA
 
4.00
%
 
05/25/2047
   
179,732
 
 
873,033
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2019-37 IM~
 
5.00
%
 
07/25/2049
   
121,084
 
 
24,700,000
 
FNMA, 2.00%, Due TBA July
 
2.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
20,148,832
 
 
9,000,000
 
FNMA, 2.50%, Due TBA July
 
2.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
7,633,125
 
 
3,500,000
 
FNMA, 3.00%, Due TBA July
 
3.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
3,080,957
 
 
13,650,000
 
FNMA, 3.50%, Due TBA July
 
3.50
%
 
07/15/2053
   
12,440,162
 
 
19,450,000
 
FNMA, 4.00%, Due TBA July
 
4.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
18,254,889
 
 
3,200,000
 
FNMA, 5.00%, Due TBA July
 
5.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
3,137,251
 
 
627,436
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-KF74 B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.15%)^
 
7.34
%
 
01/25/2027
   
596,181
 
 
842,540
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KF73 B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.45%)^
 
7.64
%
 
11/25/2029
   
780,652
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 87.4% (Continued)
               
 
3,567
 
GNMA, Pool# 783374X
 
5.50
%
 
04/15/2024
   
3,560
 
 
22,402
 
GNMA, Pool# 728160X
 
5.25
%
 
11/15/2024
   
22,101
 
 
149,738
 
GNMA, Pool# 623145X
 
5.50
%
 
10/15/2028
   
150,552
 
 
726,486
 
GNMA, Pool# 589694X
 
4.50
%
 
08/15/2029
   
704,871
 
 
24,970
 
GNMA, Pool# 728157X
 
3.75
%
 
11/15/2029
   
24,087
 
 
219,672
 
GNMA, Pool# 770225C
 
4.25
%
 
08/20/2031
   
218,241
 
 
248,097
 
GNMA, Pool# 003160M
 
6.00
%
 
11/20/2031
   
257,464
 
 
344,425
 
GNMA, Pool# 003489M
 
6.00
%
 
12/20/2033
   
360,581
 
 
182,939
 
GNMA, Pool# 782173M
 
5.50
%
 
05/20/2035
   
188,528
 
 
661,299
 
GNMA, Pool# MA7106M
 
2.00
%
 
01/20/2036
   
587,455
 
 
644,238
 
GNMA, Pool# MA7164M
 
2.00
%
 
02/20/2036
   
572,349
 
 
39,490
 
GNMA, Pool# 784315X
 
6.00
%
 
06/15/2036
   
40,603
 
 
190,434
 
GNMA, Pool# 770226C
 
4.75
%
 
09/20/2036
   
188,469
 
 
112,604
 
GNMA, Pool# 004194M
 
5.50
%
 
07/20/2038
   
116,404
 
 
608,119
 
GNMA, Pool# AC0521C
 
5.50
%
 
05/20/2042
   
625,014
 
 
872,191
 
GNMA, Pool# BM9287C
 
4.00
%
 
08/20/2049
   
830,097
 
 
373,760
 
GNMA, Pool# MA7834M
 
6.00
%
 
01/20/2052
   
389,426
 
 
1,878,117
 
GNMA, Pool# CJ2171C
 
4.00
%
 
05/20/2052
   
1,766,085
 
 
224,318
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-168 IA~
 
2.50
%
 
11/16/2028
   
7,920
 
 
352,321
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2004-93 PD
 
5.00
%
 
11/16/2034
   
345,633
 
 
62,165
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-40 B
 
6.00
%
 
08/20/2036
   
62,238
 
 
371,580
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-52 WA#
 
6.19
%
 
04/20/2038
   
379,508
 
 
656,035
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-012 KI~
 
5.00
%
 
09/20/2038
   
89,605
 
 
382,499
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-083 ID~
 
7.00
%
 
01/20/2039
   
48,328
 
 
456,021
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2011-2 DP#
 
5.46
%
 
03/20/2039
   
454,163
 
 
626,007
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2010-105 IB~
 
4.50
%
 
01/16/2040
   
59,061
 
 
463,425
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-68 IC#~
 
6.00
%
 
01/20/2040
   
64,618
 
 
682,000
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2011-156 PM
 
2.00
%
 
04/20/2040
   
544,724
 
 
779,446
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-083 IK~
 
6.00
%
 
05/20/2040
   
144,383
 
 
222,099
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-112 AW#
 
7.00
%
 
12/20/2040
   
231,529
 
 
1,031,828
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-143 IC~
 
5.00
%
 
10/16/2041
   
162,689
 
 
831,612
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-97 GB
 
2.00
%
 
08/16/2042
   
677,294
 
 
551,473
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-86 IA~
 
5.00
%
 
06/20/2043
   
63,113
 
 
785,642
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-103 IM~
 
5.00
%
 
06/20/2043
   
104,244
 
 
349,926
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-06 IG~
 
4.50
%
 
01/16/2044
   
42,039
 
 
158,686
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2011-127 C#
 
3.50
%
 
03/16/2047
   
155,549
 
 
296,695
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-127 PB
 
3.00
%
 
09/20/2047
   
273,809
 
 
2,775
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-166 AB
 
4.00
%
 
10/20/2047
   
2,756
 
 
1,945,537
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-167 SE (1 Month LIBOR USD + 6.20%)~
 
1.04
%
 
11/20/2047
   
207,518
 
 
37,134
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-166 BA
 
3.50
%
 
11/20/2047
   
36,746
 
 
1,989,803
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-036 LI~
 
5.00
%
 
03/20/2048
   
275,827
 
 
497,311
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-153 QA
 
3.50
%
 
11/20/2048
   
468,597
 
 
579,422
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2019-162 KB
 
2.00
%
 
12/20/2049
   
385,047
 
 
552,000
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-050 PL
 
1.25
%
 
03/20/2051
   
257,320
 
 
1,840,300
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-125 UL
 
1.50
%
 
07/20/2051
   
1,389,316
 
 
1,049,804
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-160 DK
 
2.00
%
 
09/20/2051
   
729,627
 
 
1,791,418
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2021-177 KD
 
2.00
%
 
10/20/2051
   
1,413,451
 
 
2,655,492
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2022-009 CD
 
2.00
%
 
01/20/2052
   
2,138,705
 
 
1,099,277
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-135 I0#~
 
0.43
%
 
01/16/2056
   
20,523
 
 
1,113,910
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2015-172 I0#~
 
0.61
%
 
03/16/2057
   
23,963
 
 
2,153,348
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-40 I0#~
 
0.61
%
 
07/16/2057
   
47,710
 
 
1,450,182
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-56 I0#~
 
1.00
%
 
11/16/2057
   
62,528
 
 
2,141,107
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-98 I0#~
 
0.86
%
 
05/16/2058
   
83,730
 
 
5,500,000
 
GNMA, 2.00%, Due TBA July
 
2.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
4,624,082
 
 
8,600,000
 
GNMA, 3.00%, Due TBA July
 
3.00
%
 
07/15/2053
   
7,685,914
 
 
4,242,316
 
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-INV4 A2#^
 
3.00
%
 
01/25/2052
   
3,581,903
 
 
5,937,425
 
Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance, Series 2021-INV4 A3#^
 
2.50
%
 
12/26/2051
   
4,794,577
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares/
                   
Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 87.4% (Continued)
               
 
3,342,860
 
Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance, Series 2022-INV2 A2#^
 
3.50
%
 
04/25/2052
   
2,905,714
 
 
3,130,788
 
RCKT Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-6 A1#^
 
2.50
%
 
12/25/2051
   
2,528,167
 
 
3,083,252
 
RCKT Mortgage Trust, Series 2022-4 A1#^
 
4.00
%
 
06/25/2052
   
2,774,565
 
 
244,283
 
SBA, Pool# 522053 (PRIME + 0.62%)
 
8.62
%
 
05/25/2026
   
244,385
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $284,053,054)
             
265,447,329
 
                         
Asset Backed Securities — 7.5%
                 
 
3,500,000
 
American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2022-2 A
 
3.39
%
 
05/15/2027
   
3,379,773
 
 
1,862,746
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2014-SFR2 A^
 
3.79
%
 
10/17/2036
   
1,807,497
 
 
2,130,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2014-SFR2 B^
 
4.29
%
 
10/17/2036
   
2,074,698
 
 
2,290,098
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2014-SFR3 A^
 
3.68
%
 
12/18/2036
   
2,210,533
 
 
308,517
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2015-SFR1 A^
 
3.47
%
 
04/18/2052
   
295,237
 
 
212,512
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2015-SFR2 A^
 
3.73
%
 
10/18/2052
   
203,652
 
 
250,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2015-SFR2 C^
 
4.69
%
 
10/18/2052
   
242,235
 
 
1,404,000
 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1 D
 
1.21
%
 
12/18/2026
   
1,281,590
 
 
1,505,000
 
CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2 C
 
1.34
%
 
02/16/2027
   
1,376,878
 
 
566,648
 
Dext ABS LLC, Series 2021-1 A^
 
1.12
%
 
02/15/2028
   
544,201
 
 
380,000
 
Dext ABS LLC, Series 2021-1 B^
 
1.76
%
 
02/15/2028
   
346,934
 
 
561,966
 
FHF Trust, Series 2021-2A A^
 
0.83
%
 
12/15/2026
   
535,427
 
 
314,904
 
FHF Trust, Series 2021-1A A^
 
1.27
%
 
03/15/2027
   
302,593
 
 
2,985,000
 
John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2023-B A2
 
5.59
%
 
06/15/2026
   
2,984,623
 
 
792,053
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA — CACLN, Series 2021-3 B^
 
0.76
%
 
02/26/2029
   
754,421
 
 
1,505,000
 
PFS Financing Corp., Series 2021-A A^
 
0.71
%
 
04/15/2026
   
1,442,079
 
 
1,500,000
 
Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2023-B A2A
 
5.28
%
 
05/15/2026
   
1,494,102
 
 
1,500,000
 
Verizon Master Trust, Series 2022-4 A
 
3.40
%
 
11/20/2028
   
1,446,782
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $23,594,915)
             
22,723,255
 
                         
U.S. Treasury Notes — 1.4%
                 
 
1,040,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
3.88
%
 
12/31/2027
   
1,025,599
 
 
2,600,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.88
%
 
05/15/2028
   
2,453,852
 
 
1,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
 
2.88
%
 
05/15/2032
   
927,363
 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $4,553,270)
             
4,406,814
 
                         
Municipal Bonds — 0.2%
                 
 
505,000
 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority
 
2.80
%
 
12/01/2026
   
472,584
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $505,000)
             
472,584
 
                   
Short-Term Investments — 28.5%
                 
                   
Money Market Funds — 28.5%
                 
 
86,667,019
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%*
             
86,667,019
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $86,667,019)
             
86,667,019
 
Total Investments — 125.0% (Cost $399,373,258)
             
379,717,001
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (25.0)%
             
(76,034,237
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
            
$
303,682,764
 

#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
~
Interest only security
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
+
Step bond. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown is the rate in effect as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Futures Contracts — Long (Note 6)
                         
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note Futures
 
  65
 
09/20/2023
 
$
7,424,478
   
$
7,297,266
   
$
(127,212
)
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Futures
 
109
 
09/20/2023
   
13,017,104
     
12,909,687
     
(107,417
)
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures
 
110
 
09/29/2023
   
12,005,513
     
11,780,312
     
(225,201
)
             
$
32,447,095
   
$
31,987,265
   
$
(459,830
)
                                 
Futures Contracts — Short (Note 6)
                               
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note Futures
 
  (5)

09/29/2023
 
$
(1,016,827
)
 
$
(1,016,719
)
 
$
108
 
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures
 
(14)

09/20/2023
   
(1,774,471
)
   
(1,776,688
)
   
(2,217
)
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond Futures
 
(17)

09/20/2023
   
(2,303,182
)
   
(2,315,718
)
   
(12,536
)
             
$
(5,094,480
)
 
$
(5,109,125
)
 
$
(14,645
)



There is no variation margin due to or from the Fund as of the date of this report.


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Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 17.50% in value. During the same period, the MSCI Europe Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 21.81%.
 
For the 12 months ended June 30, 2023, the portfolio underperformed the benchmark. Security selection drove underperformance. Selection in health care, industrials, and consumer discretionary detracted the most from relative performance. This was partially offset by selection within materials, energy, and financials. Sector allocation, a result of our bottom-up stock selection process, also detracted to relative performance, driven by the Fund’s underweights to consumer discretionary and information technology which was partially offset by our overweight to industrials and underweight to materials.
 
From an individual stock perspective, our top relative contributors were Publicis Groupe (communication services), Rheinmetall (industrials), and Technip Energies (energy). Our top relative detractors were United Internet (communication services), British-American Tobacco (consumer staples), and Grifols (health care). During the period, we purchased new positions in Haleon, Bayer, KBC, and AIB. We sold our positions in Safran and Swedish Match.
 
Haleon is a British consumer healthcare company. It is the consumer spin off from GlaxoSmithKline (July 2022), and key brands include Sensodyne, Advil, Centrum, Voltarol, Panadol, and Tums. We expect that Haleon will be resilient in a weaker economic environment due to its exposure to attractive consumer categories creating lower cyclicality. We like that the stock is trading at a discount and believe it can continue to deliver moderate growth over the long term.
 
Safran is a multinational aircraft engine and aerospace components company based in France. We added to our position as the stock has been weak in recent times and we continue to be attracted to the company long term. We believe that Safran is well positioned to take advantage of the post Covid-19 air travel recovery. Safran is a high-quality company with competitive advantages in an attractive industry. The company has a dominant position in the narrow body engine market and a very long product cycle industry with extremely high barriers to entry. The share price of the stock rose recently due to positive Q1 2023 results with increased revenues. We decided to use the share price strength to eliminate our position.
 
Sincerely,
 
Carl Dirk Enderlein, CFA, Senior Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager
 

 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments focused in a single geographic region may be exposed to greater risk than investments diversified among various geographies. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater in emerging markets. Investments in smaller and medium capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. The value of investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. Derivatives involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments. Investors will indirectly bear the principal risks and its share of the fees and expenses of the Fund’s investment in other Investment Companies.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The MSCI Europe Index (“Index”) is an index that captures large and mid cap representation across 15 developed market countries in Europe.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
United Kingdom
 
34.2%
Germany
 
15.6%
France
 
12.6%
Switzerland
 
6.3%
Belgium
 
5.4%
Sweden
 
4.7%
Austria
 
4.2%
Spain
 
4.1%
Netherlands
 
3.6%
Money Market Funds
 
2.7%
Ireland
 
2.2%
Portugal
 
1.9%
Czech Republic
 
0.9%
Denmark
 
0.5%
Italy
 
0.0%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
1.1%
   
100.0%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(10/21/13)
Institutional Shares
17.50%
6.36%
5.95%
Investor Shares
17.30%
6.18%
5.79%
Advisor Shares
17.05%
5.94%
5.54%
MSCI Europe Index
21.81%
5.19%
4.08%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
1.04%
1.19%
1.44%
Net Expense Ratio1
1.04%
1.19%
1.44%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/wmc-strategic-european-equity-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 95.1%
     
       
Austria — 4.2%
     
 
237,616
 
Erste Group Bank AG
   
8,335,085
 
 
73,239
 
Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener
       
     
  Versicherung Gruppe
   
1,914,872
 
           
10,249,957
 
Belgium — 5.4%
       
 
2,510
 
Azelis Group NV
   
57,189
 
 
75,097
 
KBC Group NV
   
5,241,845
 
 
88,766
 
UCB S.A.
   
7,869,878
 
           
13,168,912
 
Czech Republic — 0.9%
       
 
71,605
 
Komercni banka, a.s.
   
2,183,205
 
         
Denmark — 0.5%
       
 
13,942
 
Royal Unibrew A/S
   
1,247,995
 
         
France — 12.6%
       
 
159,500
 
Bureau Veritas S.A.
   
4,375,900
 
 
9,034
 
Dassault Aviation S.A.
   
1,809,976
 
 
347,127
 
Elis S.A.
   
6,752,751
 
 
11,877
 
Legrand S.A.
   
1,178,247
 
 
73,228
 
Publicis Groupe S.A.
   
5,877,020
 
 
56,264
 
SPIE S.A.
   
1,819,531
 
 
237,148
 
Technip Energies NV
   
5,462,973
 
 
23,857
 
Thales S.A.
   
3,574,477
 
           
30,850,875
 
Germany — 14.5%
       
 
95,857
 
Bayer AG
   
5,306,184
 
 
16,631
 
Beiersdorf AG
   
2,202,342
 
 
82,932
 
Brenntag SE
   
6,470,213
 
 
8,621
 
Hannover Rueck SE
   
1,830,230
 
 
115,530
 
Hensoldt AG
   
3,794,570
 
 
45,316
 
Jenoptik AG
   
1,556,853
 
 
33,061
 
Rheinmetall AG
   
9,057,156
 
 
26,180
 
Siemens Healthineers AG
   
1,483,764
 
 
229,513
 
United Internet AG
   
3,231,659
 
 
14,642
 
Washtec AG
   
572,245
 
           
35,505,216
 
Ireland — 2.2%
       
 
1,254,220
 
AIB Group PLC
   
5,278,525
 
         
Italy — 0.0%
       
 
2,933
 
MARR SpA
   
45,027
 
         
Netherlands — 3.6%
       
 
41,233
 
Heineken NV
   
4,240,273
 
 
67,898
 
QIAGEN NV*
   
3,052,021
 
 
12,004
 
Wolters Kluwer NV
   
1,524,193
 
           
8,816,487
 
Portugal — 1.9%
       
 
168,391
 
Jeronimo Martins SGPS S.A.
   
4,638,945
 
         
Spain — 4.1%
       
 
122,400
 
Almirall S.A.
   
1,011,962
 
 
785,877
 
Bankinter S.A.
   
4,836,904
 
 
132,969
 
Fluidra S.A.
   
2,592,718
 
 
35,789
 
Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi S.A.
   
1,657,434
 
           
10,099,018
 
Sweden — 4.7%
       
 
67,925
 
Alfa Laval AB
   
2,477,744
 
 
85,705
 
Assa Abloy AB
   
2,060,088
 
 
120,427
 
Hexpol AB
   
1,278,689
 
 
73,762
 
Sandvik AB
   
1,440,144
 
 
179,077
 
Trelleborg AB
   
4,346,072
 
           
11,602,737
 
Switzerland — 6.3%
       
 
106,838
 
ABB Ltd.
   
4,203,098
 
 
25,330
 
Julius Baer Group, Ltd.
   
1,598,514
 
 
53,479
 
Novartis AG
   
5,391,722
 
 
210,763
 
UBS Group AG
   
4,271,886
 
           
15,465,220
 
United Kingdom — 34.2%
       
 
728,407
 
BAE Systems PLC
   
8,588,844
 
 
538,603
 
Beazley PLC
   
4,038,022
 
 
297,113
 
British American Tobacco PLC
   
9,871,732
 
 
140,442
 
Bunzl PLC
   
5,351,985
 
 
66,624
 
Compass Group PLC
   
1,865,686
 
 
1,073,689
 
ConvaTec Group PLC
   
2,800,262
 
 
52,889
 
CRH PLC
   
2,917,752
 
 
2,054,926
 
Haleon PLC
   
8,434,399
 
 
129,665
 
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
   
3,120,364
 
 
179,022
 
IMI PLC
   
3,734,430
 
 
35,351
 
Next PLC
   
3,099,800
 
 
443,837
 
Prudential PLC
   
6,268,498
 
 
628,662
 
Rotork PLC
   
2,435,849
 
 
673,828
 
RS Group PLC
   
6,519,909
 
 
157,891
 
Savills PLC
   
1,706,590
 
 
1,106,031
 
Serco Group PLC
   
2,187,059
 
 
214,569
 
Smith & Nephew PLC
   
3,461,720
 
 
190,199
 
Smiths Group PLC
   
3,979,304
 
 
13,944
 
Softcat PLC
   
251,228
 
 
71,676
 
Spectris PLC
   
3,274,930
 
           
83,908,363
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $191,342,254)
   
233,060,482
 
         
Preferred Stocks — 1.1%
       
         
Germany — 1.1%
       
 
65,995
 
Fuchs Petrolub SE
   
2,611,081
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $2,280,062)
   
2,611,081
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Short-Term Investments — 2.7%
     
       
Money Market Funds — 2.7%
     
 
6,732,961
 
First American Government
     
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
6,732,961
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $6,732,961)
   
6,732,961
 
Total Investments — 98.9% (Cost $200,355,277)
   
242,404,524
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.1%
   
2,613,295
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
245,017,819
 

*
Non-income producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2023 the Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 6.27% in value. During the same period, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased 1.75%.
 
The strategy’s philosophy of buying stocks at a discount to estimated value led to positive stock selection during the period across most market sectors but especially within information technology, financials, and consumer discretionary.  From a regional perspective, broadly positive stock selection across Asia drove the majority of the Fund’s outperformance.  Currency exposure was also a positive contributor to relative performance driven almost entirely by a lack of exposure to the Russian Ruble, which depreciated 39.1% during the period relative to the U.S. dollar.
 
An area of strength within the portfolio included technology companies which had resilient demand for their products and services like Flex Ltd. and Lite-On Technology Corp.  Emerging market banks also helped performance. Hungarian Bank, OTP Bank, reported a string of earnings reports with revenue ahead of expectations and credit costs lower than anticipated.  Finally, the Fund’s holdings exposed to China’s post-COVID economic reopening were a positive contributor.  These included consumer companies such as online travel advisor Trip.com, hotel operator H World Group, and restaurant owner Yum China Holdings.
 
The area of weakest relative performance was within consumer staples companies.  Chinese dairy companies China Mengniu Dairy and Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group were key detractors.  South African energy and chemical company Sasol, was a top individual detractor due to moderating oil prices and coal quality issues in its mining operations.  China Tourism Group Duty Free was another top relative detractor as the recovery of its duty-free services business remained tepid due to depressed international Chinese travel.
 
Over the period, the Fund found new investments in Brazilian financials and energy companies, Chinese technology and insurance companies, as well as industrial companies in South Korea.  The Fund trimmed exposure to some Chinese consumer companies as well as automotive manufacturers in China and Turkey.
 
The Fund remains overweight Asia and the Greater China regional specifically due to a positive long-term view of Asia’s growth potential combined with the strategy’s search for mispriced value.  Despite geopolitical tensions and the stalled reopening in China, valuations appear attractive and the government is taking encouraging steps to support the economy.
 
We continue to believe that owning high quality businesses trading at reasonable valuations provides good potential to outperform the broader market over time.
 
Sincerely,
 
Jordan Wruble
Portfolio Manager
 

 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. These risks are greater in emerging markets. Derivatives may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, management, and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous. Investing in derivatives could lose more than the amount invested. The Fund invests in smaller and medium-sized companies which carry greater risk than is associated with larger companies for various reasons, such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
China
 
33.0%
India
 
15.5%
Taiwan
 
13.8%
South Korea
 
13.1%
Brazil
 
5.8%
Indonesia
 
3.5%
Singapore
 
3.3%
United States
 
3.2%
Money Market Funds
 
3.2%
Thailand
 
1.7%
Hungary
 
1.1%
United Kingdom
 
0.9%
United Arab Emirates
 
0.7%
South Africa
 
0.7%
Turkey
 
0.3%
Russia
 
0.0%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.2%
   
100.0%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
6.27%
2.68%
2.51%
Investor Shares
6.01%
2.52%
2.35%
Advisor Shares
5.76%
2.25%
2.09%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index
1.75%
0.93%
2.95%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
1.11%
1.26%
1.51%
Net Expense Ratio1
1.11%
1.26%
1.51%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/emerging-markets-select-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends. These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 94.1%
     
       
Brazil — 3.7%
     
 
3,302,800
 
Ambev S.A.
   
10,636,393
 
 
291,500
 
Banco do Brasil S.A.
   
3,013,502
 
 
714,100
 
Natura & Co. Holding S.A.*
   
2,501,035
 
 
865,900
 
Neoenergia S.A.
   
3,842,858
 
           
19,993,788
 
China — 33.0%
       
 
1,029,128
 
AIA Group, Ltd.
   
10,452,338
 
 
1,628,927
 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.*
   
16,956,854
 
 
315,357
 
ANTA Sports Products, Ltd.
   
3,240,585
 
 
449,114
 
Baidu, Inc.*
   
7,659,990
 
 
14,929
 
Baidu, Inc. ADR*
   
2,043,929
 
 
2,678,000
 
Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, Ltd.
   
1,093,999
 
 
4,513,000
 
China Construction Bank Corp.
   
2,921,823
 
 
1,027,827
 
China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd.
   
3,884,456
 
 
2,643,746
 
China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd.
   
5,783,579
 
 
1,258,435
 
China Pacific Insurance Group Co., Ltd.
   
3,267,102
 
 
145,581
 
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp., Ltd.
   
2,222,004
 
 
94,120
 
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd.
   
2,973,838
 
 
1,067,000
 
Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd.*
   
6,797,556
 
 
2,862,600
 
GF Securities Co., Ltd.
   
3,957,580
 
 
749,600
 
Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
   
2,363,906
 
 
309,300
 
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co., Ltd.
   
2,752,745
 
 
132,201
 
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.
   
5,008,965
 
 
616,395
 
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
   
2,405,209
 
 
624,105
 
KE Holdings, Inc.*
   
3,082,760
 
 
125,125
 
KE Holdings, Inc. ADR*
   
1,858,106
 
 
14,683
 
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.
   
3,422,669
 
 
4,718,000
 
Lenovo Group, Ltd.
   
4,943,882
 
 
624,832
 
Li Ning Co., Ltd.
   
3,374,207
 
 
435,343
 
Meituan*
   
6,826,578
 
 
267,200
 
Midea Group Co., Ltd.
   
2,171,990
 
 
9,877,324
 
Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.
   
3,013,762
 
 
433,000
 
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China, Ltd.
   
2,766,469
 
 
1,255,800
 
Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.
   
2,879,071
 
 
82,000
 
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical
       
     
  Electronics Co., Ltd.
   
3,393,316
 
 
394,514
 
Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.
   
3,789,100
 
 
457,941
 
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.
   
19,417,238
 
 
189,420
 
Trip.com Group, Ltd.*
   
6,612,541
 
 
140,928
 
Trip.com Group, Ltd. ADR*
   
4,932,480
 
 
360,987
 
Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd.
   
3,295,801
 
 
2,491,000
 
Weichai Power Co., Ltd.
   
3,664,941
 
 
526,812
 
Yifeng Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd.
   
2,688,402
 
 
2,099,500
 
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings, Ltd.
   
2,748,542
 
 
2,834,500
 
Zhejiang Longsheng Group Co., Ltd.
   
3,653,381
 
 
101,374
 
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc.
   
2,544,289
 
 
54,997
 
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc. ADR
   
1,379,325
 
           
178,245,308
 
Hungary — 1.1%
       
 
163,961
 
OTP Bank PLC
   
5,828,887
 
         
India — 15.5%
       
 
305,205
 
AU Small Finance Bank, Ltd.
   
2,812,163
 
 
604,226
 
Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd.
   
5,366,125
 
 
567,120
 
Axis Bank, Ltd.
   
6,843,071
 
 
360,331
 
Container Corp. of India, Ltd.
   
2,912,596
 
 
655,666
 
DLF Ltd.*
   
3,930,588
 
 
285,442
 
Godrej Consumer Products, Ltd.*
   
3,766,281
 
 
164,956
 
Godrej Properties, Ltd.*
   
3,161,895
 
 
219,808
 
HDFC Bank, Ltd.
   
4,561,635
 
 
747,883
 
ICICI Bank, Ltd.
   
8,562,503
 
 
138,915
 
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd.
   
3,133,016
 
 
204,800
 
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.
   
6,192,639
 
 
553,143
 
Macrotech Developers, Ltd.*
   
4,594,696
 
 
297,834
 
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
   
5,291,730
 
 
264,386
 
Reliance Industries, Ltd.
   
8,241,199
 
 
160,809
 
SBI Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
   
2,565,538
 
 
298,111
 
Shriram Finance Ltd.
   
6,319,339
 
 
68,922
 
Siemens, Ltd.
   
3,169,857
 
 
321,664
 
State Bank of India
   
2,252,907
 
           
83,677,778
 
Indonesia — 3.5%
       
 
9,955,301
 
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT
   
6,105,571
 
 
10,973,600
 
Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT
   
3,818,894
 
 
7,897,234
 
Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk
   
4,845,355
 
 
11,278,213
 
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk
   
4,117,581
 
           
18,887,401
 
Russia — 0.0%
       
 
184,769
 
Sberbank of Russia PJSC ADR†+*
   
1,848
 
         
Singapore — 3.3%
       
 
241,467
 
DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.
   
5,638,926
 
 
1,798,948
 
Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.
   
3,331,958
 
 
218,200
 
United Overseas Bank, Ltd.
   
4,527,925
 
 
1,588,508
 
Wilmar International, Ltd.
   
4,475,167
 
           
17,973,976
 
South Africa — 0.7%
       
 
324,642
 
Sasol, Ltd.
   
4,022,067
 
         
South Korea — 13.1%
       
 
118,173
 
DB Insurance Co., Ltd.
   
6,711,930
 
 
249,461
 
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.
   
6,544,812
 
 
43,547
 
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.*
   
4,376,456
 
 
62,687
 
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd.*
   
4,015,148
 
 
48,620
 
KB Financial Group, Inc.
   
1,764,648
 
 
13,996
 
POSCO Holdings, Inc.
   
4,142,144
 
 
634,661
 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
   
34,946,518
 
 
241,203
 
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd.*
   
5,201,609
 
 
118,140
 
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.
   
3,054,182
 
           
70,757,447
 
Taiwan — 13.8%
       
 
189,756
 
Advantech Co., Ltd.
   
2,498,272
 
 
7,400,000
 
Compal Electronics, Inc.
   
6,959,971
 
 
4,410,741
 
CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
   
3,527,133
 
 
467,000
 
Elite Material Co., Ltd.
   
3,667,929
 
 
3,567,000
 
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
   
12,968,685
 
 
1,097,000
 
Lite-On Technology Corp.
   
3,652,945
 
 
236,078
 
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.*
   
2,943,567
 
 
2,084,030
 
Taiwan Semiconductor
       
     
  Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
   
38,498,981
 
           
74,717,483
 

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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 94.1% (Continued)
     
       
Thailand — 1.7%
     
 
436,800
 
Bangkok Bank PCL
   
2,138,909
 
 
217,700
 
Bangkok Bank PCL NVDR
   
980,787
 
 
2,303,300
 
Indorama Ventures PCL NVDR
   
2,229,756
 
 
1,223,500
 
SCB X PCL
   
3,611,536
 
           
8,960,988
 
Turkey — 0.3%
       
 
1,756,743
 
Akbank T.A.S.
   
1,365,253
 
         
United Arab Emirates — 0.7%
       
 
1,830,865
 
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC
   
4,042,559
 
         
United Kingdom — 0.9%
       
 
534,436
 
Standard Chartered PLC
   
4,649,652
 
         
United States — 2.8%
       
 
117,377
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
   
7,662,371
 
 
33,196
 
Credicorp Ltd.
   
4,901,057
 
 
88,605
 
Flex, Ltd.*
   
2,449,042
 
           
15,012,470
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $459,253,789)
   
508,136,905
 
         
Preferred Stocks — 2.1%
       
         
Brazil — 2.1%
       
 
2,244,595
 
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais
   
6,019,088
 
 
431,800
 
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
   
2,561,113
 
 
442,800
 
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
   
2,731,781
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $7,895,061)
   
11,311,982
 
         
Exchange Traded Funds — 0.4%
       
             
United States — 0.4%
       
 
31,780
 
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex
       
     
  Japan Exchange Traded Fund
   
2,111,464
 
Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $2,115,501)
   
2,111,464
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 3.2%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 3.2%
       
 
17,117,549
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
17,117,549
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $17,117,549)
   
17,117,549
 
Total Investments — 99.8% (Cost $486,381,900)
   
538,677,900
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.2%
   
1,032,936
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
539,710,836
 

*
Non-income producing
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
This security is being fair valued, using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), under the supervision of the Board of Trustees.
+
Restricted security as to resale. As of the date of this report, the Fund held restricted securities with a fair value of $1,848 or 0.0% of net assets. Security was acquired from December 2021 to February 2022 at an acquisition cost of $2,890,347.
NVDR — Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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90


Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


Dear Shareholder:
 
During the 12-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased by 17.67%. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Value Index, the Fund’s benchmark, increased by 11.54%.
 
The period saw diverging performance for U.S. equities. In 2023, central banks worldwide began to temper the hiking cycle that caused so much volatility with stocks in 2022. Inflation remains a key concern for central banks, but price rises have reduced from the historically high peaks reached in the summer of 2022. In March and April of 2023, the stability of the global banking system was called into question after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic in the U.S, as well as Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse, which was acquired by UBS in a fire-sale deal. Amid this upheaval, regulators in the U.S. and Europe were quick to respond with measures designed to protect the banking system in their respective jurisdictions.
 
Relative outperformance was driven primarily by stock selection in the health care, financials and communication services sectors, as well as having no exposure to the underperforming utilities and real estate sectors. The main detractors from relative performance were a combination of stock selection and an overweight in consumer staples, stock selection in information technology, as well as having no exposure to the outperforming energy sector. While we comment on sector allocation effects on performance, we caution that sector weights are solely a product of our bottom-up stock selection process.
 
During the period we initiated positions in Carlyle Group and Qualcomm and exited from positions in MillerKnoll, AutoZone and Verizon Communications.
 
From an individual stock perspective, Omnicom Group, Biogen and Ameriprise Financial were the top contributors to performance over the period. In its most recent earnings results, Omnicom delivered organic growth of 5.2% and a forecast for 3-5% growth for the year. With a healthy balance sheet, we believe the stock remains highly attractive and has strong fundamentals. Biogen reported better-than-expected FY 2022 results in April with revenue of $2.46 billion (-3% year over year). Despite the decline, results were better than consensus, and by a large margin. Key for the business will likely be the development of its new Leqembi and Zuranolone drugs, while the company has also been actively reshaping its leadership team with the appointment of a new CEO and a new head of R&D. For Ameriprise, operating earnings in Q1 2023 increased by 25% from the prior year as business momentum and interest earnings more than offset equity market pressures.
 
The largest detractors from performance over the period were MillerKnoll, Gen Digital and Verizon Communications. Towards the end of the period, MillerKnoll breached our downside threshold and we decided to sell our position. We believe our original investment thesis is generally intact. That is, as the clear market leader, with strong brand value and scale in operations, significant room for international expansion and retail opportunity (centered on the home office), we believe the business is positioned to generate higher profitability, strong free cash flows and good returns.  However, the balance sheet is the key factor that increased the company’s risk profile to levels that no longer fit with our investment process and philosophy. Specifically, the balance sheet has not improved as had been expected following the Knoll acquisition. Gen Digital is the name for the combined Norton internet security and privacy protection, LifeLock identity protection, and Avast! internet security and privacy platforms. Gen Digital posted generally good results during the period, but this was not reflected in its market performance. We also note that while cash flows are strong, the net debt at Gen Digital is related to the Avast acquisition, leading to higher near-term interest costs. We will be closely monitoring the balance sheet over the next few quarters. Verizon’s most recent earnings results were met with a negative market reaction, amid falling subscriber numbers and an update from management that higher interest costs and inflation meant their guidance would fall towards the low end of their full-year targets. We note that late last year, based on an investment thesis review, we exited our position in Verizon.
 
Once again, the U.S. equity market is being propelled higher by the strength of its mega caps. This appears to us as more of a flight to safety, however questionable that “safety” may be. In our view, the strength of the mega caps, in many cases, seems to have been driven by momentum, good stories (“AI wave on the way!”), and supposedly “fortress balance sheets” that do not always seem to account for low recurring revenues, heavy capital investment, unproven revenue opportunities and net debt. In our experience, purchasing expensive stocks of companies that have already factored in great news and upside potential does not typically protect capital in the long term. Instead, capital preservation typically comes from purchasing the shares of strong businesses at low valuation multiples that are discounting bad news.
 


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Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2023


We are surprised to see in the current market an almost exact replica of conditions at the end of 2021, when a small number of expensive mega caps drove almost all of the market’s return. Meanwhile, many of the holdings in our portfolio, spanning the health care, consumer staples, consumer discretionary and even information technology sectors, are currently trading near all-time low multiples. Like at the end of 2021, we do not view this dichotomy as sustainable. The value wave we saw in 2022 was more like a ripple in comparison, but this does not mean there are no further waves to come.
 
Everyone is worried about missing out, but no one seems worried about “missing in” (i.e., being part of the large group of investors that seems to have forgotten that valuations matter). Looking at a potential “climb down” to averages, we think the Fund is well-positioned. For example, should the Russell 1000® Growth Index correct to average long-term trading multiples, there is an approximate 30% downside. Should the Russell 1000® Value Index correct the same way, there is an approximate 5% downside.
 
Thus, while the valuation gap between our portfolio and the market is currently wide, we believe the portfolio, which in our assessment is full of market leaders with high ROEs, strong balance sheets and improving fundamentals, provides significant opportunity for us to protect capital and deliver capital appreciation over the long term.
 
We thank you for your continued investment in the Fund.
 
Sincerely,
 
Rui Cardoso, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Glenn Fortin, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 

 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a significant portion of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers. Investment by the Fund in securities of a limited number of issuers exposes it to greater risk and potential monetary losses than if its assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of issuers.  The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.  In addition, the Fund is susceptible to risks from investments in derivatives, private placements, REITs, and its investments in other investment companies.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 


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Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2023


GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 1000® Value Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price to book ratios and lower expected growth values.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 



PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Net Assets
   
Information Technology
 
16.9%
Financials
 
15.3%
Consumer Discretionary
 
14.6%
Industrials
 
13.4%
Health Care
 
13.1%
Communication Services
 
12.3%
Consumer Staples
 
10.8%
Money Market Funds
 
2.2%
Materials
 
0.8%
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
0.6%
   
100.0%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(2/13/18)
Institutional Shares
17.67%
11.66%
9.92%
Investor Shares1
17.46%
11.47%
9.74%
Russell 1000® Value Index
11.54%
  8.11%
7.61%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.55%
0.70%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.55%
0.70%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/beutel-goodman-large-cap-value-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.  Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Investor Shares, prior to its inception date of June 30, 2021, is based on the performance of Institutional Shares, and adjusted for the higher expenses applicable to Investor Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2022. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report.  Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.



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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2023


Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 97.2%
     
       
Communication Services — 12.3%
     
 
1,186,395
 
Comcast Corp.
   
49,294,712
 
 
1,598,685
 
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
   
61,677,267
 
 
982,702
 
Omnicom Group, Inc.
   
93,504,096
 
           
204,476,075
 
Consumer Discretionary — 14.6%
       
 
1,023,555
 
eBay, Inc.
   
45,742,673
 
 
1,339,550
 
Gentex Corp.
   
39,195,233
 
 
1,672,674
 
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
   
58,894,851
 
 
481,220
 
Polaris, Inc.
   
58,193,935
 
 
1,029,590
 
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.
   
41,255,671
 
           
243,282,363
 
Consumer Staples — 10.8%
       
 
1,150,950
 
Campbell Soup Co.
   
52,609,925
 
 
882,101
 
Kellogg Co.
   
59,453,607
 
 
494,845
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
68,318,301
 
           
180,381,833
 
Financials — 15.3%
       
 
383,250
 
American Express Co.
   
66,762,150
 
 
159,780
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
53,072,525
 
 
74,105
 
BlackRock, Inc.
   
51,216,930
 
 
938,910
 
Carlyle Group Inc.
   
29,998,175
 
 
895,460
 
SEI Investments Co.
   
53,387,324
 
           
254,437,104
 
Health Care — 13.1%
       
 
142,291
 
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
   
27,381,057
 
 
324,805
 
Amgen, Inc.
   
72,113,206
 
 
216,890
 
Biogen, Inc.*
   
61,781,117
 
 
490,095
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
56,552,062
 
           
217,827,442
 
Industrials — 13.4%
       
 
202,635
 
Cummins, Inc.
   
49,677,997
 
 
1,487,419
 
Flowserve Corp.
   
55,257,615
 
 
981,000
 
Masco Corp.
   
56,289,780
 
 
56,100
 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
   
21,881,244
 
 
363,850
 
Westinghouse Air Brake
       
     
  Technologies Corp.
   
39,903,430
 
           
223,010,066
 
Information Technology — 16.9%
       
 
845,167
 
Amdocs, Ltd.
   
83,544,758
 
 
2,871,035
 
Gen Digital, Inc.
   
53,257,699
 
 
970,005
 
NetApp, Inc.
   
74,108,382
 
 
602,440
 
QUALCOMM, Inc.
   
71,714,458
 
           
282,625,297
 
Materials — 0.8%
       
 
89,700
 
PPG Industries, Inc.
   
13,302,510
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,409,533,119)
   
1,619,342,690
 
         
Short-Term Investments — 2.2%
       
         
Money Market Funds — 2.2%
       
 
37,081,327
 
First American Government
       
     
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 4.97%#
   
37,081,327
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $37,081,327)
   
37,081,327
 
Total Investments — 99.4% (Cost $1,446,614,446)
   
1,656,424,017
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.6%
   
10,173,888
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
1,666,597,905
 

*
Non-income producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2023


   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
GROWTH
   
FLEXIBLE
   
EQUITY
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
EQUITY
   
EQUITY
   
INCOME
   
GROWTH
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
                       
Total investments, at cost
 
$
1,512,545,498
   
$
327,256,913
   
$
40,179,440
   
$
5,521,980,210
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
997,083,775
     
379,261,063
     
32,560,982
     
2,118,685,109
 
Total investments, at value
   
2,509,629,273
     
706,517,976
     
72,740,422
     
7,640,665,319
 
Cash
   
     
37,210
     
     
 
Receivables:
                               
Investments sold
   
30,903,447
     
     
     
 
Fund shares sold
   
1,333,370
     
844,102
     
212
     
16,960,189
 
Interest and dividends
   
541,305
     
258,784
     
97,944
     
4,714,973
 
Foreign tax reclaims
   
     
     
30,026
     
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
116,936
     
50,328
     
39,371
     
297,999
 
Total Assets
   
2,542,524,331
     
707,708,400
     
72,907,975
     
7,662,638,480
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Payables:
                               
Fund shares redeemed
   
2,227,169
     
118,443
     
57,958
     
5,132,730
 
Distribution to shareholders
   
     
     
246,307
     
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees, net
   
1,180,128
     
242,438
     
31,240
     
3,195,580
 
Service fees
   
84,066
     
54,421
     
6,628
     
300,407
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
101,764
     
29,049
     
3,622
     
294,627
 
Business management fees
   
101,680
     
28,250
     
2,942
     
307,119
 
Trustee fees
   
18,144
     
5,083
     
545
     
55,606
 
Distribution fees
   
2,798
     
1,043
     
215
     
71,351
 
Professional fees
   
43,540
     
27,763
     
22,463
     
87,141
 
Custodian fees
   
13,779
     
3,812
     
999
     
35,930
 
Other liabilities
   
19,757
     
6,424
     
4,154
     
195,100
 
Total Liabilities
   
3,792,825
     
516,726
     
377,073
     
9,675,591
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
2,538,731,506
   
$
707,191,674
   
$
72,530,902
   
$
7,652,962,889
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
1,477,437,302
   
$
315,173,021
   
$
36,033,213
   
$
5,604,321,779
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
1,061,294,204
     
392,018,653
     
36,497,689
     
2,048,641,110
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
2,538,731,506
   
$
707,191,674
   
$
72,530,902
   
$
7,652,962,889
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
1,837,800,778
   
$
259,933,060
   
$
18,093,933
   
$
5,145,710,684
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
68,732,378
     
8,139,209
     
1,321,822
     
119,451,730
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
26.74
   
$
31.94
   
$
13.69
   
$
43.08
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
687,057,830
   
$
442,013,276
   
$
53,364,149
   
$
2,150,631,909
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
26,299,680
     
13,882,608
     
3,899,296
     
50,850,497
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
26.12
   
$
31.84
   
$
13.69
   
$
42.29
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
13,872,898
   
$
5,245,338
   
$
1,072,820
   
$
356,620,296
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
582,379
     
165,385
     
78,467
     
8,681,978
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
23.82
   
$
31.72
   
$
13.67
   
$
41.08
 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2023


   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
MID-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
GROWTH
   
GROWTH
   
FUNDAMENTAL
   
SMALL-CAP
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
VALUE FUND
   
CORE FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
                       
Total investments, at cost
 
$
75,808,153
   
$
1,900,764,822
   
$
926,195,558
   
$
46,599,094
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
19,963,836
     
347,927,699
     
250,908,050
     
3,906,610
 
Total investments, at value
   
95,771,989
     
2,248,692,521
     
1,177,103,608
     
50,505,704
 
Receivables:
                               
Investments sold
   
193,488
     
     
3,698,523
     
852,471
 
Fund shares sold
   
1,618,514
     
6,448,852
     
2,862,316
     
2,552,730
 
Interest and dividends
   
26,755
     
1,647,383
     
2,082,960
     
45,850
 
Foreign tax reclaims
   
1,540
     
     
     
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
33,628
     
112,910
     
63,459
     
29,121
 
Total Assets
   
97,645,914
     
2,256,901,666
     
1,185,810,866
     
53,985,876
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Payables:
                               
Investments purchased
   
714,061
     
12,234,109
     
1,938,715
     
453,466
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
462,955
     
747,491
     
70,686
     
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees, net
   
49,269
     
1,519,619
     
804,774
     
28,383
 
Service fees
   
2,910
     
106,437
     
71,476
     
155
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
4,503
     
90,857
     
52,986
     
2,622
 
Business management fees
   
3,785
     
89,389
     
47,340
     
2,022
 
Trustee fees
   
675
     
16,010
     
8,133
     
372
 
Distribution fees
   
     
1,944
     
545
     
 
Professional fees
   
21,131
     
40,830
     
31,781
     
15,924
 
Custodian fees
   
2,324
     
12,077
     
7,166
     
2,618
 
Other liabilities
   
5,187
     
102,539
     
11,171
     
4,944
 
Total Liabilities
   
1,266,800
     
14,961,302
     
3,044,773
     
510,506
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
96,379,114
   
$
2,241,940,364
   
$
1,182,766,093
   
$
53,475,370
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
93,409,605
   
$
1,912,002,915
   
$
898,334,288
   
$
56,895,572
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
2,969,509
     
329,937,449
     
284,431,805
     
(3,420,202
)
NET ASSETS
 
$
96,379,114
   
$
2,241,940,364
   
$
1,182,766,093
   
$
53,475,370
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
71,960,220
   
$
1,349,939,833
   
$
588,593,728
   
$
51,934,956
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
5,312,656
     
30,347,219
     
21,266,262
     
5,893,287
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
13.55
   
$
44.48
   
$
27.68
   
$
8.81
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
24,418,894
   
$
882,356,206
   
$
591,487,010
   
$
1,540,414
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
1,818,925
     
39,890,701
     
21,412,384
     
175,272
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
13.42
   
$
22.12
   
$
27.62
   
$
8.79
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
9,644,325
   
$
2,685,355
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
460,809
     
97,941
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
20.93
   
$
27.42
   
$
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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June 30, 2023


   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
GLOBAL
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
INTERMEDIATE
 
   
VALUE
   
LEADERS
   
INTERNATIONAL
   
INCOME
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
LEADERS FUND
   
FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
 

                   
Investments – unaffiliated, at cost
 
$
46,738,308
   
$
1,069,061,559
   
$
20,635,707
   
$
118,488,073
 
Investments – affiliated, at cost (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
16,952,513
 
Total investments, at cost
   
46,738,308
     
1,069,061,559
     
20,635,707
     
135,440,586
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – unaffiliated
   
1,465,263
     
404,576,886
     
3,368,337
     
(8,165,199
)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – affiliated (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
(1,895,496
)
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
1,465,263
     
404,576,886
     
3,368,337
     
(10,060,695
)
Investments – unaffiliated, at value
   
48,203,571
     
1,473,638,445
     
24,004,044
     
110,322,874
 
Investments – affiliated, at value (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
15,057,017
 
Total investments, at value
   
48,203,571
     
1,473,638,445
     
24,004,044
     
125,379,891
 
Cash deposit at broker – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
409,706
 
Gross unrealized appreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
107,054
 
Receivables:
                               
Investments sold
   
     
13,601,059
     
     
 
Fund shares sold
   
2,818,000
     
5,928,648
     
303,500
     
219,138
 
Interest and dividends
   
64,405
     
1,031,586
     
25,393
     
555,826
 
Foreign tax reclaims
   
3,119
     
1,666,725
     
21,233
     
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
39,244
     
66,537
     
39,046
     
38,764
 
Total Assets
   
51,128,339
     
1,495,933,000
     
24,393,216
     
126,710,379
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Gross unrealized depreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
332,878
 
Payables:
                               
Investments purchased
   
609,174
     
14,835,509
     
14,198
     
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
20,000
     
957,984
     
     
325,575
 
Distribution to shareholders
   
     
     
     
194,565
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees, net
   
1,486
     
770,868
     
2,876
     
27,275
 
Service fees
   
20
     
9,510
     
179
     
5,168
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
1,909
     
63,956
     
1,637
     
7,759
 
Business management fees
   
1,854
     
59,298
     
942
     
5,168
 
Trustee fees
   
289
     
10,591
     
170
     
1,003
 
Distribution fees
   
     
     
     
651
 
Professional fees
   
14,415
     
34,891
     
15,666
     
23,554
 
Custodian fees
   
2,824
     
25,829
     
3,480
     
1,121
 
Other liabilities
   
5,739
     
16,990
     
7,341
     
5,418
 
Total Liabilities
   
657,710
     
16,785,426
     
46,489
     
930,135
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
50,470,629
   
$
1,479,147,574
   
$
24,346,727
   
$
125,780,244
 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
48,896,961
   
$
1,130,475,859
   
$
21,055,034
   
$
142,794,932
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
1,573,668
     
348,671,715
     
3,291,693
     
(17,014,688
)
NET ASSETS
 
$
50,470,629
   
$
1,479,147,574
   
$
24,346,727
   
$
125,780,244
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
50,307,224
   
$
1,401,528,099
   
$
22,884,026
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
5,013,635
     
63,468,329
     
2,175,502
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
10.03
   
$
22.08
   
$
10.52
   
$
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
163,405
   
$
77,619,475
   
$
1,462,701
   
$
122,640,903
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
16,302
     
3,528,012
     
139,432
     
12,774,168
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
10.02
   
$
22.00
   
$
10.49
   
$
9.60
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
3,139,341
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
     
     
334,845
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
9.38
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2023


                     
BROWN
 
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
ADVISORY
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
TAX-EXEMPT
 
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
MARYLAND
   
TAX-EXEMPT
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
BOND FUND
   
BOND FUND
   
BOND FUND
   
BOND FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
 

                   
Total investments, at cost
 
$
992,102,247
   
$
169,399,269
   
$
798,921,129
   
$
297,656,056
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(23,367,587
)
   
(5,978,175
)
   
(8,541,009
)
   
(11,002,449
)
Total investments, at value
   
968,734,660
     
163,421,094
     
790,380,120
     
286,653,607
 
Cash – segregated for open TBA transactions
   
722,000
     
     
     
 
Cash deposit at broker – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
5,120,460
     
     
     
 
Gross unrealized appreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
585,624
     
     
     
 
Receivables:
                               
Fund shares sold
   
5,544,986
     
77
     
2,726,792
     
105,600
 
Interest and dividends
   
4,074,445
     
2,088,639
     
5,671,997
     
2,953,311
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
52,082
     
16,990
     
77,759
     
53,007
 
Total Assets
   
984,834,257
     
165,526,800
     
798,856,668
     
289,765,525
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Gross unrealized depreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
2,658,173
     
     
     
 
Payables:
                               
Investments purchased
   
245,489,596
     
1,125,410
     
     
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
160,480
     
18,948
     
466,731
     
43,457
 
Distribution to shareholders
   
     
327,469
     
2,042,139
     
589,805
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
180,786
     
40,222
     
194,271
     
71,413
 
Service fees
   
517
     
6,704
     
320
     
11,902
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
39,319
     
9,743
     
35,389
     
14,137
 
Business management fees
   
30,131
     
6,704
     
32,379
     
11,902
 
Trustee fees
   
5,032
     
1,259
     
5,754
     
2,309
 
Professional fees
   
27,923
     
23,147
     
28,560
     
21,011
 
Custodian fees
   
6,052
     
1,002
     
4,099
     
1,729
 
Other liabilities
   
15,137
     
4,874
     
5,985
     
5,191
 
Total Liabilities
   
248,613,146
     
1,565,482
     
2,815,627
     
772,856
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
736,221,111
   
$
163,961,318
   
$
796,041,041
   
$
288,992,669
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
855,708,198
   
$
178,470,225
   
$
889,132,340
   
$
314,586,571
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
(119,487,087
)
   
(14,508,907
)
   
(93,091,299
)
   
(25,593,902
)
NET ASSETS
 
$
736,221,111
   
$
163,961,318
   
$
796,041,041
   
$
288,992,669
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
723,392,575
   
$
   
$
787,874,099
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
84,075,873
     
     
84,833,406
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
8.60
   
$
   
$
9.29
   
$
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
12,828,536
   
$
163,961,318
   
$
8,166,942
   
$
288,992,669
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
1,490,333
     
16,743,768
     
878,892
     
31,885,980
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
8.61
   
$
9.79
   
$
9.29
   
$
9.06
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
     
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2023


         
BROWN
             
         
ADVISORY –
         
BROWN
 
   
BROWN
   
WMC
   
BROWN
   
ADVISORY –
 
   
ADVISORY
   
STRATEGIC
   
ADVISORY
   
BEUTEL
 
   
MORTGAGE
   
EUROPEAN
   
EMERGING
   
GOODMAN
 
   
SECURITIES
   
EQUITY
   
MARKETS
   
LARGE-CAP
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
SELECT FUND
   
VALUE FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
                       
Total investments, at cost
 
$
399,373,258
   
$
200,355,277
   
$
486,381,900
   
$
1,446,614,446
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(19,656,257
)
   
42,049,247
     
52,296,000
     
209,809,571
 
Total investments, at value
   
379,717,001
     
242,404,524
     
538,677,900
     
1,656,424,017
 
Cash – segregated for open TBA transactions
   
709,000
     
     
     
 
Foreign currency (Cost of $—, $11, $723,044, and $—, respectively.)
   
     
11
     
723,073
     
 
Cash deposit at broker – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
1,505,081
     
     
     
 
Gross unrealized appreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
108
     
     
     
 
Receivables:
                               
Investments sold
   
6,909
     
955,875
     
     
14,135,065
 
Fund shares sold
   
114,585
     
271,226
     
1,922,755
     
4,929,220
 
Interest and dividends
   
1,101,737
     
230,057
     
1,862,498
     
2,546,795
 
Foreign tax reclaims
   
     
1,828,113
     
24,873
     
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
43,124
     
40,079
     
54,829
     
77,080
 
Total Assets
   
383,197,545
     
245,729,885
     
543,265,928
     
1,678,112,177
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Gross unrealized depreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
474,583
     
     
     
 
Payables:
                               
Due to custodian
   
863,559
     
     
     
 
Investments purchased
   
77,172,820
     
319,396
     
2,706,284
     
10,239,981
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
169,513
     
144,441
     
295,846
     
450,301
 
Distribution to shareholders
   
682,266
     
     
     
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
75,770
     
179,065
     
394,612
     
598,426
 
Service fees
   
59
     
2,133
     
274
     
304
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
25,346
     
11,083
     
26,815
     
68,275
 
Business management fees
   
12,628
     
9,948
     
21,923
     
66,492
 
Trustee fees
   
2,416
     
1,898
     
4,111
     
12,399
 
Distribution fees
   
     
541
     
46
     
 
Professional fees
   
25,536
     
24,992
     
27,558
     
35,343
 
Custodian fees
   
3,601
     
13,229
     
69,316
     
9,109
 
Other liabilities
   
6,684
     
5,340
     
8,307
     
33,642
 
Total Liabilities
   
79,514,781
     
712,066
     
3,555,092
     
11,514,272
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
303,682,764
   
$
245,017,819
   
$
539,710,836
   
$
1,666,597,905
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
344,864,682
   
$
223,567,524
   
$
568,868,970
   
$
1,472,417,124
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
(41,181,918
)
   
21,450,295
     
(29,158,134
)
   
194,180,781
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
303,682,764
   
$
245,017,819
   
$
539,710,836
   
$
1,666,597,905
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
302,292,881
   
$
227,406,932
   
$
537,465,846
   
$
1,664,063,062
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
33,210,550
     
19,244,550
     
50,576,551
     
121,681,915
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
9.10
   
$
11.82
   
$
10.63
   
$
13.68
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
1,389,883
   
$
14,921,698
   
$
2,025,417
   
$
2,534,843
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
152,414
     
1,267,550
     
190,764
     
185,777
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
9.12
   
$
11.77
   
$
10.62
   
$
13.64
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
2,689,189
   
$
219,573
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
231,895
     
20,618
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
11.60
   
$
10.65
   
$
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2023


   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
GROWTH
   
FLEXIBLE
   
EQUITY
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
EQUITY
   
EQUITY
   
INCOME
   
GROWTH
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income
 
$
10,768,271
   
$
5,739,076
   
$
1,797,181
   
$
40,190,052
 
Less: foreign taxes withheld
   
(244,362
)
   
(188,506
)
   
(11,034
)
   
 
Interest Income
   
2,057,119
     
693,068
     
88,924
     
4,587,113
 
Total investment income
   
12,581,028
     
6,243,638
     
1,875,071
     
44,777,165
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
13,506,956
     
2,735,029
     
448,827
     
33,265,353
 
Business management fees
   
1,159,723
     
316,879
     
37,402
     
3,120,210
 
Service fees -- Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
994,831
     
615,710
     
82,267
     
2,809,530
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
593,273
     
163,019
     
21,455
     
1,575,003
 
Trustee fees
   
128,253
     
34,687
     
4,194
     
331,823
 
Professional fees
   
119,083
     
47,936
     
24,924
     
277,817
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
104,066
     
37,828
     
24,756
     
380,538
 
Registration fees
   
91,831
     
45,737
     
42,079
     
331,453
 
Custodian fees
   
77,698
     
20,484
     
4,017
     
188,238
 
Insurance fees
   
35,141
     
9,046
     
1,147
     
80,839
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
31,287
     
11,509
     
2,691
     
793,436
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
18,772
     
6,906
     
1,615
     
476,061
 
Total Expenses
   
16,860,914
     
4,044,770
     
695,374
     
43,630,301
 
Expenses waived by adviser – expense cap (Note 3)
   
     
     
(40,287
)
   
 
Net Expenses
   
16,860,914
     
4,044,770
     
655,087
     
43,630,301
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
(4,279,886
)
   
2,198,868
     
1,219,984
     
1,146,864
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
   
94,224,857
     
17,278,494
     
5,843,278
     
5,075,647
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
345,339,165
     
105,107,069
     
693,112
     
1,273,242,361
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
439,564,022
     
122,385,563
     
6,536,390
     
1,278,318,008
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
435,284,136
   
$
124,584,431
   
$
7,756,374
   
$
1,279,464,872
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2023


   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
MID-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
GROWTH
   
GROWTH
   
FUNDAMENTAL
   
SMALL-CAP
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
VALUE FUND
   
CORE FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income
 
$
374,062
   
$
10,265,308
   
$
17,860,780
   
$
346,243
 
Less: foreign taxes withheld
   
(10,003
)
   
(102,946
)
   
(1,494
)
   
(372
)
Interest Income
   
186,730
     
6,788,703
     
1,690,174
     
117,695
 
Total investment income
   
550,789
     
16,951,065
     
19,549,460
     
463,566
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
666,233
     
17,438,315
     
9,970,471
     
356,117
 
Business management fees
   
51,249
     
1,025,783
     
586,498
     
20,948
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
34,706
     
1,192,498
     
882,102
     
2,074
 
Registration fees
   
32,493
     
115,618
     
51,255
     
36,948
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
29,388
     
523,561
     
306,177
     
14,239
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
25,355
     
287,360
     
58,846
     
21,455
 
Professional fees
   
24,798
     
105,010
     
70,606
     
17,199
 
Custodian fees
   
13,967
     
66,697
     
44,885
     
17,012
 
Trustee fees
   
5,958
     
109,830
     
64,192
     
2,115
 
Insurance fees
   
1,769
     
28,386
     
17,009
     
519
 
Interest expense on line of credit
   
557
     
     
     
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
23,865
     
7,381
     
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
14,319
     
4,429
     
 
Total Expenses
   
886,473
     
20,931,242
     
12,063,851
     
488,626
 
Expenses waived by adviser – expense cap (Note 3)
   
(11,288
)
   
     
     
(96,918
)
Net Expenses
   
875,185
     
20,931,242
     
12,063,851
     
391,708
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
(324,396
)
   
(3,980,177
)
   
7,485,609
     
71,858
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
   
(5,529,060
)
   
(8,554,578
)
   
96,965,631
     
(6,281,256
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
21,470,002
     
286,188,644
     
35,523,126
     
11,304,700
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
15,940,942
     
277,634,066
     
132,488,757
     
5,023,444
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
15,616,546
   
$
273,653,889
   
$
139,974,366
   
$
5,095,302
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2023


   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
GLOBAL
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
INTERMEDIATE
 
   
VALUE
   
LEADERS
   
INTERNATIONAL
   
INCOME
 
   
FUND*
   
FUND
   
LEADERS FUND
   
FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income – unaffiliated
 
$
247,122
   
$
18,417,876
   
$
306,201
   
$
 
Dividend income – affiliated (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
489,493
 
Less: foreign taxes withheld
   
(1,423
)
   
(1,678,322
)
   
(33,911
)
   
 
Interest Income
   
45,586
     
900,350
     
13,636
     
3,396,450
 
Total investment income
   
291,285
     
17,639,904
     
285,926
     
3,885,943
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
72,075
     
8,068,001
     
113,574
     
394,077
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
22,016
     
59,228
     
31,583
     
29,240
 
Registration fees
   
16,268
     
51,958
     
37,890
     
32,952
 
Professional fees
   
14,415
     
73,990
     
16,041
     
27,779
 
Business management fees
   
6,006
     
620,616
     
7,572
     
65,680
 
Custodian fees
   
5,900
     
163,258
     
25,012
     
8,086
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
3,388
     
332,139
     
6,698
     
51,601
 
Trustee fees
   
361
     
66,943
     
660
     
7,324
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
111
     
112,746
     
1,625
     
64,059
 
Insurance fees
   
26
     
16,923
     
73
     
2,107
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
8,106
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
1,621
 
Total Expenses
   
140,566
     
9,565,802
     
240,728
     
692,632
 
Expenses waived by adviser – expense cap (Note 3)
   
(56,368
)
   
     
(110,385
)
   
 
Expenses waived by adviser – investments in affiliates (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
(47,084
)
Net Expenses
   
84,198
     
9,565,802
     
130,343
     
645,548
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
207,087
     
8,074,102
     
155,583
     
3,240,395
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on:
                               
Investments and foreign currency transactions – unaffiliated
   
(98,682
)
   
(27,957,625
)
   
(165,459
)
   
(4,019,911
)
Investments – affiliated (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
(178,456
)
Less: foreign capital gains taxes paid
   
     
(55,597
)
   
     
 
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
(60,328
)
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(98,682
)
   
(28,013,222
)
   
(165,459
)
   
(4,258,695
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
                               
Investments and foreign currency transactions – unaffiliated
   
1,465,263
     
274,035,271
     
4,216,118
     
(268,249
)
Investments – affiliated (Note 3)
   
     
     
     
(683,679
)
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
(225,824
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
1,465,263
     
274,035,271
     
4,216,118
     
(1,177,752
)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
1,366,581
     
246,022,049
     
4,050,659
     
(5,436,447
)
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
1,573,668
   
$
254,096,151
   
$
4,206,242
   
$
(2,196,052
)

*  Inception date of Fund was February 28, 2023.  Results of operations are for the period from March 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023.


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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2023



                     
BROWN
 
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
ADVISORY
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
TAX-EXEMPT
 
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
MARYLAND
   
TAX-EXEMPT
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
BOND FUND
   
BOND FUND
   
BOND FUND
   
BOND FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Interest Income
 
$
10,913,859
   
$
4,796,630
   
$
26,869,387
   
$
9,460,133
 
Total investment income
   
10,913,859
     
4,796,630
     
26,869,387
     
9,460,133
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
1,009,823
     
497,156
     
2,255,552
     
907,428
 
Business management fees
   
168,304
     
82,859
     
375,925
     
151,238
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
107,162
     
60,130
     
219,499
     
97,718
 
Registration fees
   
52,918
     
14,296
     
58,793
     
55,213
 
Professional fees
   
32,672
     
28,643
     
54,124
     
29,999
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
29,759
     
26,255
     
40,814
     
29,536
 
Custodian fees
   
17,043
     
5,616
     
22,287
     
10,674
 
Trustee fees
   
16,847
     
9,235
     
42,331
     
16,566
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
5,387
     
82,859
     
4,190
     
151,238
 
Insurance fees
   
4,579
     
2,428
     
12,260
     
4,805
 
Interest expense and fees on floating rate note obligations
   
     
     
202,936
     
46,270
 
Total expenses
   
1,444,494
     
809,477
     
3,288,711
     
1,500,685
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
9,469,365
     
3,987,153
     
23,580,676
     
7,959,448
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on:
                               
Investments
   
(16,191,539
)
   
(3,837,761
)
   
(47,633,476
)
   
(13,460,318
)
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
(8,967,945
)
   
     
     
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(25,159,484
)
   
(3,837,761
)
   
(47,633,476
)
   
(13,460,318
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
                               
Investments
   
5,364,657
     
3,652,185
     
48,140,333
     
8,854,591
 
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
(1,623,915
)
   
     
     
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
3,740,742
     
3,652,185
     
48,140,333
     
8,854,591
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
(21,418,742
)
   
(185,576
)
   
506,857
     
(4,605,727
)
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
(11,949,377
)
 
$
3,801,577
   
$
24,087,533
   
$
3,353,721
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2023


         
BROWN
             
         
ADVISORY –
         
BROWN
 
   
BROWN
   
WMC
   
BROWN
   
ADVISORY –
 
   
ADVISORY
   
STRATEGIC
   
ADVISORY
   
BEUTEL
 
   
MORTGAGE
   
EUROPEAN
   
EMERGING
   
GOODMAN
 
   
SECURITIES
   
EQUITY
   
MARKETS
   
LARGE-CAP
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
SELECT FUND
   
VALUE FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income
 
$
   
$
6,355,237
   
$
14,187,923
   
$
34,509,448
 
Less: foreign taxes withheld
   
     
(491,091
)
   
(1,544,988
)
   
 
Interest Income
   
10,585,784
     
224,635
     
585,988
     
1,449,341
 
Total investment income
   
10,585,784
     
6,088,781
     
13,228,923
     
35,958,789
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
925,904
     
1,944,111
     
4,475,037
     
6,619,867
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
158,095
     
64,663
     
149,624
     
373,851
 
Business management fees
   
154,317
     
108,006
     
248,613
     
735,541
 
Registration fees
   
38,667
     
43,642
     
52,574
     
80,313
 
Professional fees
   
35,466
     
32,844
     
43,847
     
79,639
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
33,830
     
34,933
     
92,900
     
58,272
 
Custodian fees
   
23,424
     
78,560
     
425,611
     
50,377
 
Trustee fees
   
17,107
     
12,684
     
27,572
     
77,288
 
Insurance fees
   
4,582
     
3,907
     
7,669
     
18,608
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
888
     
20,823
     
4,664
     
1,533
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
6,335
     
208
     
 
Interest expense on line of credit
   
     
5,246
     
26
     
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
3,801
     
124
     
 
Total Expenses
   
1,392,280
     
2,359,555
     
5,528,469
     
8,095,289
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
9,193,504
     
3,729,226
     
7,700,454
     
27,863,500
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on:
                               
Investments and foreign currency transactions
   
(2,062,808
)
   
(4,071,080
)
   
(38,389,741
)
   
(1,597,544
)
Less: foreign capital gains taxes paid
   
     
     
(643,461
)
   
 
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
(1,857,534
)
   
     
     
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(3,920,342
)
   
(4,071,080
)
   
(39,033,202
)
   
(1,597,544
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
                               
Investments and foreign currency transactions
   
(11,336,246
)
   
24,114,599
     
50,890,808
     
204,984,398
 
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
(684,785
)
   
     
     
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(12,021,031
)
   
24,114,599
     
50,890,808
     
204,984,398
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
(15,941,373
)
   
20,043,519
     
11,857,606
     
203,386,854
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
(6,747,869
)
 
$
23,772,745
   
$
19,558,060
   
$
231,250,354
 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets


   
BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
GROWTH EQUITY FUND
   
FLEXIBLE EQUITY FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
(4,279,886
)
 
$
(10,136,680
)
 
$
2,198,868
   
$
1,272,601
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
94,224,857
     
320,512,928
     
17,278,494
     
25,839,531
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
345,339,165
     
(1,249,655,850
)
   
105,107,069
     
(153,627,836
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
435,284,136
     
(939,279,602
)
   
124,584,431
     
(126,515,704
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(107,639,242
)
   
(275,948,219
)
   
(7,731,108
)
   
(8,262,600
)
Investor Shares
   
(45,764,956
)
   
(138,356,314
)
   
(14,223,370
)
   
(18,655,194
)
Advisor Shares
   
(871,243
)
   
(5,590,446
)
   
(147,568
)
   
(219,055
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(154,275,441
)
   
(419,894,979
)
   
(22,102,046
)
   
(27,136,849
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
352,800,458
     
381,560,551
     
64,414,428
     
70,583,169
 
Investor Shares
   
36,590,247
     
80,619,358
     
30,651,069
     
40,988,352
 
Advisor Shares
   
10,151,247
     
26,896,936
     
309,244
     
620,867
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
100,551,486
     
253,768,575
     
4,788,472
     
5,836,134
 
Investor Shares
   
40,450,324
     
118,404,207
     
9,054,154
     
12,052,985
 
Advisor Shares
   
620,663
     
4,917,946
     
123,434
     
183,082
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(434,576,260
)
   
(435,493,543
)
   
(41,913,971
)
   
(31,443,322
)
Investor Shares
   
(167,203,846
)
   
(236,840,067
)
   
(63,537,532
)
   
(50,904,012
)
Advisor Shares
   
(11,934,066
)
   
(34,397,837
)
   
(418,189
)
   
(1,078,121
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
6,352
     
11,465
     
777
     
444
 
Investor Shares
   
2,703
     
5,389
     
1,465
     
972
 
Advisor Shares
   
47
     
189
     
16
     
12
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(72,540,645
)
   
159,453,169
     
3,473,367
     
46,840,562
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
208,468,050
     
(1,199,721,412
)
   
105,955,752
     
(106,811,991
)
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
2,330,263,456
     
3,529,984,868
     
601,235,922
     
708,047,913
 
End of period
 
$
2,538,731,506
   
$
2,330,263,456
   
$
707,191,674
   
$
601,235,922
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
14,949,462
     
12,166,771
     
2,252,589
     
2,178,083
 
Investor Shares
   
1,590,304
     
2,669,038
     
1,088,185
     
1,250,402
 
Advisor Shares
   
457,461
     
879,009
     
10,885
     
18,139
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
4,371,804
     
7,470,373
     
173,202
     
170,965
 
Investor Shares
   
1,798,592
     
3,553,548
     
327,852
     
354,732
 
Advisor Shares
   
30,232
     
160,194
     
4,487
     
5,407
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(18,251,670
)
   
(14,049,474
)
   
(1,487,103
)
   
(1,040,187
)
Investor Shares
   
(7,257,688
)
   
(7,987,226
)
   
(2,239,954
)
   
(1,543,659
)
Advisor Shares
   
(554,229
)
   
(1,383,504
)
   
(14,896
)
   
(33,585
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(2,865,732
)
   
3,478,729
     
115,247
     
1,360,297
 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets


   
BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
EQUITY INCOME FUND
   
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
1,219,984
   
$
1,207,032
   
$
1,146,864
   
$
(11,031,544
)
Net realized gain (loss)
   
5,843,278
     
5,457,390
     
5,075,647
     
(16,664,224
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
693,112
     
(11,189,300
)
   
1,273,242,361
     
(1,339,789,979
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
7,756,374
     
(4,524,878
)
   
1,279,464,872
     
(1,367,485,747
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(1,775,016
)
   
(2,468,228
)
   
(10,470
)
   
(78,187,846
)
Investor Shares
   
(5,219,631
)
   
(6,587,623
)
   
     
(43,902,480
)
Advisor Shares
   
(96,254
)
   
(115,648
)
   
     
(9,653,371
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(7,090,901
)
   
(9,171,499
)
   
(10,470
)
   
(131,743,697
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,100,358
     
478,781
     
2,078,959,516
     
2,005,175,548
 
Investor Shares
   
1,529,072
     
2,046,470
     
625,782,512
     
1,030,622,970
 
Advisor Shares
   
15,154
     
321,496
     
66,763,534
     
123,776,024
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,359,198
     
2,152,132
     
6,609
     
56,556,940
 
Investor Shares
   
2,987,657
     
3,880,879
     
     
41,803,230
 
Advisor Shares
   
88,881
     
106,378
     
     
8,653,932
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(4,518,036
)
   
(3,116,960
)
   
(1,155,544,299
)
   
(1,135,113,014
)
Investor Shares
   
(6,888,886
)
   
(4,323,081
)
   
(563,765,771
)
   
(718,411,760
)
Advisor Shares
   
(307,507
)
   
(177,341
)
   
(70,829,290
)
   
(180,098,827
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
110
     
3
     
39,252
     
71,351
 
Investor Shares
   
254
     
9
     
18,500
     
38,236
 
Advisor Shares
   
5
     
     
3,129
     
8,071
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(4,633,740
)
   
1,368,766
     
981,433,692
     
1,233,082,701
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(3,968,267
)
   
(12,327,611
)
   
2,260,888,094
     
(266,146,743
)
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
76,499,169
     
88,826,780
     
5,392,074,795
     
5,658,221,538
 
End of period
 
$
72,530,902
   
$
76,499,169
   
$
7,652,962,889
   
$
5,392,074,795
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
82,290
     
31,118
     
55,092,165
     
44,847,524
 
Investor Shares
   
114,756
     
130,733
     
17,015,921
     
23,190,272
 
Advisor Shares
   
1,115
     
22,390
     
1,818,879
     
2,850,773
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
100,311
     
136,846
     
192
     
1,164,442
 
Investor Shares
   
219,723
     
245,871
     
     
874,545
 
Advisor Shares
   
6,567
     
6,775
     
     
185,707
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(332,348
)
   
(201,386
)
   
(31,017,390
)
   
(26,141,586
)
Investor Shares
   
(511,748
)
   
(281,899
)
   
(15,389,715
)
   
(16,972,925
)
Advisor Shares
   
(21,222
)
   
(11,181
)
   
(1,952,691
)
   
(4,579,686
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(340,556
)
   
79,267
     
25,567,361
     
25,419,066
 

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BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
MID-CAP GROWTH FUND
   
SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
(324,396
)
 
$
(936,942
)
 
$
(3,980,177
)
 
$
(14,384,338
)
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(5,529,060
)
   
2,710,782
     
(8,554,578
)
   
286,916,765
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
21,470,002
     
(60,667,176
)
   
286,188,644
     
(850,780,591
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
15,616,546
     
(58,893,336
)
   
273,653,889
     
(578,248,164
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(4,694,458
)
   
(13,572,347
)
   
(90,997,761
)
   
(172,748,427
)
Investor Shares
   
(1,478,899
)
   
(2,932,131
)
   
(59,674,115
)
   
(97,870,446
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(715,728
)
   
(1,547,788
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(6,173,357
)
   
(16,504,478
)
   
(151,387,604
)
   
(272,166,661
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
22,890,113
     
43,107,130
     
313,252,992
     
372,938,090
 
Investor Shares
   
1,781,026
     
3,875,663
     
212,108,666
     
252,904,768
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
991,855
     
1,726,282
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
3,302,277
     
9,182,645
     
81,812,339
     
154,065,376
 
Investor Shares
   
1,478,899
     
2,932,130
     
48,936,409
     
76,826,888
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
562,578
     
1,239,714
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(56,129,763
)
   
(54,921,938
)
   
(286,513,304
)
   
(585,487,048
)
Investor Shares
   
(4,037,738
)
   
(3,688,971
)
   
(131,723,686
)
   
(133,061,987
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(1,734,771
)
   
(3,897,674
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
304
     
996
     
2,524
 
Investor Shares
   
     
73
     
626
     
1,510
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
8
     
20
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(30,715,186
)
   
487,036
     
237,694,708
     
137,258,463
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(21,271,997
)
   
(74,910,778
)
   
359,960,993
     
(713,156,362
)
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
117,651,111
     
192,561,889
     
1,881,979,371
     
2,595,135,733
 
End of period
 
$
96,379,114
   
$
117,651,111
   
$
2,241,940,364
   
$
1,881,979,371
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,799,089
     
2,774,064
     
7,324,161
     
7,339,569
 
Investor Shares
   
141,511
     
239,082
     
9,912,100
     
9,959,575
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
48,938
     
67,703
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
265,456
     
543,030
     
1,951,630
     
2,953,141
 
Investor Shares
   
119,846
     
174,428
     
2,345,945
     
2,954,880
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
28,456
     
50,191
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(4,464,660
)
   
(3,620,568
)
   
(6,684,586
)
   
(10,441,879
)
Investor Shares
   
(319,291
)
   
(225,993
)
   
(6,200,437
)
   
(5,242,403
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(85,972
)
   
(148,477
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(2,458,049
)
   
(115,957
)
   
8,640,235
     
7,492,300
 

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BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP
   
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE
 
   
FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND
   
SMALL-CAP CORE FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Period
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
     
2022
*
OPERATIONS
                         
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
7,485,609
   
$
2,737,257
   
$
71,858
   
$
(45,905
)
Net realized gain (loss)
   
96,965,631
     
63,768,049
     
(6,281,256
)
   
(1,070,893
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
35,523,126
     
(217,250,624
)
   
11,304,700
     
(7,398,090
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
139,974,366
     
(150,745,318
)
   
5,095,302
     
(8,514,888
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(33,185,482
)
   
(4,049,873
)
   
(588
)
   
 
Investor Shares
   
(34,842,760
)
   
(3,302,606
)
   
(28
)
   
 
Advisor Shares
   
(166,836
)
   
(25,337
)
   
     
 
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(68,195,078
)
   
(7,377,816
)
   
(616
)
   
 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
123,319,902
     
140,051,213
     
33,653,477
     
46,059,576
 
Investor Shares
   
53,655,900
     
66,382,144
     
1,807,860
     
1,451,889
 
Advisor Shares
   
40,206
     
979,581
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
20,951,164
     
2,331,041
     
389
     
 
Investor Shares
   
24,128,958
     
1,810,880
     
28
     
 
Advisor Shares
   
138,370
     
23,318
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(154,796,904
)
   
(92,456,588
)
   
(19,543,834
)
   
(4,797,874
)
Investor Shares
   
(85,835,294
)
   
(73,150,092
)
   
(1,264,572
)
   
(471,459
)
Advisor Shares
   
(839,784
)
   
(5,249,287
)
   
     
 
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
96
     
745
     
58
     
32
 
Investor Shares
   
99
     
783
     
2
     
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
9
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(19,237,287
)
   
40,723,747
     
14,653,408
     
42,242,164
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
52,542,001
     
(117,399,387
)
   
19,748,094
     
33,727,276
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
1,130,224,092
     
1,247,623,479
     
33,727,276
     
 
End of period
 
$
1,182,766,093
   
$
1,130,224,092
   
$
53,475,370
   
$
33,727,276
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
4,488,167
     
4,772,862
     
4,020,237
     
4,822,727
 
Investor Shares
   
1,971,442
     
2,260,434
     
216,947
     
154,549
 
Advisor Shares
   
1,455
     
33,132
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
761,092
     
76,504
     
46
     
 
Investor Shares
   
878,374
     
60,122
     
3
     
 
Advisor Shares
   
5,080
     
781
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(5,538,829
)
   
(3,228,452
)
   
(2,377,529
)
   
(572,194
)
Investor Shares
   
(3,122,087
)
   
(2,541,718
)
   
(146,693
)
   
(49,534
)
Advisor Shares
   
(30,535
)
   
(188,010
)
   
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(585,841
)
   
1,245,655
     
1,713,011
     
4,355,548
 

*
Inception date of Fund was September 30, 2021. Results of operations are for the period from October 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.


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BROWN ADVISORY
 
BROWN ADVISORY
 
 
SUSTAINABLE VALUE FUND
 
GLOBAL LEADERS FUND
 
   
Period
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023*

  2023    
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
207,087
   
$
8,074,102
   
$
5,863,125
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(98,682
)
   
(28,013,222
)
   
(16,477,413
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
1,465,263
     
274,035,271
     
(254,311,964
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
1,573,668
     
254,096,151
     
(264,926,252
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
(6,991,035
)
   
(14,988,324
)
Investor Shares
   
     
(395,703
)
   
(1,060,271
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
     
(7,386,738
)
   
(16,048,595
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                       
Sale of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
49,585,364
     
325,301,984
     
339,081,573
 
Investor Shares
   
1,664,985
     
3,611,292
     
4,247,887
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
1,666,735
     
9,094,459
 
Investor Shares
   
     
326,640
     
914,903
 
Redemption of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
(889,573
)
   
(206,154,158
)
   
(186,765,509
)
Investor Shares
   
(1,463,815
)
   
(17,052,237
)
   
(6,590,291
)
Redemption fees:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
14
     
234
 
Investor Shares
   
     
1
     
18
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
48,896,961
     
107,700,271
     
159,983,274
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
50,470,629
     
354,409,684
     
(120,991,573
)
NET ASSETS
                       
Beginning of period
   
     
1,124,737,890
     
1,245,729,463
 
End of period
 
$
50,470,629
   
$
1,479,147,574
   
$
1,124,737,890
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                       
Sale of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
5,106,507
     
16,769,670
     
15,443,430
 
Investor Shares
   
167,746
     
187,404
     
191,281
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
88,798
     
397,518
 
Investor Shares
   
     
17,449
     
40,127
 
Redemption of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
(92,872
)
   
(10,875,202
)
   
(9,234,359
)
Investor Shares
   
(151,444
)
   
(865,869
)
   
(298,602
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
5,029,937
     
5,322,250
     
6,539,395
 

*
Inception date of Fund was February 28, 2023.  Results of operations are for the period from March 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023.


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BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND
   
INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Period
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022*

 
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                             
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
155,583
   
$
34,438
   
$
3,240,395
   
$
1,860,766
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(165,459
)
   
(62,944
)
   
(4,258,695
)
   
(2,248,374
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
4,216,118
     
(847,139
)
   
(1,177,752
)
   
(11,863,071
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
4,206,242
     
(875,645
)
   
(2,196,052
)
   
(12,250,679
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(35,516
)
   
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(3,388
)
   
     
(3,207,474
)
   
(3,417,677
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(75,420
)
   
(70,097
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(38,904
)
   
     
(3,282,894
)
   
(3,487,774
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
13,043,816
     
7,086,900
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
1,375,819
     
167,720
     
16,553,797
     
23,387,636
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
159,427
     
6,265
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
6,722
     
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
2,778
     
     
925,384
     
1,761,869
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
70,124
     
64,688
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(215,587
)
   
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(329,690
)
   
(83,444
)
   
(29,348,887
)
   
(37,678,396
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(229,653
)
   
(110,539
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
     
     
241
     
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
6
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
13,883,858
     
7,171,176
     
(11,869,561
)
   
(12,568,477
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
18,051,196
     
6,295,531
     
(17,348,507
)
   
(28,306,930
)
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
6,295,531
     
     
143,128,751
     
171,435,681
 
End of period
 
$
24,346,727
   
$
6,295,531
   
$
125,780,244
   
$
143,128,751
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,462,731
     
738,279
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
164,665
     
18,580
     
1,695,318
     
2,183,133
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
16,547
     
599
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
740
     
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
306
     
     
95,347
     
164,134
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
7,400
     
6,202
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(26,248
)
   
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(34,394
)
   
(9,725
)
   
(3,014,392
)
   
(3,539,398
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(24,348
)
   
(10,639
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
1,567,800
     
747,134
     
(1,224,128
)
   
(1,195,969
)

*
Inception date of Fund was February 28, 2022.  Results of operations are for the period from March 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022.


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BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
SUSTAINABLE BOND FUND
   
MARYLAND BOND FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
9,469,365
   
$
3,953,652
   
$
3,987,153
   
$
3,250,505
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(25,159,484
)
   
(9,154,540
)
   
(3,837,761
)
   
210,870
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
3,740,742
     
(25,164,517
)
   
3,652,185
     
(18,477,603
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
(11,949,377
)
   
(30,365,405
)
   
3,801,577
     
(15,016,228
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(9,183,982
)
   
(8,001,304
)
   
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(287,987
)
   
(194,495
)
   
(4,607,468
)
   
(4,014,863
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(9,471,969
)
   
(8,195,799
)
   
(4,607,468
)
   
(4,014,863
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
180,573,932
     
159,424,414
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
9,585,925
     
11,554,019
     
174,773,197
     
56,966,673
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
2,286,754
     
3,802,817
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
266,441
     
162,462
     
929,140
     
952,297
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(71,731,117
)
   
(42,360,363
)
   
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(9,806,662
)
   
(2,924,624
)
   
(180,499,653
)
   
(55,806,102
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,010
     
1,302
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
36
     
25
     
     
110
 
Proceeds from shares issued in fund reorganization (Note 9)
                               
Institutional Shares
   
331,003,377
     
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
878,796
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
443,058,492
     
129,660,052
     
(4,797,316
)
   
2,112,978
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
421,637,146
     
91,098,848
     
(5,603,207
)
   
(16,918,113
)
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
314,583,965
     
223,485,117
     
169,564,525
     
186,482,638
 
End of period
 
$
736,221,111
   
$
314,583,965
   
$
163,961,318
   
$
169,564,525
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
20,636,386
     
15,961,037
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
1,081,597
     
1,186,336
     
18,023,157
     
5,651,669
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
260,828
     
375,350
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
30,316
     
16,498
     
95,116
     
90,983
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(8,155,671
)
   
(4,269,472
)
   
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(1,108,532
)
   
(298,090
)
   
(18,676,506
)
   
(5,577,877
)
Shares issued in fund reorganization (Note 9)
                               
Institutional Shares
   
38,304,761
     
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
101,652
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
51,151,337
     
12,971,659
     
(558,233
)
   
164,775
 


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BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
BROWN ADVISORY
   
TAX-EXEMPT SUSTAINABLE
 
   
TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND
   
BOND FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
23,580,676
   
$
19,682,290
   
$
7,959,448
   
$
3,423,105
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(47,633,476
)
   
(9,540,526
)
   
(13,460,318
)
   
(865,645
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
48,140,333
     
(112,871,511
)
   
8,854,591
     
(23,410,467
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
24,087,533
     
(102,729,747
)
   
3,353,721
     
(20,853,007
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(26,053,611
)
   
(34,628,408
)
   
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(287,501
)
   
(374,891
)
   
(7,959,450
)
   
(5,478,484
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(26,341,112
)
   
(35,003,299
)
   
(7,959,450
)
   
(5,478,484
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
663,635,553
     
637,663,948
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
1,633,814
     
4,335,508
     
277,423,997
     
396,995,743
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
5,222,194
     
9,825,503
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
198,959
     
294,490
     
1,966,078
     
1,763,101
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(684,366,338
)
   
(896,185,976
)
   
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(4,123,128
)
   
(4,099,830
)
   
(311,401,610
)
   
(225,943,989
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
2,116
     
17,483
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
27
     
228
     
3,970
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(17,796,803
)
   
(248,148,646
)
   
(32,007,565
)
   
172,814,855
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(20,050,382
)
   
(385,881,692
)
   
(36,613,294
)
   
146,483,364
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
816,091,423
     
1,201,973,115
     
325,605,963
     
179,122,599
 
End of period
 
$
796,041,041
   
$
816,091,423
   
$
288,992,669
   
$
325,605,963
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
72,302,156
     
65,221,608
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
176,346
     
426,907
     
30,707,463
     
42,084,402
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
565,465
     
965,050
     
     
 
Investor Shares
   
21,550
     
29,233
     
217,344
     
178,766
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(74,745,047
)
   
(92,881,842
)
   
     
 
Investor Shares
   
(447,059
)
   
(426,915
)
   
(34,843,481
)
   
(24,043,028
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(2,126,589
)
   
(26,665,959
)
   
(3,918,674
)
   
18,220,140
 


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BROWN ADVISORY –
 
   
BROWN ADVISORY
   
WMC STRATEGIC
 
   
MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND
   
EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
9,193,504
   
$
3,074,230
   
$
3,729,226
   
$
5,111,540
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(3,920,342
)
   
(12,028,236
)
   
(4,071,080
)
   
19,984,117
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(12,021,031
)
   
(19,041,561
)
   
24,114,599
     
(73,227,666
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
(6,747,869
)
   
(27,995,567
)
   
23,772,745
     
(48,132,009
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(9,638,698
)
   
(4,677,567
)
   
(4,638,118
)
   
(39,782,444
)
Investor Shares
   
(52,840
)
   
(74,133
)
   
(312,015
)
   
(2,675,078
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(66,310
)
   
(291,103
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(9,691,538
)
   
(4,751,700
)
   
(5,016,443
)
   
(42,748,625
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
61,373,989
     
118,379,326
     
74,999,578
     
73,379,075
 
Investor Shares
   
175,883
     
3,065,938
     
5,643,182
     
3,769,255
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
642,046
     
85,946
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
2,100,585
     
1,066,255
     
1,932,897
     
25,171,967
 
Investor Shares
   
46,398
     
69,579
     
209,903
     
2,448,466
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
61,604
     
261,014
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(55,235,735
)
   
(65,225,740
)
   
(99,210,794
)
   
(198,998,347
)
Investor Shares
   
(937,681
)
   
(32,413,085
)
   
(10,980,068
)
   
(21,380,373
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(770,892
)
   
(1,020,116
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
1,196
     
93
     
155
 
Investor Shares
   
     
53
     
6
     
11
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
1
     
1
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
7,523,439
     
24,943,522
     
(27,472,444
)
   
(116,282,946
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(8,915,968
)
   
(7,803,745
)
   
(8,716,142
)
   
(207,163,580
)
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
312,598,732
     
320,402,477
     
253,733,961
     
460,897,541
 
End of period
 
$
303,682,764
   
$
312,598,732
   
$
245,017,819
   
$
253,733,961
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
6,588,484
     
11,590,189
     
6,596,970
     
5,914,962
 
Investor Shares
   
18,626
     
290,909
     
483,769
     
314,904
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
61,589
     
7,401
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
228,007
     
105,899
     
180,946
     
2,137,667
 
Investor Shares
   
5,022
     
6,750
     
19,782
     
208,879
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
5,902
     
22,571
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(5,961,698
)
   
(6,667,160
)
   
(10,012,965
)
   
(17,491,598
)
Investor Shares
   
(101,285
)
   
(3,082,802
)
   
(1,081,748
)
   
(1,728,896
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(70,370
)
   
(84,585
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
777,156
     
2,243,785
     
(3,816,125
)
   
(10,698,695
)


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets


   
BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY –
 
   
EMERGING MARKETS
   
BEUTEL GOODMAN
 
   
SELECT FUND
   
LARGE-CAP VALUE FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2022
   
2023
   
2022
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
7,700,454
   
$
7,078,760
   
$
27,863,500
   
$
20,726,650
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(39,033,202
)
   
(25,774,876
)
   
(1,597,544
)
   
53,479,529
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
50,890,808
     
(103,939,313
)
   
204,984,398
     
(188,731,926
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
19,558,060
     
(122,635,429
)
   
231,250,354
     
(114,525,747
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(6,069,695
)
   
(3,771,869
)
   
(52,068,822
)
   
(100,197,515
)
Investor Shares
   
(47,726
)
   
(28,421
)
   
(26,989
)
   
(11,377
)
Advisor Shares
   
(270
)
   
(102
)
   
     
 
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(6,117,691
)
   
(3,800,392
)
   
(52,095,811
)
   
(100,208,892
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
215,596,170
     
266,062,494
     
435,357,095
     
449,186,248
 
Investor Shares
   
611,646
     
720,579
     
2,340,189
     
233,378
 
Advisor Shares
   
192,224
     
19,089
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,405,878
     
838,107
     
27,731,260
     
68,672,974
 
Investor Shares
   
47,075
     
26,928
     
26,670
     
11,084
 
Advisor Shares
   
271
     
101
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(196,962,728
)
   
(167,258,402
)
   
(215,339,444
)
   
(215,216,159
)
Investor Shares
   
(3,226,011
)
   
(1,192,540
)
   
(163,756
)
   
(33,532
)
Advisor Shares
   
(7,708
)
   
(10,393
)
   
     
 
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
2,375
     
270
     
557
     
750
 
Investor Shares
   
20
     
2
     
     
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
17,659,212
     
99,206,235
     
249,952,571
     
302,854,743
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
31,099,581
     
(27,229,586
)
   
429,107,114
     
88,120,104
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
508,611,255
     
535,840,841
     
1,237,490,791
     
1,149,370,687
 
End of period
 
$
539,710,836
   
$
508,611,255
   
$
1,666,597,905
   
$
1,237,490,791
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
21,527,213
     
23,021,825
     
33,565,417
     
34,023,120
 
Investor Shares
   
61,146
     
62,170
     
179,132
     
17,585
 
Advisor Shares
   
18,626
     
1,630
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
140,167
     
70,846
     
2,078,008
     
5,328,934
 
Investor Shares
   
4,693
     
2,276
     
2,023
     
860
 
Advisor Shares
   
27
     
9
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(20,841,533
)
   
(15,503,874
)
   
(16,734,091
)
   
(16,332,410
)
Investor Shares
   
(306,384
)
   
(103,606
)
   
(12,640
)
   
(2,571
)
Advisor Shares
   
(724
)
   
(876
)
   
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
603,231
     
7,550,400
     
19,077,849
     
23,035,518
 


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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
       
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
 
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY GROWTH EQUITY FUND:
             
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
23.82
   
(0.03
)
 
4.59
   
4.56
   
   
(1.64
)
 
(1.64
)
 
$
26.74
   
20.22
%
 
$
1,837,801
   
(0.14
)%
 
0.68
%
 
0.68
%
 
21
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
37.39
   
(0.09
)
 
(9.01
)
 
(9.10
)
 
   
(4.47
)
 
(4.47
)
   
23.82
   
(27.88
)
   
1,611,983
   
(0.26
)
 
0.66
   
0.66
   
21
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
29.05
   
(0.06
)
 
10.02
   
9.96
   
   
(1.62
)
 
(1.62
)
   
37.39
   
35.14
     
2,321,278
   
(0.19
)
 
0.67
   
0.67
   
25
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.80
   
(0.04
)
 
5.56
   
5.52
   
   
(1.27
)
 
(1.27
)
   
29.05
   
22.88
     
1,849,565
   
(0.16
)
 
0.69
   
0.69
   
22
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
23.91
   
(0.04
)
 
3.38
   
3.34
   
   
(2.45
)
 
(2.45
)
   
24.80
   
16.69
     
1,523,633
   
(0.19
)
 
0.70
   
0.70
   
22
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
23.35
   
(0.07
)
 
4.48
   
4.41
   
   
(1.64
)
 
(1.64
)
   
26.12
   
20.03
     
687,058
   
(0.29
)
 
0.83
   
0.83
   
21
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
36.79
   
(0.13
)
 
(8.84
)
 
(8.97
)
 
   
(4.47
)
 
(4.47
)
   
23.35
   
(28.02
)
   
704,341
   
(0.41
)
 
0.81
   
0.81
   
21
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
28.64
   
(0.11
)
 
9.88
   
9.77
   
   
(1.62
)
 
(1.62
)
   
36.79
   
34.98
     
1,174,666
   
(0.34
)
 
0.82
   
0.82
   
25
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.50
   
(0.08
)
 
5.49
   
5.41
   
   
(1.27
)
 
(1.27
)
   
28.64
   
22.70
     
983,640
   
(0.31
)
 
0.84
   
0.84
   
22
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
23.69
   
(0.08
)
 
3.34
   
3.26
   
   
(2.45
)
 
(2.45
)
   
24.50
   
16.50
     
828,388
   
(0.34
)
 
0.85
   
0.85
   
22
 
               
Advisor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
21.48
   
(0.12
)
 
4.10
   
3.98
   
   
(1.64
)
 
(1.64
)
   
23.82
   
19.76
     
13,873
   
(0.54
)
 
1.08
   
1.08
   
21
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
34.27
   
(0.20
)
 
(8.12
)
 
(8.32
)
 
   
(4.47
)
 
(4.47
)
   
21.48
   
(28.20
)
   
13,940
   
(0.66
)
 
1.06
   
1.06
   
21
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
26.84
   
(0.18
)
 
9.23
   
9.05
   
   
(1.62
)
 
(1.62
)
   
34.27
   
34.63
     
34,042
   
(0.59
)
 
1.07
   
1.07
   
25
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
23.09
   
(0.14
)
 
5.16
   
5.02
   
   
(1.27
)
 
(1.27
)
   
26.84
   
22.39
     
13,692
   
(0.56
)
 
1.09
   
1.09
   
22
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
22.53
   
(0.13
)
 
3.14
   
3.01
   
   
(2.45
)
 
(2.45
)
   
23.09
   
16.22
     
6,683
   
(0.59
)
 
1.10
   
1.10
   
22
 
                                                                                             
BROWN ADVISORY FLEXIBLE EQUITY FUND:
             
                                                                                             
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
27.31
   
0.13
   
5.55
   
5.68
   
(0.13
)
 
(0.92
)
 
(1.05
)
   
31.94
   
21.44
     
259,933
   
0.45
   
0.54
   
0.54
   
12
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
34.26
   
0.09
   
(5.71
)
 
(5.62
)
 
(0.06
)
 
(1.27
)
 
(1.33
)
   
27.31
   
(17.18
)
   
196,675
   
0.29
   
0.53
   
0.53
   
10
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
24.36
   
0.07
   
10.76
   
10.83
   
(0.09
)
 
(0.84
)
 
(0.93
)
   
34.26
   
45.26
     
201,849
   
0.25
   
0.54
   
0.54
   
13
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.92
   
0.11
   
2.50
   
2.61
   
(0.15
)
 
(1.02
)
 
(1.17
)
   
24.36
   
11.29
     
134,574
   
0.47
   
0.56
   
0.56
   
12
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
21.94
   
0.17
   
1.63
   
1.80
   
(0.08
)
 
(0.74
)
 
(0.82
)
   
22.92
   
8.94
     
135,190
   
0.78
   
0.57
   
0.57
   
14
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
27.20
   
0.08
   
5.54
   
5.62
   
(0.06
)
 
(0.92
)
 
(0.98
)
   
31.84
   
21.24
     
442,013
   
0.30
   
0.69
   
0.69
   
12
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
34.16
   
0.04
   
(5.70
)
 
(5.66
)
 
(0.03
)
 
(1.27
)
 
(1.30
)
   
27.20
   
(17.32
)
   
400,090
   
0.14
   
0.68
   
0.68
   
10
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
24.31
   
0.03
   
10.73
   
10.76
   
(0.07
)
 
(0.84
)
 
(0.91
)
   
34.16
   
45.05
     
500,233
   
0.10
   
0.69
   
0.69
   
13
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.88
   
0.07
   
2.49
   
2.56
   
(0.11
)
 
(1.02
)
 
(1.13
)
   
24.31
   
11.12
     
362,695
   
0.32
   
0.71
   
0.71
   
12
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
21.90
   
0.14
   
1.63
   
1.77
   
(0.05
)
 
(0.74
)
 
(0.79
)
   
22.88
   
8.77
     
343,917
   
0.63
   
0.72
   
0.72
   
14
 
               
Advisor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
27.11
   
0.01
   
5.52
   
5.53
   
   
(0.92
)
 
(0.92
)
   
31.72
   
20.93
     
5,245
   
0.05
   
0.94
   
0.94
   
12
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
34.10
   
(0.04
)
 
(5.68
)
 
(5.72
)
 
   
(1.27
)
 
(1.27
)
   
27.11
   
(17.51
)
   
4,471
   
(0.11
)
 
0.93
   
0.93
   
10
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
24.30
   
(0.04
)
 
10.72
   
10.68
   
(0.04
)
 
(0.84
)
 
(0.88
)
   
34.10
   
44.69
     
5,965
   
(0.15
)
 
0.94
   
0.94
   
13
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.90
   
0.02
   
2.48
   
2.50
   
(0.08
)
 
(1.02
)
 
(1.10
)
   
24.30
   
10.84
     
4,403
   
0.07
   
0.96
   
0.96
   
12
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
21.91
   
0.08
   
1.65
   
1.73
   
   
(0.74
)
 
(0.74
)
   
22.90
   
8.52
     
4,652
   
0.38
   
0.97
   
0.97
   
14
 


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Financial Highlights


           
From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
       
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
 
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY EQUITY INCOME FUND:
             
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
13.57
   
0.24
   
1.21
   
1.45
   
(0.24
)
 
(1.09
)
   
(1.33
)
 
$
13.69
   
10.95
%
 
$
18,094
   
1.75
%
 
0.76
%
 
0.81
%
 
6
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
15.98
   
0.23
   
(0.96
)
 
(0.73
)
 
(0.23
)
 
(1.45
)
   
(1.68
)
   
13.57
   
(5.87
)
   
19,964
   
1.46
   
0.76
   
0.79
   
11
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
12.97
   
0.23
   
3.75
   
3.98
   
(0.23
)
 
(0.74
)
   
(0.97
)
   
15.98
   
31.84
     
24,045
   
1.59
   
0.77
   
0.80
   
20
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
14.15
   
0.23
   
(0.10
)
 
0.13
   
(0.23
)
 
(1.08
)
   
(1.31
)
   
12.97
   
0.46
     
22,026
   
1.66
   
0.80
   
0.80
   
16
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
14.41
   
0.26
   
1.33
   
1.59
   
(0.27
)
 
(1.58
)
   
(1.85
)
   
14.15
   
13.12
     
26,449
   
1.87
   
0.80
   
0.80
   
11
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
13.56
   
0.22
   
1.22
   
1.44
   
(0.22
)
 
(1.09
)
   
(1.31
)
   
13.69
   
10.87
     
53,364
   
1.60
   
0.91
   
0.96
   
6
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
15.97
   
0.21
   
(0.96
)
 
(0.75
)
 
(0.21
)
 
(1.45
)
   
(1.66
)
   
13.56
   
(6.02
)
   
55,288
   
1.31
   
0.91
   
0.94
   
11
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
12.96
   
0.21
   
3.75
   
3.96
   
(0.21
)
 
(0.74
)
   
(0.95
)
   
15.97
   
31.67
     
63,600
   
1.44
   
0.92
   
0.95
   
20
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
14.15
   
0.21
   
(0.11
)
 
0.10
   
(0.21
)
 
(1.08
)
   
(1.29
)
   
12.96
   
0.24
     
55,228
   
1.51
   
0.95
   
0.95
   
16
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
14.40
   
0.24
   
1.34
   
1.58
   
(0.25
)
 
(1.58
)
   
(1.83
)
   
14.15
   
13.03
     
62,309
   
1.72
   
0.95
   
0.95
   
11
 
               
Advisor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
13.55
   
0.18
   
1.21
   
1.39
   
(0.18
)
 
(1.09
)
   
(1.27
)
   
13.67
   
10.51
     
1,073
   
1.35
   
1.16
   
1.21
   
6
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
15.96
   
0.17
   
(0.96
)
 
(0.79
)
 
(0.17
)
 
(1.45
)
   
(1.62
)
   
13.55
   
(6.24
)
   
1,247
   
1.06
   
1.16
   
1.19
   
11
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
12.96
   
0.17
   
3.74
   
3.91
   
(0.17
)
 
(0.74
)
   
(0.91
)
   
15.96
   
31.27
     
1,182
   
1.19
   
1.17
   
1.20
   
20
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
14.14
   
0.17
   
(0.10
)
 
0.07
   
(0.17
)
 
(1.08
)
   
(1.25
)
   
12.96
   
0.05
     
886
   
1.26
   
1.20
   
1.20
   
16
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
14.40
   
0.21
   
1.33
   
1.54
   
(0.22
)
 
(1.58
)
   
(1.80
)
   
14.14
   
12.67
     
1,017
   
1.47
   
1.20
   
1.20
   
11
 
                                                                                               
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FUND:
             
                                                                                               
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
35.42
   
0.03
   
7.63
   
7.66
   
+
 
     
     
43.08
   
21.63
     
5,145,711
   
0.08
   
0.63
   
0.63
   
13
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
44.56
   
(0.04
)
 
(8.19
)
 
(8.23
)
 
   
(0.91
)
   
(0.91
)
   
35.42
   
(19.02
)
   
3,378,590
   
(0.10
)
 
0.63
   
0.63
   
19
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
31.96
   
(0.03
)
 
12.63
   
12.60
   
   
     
     
44.56
   
39.42
     
3,364,728
   
(0.08
)
 
0.65
   
0.65
   
23
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
26.39
   
0.01
   
5.77
   
5.78
   
   
(0.21
)
   
(0.21
)
   
31.96
   
22.01
     
1,601,989
   
0.05
   
0.70
   
0.70
   
20
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
23.02
   
0.03
   
4.12
   
4.15
   
   
(0.78
)
   
(0.78
)
   
26.39
   
18.89
     
749,949
   
0.10
   
0.73
   
0.73
   
21
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
34.83
   
(0.02
)
 
7.48
   
7.46
   
   
     
     
42.29
   
21.42
     
2,150,632
   
(0.07
)
 
0.78
   
0.78
   
13
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
43.90
   
(0.11
)
 
(8.05
)
 
(8.16
)
 
   
(0.91
)
   
(0.91
)
   
34.83
   
(19.15
)
   
1,714,513
   
(0.25
)
 
0.78
   
0.78
   
19
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
31.52
   
(0.09
)
 
12.47
   
12.38
   
   
     
     
43.90
   
39.28
     
1,849,429
   
(0.23
)
 
0.80
   
0.80
   
23
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
26.07
   
(0.03
)
 
5.69
   
5.66
   
   
(0.21
)
   
(0.21
)
   
31.52
   
21.82
     
1,108,023
   
(0.10
)
 
0.85
   
0.85
   
20
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
22.79
   
(0.01
)
 
4.07
   
4.06
   
   
(0.78
)
   
(0.78
)
   
26.07
   
18.68
     
374,769
   
(0.05
)
 
0.88
   
0.88
   
21
 
               
Advisor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
33.91
   
(0.11
)
 
7.28
   
7.17
   
   
     
     
41.08
   
21.14
     
356,620
   
(0.32
)
 
1.03
   
1.03
   
13
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
42.87
   
(0.21
)
 
(7.84
)
 
(8.05
)
 
   
(0.91
)
   
(0.91
)
   
33.91
   
(19.35
)
   
298,972
   
(0.50
)
 
1.03
   
1.03
   
19
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
30.86
   
(0.18
)
 
12.19
   
12.01
   
   
     
     
42.87
   
38.92
     
444,064
   
(0.48
)
 
1.05
   
1.05
   
23
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
25.59
   
(0.09
)
 
5.57
   
5.48
   
   
(0.21
)
   
(0.21
)
   
30.86
   
21.53
     
285,542
   
(0.35
)
 
1.10
   
1.10
   
20
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
22.44
   
(0.07
)
 
4.00
   
3.93
   
   
(0.78
)
   
(0.78
)
   
25.59
   
18.39
     
250,871
   
(0.30
)
 
1.13
   
1.13
   
21
 


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Financial Highlights


           
From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY MID-CAP GROWTH FUND:
             
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
12.29
   
(0.04
)
 
2.11
     
2.07
   
   
(0.81
)
   
(0.81
)
 
$
13.55
   
17.38
%
 
$
71,960
   
(0.28
)%
 
0.82
%
 
0.83
%
 
55
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
19.86
   
(0.09
)
 
(5.73
)
   
(5.82
)
 
   
(1.75
)
   
(1.75
)
   
12.29
   
(31.54
)
   
94,754
   
(0.52
)
 
0.79
   
0.79
   
48
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
13.86
   
(0.08
)
 
6.08
     
6.00
   
   
     
     
19.86
   
43.03
     
159,180
   
(0.44
)
 
0.76
   
0.79
   
48
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
13.14
   
(0.01
)
 
0.77
     
0.76
   
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.04
)
   
13.86
   
5.68
     
100,367
   
(0.11
)
 
0.70
   
0.88
   
35
 
07/02/18^
06/30/19
   
11.42
   
(0.00
)
 
1.83
     
1.83
   
   
(0.11
)
   
(0.11
)
   
13.14
   
16.36
     
42,404
   
(0.00
)
 
0.70
   
1.04
   
46
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
12.20
   
(0.05
)
 
2.08
     
2.03
   
   
(0.81
)
   
(0.81
)
   
13.42
   
17.26
     
24,419
   
(0.43
)
 
0.97
   
0.98
   
55
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
19.76
   
(0.11
)
 
(5.70
)
   
(5.81
)
 
   
(1.75
)
   
(1.75
)
   
12.20
   
(31.70
)
   
22,897
   
(0.67
)
 
0.94
   
0.94
   
48
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
13.81
   
(0.10
)
 
6.05
     
5.95
   
   
     
     
19.76
   
42.90
     
33,381
   
(0.59
)
 
0.91
   
0.94
   
48
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
13.12
   
(0.03
)
 
0.76
     
0.73
   
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.04
)
   
13.81
   
5.46
     
28,477
   
(0.26
)
 
0.85
   
1.03
   
35
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
11.36
   
(0.02
)
 
1.89
     
1.87
   
   
(0.11
)
   
(0.11
)
   
13.12
   
16.80
     
2,933
   
(0.15
)
 
0.85
   
1.19
   
46
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND:
       
                                                                                                 
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
41.98
   
(0.06
)
 
5.88
     
5.82
   
   
(3.32
)
   
(3.32
)
   
44.48
   
14.33
     
1,349,940
   
(0.13
)
 
0.96
   
0.96
   
29
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
63.00
   
(0.32
)
 
(13.47
)
   
(13.79
)
 
   
(7.23
)
   
(7.23
)
   
41.98
   
(24.11
)
   
1,165,292
   
(0.59
)
 
0.95
   
0.95
   
27
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
44.31
   
(0.34
)
 
19.48
     
19.14
   
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.45
)
   
63.00
   
43.31
     
1,758,121
   
(0.61
)
 
0.95
   
0.95
   
32
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
44.24
   
(0.20
)
 
1.15
     
0.95
   
   
(0.88
)
   
(0.88
)
   
44.31
   
2.18
     
1,039,126
   
(0.48
)
 
0.97
   
0.97
   
29
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
40.64
   
(0.15
)
 
5.52
     
5.37
   
(0.18
)
 
(1.59
)
   
(1.77
)
   
44.24
   
14.56
     
838,698
   
(0.36
)
 
0.98
   
0.98
   
44
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
20.91
   
(0.06
)
 
2.92
     
2.86
   
   
(1.65
)
   
(1.65
)
   
22.12
   
14.17
     
882,356
   
(0.28
)
 
1.11
   
1.11
   
29
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
31.42
   
(0.20
)
 
(6.71
)
   
(6.91
)
 
   
(3.60
)
   
(3.60
)
   
20.91
   
(24.23
)
   
707,378
   
(0.74
)
 
1.10
   
1.10
   
27
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
22.13
   
(0.21
)
 
9.72
     
9.51
   
   
(0.22
)
   
(0.22
)
   
31.42
   
43.11
     
822,075
   
(0.76
)
 
1.10
   
1.10
   
32
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.13
   
(0.13
)
 
0.57
     
0.44
   
   
(0.44
)
   
(0.44
)
   
22.13
   
2.02
     
511,028
   
(0.63
)
 
1.12
   
1.12
   
29
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
20.34
   
(0.10
)
 
2.77
     
2.67
   
(0.08
)
 
(0.80
)
   
(0.88
)
   
22.13
   
14.40
     
493,421
   
(0.51
)
 
1.13
   
1.13
   
44
 
               
Advisor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
19.83
   
(0.11
)
 
2.78
     
2.67
   
   
(1.57
)
   
(1.57
)
   
20.93
   
13.91
     
9,644
   
(0.53
)
 
1.36
   
1.36
   
29
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
29.88
   
(0.26
)
 
(6.37
)
   
(6.63
)
 
   
(3.42
)
   
(3.42
)
   
19.83
   
(24.44
)
   
9,309
   
(0.99
)
 
1.35
   
1.35
   
27
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
21.10
   
(0.26
)
 
9.25
     
8.99
   
   
(0.21
)
   
(0.21
)
   
29.88
   
42.74
     
14,939
   
(1.01
)
 
1.35
   
1.35
   
32
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
21.15
   
(0.18
)
 
0.55
     
0.37
   
   
(0.42
)
   
(0.42
)
   
21.10
   
1.78
     
12,159
   
(0.88
)
 
1.37
   
1.37
   
29
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
19.46
   
(0.15
)
 
2.64
     
2.49
   
(0.04
)
 
(0.76
)
   
(0.80
)
   
21.15
   
14.08
     
14,489
   
(0.76
)
 
1.38
   
1.38
   
44
 


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Financial Highlights


           
From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
               
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
           
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
 
&
                           
Asset
       
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
 
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
 
Gains
         
Investment
 
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
 
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
 
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND:
       
                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
26.09
   
0.20
 
3.09
     
3.29
   
(0.13
)
 
(1.57
)
   
(1.70
)
 
$
27.68
   
12.67
%
 
$
588,594
   
0.71
%
 
0.95
%
 
0.95
%
 
35
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
29.65
   
0.09
 
(3.45
)
   
(3.36
)
 
(0.10
)
 
(0.10
)
   
(0.20
)
   
26.09
   
(11.45
)
   
562,382
   
0.29
   
0.95
   
0.95
   
27
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
19.25
   
0.11
 
10.44
     
10.55
   
(0.15
)
 
     
(0.15
)
   
29.65
   
54.97
     
591,096
   
0.43
   
0.95
   
0.95
   
42
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.77
   
0.21
 
(4.46
)
   
(4.25
)
 
(0.13
)
 
(1.14
)
   
(1.27
)
   
19.25
   
(18.38
)
   
336,819
   
0.94
   
0.97
   
0.97
   
56
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
29.16
   
0.29
 
(1.54
)
   
(1.25
)
 
(0.21
)
 
(2.93
)
   
(3.14
)
   
24.77
   
(2.91
)
   
447,846
   
1.10
   
0.97
   
0.97
   
36
 
         
Investor Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
26.04
   
0.16
 
3.08
     
3.24
   
(0.09
)
 
(1.57
)
   
(1.66
)
   
27.62
   
12.49
     
591,487
   
0.56
   
1.10
   
1.10
   
35
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
29.60
   
0.04
 
(3.45
)
   
(3.41
)
 
(0.05
)
 
(0.10
)
   
(0.15
)
   
26.04
   
(11.59
)
   
564,689
   
0.14
   
1.10
   
1.10
   
27
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
19.22
   
0.07
 
10.42
     
10.49
   
(0.11
)
 
     
(0.11
)
   
29.60
   
54.74
     
648,403
   
0.28
   
1.10
   
1.10
   
42
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.75
   
0.18
 
(4.46
)
   
(4.28
)
 
(0.11
)
 
(1.14
)
   
(1.25
)
   
19.22
   
(18.49
)
   
432,498
   
0.79
   
1.12
   
1.12
   
56
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
29.12
   
0.25
 
(1.53
)
   
(1.28
)
 
(0.16
)
 
(2.93
)
   
(3.09
)
   
24.75
   
(3.05
)
   
577,212
   
0.95
   
1.12
   
1.12
   
36
 
                                                                                               
Advisor Shares*
                                                                                           
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
25.86
   
0.09
 
3.07
     
3.16
   
(0.03
)
 
(1.57
)
   
(1.60
)
   
27.42
   
12.25
     
2,685
   
0.31
   
1.35
   
1.35
   
35
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
29.43
   
(0.03
)
(3.43
)
   
(3.46
)
 
(0.01
)
 
(0.10
)
   
(0.11
)
   
25.86
   
(11.82
)
   
3,154
   
(0.11
)
 
1.35
   
1.35
   
27
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
19.10
   
0.01
 
10.36
     
10.37
   
(0.04
)
 
     
(0.04
)
   
29.43
   
54.37
     
8,125
   
0.03
   
1.35
   
1.35
   
42
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.64
   
0.12
 
(4.44
)
   
(4.32
)
 
(0.08
)
 
(1.14
)
   
(1.22
)
   
19.10
   
(18.71
)
   
4,480
   
0.54
   
1.37
   
1.37
   
56
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
28.98
   
0.19
 
(1.51
)
   
(1.32
)
 
(0.09
)
 
(2.93
)
   
(3.02
)
   
24.64
   
(3.27
)
   
8,393
   
0.70
   
1.37
   
1.37
   
36
 
                                                                                               
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE SMALL-CAP CORE FUND:
       
                                                                                               
Institutional Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
7.74
   
0.01
 
1.06
     
1.07
   
   
+
   
     
8.81
   
13.83
     
51,935
   
0.18
   
0.93
   
1.16
   
66
 
09/30/21^
06/30/22
   
10.00
   
(0.02
)
(2.24
)
   
(2.26
)
 
   
     
     
7.74
   
(22.60
)
   
32,915
   
(0.22
)
 
0.93
   
1.36
   
19
 
         
Investor Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
7.73
   
0.00
 
1.06
     
1.06
   
   
+
   
     
8.79
   
13.71
     
1,540
   
0.03
   
1.08
   
1.31
   
66
 
09/30/21^
06/30/22
   
10.00
   
(0.02
)
(2.25
)
   
(2.27
)
 
   
     
     
7.73
   
(22.70
)
   
812
   
(0.37
)
 
1.08
   
1.51
   
19
 
                                                                                               
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE VALUE FUND:
       
                                                                                               
Institutional Shares*
       
02/28/23^
06/30/23
   
10.00
   
0.06
 
(0.03
)
   
0.03
   
   
     
     
10.03
   
0.30
     
50,307
   
1.72
   
0.70
   
1.17
   
7
 
         
Investor Shares*
       
02/28/23^
06/30/23
   
10.00
   
0.05
 
(0.03
)
   
0.02
   
   
     
     
10.02
   
0.20
     
163
   
1.57
   
0.85
   
1.32
   
7
 


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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
       
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
 
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
 
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY GLOBAL LEADERS FUND:
             
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
18.24
   
0.13
   
3.83
     
3.96
   
(0.12
)
 
     
(0.12
)
 
$
22.08
   
21.83
%
 
$
1,401,528
   
0.66
%
 
0.76
%
 
0.76
%
 
19
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
22.60
   
0.10
   
(4.19
)
   
(4.09
)
 
(0.02
)
 
(0.25
)
   
(0.27
)
   
18.24
   
(18.34
)
   
1,048,587
   
0.45
   
0.75
   
0.75
   
25
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
16.38
   
0.03
   
6.22
     
6.25
   
(0.03
)
 
     
(0.03
)
   
22.60
   
38.17
     
1,149,790
   
0.16
   
0.76
   
0.76
   
14
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
15.24
   
0.07
   
1.13
     
1.20
   
(0.06
)
 
     
(0.06
)
   
16.38
   
7.85
     
605,983
   
0.45
   
0.75
   
0.82
   
27
 
10/31/18^
06/30/19
   
13.13
   
0.07
   
2.07
     
2.14
   
(0.03
)
 
     
(0.03
)
   
15.24
   
16.38
     
214,263
   
0.71
   
0.75
   
0.88
   
23
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
18.18
   
0.10
   
3.82
     
3.92
   
(0.10
)
 
     
(0.10
)
   
22.00
   
21.63
     
77,619
   
0.51
   
0.91
   
0.91
   
19
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
22.54
   
0.07
   
(4.17
)
   
(4.10
)
 
(0.01
)
 
(0.25
)
   
(0.26
)
   
18.18
   
(18.45
)
   
76,150
   
0.30
   
0.90
   
0.90
   
25
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
16.36
   
   
6.20
     
6.20
   
(0.02
)
 
     
(0.02
)
   
22.54
   
37.91
     
95,940
   
0.01
   
0.91
   
0.91
   
14
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
15.23
   
0.05
   
1.12
     
1.17
   
(0.04
)
 
     
(0.04
)
   
16.36
   
7.68
     
66,813
   
0.30
   
0.90
   
0.97
   
27
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
13.82
   
0.08
   
1.36
     
1.44
   
(0.03
)
 
     
(0.03
)
   
15.23
   
10.49
     
18,943
   
0.60
   
0.86
   
1.07
   
23
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND:
       
                                                                                                 
Institutional Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
8.43
   
0.10
   
2.01
     
2.11
   
(0.02
)
 
     
(0.02
)
   
10.52
   
25.09
     
22,884
   
1.04
   
0.85
   
1.58
   
21
 
02/28/22^
06/30/22
   
10.00
   
0.06
   
(1.63
)
   
(1.57
)
 
   
     
     
8.43
   
(15.70
)
   
6,221
   
1.96
   
0.85
   
4.26
   
12
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
8.42
   
0.08
   
2.01
     
2.09
   
(0.02
)
 
     
(0.02
)
   
10.49
   
24.88
     
1,463
   
0.89
   
1.00
   
1.73
   
21
 
02/28/22^
06/30/22
   
10.00
   
0.05
   
(1.63
)
   
(1.58
)
 
   
     
     
8.42
   
(15.80
)
   
75
   
1.81
   
1.00
   
4.41
   
12
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND:
             
                                                                                                 
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.99
   
0.24
   
(0.38
)
   
(0.14
)
 
(0.25
)
 
     
(0.25
)
   
9.60
   
(1.44
)
   
122,641
   
2.47
   
0.49
   
0.52
   
32
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
11.05
   
0.12
   
(0.94
)
   
(0.82
)
 
(0.14
)
 
(0.10
)
   
(0.24
)
   
9.99
   
(7.60
)
   
139,856
   
1.17
   
0.46
   
0.50
   
58
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
11.06
   
0.11
   
0.02
     
0.13
   
(0.13
)
 
(0.01
)
   
(0.14
)
   
11.05
   
1.11
     
167,774
   
1.02
   
0.47
   
0.50
   
50
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.72
   
0.24
   
0.35
     
0.59
   
(0.25
)
 
     
(0.25
)
   
11.06
   
5.55
     
148,300
   
2.24
   
0.49
   
0.53
   
105
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.35
   
0.27
   
0.36
     
0.63
   
(0.26
)
 
     
(0.26
)
   
10.72
   
6.24
     
135,175
   
2.63
   
0.47
   
0.53
   
82
 
               
Advisor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.76
   
0.21
   
(0.37
)
   
(0.16
)
 
(0.22
)
 
     
(0.22
)
   
9.38
   
(1.62
)
   
3,139
   
2.22
   
0.74
   
0.77
   
32
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.80
   
0.10
   
(0.93
)
   
(0.83
)
 
(0.11
)
 
(0.10
)
   
(0.21
)
   
9.76
   
(7.82
)
   
3,273
   
0.92
   
0.71
   
0.75
   
58
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.82
   
0.08
   
0.01
     
0.09
   
(0.10
)
 
(0.01
)
   
(0.11
)
   
10.80
   
0.79
     
3,661
   
0.77
   
0.72
   
0.75
   
50
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.49
   
0.21
   
0.34
     
0.55
   
(0.22
)
 
     
(0.22
)
   
10.82
   
5.32
     
3,624
   
1.99
   
0.74
   
0.78
   
105
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.13
   
0.24
   
0.36
     
0.60
   
(0.24
)
 
     
(0.24
)
   
10.49
   
6.01
     
3,615
   
2.38
   
0.72
   
0.78
   
82
 


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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
 
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
 
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE BOND FUND:
       
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
9.14
   
0.25
   
(0.54
)
   
(0.29
)
 
(0.25
)
 
     
(0.25
)
 
$
8.60
   
(3.22
)%
 
$
723,393
   
2.81
%
 
0.43
%
 
0.43
%
 
277
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.42
   
0.14
   
(1.13
)
   
(0.99
)
 
(0.15
)
 
(0.14
)
   
(0.29
)
   
9.14
   
(9.71
)
   
301,917
   
1.43
   
0.44
   
0.44
   
113
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.54
   
0.16
   
0.10
     
0.26
   
(0.17
)
 
(0.21
)
   
(0.38
)
   
10.42
   
2.44
     
218,476
   
1.56
   
0.45
   
0.45
   
89
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.13
   
0.27
   
0.54
     
0.81
   
(0.28
)
 
(0.12
)
   
(0.40
)
   
10.54
   
8.14
     
153,472
   
2.63
   
0.48
   
0.48
   
97
 
07/02/18^
06/30/19
   
9.70
   
0.30
   
0.42
     
0.72
   
(0.29
)
 
     
(0.29
)
   
10.13
   
7.60
     
126,466
   
3.08
   
0.55
   
0.52
   
66
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.14
   
0.24
   
(0.53
)
   
(0.29
)
 
(0.24
)
 
     
(0.24
)
   
8.61
   
(3.16
)
   
12,829
   
2.76
   
0.48
   
0.48
   
277
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.42
   
0.13
   
(1.13
)
   
(1.00
)
 
(0.14
)
 
(0.14
)
   
(0.28
)
   
9.14
   
(9.76
)
   
12,667
   
1.38
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
113
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.54
   
0.16
   
0.10
     
0.26
   
(0.17
)
 
(0.21
)
   
(0.38
)
   
10.42
   
2.39
     
5,009
   
1.51
   
0.50
   
0.50
   
89
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.13
   
0.26
   
0.54
     
0.80
   
(0.27
)
 
(0.12
)
   
(0.39
)
   
10.54
   
8.09
     
2,125
   
2.58
   
0.53
   
0.53
   
97
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.70
   
0.29
   
0.43
     
0.72
   
(0.29
)
 
     
(0.29
)
   
10.13
   
7.54
     
884
   
3.03
   
0.60
   
0.57
   
66
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY MARYLAND BOND FUND:
       
                                                                                                 
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.80
   
0.24
   
0.02
     
0.26
   
(0.27
)
 
     
(0.27
)
   
9.79
   
2.73
     
163,961
   
2.41
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
51
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.88
   
0.19
   
(1.04
)
   
(0.85
)
 
(0.23
)
 
     
(0.23
)
   
9.80
   
(7.90
)
   
169,565
   
1.79
   
0.47
   
0.47
   
22
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.67
   
0.21
   
0.26
     
0.47
   
(0.26
)
 
     
(0.26
)
   
10.88
   
4.41
     
186,483
   
1.94
   
0.48
   
0.48
   
17
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.80
   
0.25
   
(0.09
)
   
0.16
   
(0.29
)
 
     
(0.29
)
   
10.67
   
1.44
     
176,198
   
2.31
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
37
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.50
   
0.28
   
0.30
     
0.58
   
(0.28
)
 
     
(0.28
)
   
10.80
   
5.65
     
182,072
   
2.69
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
33
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND:
       
                                                                                                 
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.29
   
0.29
   
0.04
     
0.33
   
(0.33
)
 
     
(0.33
)
   
9.29
   
3.59
     
787,874
   
3.14
   
0.44
   
0.44
   
79
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.50
   
0.18
   
(1.08
)
   
(0.90
)
 
(0.26
)
 
(0.05
)
   
(0.31
)
   
9.29
   
(8.75
)
   
805,608
   
1.73
   
0.41
   
0.41
   
50
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.08
   
0.20
   
0.49
     
0.69
   
(0.27
)
 
     
(0.27
)
   
10.50
   
6.87
     
1,190,436
   
1.92
   
0.40
   
0.40
   
47
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.20
   
0.24
   
(0.08
)
   
0.16
   
(0.28
)
 
     
(0.28
)
   
10.08
   
1.59
     
1,072,444
   
2.38
   
0.42
   
0.42
   
80
 
07/02/18^
06/30/19
   
9.90
   
0.33
   
0.30
     
0.63
   
(0.33
)
 
     
(0.33
)
   
10.20
   
6.51
     
950,832
   
3.36
   
0.43
   
0.43
   
53
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.29
   
0.29
   
0.03
     
0.32
   
(0.32
)
 
     
(0.32
)
   
9.29
   
3.54
     
8,167
   
3.09
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
79
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.50
   
0.17
   
(1.07
)
   
(0.90
)
 
(0.26
)
 
(0.05
)
   
(0.31
)
   
9.29
   
(8.80
)
   
10,484
   
1.68
   
0.46
   
0.46
   
50
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.09
   
0.19
   
0.48
     
0.67
   
(0.26
)
 
     
(0.26
)
   
10.50
   
6.72
     
11,537
   
1.87
   
0.45
   
0.45
   
47
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.20
   
0.24
   
(0.07
)
   
0.17
   
(0.28
)
 
     
(0.28
)
   
10.09
   
1.64
     
9,982
   
2.33
   
0.47
   
0.47
   
80
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.90
   
0.33
   
0.30
     
0.63
   
(0.33
)
 
     
(0.33
)
   
10.20
   
6.49
     
19,395
   
3.31
   
0.48
   
0.48
   
53
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY TAX-EXEMPT SUSTAINABLE BOND FUND:
             
                                                                                                 
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.09
   
0.24
   
(0.03
)
   
0.21
   
(0.24
)
 
     
(0.24
)
   
9.06
   
2.39
     
288,993
   
2.63
   
0.50
   
0.50
   
111
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.19
   
0.15
   
(1.01
)
   
(0.86
)
 
(0.14
)
 
(0.10
)
   
(0.24
)
   
9.09
   
(8.60
)
   
325,606
   
1.49
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
61
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
9.88
   
0.13
   
0.32
     
0.45
   
(0.13
)
 
(0.01
)
   
(0.14
)
   
10.19
   
4.57
     
179,123
   
1.32
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
66
 
12/02/19^
06/30/20
   
10.00
   
0.08
   
(0.12
)
   
(0.04
)
 
(0.08
)
 
     
(0.08
)
   
9.88
   
(0.37
)
   
157,032
   
1.45
   
0.55
   
0.55
   
39
 


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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
 
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
 
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND:
             
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
9.59
   
0.28
   
(0.48
)
   
(0.20
)
 
(0.29
)
 
     
(0.29
)
 
$
9.10
   
(2.06
)%
 
$
302,293
   
2.98
%
 
0.45
%
 
0.45
%
 
229
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.56
   
0.10
   
(0.92
)
   
(0.82
)
 
(0.15
)
 
     
(0.15
)
   
9.59
   
(7.86
)
   
310,388
   
0.94
   
0.44
   
0.44
   
204
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.46
   
(0.03
)
 
0.19
     
0.16
   
(0.06
)
 
     
(0.06
)
   
10.56
   
1.53
     
288,526
   
(0.27
)
 
0.45
   
0.45
   
148
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.02
   
0.11
   
0.50
     
0.61
   
(0.17
)
 
     
(0.17
)
   
10.46
   
6.09
     
238,202
   
1.07
   
0.47
   
0.47
   
139
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.65
   
0.22
   
0.42
     
0.64
   
(0.27
)
 
     
(0.27
)
   
10.02
   
6.72
     
281,728
   
2.29
   
0.47
   
0.47
   
200
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
9.61
   
0.27
   
(0.47
)
   
(0.20
)
 
(0.29
)
 
     
(0.29
)
   
9.12
   
(2.11
)
   
1,390
   
2.93
   
0.50
   
0.50
   
229
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
10.57
   
0.09
   
(0.91
)
   
(0.82
)
 
(0.14
)
 
     
(0.14
)
   
9.61
   
(7.81
)
   
2,211
   
0.89
   
0.49
   
0.49
   
204
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.47
   
(0.03
)
 
0.19
     
0.16
   
(0.06
)
 
     
(0.06
)
   
10.57
   
1.48
     
31,876
   
(0.32
)
 
0.50
   
0.50
   
148
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.02
   
0.11
   
0.50
     
0.61
   
(0.16
)
 
     
(0.16
)
   
10.47
   
6.15
     
9,755
   
1.02
   
0.52
   
0.52
   
139
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.66
   
0.22
   
0.40
     
0.62
   
(0.26
)
 
     
(0.26
)
   
10.02
   
6.55
     
266
   
2.24
   
0.52
   
0.52
   
200
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY — WMC STRATEGIC EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND:
             
                                                                                                 
Institutional Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
10.34
   
0.19
   
1.58
     
1.77
   
(0.21
)
 
(0.08
)
   
(0.29
)
   
11.82
   
17.50
     
227,407
   
1.74
   
1.08
   
1.08
   
73
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
13.08
   
0.15
   
(1.68
)
   
(1.53
)
 
(0.11
)
 
(1.10
)
   
(1.21
)
   
10.34
   
(12.75
)
   
232,340
   
1.22
   
1.04
   
1.04
   
43
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.51
   
0.13
   
3.20
     
3.33
   
(0.03
)
 
(0.73
)
   
(0.76
)
   
13.08
   
32.55
     
417,419
   
1.12
   
1.05
   
1.05
   
51
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
11.15
   
0.03
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.04
)
 
(0.10
)
 
(0.50
)
   
(0.60
)
   
10.51
   
(0.66
)
   
287,081
   
0.29
   
1.09
   
1.09
   
53
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
12.42
   
0.07
   
(0.16
)
   
(0.09
)
 
(0.20
)
 
(0.98
)
   
(1.18
)
   
11.15
   
0.84
     
470,903
   
0.62
   
1.07
   
1.07
   
34
 
         
Investor Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
10.30
   
0.17
   
1.58
     
1.75
   
(0.20
)
 
(0.08
)
   
(0.28
)
   
11.77
   
17.30
     
14,922
   
1.59
   
1.23
   
1.23
   
73
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
13.03
   
0.13
   
(1.67
)
   
(1.54
)
 
(0.09
)
 
(1.10
)
   
(1.19
)
   
10.30
   
(12.89
)
   
19,007
   
1.07
   
1.19
   
1.19
   
43
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.48
   
0.12
   
3.18
     
3.30
   
(0.02
)
 
(0.73
)
   
(0.75
)
   
13.03
   
32.36
     
39,751
   
0.97
   
1.20
   
1.20
   
51
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
11.12
   
0.01
   
(0.06
)
   
(0.05
)
 
(0.09
)
 
(0.50
)
   
(0.59
)
   
10.48
   
(0.77
)
   
22,224
   
0.14
   
1.24
   
1.24
   
53
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
12.41
   
0.05
   
(0.17
)
   
(0.12
)
 
(0.19
)
 
(0.98
)
   
(1.17
)
   
11.12
   
0.58
     
18,100
   
0.47
   
1.22
   
1.22
   
34
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
10.17
   
0.14
   
1.56
     
1.70
   
(0.19
)
 
(0.08
)
   
(0.27
)
   
11.60
   
17.05
     
2,689
   
1.34
   
1.48
   
1.48
   
73
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
12.88
   
0.10
   
(1.65
)
   
(1.55
)
 
(0.06
)
 
(1.10
)
   
(1.16
)
   
10.17
   
(13.09
)
   
2,387
   
0.82
   
1.44
   
1.44
   
43
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.38
   
0.08
   
3.16
     
3.24
   
(0.01
)
 
(0.73
)
   
(0.74
)
   
12.88
   
32.01
     
3,728
   
0.72
   
1.45
   
1.45
   
51
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
11.03
   
(0.01
)
 
(0.07
)
   
(0.08
)
 
(0.07
)
 
(0.50
)
   
(0.57
)
   
10.38
   
(1.04
)
   
3,816
   
(0.11
)
 
1.49
   
1.49
   
53
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
12.30
   
0.02
   
(0.16
)
   
(0.14
)
 
(0.15
)
 
(0.98
)
   
(1.13
)
   
11.03
   
0.42
     
7,563
   
0.22
   
1.47
   
1.47
   
34
 


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Financial Highlights


           
From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations(a)
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY EMERGING MARKETS SELECT FUND:
             
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
 
$
10.13
   
0.16
   
0.47
     
0.63
   
(0.13
)
 
     
(0.13
)
 
$
10.63
   
6.27
%
 
$
537,466
   
1.55
%
 
1.11
%
 
1.11
%
 
69
%
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
12.57
   
0.14
   
(2.50
)
   
(2.36
)
 
(0.08
)
 
     
(0.08
)
   
10.13
   
(18.87
)
   
504,216
   
1.25
   
1.10
   
1.10
   
70
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
8.86
   
0.09
   
3.69
     
3.78
   
(0.07
)
 
     
(0.07
)
   
12.57
   
42.71
     
529,908
   
0.78
   
1.12
   
1.12
   
61
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.34
   
0.11
   
(0.48
)
   
(0.37
)
 
(0.11
)
 
     
(0.11
)
   
8.86
   
(4.04
)
   
267,282
   
1.27
   
1.16
   
1.16
   
62
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.06
   
0.11
   
(0.48
)
   
(0.37
)
 
(0.35
)
 
     
(0.35
)
   
9.34
   
(3.35
)
   
326,693
   
1.20
   
1.26
   
1.26
   
131
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
10.13
   
0.14
   
0.46
     
0.60
   
(0.11
)
 
     
(0.11
)
   
10.62
   
6.01
     
2,025
   
1.40
   
1.26
   
1.26
   
69
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
12.56
   
0.13
   
(2.50
)
   
(2.37
)
 
(0.06
)
 
     
(0.06
)
   
10.13
   
(18.93
)
   
4,368
   
1.10
   
1.25
   
1.25
   
70
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
8.85
   
0.07
   
3.69
     
3.76
   
(0.05
)
 
     
(0.05
)
   
12.56
   
42.56
     
5,908
   
0.63
   
1.27
   
1.27
   
61
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.33
   
0.10
   
(0.49
)
   
(0.39
)
 
(0.09
)
 
     
(0.09
)
   
8.85
   
(4.29
)
   
4,202
   
1.12
   
1.31
   
1.31
   
62
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.03
   
0.10
   
(0.48
)
   
(0.38
)
 
(0.32
)
 
     
(0.32
)
   
9.33
   
(3.42
)
   
5,063
   
1.05
   
1.41
   
1.41
   
131
 
         
Advisor Shares*
       
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
10.16
   
0.12
   
0.46
     
0.58
   
(0.09
)
 
     
(0.09
)
   
10.65
   
5.76
     
220
   
1.15
   
1.51
   
1.51
   
69
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
12.60
   
0.10
   
(2.50
)
   
(2.40
)
 
(0.04
)
 
     
(0.04
)
   
10.16
   
(19.11
)
   
27
   
0.85
   
1.50
   
1.50
   
70
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
8.87
   
0.04
   
3.70
     
3.74
   
(0.01
)
 
     
(0.01
)
   
12.60
   
42.17
     
24
   
0.38
   
1.52
   
1.52
   
61
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.37
   
0.08
   
(0.50
)
   
(0.42
)
 
(0.08
)
 
     
(0.08
)
   
8.87
   
(4.61
)
   
52
   
0.87
   
1.56
   
1.56
   
62
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.07
   
0.07
   
(0.47
)
   
(0.40
)
 
(0.30
)
 
     
(0.30
)
   
9.37
   
(3.66
)
   
167
   
0.80
   
1.66
   
1.66
   
131
 
                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY – BEUTEL GOODMAN LARGE-CAP VALUE FUND:
             
                                                                                                 
Institutional Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
12.04
   
0.25
   
1.86
     
2.11
   
(0.22
)
 
(0.25
)
   
(0.47
)
   
13.68
   
17.67
     
1,664,063
   
1.89
   
0.55
   
0.55
   
17
 
07/01/21
06/30/22
   
14.41
   
0.23
   
(1.42
)
   
(1.19
)
 
(0.20
)
 
(0.98
)
   
(1.18
)
   
12.04
   
(8.68
)
   
1,237,283
   
1.71
   
0.55
   
0.55
   
33
 
07/01/20
06/30/21
   
10.61
   
0.20
   
3.99
     
4.19
   
(0.39
)
 
     
(0.39
)
   
14.41
   
40.12
     
1,149,351
   
1.52
   
0.55
   
0.55
   
42
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.47
   
0.56
   
(0.20
)
   
0.36
   
(0.10
)
 
(0.12
)
   
(0.22
)
   
10.61
   
3.27
     
452,012
   
5.26
   
0.57
   
0.57
   
32
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.58
   
0.20
   
0.89
     
1.09
   
(0.11
)
 
(0.09
)
   
(0.20
)
   
10.47
   
11.62
     
296,963
   
1.97
   
0.60
   
0.60
   
45
 
               
Investor Shares*
             
07/01/22
06/30/23
   
12.02
   
0.23
   
1.85
     
2.08
   
(0.21
)
 
(0.25
)
   
(0.46
)
   
13.64
   
17.46
     
2,535
   
1.74
   
0.70
   
0.70
   
17
 
07/01/21^
06/30/22
   
14.41
   
0.21
   
(1.42
)
   
(1.21
)
 
(0.20
)
 
(0.98
)
   
(1.18
)
   
12.02
   
(8.87
)
   
208
   
1.56
   
0.70
   
0.70
   
33
 

*
Redemption fees of less than $0.005/share are not presented and are included in net realized & unrealized gains (losses) from investment operations. The increase in the portfolio turnover rate  for Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund for the year ended June 30, 2019 was primarily the result of a change in sub-advisers during the year.
^
Information presented is for the entire history of the share class.
+
Distribution made was less than $0.005/share.
(a)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the fiscal period.
(b)
Annualized for periods less than one year.  Ratios include only income and expenses of the funds themselves, as presented in the Statements of Operations, and do not include any additional or pro rata amounts of income or expenses from the ownership of any other investment companies (as applicable).
(c)
Not annualized for periods less than one year.  Portfolio turnover rates are calculated at the fund level (not by individual share class).
(d)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any expense waivers or expense recoupments.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2023


Note 1. Organization
 
Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-ended management investment company. The Trust offers the following series of shares (each a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”):
 
Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund (“Growth Equity Fund”) seeks to achieve capital appreciation by primarily investing in equity securities,
   
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund (“Flexible Equity Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital,
   
Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund (“Equity Income Fund”) seeks to provide current dividend yield and dividend growth,
   
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund (“Sustainable Growth Fund”) seeks to achieve capital appreciation,
   
Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund (“Mid-Cap Growth Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation,
   
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund (“Small-Cap Growth Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by primarily investing in equity securities,
   
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund (“Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation,
   
Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund (“Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small-cap companies,
   
Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund (“Sustainable Value Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation,
   
Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund (“Global Leaders Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in global equities,
   
Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund (“Sustainable International Leaders Fund”) seeks to achieve long- term capital appreciation by investing primarily in international equities,
   
Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund (“Intermediate Income Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of principal within an intermediate-term maturity structure,
   
Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund (“Sustainable Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a competitive total return consistent with the preservation of principal while giving special consideration to certain environmental, social and governance criteria,
   
Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund (“Maryland Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from both Federal and Maryland State income taxes without undue risk,
   
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (“Tax-Exempt Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from Federal income tax by investing primarily in intermediate-term investment grade municipal bonds,
   
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund (“Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from Federal income tax by investing primarily in intermediate-term investment grade municipal bonds while giving special consideration to certain environmental, social, and governance criteria,
   
Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund (“Mortgage Securities Fund”) seeks to maximize total return consistent with preservation of capital,
   
Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund (“WMC Strategic European Equity Fund”) seeks to achieve total return by investing principally in equity securities issued by companies established or operating in Europe,
   
Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund (“Emerging Markets Select Fund”) seeks to achieve total return by investing principally in equity securities issued by companies established or operating in emerging markets, and
   
Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund (“Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund”) seeks to achieve capital appreciation.



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Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2023


The Funds inception dates are as follows. Operations commenced the first business day after the inception date.
 
 
Institutional
Investor
Advisor
   
Institutional
Investor
Advisor
Fund
Shares
Shares
Shares
 
Fund
Shares
Shares
Shares
Growth Equity
10/19/2012
6/28/1999
5/18/2006
 
Intermediate Income
11/2/1995
5/13/1991
Flexible Equity
10/19/2012
11/30/2006
1/24/2007
 
Sustainable Bond
7/2/2018
8/7/2017
Equity Income
10/19/2012
12/29/2011
12/29/2011
 
Maryland Bond
12/21/2000
Sustainable Growth
6/29/2012
6/29/2012
6/29/2012
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
7/2/2018
6/29/2012
Mid-Cap Growth
7/2/2018
10/2/2017
 
Tax-Exempt
     
Small-Cap Growth
9/20/2002
6/28/1999
4/25/2006
 
  Sustainable Bond
12/2/2019
Small-Cap
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Securities
5/13/2014
12/26/2013
  Fundamental Value
10/19/2012
12/31/2008
7/28/2011
 
WMC Strategic
     
Sustainable
 
 
 
 
  European Equity
10/21/2013
10/21/2013
10/21/2013
  Small-Cap Core
9/30/2021
9/30/2021
 
Emerging
     
Sustainable Value
2/28/2023
2/28/2023
 
  Markets Select
12/12/2012
12/12/2012
12/12/2012
Global Leaders
10/31/2018
7/1/2015
 
Beutel Goodman
     
Sustainable
 
 
 
 
  Large-Cap Value
2/13/2018
6/30/2021
  International Leaders
2/28/2022
2/28/2022
         

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Funds are investment companies and follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies, which is part of U.S. GAAP.
 
A. Security Valuation – The Funds have adopted pricing and valuation procedures pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act. Under these procedures, the Adviser serves as the Funds Valuation Designee. The Valuation Designee performs all fair value determinations along with all other responsibilities in accordance with Rule 2a-5. As Valuation Designee, the Adviser is authorized to make all necessary determinations of fair values of portfolio securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or if it is deemed that the prices obtained from independent pricing services are inaccurate or unreliable.
 
The Funds have adopted US GAAP fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs, if any, during the period. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
Level 1 –
Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
   
Level 2 –
Evaluated price based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment spreads, credit risk, etc).
   
Level 3 –
Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
Domestic Equity Securities – Domestic equity securities that are traded on a national securities exchange, except those listed on the NASDAQ Global Market® (“NASDAQ”), are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded or NASDAQ security does not trade, then the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices will be used. All equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are valued at the last sale price in the over- the counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. Such domestic equity securities are typically categorized as Level 1 securities. Investments in other domestic open-ended mutual funds are valued at their reported Net Asset Value (“NAV”) and are typically categorized as Level 1 securities. Investments in Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) and Closed-End Funds are valued at their last reported sale price and are typically categorized as Level 1 securities.
 


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Foreign Equity Securities – For foreign equity securities that are traded on foreign exchanges, the Funds have selected ICE Data Services (“ICE”) to provide pricing data. The use of ICE’s pricing services with respect to these foreign exchange traded securities is designed to capture events occurring after a foreign exchange closes that may affect the value of certain holdings of the Funds that are traded on those foreign exchanges. The Funds utilize a confidence interval when determining whether or not to utilize these prices provided by ICE. The confidence interval is a measure of the relationship that each foreign exchange traded security has to movements in various indices and the price of the foreign exchange traded security’s corresponding American Depositary Receipt, if one exists. ICE provides a confidence interval for each foreign exchange traded security for which it provides a price. If the confidence interval provided by ICE is equal to or greater than a predefined level utilized by the Funds, the Funds will value that foreign exchange traded security at that price. If the confidence interval provided by ICE is less than the predefined level utilized by the Funds, the Funds will value that foreign exchange traded security at the preceding closing price on its respective foreign exchange, or, if there were no transactions on the preceding day, at the mean between the bid and the asked prices. Such foreign securities are typically categorized as Level 2 securities. Foreign securities for which the local market closing prices are utilized are typically categorized as Level 1 securities.
 
Debt Securities – Debt securities are valued by using the mean between the closing bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service. If the closing bid and asked prices are not readily available, the independent pricing service may provide a price determined by a matrix pricing method. These techniques generally consider such factors as yields or prices of bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity, ratings and general market conditions. Fixed income debt instruments, such as commercial paper, banker’s acceptances and U.S. Treasury Bills, having a maturity of less than 60 days are valued at amortized cost when the amortized cost value is determined to approximate fair value established using market-based and issuer-specific factors. Such debt securities are typically categorized as Level 2.
 
Exchange Traded Options – Exchange traded options are valued at the composite price, using the National Best Bid and Offer quotes (NBBO). NBBO consists of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across any of the exchanges on which an option is quoted, thus providing a view across the entire U.S. options marketplace. Specifically, composite pricing calculates the mean of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across the exchanges where the option is traded. Such options are typically categorized as Level 2.
 
Futures Contracts – Futures contracts are generally valued at the settlement prices established each day on the exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 securities.
 
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts – Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rates of the underlying currencies and are categorized as Level 2 securities.
 
Securities for which quotations are not readily available, or for which quotations are deemed to be inaccurate or unreliable, are valued at their respective fair values as determined in good faith under guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. These are generally considered Level 3 securities when significant unobservable inputs are utilized in the determination of the fair value. When a security is “fair valued,” consideration is given to the facts and circumstances relevant to the particular situation, including a review of various factors set forth in the guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Fair value pricing is an inherently subjective process, and no single standard exists for determining fair value. Different funds could reasonably arrive at different values for the same security. The use of fair value pricing by a fund may cause the net asset value of its shares to differ significantly from the net asset value that would be calculated without regard to such considerations. As of the date of this report, the Small-Cap Growth Fund and Emerging Markets Select Fund held Level 3 securities for which significant and unobservable inputs or assumptions were used in the determination of fair value. The total value of such securities held as of the date of this report was $1,268,930  or 0.1% of Small-Cap Growth Fund’s net assets and $1,848 or 0.0% of Emerging Market Select Fund’s net assets. The following is a summary of inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of June 30, 2023:
 


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Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Growth Equity Fund
                 
Common Stocks
 
$
2,379,357,367
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
78,322,597
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
51,949,309
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
2,509,629,273
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Flexible Equity Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
679,498,524
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
8,630,974
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
18,388,478
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
706,517,976
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Equity Income Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
67,205,673
   
$
   
$
 
Preferred Stocks
   
421,255
     
     
 
REIT^
   
2,876,157
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
2,237,337
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
72,740,422
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Sustainable Growth Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
7,232,516,922
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
274,135,935
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
134,012,462
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
7,640,665,319
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
88,298,513
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
1,787,333
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
5,686,143
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
95,771,989
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Small-Cap Growth Fund†
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
1,973,740,421
   
$
   
$
 
Private Placements
   
     
     
1,268,930
 
REIT^
   
36,689,492
     
     
 
Exchange Traded Funds
   
52,193,190
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
184,800,488
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
2,247,423,591
   
$
   
$
1,268,930
 
                         
Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
1,010,955,910
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
111,219,590
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
54,928,108
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
1,177,103,608
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
44,978,070
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
2,007,920
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
3,519,714
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
50,505,704
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Sustainable Value Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
45,383,300
   
$
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
2,820,271
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
48,203,571
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Global Leaders Fund
                       
Common Stocks:
                       
  Brazil
 
$
39,265,411
   
$
   
$
 
  China
   
     
45,343,124
     
 
  Denmark
   
     
28,557,585
     
 
  France
   
     
63,921,586
     
 
  Germany
   
     
93,933,424
     
 
  India
   
     
50,830,539
     
 
  Indonesia
   
     
35,440,420
     
 
  Netherlands
   
38,379,136
     
36,229,560
     
 
  Sweden
   
     
26,023,444
     
 
  Switzerland
   
     
39,236,102
     
 
  Taiwan
   
48,664,432
     
     
 
  United Kingdom
   
     
108,194,643
     
 
  United States
   
804,427,230
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
15,191,809
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
945,928,018
   
$
527,710,427
   
$
 
                         
Sustainable International Leaders Fund
                       
Common Stocks:
                       
  Brazil
 
$
939,468
   
$
   
$
 
  Canada
   
923,676
     
     
 
  China
   
     
856,193
     
 
  Denmark
   
     
977,439
     
 
  Finland
   
     
716,954
     
 
  France
   
     
1,998,500
     
 
  Germany
   
     
1,815,670
     
 
  India
   
953,496
     
479,797
     
 
  Indonesia
   
     
769,571
     
 
  Japan
   
     
754,549
     
 
  Mexico
   
539,776
     
     
 
  Netherlands
   
     
2,504,569
     
 
  Sweden
   
     
884,402
     
 
  Switzerland
   
     
1,697,509
     
 
  United Kingdom
   
     
5,503,244
     
 
  United States
   
1,317,559
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
371,672
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
5,045,647
   
$
18,958,397
   
$
 
                         
Intermediate Income Fund
                       
Mortgage Backed Securities
 
$
   
$
26,553,070
   
$
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
     
22,921,365
     
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
6,010,581
     
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
     
49,585,170
     
 
Affiliated Mutual Funds
   
15,057,017
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
5,252,688
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
20,309,705
   
$
105,070,186
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Long*
 
$
(331,251
)
 
$
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Short*
 
$
105,427
   
$
   
$
 



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Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Sustainable Bond Fund
                 
Mortgage Backed Securities
 
$
   
$
212,021,948
   
$
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
     
166,706,850
     
 
Foreign Government Bonds
   
     
166,270,456
     
 
U.S. Treasury Securities
   
     
103,601,114
     
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
27,208,583
     
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
9,604,563
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
281,273,994
     
2,047,152
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
281,273,994
   
$
687,460,666
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Long*
 
$
(2,141,775
)
 
$
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Short*
 
$
69,226
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Maryland Bond Fund
                       
Municipal Bonds
 
$
   
$
159,838,807
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
3,582,287
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
3,582,287
   
$
159,838,807
   
$
 
                         
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
                       
Municipal Bonds
 
$
   
$
780,591,188
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
9,788,932
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
9,788,932
   
$
780,591,188
   
$
 
                         
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
                       
Municipal Bonds
 
$
   
$
284,694,043
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
1,959,564
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
1,959,564
   
$
284,694,043
   
$
 
                         
Mortgage Securities Fund
                       
Mortgage Backed Securities
 
$
   
$
265,447,329
   
$
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
22,723,255
     
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
     
4,406,814
     
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
472,584
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
86,667,019
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
86,667,019
   
$
293,049,982
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Long*
 
$
(459,830
)
 
$
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Short*
 
$
(14,645
)
 
$
   
$
 
                         
WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
                       
Common Stocks:
                       
  Austria
 
$
   
$
10,249,957
   
$
 
  Belgium
   
57,189
     
13,111,723
     
 
  Czech Republic
   
     
2,183,205
     
 
  Denmark
   
     
1,247,995
     
 
  France
   
     
30,850,875
     
 
  Germany
   
     
35,505,216
     
 
  Ireland
   
     
5,278,525
     
 
  Italy
   
     
45,027
     
 
  Netherlands
   
     
8,816,487
     
 
  Portugal
   
     
4,638,945
     
 
  Spain
   
     
10,099,018
     
 
  Sweden
   
     
11,602,737
     
 
  Switzerland
   
     
15,465,220
     
 
  United Kingdom
   
2,187,059
     
81,721,304
     
 
Preferred Stocks
   
     
2,611,081
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
6,732,961
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
8,977,209
   
$
233,427,315
   
$
 
                         
Emerging Markets Select Fund†
                       
Common Stocks:
                       
  Brazil
 
$
19,993,788
   
$
   
$
 
  China
   
10,213,840
     
168,031,468
     
 
  Hungary
   
     
5,828,887
     
 
  India
   
     
83,677,778
     
 
  Indonesia
   
     
18,887,401
     
 
  Russia
   
     
     
1,848
 
  Singapore
   
     
17,973,976
     
 
  South Africa
   
     
4,022,067
     
 
  South Korea
   
     
70,757,447
     
 
  Taiwan
   
     
74,717,483
     
 
  Thailand
   
     
8,960,988
     
 
  Turkey
   
     
1,365,253
     
 
  United Arab Emirates
   
4,042,559
     
     
 
  United Kingdom
   
     
4,649,652
     
 
  United States
   
15,012,470
     
     
 
Preferred Stocks
   
11,311,982
     
     
 
Exchange Traded Funds
   
2,111,464
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
17,117,549
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
79,803,652
   
$
458,872,400
   
$
1,848
 
                         
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
1,619,342,690
   
$
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
37,081,327
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
1,656,424,017
   
$
   
$
 

^
Real Estate Investment Trusts
*
Amounts presented for Futures Contracts represent total unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of the date of this report.
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets.

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Investment securities transactions are accounted for on trade date. Discounts/premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted/amortized to contractual maturity, estimated maturity, or next call date, as applicable. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Income and capital gains on some foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding or capital gains taxes. Identified cost of investments sold is used to determine the gain and loss for both financial statement and Federal income tax purposes. Distributions deemed to be a return of capital are recorded as a reduction of the cost of the related investments or as realized capital gains when there is no remaining cost basis on the investments.
 


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C. Expenses and Share Class Allocations – Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated to the respective Funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. In Funds with multiple share classes, each share class has equal rights to earnings and assets except that each share class bears different shareholder servicing and/or Rule 12b-1 distribution expenses. Each share class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect just that share class. Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific share class), and realized and unrealized capital gains or losses on investments are allocated to each share class on the basis of relative net assets.
 
D. Foreign Currency – Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. Dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. Dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions.
 
The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments. Some of the Funds may invest in forward foreign currency contracts. These amounts are presented separately from realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments in the financial statements.
 
E. Options – The Funds may invest in options. When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by a Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by a Fund on the expiration date as realized gain from investments. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency determining whether a Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchase by a Fund. A Fund, as a writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.
 
When a Fund purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium paid by a Fund is recorded as an investment and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option purchased. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if a Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a call option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If a put option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities. None of the Funds purchased, sold or wrote any options during the year ended June 30, 2023.
 
F. To-Be-Announced Securities – Some of the Funds may invest in to-be-announced securities (“TBAs”). TBAs is a term that is generally used to describe forward-settling mortgage-backed securities. These TBAs are generally issued by U.S. Government Agencies or U.S. Government Sponsored Entities such as Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae. The actual mortgage-backed security that will be delivered to the buyer at the time TBAs trades are entered into is not known, however, the terms of the acceptable pools of loans that will comprise the mortgage-backed security are determined at the time the trade is entered into (coupon rate, maturity, credit quality, etc.). Investment in TBAs will generally increase a Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk and could also expose a Fund to counterparty default risk. In order to mitigate counterparty default risk, the Funds only enter into TBAs with counterparties for which the risk of default is determined to be remote. As a purchaser or seller of TBAs, the Funds segregate cash or cash equivalents as collateral as required in accordance with applicable industry regulations.
 
G. Tender Option Bonds – Maryland Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund may engage in tender option bond (“TOB”) transactions up to 5% of its net assets which are accounted for by the funds as a secured borrowing. In a typical TOB transaction, a Fund or another party deposits fixed-rate municipal bonds or other securities into a special purposes entity, referred to as a tender option bond trust (a “TOB Trust”). The TOB Trust generally issues short-term floating rate interests (“Floaters”), which are generally sold to third party investors (often money market funds) and residual interests (“Residual Interests”), which are generally held by the Fund or party that contributed the securities to the TOB Trust. The interest rates payable on the Residual Interests bear an inverse relationship to the interest rate on the Floaters. The interest rate on the Floaters is reset by a remarketing process typically every 7 to 35 days. After income is paid on the Floaters at current, short- term rates, the residual income from the underlying bond held by the TOB Trust goes to the Residual Interests. If a Fund is the depositor of the municipal bonds or other securities to the TOB Trust, the Fund will receive the proceeds from the TOB Trust’s sale of the Floaters, less certain transaction costs. These proceeds may be used by the Fund to invest in other securities, which would have a leveraging effect on the Fund.
 


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Residual Interests may be more volatile and less liquid than other municipal bonds of comparable maturity. In most circumstances, the holder of the Residual Interests bears substantially all of the underlying bond’s downside investment risk and also benefits from any appreciation in the value of the underlying bond. Investments in Residual Interests typically will involve greater risk than investments in the underlying municipal bond, including the risk of loss of principal. Because changes in the interest rate on the Floaters inversely affect the residual interest paid on the Residual Interests, the value of the Residual Interests is generally more volatile than that of a fixed-rate municipal bond. Floaters and Residual Interests are subject to interest rate adjustment formulas which generally reduce or, in the extreme, eliminate the interest received by the Residual Interests when short-term interest rates rise, and increase the interest received when short-term interest rates fall.
 
The Residual Interests held by a Fund provide the Fund with the right to: (1) cause the holders of the Floaters to tender their notes at par, and (2) cause the sale of the underlying bond held by the TOB Trust, thereby collapsing the TOB Trust. A Fund may invest in a TOB Trust on either a non-recourse and recourse basis. Each Fund does not currently intend to invest in a TOB Trust on a recourse basis, although each Fund reserves the right to do so in the future. TOB Trusts are typically supported by a liquidity facility provided by a third-party bank or other financial institution (the “Liquidity Provider”) that allows the holders of the Floaters to tender their Floaters in exchange for payment of par plus accrued interest on any business day (subject to the non- occurrence of a TOTE, as such term is defined below). Depending on the structure of the TOB Trust, the Liquidity Provider may purchase the tendered Floaters, or the TOB Trust may draw upon a loan from the Liquidity Provider to purchase the tendered Floaters.
 
The TOB Trust may also be collapsed without the consent of a Fund, as the holder of the Residual Interest, upon the occurrence of certain “tender option termination events” (or “TOTEs”) as defined in the TOB Trust agreements. Such termination events typically include the bankruptcy or default of the municipal bond, a substantial downgrade in credit quality of the municipal bond, or a judgment or ruling that interest on the underlying municipal bond is subject to federal income taxation. Upon the occurrence of a TOTE, the TOB Trust would generally be liquidated in full with the proceeds typically applied first to any accrued fees owed to the trustee, remarketing agent and liquidity provider, and then to the holders of the Floaters up to par plus accrued interest owed on the Floaters and a portion of gain share, if any, with the balance paid out to the holder of the Residual Interests. In the case of a mandatory termination event, as defined in the TOB Trust agreements, after the payment of fees, the holders of the Floaters would be paid before the holders of the Residual Interests (i.e., the Fund). In contrast, in the case of a TOTE, after payment of fees, the holders of the Floaters and the holders of the Residual Interests would be paid pro rata in proportion to the respective face values of their certificates.
 
Under GAAP, securities of a Fund that are deposited into a TOB Trust continue to be treated as investments of the Fund and are presented on the Fund’s Schedule of Investments and outstanding Floaters issued by a TOB Trust are presented as “Floating rate note obligations, interest and fees” in the liabilities section of the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and also includes interest and fees associated with the floating rate obligations. Interest income from the underlying security is recorded by the Fund on an accrual basis and included as part of “Interest Income” on the Statements of Operations. Interest expense and other fees incurred on the Floaters is included on the Statement of Operations as “Interest expense and fees on floating rate note obligations”. During the year ended as of the date of this report, the Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund engaged in TOB transactions and $202,936 and $46,270 of such expenses were incurred, respectively. As of the date of this report, none of the Funds had outstanding floating rate obligations related to its tender option bond transactions. The average amount of outstanding floating rate note obligations for the Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund during the period of this report was $8,845,518 and $1,864,542, respectively.
 
H. Distributions to Shareholders – For Maryland Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund, distributions of net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions to shareholders of net investment income, if any, are declared and paid monthly for the Intermediate Income Fund, Sustainable Bond Fund and Mortgage Securities Fund and quarterly for the Equity Income Fund. The remaining Funds declare and pay net investment income, if any, at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of net capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. If a Fund is involved in a reorganization in which it acquires, or is being acquired by another fund, an additional distribution of net investment income and/or capital gains may be made prior to such reorganization.
 
I. Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 


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J. Federal Taxes – Each Fund has elected to be taxed as a “regulated investment company” and intends to distribute substantially all taxable income to its shareholders and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes or excise taxes has been made.
 
The Funds recognize tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities.
 
The Funds have analyzed their tax positions and have concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain income tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years (2020-2022) as of June 30, 2023 or are expected to be taken in the Funds’ 2023 tax returns. The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and Delaware State; however, the Funds are not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next year.
 
K. Redemption Fees – A shareholder who redeems or exchanges shares of the Funds within fourteen days of purchase will incur a redemption fee of 1.00% of the current net asset value of shares redeemed or exchanged, subject to certain exceptions. The fee is charged for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and will be paid to the Fund to help offset transaction costs. The fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. Each Fund reserves the right to modify the terms of or terminate the fee at any time.
 
L. Guarantees and Indemnifications – In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
M. New Accounting Pronouncements and SEC Regulations –In June 2022, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2022-03 (“ASU 2022-03”), Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820)—Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sales Restrictions. The amendments in ASU 2022-03 clarify that a contractual restriction on a sale of an equity security is not considered a part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. The amendments in ASU 2022-03 also require the following disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions: (i) the fair value of equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions reflected in the balance sheet, (ii) the nature and remaining duration of the restriction(s), and (iii) the circumstances that could cause a lapse in the restriction(s). The amendments in ASU 2022-03 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years for public business entities (early adoption is also permitted). Management is currently evaluating the potential effect that this ASU amendment will have on the Funds’ financial statements.
 


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Note 3. Commitments and Other Affiliated Party Transactions
 
Investment Adviser – Brown Advisory LLC serves as Investment Adviser (“the Adviser”) to the Funds. Pursuant to investment advisory agreements, the Adviser receives a management fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, from each Fund at an annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:
 
Fund
Breakpoint
Annual Fee
Fund
Breakpoint
Annual Fee
Growth Equity and
First $1.5 billion
0.60%
Flexible Equity
First $150 million
0.50%
Sustainable Growth
$1.5 billion to $3 billion
0.55%
 
$150 million to $250 million
0.45%
 
$3 billion to $6 billion
0.50%
 
$250 million to $1 billion
0.40%
 
Over $6 billion
0.45%
 
Over $1 billion
0.38%

Fund
Annual Fee
 
Fund
Annual Fee
Equity Income
0.60%
 
Sustainable Bond
0.30%
Mid-Cap Growth
0.65%
 
Maryland Bond
0.30%
Small-Cap Growth
0.85%
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
0.30%
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
0.85%
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
0.30%
Sustainable Small-Cap Core
0.85%
 
Mortgage Securities Fund
0.30%
Sustainable Value
0.60%
 
WMC Strategic European Equity2
0.90%
Global Leaders1
0.65%
 
Emerging Markets Select2,3
0.90%
Sustainable International Leaders1
0.75%
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value4
0.45%
Intermediate Income
0.30%
     

1
Brown Advisory Limited (“BAL”) serves as sub-adviser to the Global Leaders Fund and the Sustainable International Leaders Fund and makes investment decisions on their behalf. BAL is compensated for its services by the Adviser.
2
Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington”) serves as sub-adviser to the WMC Strategic European Equity Fund and the Emerging Markets Select Fund and makes investment decisions on their behalf. Wellington is compensated for its services by the Adviser.
3
Pzena Investment Management, LLC (“Pzena”) serves as sub-adviser to the Emerging Markets Select Fund and makes investment decisions on its behalf. Pzena is compensated for its services by the Adviser.
4
Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. (“Beutel Goodman”) serves as sub-adviser to the Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund and makes investment decisions on its behalf. Beutel Goodman is compensated for its services by the Adviser.

These fees are reported on the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Investment advisory fees”.
 
Business Management Fees – The Adviser is also entitled to receive an annual business management fee of 0.05%, accrued daily and payable monthly, of the Funds’ average daily net assets in exchange for its management and oversight of the non-investment advisory services provided to the Funds and the Trust. These fees are reported on the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Business management fees”.
 
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements (Operating Expense Caps) – The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse certain expenses to limit total annual operating expenses as follows:
 
Fund(s):
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Growth Equity, Flexible Equity, Sustainable Growth and Mid-Cap Growth
0.82%
0.97%
1.22%
Equity Income
0.76%
0.91%
1.16%
Small-Cap Growth
1.04%
1.19%
1.44%
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
1.03%
1.18%
1.43%
Sustainable Small-Cap Core
0.93%
1.08%
1.33%
Global Leaders
0.87%
1.02%
1.27%
Sustainable International Leaders
0.85%
1.00%
1.25%
Intermediate Income
0.48%
0.53%
0.78%
Sustainable Bond
0.53%
0.58%
0.83%
Maryland Bond and Mortgage Securities
0.55%
0.60%
0.85%
Tax-Exempt Bond and Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
0.62%
0.67%
0.92%
WMC Strategic European Equity
1.11%
1.26%
1.51%
Emerging Markets Select
1.17%
1.32%
1.57%
Sustainable Value and Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
0.70%
0.85%
1.10%



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During the year ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser waived $40,287 in expenses for Equity Income Fund, $11,288 in expenses for Mid-Cap Growth Fund, $96,918 in expenses for Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund, $56,368 in expenses for Sustainable Value Fund and $110,385 in expenses for Sustainable International Leaders Fund. The Adviser may recoup any waived amounts from the Funds if such reimbursement does not cause the Funds to exceed its existing expense limitations or the limitation in place at the time the reduction was originally made and the amount recouped is made within three years after the date on which the Adviser waived the expense. The Funds must pay their current ordinary operating expenses before the Adviser is entitled to any recoupment of previously waived fees and/or expenses. The cumulative amounts of previously waived fees that the Adviser may recoup from the Funds are shown below:
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2024
   
2025
   
2026
   
Total
 
Equity Income Fund
 
$
20,506
   
$
22,413
   
$
40,287
   
$
83,206
 
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
   
53,751
     
     
11,288
     
65,039
 
Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
   
N/A
     
89,225
     
96,918
     
186,143
 
Sustainable Value Fund
   
N/A
     
N/A
     
56,368
     
56,368
 
Global Leaders Fund
   
84,839
     
     
     
84,839
 
Sustainable International Leaders Fund
   
N/A
     
59,952
     
110,385
     
170,337
 

Distribution – ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) serves as principal underwriter for shares of the Funds and acts as each Fund’s Distributor in a continuous public offering of each Fund’s shares.
 
Rule 12b-1 Distribution Fees – Under a Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act (“Distribution Plan”), each Fund pays ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), or any other entity as authorized by the Board, as compensation for the distribution-related and/or shareholder services provided by such entities an aggregate fee equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Advisor Shares for each Fund. The Distributor may pay any or all amounts received under the Rule 12b-1 Plan to financial intermediaries or other persons, including the Adviser, for any distribution or service activity. These fees are reported in the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Distribution fees – Advisor Shares”.
 
Shareholder Servicing Fees – The Trust has also adopted a Shareholder Service Plan under which each Fund may pay a fee of up to 0.15% of the average daily net assets of each Fund’s Investor and Advisor Shares (except for the Intermediate Income Fund, Sustainable Bond Fund, Maryland Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund and Mortgage Securities Fund, which may pay a fee of up to 0.05%) for shareholder services provided to the Funds by financial institutions, including the Adviser. The Adviser serves as the shareholder servicing agent of the Funds. These fees are reported in the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Service fees – Investor Shares” and “Service fees – Advisor Shares”.
 
Investments in Affiliates – Intermediate Income Fund – The Intermediate Income Fund and Mortgage Securities Fund are considered affiliates since Brown Advisory LLC is the Adviser to both of the Funds. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Intermediate Income Fund invests a portion of its assets into the Mortgage Securities Fund. As of June 30, 2023, the Intermediate Income Fund owned shares of the Mortgage Securities Fund with a total value of $15,057,017, or 12.0% of the Intermediate Income Fund’s net assets.
 
The Intermediate Income Fund has entered into a Fee Waiver Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Adviser. Per the Agreement, the Intermediate Income Fund will waive Advisory Fees in an amount equal to the Advisory Fees earned by the Mortgage Securities Fund on the assets invested into it by the Intermediate Income Fund. For example, if the Intermediate Income Fund owned $10,000,000 worth of the Mortgage Securities Fund for an entire year, it would waive, on an annual basis, $30,000 in Advisory Fees ($10,000,000 multiplied by 0.30%, the annual Advisory Fee ratio for the Mortgage Securities Fund). For the year ended June 30, 2023 the Intermediate Income Fund waived $47,084 in Advisory Fees per the terms of the Agreement. This is a permanent waiver of fees and these waived fees may not be recouped by the Adviser at any time in the future.
 


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See the table below for details of the Intermediate Income Fund’s investment in the Mortgage Securities Fund Institutional Shares for the year ended June 30, 2023:
 
     
Net
Change In
       
Beginning
   
Realized
Unrealized
Ending
   
Shares
Market Value
   
Gains
Appreciation
Market Value
Dividend
Capital Gain
Owned at
06/30/2022
Purchases
Sales
(Losses)
(Depreciation)
06/30/2023
Income
Distributions
06/30/2023
$17,238,512
$—
$(1,319,360)
$(178,456)
$(683,679)
$15,057,017
$489,493
$—
1,654,617

Other Service Providers – U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“Fund Services”), doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, serves as the Funds’ Administrator (“Administrator”), and in that capacity, performs various administrative services for the Funds. Fund Services also serves as the Funds’ fund accountant and transfer agent. Certain officers of the Trust are employees of Fund Services and the Funds’ custodian, U.S. Bank, N.A., is an affiliate of the Administrator. Fees paid to Fund Services and U.S. Bank, N.A. for its service can be found in the Statements of Operations as “Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees” and “Custodian fees”, respectively. Additional amounts for miscellaneous expenses may be paid by the Funds to Fund Services and included in “Miscellaneous expenses” in the Statements of Operations.
 
Rule 17a-7 Transactions – Each Fund is permitted to purchase and sell securities to certain affiliated parties under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to these procedures, during the year ended June 30, 2023, the WMC Strategic European Equity Fund engaged in securities purchases of $432,422. The WMC Strategic European Equity Fund engaged in such securities sales of $207,382, resulting in realized loss of $184,798. These transactions are included in the purchases and sales table in Note 4.
 
Note 4. Purchases and Sales of Securities
 
The cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales of investments (including maturities), other than short-term investments, for the year ended June 30, 2023 were as follows:
 
Fund
 
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Fund
 
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Growth Equity
 
$
484,597,005
   
$
726,608,764
 
Sustainable International Leaders
 
$
16,689,023
   
$
3,083,369
 
Flexible Equity
   
75,113,433
     
87,461,894
 
Intermediate Income
   
39,120,124
     
59,396,317
 
Equity Income
   
4,513,880
     
15,528,701
 
Sustainable Bond
   
1,011,950,954
     
844,029,804
 
Sustainable Growth
   
1,732,316,520
     
796,556,476
 
Maryland Bond
   
81,144,415
     
86,928,901
 
Mid-Cap Growth
   
52,977,649
     
91,600,444
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
587,527,765
     
623,320,891
 
Small-Cap Growth
   
606,783,706
     
535,756,938
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
325,592,913
     
355,139,192
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
393,793,244
     
493,602,986
 
Mortgage Securities
   
718,966,057
     
743,580,882
 
Sustainable Small-Cap Core
   
34,897,812
     
25,786,686
 
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
151,484,171
     
183,472,059
 
Sustainable Value
   
46,241,303
     
2,224,583
 
Emerging Markets Select
   
339,369,781
     
327,408,101
 
Global Leaders
   
323,087,217
     
226,338,430
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
454,731,465
     
240,715,765
 

Purchases and sales of U.S. Government securities are included in the totals above and include U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes. The Funds listed below purchased and sold U.S. Government securities for the year ended June 30, 2023 as follows:
 
Fund
 
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Fund
 
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Intermediate Income
 
$
18,018,560
   
$
16,925,392
 
Mortgage Securities
 
$
16,679,209
   
$
12,125,155
 
Sustainable Bond
   
39,315,673
     
107,420,317
                   



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Note 5. Federal Income Tax and Distribution Information
 
At June 30, 2023, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
   
Growth
   
Flexible
   
Equity
   
Sustainable
   
Mid-Cap
   
Small-Cap
 
   
Equity
   
Equity
   
Income
   
Growth
   
Growth
   
Growth
 
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
 
Cost of investments
 
$
1,535,723,919
   
$
328,324,983
   
$
40,268,342
   
$
5,582,240,678
   
$
78,039,082
   
$
1,905,904,882
 
Unrealized appreciation
   
1,140,360,699
     
396,823,553
     
34,119,508
     
2,467,452,019
     
22,276,670
     
497,691,030
 
Unrealized depreciation
   
(166,455,345
)
   
(18,630,560
)
   
(1,647,428
)
   
(409,027,378
)
   
(4,543,763
)
   
(154,903,391
)
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
973,905,354
     
378,192,993
     
32,472,080
     
2,058,424,641
     
17,732,907
     
342,787,639
 
Undistributed income
   
     
1,552,294
     
9,272
     
633,371
     
     
 
Undistributed capital gains
   
89,595,945
     
12,273,366
     
4,016,337
     
     
     
 
Total undistributed earnings
   
89,595,945
     
13,825,660
     
4,025,609
     
633,371
     
     
 
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
(2,207,095
)
   
     
     
(10,416,902
)
   
(14,763,398
)
   
(12,850,190
)
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
1,061,294,204
   
$
392,018,653
   
$
36,497,689
   
$
2,048,641,110
   
$
2,969,509
   
$
329,937,449
 
                                                 
   
Small-Cap
   
Sustainable
   
Sustainable
   
Global
   
Sustainable
   
Intermediate
 
   
Fundamental
   
Small-Cap
   
Value
   
Leaders
   
International
   
Income
 
   
Value Fund
   
Core Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Leaders Fund
   
Fund
 
Cost of investments
 
$
942,751,710
   
$
51,311,851
   
$
46,760,185
   
$
1,079,850,957
   
$
20,710,081
   
$
135,650,291
 
Unrealized appreciation
   
328,662,910
     
7,152,961
     
2,664,240
     
417,862,519
     
3,611,319
     
62,650
 
Unrealized depreciation
   
(94,311,012
)
   
(7,959,108
)
   
(1,220,854
)
   
(24,075,031
)
   
(317,356
)
   
(10,333,050
)
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
234,351,898
     
(806,147
)
   
1,443,386
     
393,787,488
     
3,293,963
     
(10,270,400
)
Undistributed income
   
4,395,256
     
60,483
     
207,087
     
7,529,353
     
145,740
     
203,200
 
Undistributed capital gains
   
45,684,651
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total undistributed earnings
   
50,079,907
     
60,483
     
207,087
     
7,529,353
     
145,740
     
203,200
 
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
     
(2,674,538
)
   
(76,805
)
   
(52,645,126
)
   
(148,010
)
   
(6,947,488
)
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
284,431,805
   
$
(3,420,202
)
 
$
1,573,668
   
$
348,671,715
   
$
3,291,693
   
$
(17,014,688
)
                                                 
   
Sustainable
   
Maryland
   
Tax-Exempt
   
Tax-Exempt
   
Mortgage
   
WMC Strategic
 
   
Bond
   
Bond
   
Bond
   
Sustainable
   
Securities
   
European
 
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Bond Fund
   
Fund
   
Equity Fund
 
Cost of investments
 
$
992,202,229
   
$
171,275,315
   
$
803,858,955
   
$
297,656,057
   
$
399,373,258
   
$
217,772,421
 
Unrealized appreciation
   
952,692
     
416,711
     
11,074,889
     
954,522
     
526,789
     
48,963,948
 
Unrealized depreciation
   
(24,420,261
)
   
(8,270,932
)
   
(24,553,724
)
   
(11,956,972
)
   
(20,183,046
)
   
(24,331,845
)
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
(23,467,569
)
   
(7,854,221
)
   
(13,478,835
)
   
(11,002,450
)
   
(19,656,257
)
   
24,632,103
 
Undistributed income
   
236,768
   
325,158^
   
2,037,489^
   
589,676^
     
726,635
     
3,666,609
 
Undistributed capital gains
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total undistributed earnings
   
236,768
     
325,158
     
2,037,489
     
589,676
     
726,635
     
3,666,609
 
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
(96,256,286
)
   
(6,979,844
)
   
(81,649,953
)
   
(15,181,128
)
   
(22,252,296
)
   
(6,848,417
)
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
(119,487,087
)
 
$
(14,508,907
)
 
$
(93,091,299
)
 
$
(25,593,902
)
 
$
(41,181,918
)
 
$
21,450,295
 



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June 30, 2023


   
Emerging
   
Beutel Goodman
 
   
Markets
   
Large-Cap
 
   
Select Fund
   
Value Fund
 
Cost of investments
 
$
503,380,053
   
$
1,471,401,478
 
Unrealized appreciation
   
88,415,689
     
250,521,408
 
Unrealized depreciation
   
(53,117,842
)
   
(65,498,869
)
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
35,297,847
     
185,022,539
 
Undistributed income
   
5,806,405
     
9,158,242
 
Undistributed capital gains
   
     
 
Total undistributed earnings
   
5,806,405
     
9,158,242
 
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
(70,262,386
)
   
 
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
(29,158,134
)
 
$
194,180,781
 

^   Represents income that is exempt from federal income taxes.
 
At June 30, 2023 the differences between tax basis and book basis amounts were primarily due to wash sales, post-October losses, post-December ordinary losses, timing differences related to the amortization of premium on certain fixed income securities, and distributions payable.
 
At June 30, 2023, the following capital loss carryforwards and tax deferrals were available and outstanding, respectively:
 
   
Capital Loss Carryforwards (Non-Expiring)
   
Tax Deferrals
 
                     
Post-October
   
Post-December
 
Fund
 
Short-Term
   
Long-Term
   
Total
   
Capital Losses
   
Ordinary Losses
 
Growth Equity
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
(2,207,095
)
Flexible Equity
   
     
     
     
     
 
Equity Income
   
     
     
     
     
 
Sustainable Growth
   
(10,416,902
)
   
     
(10,416,902
)
   
     
 
Mid-Cap Growth
   
(14,047,357
)
   
     
(14,047,357
)
   
     
(716,041
)
Small-Cap Growth
   
(10,979,509
)
   
     
(10,979,509
)
   
     
(1,870,681
)
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
     
     
     
     
 
Sustainable Small-Cap Core
   
(790,691
)
   
(1,883,847
)
   
(2,674,538
)
   
     
 
Sustainable Value
   
(76,805
)
   
     
(76,805
)
   
     
 
Global Leaders
   
(25,649,815
)
   
(27,041,597
)
   
(52,691,412
)
   
     
 
Sustainable International Leaders
   
(118,493
)
   
(30,158
)
   
(148,651
)
   
     
 
Intermediate Income
   
(3,359,226
)
   
(3,393,698
)
   
(6,752,924
)
   
     
 
Sustainable Bond
   
(49,177,149
)
   
(46,793,685
)
   
(95,970,834
)
   
     
 
Maryland Bond
   
(423,859
)
   
(6,228,516
)
   
(6,652,375
)
   
     
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
(23,621,614
)
   
(55,986,200
)
   
(79,607,814
)
   
     
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
(4,994,894
)
   
(9,596,429
)
   
(14,591,323
)
   
     
 
Mortgage Securities
   
(21,570,030
)
   
     
(21,570,030
)
   
     
 
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
(3,938,055
)
   
(2,880,706
)
   
(6,818,761
)
   
     
 
Emerging Markets Select
   
(39,691,845
)
   
(30,600,013
)
   
(70,291,858
)
   
     
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
     
     
     
     
 



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June 30, 2023


Distributions during the fiscal periods ended as noted were characterized for tax purposes as follows:
 
   
Tax-Exempt Income
   
Ordinary Income
   
Long-Term Capital Gain^
 
Fund
 
June 30, 2023
   
June 30, 2022
   
June 30, 2023
   
June 30, 2022
   
June 30, 2023
   
June 30, 2022
 
Growth Equity
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,757,252
   
$
154,275,441
   
$
418,137,727
 
Flexible Equity
   
     
     
1,834,982
     
4,916,461
     
20,267,064
     
22,220,388
 
Equity Income
   
     
     
1,210,713
     
1,607,286
     
5,880,188
     
7,564,213
 
Sustainable Growth
   
     
     
10,470
     
21,264,932
     
     
110,478,765
 
Mid-Cap Growth
   
     
     
     
7,954,927
     
6,173,357
     
8,549,551
 
Small-Cap Growth
   
     
     
     
12,395,676
     
151,387,604
     
259,770,985
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
     
     
4,527,234
     
3,250,435
     
63,667,844
     
4,127,381
 
Sustainable Small-Cap Core
   
     
     
440
     
     
176
     
 
Sustainable Value
   
     
N/A
     
     
N/A
     
     
N/A
 
Global Leaders
   
     
     
7,386,738
     
12,129,396
     
     
3,919,199
 
Sustainable International Leaders
   
     
     
38,904
     
     
     
 
Intermediate Income
   
     
     
3,282,894
     
2,233,923
     
     
1,253,851
 
Sustainable Bond
   
     
     
9,471,969
     
5,056,872
     
     
3,138,927
 
Maryland Bond
   
4,470,119
     
4,002,989
     
137,349
     
11,874
     
     
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
24,497,918
     
28,844,025
     
1,843,194
     
786,796
     
     
5,372,478
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
7,295,855
     
3,218,015
     
663,595
     
1,351,822
     
     
908,647
 
Mortgage Securities
   
     
     
9,691,538
     
4,751,700
     
     
 
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
     
     
3,633,267
     
13,640,249
     
1,383,176
     
29,108,376
 
Emerging Markets Select
   
     
     
6,117,691
     
3,800,392
     
     
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
     
     
36,650,998
     
58,920,702
     
15,444,813
     
41,288,190
 

^
Designated as a long-term capital gain dividend, pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3).  The Funds, as applicable, have also designated earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on the redemption of shares as capital gains in order to reduce earnings and profits of the Fund related to net capital gains to zero as of the date of this report.

U.S GAAP requires that certain components of net assets (presented on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities) be reclassified for permanent differences between financial reporting and tax reporting. These reclassifications are primarily the result of net operating losses, investments in real estate investment trusts, foreign currency transactions, distribution reclassifications, equalization, capital loss carryforwards from the merger of Brown Advisory Total Return Fund into Sustainable Bond Fund, and income adjustments to asset-backed security transactions. These reclassifications have no impact on the net assets of the Funds or the Funds’ NAV’s.  For the year ended June 30, 2023, the following reclassifications were made:
 
   
Paid-in
   
Distributable
       
Paid-in
   
Distributable
 
Fund
 
Capital
   
Earnings (Loss)
   
Fund
 
Capital
   
Earnings (Loss)
 
Growth Equity
 
$
15,361,902
   
$
(15,361,902
)
 
Sustainable International Leaders
 
$
   
$
 
Flexible Equity
   
1,967,565
     
(1,967,565
)
 
Intermediate Income
   
     
 
Equity Income
   
547,673
     
(547,673
)
 
Sustainable Bond
   
55,954,413
     
(55,954,413
)
Sustainable Growth
   
     
   
Maryland Bond
   
     
 
Mid-Cap Growth
   
(24
)
   
24
   
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
     
 
Small-Cap Growth
   
(14,196,908
)
   
14,196,908
   
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
     
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
9,479,578
     
(9,479,578
)
 
Mortgage Securities
   
     
 
Sustainable Small-Cap Core
   
     
   
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
     
 
Sustainable Value
   
     
   
Emerging Markets Select
   
     
 
Global Leaders
   
     
   
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
     
 

Note 6. Futures Contracts
 
The Intermediate Income Fund, Sustainable Bond Fund, and Mortgage Securities Fund invested in futures contracts during the year ended June 30, 2023. At the time a Fund purchases or enters into a futures contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral an initial margin with the broker, as required by the terms of the contract. This collateral may consist of cash and/or securities (generally U.S. Treasury Bills). Thereafter, in connection with changes in the value of the futures contracts, the Funds may send or receive collateral to or from the broker. Such amounts are included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as “Cash deposit at broker – futures contracts” or “Cash collateral from broker – futures contracts”. Securities pledged as collateral, if there are any, are included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as part of “Total investments, at value”. These securities are also tickmarked on the Schedules of Investments as being pledged in connection with open futures contracts.
 


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Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2023


Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the fluctuation in the value of the contract. These daily fluctuations are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses on futures contracts. When these futures contracts are closed, realized gains or losses on futures contracts are recorded by the Fund. The realized gains or losses are reported in the Statement of Operations as net realized gains or losses from futures contracts. Depending upon the agreement with the broker, the Funds may or may not settle variation margin daily. The Funds attempt to mitigate counterparty credit risk by only entering into futures contracts with brokers that the Funds believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of these brokers. The “Notional Amount” of futures contracts shown on the Schedule of Investments represents the notional value of the futures contracts on the day they were opened. The “Notional Value” of futures contracts shown on the Schedule of Investments represents the notional value of the futures contracts as of the date of this report. For long futures contracts, an excess of Notional Value over Notional Amount results in unrealized appreciation on the futures contract (and an excess of Notional Amount over Notional Value results in unrealized depreciation on the futures contract). The opposite is true for short futures contracts. For futures contracts denominated in foreign currencies, both the Notional Amount and Notional Value have been translated into U.S. Dollars as of the date of this report. These unrealized appreciation (depreciation) amounts represent the net impact on a Fund’s net assets as a result of open futures contracts as of the date of this report. The use of long futures contracts by the Funds subjects them to a risk of loss in excess of the gross unrealized appreciation and/or gross unrealized depreciation amounts shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and up to the total Notional Amount of the futures contract as shown on the Schedule of Investments. The use of short futures contracts by the Funds subjects them to a risk of loss in excess of the gross unrealized appreciation and/or gross unrealized depreciation amounts shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and, hypothetically, up to an unlimited amount of loss that could exceed the Notional Amount of the futures contracts as shown on the Schedules of Investments.
 
During the year ended June 30, 2023, investments in futures contracts were as follows:
 
        
Average Notional Value Outstanding
 
Fund
 
Risk Type
 
Long Futures Contracts
   
Short Futures Contracts
 
Intermediate Income
 
Interest Rate
 
$
19,518,680
   
$
(11,696,546
)
Sustainable Bond
 
Interest Rate & Currency
   
84,039,924
     
(27,491,520
)
Mortgage Securities
 
Interest Rate
   
22,084,989
     
(19,388,362
)

Investment in long futures contracts increases a Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk, while investment in short futures contracts serves to reduce a Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk. Assets and/or liabilities related to futures contracts were not subject to an arrangement wherein those assets and/or liabilities were, or could have been, settled on a net basis with any other derivative related obligations.
 
Note 7. Line of Credit
 
As of June 30, 2023, Brown Advisory Funds has a secured line of credit of up to $100,000,000 with U.S. Bank, N.A. The interest rate on the line of credit as of the date of this report was 8.25% (prime rate). The following table shows the details of the Funds’ borrowing activity during the year ended June 20, 2023. Funds that are not listed did not utilize the line of credit during the period.
 
   
Maximum
                   
   
Outstanding
   
Average
   
Total Interest
   
Average Annual
 
Fund
 
Balance
   
Daily Balance
   
Expense Incurred
   
Interest Rate
 
Mid-Cap Growth
 
$
3,210,000
   
$
8,795
   
$
557
     
6.25
%
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
9,673,000
     
82,792
     
5,246
     
6.25
%
Emerging Markets Select
   
150,000
     
411
     
26
     
6.25
%

Note 8. Market Disruptions
 
On February 24, 2022, Russia commenced a military attack on Ukraine. The outbreak of hostilities between the two countries could result in more widespread conflict and could have a severe adverse effect on the region and the markets. In addition, sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other countries, and any sanctions imposed in the future could have a significant adverse impact on the Russian economy and related markets. The price and liquidity of investments may fluctuate widely as a result of the conflict and related events. How long such conflict and related events will last and whether it will escalate further cannot be predicted, nor its effect on the Funds.
 


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June 30, 2023


Note 9. Merger of Funds
 
As of the close of business on June 23, 2023, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees, all of the assets, subject to the liabilities, of the Brown Advisory Total Return Fund (“Total Return Fund”) were transferred to the Sustainable Bond Fund in exchange for shares of the Sustainable Bond Fund of equal value. The purpose of the transaction was to combine two funds with similar investment strategies and investments into a single fund having a larger asset base that has the potential to produce economies of scale. The exchange ratio was 1.00361 for Institutional Shares and 1.00281 for Investor Shares. The net asset values of the Sustainable Bond Fund Institutional and Investor Shares on the close of business June 23, 2023, both before and after the reorganization, were $8.64 and $8.65, respectively. A total of 38,304,761 Institutional Shares and 101,652 Investor Shares were issued to shareholders of the Total Return Fund in the exchange. The Total Return Fund’s net assets at the reorganization date of $331,882,173, including $10,046,076 of unrealized depreciation, were combined with those of the Sustainable Bond Fund. Assuming the acquisition had been completed on July 1, 2022, the beginning of the annual reporting period of the Sustainable Bond Fund, proforma results of operations for the year ended June 30, 2023 would include net investment income of $20,007,896 and net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) of $(42,438,611), resulting in a decrease in net assets of $22,430,715. Prior to the reorganization, the Sustainable Bond Fund net assets totaled $392,221,571. Immediately after the reorganization, the net assets of the Sustainable Bond Fund totaled $724,103,744. The exchange was a tax-free event to the Total Return Fund shareholders. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Sustainable Bond Fund were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of investments received from the Total Return Fund was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Sustainable Bond Fund’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.
 
Note 10. Subsequent Events
 
In preparing these financial statements, the Funds have evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition through the date the financial statements were issued. No material events or transactions occurred subsequent to June 30, 2023 that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
 




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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
Brown Advisory Funds
Baltimore, MD
 
Opinion on the Financial Statements
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund, Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund, Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund, Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund, Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund, Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund, Brown Advisory Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund, Brown Advisory Sustainable  Value Fund, Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund, Brown Advisory Sustainable International Leaders Fund, Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund, Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Fund, Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund, Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund, Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund and Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”), including the schedules of investments, as of June 30, 2023, the related statements of operations, the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of June 30, 2023, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets and their financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Individual Funds
     
constituting
     
Brown Advisory
Statement of
Statements of
 
Funds
Operations
Changes in Net Assets
Financial Highlights
Brown Advisory Growth
For the year ended
For each of the two years
For each of the five years in the period
Equity Fund, Brown Advisory
June 30, 2023
in the period ended
ended June 30, 2023
Flexible Equity Fund, Brown
 
June 30, 2023
 
Advisory Equity Income Fund,
     
Brown Advisory Sustainable
     
Growth Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Brown
     
Advisory Small-Cap Growth
     
Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
     
Fund, Brown Advisory Global
     
Leaders Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Intermediate Income Fund,
     
Brown Advisory Sustainable
     
Bond Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Maryland Bond Fund, Brown
     
Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond
     
Fund, Brown Advisory Mortgage
     
Securities Fund, Brown Advisory –
     
WMC Strategic European Equity
     
Fund, Brown Advisory Emerging
     
Markets Select Fund, Brown
     
Advisory – Beutel Goodman
     
Large-Cap Value Fund
     
       
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt
For the year ended
For each of the two years
For each of the three years in the period
Sustainable Bond Fund
June 30, 2023
in the period ended
ended June 30, 2023 and the period from
   
June 30, 2023
December 2, 2019 (commencement of
     
operations) through June 30, 2020



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Individual Funds
     
constituting
     
Brown Advisory
Statement of
Statements of
 
Funds
Operations
Changes in Net Assets
Financial Highlights
Brown Advisory Sustainable
For the year ended
For the year ended
For the year ended June 30, 2023 and
Small-Cap Core Fund
June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023 and for
for the period from September 30, 2021
   
the period from
(commencement of operations) through
   
September 30, 2021
June 30, 2022
   
(commencement of
 
   
operations) through
 
   
June 30, 2022
 
       
Brown Advisory Sustainable
For the year ended
For the year ended
For the year ended June 30, 2023 and
International Leaders Fund
June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023 and for
for the period from March 1, 2022
   
the period from
(commencement of operations) through
   
March 1, 2022
June 30, 2022
   
(commencement of
 
   
operations) through
 
   
June 30, 2022
 
       
Brown Advisory
For the period from
For the period from
For the period from February 28, 2023
Sustainable Value Fund
February 28, 2023
February 28, 2023
(commencement of operations) through
 
(commencement of
(commencement of
June 30, 2023
 
operations) through
operations) through
 
 
June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023
 

Basis for Opinion
 
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits.  We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.  We have served as the auditor of one or more of the funds in the Trust since 2008.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.  The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting.  As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
 
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.  Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.  Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
 
 
TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 25, 2023
 


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Expense Example For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)


As a shareholder of a Fund you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including investment advisory fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023).
 
Actual Expenses
 
The Actual Expenses columns in the following table provides information about actual account values based on actual returns and actual expenses. As a shareholder you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ transfer agent. If you request that a redemption be made by wire transfer, currently, the Funds’ transfer agent charges a $15.00 fee. You will be charged a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net amount of the redemption if you redeem your shares less than 14 days after you purchase, with certain limited exceptions. Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRA”) that are held directly at the Funds will be charged a $15.00 annual maintenance fee. IRAs held by broker-dealers or through other means, may or may not incur an annual maintenance fee. Yet, if IRAs maintenance fees are charged to accounts held elsewhere, the fees charged may be more or may be less than $15.00. To the extent the Funds invest in shares of other investment companies as part of their investment strategy, you will indirectly bear your proportionate share of any fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Funds invest in addition to the expenses of the Funds. Actual expenses of the underlying funds may vary. These expenses are not included in the example below. The example below includes, but is not limited to, investment advisory, shareholder servicing, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the example below does not include portfolio trading commissions and related expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6). Then, multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
 
The Hypothetical Expenses columns in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values based on a hypothetical return and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical information in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
   
Actual Expenses
Hypothetical Expenses
 
 
Beginning
Ending
Expenses
Ending
Expenses
Annualized
 
Account Value
Account Value
Paid During
Account Value
Paid During
Net Expense
 
January 1, 2023
June 30, 2023
the Period*
June 30, 2023
the Period*
Ratio*
Growth Equity Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,234.50
$3.77
$1,021.42
$3.41
0.68%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,233.20
$4.60
$1,020.68
$4.16
0.83%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,231.60
$5.98
$1,019.44
$5.41
1.08%
             
Flexible Equity Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,201.70
$2.95
$1,022.12
$2.71
0.54%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,200.60
$3.76
$1,021.37
$3.46
0.69%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,199.20
$5.13
$1,020.13
$4.71
0.94%
             
Equity Income Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,059.40
$3.88
$1,021.03
$3.81
0.76%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,058.60
$4.64
$1,020.28
$4.56
0.91%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,056.60
$5.92
$1,019.04
$5.81
1.16%



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Expense Example For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)


   
Actual Expenses
Hypothetical Expenses
 
 
Beginning
Ending
Expenses
Ending
Expenses
Annualized
 
Account Value
Account Value
Paid During
Account Value
Paid During
Net Expense
 
January 1, 2023
June 30, 2023
the Period*
June 30, 2023
the Period*
Ratio*
Sustainable Growth Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,245.40
$3.51
$1,021.67
$3.16
0.63%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,244.60
$4.34
$1,020.93
$3.91
0.78%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,243.00
$5.73
$1,019.69
$5.16
1.03%
             
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,138.80
$4.35
$1,020.73
$4.11
0.82%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,137.30
$5.14
$1,019.98
$4.86
0.97%
             
Small-Cap Growth Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,099.90
$5.00
$1,020.03
$4.81
0.96%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,099.40
$5.78
$1,019.29
$5.56
1.11%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,097.50
$7.07
$1,018.05
$6.80
1.36%
             
Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,027.80
$4.78
$1,020.08
$4.76
0.95%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,026.80
$5.53
$1,019.34
$5.51
1.10%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,025.80
$6.78
$1,018.10
$6.76
1.35%
             
Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,075.70
$4.79
$1,020.18
$4.66
0.93%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,075.90
$5.56
$1,019.44
$5.41
1.08%
             
Sustainable Value Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,003.00
$2.34
$1,021.32
$3.51
0.70%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,002.00
$2.84
$1,020.58
$4.26
0.85%
             
Global Leaders Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,173.20
$4.10
$1,021.03
$3.81
0.76%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,172.70
$4.90
$1,020.28
$4.56
0.91%
             
Sustainable International Leaders Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,158.60
$4.55
$1,020.58
$4.26
0.85%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,157.80
$5.35
$1,019.84
$5.01
1.00%
             
Intermediate Income Fund
           
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,011.80
$2.44
$1,022.36
$2.46
0.49%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,011.90
$3.69
$1,021.12
$3.71
0.74%
             
Sustainable Bond Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,007.10
$2.09
$1,022.71
$2.11
0.42%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,008.00
$2.34
$1,022.46
$2.36
0.47%
             
Maryland Bond Fund
           
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,020.90
$2.46
$1,022.36
$2.46
0.49%
             
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,032.60
$2.07
$1,022.76
$2.06
0.41%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,032.40
$2.32
$1,022.51
$2.31
0.46%
             
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
           
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,019.50
$2.40
$1,022.41
$2.41
0.48%
             
Mortgage Securities Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,014.80
$2.25
$1,022.56
$2.26
0.45%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,015.60
$2.50
$1,022.32
$2.51
0.50%



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Expense Example For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)


   
Actual Expenses
Hypothetical Expenses
 
 
Beginning
Ending
Expenses
Ending
Expenses
Annualized
 
Account Value
Account Value
Paid During
Account Value
Paid During
Net Expense
 
January 1, 2023
June 30, 2023
the Period*
June 30, 2023
the Period*
Ratio*
WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,123.60
$5.58
$1,019.54
$5.31
1.06%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,122.00
$6.37
$1,018.79
$6.06
1.21%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,121.90
$7.68
$1,017.55
$7.30
1.46%
             
Emerging Markets Select Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,071.60
$5.65
$1,019.34
$5.51
1.10%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,070.60
$6.42
$1,018.60
$6.26
1.25%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,069.30
$7.70
$1,017.36
$7.50
1.50%
             
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
           
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,062.90
$2.81
$1,022.07
$2.76
0.55%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,061.50
$3.58
$1,021.32
$3.51
0.70%

*
The calculations are based on expenses incurred during the most recent six-month period ended as of the date of this report. The dollar amounts shown as expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized six-month net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value during the period, multiplied by the number of days (181) in the most recent six-month period divided by the number of days in the Funds’ fiscal year (365). For Sustainable Value Fund, actual expenses paid during the period are based on the period from the Fund’s commencement of operations to the date of this report (122 days).




Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)


In accordance with Rule 22e-4 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”), the Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”) adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for each investment series of the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) which seeks to assess, manage and review each Fund’s Liquidity Risk. “Liquidity Risk” is defined in Rule 22e-4 as the risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interest in the fund. The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assess and manage each Fund’s Liquidity Risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable and (iv) compliance with the Liquidity Rule’s 15% limit on holdings of illiquid investments.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Funds has designated Brown Advisory LLC (the “Adviser”), investment adviser to the Trust, to administer the Program. The Adviser has delegated the day-to-day management of the Program to its Investment Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”) which consists of representatives from various departments at the Adviser, including portfolio management, due diligence, trading, legal and compliance. Certain aspects of the Program rely on third parties to perform certain functions, including the provision of market data.
 
At the meeting of the Board on May 16, 2023, the Adviser provided a written report to the Board addressing the operations and effectiveness of the Program for the period from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023 (the “Reporting Period”) and specific liquidity events arising during the Reporting Period, including the impact on Fund liquidity caused by certain extended non-U.S. market closures. During the Reporting Period, each of the Funds qualified as a fund that primarily holds assets that are highly liquid investments and, therefore, no Fund was required to establish an HLIM. The report concluded that the Program is operating effectively to assess and manage each Fund’s Liquidity Risk and it was further reported that the Program continues to be reasonably designed to monitor and respond to the Funds’ liquidity developments, as applicable.
 
Please refer to your Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to Liquidity Risk and other risks to which it may be subject.
 


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Board of Trustees Approval of the Adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement for
the Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund (Unaudited)


The adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund (the “Fund”), and Brown Advisory LLC (“Brown Advisory” or the “Adviser”), was approved by the Board of Trustees during an in-person meeting of the Board held on November 2, 2022. In accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Board of Trustees was required to consider the approval of the initial adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement at an in-person meeting. The relevant provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 specifically provide that it is the duty of the Board to request and evaluate such information as the Board determines is necessary to allow them to properly consider the approval of the adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement, and it is the duty of the Adviser to furnish the Trustees with such information that is responsive to their request.
 
Accordingly, in determining whether to approve the adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Brown Advisory and the Trust with respect to the Fund, the Board of Trustees requested, and the Adviser provided, information and data relevant to the Board’s consideration. This included materials prepared by the Adviser and by the Trust’s administrator that provided the Board with information regarding the investment performance of the Adviser with respect to the other Funds in the Trust, the investment performance of the Adviser with respect to its performance in the investment strategy to be used for the Fund, and the investment experience and background of the proposed portfolio manager for the Fund, as well as information regarding the estimated fees and expenses of the Fund, as compared to other similar mutual funds.
 
The Board initially considered matters with respect to the proposed establishment and organization of the Fund at a meeting of the Board held on September 13, 2022, in order to consider various matters with respect to the proposed approval of the Agreement. At this meeting, the Board reviewed with representatives of the Adviser various matters with respect to the proposed management and operation of the Fund, including the nature and extent of the duties and responsibilities of the Adviser with respect to the Fund, the compliance oversight process involving the Fund and its operations, and the proposed fees and expenses of the Fund. During this initial meeting, representatives of the Adviser made presentations to the Board regarding their proposal to provide investment advisory services to the Fund.
 
The Board then met again at a meeting of the Board of Trustees held on November 2, 2022 in order to consider matters with respect to the Fund and the members of the Board reviewed and considered the proposed approval of the adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement. In addition, the Board also considered the adoption of an Expense Limitation Agreement with respect to the Fund which would limit the total operating expenses of the Fund through October 31, 2024, as well as a Business Management Agreement with Brown Advisory pursuant to which Brown Advisory would provide certain business management services to the Fund. At this meeting, representatives of the Adviser reviewed for the members of the Board their experience and background in managing the other Funds in the Trust, and they also reviewed information regarding the investment advisory process proposed to be followed with respect to the Fund. During this meeting, the Board engaged in a thorough review process in connection with determining whether to approve the adoption of the proposed Investment Advisory Agreement.
 
Following their consideration and review of these matters, the Trustees determined that the adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser with respect to the Fund would enable shareholders of the Fund to obtain high quality services at a cost that is appropriate, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Fund. In reaching their decision, the Trustees requested and obtained from the Adviser such information as they deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Trustees also carefully considered the projected profitability data and comparative fee, expense and performance information prepared by Trust management. In considering the adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund, the Trustees evaluated a number of factors that they believed, in light of their reasonable business judgment, to be relevant. They based their decision on the following considerations, among others, although they did not identify any one specific consideration or any particular information that was controlling of their decision:
 
The nature, extent and quality of the advisory services to be provided. The Trustees concluded that Brown Advisory is capable of providing high quality services to the Fund, as indicated by the nature and quality of services provided in the past to the other Funds in the Trust, Brown Advisory’s management capabilities demonstrated with respect to the other Funds in the Trust, Brown Advisory’s investment and compliance oversight processes, and the competitive investment performance of the other Funds in the Trust. The Trustees also determined that Brown Advisory proposed to provide investment advisory services that were of the same quality as services provided to the other Funds in the Trust, and that these services are appropriate in scope and extent in light of the Fund’s proposed operations, the competitive landscape of the investment company business and investor needs. On the basis
 


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Board of Trustees Approval of the Adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement for
the Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund (Unaudited)


of the Trustees’ assessment of the nature, extent and quality of the advisory services to be provided by Brown Advisory, the Trustees concluded that Brown Advisory is capable of generating a level of long-term investment performance that is appropriate in light of the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and strategies and competitive with many other comparable investment companies.
 
The cost of advisory services to be provided and the expected level of profitability. On the basis of comparative information derived from the data that was included with the Board materials provided to the Board at their meeting, the Trustees determined that the overall projected expense ratios for each respective class of shares of the Fund are competitive with industry averages. The Trustees also noted that Brown Advisory had proposed a contractual commitment for the benefit of shareholders of the Fund to limit the Fund’s operating expenses through October 31, 2024. The Board also focused on Brown Advisory’s projected level of profitability with respect to the Fund, and noted that Brown Advisory’s expected level of profitability was acceptable and not unreasonable. Accordingly, on the basis of the Board’s review of the fees to be charged by Brown Advisory for investment advisory services, the investment advisory oversight services to be provided to the Fund by Brown Advisory, and the estimated level of profitability from Brown Advisory’s relationship with the Fund, the Board concluded that the level of investment advisory fees and Brown Advisory’s projected profitability are appropriate in light of the management fees, overall expense ratios and investment performance of comparable investment companies.
 
The extent to which economies of scale may be realized as the Fund grows and whether the advisory fees reflect possible economies of scale. While it was noted that the Fund’s investment advisory fees will not decrease as the Fund’s assets grow because they will not be subject to investment advisory fee breakpoints, the Trustees concluded that the Fund’s investment advisory fees are appropriate in light of the projected size of the Fund, and appropriately reflect the current economic environment for Brown Advisory and the competitive nature of the mutual fund market. The Trustees took into consideration that Brown Advisory has previously informed the Board that the Adviser has consistently attempted to set the investment advisory fees at a level that provides for economies of scale by being set at a starting point that is at a reasonable rate without necessarily requiring the imposition of breakpoints, which approach has been favorably recognized by relevant court decisions as one of the acceptable means of achieving economies of scale. The Trustees then noted that they will have the opportunity to periodically re-examine whether the Fund has achieved economies of scale, and the appropriateness of the investment advisory fees payable to Brown Advisory with respect to the Fund, in the future at which time the implementation of fee breakpoints on the Fund could be considered.
 
Benefits to Brown Advisory from its relationship with the Fund (and any corresponding benefits to the Fund). The Trustees concluded that other benefits that may be derived by Brown Advisory from its relationship with the Fund, including any potential “soft dollar” benefits in connection with the Fund’s brokerage transactions and use of the Fund’s performance track record in advertising materials, are reasonable and fair, and consistent with industry practice and the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In addition, the Trustees determined that the Fund will benefit from its relationship with Brown Advisory by virtue of Brown Advisory’s provision of business management and shareholder services, in addition to investment advisory services, at a cost to the Fund that is generally comparable to the costs of an outside service provider, which the Trustees determined to be reasonable, fair and in the best interests of the shareholders of the Fund in light of the nature and quality of the services to be provided and the necessity of the services for the Fund’s operations.
 
Other Considerations. In approving the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Trustees determined that Brown Advisory has made a substantial commitment to the recruitment and retention of high quality personnel, and maintains the financial, compliance and operational resources reasonably necessary to manage the Fund in a professional manner that is consistent with the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the nature of the oversight duties to be performed by Brown Advisory which include extensive investment management services, and the Board determined that the advisory fee fairly compensates Brown Advisory for the services that it is to perform pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Trustees also concluded that Brown Advisory has made a significant entrepreneurial commitment to the management and success of the Fund, which entails a substantial financial and professional commitment, including the Expense Limitation Agreement under which Brown Advisory has undertaken to waive a portion of its fees to the benefit of the Fund’s shareholders to the extent necessary in accordance with the terms of the Expense Limitation Agreement. The Board also considered matters with respect to the brokerage practices of Brown Advisory, including its soft dollar arrangements and its best-execution procedures, and noted that these were reasonable and consistent with standard industry practice.
 


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Board of Trustees Approval of the Adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement for
the Brown Advisory Sustainable Value Fund (Unaudited)


The Board also considered various matters with respect to the proposed distribution and shareholder servicing arrangements applicable to the Fund and they considered the distribution fees and the non-distribution shareholder servicing fees payable with respect to certain of the share classes of the Fund, including certain of such fees which may be payable to the Adviser for the shareholder administrative services that it proposed to provide to shareholders of the Fund. The Board took note of the fact that the non-distribution related shareholder administrative fees payable to the Adviser are intended to compensate the Adviser for providing certain administrative services to those shareholders of the Fund covered by the applicable servicing arrangements in the relevant share classes.
 
The Board also took into consideration the nature and extent of the business management fees payable to Brown Advisory by the Fund pursuant to which Brown Advisory will provide certain business management services to the Fund, which the Board approved based upon a finding that the business management fees to be charged are fair and reasonable in light of the usual and customary charges made by others for services of the same nature and quality and based upon the level and quality of business management services provided by Brown Advisory to the other Funds in the Trust.
 
In connection with the Fund’s sustainable-related investment strategy, the Trustees reviewed with the Adviser the efforts that the Adviser has taken in response to various regulatory developments relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ongoing monitoring and oversight of various types of investment strategies and practices relating to ESG-related and sustainable-related investment practices, including with respect to marketing and disclosure in connection with such investment strategies and practices, and the Trustees considered the extensive resources that the Adviser has devoted to its sustainable investing business and to its compliance oversight operations that are related to its sustainable investing business.
 
It was noted that in making their determination, the Trustees had considered and relied upon the materials provided to them at the Board meeting with respect to the proposed contract and the presentations of the representatives of Brown Advisory. In reaching their conclusion with respect to the approval of the adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the level of fees to be paid under the Agreement, the Trustees did not identify any one single factor as being controlling, rather, the Trustees took note of a combination of factors that had influenced their decision making process. They noted the level and quality of investment advisory services provided by Brown Advisory to each of the other Funds in the Trust, and they found that these services will benefit the Fund and its shareholders and also reflected management’s overall commitment to the growth and development of the Fund.
 


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Trustees and Executive Officers


The Board is responsible for the overall management of the Trust, including general supervision and review of the investment activities of the Funds.  The Board, in turn, elects the Officers of the Trust, who are responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the Trust and each of the Funds.  The current Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their ages and positions with the Trust, term of office with the Trust and length of time served, their principal occupations for the past five years and other directorships held during the past five years are set forth in the table below.
 
Additional information about the Trustees of the Trust can be found in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available, without charge, upon request, by calling Brown Advisory Funds toll free at 1-800-540-6807 or by accessing our website at www.brownadvisory.com/mf/how-to-invest.

       
Number of
Other
   
Term of
 
Portfolios in
Directorships
   
Office and
 
Fund Complex
Held During
Name, Age
Position with
Length of
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
the Past
and Address
the Trust
Time Served
During Past 5 Years
Trustees
5 Years(2)
Independent Trustees of the Trust(1)
       
Georgette D. Kiser
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group
20
Aflac, Inc. (insurance
Age: 55
 
Since November
(investment management firm) (since 2018);
 
firm); Jacobs Engineering
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
 
2021
Chief Information Officer, The Carlyle Group
 
Group Inc. (technical
901 South Bond Street
   
(2015 to 2018); formerly, Vice President and
 
professional and
Suite 400
   
Head of Enterprise Solutions and Capabilities,
 
consulting services
Baltimore, MD 21231
   
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (investment
 
firm); NCR Corp.
     
management firm) (2012 to 2015) and executive
 
(enterprise technology
     
officer, various positions, T. Rowe Price
 
firm); Adtalem Global
     
Associates, Inc. (1996 to 2012).
 
Education Inc.
         
(workforce solutions
         
firm).
Henry H. Hopkins
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
Retired; Formerly, Vice President and Chief
20
None.
Age: 80
 
Since 2012
Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
   
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
 
Indefinite Term;
(investment management firm) (1998 to 2008).
   
901 South Bond Street
 
Since 2015
     
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Kyle Prechtl Legg
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
Retired; Formerly President and Chief Executive
20
Director, SunTrust
Age: 71
 
Since 2012
Officer, Legg Mason Capital Management, LLC
 
Banks, Inc. (bank
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
   
(investment management firm) (2006 to 2009).
 
holding company)
901 South Bond Street
       
(2011 to 2018);
Suite 400
       
Director, BrightSphere
Baltimore, MD 21231
       
Investment Group
         
plc (asset management
         
holding company)
         
(2014 to 2018).
Thomas F. O’Neil III
Chairman
Indefinite Term;
Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group
20
None.
Age: 66
and
Since 2012
(global management counsulting firm) (since 2021).
   
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
Trustee
 
Governance and Compliance Adviser
   
901 South Bond Street
   
(healthcare, financial services and retail
   
Suite 400
   
businesses). Formerly, Global Chief Compliance
   
Baltimore, MD 21231
   
Officer, Cigna Corporation (health services
   
     
company) (2016 to 2020). Formerly, President,
   
     
The Saranac Group LLC (strategic consulting
   
     
firm) (2010 to 2016).
   
Neal F. Triplett, CFA
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
President, DUMAC, Inc. (university endowment
20
None.
Age: 52
 
Since 2012
investment organization) (since 1999).
   
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
         
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         



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Trustees and Executive Officers


       
Number of
Other
   
Term of
 
Portfolios in
Directorships
   
Office and
 
Fund Complex
Held During
Name, Age
Position with
Length of
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
the Past
and Address
the Trust
Time Served
During Past 5 Years
Trustees
5 Years(2)
Interested Trustees and Officers of the Trust
Michael D. Hankin(3)
Trustee
Indefinite Term
President and Chief Executive Officer, Brown
20
Stanley Black &
Age: 65
 
Since 2012
Advisory Incorporated and affiliates (investment
 
Decker, Inc. (industrial
c/o Brown Advisory
   
management firm) (since 1993).
 
tools and hardware)
Incorporated
       
(since 2016).
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Margaret W.
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
Managing Director, Membership Engagement,
20
None
  Adams, CAIA(4)
 
Since March
FCLTGlobal (non-profit organization focused
   
Age: 61
 
2023
on innovative global investment-related
   
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
   
initiatives) (since 2018); formerly, Partner
   
901 South Bond Street
   
and Senior Managing Director, Wellington
   
Suite 400
   
Management Company LLP (institutional
   
Baltimore, MD 21231
   
investment management firm) (2006-2017)
   
Paul J. Chew
President/
Indefinite Term;
Chief Investment Officer, Brown Advisory
Not
Not
Age: 57
Principal
Since October 2018
Incorporated and affiliates (investment
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory
Executive
 
management firm) (since 1995).
   
Incorporated
Officer
       
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
Senior Vice
2016 to
     
Baltimore, MD 21231
President
October 2018
     
Carey E. Buxton
Vice
Indefinite Term;
Head of Sustainable Investing Business
Not
Not
Age: 35
President
Since 2015
(since 2020); Chief Operating Officer,
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory
   
Institutional Investing (since 2018);
   
Incorporated
   
Product Manager, Brown Advisory
   
901 South Bond Street
   
Incorporated and affiliates (investment
   
Suite 400
   
management firm) (2013 to 2018).
   
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Nicole Nesbitt
Vice
Indefinite Term;
Head of U.S. Institutional Sales and Client
Not
Not
Age: 52
President
Since November
Service (since 2018); Head of Institutional
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory
 
2022
Relationship Management, Brown Advisory
   
Incorporated
   
Incorporated and affiliates (investment
   
901 South Bond Street
   
management firm) (2008 to 2018)
   
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Jason T. Meix
Treasurer/
Indefinite Term;
Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund
Not
Not
Age: 44
Principal
Since 2012
Services, LLC (fund administrative services firm)
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
Financial
 
(since 2008).
   
901 South Bond Street
Officer
       
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Edward L. Paz
Secretary
Indefinite Term;
Vice President and Counsel, U.S. Bancorp Fund
Not
Not
Age: 52
 
Since 2012
Services, LLC (fund administrative services firm)
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
   
(since 2007).
   
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         



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Trustees and Executive Officers


       
Number of
Other
   
Term of
 
Portfolios in
Directorships
   
Office and
 
Fund Complex
Held During
Name, Age
Position with
Length of
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
the Past
and Address
the Trust
Time Served
During Past 5 Years
Trustees
5 Years(2)
Brett D. Rogers
Chief
Indefinite Term;
General Counsel and Chief Compliance
Not
Not
Age: 47
Compliance
Since 2012
Officer, Brown Advisory Incorporated and
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory
Officer
 
affiliates (investment management firm)
   
Incorporated
   
(since 2009).
   
901 South Bond Street
Anti-Money
Indefinite Term:
     
Suite 400
Laundering
Since 2012
     
Baltimore, MD 21231
Officer
       

(1)
The Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”).
(2)
The directorships disclosed in this column include only the directorships of those companies that a Trustee serves on that are required to report to the SEC under applicable Federal securities laws including publicly traded corporations that are registered with the SEC under the 1934 Act and investment companies that are registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act, and it therefore excludes various other types of directorships that the Trustees of the Trust may currently hold in other types of organizations, including private companies and not-for-profit organizations, which are expressly excluded from the disclosure requirements for mutual fund board members.
(3)
Mr. Hankin is considered an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, because of his current position with Brown Advisory Incorporated, the parent company of the Adviser, and Mr. Hardiman is considered an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, because of his previous position with Brown Advisory Incorporated.
(4)
Ms. Adams is considered an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) because of the financial interest that she currently has in Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington”), a Sub-Adviser to two of the series in the Trust, as the result of certain payments that she is entitled to receive from Wellington as the result of her previous employment with the firm.  Ms. Adams has not been employed by Wellington during the past five years.





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Information About Proxy Voting (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge upon request by calling toll-free at (800) 540-6807 and by accessing the Funds’ website at www.brownadvisory.com/mf/how-to-invest (refer to Appendix B in the Statement of Additional Information). Furthermore, you can obtain the description on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the year ended June 30 is available without charge, by calling toll-free at (800) 540-6807. In addition, you can obtain the Funds’ proxy voting records on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 

Information About the Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited)

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings for their first and third fiscal quarters with the SEC on Form N-PORT.  The Funds’ Form N-PORT is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free at (800) 540-6807. Furthermore, you can obtain the Form N-PORT on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ schedules of portfolio holdings are posted on their website at www.brownadvisory.com/mf/how-to-invest within ten business days after calendar quarter end.
 

Householding (Unaudited)

In an effort to decrease costs, the Funds will reduce the number of duplicate Prospectuses and annual and semi-annual reports that you receive by sending only one copy of each to those addresses shown by two or more accounts. Please call the Transfer Agent toll free at (800) 540-6807 to request individual copies of these documents. The Funds will begin sending individual copies 30 days after receiving your request. This policy does not apply to account statements.
 

Federal Tax Status of Dividends Declared during the Tax Year (Unaudited)

For Federal Income Tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are classified as ordinary income.  The percentage of ordinary income distributions designated as qualifying for the corporate dividend received deduction (“DRD”), the individual qualified dividend rate (“QDI”), the qualifying interest income exempt from U.S. tax for foreign shareholders (“QII”) and the qualifying short-term capital gain distributions exempt from U.S. tax for foreign shareholders (“QSTCG”) is presented below:
 
 
Income Distributions
                               
Fund
Exempt from Federal Tax
   
QDI
   
DRD
   
QII
   
QSTCG
Growth Equity
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Flexible Equity
 
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Equity Income
 
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Sustainable Growth
 
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Mid-Cap Growth
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
10.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Small-Cap Growth
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
 
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Sustainable Small-Cap Core
 
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Sustainable Value
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Global Leaders
 
0.00
%
   
32.19
%
   
0.00
%
   
19.97
%
   
0.00
%
Sustainable International Leaders
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Intermediate Income
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Sustainable Bond
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Maryland Bond
 
97.02
%
   
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
97.02
%
Tax-Exempt Bond
 
92.06
%
   
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
92.06
%
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
 
94.19
%
   
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
94.19
%
Mortgage Securities
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
100.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
WMC Strategic European Equity
 
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Emerging Markets Select
 
0.00
%
   
1.64
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
   
0.00
%
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
 
0.00
%
   
76.70
%
   
0.00
%
   
17.68
%
   
0.00
%

The Funds, as applicable, intend to elect to pass through to shareholders the credit for taxes paid to foreign countries.  Such credits for taxes paid to foreign countries will be included in shareholders’ Form 1099-DIV.
 


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BROWN ADVISORY FUNDS
 
At Brown Advisory, we believe that you deserve frank and open communication on all aspects of our relationship. In this spirit, we provide this annual summary of our policies relating to confidentiality and privacy of client information, mutual funds, conflicts of interest, trading commissions, proxy voting and Form ADV annual notice.
 
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY POLICY
 
Brown Advisory takes the confidentiality of your personal information and the privacy of your account very seriously. Our commitment to safeguard your personal information goes beyond our legal obligation to process your transactions accurately and securely. Whether we serve you online, in person, on the telephone or by mail, the principles that guide the way in which we conduct business are built upon the core values of trust and integrity.
 
We limit access to your personal information to only those employees with a business reason to know such information. We train and consistently remind all employees to respect client privacy and to recognize the importance of the confidentiality of such information. Those who violate our privacy policy are subject to disciplinary action. This commitment also applies to the sharing of information among Brown Advisory and its affiliates.
 
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable laws and regulations to protect your personal information, including various measures to protect your personal information while it is stored electronically.
 
Federal law requires us to inform you that we have on record personal information about you and that we obtain such information from you directly (e.g., information you provide to us on account applications and other forms, such as your name, address, social security number, occupation, assets and income) and indirectly (e.g., information on our computer systems about your transactions with us, such as your account balance and account holdings). Any personal information you choose to provide is kept confidential and allows us to: (i) provide better and more complete investment and strategic advice; (ii) develop new services that meet additional needs you may have; and, (iii) comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
 
In addition, in the normal conduct of our business, it may become necessary for us to share information relating to our clients that we have on record, as described above, with companies not affiliated with us who are under contract to perform services on our behalf. For example, we have contracted with companies to assist us in complying with anti-terrorist and anti-money laundering statutory requirements (including the identification and reporting of activities that may involve terrorist acts or money laundering activities), companies that provide clearing services, and other vendors that provide services directly related to your account relationship with us. Our agreements with these companies require that they keep your information confidential and not use such information for any unrelated purpose.
 
We do not sell information about you to third parties, and we do not otherwise disclose information to third parties without your permission or unless required by law.
 


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INVESTMENT ADVISER
Brown Advisory LLC
901 South Bond Street, Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 21231
www.brownadvisory.com
 

DISTRIBUTOR
ALPS Distributors, Inc.
1290 Broadway, Suite 1000
Denver, CO 80203

 
CUSTODIAN
U.S. Bank, N.A.
Custody Operations
1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212
 
 
TRANSFER AGENT
U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701
(800) 540-6807
 
 
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
Two Liberty Place
50 South 16th Street, Suite 2900
Philadelphia, PA 19102
 
 
LEGAL COUNSEL
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
 
 
 
Institutional Shares       
Investor Shares           
Advisor Shares            
 
Symbol
CUSIP
Symbol
CUSIP
Symbol
CUSIP
Growth Equity Fund
BAFGX
115233702
BIAGX
115233504
BAGAX
115233603
Flexible Equity Fund
BAFFX
115233843
BIAFX
115233868
BAFAX
115233850
Equity Income Fund
BAFDX
115233660
BIADX
115233686
BADAX
115233678
Sustainable Growth Fund
BAFWX
115233207
BIAWX
115233306
BAWAX
115233405
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
BAFMX
115233413
BMIDX
115233439
Small-Cap Growth Fund
BAFSX
115233819
BIASX
115233835
BASAX
115233827
Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
BAUUX
115233777
BIAUX
115233793
BAUAX
115233785
Sustainable Small-Cap Core Fund
BAFYX
115233298
BIAYX
115233280
—-
Sustainable Value Fund
BASVX
115233256
BISVX
115233249
—-
Global Leaders Fund
BAFLX
115233355
BIALX
115233462
Sustainable International Leaders Fund
BAILX
115233272
BISLX
115233264
Intermediate Income Fund
BIAIX
115233744
BAIAX
115233736
Sustainable Bond Fund
BAISX
115233389
BASBX
115233447
Maryland Bond Fund
BIAMX
115233751
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
BTEIX
115233371
BIAEX
115233108
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
BITEX
115233348
Mortgage Securities Fund
BAFZX
115233546
BIAZX
115233587
WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
BAFHX
115233629
BIAHX
115233611
BAHAX
115233595
Emerging Markets Select Fund
BAFQX
115233652
BIAQX
115233645
BAQAX
115233637
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
BVALX
115233421
BIAVX
115233314

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of each Fund. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which includes information regarding the Funds’ risks, objectives, fees and expenses, experience of their management, and other information.


BX-ANNUAL

(b)
Not applicable.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer.  The registrant has not made any amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report.  The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

A copy of the registrant’s Code of Ethics is filed herewith.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has not designated an audit committee financial expert.  The Registrant has determined that it will retain the services of an independent third party to assist it if circumstances arise that require specific investment company auditing expertise.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The Registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years.  “Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.  “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit.  “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant including the review of federal income tax returns, review of federal excise tax returns, review of state tax returns, if any, and assistance with calculation of required income, capital gain and excise distributions. There were no “Other services” provided by the principal accountant.  The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.

 
FYE  6/30/2023
FYE  6/30/2022
(a) Audit Fees
$357,475
$346,250
(b) Audit-Related Fees
N/A
N/A
(c) Tax Fees
$59,000
$56,000
(d) All Other Fees
N/A
N/A

(e) (1) The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre‑approve all audit and non‑audit services of the Registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the Registrant.

(2) The percentages of fees billed by Tait, Weller & Baker LLP applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:

 
FYE  6/30/2023
FYE  6/30/2022
Audit-Related Fees
0%
0%
Tax Fees
0%
0%
All Other Fees
0%
0%

(f) All of the principal accountant’s hours spent on auditing the Registrant’s financial statements were attributed to work performed by full‑time permanent employees of the principal accountant.

(g) The following table indicates the non-audit fees billed or expected to be billed by the Registrant’s accountant for services to the Registrant and to the Registrant’s investment adviser (and any other controlling entity, etc.—not sub-adviser) for the last two fiscal years.

Non-Audit Related Fees
FYE  6/30/2023
FYE  6/30/2022
Registrant
N/A
N/A
Registrant’s Investment Adviser
N/A
N/A

(h) The audit committee of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Registrant's investment adviser is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.

(i) Not applicable.

(j) Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

(a)
Not applicable to registrants who are not listed issuers (as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
(b)
Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

(a)
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b)
Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed‑End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)
The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

(b)
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 13. Exhibits.



(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c‑1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant. There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant)                     Brown Advisory Funds 

By (Signature and Title)*    /s/Paul J. Chew
Paul J. Chew, Principal Executive Officer

Date    September 6, 2023



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)*    /s/Paul J. Chew
Paul J. Chew, Principal Executive Officer

Date    September 6, 2023

By (Signature and Title)*    /s/Jason T. Meix
Jason T. Meix, Principal Financial Officer

Date    September 6, 2023

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.