N-CSRS 1 fp0033768_ncsrs.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2018

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 811-22842

FORUM FUNDS II
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600
Portland, Maine 04101


Jessica Chase, Principal Executive Officer
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600
Portland, Maine 04101
207-347-2000


Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: October 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018
 
 
 
ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.
 
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
 
Advised by:
SKBA Capital Management, LLC
 
 


BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Dear Shareholders,
 
During the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Baywood ValuePlus Fund (the “Fund”) meaningfully outperformed its primary benchmarks. The period was divided by market strength in the fourth quarter of 2017 and market correction in the first quarter of 2018; yet the Fund outperformed the benchmark in each quarter, holding up better during the stock market’s recent weakness.
 
Sector selection accounted from approximately one third of the Fund’s excess return, and our decision to underweight consumer staples, telecom and utilities accounted for nearly two thirds of this outperformance during the period. The reason for our aversion to those sectors has neither been thematic nor “macro”. It has simply been based on a combination of poor fundamentals and elevated valuations, the latter of which are as ambitious as they had been in decades. Paying high prices for struggling businesses is rarely a recipe for success and is not an activity we care to partake in. Our viewpoint was significantly out of favor when we first raised this issue a few years ago. As many of these companies increased in value in the face of deteriorating fundamentals, we held to our outlook despite criticism; our cautious viewpoints fell mostly on deaf ears. This, in and of itself helped confirm our belief that we were correct in our assessment. More recently, however, perceptions appear to have changed as it has become broadly accepted that middling fundamentals within these groups do not warrant recent valuations. Given the recent valuation compression, when we now look back a few years, consumer staples, utilities, telecom and REIT’s have been significant underperformers. One thing we know for certain, whether looking at this example or prior ones, is that overvalued businesses rarely remain so forever. It is our job, desire and responsibility to not put our shareholders’ capital (of which we count ourselves) at risk in such securities.
 
About two thirds of the strategy’s overall excess returns also resulted from security selection. Some of the largest contributors included Tapestry (up 32%), WalMart (up 15%), Encompass Health (up 24%), Conoco Phillips (up 20%), Boeing (up 30%) and Abbvie (up 8%). In a strong market we also had a few disappointments that included Nielsen Holdings (down 22%), Met Life (down 10%) and USBancorp (down 5%).
 
During the period a number of new securities were purchased. The common thread within these additions is that they have all performed poorly of late despite what we believe to be sustainable if not improving fundamentals over our time horizon. Some of them clearly have issues they need to work through—if they did not, we wouldn’t be able to buy them at good prices!
 
Firstly, many of the areas we generally avoided are no longer as exorbitantly priced as they had been. Within consumer staples, we eliminated Procter & Gamble yet initiated a position in Kimberly Clark. The latter has a global dominant franchise within diapers and incontinence products. Incontinence may be inconvenient for many, but as the global population ages, it is a boon for Kimberly Clark. We are aware of input and transportation cost pressures which may continue to pressure margins somewhat, an issue not unique to Kimberly Clark. Yet there is a price for everything. The company’s stock is priced at levels similar to 2013 while earnings and dividends have increased between 6-7% per year. As a result, valuation has declined significantly to levels we are finding attractive. Because of its high returns on capital, it has excess funds with which to support and grow its dividend as well as to repurchase its own shares, a feat it has accomplished for years. We love “dividend aristocrats”; it’s just that we prefer to pay “pauper” prices. We may be somewhat early (although we’ve been waiting at least five years!) however its attractive and sustainable fundamentals and financials will only make us want to purchase more should shares continue to decline. We have owned Kimberly Clark numerous times in the past, an investment which has proved to be profitable. We expect the same this time around.
 
REIT’s (Real Estate Investment Trust), another area we’ve avoided for years also due to valuation and fundamental concerns, became much more attractive over the last few months. In particular, for being supposedly defensive stocks, mall REIT’s have not acted as such whatsoever. For years we have believed that the U.S. has been “over-malled”. Based on changing consumer purchasing habits, many lower class malls have struggled for at least a decade with abysmal occupancy rates. Retail has been under the greatest assault ever with more bankruptcies than during most downturns, despite the U.S. not being in a recession. These are some of the reasons, all rational, for the decline in the prices of mall REIT’s. The pendulum never stops swinging at fair value, however, and in this case as well, valuations now appear attractive for some companies with few significant tenant issues. We purchased Taubman Centers, one of the largest Class A mall owners during the period. Shares have declined for at least six years finally rendering its 4.5% dividend yield attractive based on our belief that funds from operations will be able to sustain such a payout. While the retail landscape is changing rapidly, certain high foot-traffic properties will always be more desirable to rent from than others. Taubman is one such company, though we cannot say the same for all mall operators. We also initiated a position in Weyerhaeuser, a company we’ve owned in the past prior to it becoming a REIT. Weyerhaeuser is heavily exposed to the housing market, which we believe will continue to improve over the next few years. At current prices, we are receiving 3.6% in dividends for the privilege of owning its shares. Weyerhaeuser belongs in the desirable and rare category of having its tangible assets increase in value over time. Should housing and construction slow, its timberlands will only become more valuable. We are happy to be paid to wait while either outcome is realized.
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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Secondly, other decidedly out-of-favor additions include Medtronic, AIG, Target, Nutrien, Johnson Controls and General Electric. While we don’t always seek near term catalysts in order to make an investment, many of these have experienced recent changes that should improve our odds of being correct in our fair value estimations. Due to recent struggles, AIG, GE and Johnson Controls have each experienced management changes that are likely to heighten operational focus. Each owns and runs leading businesses within their respective areas and in all cases we believe that an emphasis on improving asset productivity will result in greater recognition of fair value.
 
Nutrien, the former Potash, effected a name change subsequent to acquiring Agrium, another fertilizer company. Fertilizers, as with many commodities, have gone through the downturn of last decade’s super cycle. By definition, however, cyclical industries do experience upturns, not simply downturns. Nutrien is consolidating within its industry at what we believe to be close to the bottom of the cycle. By next year, its earning power should be significantly greater than its recently reported earnings. It is also in process of shedding non-core assets that will result in cash proceeds with which to reward shareholders. We expect much of these actions to take place at some point this year.
 
These positions are examples of purchasing companies with low expectations priced into their stocks. When combined with above average return to shareholders in the form of dividends and sometimes share buybacks, we believe this is a recipe for continuing to achieve desirable if not better than benchmark returns with lower levels of risk (as defined by permanent loss of capital).
 
As we enter the second half of the fund’s fiscal year during 2018, it is evident that recent benign levels of volatility are unlikely to continue. Following so many consecutive years of strong returns and investor complacency, expecting the same environment to continue would seem foolhardy. Our expectations going into 2018 were that market returns could be only half what they had been until recently. We might once again cut our expectations in half for the overall market but have positioned the portfolio in a way that expectations for our holdings are already low and likely to surprise to the upside. As active managers, we are more interested in what opportunities we may find in individual securities as a result of this change in market conditions. We are just as focused on companies that we should own as we are on those we shouldn’t. As evidenced by the last few months, it’s not simply what you own but also what you don’t own that makes the record. We are not fearful of heightened volatility. While it may be unpleasant, it is precisely this lack of comfort that creates opportunities for us to purchase companies at attractive prices with excess cash to reward shareholders.
 
In a way, we look forward to a less comfortable market environment as it will, as it has many times in the past, enable us to build a portfolio with attractive through cycle return characteristics.
 
We look forward to reporting to you in another six months.
 
Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to change and risk.
 
The Morningstar category is used to compare fund performance to its peers. It is not possible to invest directly into an index or category. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
 
Risk Considerations: Mutual fund investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. The Fund primarily invests in undervalued securities, which may not appreciate in value as anticipated by the Advisor or remain undervalued for longer than anticipated. The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), which involves risks relating to political, economic or regulatory conditions in foreign countries and may cause greater volatility and less liquidity. The Fund may also invest in convertible securities and preferred stock, which may be adversely affected as interest rates rise.
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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
The following charts reflect the change in the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Investor Shares and a hypothetical $100,000 investment in Institutional Shares, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Baywood ValuePlus Fund (the “Fund”) compared with the performance of the benchmarks, Morningstar Large Value Index, and the secondary benchmark, Russell 1000 Value Index (the “indices”), since inception. On September 29, 2017, Morningstar Large Value Index replaced Russell 1000 Value Index as the Fund's primary benchmark. The Investment Adviser believes that the Morningstar Large Value Index more accurately represents the types of securities in which the Fund invests.The Morningstar Large Value Index measures the performance of large-cap stocks with relatively low prices given anticipated per share earnings, book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index which measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the Russell 1000 companies (that is, the 1,000 largest U.S. companies in terms of market capitalization) with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The total return of the indices include the reinvestment of dividends and income. The total return of the Fund includes operating expenses that reduce returns, while the total return of the indices do not include expenses. The Fund is professionally managed, while the indices are unmanaged and are not available for investment.
 
Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment
Investor Shares vs. Morningstar Large Value Index and Russell 1000 Value Index
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
One Year
Five Years
Since Inception (06/27/08)
Baywood ValuePlus Fund - Investor Shares*
12.76%
10.24%
9.71%
Morningstar Large Value Index
8.76%
10.69%
7.83%
Russell 1000 Value Index
6.95%
10.78%
8.62%
 
*
The Fund’s Investor Shares performance for periods prior to the commencement of operations (12/2/13) is that of a collective investment trust managed by the Fund’s Advisor and portfolio management team. The Investor Shares of the collective investment trust commenced operations on June 27, 2008.
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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Comparison of Change in Value of a $100,000 Investment
Institutional Shares vs. Morningstar Large Value Index and Russell 1000 Value Index
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
One Year
Five Years
Since Inception (05/02/11)
Baywood ValuePlus Fund - Institutional Shares*
13.11%
10.52%
9.90%
Morningstar Large Value Index
8.76%
10.69%
9.89%
Russell 1000® Value Index
6.95%
10.78%
10.75%
 
*
The Fund’s Institutional Shares performance for periods prior to the commencement of operations (12/2/13) is that of a collective investment trust managed by the Fund’s Advisor and portfolio management team. The Institutional Shares of the collective investment trust commenced operations on May 2, 2011.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. As stated in the Fund’s prospectus, the annual operating expense ratios (gross) for Investor Shares and Institutional Shares are 7.67% and 11.16%, respectively. However, the Fund’s advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/ or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.95% and 0.70% for Investor Shares and Institutional Shares, respectively, through at least January 31, 2019 (the “Expense Cap”). The advisor may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the advisor pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. During the period, certain fees were waived and/or expenses reimbursed; otherwise, returns would have been lower. The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns greater than one year are annualized. For the most recent month-end performance, please call (855) 409-2297.
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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
Shares  
Security Description
 
Value
 
Common Stock - 93.8%      
Basic Materials - 4.6%      
 
500
 
DowDuPont, Inc.
 
$
31,855
 
 
1,360
 
Nutrien, Ltd.
   
64,273
 
 
400
 
WestRock Co.
   
25,668
 
           
121,796
 
Capital Goods / Industrials - 7.4%        
 
500
 
Eaton Corp. PLC
   
39,955
 
 
1,900
 
General Electric Co.
   
25,612
 
 
1,500
 
Johnson Controls International PLC
   
52,860
 
 
1,000
 
Nielsen Holdings PLC
   
31,790
 
 
100
 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
   
15,320
 
 
100
 
The Boeing Co.
   
32,788
 
           
198,325
 
Consumer Cyclicals - 1.6%        
 
1,100
 
L Brands, Inc.
   
42,031
 
Consumer Discretionary - 3.2%        
 
1,100
 
Tapestry, Inc.
   
57,871
 
 
400
 
Target Corp.
   
27,772
 
           
85,643
 
Consumer Staples - 6.3%        
 
400
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
44,052
 
 
400
 
PepsiCo., Inc.
   
43,660
 
 
900
 
Walmart, Inc.
   
80,073
 
           
167,785
 
Energy - 14.6%          
 
900
 
BP PLC, ADR
   
36,486
 
 
600
 
Chevron Corp.
   
68,424
 
 
1,700
 
ConocoPhillips
   
100,793
 
 
300
 
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
   
19,968
 
 
900
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
   
58,464
 
 
800
 
Schlumberger, Ltd.
   
51,824
 
 
600
 
Valero Energy Corp.
   
55,662
 
           
391,621
 
Financials - 21.0%        
 
1,200
 
American International Group, Inc.
   
65,304
 
 
500
 
BB&T Corp.
   
26,020
 
 
600
 
BOK Financial Corp.
   
59,394
 
 
340
 
Chubb, Ltd.
   
46,502
 
 
900
 
FNF Group
   
36,018
 
 
500
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
54,985
 
 
400
 
M&T Bank Corp.
   
73,744
 
 
1,100
 
MetLife, Inc.
   
50,479
 
 
1,400
 
Morgan Stanley
   
75,544
 
 
1,500
 
U.S. Bancorp
   
75,750
 
           
563,740
 
Health Care - 14.5%        
 
300
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
28,394
 
 
300
 
Amgen, Inc.
   
51,144
 
 
800
 
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR
   
27,976
 
 
400
 
Cardinal Health, Inc.
   
25,072
 
 
700
 
Encompass Health Corp.
   
40,019
 
 
700
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
   
52,773
 
 
2,000
 
Koninklijke Philips NV, ADR
   
76,620
 
 
600
 
Medtronic PLC
   
48,132
 
 
800
 
Novo Nordisk A/S, ADR
   
39,400
 
           
389,530
 
Real Estate - 2.7%        
 
600
 
Taubman Centers, Inc. REIT
   
34,146
 
 
1,100
 
Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT
   
38,500
 
           
72,646
 
Technology - 14.7%        
 
2,500
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
107,225
 
 
200
 
Harris Corp.
   
32,256
 
 
2,100
 
HP, Inc.
   
46,032
 
 
Shares  
Security Description
 
Value
 
Technology - 14.7% (continued)      
 
1,600
 
Intel Corp.
 
$
83,328
 
 
500
 
International Business Machines Corp.
   
76,715
 
 
300
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
27,381
 
 
200
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
   
20,778
 
           
393,715
 
Telecommunications - 0.7%        
 
400
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
19,128
 
Transportation - 1.5%        
 
300
 
Union Pacific Corp.
   
40,329
 
Utilities - 1.0%          
 
700
 
Exelon Corp.
   
27,307
 
Total Common Stock (Cost $2,126,857)    
2,513,596
 
Money Market Fund - 5.3%        
 
143,824
  Federated Government Obligations Fund, Institutional Class, 1.51% (a)
(Cost $143,824)
   
143,824
 
Investments, at value - 99.1% (Cost $2,270,681)  
$
2,657,420
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - 0.9%    
22,899
 
Net Assets - 100.0%  
$
2,680,319
 

ADR
American Depositary Receipt
PLC
Public Limited Company
REIT
Real Estate Investment Trust
(a)
Dividend yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of March 31, 2018.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's instruments   as of March 31, 2018.

The  inputs  or  methodology  used  for  valuing  securities  are  not  necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For more information  on  valuation  inputs,  and  their  aggregation  into  the  levels  used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in Note 2 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs
 
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
 
$
2,513,596
 
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
   
143,824
 
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
Total
 
$
2,657,420
 

The Level 1 value displayed in this table is Common Stock. The Level 2 value displayed  in  this  table  is  a  Money  Market  Fund.  Refer  to  this  Schedule   of Investments for a further breakout of each security by industry.

The Fund utilizes the end of period methodology when determining transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2018.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
     
% of Total Investments
     
Basic Materials
   
4.6
%
Capital Goods / Industrials
   
7.5
%
Consumer Cyclicals
   
1.6
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
3.2
%
Consumer Staples
   
6.3
%
Energy
   
14.8
%
Financials
   
21.2
%
Health Care
   
14.7
%
Real Estate
   
2.7
%
Technology
   
14.8
%
Telecommunications
   
0.7
%
Transportation
   
1.5
%
Utilities
   
1.0
%
Money Market Fund
   
5.4
%
     
100.0
%
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2018

 
ASSETS
     
Investments, at value (Cost $2,270,681)
 
$
2,657,420
 
Cash
   
2,041
 
Receivables:
       
Dividends
   
5,693
 
From investment advisor
   
12,290
 
Prepaid expenses
   
16,776
 
Total Assets
   
2,694,220
 
         
LIABILITIES
       
Accrued Liabilities:
       
Trustees’ fees and expenses
   
107
 
Fund services fees
   
5,338
 
Other expenses
   
8,456
 
Total Liabilities
   
13,901
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
2,680,319
 
         
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
2,186,508
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
2,599
 
Accumulated net realized gain
   
104,473
 
Net unrealized appreciation
   
386,739
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
2,680,319
 
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT NO PAR VALUE (UNLIMITED SHARES AUTHORIZED)
       
Investor Shares
   
103,247
 
Institutional Shares
   
47,863
 
         
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
       
Investor Shares (based on net assets of $1,828,594)
 
$
17.71
 
Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $851,725)
 
$
17.80
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
SIX  MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

 
INVESTMENT INCOME
     
Dividend income (Net of foreign withholding taxes of $228)
 
$
35,457
 
Total Investment Income
   
35,457
 
         
EXPENSES
       
Investment advisor fees
   
6,570
 
Fund services fees
   
32,027
 
Transfer agent fees:
       
Investor Shares
   
9,261
 
Institutional Shares
   
9,639
 
Distribution fees:
       
Investor Shares
   
2,275
 
Custodian fees
   
2,578
 
Registration fees:
       
Investor Shares
   
8,884
 
Institutional Shares
   
9,245
 
Professional fees
   
10,628
 
Trustees' fees and expenses
   
1,042
 
Other expenses
   
11,998
 
Total Expenses
   
104,147
 
Fees waived and expenses reimbursed
   
(92,674
)
Net Expenses
   
11,473
 
         
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
23,984
 
         
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
       
Net realized gain on investments
   
109,199
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
23,452
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
   
132,651
 
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
156,635
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 

 
   
For the Six
Months Ended
March 31,
2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
 
$
23,984
   
$
48,347
 
Net realized gain
   
109,199
     
93,135
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
23,452
     
192,429
 
Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
156,635
     
333,911
 
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
               
Net investment income:
               
Investor Shares
   
(15,476
)
   
(32,969
)
Institutional Shares
   
(8,021
)
   
(13,855
)
Net realized gain:
               
Investor Shares
   
(51,277
)
   
(29,530
)
Institutional Shares
   
(22,602
)
   
(9,288
)
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(97,376
)
   
(85,642
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
3,041
     
38,459
 
Institutional Shares
   
98,602
     
94,402
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Investor Shares
   
66,728
     
62,499
 
Institutional Shares
   
30,622
     
23,143
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
(519
)
   
(265,416
)
Institutional Shares
   
(5,267
)
   
(7,818
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
193,207
     
(54,731
)
Increase in Net Assets
   
252,466
     
193,538
 
                 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of Period
   
2,427,853
     
2,234,315
 
End of Period (Including line (a))
 
$
2,680,319
   
$
2,427,853
 
                 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
155
     
2,354
 
Institutional Shares
   
5,479
     
5,685
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Investor Shares
   
3,748
     
3,784
 
Institutional Shares
   
1,712
     
1,392
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
(29
)
   
(16,185
)
Institutional Shares
   
(294
)
   
(474
)
Increase (Decrease) in Shares
   
10,771
     
(3,444
)
                 
(a) Undistributed net investment income
 
$
2,599
   
$
2,112
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 


These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.
                               
   
For the
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2018
   
For the
Period
Ended
September 30,
2016 (a)
   
For the
Year Ended
November 30,
2015
   
December 2,
2013 (b)
Through
November 30,
2014
 
INVESTOR SHARES
                             
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
17.28
   
$
15.52
   
$
16.90
   
$
19.28
   
$
17.47
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                                       
Net investment income (c)
   
0.16
     
0.33
     
0.26
     
0.34
     
0.36
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
0.94
     
2.02
     
0.93
     
(1.06
)
   
1.49
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
1.10
     
2.35
     
1.19
     
(0.72
)
   
1.85
 
                                         
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
                                       
Net investment income
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.32
)
   
(2.20
)
   
(0.26
)
   
(0.04
)
Net realized gain
   
(0.52
)
   
(0.27
)
   
(0.37
)
   
(1.40
)
     
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.67
)
   
(0.59
)
   
(2.57
)
   
(1.66
)
   
(0.04
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
17.71
   
$
17.28
   
$
15.52
   
$
16.90
   
$
19.28
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
6.35
%(d)
   
15.32
%
   
8.40
%(d)
   
(3.86
)%
   
10.59
%(d)
                                         
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                                       
Net Assets at End of Year (000s omitted)
 
$
1,829
   
$
1,717
   
$
1,699
   
$
1,362
   
$
1,471
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                       
Net investment income
   
1.74
%(e)
   
2.03
%
   
2.07
%(e)
   
1.97
%
   
1.98
%(e)
Net expenses
   
0.95
%(e)
   
0.95
%
   
0.95
%(e)
   
0.95
%
   
0.95
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
7.12
%(e)
   
7.67
%
   
9.43
%(e)
   
5.80
%
   
4.54
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
19
%(d)
   
48
%
   
22
%(d)
   
32
%
   
35
%(d)
 

(a)
Effective March 24, 2016, the Fund changed its fiscal year end from November 30 to September 30.  The information presented is for the period December 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016.
(b)
Commencement of operations.
(c)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

 
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.
                               
   
For the
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   
For the
Period Ended
September 30,
2016 (a)
   
For the
Year Ended
November 30,
2015
   
December 2,
2013 (b)
Through
November 30,
2014
 
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
                             
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
17.36
   
$
15.59
   
$
17.00
   
$
19.42
   
$
17.56
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                                       
Net investment income (c)
   
0.18
     
0.38
     
0.29
     
0.39
     
0.41
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
0.95
     
2.02
     
0.94
     
(1.06
)
   
1.50
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
1.13
     
2.40
     
1.23
     
(0.67
)
   
1.91
 
                                         
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
                                       
Net investment income
   
(0.17
)
   
(0.36
)
   
(2.27
)
   
(0.35
)
   
(0.05
)
Net realized gain
   
(0.52
)
   
(0.27
)
   
(0.37
)
   
(1.40
)
     
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.69
)
   
(0.63
)
   
(2.64
)
   
(1.75
)
   
(0.05
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
17.80
   
$
17.36
   
$
15.59
   
$
17.00
   
$
19.42
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
6.51
%(d)
   
15.60
%
   
8.65
%(d)
   
(3.58
)%
   
10.87
%(d)
                                         
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                                       
Net Assets at End of Period (000s omitted)
 
$
852
   
$
711
   
$
536
   
$
426
   
$
11,067
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                       
Net investment income
   
2.01
%(e)
   
2.28
%
   
2.30
%(e)
   
2.23
%
   
2.26
%(e)
Net expenses
   
0.70
%(e)
   
0.70
%
   
0.70
%(e)
   
0.70
%
   
0.70
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
9.75
%(e)
   
11.16
%
   
14.43
%(e)
   
2.09
%
   
2.50
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
19
%(d)
   
48
%
   
22
%(d)
   
32
%
   
35
%(d)
 
(a)
Effective March 24, 2016, the Fund changed its fiscal year end from November 30 to September 30.  The information presented is for the period December 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016.
(b)
Commencement of operations.
(c)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to report our economic and financial market perspectives and the investment activities for the Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund (the “Fund”) for the six months ended March, 2018. The Fund is a mid-to-large capitalization value-oriented portfolio of stock holdings selected from a universe of stocks created through the application of inclusionary and exclusionary social screens and assessments of the ESG profile of each company. Among these stocks, we further evaluate and assess each prospective holding’s valuation and fundamental business attraction to determine the current portfolio holdings. In selecting investments, we consider social criteria such as an issuer’s community relations, corporate governance, employee diversity, employee relations, environmental impact and sustainability, human rights record and product safety. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, we also evaluate an issuer’s involvement in specific revenue generating activities to determine whether the issuer’s involvement was meaningful or incidental with respect to that activity.

For the six month period ending March 31, 2018 the Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund outperformed both of its benchmarks. Upon review of the period, the two quarters were like opposite sides of a coin. The fourth quarter of 2017 witnessed robust returns due to optimism from the passage of the tax reform act, yet this was almost offset by negative returns in the first quarter, which was marked by a level of volatility in the overall market we haven’t experienced in a couple of years. The tax reform has clear positive economic implications as it increases the incentives to work, invest and save in the United States. Despite the robust returns in the fourth quarter, we believe the rally did not fully capture the implications of the increased rate of growth due to the tax reform. On the opposite end, the volatility and ensuing market sell-off in the first quarter of 2018 appears to us a little overdone. Trade wars are not good, let us be clear; no one wins a trade war. However, it is our opinion that much of the effect from a trade war will not completely offset the growth from the tax reform. Further, if the outlandish remarks made by the President and his administration are merely anchoring points for negotiation, which it appears may be the case, then the market sell-off in the first quarter will have proven to be temporary. However, we will pay close attention to developments and adjust our forecasts accordingly.

The positioning of the portfolio during this period is a result of what we consider a wide opportunity set which began to build in 2015. At times the positioning had detracted from returns as the market doesn’t always agree with our ideas, at least not from a timing point of view. However, in most cases our conviction grows stronger the worse a stock or sector performs as long as our views about fundamentals don’t waver. The research we perform, which informs our view, allows us to be comfortable adding to positions that haven’t worked out in a short period of time if our conviction is high. At times, “good” companies (from an ESG perspective) can perform poorly, but in the period, many “good” companies demonstrated they can be good investments as well. Our conviction and the positioning of the strategy, which was held and reinforced over the period, helped generate excess returns.

We also have long held convictions about certain sectors, which aren’t always those in which to buy but also those in which to avoid. This may sound like a broken record but we have chosen to avoid investing in sectors that we feel are overvalued. Overvaluation can look different, however, depending on a number of factors. In our view it is a combination of two very simple ideas: fundamentals and valuation. Exercises like this, which inform us of whether or not individual companies and sectors are truly attractive, have given us the comfort to avoid over-investing in utilities, consumer staples, real estate and telecom, sectors that for the most part, exhibit neither fundamental nor valuation attraction. During the period, avoiding these sectors added nearly 200bp of excess returns over the primary benchmark.

Similarly, avoiding these sectors freed up the resources to invest in sectors which exhibit characteristics we seek: fundamental attraction, valuation attraction and strong governance. Our two largest overweight sectors for the period are health care and consumer discretionary. The rout in the health care sector that started in 2016 due to bi-partisan support to lower the cost of health care prompted investors to treat all stocks like the few really bad actors which provided a wide opportunity set for investment. As the period progressed and the market became overly pessimistic, we increased our attention towards companies within the sector that maintained good governance practices yet were unduly punished by association. This provided the opportunity to purchase good health care companies at good prices, fulfilling our desire to have both fundamental and valuation attraction. In the period our overweight position in health care detracted from returns, however, our stock selection more than offset the effect and contributions from the sector were the highest in the period. Encompass Health, Abbvie, Becton Dickinson and Novo Nordisk all contributed positively to returns.

Stocks that detracted from returns include Corning, Lions Gate Entertainment and Nielsen. We exited Nielsen as we found opportunities for other investments that were more attractive. Corning’s fundamentals are currently being pressured by an increase in investments to support future growth and to continue diversify its product mix away from displays. We view this as a temporary investment that will reward patient, long-term investors like us.

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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018

In the period we initiated a position in Weyerhaeuser, the largest supplier of lumber in the U.S. All of its forests are sustainably managed and by nature of its size it is also the largest tree planter in the U.S. The market for new houses remains constrained. Since the financial crisis the impediment to building new houses in the U.S. has created a supply-demand imbalance, driving up the cost of living. We believe the constraints will elongate the cycle, one in which Weyerhaeuser will benefit from, yet its valuation is not reflective of it. Our investment in Weyerhaeuser and another new addition, Brookfield Property Managers, represents a departure of sorts from our view that asset-sensitive sectors are over-valued. We do note, however, that not all real estate is created equal. Brookfield Property is a relatively new company spun out of well pedigreed asset manager: Brookfield Asset Management. Majority of its profits are generated by its high-performing office properties, yet its valuation is similar to that of a mall REIT. While it does own mall properties, its portfolio of office properties is being entirely ignored in the valuation. Over the next 3-5 years as mall owners repurpose the properties and concerns about the health of the industry fade away, it is likely that its valuation will revert to be in-line with its fundamentals.

Over the last several years we have not held many food companies. The prospect of increasing input costs and the preference shift towards more healthy and fresh food make it difficult for incumbent food manufacturers traditionally focused on shelf-stable food products to grow revenues profitably. Furthermore, with few exceptions, valuations did not reflect this fundamental shift and we have stayed away. However, over the last year the market has begun to price the fundamental shift as it has become painfully clear that profits are going to be depressed, or at a new lower level. As valuations decreased we were able to purchase Mondelez International, the former Kraft snack brand company at a significant discount to its intrinsic value. Mondelez stands apart from its competitors as a strong global franchise that is growing revenues profitably, yet its valuation has experienced similar compression as those that aren’t. It has done so by creating new, healthier products, limited calorie packs while focusing on sustainable sourcing.

Kimberly-Clark was also a recent addition to the portfolio yet it is a company we have owned in the past and are familiar with its keen management and business strategy. Management at Kimberly-Clark is a good steward of capital with sound governance practices. As the consumer staples sector underperformed over the last year we were once again provided the opportunity to purchase a company with positive fundamental attributes at a reasonable price.

Several other new additions to the portfolio are Moller-Maersk, the largest shipping company in the world; Nutrien (formerly Potash), a fertilizer company with improving fundamentals and a basement bargain price and Tapestry, formerly Coach (and Kate Spade), which was a top contributor to returns in the period.

In favor of our new investments we exited Qualcomm, MetLife, Cardinal Health, Nielsen, Procter & Gamble, National Oilwell Varco and Pentair. With the exception of Cardinal and Nielsen, all investments were successful and are exiting in favor of other investments with higher fundamental-valuation attractiveness. Cardinal Health was initiated and eliminated during the year as we changed our opinion of the pharmaceutical distributors when it became clear that it will likely be facing headwinds from a fierce competitor for years to come: Amazon. Although the stock appeared to exhibit both fundamental and valuation attraction at the beginning of the holding period, its fundamentals have deteriorated to a point where we no longer believe they will support the valuation.

In addition to those previously mentioned, during the quarter we added to AIG, Radian, Medtronic, Johnson Controls, IBM, Mosaic, AstraZeneca, Encompass Health and Nutrien, all of which we have increased our confidence in either its fundamentals or valuation. In favor of these we reduced Cabot, AbbVie, Royal Phillips and M&T Bank.

The conviction in our positioning and the individual companies we own that has helped generate excess returns in the period comes only from gaining an understanding of the companies and industries in which they operate. This is the value we hope to provide to our shareholders over the long-term and is generated from the research we perform. One cannot have conviction without it. Our focus on purchasing companies with positive fundamental and valuation attributes is reinforced by the strategy’s focus on governance. It is the intersection of these three attributes that inform our opinions to buy and sell and creates the characteristics that our Socially Responsible clients and shareholders desire.

Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to change and risk.

The MSCI KLD 400 Social Index and the Morningstar Category are used to compare fund performance to its peers. It is not possible to invest directly into an index or category. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Risk Considerations: Mutual fund investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Socially responsible investment criteria may limit the number of investment opportunities available to the Fund or it may invest a larger portion of its assets in certain sectors which could be more sensitive to market conditions, economic, regulatory and environmental developments. These factors

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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018

could negatively impact the Fund’s returns. The Fund primarily invests in undervalued securities, which may not appreciate in value as anticipated by the Advisor or remain undervalued for longer than anticipated. The Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), which involves risks relating to political, economic or regulatory conditions in foreign countries and may cause greater volatility and less liquidity. The Fund may also invest in convertible securities and preferred stock, which may be adversely affected as interest rates rise.

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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
The following charts reflect the change in the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Investor Shares and a hypothetical $100,000 investment in Institutional Shares, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund (the “Fund”) compared with the performance of the primary benchmark, Morningstar Large Value Index, and the secondary benchmark, MSCI KLD 400 Social Index (the “indices”), over the past ten fiscal years. The Morningstar Large Value Index measures the performance of large-cap stocks with relatively low prices given anticipated per share earnings, book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The MSCI KLD 400 Social Index is a capitalization weighted index of 400 US securities that provides exposure to companies with outstanding Environmental, Social and Governance ratings and excludes companies whose products have negative social or environmental impacts. The total return of the indices include the reinvestment of dividends and income. The total return of the Fund includes operating expenses that reduce returns, while the total return of the indices do not include expenses. The Fund is professionally managed, while the indices are unmanaged and are not available for investment.
 
Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment
Investor Shares vs. Morningstar Large Value Index and MSCI KLD 400 Social Index
 



Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
 
One Year
Five Years
 
Ten Years
Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund - Investor Shares*
9.24%
7.52%
5.59%
Morningstar Large Value Index
8.76%
10.69%
6.77%
MSCI KLD 400 Social Index
14.67%
13.05%
9.78%
 
*
Performance for Investor Shares for periods prior to January 8, 2016, reflects the performance and expenses of City National Rochdale Socially Responsible Equity Fund, a series of City National Rochdale Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”).

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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Comparison of Change in Value of a $100,000 Investment
Institutional Shares vs. Morningstar Large Value Index and MSCI KLD 400 Social Index
 

 
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
 
One Year
 
Five Years
 
Ten Years
Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund - Institutional Shares*
9.45%
7.73%
5.83%
Morningstar Large Value Index
8.76%
10.69%
6.77%
MSCI KLD 400 Social Index
14.67%
13.05%
9.78%
 
*
Performance for Institutional Shares for periods prior to January 8, 2016, reflects the performance and expenses of City National Rochdale Socially Responsible Equity Fund, a series of City National Rochdale Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”).
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. As stated in the Fund’s prospectus, the annual operating expense ratios (gross) for Investor Shares and Institutional Shares are 2.64% and 2.64%, respectively. However, the Fund’s advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 1.14% and 0.89% for Investor Shares and Institutional Shares, respectively, through at least January 31, 2019 (the “Expense Cap”) (the “Expense Cap”). The advisor may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the advisor pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. During the period, certain fees were waived and/or expenses reimbursed; otherwise, returns would have been lower. The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns greater than one year are annualized. For the most recent month-end performance, please call (855) 409-2297.
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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value
 
Common Stock - 93.0%
     
Basic Materials - 4.3%
     
3,500
 
Nutrien, Ltd.
 
$
165,410
 
7,900
 
The Mosaic Co.
   
191,812
 
         
357,222
 
Capital Goods / Industrials - 4.3%
       
5,538
 
Johnson Controls International PLC
   
195,159
 
3,000
 
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)
   
155,490
 
         
350,649
 
Consumer Cyclicals - 5.8%
       
3,900
 
L Brands, Inc.
   
149,019
 
1,100
 
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A
   
110,572
 
13,300
 
TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)
   
218,519
 
         
478,110
 
Consumer Discretionary - 6.7%
       
2,800
 
AutoNation, Inc. (a)
   
130,984
 
9,300
 
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C (a)
   
181,536
 
3,700
 
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B
   
89,096
 
2,800
 
Tapestry, Inc.
   
147,308
 
         
548,924
 
Consumer Staples - 2.7%
       
700
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
77,091
 
1,300
 
PepsiCo., Inc.
   
141,895
 
         
218,986
 
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 0.5%
       
1,000
 
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A
   
41,730
 
Energy - 5.2%
           
5,400
 
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
   
129,492
 
4,700
 
Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)
   
86,245
 
6,600
 
Devon Energy Corp.
   
209,814
 
         
425,551
 
             
Financials - 23.0%
     
 6,100   Air Lease Corp.    
259,982
 
2,900
 
American Express Co.
   
270,512
 
3,400
 
American International Group, Inc.
   
185,028
 
11,400
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
341,886
 
2,200
 
BOK Financial Corp.
   
217,778
 
5,750
 
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A
   
224,250
 
1,300
 
M&T Bank Corp.
   
239,668
 
7,600
 
Radian Group, Inc.
   
144,704
 
         
1,883,808
 
Health Care - 16.4%
       
1,000
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
94,650
 
4,700
 
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR
   
164,359
 
1,100
 
Becton Dickinson and Co.
   
238,370
 
2,200
 
Encompass Health Corp.
   
125,774
 
7,400
 
Koninklijke Philips NV, ADR
   
283,494
 
700
 
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)
   
113,225
 
3,100
 
Medtronic PLC
   
248,682
 
1,500
 
Novo Nordisk A/S, ADR
   
73,875
 
         
1,342,429
 
Real Estate - 3.8%
       
8,100
 
Brookfield Property Partners LP
   
155,439
 
4,400
 
Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT
   
154,000
 
         
309,439
 
Technology - 15.4%
       
7,500
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
321,675
 
5,600
 
Corning, Inc.
   
156,128
 
5,400
 
HP, Inc.
   
118,368
 
6,100
 
Intel Corp.
   
317,688
 
1,500
 
International Business Machines Corp.
   
230,145
 

Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value
 
Technology - 15.4% (continued)
     
1,300
 
Microsoft Corp.
 
$
118,651
 
         
1,262,655
 
Transportation - 4.9%
       
13,600
 
AP Moller - Maersk A/S, ADR
   
106,352
 
1,200
 
Kansas City Southern
   
131,820
 
1,200
 
Union Pacific Corp.
   
161,316
 
         
399,488
 
Total Common Stock (Cost $6,409,443)
   
7,618,991
 
Money Market Fund - 7.7%
       
633,380
  Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity        
Funds Government Portfolio, Institutional
       
Class, 1.59% (b)
       
(Cost $633,380)
   
633,380
 
Investments, at value - 100.7% (Cost $7,042,823)
 
$
8,252,371
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - (0.7)%
   
(58,033
)
Net Assets - 100.0%
 
$
8,194,338
 
 
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
LP
Limited Partnership
PLC
Public Limited Company
REIT
Real Estate Investment Trust
(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
Dividend yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of March 31, 2018.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's instruments as of March 31, 2018.
 
The  inputs  or  methodology  used  for  valuing  securities  are  not  necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For more information  on  valuation  inputs,  and  their  aggregation  into  the  levels  used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in Note 2 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs
 
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
 
$
7,618,991
 
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
   
633,380
 
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
     
Total
 
$
8,252,371
 
 
The Level 1 value displayed in this table is Common Stock. The Level 2 value displayed  in  this  table  is  a  Money  Market  Fund.  Refer  to  this  Schedule of Investments for a further breakout of each security by industry.
 
The Fund utilizes the end of period methodology when determining transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2018.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
     
% of Total Investments
     
Basic Materials
   
4.3
%
Capital Goods / Industrials
   
4.2
%
Consumer Cyclicals
   
5.8
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
6.7
%
Consumer Staples
   
2.7
%
Consumer, Non-cyclical
   
0.5
%
Energy
   
5.2
%
Financials
   
22.8
%
Health Care
   
16.3
%
Real Estate
   
3.7
%
Technology
   
15.3
%
Transportation
   
4.8
%
Money Market Fund
   
7.7
%
     
100.0
%
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2018
   
ASSETS
     
Investments, at value (Cost $7,042,823)
 
$
8,252,371
 
Cash
   
8,218
 
Receivables:
       
Dividends
   
11,414
 
From investment advisor
   
6,468
 
Prepaid expenses
   
13,999
 
Total Assets
   
8,292,470
 
LIABILITIES
       
Payables:
       
Investment securities purchased
   
72,769
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
12,092
 
Accrued Liabilities:
       
Trustees’ fees and expenses
   
86
 
Fund services fees
   
5,430
 
Other expenses
   
7,755
 
Total Liabilities
   
98,132
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
8,194,338
 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
7,074,641
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
1,669
 
Accumulated net realized loss
   
(91,520
)
Net unrealized appreciation
   
1,209,548
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
8,194,338
 
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT NO PAR VALUE (UNLIMITED SHARES AUTHORIZED)
       
Investor Shares
   
227,828
 
Institutional Shares
   
471,568
 
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
       
Investor Shares (based on net assets of $2,672,794)
 
$
11.73
 
Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $5,521,544)
 
$
11.71
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FUND
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
SIX  MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

INVESTMENT INCOME
     
Dividend income (Net of foreign withholding taxes of $780)
 
$
77,436
 
Total Investment Income
   
77,436
 
EXPENSES
       
Investment advisor fees
   
29,759
 
Fund services fees
   
36,542
 
Transfer agent fees:
       
Investor Shares
   
8,931
 
Institutional Shares
   
9,215
 
Distribution fees:
       
Investor Shares
   
3,534
 
Custodian fees
   
2,508
 
Registration fees:
       
Investor Shares
   
7,536
 
Institutional Shares
   
7,796
 
Professional fees
   
10,431
 
Trustees' fees and expenses
   
1,136
 
Other expenses
   
13,535
 
Total Expenses
   
130,923
 
Fees waived and expenses reimbursed
   
(89,551
)
Net Expenses
   
41,372
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
36,064
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
       
Net realized gain on investments
   
325,866
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
(617
)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
   
325,249
 
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
361,313
 
  
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 


   
For the
Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
 
$
36,064
   
$
85,258
 
Net realized gain
   
325,866
     
1,077,354
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(617
)
   
408,585
 
Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
361,313
     
1,571,197
 
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
               
Net investment income:
               
Investor Shares
   
(8,737
)
   
(57,751
)
Institutional Shares
   
(27,349
)
   
(72,531
)
Net realized gain:
               
Investor Shares
   
(36,996
)
   
 
Institutional Shares
   
(75,417
)
   
 
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(148,499
)
   
(130,282
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
23,882
     
451,332
 
Institutional Shares
   
101,069
     
285,008
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Investor Shares
   
43,331
     
56,463
 
Institutional Shares
   
102,311
     
72,083
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
(345,541
)
   
(8,327,460
)
Institutional Shares
   
(221,768
)
   
(1,145,359
)
Decrease in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
(296,716
)
   
(8,607,933
)
Decrease in Net Assets
   
(83,902)
   
(7,167,018
)
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of Period
   
8,278,240
     
15,445,258
 
End of Period (Including line (a))
 
$
8,194,338
   
$
8,278,240
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
1,907
     
41,978
 
Institutional Shares
   
8,302
     
25,941
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Investor Shares
   
3,603
     
5,238
 
Institutional Shares
   
8,533
     
6,593
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Investor Shares
   
(28,792
)
   
(771,560
)
Institutional Shares
   
(17,974
)
   
(107,029
)
Decrease in Shares
   
(24,421
)
   
(798,839
)
                 
(a) Undistributed net investment income
 
$
1,669
   
$
1,691
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
  
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

   
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018
   
For the Years Ended September 30, 
 
                                   
       
2017
   
2016
   
2015
   
2014
   
2013
 
INVESTOR SHARES
                                   
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
11.45
   
$
10.14
   
$
10.16
   
$
11.42
   
$
12.26
   
$
10.04
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                                               
Net investment income (a)
   
0.04
     
0.06
     
0.08
     
0.11
     
0.18
     
0.09
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
0.44
     
1.35
     
0.71
     
(0.98
)
   
1.15
     
2.22
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
0.48
     
1.41
     
0.79
     
(0.87
)
   
1.33
     
2.31
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
                                               
Net investment income
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.28
)
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.09
)
Net realized gain
   
(0.16
)
   
     
(0.53
)
   
(0.29
)
   
(2.02
)
   
 
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.84
)
   
(0.39
)
   
(2.17
)
   
(0.09
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
11.73
   
$
11.45
   
$
10.14
   
$
10.16
   
$
11.42
   
$
12.26
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
4.14
%(b)
   
13.98
%
   
8.28
%
   
(7.86
)%
   
12.11
%
   
23.12
%
                                                 
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                                               
Net Assets at End of Year (000s omitted)
 
$
2,673
   
$
2,874
   
$
9,890
   
$
23,045
   
$
26,763
   
$
31,387
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                               
Net investment income
   
0.67
%(c)
   
0.60
%
   
0.77
%
   
0.99
%
   
1.55
%
   
0.81
%
Net expenses
   
1.14
%(c)
   
1.14
%
   
1.28
%
   
1.14
%
   
1.14
%
   
1.13
%
Gross expenses (d)
   
3.69
%(c)
   
2.64
%
   
1.84
%
   
1.37
%
   
1.46
%
   
1.38
%
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
17
%(b)
   
42
%
   
57
%
   
29
%
   
34
%
   
42
%
  

(a)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(b)
Not annualized.
(c)
Annualized.
(d)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD SOCIALLYRESPONSIBLE FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
  
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

   
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018
   
For the Years Ended September 30,
 
                                   
       
2017
   
2016
   
2015
   
2014
   
2013
 
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
                                   
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
11.43
   
$
10.15
   
$
10.18
   
$
11.45
   
$
12.28
   
$
10.06
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                                               
Net investment income (a)
   
0.06
     
0.10
     
0.14
     
0.14
     
0.19
     
0.12
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
0.44
     
1.33
     
0.66
     
(0.99
)
   
1.18
     
2.22
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
0.50
     
1.43
     
0.80
     
(0.85
)
   
1.37
     
2.34
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
                                               
Net investment income
   
(0.06
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.30
)
   
(0.13
)
   
(0.18
)
   
(0.12
)
Net realized gain
   
(0.16
)
   
     
(0.53
)
   
(0.29
)
   
(2.02
)
   
 
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.22
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.83
)
   
(0.42
)
   
(2.20
)
   
(0.12
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
11.71
   
$
11.43
   
$
10.15
   
$
10.18
   
$
11.45
   
$
12.28
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
4.32
%(b)
   
14.18
%
   
8.40
%
   
(7.70
)%
   
12.46
%
   
23.38
%
                                                 
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                                               
Net Assets at End of Year (000s omitted)
 
$
5,522
   
$
5,404
   
$
5,555
   
$
238,379
   
$
172,830
   
$
45,357
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                               
Net investment income
   
0.93
%(c)
   
0.92
%
   
1.35
%
   
1.22
%
   
1.62
%
   
1.10
%
Net expenses
   
0.89
%(c)
   
0.89
%
   
0.89
%
   
0.89
%
   
0.89
%
   
0.87
%
Gross expenses (d)
   
2.78
%(c)
   
2.64
%
   
1.00
%
   
0.87
%(e)
   
0.96
%
   
0.87
%
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
17
%(b)
   
42
%
   
57
%
   
29
%
   
34
%
   
42
%
   

(a)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(b)
Not annualized.
(c)
Annualized.
(d)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.
(e)
Ratio includes waivers and previously waived investment advisory fees recovered. The impact of the recovered fees may cause a higher net expense ratio.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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BAYWOOD FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Note 1. Organization

Baywood ValuePlus Fund and Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are diversified portfolios of Forum Funds II (the “Trust”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust that is registered as an open-end, management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”). Under its Trust Instrument, the Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of each Fund’s shares of beneficial interest without par value. The Baywood ValuePlus Fund commenced operations on December 2, 2013, through a reorganization of a collective investment trust into the Baywood ValuePlus Fund. The collective investment trust was previously managed by the Baywood ValuePlus Fund’s Advisor and portfolio management team. This collective investment trust was organized and commenced operations on June 27, 2008. The Baywood ValuePlus Fund currently offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Institutional Shares. The Baywood ValuePlus Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in undervalued equity securities.

The Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund commenced operations on January 3, 2005. The Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund currently offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Institutional Shares. The Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.

On December 7, 2015, at a special meeting of shareholders of Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund, formerly City National Rochdale Socially Responsible Equity Fund, a series of City National Rochdale Funds (the "Predecessor Fund"), the shareholders approved a proposal to reorganize the Predecessor Fund into the Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund, a newly created series of the Forum   Funds II. The Predecessor Fund was sub-advised by the Fund's Advisor, SKBA Capital Management, LLC, with the same portfolio managers as Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund. The Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund is managed in a manner that is in all material respects equivalent to the management of the Predecessor Fund, including the investment objective, strategies, guidelines and restrictions. The primary purpose of the reorganization was to move the Predecessor Fund to a newly created series of Forum Funds II. As a result of the reorganization, the Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund is now operating under the supervision of a different board of trustees. On January 8, 2016, the Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund acquired all of the assets, subject to liabilities, of the Predecessor Fund. The shares of the Predecessor Fund were, in effect, exchanged on a tax-free basis for Shares of the Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund with the same aggregate value. No commission or other transactional fees were imposed on shareholders in connection with the tax-free exchange of their shares.

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Funds are investment companies and follow accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies”. These financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the fiscal period. Actual amounts could differ from those estimates. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of each Fund:

Security Valuation – Securities are valued at market prices using the last quoted trade or official closing price from the principal exchange where the security is traded, as provided by independent pricing services on each Fund business day. In the absence of a last trade, securities are valued at the mean of the last bid and ask price provided by the pricing service. Shares of non-exchange traded open-end mutual funds are valued at net asset value (“NAV”). Short-term investments that mature in sixty days or less may be valued at amortized cost.

Each Fund values its investments at fair value pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) if (1) market quotations are not readily available or (2) the Advisor, as defined in Note 3, believes that the values available are unreliable. The Trust’s Valuation Committee, as defined in each Fund’s registration statement, performs certain functions as they relate to the administration and oversight of each Fund’s valuation procedures. Under these procedures, the Valuation Committee convenes on a regular and ad hoc basis to review such investments and considers a number of factors, including valuation methodologies and significant unobservable inputs, when arriving at fair value.

The Valuation Committee may work with the Advisor to provide valuation inputs. In determining fair valuations, inputs may include market-based analytics that may consider related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values and other relevant investment information. Advisor inputs may include an income-based approach in which the anticipated future cash
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BAYWOOD FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
flows of the investment are discounted in determining fair value. Discounts may also be applied based on the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. The Valuation Committee performs regular reviews of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, disposition analysis and market activity.
 
Fair valuation is based on subjective factors and, as a result, the fair value price of an investment may differ from the security’s market price and may not be the price at which the asset may be sold. Fair valuation could result in a different NAV than a NAV determined by using market quotes.

GAAP has a three-tier fair value hierarchy. The basis of the tiers is dependent upon the various “inputs” used to determine the value of each Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2 - Prices determined using significant other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Short-term securities with maturities of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Municipal securities, long-term U.S. government obligations and corporate debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated price supplied by the pricing service and generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Other securities that are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, warrants that do not trade on an exchange, securities valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask quotation and international equity securities valued by an independent third party with adjustments for changes in value between the time of the securities respective local market closes and the close of the U.S. market.

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The aggregate value by input level, as of March 31, 2018, for each Fund’s investments is included at the end of each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Security Transactions, Investment Income and Realized Gain and Loss – Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as possible after determining the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium is amortized and discount is accreted using the effective interest method. Identified cost of investments sold is used to determine the gain and loss for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.

Distributions to Shareholders – Distributions to shareholders of net investment income, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of net capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least at least annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are based on amounts calculated in accordance with applicable federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are due primarily to differing treatments of income and gain on various investment securities held by each Fund, timing differences and differing characterizations of distributions made by each Fund.

Federal Taxes – Each Fund intends to continue to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of Chapter 1, Subtitle A, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), and to distribute all of its taxable income to shareholders. In addition, by distributing in each calendar year substantially all of its net investment income and capital gains, if any, the Funds will not be subject to a federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. Each Fund files a U.S. federal income and excise tax return as required. Each Fund’s federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. As of March 31, 2018, there are no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition or disclosure.

Income and Expense Allocation – The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each of its investment portfolios. Expenses that are directly attributable to more than one investment portfolio are allocated among the respective investment portfolios in an equitable manner. Each Fund's class-specific expenses are charged to the operations of that class of shares. Income and expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class) and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on the class’ respective net assets to the total net assets of each Fund.

Commitments and Contingencies – In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications by each Fund to the counterparty to the contract. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future
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BAYWOOD FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
claims that may be made against each Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote. Each Fund has determined that none of these arrangements requires disclosure on each Fund’s balance sheet.

Note 3. Fees and Expenses

Investment Advisor – SKBA Capital Management, LLC (the “Advisor”) is the investment adviser to the Funds. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement, the Advisor receives an advisory fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.50% and 0.70% of the average daily net assets of Baywood ValuePlus Fund and Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund, respectively.

Distribution – Foreside Fund Services, LLC serves as each Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”). The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) in accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Act. Under the Plan, each Fund may pay the Distributor and/or any other entity as authorized by the Board a fee of up to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets of Investor Shares for providing distribution and/or shareholder services to the Funds. The Distributor is not affiliated with the Advisor or Atlantic Fund Administration, LLC (d/b/a Atlantic Fund Services) (“Atlantic”) or their affiliates.

Other Service Providers – Atlantic provides fund accounting, fund administration, compliance and transfer agency services to each Fund. The fees related to these services are included in Fund services fees within the Statements of Operations. Atlantic also provides certain shareholder report production and EDGAR conversion and filing services. Pursuant to an Atlantic services agreement, each Fund pays Atlantic customary fees for its services. Atlantic provides a Principal Executive Officer, a Principal Financial Officer, a Chief Compliance Officer and an Anti-Money Laundering Officer to each Fund, as well as certain additional compliance support functions.

Trustees and Officers – The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual fee of $16,000 ($21,000 for the Chairman) for service to the Trust. The Independent Trustees and Chairman may receive additional fees for special Board meetings. The Independent Trustees are also reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their duties as Trustees, including travel and related expenses incurred in attending Board meetings. The amount of Independent Trustees’ fees attributable to each Fund is disclosed in the Statements of Operations. Certain officers of the Trust are also officers or employees of the above named service providers, and during their terms of office received no compensation from each Fund.

Note 4. Expense Reimbursement and Fees Waived

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit total operating expenses (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) for Investor Shares to 0.95% and Institutional Shares to 0.70% through January 31, 2019, for Baywood ValuePlus Fund. The Advisor also has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit total operating expenses (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) for Investor Shares to 1.14% and Institutional Shares to 0.89% through January 31, 2019, for Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund. Other Fund service providers have voluntarily agreed to waive and reimburse a portion of their fees. These voluntary fee waivers and reimbursements may be reduced or eliminated at any time. For the period ended March 31, 2018, fees waived and expenses reimbursed were as follows:

 
Investment Adviser Fees Waived
 
Investment Adviser Expenses Reimbursed
 
Other Waivers
 
Total Fees Waived and Expenses Reimbursed
 
Baywood ValuePlus Fund
$
6,571
 
$
62,825
 
$
23,278
 
$
92,674
 
Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund
 
29,760
   
37,270
   
22,521
   
89,551
 

The Advisor may be reimbursed by each Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Advisor pursuant to the expense cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. As of March 31, 2018, $413,467 and $299,225 in the Baywood ValuePlus Fund and Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund, respectively, is subject to recapture by the Advisor. Other Waivers are not eligible for recoupment.
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BAYWOOD FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Note 5. Security Transactions

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (including maturities), other than short-term investments during the period ended March 31, 2018, were as follows:

 
Purchases
 
Sales
 
Baywood ValuePlus Fund
$
592,973
 
$
455,778
 
Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund
 
1,345,253
   
1,761,384
 

Note 6. Federal Income Tax

As  of  March  31,  2018,  the  cost  for  federal  income  tax  purposes  is  substantially  the  same  as  for  financial  statement purposes and the components of net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were as follows:

 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation
 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
 
Net Unrealized Appreciation
 
Baywood ValuePlus Fund
$
440,430
 
$
(53,691
)
$
386,739
 
Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund
 
1,417,436
   
(207,888
)
 
1,209,548
 

As of September 30, 2017, distributable earnings (accumulated loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

 
Undistributed Ordinary Income
 
Undistributed Long-Term Gain
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Total
 
Baywood ValuePlus Fund
$
40
 
$
73,877
 
$
360,635
 
$
434,552
 
Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund
 
1,691
   
112,413
   
794,673
   
908,777
 

The difference between components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets  and Liabilities are primarily due to wash sales and equity return of capital.

Note 7. Subsequent Events

Subsequent events occurring after the date of this report through the date these financial statements were issued have been evaluated for potential impact, and each Fund has had no such events.
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BAYWOOD FUNDS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Proxy Voting Information

A description of the policies and procedures that each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in each Fund’s portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (855) 409-2297 and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (855) 409-2297 and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. These filings are available, without charge and upon request on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) fees (for Investor Shares only) and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses – The first line under each share class of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual 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 Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not each Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing  in each Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

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BAYWOOD FUNDS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MARCH 31, 2018
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
October 1, 2017
 
Ending
Account Value
March 31, 2018
 
Expenses
Paid During
Period*
 
Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
 
Baywood ValuePlus Fund
               
Investor Shares
               
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,063.52
 
$
4.89
   
0.95
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,020.19
 
$
4.78
   
0.95
%
Institutional Shares
                       
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,065.13
 
$
3.60
   
0.70
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,021.44
 
$
3.53
   
0.70
%
Baywood SociallyResponsible Fund
                       
Investor Shares
                       
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,041.38
 
$
5.80
   
1.14
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,019.25
 
$
5.74
   
1.14
%
Institutional Shares
                       
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,043.21
 
$
4.53
   
0.89
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,020.49
 
$
4.48
   
0.89
%
 
*
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182) divided by 365 to reflect the half-year period.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Dear Shareholder,
 
From the launch of the Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund (the ”Fund”) on November 14, 2017 to the period ending March 31, 2018, the Fund’s Institutional Shares returned 5.10%, underperforming the benchmark MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index (“Frontier Emerging Markets”) net return of 6.95%. Supra Institutional Shares commenced operations on November 15, 2017 and returned 5.23% for the period ending March 31, 2018, underperforming the benchmark return of 6.86%.
 
Egypt was the largest positive contributor to relative performance compared to the Fund’s benchmark, benefiting from both an overweight position as well as positive stock selection. We believe the Egyptian equity market was supported by expectations for, and the subsequent confirmation of, political continuity via President el-Sisi’s re-election in March. In addition, we believe favorable macro-economic trends such as a beginning of an interest rate reduction cycle on easing inflationary pressures, a largely stable Egyptian Pound, and a likely fiscal policy tilt towards more pro-growth measures also helped that market. At the stock level, we highlight Elsewedy Electric, the local power equipment and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company that we visited on-site early last year. In part backed by a low cost structure due to a very competitive local currency, the company has won major contracts year-to-date and is positioned to benefit from a strong pipeline of projects in Egypt and the region.
 
Pakistan, the Fund’s largest weight and a significant overweight relative to the benchmark, was another material positive contributor to the relative performance of the Fund. After a period of mostly declines in the 2nd half of 2017 on political instability and a widening current account deficit, we believe the Pakistan equity market was lifted by bargain hunting. Overseas investors returned to the market and mostly gravitated towards what we believe to be quality names, including our largest Pakistan holding, Lucky Cement. Industry-specific developments such as news of solid cement volume growth and successful push-through of price hikes further supported Lucky Cement shares in our view.
 
On the negative side, the largest detractor to the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark during the period was our stock selection in Vietnam. The Vietnam index has been driven up by rallies in a handful of liquid large caps that we do not hold. We believe these index heavyweights have reached stretched valuations as local investors have bid them higher on anticipation of a large influx of foreign capital – a notion which has been re-enforced by news of record foreign investor attendance at locally-held conferences. In addition, we believe several successful IPOs of large state-owned enterprises in January at higher than expected valuations provided an additional lift to investor sentiment towards large caps. The Fund’s holdings there consist mainly of smaller market cap names trading at lower valuations that are more consistent with our investment philosophy and strategy.
 
The second largest detractor relative to our benchmark was Colombia as the Fund’s lower-than-benchmark weight in this country and overall stock selections both worked against us during the period. One of the Fund’s holdings, Cemex Latam Holdings, a local cement manufacturer with operations in Latin America, missed Q4 2017 expectations. However, with cement prices showing some nascent signs of firming, we expect the operating environment to improve in 2018. The Fund’s relative performance was also hurt by the exclusion of two index heavyweights Bancolombia and Ecopetrol, which rallied during the period.
 
We note that one-off startup issues associated with the launching of the Fund in mid-November was an additional source of the Fund’s underperformance for the period. During the first three days after launch, the Fund held only cash due to operational reasons – a decision which was conservative and prudent but unfortunately proved to be a drag on performance as the benchmark returned +1.3% over these first three days. A greater than normal cash weighting, driven by high capital inflows relative to the size of the fund in this start up phase, continued to weigh on performance throughout November until the fund was fully invested in early December. When we look at a more ‘normalized’ period such as the first three months of 2018, the Fund’s Supra Institutional Shares and the Institutional Shares returned 4.16% and 3.96%, respectively, as compared to the benchmark’s return of 1.03%.
 
Despite the uptick in global market volatility over the past few months that we expect will remain in the near term, we are cautiously optimistic about the prospect for our frontier emerging equity market universe. We believe internally-generated positive catalysts such as economic reforms and political stabilization may outweigh externally-generated trade risks, particularly in the frontier equity markets. Indeed, we believe the likelihood of trade wars between the US and frontier countries like Egypt or Romania are nil to exceedingly improbable. While the optimism about a synchronized global economic growth has somewhat faded recently amid increasing anti-trade rhetoric, we believe the globally more sensitive parts of our universe are still in a catch-up phase relative to the US and have room to run higher should trade tensions ease. That being said, a key downside risk to this view is stronger than expected US inflation that could result in more aggressive hikes by the Fed, which, in turn, increase the probability of capital flight away from the frontier markets or cause the global cost of capital to rise. However, unexpected inflation in the US could also weaken the US dollar, enhancing the returns of investments in foreign-currency denominated equities like those held by the Fund.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
We thank you for your investment in the Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund.
 
CARAVAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
 
Cliff Quisenberry, CFA
CEO/Chief Investment Officer
Caravan Capital Management, LLC
 
Important Disclosure
 
An investment in the Fund is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal. Derivatives, such as options, futures, forwards and swaps, can be volatile, and a small investment in a derivative can have a large impact on the performance of the Fund. Foreign investments may be subject to additional risks which include international trade, currency, political, regulatory and diplomatic risks. Emerging markets investments additional risks include greater political and economic uncertainties as well as a relative lack of information about companies in such markets.
 
Securities traded on frontier and emerging markets are potentially illiquid and may be subject to volatility and high transaction costs. Frontier markets may be concentrated in the Commercial Banks industry, which can be affected by global and local economic conditions. Mid, Small and micro capitalization companies may be less liquid and their securities’ prices may fluctuate more than those of larger, more established companies. The Fund is newly created and does not have a full calendar year performance record.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
The following chart reflects the change in the value of a hypothetical $100,000 investment in Institutional Shares, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) compared with the performance of the benchmark, the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index ("Frontier Emerging Markets"), since inception. The Frontier Emerging Markets is a capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity performance across large and mid cap companies across frontier emerging market countries. The total return of the index includes the reinvestment of dividends and income. The total return of the Fund includes operating expenses that reduce returns, while the total return of the index does not include expenses. The Fund is professionally managed, while the index is unmanaged and is not available for investment.
 
Comparison of Change in Value of a $100,000 Investment
Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund - Institutional Shares vs. MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
Since Inception*
Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund - Institutional Shares
5.10%
Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund - Supra Institutional Shares
5.23%
MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index (since November 14, 2017)
6.95%

*
Institutional Shares commenced operations on November 14, 2017 and Supra Institutional Shares commenced operations on November 15, 2017.
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. As stated in the Fund’s prospectus, the annual operating expense ratios (gross) for Institutional and Supra Institutional Shares are 2.14% and 2.07%, respectively. However, the Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 1.60% and 1.30%, respectively, through at least August 1, 2019 (the “Expense Cap”). The adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value
 
Common Stock - 88.0%
     
Argentina - 8.4%
     
 
26,200
 
Adecoagro SA (a)
 
$
197,024
 
 
1,900
 
Banco Macro SA, ADR
   
205,143
 
 
3,900
 
BBVA Banco Frances SA, ADR
   
88,959
 
 
32,393
 
Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA (a)
   
640,362
 
 
15,217
 
Grupo Clarin SA, GDR
   
92,063
 
           
1,223,551
 
Bangladesh - 5.6%
       
 
454,702
 
Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., GDR (a)
   
379,579
 
 
145,959
 
BRAC Bank, Ltd.
   
170,550
 
 
425,396
 
Golden Harvest Agro Industries, Ltd. (a)
   
199,952
 
 
2,928
 
Youngone Corp.
   
74,992
 
           
825,073
 
Colombia - 6.0%
       
 
99,422
 
Almacenes Exito SA
   
586,414
 
 
90,722
 
CEMEX Latam Holdings SA (a)
   
288,979
 
           
875,393
 
Cyprus - 1.4%
           
 
83,735
 
Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (a)
   
204,621
 
Egypt - 5.8%
           
 
24,851
 
Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE
   
125,467
 
 
100,112
 
Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding Co.
   
146,165
 
 
17,933
 
Egyptian International Pharmaceuticals EIPICO
   
147,492
 
 
9,572
 
ElSewedy Electric Co.
   
117,622
 
 
208,986
 
Ghabbour Auto (a)
   
61,996
 
 
12,331
 
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings PLC (b)
   
57,339
 
 
41,198
 
Obour Land For Food Industries
   
51,410
 
 
163,239
 
Oriental Weavers
   
145,462
 
           
852,953
 
Estonia - 0.4%
           
 
40,347
 
Tallink Grupp AS
   
54,113
 
Georgia - 4.1%
           
 
3,791
 
BGEO Group PLC
   
189,136
 
 
15,709
 
TBC Bank Group PLC
   
405,531
 
           
594,667
 
Kazakhstan - 3.9%
       
 
16,729
 
Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, GDR (a)
   
230,860
 
 
23,797
 
KCell JSC, GDR
   
113,988
 
 
54,266
 
Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC (a)
   
222,695
 
           
567,543
 
Kenya - 4.7%
           
 
283,400
 
Equity Group Holdings, Ltd./Kenya
   
151,596
 
 
272,300
 
KCB Group, Ltd.
   
140,264
 
 
823,300
 
KenolKobil, Ltd. Group
   
143,129
 
 
819,100
 
Safaricom PLC
   
251,531
 
           
686,520
 
Kuwait - 5.5%
           
 
23,546
 
Human Soft Holding Co. KSC
   
306,585
 
 
68,117
 
Mabanee Co. SAK
   
162,335
 
 
104,625
 
Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSC
   
167,624
 
 
65,400
 
National Bank of Kuwait SAKP
   
163,719
 
           
800,263
 
Mauritius - 1.3%
       
 
23,400
 
MCB Group, Ltd.
   
193,946
 
Nigeria - 4.1%
           
 
2,395,579
 
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC
   
297,451
 
 
3,720,287
 
Zenith Bank PLC
   
302,790
 
           
600,241
 
 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value
 
Pakistan - 8.5%
         
 
166,500
 
Engro Fertilizers, Ltd.
 
$
100,390
 
 
85,100
 
Kohinoor Textile Mills, Ltd.
   
49,242
 
 
76,450
 
Lucky Cement, Ltd.
   
456,050
 
 
98,400
 
MCB Bank, Ltd.
   
189,382
 
 
301,000
 
Oil & Gas Development Co., Ltd.
   
454,500
 
           
1,249,564
 
Peru - 5.4%
           
 
98,607
 
Alicorp SAA, Class C
   
343,866
 
 
65,776
 
BBVA Banco Continental SA
   
88,692
 
 
800
 
Credicorp, Ltd.
   
181,632
 
 
225,056
 
Ferreycorp SAA
   
177,196
 
           
791,386
 
Philippines - 4.7%
       
 
1,552,000
 
Cosco Capital, Inc.
   
220,110
 
 
16,647,000
 
STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc.
   
465,807
 
           
685,917
 
Romania - 4.0%
           
 
417,629
 
Banca Transilvania SA
   
290,552
 
 
73,472
 
BRD-Groupe Societe Generale SA
   
289,042
 
           
579,594
 
Senegal - 1.4%
           
 
4,645
 
Sonatel
   
200,838
 
Sri Lanka - 3.9%
       
 
312,251
 
John Keells Holdings PLC
   
320,072
 
 
437,804
 
Tokyo Cement Co. Lanka PLC
   
151,840
 
 
331,311
 
Tokyo Cement Co. Lanka PLC, Non-Voting Shares
   
97,882
 
           
569,794
 
Ukraine - 1.5%
           
 
16,384
 
MHP SE, GDR (a)
   
223,642
 
United Arab Emirates - 1.3%
       
 
394,179
 
Gulf Marine Services PLC
   
193,562
 
Vietnam - 6.1%
           
 
2,936,000
 
CP Pokphand Co., Ltd.
   
228,201
 
 
40,000
 
FPT Corp.
   
104,342
 
 
45,774
 
LS Cable & System Asia, Ltd.
   
315,209
 
 
129,200
 
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp.
   
117,818
 
 
107,520
 
Superdong Fast Ferry Kien Giang Jsc
   
123,738
 
           
889,308
 
Total Common Stock (Cost $12,502,895)
   
12,862,489
 
               
Investment Companies - 4.6%
       
 
1,089,965
 
Fondul Proprietatea SA/Fund
   
268,214
 
 
82,026
 
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund, Ltd.
   
401,638
 
Total Investment Companies (Cost $621,017)
   
669,852
 
Exchange Traded Funds - 4.5%
       
 
6,600
 
iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF
   
231,726
 
 
10,700
 
iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
   
313,403
 
 
5,900
 
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund ETF
   
110,507
 
Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $604,714)
   
655,636
 
               
Money Market Fund - 4.5%
       
 
659,409
 
Fidelity Investments Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 1.53% (c)
       
     
(Cost $659,409)
   
659,409
 
Investments, at value - 101.6% (Cost $14,388,035)
 
$
14,847,386
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - (1.6)%
   
(235,225
)
Net Assets - 100.0%
 
$
14,612,161
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
ETF
Exchange Traded Fund
GDR
Global Depositary Receipt
JSC
Joint Stock Company
PLC
Public Limited Company
(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At the period end, the value of these securities amounted to $57,339 or 0.4% of net assets.
(c)
Dividend yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of March 31, 2018.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of March 31, 2018.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For more information on  valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used  in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in Note 2 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs
 
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
 
$
14,187,977
 
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
   
659,409
 
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
Total
 
$
14,847,386
 
 
The Level 1 value displayed in this table are Common Stock, Investment Companies and Exchange Traded Funds. The Level 2 value displayed in this table is a Money Market Fund. Refer to this Schedule of Investments for a further breakout of each security by country.
 
The Fund utilizes the end of period methodology when determining transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2018.
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
     
% of Total Investments
     
Argentina
   
8.2
%
Bangladesh
   
5.6
%
Colombia
   
5.9
%
Cyprus
   
1.4
%
Egypt
   
5.8
%
Estonia
   
0.4
%
Georgia
   
4.0
%
Kazakhstan
   
3.8
%
Kenya
   
4.6
%
Kuwait
   
5.4
%
Mauritius
   
1.3
%
Nigeria
   
4.0
%
Pakistan
   
8.4
%
Peru
   
5.3
%
Philippines
   
4.6
%
Romania
   
3.9
%
Senegal
   
1.4
%
Sri Lanka
   
3.8
%
Ukraine
   
1.5
%
United Arab Emirates
   
1.3
%
Vietnam
   
6.0
%
Investment Companies
   
4.5
%
Exchange Traded Funds
   
4.4
%
Money Market Fund
   
4.5
%
     
100.0
%
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2018

 
ASSETS
     
Investments, at value (Cost $14,388,035)
 
$
14,847,386
 
Foreign currency (Cost $122,975)
   
122,887
 
Receivables:
       
Fund shares sold
   
13,570
 
Investment securities sold
   
45,179
 
Dividends
   
41,758
 
Deferred offering costs
   
22,044
 
Total Assets
   
15,092,824
 
LIABILITIES
       
Payables:
       
Investment securities purchased
   
403,227
 
Foreign capital gains tax payable
   
42,682
 
Accrued Liabilities:
       
Investment adviser fees
   
17,977
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
   
35
 
Fund services fees
   
2,926
 
Other expenses
   
13,816
 
Total Liabilities
   
480,663
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
14,612,161
 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
14,185,964
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
11,189
 
Accumulated net realized loss
   
(738
)
Net unrealized appreciation
   
415,746
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
14,612,161
 
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT NO PAR VALUE (UNLIMITED SHARES AUTHORIZED)
       
Institutional Shares
   
146,196
 
Supra Institutional Shares
   
1,243,343
 
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
       
Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $1,536,612, respectively)
 
$
10.51
 
Supra Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $13,075,549, respectively)
 
$
10.52
 
 
*
Shares redeemed or exchanged within 90 days of purchase are charged a 2.00% redemption fee.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2018*

 
INVESTMENT INCOME
     
Dividend income (Net of foreign withholding taxes of $6,299)
 
$
63,677
 
Interest income
   
45
 
Total Investment Income
   
63,722
 
EXPENSES
       
Investment adviser fees
   
41,221
 
Fund services fees
   
32,172
 
Transfer agent fees:
       
Institutional Shares
   
4,622
 
Supra Institutional Shares
   
5,578
 
Custodian fees
   
14,276
 
Registration fees:
       
Institutional Shares
   
852
 
Supra Institutional Shares
   
1,427
 
Professional fees
   
10,586
 
Trustees' fees and expenses
   
1,070
 
Offering costs
   
4,885
 
Other expenses
   
13,670
 
Total Expenses
   
130,359
 
Fees waived and expenses reimbursed
   
(80,460
)
Net Expenses
   
49,899
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
13,823
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments
   
46,616
 
Foreign currency transactions
   
(47,354
)
Net realized loss
   
(738
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
       
Investments
   
459,351
 
Deferred foreign capital gains taxes
   
(42,682
)
Foreign currency translations
   
(923
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
415,746
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
   
415,008
 
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
428,831
 
 
*
Commencement of operations was November 14, 2017.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 

 
   
November 14, 2017* through March 31, 2018
 
OPERATIONS
     
Net investment income
 
$
13,823
 
Net realized loss
   
(738
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
415,746
 
Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
428,831
 
         
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
       
Net investment income:
       
Supra Institutional Shares
   
(2,634
)
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(2,634
)
         
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
       
Sale of shares:
       
Institutional Shares
   
1,488,304
 
Supra Institutional Shares
   
12,827,186
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
       
Supra Institutional Shares
   
2,634
 
Redemption of shares:
       
Institutional Shares
   
(15
)
Supra Institutional Shares
   
(133,760
)
Redemption fees:
       
Institutional Shares
   
185
 
Supra Institutional Shares
   
1,430
 
Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
14,185,964
 
Increase in Net Assets
   
14,612,161
 
         
NET ASSETS
       
End of Period (Including line (a))
 
$
14,612,161
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
       
Sale of shares:
       
Institutional Shares
   
146,198
 
Supra Institutional Shares
   
1,256,036
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
       
Supra Institutional Shares
   
263
 
Redemption of shares:
       
Institutional Shares
   
(2
)
Supra Institutional Shares
   
(12,956
)
Increase in Shares
   
1,389,539
 
         
(a) Undistributed net investment income
 
$
11,189
 
 
*
Commencement of operations.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

 
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period.
 
   
November 14, 2017 (a) Through March 31, 2018
 
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
     
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
10.00
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
       
Net investment income (b)
   
0.00
(c)
Net realized and unrealized gain
   
0.51
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
0.51
 
REDEMPTION FEES(b)
   
0.00
(c)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
10.51
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
5.10
%(d)
         
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
       
Net Assets at End of Period (000s omitted)
 
$
1,537
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
       
Net investment income
   
0.09
%(e)
Net expenses
   
1.57
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
5.04
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
6
%(d)
 

(a)
Commencement of operations.
(b)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(c)
Less than $0.01 per share.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

 
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period.
 
   
November 15, 2017 (a) Through March 31, 2018
 
SUPRA INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
     
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
10.00
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
       
Net investment income (b)
   
0.02
 
Net realized and unrealized gain
   
0.50
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
0.52
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
       
Net investment income
   
(0.00
)(c)
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.00
)
REDEMPTION FEES(b)
   
0.00
(c)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
10.52
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
5.23
%(d)
         
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
       
Net Assets at End of Period (000s omitted)
 
$
13,076
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
       
Net investment income
   
0.39
%(e)
Net expenses
   
1.28
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
3.23
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
6
%(e)
 

(a)
Commencement of operations.
(b)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(c)
Less than $0.01 per share.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Note 1. Organization

The Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified portfolio of Forum Funds II (the “Trust”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust that is registered as an open-end, management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”). Under its Trust Instrument, the Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of the Fund’s shares of beneficial interest without par value. The Fund currently offers two classes of shares: Institutional Shares and Supra Institutional Shares. Institutional Shares and Supra Institutional Shares commenced operations on November 14, 2017, and November 15, 2017, respectively. The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation.

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies”. These financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the fiscal period. Actual amounts could differ from those estimates. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation – Securities are valued at market prices using the last quoted trade or official closing price from the principal exchange where the security is traded, as provided by independent pricing services on each Fund business day. In the absence of a last trade, securities are valued at the mean of the last bid and ask price provided by the pricing service. Shares of non-exchange traded open-end mutual funds are valued at net asset value (“NAV”). Short-term investments that mature in sixty days or less may be valued at amortized cost.

The Fund values its investments at fair value pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) if (1) market quotations are not readily available or (2) the Adviser, as defined in Note 3, believes that the values available are unreliable. The Trust’s Valuation Committee, as defined in the Fund’s registration statement, performs certain functions as they relate to the administration and oversight of the Fund’s valuation procedures. Under these procedures, the Valuation Committee convenes on a regular and ad hoc basis to review such investments and considers a number of factors, including valuation methodologies and significant unobservable inputs, when arriving at fair value.

The Valuation Committee may work with the Adviser to provide valuation inputs. In determining fair valuations, inputs may include market-based analytics that may consider related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values and other relevant investment information. Adviser inputs may include an income-based approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted in determining fair value. Discounts may also be applied based on the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. The Valuation Committee performs regular reviews of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, disposition analysis and market activity.

Fair valuation is based on subjective factors and, as a result, the fair value price of an investment may differ from the security’s market price and may not be the price at which the asset may be sold. Fair valuation could result in a different NAV than a NAV determined by using market quotes.

GAAP has a three-tier fair value hierarchy. The basis of the tiers is dependent upon the various “inputs” used to determine the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2 - Prices determined using significant other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Short-term securities with maturities of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Municipal securities, long-term U.S. government obligations and corporate debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated price supplied by the pricing service and generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Other securities that are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, warrants  that do not trade on an exchange, securities valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask quotation and international equity
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
securities valued by an independent third party with adjustments for changes in value between the time of the securities respective local market closes and the close of the U.S. market.

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The aggregate value by input level, as of March 31, 2018, for the Fund’s investments is included in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Security Transactions, Investment Income and Realized Gain and Loss – Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as possible after determining the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. Income and capital gains on some foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, which are accrued as applicable. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium is amortized and discount is accreted using the effective interest method. Identified cost of investments sold is used to determine the gain and loss for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Currency Translations – Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars as follows: (1) assets and liabilities at the rate of exchange at the end of the respective period; and (2) purchases and sales of securities and income and expenses at the rate of exchange prevailing on the dates of such transactions. The portion of the results of operations arising from changes in the exchange rates and the portion due to fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities are not isolated. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Foreign Currency Transactions – The Fund may enter into transactions to purchase or sell foreign currency contracts and options on foreign currency. Forward currency contracts are agreements to exchange one currency for another at a future date and at a specified price. A fund may use forward currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities, to manage a fund’s foreign currency exposure and to protect the U.S. dollar value of its underlying portfolio securities against the effect of possible adverse movements in foreign exchange rates. These contracts are intrinsically valued daily based on forward rates, and a fund’s net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date, is recorded as a component of NAV. These instruments involve market risk, credit risk, or both kinds of risks, in excess of the amount recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movement in currency and securities values and interest rates. Due to the risks associated with these transactions, a fund could incur losses up to the entire contract amount, which may exceed the net unrealized value included in its NAV.

Distributions to Shareholders – The Fund declares any dividends from net investment income and pays them annually. Any net capital gains and net foreign currency gains realized by the Fund are distributed at least annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are based on amounts calculated in accordance with applicable federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are due primarily to differing treatments of income and gain on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterizations of distributions made by the Fund.

Federal Taxes – The Fund intends to continue to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of Chapter 1, Subtitle A, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), and to distribute all of their taxable income to shareholders. In addition, by distributing in each calendar year substantially all of their net investment income and capital gains, if any, the Fund will not be subject to a federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund will file a U.S. federal income and excise tax return as required. The Fund’s federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. As of March 31, 2018, there are no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition or disclosure.

Income and Expense Allocation – The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each of its investment portfolios. Expenses that are directly attributable to more than one investment portfolio are allocated among the respective investment portfolios in an equitable manner.

The Fund's class-specific expenses are charged to the operations of that class of shares. Income and expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class) and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on the class’ respective net assets to the total net assets of the Fund.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Offering Costs – Offering costs for the Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund of $26,929 consisted of fees related to the mailing and printing of the initial prospectus, certain startup legal costs, and initial registration filings. Such costs are amortized over a twelve-month period beginning with the commencement of operations of the Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund.

Redemption Fees – A shareholder who redeems or exchanges shares within 90 days of purchase will incur a redemption fee of 2.00% of the current NAV of shares redeemed or exchanged, subject to certain limitations. 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. The Fund reserves the right to modify the terms of or terminate the fee at any time. There are limited exceptions to the imposition of the redemption fee. Redemption fees incurred for the Fund, if any, are reflected on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Commitments and Contingencies – In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications by the Fund to the counterparty to the contract. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote. The Fund has determined that none of these arrangements requires disclosure on the Fund’s balance sheet.

Note 3. Fees and Expenses

Investment Adviser – Caravan Capital Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) is the investment adviser to the Fund. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement, the Adviser receives an advisory fee, payable monthly, from the Fund at an annual rate of 1.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Distribution – Foreside Fund Services, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”). The Fund does not have a distribution (12b-1) plan; accordingly, the Distributor does not receive compensation from the Fund for its distribution services. The Adviser compensates the Distributor directly for its services. The Distributor is not affiliated with the Adviser or Atlantic Fund Administration, LLC (d/b/a Atlantic Fund Services) (“Atlantic”) or their affiliates.

Other Service Providers – Atlantic provides fund accounting, fund administration, compliance and transfer agency services to the Fund. The fees related to these services are included in Fund services fees within the Statement of Operations. Atlantic also provides certain shareholder report production and EDGAR conversion and filing services. Pursuant to an Atlantic services agreement, the Fund pays Atlantic customary fees for its services. Atlantic provides a Principal Executive Officer, a Principal Financial Officer, a Chief Compliance Officer and an Anti-Money Laundering Officer to the Fund, as well as certain additional compliance support functions.

Trustees and Officers – The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual fee of $16,000 ($21,000 for the Chairman) for service to the Trust. The Independent Trustees and Chairman may receive additional fees for special Board meetings. The Independent Trustees are also reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their duties as Trustees, including travel and related expenses incurred in attending Board meetings. The amount of Independent Trustees’ fees attributable to the Fund is disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Certain officers of the Trust are also officers or employees of the above named service providers, and during their terms of office received no compensation from the Fund.

Note 4. Expense Reimbursement and Fees Waived

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit total annual fund operating expenses (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 1.60% and 1.30%, through August 1, 2019, of the Institutional Shares and Supra Institutional Shares, respectively. Other fund service providers have voluntarily agreed to waive and reimburse a portion of their fees. These voluntary fee waivers and reimbursements may be reduced or eliminated at any time. For the period ended March 31, 2018, fees waived and/or reimbursed expenses were as follows:
 
   
Investment Adviser Fees Waived
 
Investment Adviser Expenses Reimbursed
   
Other Waivers
   
Total Fees Waived and Expenses Reimbursed
   
   $
41,222
 
$
28,655
   
$
10,583
   
$
80,460
   
 
The Adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. As of March 31, 2018, $69,877 is subject to recapture by the Adviser.

Note 5. Security Transactions

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (including maturities), other than short-term investments during
the period ended March 31, 2018, were $14,244,324 and $562,315, respectively.

Note 6. Federal Income Tax

As of March 31, 2018, cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation
 
$
939,316
 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
   
(479,965
)
Net Unrealized Appreciation
 
$
459,351
 
 
As of March 31, 2018, distributable earnings (accumulated loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed Ordinary Income
 
$
65,766
 
Unrealized Appreciation
   
359,668
 
Total
 
$
425,434
 
 
The difference between components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to investments in passive foreign investment companies.

Note 7. Subsequent Events

Subsequent events occurring after the date of this report through the date these financial statements were issued have been evaluated for potential impact, and the Fund has had no such events.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Investment Advisory Agreement Approval

At the March 23, 2017 Board meeting (the “March meeting”), the Board, including the Independent Trustees, met in person and considered the approval of a new investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Trust as it relates to the services to be provided to the Fund, a new series of the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). In preparation for the March meeting, the Board was presented with a range of information to assist in its deliberations. The Board requested and reviewed written responses from the Adviser to a letter circulated on the Board's behalf concerning the Adviser’s personnel, operations, financial condition, performance, compensation and services to be provided to the Fund by the Adviser. During its deliberations, the Board received an oral presentation from the Adviser and discussed the materials with the Adviser, independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees (“Independent Legal Counsel”), and, as necessary, with the Trust's administrator, Atlantic Fund Services. The Independent Trustees also met in executive session with Independent Legal Counsel while deliberating.

At the March meeting, the Board reviewed, among other matters, the topics discussed below:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

Based on written materials received and the presentation from personnel of the Adviser regarding the Adviser’s operations, the Board considered the quality of services proposed to be provided by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement. In this regard, the Board considered information regarding the experience, qualifications and professional background of the portfolio managers and other personnel at the Adviser with principal responsibility for the Fund, and the investment philosophy and decision-making process of those professionals.

The Board considered also the adequacy of the Adviser’s resources. The Board noted the Adviser’s representations that the firm is financially stable and has the operational capability and the necessary staffing and experience to provide advisory services to the Fund. Based on the presentation and the materials provided by the Adviser in connection with the Board’s consideration of the approval of the Advisory Agreement, the Board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement.

Performance

Recognizing that the Fund is new and has no performance history, the Board did not consider the performance history of the Fund. Instead, the Board considered the performance achieved by several employees of the Adviser with regard to managing a private fund with a comparable investment strategy, noting that the performance achieved for the comparable fund had been positive. Based on the foregoing and other relevant factors, the Board concluded that the Adviser’s management of the Fund could benefit the Fund and its shareholders.

Compensation

The Board evaluated the Adviser’s proposed compensation for providing advisory services to the Fund and analyzed comparative information on actual advisory fee rates and actual total expenses of the Fund’s relevant Broadridge peer group. The Board noted that the Adviser’s actual advisory fee rate proposed for the Fund was lower than the median of the other funds in the Broadridge peer group. The Board also recognized that the Adviser proposed to waive fees or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to keep the total expense ratio of the Fund at a competitive level. Based on the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Adviser’s advisory fee rate charged to each Fund appeared to be reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser.

Cost of Services and Profitability

The Board considered information provided by the Adviser regarding the estimated costs of services and its estimated profitability with respect to the Fund. In this regard, the Board considered the Adviser’s resources devoted to the Fund, as well as the Adviser’s discussion of the aggregate costs and estimated profitability of its mutual fund activities. The Board recognized that profits to be realized by the Adviser would be a function of the future growth in assets of the Fund and concluded that the costs of services to be provided and profits to be realized by the Adviser were not a material factor in approving the Advisory Agreement, but that the Adviser’s estimated profits attributable to management of the Fund did not appear unreasonably high in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser.
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CARAVAN FRONTIER MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES FUND
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Economies of Scale

The Board considered whether the Fund would benefit from any economies of scale. In this respect, the Board noted the Adviser’s representation that the Fund could benefit from economies of scale as assets grow, but that the Adviser had determined that breakpoints were not appropriate at this time. Based on the foregoing information, the Board concluded that economies of scale were not a factor  in approving the Advisory Agreement.

Other Benefits

The Board noted the Adviser’s representation that, aside from its contractual advisory fees, it does not benefit in a material way from its relationship with the Fund. Based on the foregoing representation, the Board concluded that other benefits to be received by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund were not a factor in approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreement.

Conclusion

The Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance, and different Trustees may have given different weight to different factors. The Board reviewed a memorandum from Independent Legal Counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to its consideration of the Advisory Agreement. Based on its review, including consideration of each of the factors referenced above, the Board determined, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that the advisory arrangement, as outlined in the Advisory Agreement, was fair and reasonable in light of the services performed or to be performed, expenses incurred or to be incurred and such other matters as the Board considered relevant.

Proxy Voting Information

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (844) 856-1516 and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s proxy voting record for the period from the Fund’s commencement of operations to June 30 will be available, without charge and upon request, by calling (844) 856-1516 and no later than August 31 of this year on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. These filings are available, without charge and upon request on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund, and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from November
14, 2017 and November 15, 2017, for Institutional and Supra Institutional Shares, respectively, through March 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses – The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual 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 Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MARCH 31, 2018
 
in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

   
Beginning
Account Value
November 14, 2017
   
Ending
Account Value
March 31, 2018
   
Expenses
Paid During
Period*
   
Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
 
Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund
                       
Institutional Shares
                       
Actual
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
1,051.00
   
$
8.18
     
1.60
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
1,016.95
   
$
9.15
     
1.60
%

   
Beginning
Account Value
November 15, 2017
   
Ending
Account Value
March 31, 2018
   
Expenses
Paid During
Period*
   
Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
 
Caravan Frontier Markets Opportunities Fund
                       
Supra Institutional Shares
                       
Actual
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
1,052.35
   
$
6.65
     
1.30
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
1,018.45
   
$
7.46
     
1.30
%

*
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182) divided by 365 to reflect the half-year period (except for the Fund's actual return information which reflects the 138-day period between November 14, 2017, the commencement of operations for the Institutional Shares, and the 137-day period between November 15, 2017, the commencement of operations for the Supra Institutional Shares, through March 31, 2018).

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INSTITUTIONAL SHARES (CFROX)
 
SUPRA INSTITUTIONAL SHARES (CSFOX)
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
P.O. Box 588
Portland, ME 04112
(844) 856-1516 (toll free)
 
INVESTMENT ADVISER
Caravan Capital Management, LLC
950 Pacific Avenue, Suite 500
Tacoma, WA 98402
 
TRANSFER AGENT
Atlantic Fund Services
P.O. Box 588
Portland, ME 04112
www.atlanticfundservices.com
 
DISTRIBUTOR
Foreside Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, Maine 04101
www.foreside.com

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

206-SAR-0318

 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
A Message to Our Shareholders
1
   
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
Performance Chart and Analysis
4
Schedule of Investments
6
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
9
Statement of Operations
10
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
11
Financial Highlights
12
   
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
Performance Chart and Analysis
14
Schedule of Investments
16
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
19
Statement of Operations
20
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
21
Financial Highlights
22
   
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
Performance Chart and Analysis
23
Schedule of Investments
24
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
29
Statement of Operations
30
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
31
Financial Highlights
32
   
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
Performance Chart and Analysis
33
Schedule of Investments
34
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
37
Statement of Operations
38
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
39
Financial Highlights
40
   
Notes to Financial Statements
41
Additional Information
46
 
 


GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018

Dear Shareholders:
 
The municipal market is changing, with the most recent catalyst being the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), and we are very proud to say that we have built a nimble and disciplined firm that we believe is well positioned to take advantage of the municipal market’s evolution. Although tax reform of the scale we saw introduced in November 2017 likely only comes around every couple decades, at Gurtin, the drive to always be one step ahead in a changing world is deeply engrained in our firm ethos. We believe this foundational value proposition allows us to make investors feel more comfortable with their municipal investments and financial future as we strive to deliver first-class client service, deep municipal bond management expertise, and creative municipal strategies that uncover often overlooked value.
 
Recent Performance of our Mutual Funds
 
In the past year, our Opportunistic Value and Intermediate Value Gurtin funds (collectively, the “Gurtin Funds”) performed exceptionally well as they continued to present attractive risk-adjusted returns by leveraging our state of the art trade aggregation and routing technology and credit research. Furthermore, we have been able to achieve these results without straying from our investment philosophy that undue credit risk has no place in a municipal bond allocation.
 
For context, the investment objective of all the Gurtin Funds is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax while seeking to preserve capital and liquidity. In the management of our Municipal Intermediate Value Mutual Funds (GCMVX and GNMVX), we seek a level of tax-exempt income that exceeds that of a standard intermediate duration fund, while in the management of our Municipal Opportunistic Value Mutual Funds (GCMFX and GNMFX), we seek a high level of tax-exempt income. In all our funds, we take an intelligently contrarian approach that is at once disciplined, value-oriented, and flexible – patiently waiting  for opportunities to capture value on bonds which meet higher yield targets by using proprietary credit and market research  to identify higher yielding, high quality credits and bond structures that are misunderstood by the market.
 
(BAR CHART)
 
Source: Gurtin. 3-year evaluation period beginning 03/31/2015 and ending 03/31/2018. Alpha is a risk-adjusted measure of excess return of the Fund over the risk-free rate relative to the excess return of the respective benchmark over the risk-free rate. An alpha of 1 indicates that the Fund has outperformed the index by 1% on a risk adjusted basis. GCMVX and GNMVX alpha based on 2-years of data due to strategy lifetime.
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. Share prices and investment returns fluctuate and an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than original cost upon redemption. For periods more than one year, performance is annualized. For performance data current to the most recent month-end please call 1-844-342-5763.
 
Looking Forward to a Changing Municipal Bond Market
 
The TCJA has potentially impacted both the supply and demand dynamics of the municipal bond market, as the elimination of advance refundings could shift the supply landscape while the reduction in the corporate tax rate may reduce demand from banks and insurance companies.
 
(BAR CHART)
 
On the supply side, the elimination of advance refundings has led some to speculate that issuers may shift their bond  issuance away from the traditional 10-year call structure to bonds with call dates less than 10-years from issuance. Historically, municipal bonds with over 10 years to maturity were issued with a 10-year call provision; in essence, some are speculating that a higher percentage of municipal bonds with over 10 years to maturity will be issued with a call provision less than 10 years, such as a 5-year call or 8-year call, allowing the issuer to call the bond at an earlier date if it
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
makes financial sense for the issuer. While we saw some preliminary evidence in Q1 2018 of a shift in call issuance from 10-year to 8-year calls, as shown in Figure 2, it is still early days in the post TCJA era. The good news is that the Gurtin funds are well positioned to leverage our quantitative expertise in identifying mispriced shorter call structures. This means more potential alpha and the potential for attractive returns for our clients without necessarily assuming additional credit or interest rate risk.

On the demand side, the sharp reduction in the corporate tax rate has reduced the incentive for banks, insurance companies, and corporations to own municipal bonds. For context, historically, these types of investors have owned roughly 25-30% of the municipal bond market, focused on longer-duration municipal bonds. The marginal reduction in demand for these bonds could put upward pressure on yields, not driven by increased interest rate and/or credit risk. At Gurtin, this has been music to our ears, as we believe it will enable us to invest the Gurtin Funds aiming to achieve even greater risk adjusted returns.

How Gurtin Funds are Positioned to Potentially Capitalize on a Changing Municipal Market
 
In our opinion, the Gurtin Funds are well positioned to continue strong performance in the face of this evolving marketplace. Our Intermediate Value funds, which invest in callable and non-callable bonds with maturities out to 15 years, have been in a strong strategic position to invest money at higher yields without potentially taking on additional credit or interest rate risk. We believe the potential structural shift towards shorter call structures will play into our quantitative expertise in identifying mispriced callable securities, a strength which is leveraged extensively by our Opportunistic Value funds.

Further, the municipal market is now bracing for the impact of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) markup disclosure rule, which will require broker-dealers to reveal the markups charged on retail municipal bond transactions. In my opinion, this constitutes a sea change for the municipal market, and the new MSRB rule represents a new level of transparency for retail investors, and could shake up the way broker dealers do business, and drive retail flows into/out of mutual funds. Such flows could further increase the value of Gurtin’s mutual funds relative to purely open funds, as the investor limitations will help mitigate retail fund flows.

Given the changing municipal bond environment driven by the TCJA and the new MSRB markup disclosure rule, investors may want to consider reevaluating current municipal bond allocations and manager capabilities to be  positioned to take advantage of opportunities amidst a changing marketplace. Not  only  is  this  necessary  in  a  changing world, but we feel confident that our funds enable such positioning.

Sincerely,
 
(-s-William R. Gurtin)
 
William R. Gurtin
CEO, CIO, Managing Partner
Gurtin Municipal Bond Management, LLC

Important Information:
There can be no guarantee that any strategy (risk management) or otherwise will be successful. All investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal.

Bonds: Investing in the bond market is subject to certain risks including market, interest-rate, issuer, credit and inflation risk; investments may be worth more or less than the original cost when redeemed. Income from municipal bonds may  be subject to state and local taxes and at times the alternative minimum tax; a strategy concentrating in a single or limited number of states is subject to greater risk of adverse economic conditions and regulatory changes. The value of most bond funds and fixed income securities is impacted by changes in interest rates. Bonds and bond funds with longer durations tend to be more sensitive and more volatile than securities with shorter durations; bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise. Credit risk refers to an issuer’s ability to make interest and principal payments when due.
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
The following chart reflects the change in the value of a hypothetical $250,000 investment in Institutional Shares, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund (the “Fund”) compared with the performance of the benchmark, ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Miscellaneous Index 7-12 Years (“ICE BAML Muni Misc 7-12”) and the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended Index (“ICE BAML Muni Blended”), since inception. The ICE BAML Muni Misc 7-12 was formerly known as the Merrill Lynch Municipal Miscellaneous 7-12 Years Index and measures the performance of municipal securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to 7 years and less than 12 years. The ICE BAML Muni Blended is a blend of 75% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 7-12 Year US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to 7 years and less than 12 years, and 25% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 12-22 Year US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to 12 years and less than 22 years. The total return of the indices includes the reinvestment of dividends and income. The total return of the Fund includes operating expenses that reduce returns, while the total return of the indices do not include expenses. The Fund is professionally managed, while the indices are unmanaged and are not available for investment.
 
Comparison of a $250,000 Investment
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund vs.
ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Miscellaneous Index 7-12 Years and ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended Index
 
(BAR CHART)

Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
 
One Year
 
Five Year
 
Since Inception 05/03/10
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
2.67%
 
3.28%
 
4.23%
ICE BofAML Municipal Miscellaneous Index 7-12 Years
 
2.61%
 
2.71%
 
4.59%
ICE BofAML Municipal Blended Index
 
2.85%
 
3.00%
 
4.63%
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. As stated in the Fund’s prospectus, the annual operating expense ratio (gross) is 0.68%. However, the Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.60%, through at least February 1, 2019 (the “Expense Cap”). The adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. During the period, certain fees were waived and/or expenses reimbursed; otherwise, returns would have been lower. The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that   a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns greater than one year are annualized. For the most recent month-end performance, please call (844) 342-5763.
 
A privately offered fund managed by the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund’s Adviser and portfolio management team (“Predecessor Fund”) reorganized into the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund on November 3, 2014. This Predecessor Fund was organized on November 16, 2009, and commenced operations on May 3, 2010. The Predecessor Fund had an investment objective and strategies that were, in all material respects, identical to those of
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
the Fund, and was managed in a manner that, in all material respects, complied with the investment guidelines and restrictions of the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund. The Predecessor Fund, however, was not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), and the Predecessor Fund was not subject to certain investment limitations, diversification requirements, liquidity requirements, and other restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which, if applicable, may have adversely affected its performance. The Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund’s performance for periods prior to the commencement of operations is that of the Predecessor Fund and is based on calculations that are different from the standardized method of calculations adopted by the SEC. The performance of the Predecessor Fund was calculated net of the Predecessor Fund’s fees and expenses. The performance of the Predecessor Fund has not been restated to reflect the fees, estimated expenses and fee waivers and/or expense limitations of the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund. If the performance of the Predecessor Fund had been restated to reflect the applicable fees and expenses of the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund, the performance may have been higher or lower. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
Principal
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Municipal Bonds - 91.5%
             
California - 12.3%
             
$
75,000
 
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, California RB, Series A
   
5.00
%
04/01/25
 
$
75,200
 
 
500,000
 
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series B1
   
5.63
 
03/01/30
   
535,565
 
 
2,875,000
 
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series G
   
5.00
 
11/01/37
   
3,190,589
 
 
1,000,000
 
City of Fairfield, California COP, Series A (a)
   
6.55
 
04/01/30
   
674,510
 
 
665,000
 
County of San Bernardino, California COP
   
5.00
 
08/01/28
   
665,499
 
 
7,475,000
 
Dublin Unified School District, California GOB, Series E (a)
   
6.14
 
08/01/39
   
2,041,422
 
 
1,450,000
 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., California RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
06/01/29
   
1,622,217
 
 
1,000,000
 
Modesto Irrigation District, California RB (USD 3 Month LIBOR + 0.58%) (b)
   
1.92
 
09/01/27
   
979,350
 
 
1,000,000
 
Natomas Unified School District, California GOB (a)
   
5.05
 
08/01/26
   
635,180
 
 
1,000,000
 
Natomas Unified School District, California GOB (a)
   
5.14
 
08/01/27
   
599,710
 
 
3,050,000
 
Sacramento County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority, California RB, Series B (USD 3 Month LIBOR + 0.53%) (b)
   
1.87
 
12/01/35
   
2,919,582
 
 
2,225,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
5.50
 
08/01/29
   
2,254,081
 
 
130,000
 
State of California, California GOB, Series 07, AMBAC
   
5.13
 
10/01/27
   
130,339
 
 
1,500,000
 
Stockton East Water District, California COP, Series B (a)
   
5.96 - 5.97
 
04/01/20
   
1,336,935
 
 
2,200,000
 
Stockton East Water District, California COP, Series B (a)
   
6.09
 
04/01/26
   
1,363,978
 
 
250,000
 
Victor Valley Community College District, California GOB, Series A
   
5.38
 
08/01/29
   
262,580
 
                     
19,286,737
 
Colorado - 3.3%
                 
 
1,000,000
 
City of Aurora CO, Colorado RB
   
5.00
 
12/01/40
   
1,056,140
 
 
2,500,000
 
Regional Transportation District, Colorado RB
   
5.00
 
11/01/38
   
2,684,225
 
 
1,350,000
 
State of Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado COP
   
5.00
 
06/15/41
   
1,398,235
 
                     
5,138,600
 
Connecticut - 1.9%
                 
 
3,000,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series A (SIFMA Muni Swap + 0.95%) (b)
   
2.53
 
03/01/24
   
3,033,180
 
                         
Florida - 5.8%
                 
 
2,500,000
 
City of Miami Beach FL Stormwater Revenue, Florida RB
   
5.00
 
09/01/47
   
2,739,725
 
 
1,595,000
 
Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Florida RB
   
6.00
 
11/15/37
   
1,707,862
 
 
5,000
 
Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Florida RB
   
6.00
 
11/15/37
   
5,341
 
 
2,500,000
 
Orlando Utilities Commission, Florida RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/33
   
2,576,225
 
 
2,000,000
 
Sarasota County Public Hospital District, Florida RB
   
5.63
 
07/01/39
   
2,084,820
 
                     
9,113,973
 
Illinois - 16.9%
                 
 
2,465,000
 
Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois RB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/32
   
2,767,086
 
 
1,000,000
 
Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois RB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/33
   
1,126,210
 
 
1,000,000
 
Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Illinois RB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/41
   
1,109,520
 
 
525,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.50
 
01/01/33
   
587,874
 
 
980,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/33
   
1,018,945
 
 
3,000,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.75
 
01/01/38
   
3,413,550
 
 
1,975,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/40
   
2,115,106
 
 
500,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/27
   
525,420
 
 
1,500,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
01/01/27
   
1,590,615
 
 
920,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
01/01/29
   
985,007
 
 
850,000
 
Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois RB, Series A
   
5.50
 
04/01/44
   
882,751
 
 
3,500,000
 
Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
02/15/45
   
3,802,960
 
 
1,000,000
 
Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois RB, Series A AGC
   
5.25
 
08/15/33
   
1,013,670
 
 
525,000
 
Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois RB, Series D
   
6.25
 
11/01/28
   
538,913
 
 
1,805,000
 
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Illinois RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/40
   
2,014,741
 
 
1,030,000
 
University of Illinois, Illinois RB, Series A
   
5.13
 
04/01/36
   
1,089,812
 
 
900,000
 
University of Illinois, Illinois RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
04/01/39
   
975,978
 
 
825,000
 
Will Grundy Etc Counties Community College District No. 525, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.25
 
06/01/36
   
927,811
 
                     
26,485,969
 
Indiana - 2.8%
                 
 
2,150,000
 
Indiana Finance Authority, Indiana RB
   
5.00
 
11/01/21
   
2,191,602
 
 
1,950,000
 
Indiana Finance Authority, Indiana RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
05/01/42
   
2,111,343
 
                     
4,302,945
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
Principal
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Kansas - 2.2% 
             
$
2,270,000
 
Kansas Development Finance Authority, Kansas RB
   
5.75
%
11/15/38
 
$
2,413,305
 
 
55,000
 
Kansas Development Finance Authority, Kansas RB
   
5.75
 
11/15/38
   
58,345
 
 
1,000,000
 
Topeka Public Building Commission, Kansas RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
06/01/22
   
1,025,280
 
                     
3,496,930
 
Louisiana - 2.6% 
                 
 
3,700,000
 
State of Louisiana Gasoline & Fuels Tax Revenue, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
05/01/43
   
4,040,585
 
Maryland - 0.4% 
                 
 
625,000
 
Montgomery County Housing Opportunites Commission, Maryland RB, Series C
   
5.00
 
07/01/31
   
653,569
 
Massachusetts - 0.3%
                 
 
455,000
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Massachusetts RB, Series C
   
5.00
 
12/01/30
   
463,932
 
Michigan - 6.1% 
                 
 
3,325,000
 
Lansing Board of Water & Light, Michigan RB
   
5.00
 
07/01/37
   
3,580,227
 
 
550,000
 
Michigan State Building Authority, Michigan RB, Series A
   
5.20
 
10/15/31
   
610,742
 
 
5,125,000
 
Michigan State University, Michigan RB
   
5.00
 
02/15/44
   
5,384,940
 
                     
9,575,909
 
Missouri - 0.7%
                 
 
1,000,000
 
City of St.  Louis Airport Revenue, Missouri RB
   
6.63
 
07/01/34
   
1,056,530
 
New York - 15.1%
                 
 
1,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York RB, Series C
   
5.00
 
11/15/28
   
1,004,040
 
 
1,000,000
 
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue, New York RB
   
5.50
 
01/15/34
   
1,030,610
 
 
1,000,000
 
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue, New York RB
   
5.50
 
01/15/39
   
1,028,940
 
 
3,240,000
 
New York City Water & Sewer System, New York RB
   
5.00
 
06/15/32
   
3,262,000
 
 
1,760,000
 
New York City Water & Sewer System, New York RB
   
5.00
 
06/15/32
   
1,772,162
 
 
645,000
 
New York City Water & Sewer System, New York RB
   
5.75
 
06/15/40
   
650,482
 
 
780,000
 
New York City Water & Sewer System, New York RB, Series A
   
5.75
 
06/15/40
   
786,217
 
 
2,500,000
 
New York City Water & Sewer System, New York RB, Series EE
   
5.25
 
06/15/40
   
2,592,750
 
 
1,000,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority, New York RB
   
5.00
 
07/01/38
   
1,008,450
 
 
2,200,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority, New York RB
   
5.00
 
07/01/40
   
2,341,592
 
 
50,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority, New York RB
   
5.75
 
02/15/19
   
50,128
 
 
2,625,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority, New York RB, Series C
   
5.00
 
07/01/40
   
2,729,160
 
 
3,650,000
 
New York State Thruway Authority, New York RB, Series H
   
5.00
 
01/01/25
   
3,652,153
 
 
1,410,000
 
Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority, New York RB, Series A
   
5.50
 
08/01/33
   
1,613,675
 
                     
23,522,359
 
Ohio - 9.7%
                 
 
2,950,000
 
American Municipal Power, Inc., Ohio RB, Series B
   
5.00
 
02/15/37
   
3,190,691
 
 
3,000,000
 
Brunswick City School District, Ohio GOB
   
5.25
 
12/01/48
   
3,298,590
 
 
1,000,000
 
County of Franklin OH, Ohio RB
   
5.00
 
11/01/42
   
1,074,610
 
 
3,725,000
 
Kent State University, Ohio RB
   
5.00
 
05/01/42
   
4,037,155
 
 
3,290,000
 
Ohio University, Ohio RB
   
5.00
 
12/01/43
   
3,586,067
 
                     
15,187,113
 
Pennsylvania - 1.9%
                 
 
2,600,000
 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania RB, Series A-1
   
5.00
 
12/01/41
   
2,896,140
 
Texas - 3.2%
                 
 
3,500,000
 
City of Houston TX Airport System Revenue, Texas RB
   
5.50
 
07/01/39
   
3,532,445
 
 
1,400,000
 
Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas RB
   
5.00
 
05/15/37
   
1,515,528
 
                     
5,047,973
 
Utah - 2.5%
                 
 
3,675,000
 
City of Riverton UT, Utah RB
   
5.00
 
08/15/41
   
3,826,373
 
Virginia - 1.8%
                 
 
2,775,000
 
Fairfax County Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Virginia RB
   
4.75
 
04/01/38
   
2,783,131
 
Washington - 2.0%
                 
 
1,715,000
 
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington RB
   
4.75
 
02/01/28
   
1,846,455
 
 
1,000,000
 
Port of Seattle WA, Washington RB
   
5.00
 
06/01/40
   
1,056,790
 
 
250,000
 
State of Washington, Washington COP, Series D
   
5.45
 
07/01/28
   
257,182
 
                     
3,160,427
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $140,703,967)
             
143,072,375
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018


Shares  
Security Description
 
Value
 
Money Market Fund - 9.6%       
 
15,099,585
 
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Class I, 1.49% (c)
(Cost $15,099,585)
 
$
15,099,585
 
               
Investments, at value - 101.1% (Cost $155,803,552)  
$
158,171,960
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - (1.1)%    
(1,769,198
)
Net Assets - 100.0%  
$
156,402,762
 

AGC
Assured Guaranty Corporation
AMBAC
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
COP
Certificate of Participation
GOB
General Obligation Bond
LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate
RB
Revenue Bond
SIFMA
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
 
(a)
Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is yield to maturity.
(b)
Floating rate security. Rate presented is as of March 31, 2018.
(c)
Dividend yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of March 31, 2018.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of March 31, 2018. 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.  For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in Note 2 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 

Valuation Inputs
 
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
 
$
 
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
   
158,171,960
 
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
Total
 
$
158,171,960
 

The Level 2 value displayed in this table includes Municipal Bonds and a Money Market Fund.  Refer to this Schedule of Investments for a further breakout of each Municipal Bond security by state. 

The Fund utilizes the end of period methodology when determining transfers.  There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2018. 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
     
% of Total Investments
     
Municipal Bonds
   
90.5
%
Money Market Fund
   
9.5
%
     
100.0
%

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2018


ASSETS
     
Investments, at value (Cost $155,803,552)
 
$
158,171,960
 
Receivables:
       
Dividends and interest
   
1,768,271
 
Prepaid expenses
   
3,612
 
Total Assets
   
159,943,843
 
         
LIABILITIES
       
Payables:
       
Investment securities purchased
   
3,295,590
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
151,748
 
Distributions payable
   
14,434
 
Accrued Liabilities:
       
Investment adviser fees
   
54,444
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
   
235
 
Fund services fees
   
9,642
 
Other expenses
   
14,988
 
Total Liabilities
   
3,541,081
 
         
NET ASSETS
 
$
156,402,762
 
         
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
153,944,569
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
1,499
 
Accumulated net realized gain
   
88,286
 
Net unrealized appreciation
   
2,368,408
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
156,402,762
 
         
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT NO PAR VALUE (UNLIMITED SHARES AUTHORIZED)
       
Institutional Shares
   
15,571,417
 
         
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
       
Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $156,402,762)
 
$
10.04
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements. 
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018


INVESTMENT INCOME
     
Dividend income
 
$
38,977
 
Interest income
   
1,797,422
 
Total Investment Income
   
1,836,399
 
         
EXPENSES
       
Investment adviser fees
   
298,603
 
Fund services fees
   
80,201
 
Custodian fees
   
7,033
 
Registration fees
   
9,745
 
Professional fees
   
14,991
 
Trustees' fees and expenses
   
3,690
 
Other expenses
   
27,689
 
Total Expenses
   
441,952
 
Fees waived
   
(43,815
)
Net Expenses
   
398,137
 
         
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
1,438,262
 
         
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
       
Net realized gain on investments
   
88,413
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
(762,411
)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS
   
(673,998
)
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
764,264
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 

 
   
For the
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
 
$
1,438,262
   
$
2,290,249
 
Net realized gain
   
88,413
     
38,007
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(762,411
)
   
(355,549
)
Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
764,264
     
1,972,707
 
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
               
Net investment income:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(1,436,076
)
   
(2,290,691
)
Net realized gain:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(37,704
)
   
(208,685
)
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(1,473,780
)
   
(2,499,376
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
47,302,759
     
36,522,174
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
1,394,987
     
2,326,212
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(16,036,000
)
   
(22,793,405
)
Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
32,661,746
     
16,054,981
 
Increase in Net Assets
   
31,952,230
   
15,528,312
 
                 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of Period
   
124,450,532
     
108,922,220
 
End of Period (Including line (a))
 
$
156,402,762
   
$
124,450,532
 
                 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
4,700,905
     
3,637,003
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
138,525
     
231,932
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(1,592,742
)
   
(2,276,060
)
Increase in Shares
   
3,246,688
     
1,592,875
 
                 
(a) Undistributed (distributions in excess of ) net investment income
 
$
1,499
   
$
(687
)

See Notes to Financial Statements. 

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

 
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.
    For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018    
For the Years Ended September 30,
    November 3 , 2014 (a) through September 30, 2015  
       
2017
   
2016
     
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
                       
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
10.10
   
$
10.15
   
$
10.01
   
$
10.00
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                               
Net investment income (b)
   
0.11
     
0.20
     
0.18
     
0.20
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
(0.06
)
   
(0.03
)
   
0.14
     
0.02
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
0.05
     
0.17
     
0.32
     
0.22
 
                                 
Net investment income
   
(0.11
)
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.18
)
   
(0.21
)
Net realized gain
   
(0.00
)(c)
   
(0.02
)
   
     
 
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.11
)
   
(0.22
)
   
(0.18
)
   
(0.21
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
10.04
   
$
10.10
   
$
10.15
   
$
10.01
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
0.52
%(d)
   
1.64
%
   
3.26
%
   
2.18
%(d)
                                 
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                               
Net Assets at End of Period (000s omitted)
 
$
156,403
   
$
124,451
   
$
108,922
   
$
91,732
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                               
Net investment income
   
2.17
%(e)
   
1.95
%
   
1.81
%
   
2.21
%(e)
Net expenses
   
0.60
%(e)
   
0.60
%
   
0.60
%
   
0.60
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
0.67
%(e)
   
0.68
%
   
0.71
%
   
0.93
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
28
%(d)
   
41
%
   
59
%
   
32
%(d)
 

(a)
Commencement of operations.
(b)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(c)
Less than $0.01 per share.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

12


GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018

The following chart reflects the change in the value of a hypothetical $250,000 investment in Institutional Shares, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund (the “Fund”) compared with the performance of the benchmark, ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Miscellaneous Index 7-12 Years (“ICE BAML Muni Misc 7-12”) and the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended Index (“ICE BAML Muni Blended”), since inception. The ICE BAML Muni Misc 7-12 was formerly known as the Merrill Lynch Municipal Miscellaneous 7-12 Years Index and measures the performance of municipal securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to 7 years and less than 12 years. The ICE BAML Muni Blended is a blend of 75% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 7-12 Year US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to 7 years and less than 12 years, and 25% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 12-22 Year US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Large Cap Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to 12 years and less than 22 years. The total return of the indices includes the reinvestment of dividends and income. The total return of the Fund includes operating expenses that reduce returns, while the total return of the indices do not include expenses. The Fund is professionally managed, while the indices are unmanaged and are not available for investment.
 
Comparison of a $250,000 Investment
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund vs.
ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Miscellaneous Index 7-12 Years and ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended Index
 
 
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
 
One Year
 
Five Year
 
Since Inception 05/03/10
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
2.47%
 
3.49%
 
4.38%
ICE BofAML Municipal Miscellaneous Index 7-12 Years
 
2.61%
 
2.71%
 
4.59%
ICE BofAML Municipal Blended Index
 
2.85%
 
3.00%
 
4.63%

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. As stated in the Fund’s prospectus, the annual operating expense ratio (gross) is 0.63%. However, the Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.60%, through at least February 1, 2019 (the “Expense Cap”). The adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. During the period, certain fees were waived and/or expenses reimbursed; otherwise, returns would have been lower. The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that   a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns greater than one year are annualized. For the most recent month-end performance, please call (844) 342-5763.

A privately offered fund managed by the Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund’s Adviser and portfolio management team (“Predecessor Fund”) reorganized into the Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund on November 3, 2014. This Predecessor Fund was organized on November 16,  2009,

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018

and commenced operations on May 3, 2010. The Predecessor Fund had an investment objective and strategies that were, in all material respects, identical to those of the Fund, and was managed in a manner that, in all material respects, complied with the investment guidelines and restrictions of the Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund. The Predecessor Fund, however, was not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), and the Predecessor Fund was not subject to certain investment limitations, diversification requirements, liquidity requirements, and other restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which, if applicable, may have adversely affected its performance. The Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund’s performance for periods prior to the commencement of operations is that of the Predecessor Fund and is based on calculations that are different from the standardized method of calculations adopted by the SEC. The performance of the Predecessor Fund was calculated net of the Predecessor Fund’s fees and expenses. The performance of the Predecessor Fund has not been restated to reflect the fees, estimated expenses and fee waivers and/or expense limitations of the Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund. If the performance of the Predecessor Fund had been restated to reflect the applicable fees and expenses of the Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund, the performance may have been higher or lower. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

15


GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Principal 
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Municipal Bonds - 97.7%
             
California - 89.3%  
             
$
1,000,000
 
Abag Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps., California RB
   
5.00
%
01/01/33
 
$
1,112,440
 
 
4,625,000
 
Abag Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps., California RB
   
6.00
 
09/01/37
   
5,074,319
 
 
1,160,000
 
Alameda Public Financing Authority, California RB, Series A
   
5.25
 
07/01/29
   
1,245,747
 
 
4,400,000
 
Anaheim Housing & Public Improvements Authority, California RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/33
   
4,821,520
 
 
3,255,000
 
Anaheim Housing & Public Improvements Authority, California RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/33
   
3,607,419
 
 
1,420,000
 
Anaheim Housing & Public Improvements Authority, California RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/34
   
1,554,034
 
 
1,045,000
 
Anaheim Housing & Public Improvements Authority, California RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/34
   
1,158,142
 
 
290,000
 
Bret Harte Union High School District, California COP, AMBAC
   
4.25
 
09/01/20
   
290,551
 
 
5,180,000
 
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, California RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/19
   
5,269,510
 
 
700,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, California RB
   
5.00
 
08/15/23
   
708,778
 
 
500,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, California RB
   
5.75
 
08/15/29
   
536,275
 
 
500,000
 
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series B
   
6.00
 
04/01/27
   
522,230
 
 
500,000
 
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series B1
   
5.40
 
03/01/26
   
533,070
 
 
4,100,000
 
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series G
   
5.00
 
11/01/37
   
4,550,057
 
 
1,000,000
 
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series G1
   
5.75
 
10/01/30
   
1,061,810
 
 
600,000
 
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series I-1
   
6.13
 
11/01/29
   
642,516
 
 
2,175,000
 
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/15/46
   
2,436,566
 
 
1,000,000
 
Centinela Valley Union High School District, California GOB, Series B
   
5.75
 
08/01/30
   
1,188,590
 
 
1,910,000
 
Centinela Valley Union High School District, California GOB, Series B
   
5.75
 
08/01/33
   
2,270,207
 
 
2,000,000
 
City of Fairfield, California COP, Series A (a)
   
6.55
 
04/01/30
   
1,349,020
 
 
1,000,000
 
City of Fresno Water System, California RB, Series A
   
5.25
 
06/01/18
   
1,002,690
 
 
7,750,000
 
City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, California RB
   
5.00
 
05/15/40
   
8,250,960
 
 
6,585,000
 
City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, California RB, Series A
   
5.25
 
05/15/39
   
6,840,893
 
 
1,690,000
 
City of Vallejo Water Revenue, California RB
   
5.00
 
05/01/18
   
1,694,681
 
 
2,575,000
 
Coachella Valley Unified School District, California GOB, Series D
   
5.00
 
08/01/37
   
2,817,488
 
 
1,390,000
 
County of San Bernardino, California COP
   
5.00
 
08/01/28
   
1,391,043
 
 
1,275,000
 
County of San Bernardino, California COP
   
4.75
 
08/01/28
   
1,278,328
 
 
2,835,000
 
Dublin Unified School District, California GOB, Series D (a)
   
5.73
 
08/01/34
   
1,074,919
 
 
9,325,000
 
Dublin Unified School District, California GOB, Series E (a)
   
6.14
 
08/01/39
   
2,546,657
 
 
31,400,000
 
Dublin Unified School District, California GOB, Series E (a)
   
6.31
 
08/01/44
   
6,062,084
 
 
1,500,000
 
Elk Grove Finance Authority, California Special Tax Bond
   
5.00
 
09/01/38
   
1,663,275
 
 
1,600,000
 
Fresno Unified School District, California GOB, Series G (a)
   
6.10
 
08/01/41
   
374,384
 
 
4,340,000
 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., California RB
   
5.00
 
06/01/40
   
4,827,425
 
 
125,000
 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., California RB, Series A, AMBAC
   
4.60
 
06/01/23
   
125,653
 
 
1,000,000
 
Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, California RB, AMBAC
   
5.00
 
09/01/37
   
1,002,240
 
 
4,700,000
 
Los Angeles Department of Water, California RB
   
5.00
 
07/01/43
   
5,168,214
 
 
9,285,000
 
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Power System, California RB
   
5.25
 
07/01/38
   
9,367,915
 
 
3,185,000
 
Modesto Irrigation District, California RB (USD 3 Month LIBOR +0.58%) (b)
   
1.92
 
09/01/27
   
3,119,230
 
 
1,600,000
 
Modesto Irrigation District, California RB (USD 3 Month LIBOR +0.63%) (b)
   
1.97
 
09/01/37
   
1,498,416
 
 
2,650,000
 
Oakland Unified School District/Alameda County, California GOB
   
6.63
 
08/01/38
   
3,059,266
 
 
770,000
 
Oxnard School District, California GOB, Series A
   
5.75
 
08/01/30
   
896,334
 
 
2,500,000
 
Port of Oakland, California RB, Series P
   
5.00
 
05/01/33
   
2,722,575
 
 
5,120,000
 
Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Revenue, California RB, Series C2 (USD 3 Month LIBOR + 0.74%) (b)
   
1.97
 
05/15/43
   
4,403,712
 
 
9,525,000
 
Sacramento County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority, California RB, Series B (USD 3 Month LIBOR + 0.53%) (b)
   
1.87
 
12/01/35
   
9,117,711
 
 
2,000,000
 
Sacramento County Water Financing Authority, California RB, Series B (USD 3 Month LIBOR + 0.55%) (b)
   
1.89
 
06/01/34
   
1,914,780
 
 
5,475,000
 
San Bernardino City Unified School District, California GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
08/01/40
   
6,068,709
 
 
5,900,000
 
San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission, California RB
   
5.00
 
04/01/48
   
6,419,908
 
 
1,000,000
 
San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority, California RB, Series A
   
5.25
 
04/15/29
   
1,124,090
 
 
5,000,000
 
San Francisco City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport, California RB, Series E
   
6.00
 
05/01/39
   
5,226,900
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Principal 
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
California - 89.3% (continued)
             
$
895,000
 
San Mateo Union High School District, California GOB, Series A (a)
   
6.02
%
09/01/25
 
$
661,870
 
 
105,000
 
San Mateo Union High School District, California GOB, Series A (a)
   
6.02
 
09/01/25
   
77,075
 
 
1,250,000
 
San Ysidro School District, California COP
   
5.00
 
09/01/42
   
1,370,950
 
 
85,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
5.75
 
05/01/30
   
85,258
 
 
20,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
4.50
 
08/01/30
   
20,036
 
 
2,400,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
6.50
 
04/01/33
   
2,516,040
 
 
4,400,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
6.00
 
04/01/35
   
4,588,012
 
 
11,245,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
6.00
 
04/01/38
   
11,724,374
 
 
2,650,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
6.00
 
11/01/39
   
2,826,622
 
 
5,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
5.00
 
10/01/28
   
5,013
 
 
4,000,000
 
State of California, California GOB
   
5.50
 
08/01/29
   
4,052,280
 
 
135,000
 
State of California, California GOB, Series 07, AMBAC
   
5.13
 
10/01/27
   
135,352
 
 
3,300,000
 
Stockton East Water District, California COP, Series B (a)
   
5.96 -
           
           
6.00
 
04/01/21
   
2,770,515
 
 
2,000,000
 
Stockton East Water District, California COP, Series B (a)
   
6.08
 
04/01/25
   
1,317,680
 
 
1,300,000
 
Stockton Public Financing Authority, California RB, Series A
   
6.25
 
10/01/40
   
1,527,656
 
 
775,000
 
Stockton Unified School District, California GOB
   
5.00
 
07/01/27
   
864,117
 
 
1,600,000
 
Tulare County Board of Education, California COP
   
5.38
 
05/01/33
   
1,792,912
 
 
250,000
 
Victor Valley Community College District, California GOB, Series A
   
5.38
 
08/01/29
   
262,580
 
 
7,900,000
 
Walnut Energy Center Authority, California RB
   
5.00
 
01/01/35
   
8,323,598
 
 
2,165,000
 
Wasco Union School District, California GOB
   
5.00
 
08/01/43
   
2,375,438
 
 
1,575,000
 
Wasco Union School District, California GOB
   
5.00
 
08/01/43
   
1,728,090
 
                     
190,018,749
 
Illinois - 8.4%
                     
 
1,000,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/30
   
1,092,620
 
 
1,000,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/35
   
1,078,470
 
 
2,050,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.75
 
01/01/38
   
2,332,593
 
 
2,325,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/40
   
2,489,936
 
 
1,755,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/26
   
1,957,509
 
 
1,000,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/26
   
1,115,390
 
 
1,795,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.25
 
01/01/37
   
1,903,956
 
 
3,895,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.25
 
01/01/40
   
4,128,272
 
 
1,580,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
01/01/23
   
1,748,333
 
                     
17,847,079
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $203,269,720)                 
207,865,828
 
 
Shares 
 
Security Description
 
Value
 
Money Market Fund - 3.0%   
     
 
6,325,106
 
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Class I, 1.49% (c) (Cost $6,325,106)
   
6,325,106
 
               
Investments, at value - 100.7% (Cost $209,594,826)  
$
214,190,934
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - (0.7)%    
(1,540,650
)
Net Assets - 100.0%  
$
212,650,284
 
 
AMBAC
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
COP
Certificate of Participation 
GOB
General Obligation Bond
LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate
RB
Revenue Bond
(a)
Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is yield to maturity.
(b)
Floating rate security. Rate presented is as of March 31, 2018.
(c)
Dividend yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of March 31, 2018.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of March 31, 2018.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in Note 2 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Valuation Inputs
 
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
 
$
 
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
   
214,190,934
 
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
Total
 
$
214,190,934
 
 
The Level 2 value displayed in this table includes Municipal Bonds and a Money Market Fund. Refer to this Schedule of Investments for a further breakout of each Municipal Bond security by state.
 
The Fund utilizes the end of period methodology when determining transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2018.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
     
% of Total Investments
     
Municipal Bonds
   
97.0
%
Money Market Fund
   
3.0
%
     
100.0
%

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2018

 
ASSETS
     
Investments, at value (Cost $209,594,826)
 
$
214,190,934
 
Receivables:
       
Fund shares sold
   
72,000
 
Dividends and interest
   
2,799,546
 
Prepaid expenses
   
1,296
 
Total Assets
   
217,063,776
 
         
LIABILITIES
       
Payables:
       
Investment securities purchased
   
4,105,435
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
166,512
 
Distributions payable
   
29,295
 
Accrued Liabilities:
       
Investment adviser fees
   
84,034
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
   
237
 
Fund services fees
   
11,080
 
Other expenses
   
16,899
 
Total Liabilities
   
4,413,492
 
         
NET ASSETS
 
$
212,650,284
 
         
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
208,047,891
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
2,070
 
Accumulated net realized gain
   
4,215
 
Net unrealized appreciation
   
4,596,108
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
212,650,284
 
         
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT NO PAR VALUE (UNLIMITED SHARES AUTHORIZED)
       
Institutional Shares
   
21,195,059
 
         
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
       
Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $212,650,284)
 
$
10.03
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

 
INVESTMENT INCOME
     
Dividend income
 
$
28,049
 
Interest income
   
2,603,147
 
Total Investment Income
   
2,631,196
 
         
EXPENSES
       
Investment adviser fees
   
443,216
 
Investment Adviser expense reimbursements recouped
   
15,344
 
Fund services fees
   
107,044
 
Custodian fees
   
10,145
 
Registration fees
   
1,385
 
Professional fees
   
15,976
 
Trustees' fees and expenses
   
4,953
 
Other expenses
   
38,901
 
Total Expenses
   
636,964
 
Fees waived
   
(46,099
)
Net Expenses
   
590,865
 
         
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
2,040,331
 
         
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
       
Net realized gain on investments
   
4,224
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
(1,439,955
)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS
   
(1,435,731
)
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
604,600
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 

 
   
For the
Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
 
$
2,040,331
   
$
3,680,313
 
Net realized gain
   
4,224
     
53,384
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(1,439,955
)
   
(1,479,714
)
Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
604,600
     
2,253,983
 
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
               
Net investment income:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(2,038,690
)
   
(3,679,890
)
Net realized gain:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(53,393
)
   
(306,163
)
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(2,092,083
)
   
(3,986,053
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
45,896,223
     
25,552,927
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
1,895,456
     
3,767,940
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(22,530,240
)
   
(29,174,844
)
Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
25,261,439
     
146,023
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
23,773,956
   
(1,586,047
)
                 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of Period
   
188,876,328
     
190,462,375
 
End of Period (Including line (a))
 
$
212,650,284
   
$
188,876,328
 
                 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
4,559,038
     
2,566,913
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
188,292
     
375,495
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(2,238,751
)
   
(2,907,415
)
Increase in Shares
   
2,508,579
     
34,993
 
                 
(a) Undistributed net investment income
 
$
2,070
   
$
429
 

See Notes to Financial Statements. 

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 


These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.
 
     
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018
   
For the Years Ended September 30,
    November 3, 2014 (a) through September 30, 2015  
       
2017
   
2016
     
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
                       
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
10.11
   
$
10.21
   
$
10.06
   
$
10.00
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                               
Net investment income (b)
   
0.10
     
0.19
     
0.20
     
0.19
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
(0.08
)
   
(0.08
)
   
0.15
     
0.07
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
0.02
     
0.11
     
0.35
     
0.26
 
                                 
Net investment income
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.19
)
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.20
)
Net realized gain
   
(0.00
)(c)
   
(0.02
)
   
     
 
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.21
)
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.20
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
10.03
   
$
10.11
   
$
10.21
   
$
10.06
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
0.27
%(d)
   
1.11
%
   
3.49
%
   
2.55
%(d)
                                 
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                               
Net Assets at End of Period (000s omitted)
 
$
212,650
   
$
188,876
   
$
190,462
   
$
162,465
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                               
Net investment income
   
2.07
%(e)
   
1.92
%
   
1.94
%
   
2.09
%(e)
Net expenses
   
0.60
%(e)
   
0.60
%
   
0.60
%
   
0.60
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
0.65
%(e)
   
0.63
%
   
0.65
%
   
0.79
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
23
%(d)
   
44
%
   
58
%
   
83
%(d)


(a)
Commencement of operations.
(b)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(c)
Less than $0.01 per share.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.

See Notes to Financial Statements. 

22


GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018


The following chart reflects the change in the value of a hypothetical $250,000 investment in Institutional Shares, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund (the “Fund”) compared with the performance of the benchmark, ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended 85% Index (“ICE BAML Muni Blended 85%”) and the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1-12 Year Municipal Index (“ICE BAML 1-12 Muni Index”), since inception. The ICE BAML Muni Blended 85% is a blend of 85% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-15 Year US Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to three years and less than fifteen years, and 15% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to one year and less than three years. ICE BAML 1-12 Year Muni is an unmanaged, market-weighted index that includes investment-grade municipal bonds with maturities greater than one year but less than twelve years.  The total return of the indices includes the reinvestment of dividends and income.  The total return of the Fund includes operating expenses that reduce returns, while the total return of the indices do not include expenses.  The Fund is professionally managed, while the indices are unmanaged and are not available for investment. 

Comparison of a $250,000 Investment
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund vs.
ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended 85% Index and ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1-12 Year Municipal Index
 
(LINE GRAPH)

Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
 
One Year
 
Since Inception 12/01/15
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
1.41%
 
1.19%
ICE BofAML Municipal Blended 85% Index
 
1.60%
 
1.50%
ICE BofAML 1-12 Year Municipal Index
 
1.08%
 
1.19%

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. As stated in the Fund’s prospectus, the annual operating expense ratio (gross) is 0.56%. However, the Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.39%, through at least February 1, 2019 (the “Expense Cap”). The adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. During the period, certain fees were waived and/or expenses reimbursed; otherwise, returns would have been lower. The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that   a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns greater than one year are annualized. For the most recent month-end performance, please call (844) 342-5763.

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018


Principal 
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Municipal Bonds - 97.7%   
             
Arkansas - 0.2%   
             
$
400,000
 
Bentonville School District No. 6, Arkansas GOB
   
4.50
%
06/01/30
 
$
400,920
 
California - 1.7%    
                 
 
520,000
 
Centinela Valley Union High School District, California GOB, Series B
   
5.75
 
08/01/30
   
618,067
 
 
350,000
 
Compton Unified School District, California GOB, Series D, AMBAC (a)
   
1.42
 
06/01/18
   
349,090
 
 
720,000
 
Elk Grove Unified School District, California COP
   
5.00
 
02/01/30
   
831,722
 
                         
 
275,000
 
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, California COP, Series A
   
4.00
 
10/01/30
   
291,250
 
 
1,070,000
 
Solano County Community College District, California GOB (a)(b)
   
1.39
 
08/01/29
   
942,809
 
 
670,000
 
Tulare City School District, California COP
   
2.00
 
11/01/20
   
670,107
 
                     
3,703,045
 
Connecticut - 9.9%    
                 
 
1,625,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB
   
5.00
 
08/15/28
   
1,822,941
 
 
2,525,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
04/15/27
   
2,530,454
 
 
950,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
03/15/28
   
1,050,795
 
 
600,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series B
   
4.00
 
05/15/20
   
623,088
 
 
3,800,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series B
   
4.00
 
05/15/25
   
4,019,298
 
 
1,000,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series E
   
5.00
 
09/15/23
   
1,095,380
 
 
3,190,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series E
   
4.00
 
09/15/28
   
3,289,688
 
 
195,000
 
State of Connecticut, Connecticut GOB, Series F
   
5.00
 
11/15/28
   
217,019
 
 
3,075,000
 
State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, Connecticut RB
   
5.00
 
01/01/26
   
3,510,758
 
 
1,475,000
 
State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, Connecticut RB
   
5.00
 
01/01/28
   
1,713,124
 
 
2,200,000
 
University of Connecticut, Connecticut RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
03/15/30
   
2,471,062
 
                     
22,343,607
 
Florida - 1.0%    
                 
 
2,225,000
 
Orange County Housing Finance Authority, Florida RB, Series B (c)
   
1.15
 
12/01/19
   
2,219,304
 
Illinois - 18.1%    
                 
 
1,195,000
 
Champaign County Community Unit School District No. 116 Urbana, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
4.00
 
01/01/27
   
1,288,999
 
 
1,245,000
 
Champaign County Community Unit School District No. 116 Urbana, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
4.00
 
01/01/28
   
1,336,657
 
 
2,325,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.50
 
01/01/33
   
2,603,442
 
 
310,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
4.00
 
01/01/20
   
310,505
 
 
540,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/28
   
594,810
 
 
1,000,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/31
   
1,106,650
 
 
520,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
4.00
 
01/01/22
   
543,171
 
 
2,865,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/25
   
3,207,024
 
 
5,580,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/27
   
6,180,464
 
 
2,735,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/28
   
3,012,602
 
 
1,865,000
 
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
01/01/26
   
2,080,202
 
 
235,000
 
Cook County Community Consolidated School District No. 15 Palatine, Illinois GOB
   
5.00
 
12/01/23
   
265,825
 
 
725,000
 
Cook County Community High School District No. 218 Oak Lawn, Illinois GOB
   
5.00
 
12/01/20
   
774,648
 
 
1,190,000
 
Cook County Community High School District No. 218 Oak Lawn, Illinois GOB
   
5.00
 
12/01/22
   
1,315,117
 
 
1,140,000
 
Cook County Community High School District No. 218 Oak Lawn, Illinois GOB
   
5.00
 
12/01/23
   
1,276,754
 
 
635,000
 
Cook County Community High School District No. 218 Oak Lawn, Illinois GOB
   
4.25
 
12/01/24
   
679,094
 
 
645,000
 
Cook County Community High School District No. 218 Oak Lawn, Illinois GOB
   
4.00
 
12/01/24
   
692,530
 
 
1,125,000
 
Cook County High School District No. 209 Proviso Township, Illinois GOB
   
5.00
 
12/01/27
   
1,287,146
 
 
1,020,000
 
Cook County School District No. 111 Burbank, Illinois GOB
   
4.00
 
12/01/30
   
1,060,882
 
 
440,000
 
Cook County School District No. 111 Burbank, Illinois GOB
   
4.00
 
12/01/23
   
470,070
 
 
95,000
 
Cook County School District No. 111 Burbank, Illinois GOB
   
4.00
 
12/01/23
   
104,159
 
 
1,000,000
 
Cook County School District No. 111 Burbank, Illinois GOB
   
4.00
 
12/01/25
   
1,067,960
 
 
725,000
 
Cook County School District No. 111 Burbank, Illinois GOB
   
4.00
 
12/01/29
   
756,820
 
 
240,000
 
Cook County School District No. 29 Sunset Ridge, Illinois RB, Series A
   
3.00
 
12/01/20
   
243,874
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018


Principal 
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Illinois - 18.1% (continued)
             
$
570,000
 
Cook County School District No. 81 Schiller Park, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
4.00
%
12/01/19
 
$
588,525
 
                         
 
825,000
 
Du Page County School District No. 33 West Chicago, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
4.00
 
12/01/26
   
874,698
 
 
500,000
 
Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois RB
   
5.00
 
11/15/25
   
551,415
 
 
4,560,000
 
University of Illinois, Illinois RB
   
5.00
 
04/01/26
   
4,926,487
 
 
700,000
 
University of Illinois, Illinois RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
04/01/30
   
769,657
 
 
780,000
 
Will Grundy Etc Counties Community College District No. 525, Illinois GOB
   
5.75
 
06/01/25
   
784,813
 
                     
40,755,000
 
Iowa - 1.2%  
                 
 
1,220,000
 
Waukee Community School District, Iowa RB, Series A
   
4.00
 
06/01/24
   
1,324,590
 
 
1,270,000
 
Waukee Community School District, Iowa RB, Series A
   
4.00
 
06/01/25
   
1,385,456
 
                     
2,710,046
 
Kentucky - 5.8%  
                 
 
300,000
 
Boone County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
3.00
 
04/01/25
   
305,124
 
 
400,000
 
Corbin Independent School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
2.00
 
02/01/22
   
393,904
 
 
425,000
 
Corbin Independent School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
3.00
 
02/01/25
   
434,758
 
 
630,000
 
Corbin Independent School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
3.00
 
02/01/26
   
642,348
 
 
420,000
 
Grant County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
3.00
 
04/01/24
   
426,695
 
 
1,945,000
 
Jefferson County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/01/27
   
2,292,552
 
 
1,000,000
 
Jefferson County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/01/28
   
1,173,540
 
 
280,000
 
Kenton County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
3.00
 
02/01/26
   
279,605
 
 
250,000
 
Kentucky State Property & Building Commission, Kentucky RB
   
2.50
 
10/01/18
   
251,042
 
 
1,175,000
 
Kentucky State Property & Building Commission, Kentucky RB
   
5.00
 
08/01/19
   
1,223,610
 
 
1,000,000
 
Kentucky State Property & Building Commission, Kentucky RB, Series D
   
5.00
 
05/01/20
   
1,060,110
 
 
775,000
 
Madison County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
5.00
 
05/01/22
   
856,631
 
 
630,000
 
Madison County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
5.00
 
05/01/23
   
706,891
 
 
1,040,000
 
Meade County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
5.00
 
09/01/20
   
1,111,542
 
 
1,270,000
 
Owen County School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
4.00
 
04/01/26
   
1,368,108
 
 
475,000
 
Owensboro Independent School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
4.00
 
09/01/20
   
496,446
 
                     
13,022,906
 
Louisiana - 13.6%  
                 
 
1,750,000
 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/21
   
1,924,475
 
 
1,000,000
 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/21
   
1,097,930
 
 
1,200,000
 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/22
   
1,344,132
 
 
2,075,000
 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/24
   
2,377,494
 
 
2,550,000
 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/27
   
3,005,558
 
 
2,250,000
 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/27
   
2,647,868
 
 
1,265,000
 
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Louisiana RB
   
5.00
 
06/01/22
   
1,406,136
 
 
1,080,000
 
St Martin Parish School Board, Louisiana GOB
   
5.00
 
03/01/28
   
1,253,275
 
 
1,650,000
 
State of Louisiana, Louisiana GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/01/21
   
1,810,231
 
 
3,365,000
 
State of Louisiana, Louisiana GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
04/01/27
   
3,976,420
 
 
3,000,000
 
State of Louisiana, Louisiana GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
08/01/26
   
3,521,190
 
 
3,920,000
 
State of Louisiana, Louisiana GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
08/01/29
   
4,547,043
 
 
1,345,000
 
State of Louisiana, Louisiana GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
07/15/24
   
1,524,652
 
                     
30,436,404
 
Michigan - 3.9%  
                 
 
175,000
 
Battle Creek School District, Michigan GOB
   
5.00
 
05/01/28
   
203,620
 
 
1,065,000
 
Bellevue Community Schools, Michigan GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
05/01/31
   
1,225,006
 
 
350,000
 
Central Michigan University, Michigan RB
   
5.00
 
10/01/24
   
402,833
 
 
225,000
 
Charles Stewart Mott Community College, Michigan GOB
   
3.00
 
05/01/24
   
230,409
 
 
1,215,000
 
Durand Area Schools, Michigan GOB
   
5.00
 
05/01/28
   
1,385,513
 
 
1,225,000
 
Durand Area Schools, Michigan GOB
   
5.00
 
05/01/29
   
1,391,024
 
 
500,000
 
Howell Public Schools, Michigan GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
05/01/25
   
543,455
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
Principal   
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Michigan - 3.9% (continued)   
             
$
695,000
 
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools, Michigan GOB
   
5.00
%
05/01/25
 
$
804,129
 
 
210,000
 
Lansing School District, Michigan GOB
   
5.00
 
05/01/21
   
228,908
 
 
785,000
 
Oakland University, Michigan RB
   
5.00
 
03/01/29
   
898,385
 
 
1,225,000
 
Paw Paw Public Schools, Michigan GOB
   
5.00
 
05/01/21
   
1,279,451
 
 
200,000
 
Rockford Public Schools, Michigan GOB
   
5.00
 
05/01/22
   
221,806
 
                     
8,814,539
 
Missouri - 2.1%    
                 
 
1,690,000
 
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri RB
   
2.00
 
06/01/19
   
1,694,039
 
 
1,095,000
 
City of Springfield, Missouri RB, Series B
   
2.00
 
05/01/22
   
1,083,535
 
 
1,250,000
 
City of Springfield, Missouri RB, Series B
   
3.00
 
05/01/23
   
1,286,850
 
 
250,000
 
Liberty Public School District No. 53, Missouri COP
   
3.00
 
04/01/20
   
254,913
 
 
300,000
 
Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission, Missouri RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/24
   
341,265
 
                     
4,660,602
 
New Jersey - 6.5%    
                 
 
1,000,000
 
Essex County Improvement Authority, New Jersey RB
   
4.75
 
11/01/32
   
1,001,950
 
 
1,035,000
 
Haddonfield Public Schools District, New Jersey GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/20
   
1,032,092
 
 
2,945,000
 
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, New Jersey RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
07/01/22
   
3,270,982
 
 
3,175,000
 
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, New Jersey RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
07/01/23
   
3,579,400
 
 
1,280,000
 
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, New Jersey RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
07/01/24
   
1,463,898
 
 
1,000,000
 
Robbinsville Board of Education, New Jersey GOB
   
5.25
 
01/01/23
   
1,122,270
 
 
985,000
 
Township of Berkeley, New Jersey GOB
   
3.00
 
05/15/21
   
1,011,299
 
 
1,020,000
 
Township of Berkeley, New Jersey GOB
   
3.00
 
05/15/22
   
1,047,876
 
 
1,145,000
 
Township of Berkeley, New Jersey GOB
   
3.00
 
05/15/23
   
1,171,759
 
                     
14,701,526
 
New York - 1.3%    
                 
 
215,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York RB
   
5.00
 
11/15/30
   
243,507
 
 
185,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York RB
   
5.00
 
11/15/30
   
205,213
 
 
1,000,000
 
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, New York RB, Series I2
   
5.00
 
11/01/21
   
1,064,750
 
 
1,330,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority, New York RB
   
5.00
 
07/01/30
   
1,477,218
 
                     
2,990,688
 
Ohio - 0.8%    
                 
 
1,100,000
 
County of Hamilton Sales Tax Revenue, Ohio RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
12/01/30
   
1,200,848
 
 
200,000
 
Trotwood-Madison City School District, Ohio COP
   
4.00
 
12/01/23
   
216,730
 
 
200,000
 
Trotwood-Madison City School District, Ohio COP
   
4.00
 
12/01/24
   
218,170
 
 
215,000
 
Trotwood-Madison City School District, Ohio COP
   
4.00
 
12/01/25
   
235,625
 
                     
1,871,373
 
Oklahoma - 0.8%   
                 
 
1,800,000
 
Cleveland County Independent School District No. 2 Moore, Oklahoma GOB
   
2.75
 
03/01/21
   
1,836,954
 
Pennsylvania - 19.5%    
                 
 
845,000
 
Cameron County School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/19
   
846,521
 
 
1,020,000
 
Cameron County School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/20
   
1,038,084
 
 
1,060,000
 
Cameron County School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/21
   
1,081,741
 
 
1,025,000
 
Cameron County School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/22
   
993,184
 
 
1,095,000
 
Commonwealth Financing Authority, Pennsylvania RB
   
5.00
 
06/01/28
   
1,250,479
 
 
1,500,000
 
Commonwealth Financing Authority, Pennsylvania RB, Series B-1
   
5.00
 
06/01/25
   
1,729,560
 
 
500,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, First Series
   
5.00
 
11/15/22
   
554,845
 
 
1,555,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, First Series
   
5.00
 
03/15/24
   
1,756,730
 
 
300,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, First Series
   
5.00
 
04/01/26
   
341,505
 
 
1,125,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, First Series
   
5.00
 
09/15/26
   
1,300,916
 
 
1,825,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, First Series
   
5.00
 
03/15/27
   
2,065,863
 
 
6,405,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, First Series
   
5.00
 
01/01/28
   
7,351,723
 
 
700,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, First Series
   
5.00
 
06/01/28
   
784,616
 
 
2,000,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, Second Series
   
5.00
 
08/15/31
   
2,244,280
 
 
2,575,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, Second Series
   
5.00
 
05/01/21
   
2,748,272
 
 
600,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, Second Series
   
5.00
 
10/15/23
   
675,408
 
 
4,760,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, Second Series
   
5.00
 
01/15/27
   
5,513,984
 
 
2,115,000
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania GOB, Second Series
   
5.00
 
01/15/28
   
2,428,824
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

26


GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018


Principal
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Pennsylvania - 19.5% (continued)
         
 
$
365,000
 
Deer Lakes School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
2.63
%
04/01/25
 
$
362,343
 
   
1,460,000
 
East Stroudsburg Area School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/21
   
1,453,299
 
   
615,000
 
Erie Parking Authority, Pennsylvania RB
   
4.00
 
09/01/21
   
647,238
 
   
425,000
 
Northern Tioga School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
2.00
 
04/01/21
   
426,725
 
   
1,320,000
 
Northern York County School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
5.00
 
11/15/29
   
1,460,290
 
   
265,000
 
Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
03/01/28
   
273,064
 
   
200,000
 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania RB, Series B
   
5.00
 
12/01/25
   
233,142
 
   
680,000
 
South Middleton School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/26
   
685,338
 
   
525,000
 
The Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania RB, Series D
   
5.00
 
07/01/32
   
572,665
 
   
1,300,000
 
The Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania RB, Series D
   
5.00
 
07/01/28
   
1,421,888
 
   
430,000
 
Wyalusing Area School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
2.00
 
04/01/21
   
426,977
 
   
1,120,000
 
York Suburban School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
2.25
 
05/01/23
   
1,120,101
 
                       
43,789,605
 
Rhode Island - 0.5%    
                 
   
900,000
 
Rhode Island Health & Educational Building Corp., Rhode Island RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
09/15/30
   
1,030,572
 
South Dakota - 0.1%    
                 
   
250,000
 
South Dakota Board of Regents, South Dakota RB
   
5.00
 
04/01/19
   
258,228
 
Texas - 8.5%    
                 
   
750,000
 
Brazoria-Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 1, Texas GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/19
   
750,615
 
   
845,000
 
Brazoria-Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 1, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/23
   
859,382
 
   
1,600,000
 
City of Fort Worth, Texas RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
03/01/31
   
1,814,256
 
   
150,000
 
City of Houston TX, Texas GOB
   
5.00
 
03/01/24
   
166,547
 
   
150,000
 
City of Houston TX, Texas GOB
   
5.00
 
03/01/24
   
166,011
 
   
295,000
 
City of League City, Texas GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
02/15/30
   
319,187
 
   
500,000
 
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas RB
   
5.25
 
11/01/27
   
565,325
 
   
1,245,000
 
Denton County Fresh Water Supply District No. 10, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/24
   
1,271,992
 
   
1,750,000
 
Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 15, Texas GOB, Series PK
   
1.50
 
09/01/21
   
1,698,742
 
   
1,310,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 153, Texas GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/20
   
1,303,869
 
   
750,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 290, Texas GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/21
   
740,805
 
   
235,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 383, Texas GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/19
   
235,423
 
   
255,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 383, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/20
   
260,789
 
   
200,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 383, Texas GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/20
   
199,670
 
   
235,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 383, Texas GOB
   
2.00
 
09/01/21
   
233,461
 
   
235,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 383, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/24
   
239,474
 
   
235,000
 
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 383, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/25
   
237,578
 
   
870,000
 
Harris Montgomery Counties Municipal Utility District No. 386, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/26
   
874,019
 
   
860,000
 
Harris Montgomery Counties Municipal Utility District No. 386, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/27
   
855,098
 
   
1,055,000
 
Harris Montgomery Counties Municipal Utility District No. 386, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
09/01/28
   
1,037,339
 
   
275,000
 
Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas RB
   
5.00
 
05/15/30
   
290,950
 
   
900,000
 
Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas RB
   
5.00
 
05/15/27
   
988,956
 
   
330,000
 
Reagan County Independent School District, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
02/15/23
   
330,238
 
   
2,750,000
 
Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Texas RB
   
5.00
 
08/15/33
   
3,066,855
 
   
590,000
 
Travis County Water Control & Improvement District No. 17, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
11/01/25
   
599,711
 
                       
19,106,292
 
Vermont - 0.1%    
                 
   
165,000
 
Vermont Housing Finance Agency, Vermont RB, Series B
   
1.95
 
05/01/23
   
161,779
 
Washington - 0.2%    
                 
   
395,000
 
Grant County Public Utility District No. 2, Washington RB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/26
   
455,407
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018

 
Principal 
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
West Virginia - 0.8%   
             
$
1,000,000
 
School Building Authority of West Virginia, West Virginia RB, Series B
   
5.00
%
07/01/30
 
$
1,067,090
 
                         
 
560,000
 
West Virginia Economic Development Authority, West Virginia RB, Series A
   
5.00
 
06/01/26
   
619,186
 
                     
1,686,276
 
Wisconsin - 1.1%  
                 
 
600,000
 
Evansville Community School District, Wisconsin GOB
   
3.00
 
04/01/19
   
606,468
 
 
1,500,000
 
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin RB
   
5.00
 
04/01/27
   
1,763,400
 
                     
2,369,868
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $223,495,018) 
             
219,324,941
 

Shares 
 
Security Description
 
Value
 
Money Market Fund - 1.4%   
     
3,220,144
 
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Class I, 1.49% (d)
     
    (Cost $3,220,144)     
3,220,144
 
Investments, at value - 99.1% (Cost $226,715,162)
 
$
222,545,085
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - 0.9%
   
2,087,878
 
Net Assets - 100.0%  
 
$
224,632,963
 
 
AMBAC
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
COP
Certificate of Participation GOB General Obligation Bond
RB
Revenue Bond
 
(a)
Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is yield to maturity.
(b)
Debt obligation initially issued at one coupon rate which converts to higher coupon rate at a specified date. Rate presented is as of March 31, 2018.
(c)
Adjustable rate security, the interest rate of which adjusts periodically based on changes in current interest rates. Rate represented is as of March 31, 2018.
(d)
Dividend yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of March 31, 2018.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of March 31, 2018.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in Note 2 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs
 
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
 
$
 
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
   
222,545,085
 
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
Total
 
$
222,545,085
 
 
The Level 2 value displayed in this table includes Municipal Bonds and a Money Market Fund. Refer to this Schedule of Investments for a further breakout of each Municipal Bond security by state.
 
The Fund utilizes the end of period methodology when determining transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2018.
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
     
% of Total Investments
     
Municipal Bonds
   
98.6
%
Money Market Fund
   
1.4
%
     
100.0
%
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2018
   
ASSETS
     
Investments, at value (Cost $226,715,162)
 
$
222,545,085
 
Receivables:
       
Fund shares sold
   
296,355
 
Dividends and interest
   
2,384,481
 
Prepaid expenses
   
2,923
 
Total Assets
   
225,228,844
 
LIABILITIES
       
Payables:
       
Fund shares redeemed
   
495,300
 
Distributions payable
   
20,038
 
Accrued Liabilities:
       
Investment adviser fees
   
48,342
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
   
287
 
Fund services fees
   
12,915
 
Other expenses
   
18,999
 
Total Liabilities
   
595,881
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
224,632,963
 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
229,116,569
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
2,688
 
Accumulated net realized loss
   
(316,217
)
Net unrealized depreciation
   
(4,170,077
)
NET ASSETS
 
$
224,632,963
 
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT NO PAR VALUE (UNLIMITED SHARES AUTHORIZED)
       
Institutional Shares
   
22,613,971
 
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
       
Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $224,632,963)
 
$
9.93
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.
29


GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018
  
INVESTMENT INCOME
     
Dividend income
 
$
29,762
 
Interest income
   
2,345,114
 
Total Investment Income
   
2,374,876
 
EXPENSES
       
Investment adviser fees
   
386,509
 
Fund services fees
   
118,433
 
Custodian fees
   
11,596
 
Registration fees
   
15,354
 
Professional fees
   
17,013
 
Trustees' fees and expenses
   
5,522
 
Other expenses
   
46,341
 
Total Expenses
   
600,768
 
Fees waived
   
(170,090
)
Net Expenses
   
430,678
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
1,944,198
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
       
Net realized loss on investments
   
(17,063
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
(4,597,110
)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS
   
(4,614,173
)
DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
(2,669,975
)
  
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 

   
   
For the Six
Months Ended
March 31,
2018
 
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
 
$
1,944,198
   
$
2,678,204
 
Net realized loss
   
(17,063
)
   
(299,100
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(4,597,110
)
   
(852,987
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
(2,669,975
)
   
1,526,117
 
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
               
Net investment income:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(1,941,839
)
   
(2,677,851
)
Net realized gain:
               
Institutional Shares
   
     
(33,868
)
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(1,941,839
)
   
(2,711,719
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
43,855,786
     
81,814,975
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
1,828,687
     
2,507,750
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(31,289,747
)
   
(18,101,575
)
Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
14,394,726
     
66,221,150
 
Increase in Net Assets
   
9,782,912
   
65,035,548
 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of Period
   
214,850,051
     
149,814,503
 
End of Period (Including line (a))
 
$
224,632,963
   
$
214,850,051
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
4,381,150
     
8,142,102
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
182,523
     
249,836
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(3,136,215
)
   
(1,809,539
)
Increase in Shares
   
1,427,458
     
6,582,399
 
                 
(a) Undistributed net investment income
 
$
2,688
   
$
329
 
   
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

  
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period. 

   
For the
Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   
December 1,
2015 (a) Through
September 30,
2016
 
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
                 
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
10.14
   
$
10.26
   
$
10.00
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (b)
   
0.09
     
0.16
     
0.10
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
(0.21
)
   
(0.12
)
   
0.26
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
(0.12
)
   
0.04
     
0.36
 
                         
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
                       
Net investment income
   
(0.09
)
   
(0.16
)
   
(0.10
)
Net realized gain
   
     
(0.00)(
c)
   
 
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.09
)
   
(0.16
)
   
(0.10
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
9.93
   
$
10.14
   
$
10.26
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
(1.21
)%(d)
   
0.42
%
   
3.63
%(d)
                         
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                       
Net Assets at End of Period (000s omitted)
 
$
224,633
   
$
214,850
   
$
149,815
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                       
Net investment income
   
1.76
%(e)
   
1.58
%
   
1.24
%(e)
Net expenses
   
0.39
%(e)
   
0.39
%
   
0.39
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
0.54
%(e)
   
0.56
%
   
0.66
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
6
%(d)
   
9
%
   
9
%(d)
 

(a)
Commencement of operations.
(b)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(c)
Less than $0.01 per share.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
32


GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
PERFORMANCE CHART AND ANALYSIS
MARCH 31, 2018

The following chart reflects the change in the value of a hypothetical $250,000 investment in Institutional Shares, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund (the “Fund”) compared with the performance of the benchmark, ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended 85% Index (“ICE BAML Muni Blended 85%”) and the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1-12 Year Municipal Index (“ICE BAML 1-12 Muni Index”), since inception. The ICE BAML Muni Blended 85% is a blend of 85% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-15 Year US Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to three years and less than fifteen years, and 15% of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Municipal Securities Index, a subset of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity greater than or equal to one year and less than three years. ICE BAML 1-12 Year Muni is an unmanaged, market-weighted index that includes investment-grade municipal bonds with maturities greater than one year but less than twelve years. The total return of the indices include the reinvestment of dividends and income. The total return of the Fund includes operating expenses that reduce returns, while the total return of the indices do not include expenses. The Fund is professionally managed, while the indices are unmanaged and are not available for investment.

Comparison of a $250,000 Investment
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund vs.
ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Municipal Blended 85% Index and ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1-12 Year Municipal Index
 
 
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended March 31, 2018
 
One Year
 
Since Inception 12/07/15
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
2.07%
 
1.35%
ICE BofAML Municipal Blended 85% Index
 
1.60%
 
1.52%
ICE BofAML 1-12 Year Municipal Index
 
1.08%
 
1.21%

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. As stated in the Fund’s prospectus, the annual operating expense ratio (gross) is 0.63%. However, the Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.39%, through at least February 1, 2019 (the “Expense Cap”). The adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. During the period, certain fees were waived and/or expenses reimbursed; otherwise, returns would have been lower. The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that   a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns greater than one year are annualized. For the most recent month-end performance, please call (844) 342-5763.

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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
       
 
               
Principal
   
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value
 
Municipal Bonds - 98.3%  
               
Arkansas - 0.5%  
               
$
420,000
   
Bentonville School District No. 6, Arkansas GOB
   
4.50
%
 
06/01/30
 
$
420,966
 
California - 84.6%
                   
 
715,000
   
Baldwin Park Unified School District, California GOB
   
4.00
   
08/01/22
   
771,521
 
 
1,035,000
   
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, California RB
   
5.00
   
10/01/33
   
1,148,074
 
 
750,000
   
California State Public Works Board, California RB, Series D
   
5.00
   
06/01/25
   
882,435
 
 
650,000
   
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California RB
   
4.00
   
11/01/22
   
704,515
 
 
200,000
   
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California RB
   
5.00
   
11/15/23
   
227,956
 
 
1,300,000
   
Capistrano Unified School District, California Special Tax Bond
   
3.00
   
09/01/25
   
1,313,091
 
 
710,000
   
Capistrano Unified School District Community Facilities District No. 90-2, California Special Tax Bond
   
2.50
   
09/01/21
   
723,057
 
 
800,000
   
Capistrano Unified School District Community Facilities District No. 90-2, California Special Tax Bond
   
3.00
   
09/01/23
   
830,816
 
 
2,050,000
   
Capistrano Unified School District School Facilities Improvement District No. 1, California GOB, Series B (a)
   
2.29
   
08/01/20
   
1,891,104
 
 
750,000
   
Centinela Valley Union High School District, California GOB, Series B
   
5.75
   
08/01/30
   
891,442
 
 
855,000
   
Chula Vista Elementary School District, California COP
   
5.00
   
09/01/22
   
963,927
 
 
610,000
   
Chula Vista Elementary School District, California COP
   
5.00
   
09/01/23
   
699,688
 
 
380,000
   
Chula Vista Elementary School District, California COP, Series A
   
5.00
   
09/01/19
   
397,678
 
 
305,000
   
City of Laguna Beach, California Special Assessment Bond
   
2.00
   
09/02/21
   
304,225
 
 
400,000
   
City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, California RB, Series B
   
5.00
   
05/15/30
   
445,344
 
 
840,000
   
City of Rocklin, California Special Tax Bond
   
3.50
   
09/01/26
   
866,015
 
 
200,000
   
City of Sacramento, California Special Tax Bond
   
5.00
   
09/01/24
   
228,300
 
 
745,000
   
City of San Clemente, California Special Assessment Bond
   
3.00
   
09/02/19
   
758,470
 
 
720,000
   
City of Tulare CA Sewer Revenue, California RB
   
5.00
   
11/15/28
   
840,852
 
 
580,000
   
Corona Public Financing Authority, California RB
   
5.00
   
11/01/26
   
695,768
 
 
625,000
   
Corona-Norco Unified School District Public Financing Authority, California Special Tax Bond, Series A
   
5.00
   
09/01/26
   
700,581
 
 
520,000
   
Cosumnes Community Services District, California COP
   
3.00
   
09/01/20
   
535,772
 
 
675,000
   
Cosumnes Community Services District, California COP
   
4.00
   
09/01/24
   
744,721
 
 
850,000
   
County of El Dorado, California Special Tax Bond
   
5.00
   
09/01/22
   
955,604
 
 
295,000
   
County of Santa Cruz, California COP
   
5.00
   
08/01/23
   
337,421
 
 
455,000
   
Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran's Farm & Home Purchase Program, California RB, Series A
   
3.50
   
12/01/25
   
469,578
 
 
510,000
   
Elk Grove Finance Authority, California Special Tax Bond
   
5.00
   
09/01/25
   
597,261
 
 
905,000
   
Folsom Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond, Series A
   
4.00
   
08/01/28
   
986,550
 
 
1,475,000
   
Fresno County Financing Authority, California RB
   
5.00
   
04/01/27
   
1,720,927
 
 
1,500,000
   
Fresno County Financing Authority, California RB
   
5.00
   
04/01/28
   
1,737,240
 
 
330,000
   
Gilroy Unified School District, California COP
   
4.00
   
04/01/26
   
363,908
 
 
250,000
   
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., California RB, Series A
   
5.00
   
06/01/30
   
278,922
 
 
2,165,000
   
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., California RB, Series A
   
5.00
   
06/01/29
   
2,422,137
 
 
660,000
   
Imperial Community College District, California GOB
   
5.00
   
08/01/29
   
739,933
 
 
580,000
   
Irvine Unified School District No. 1, California Special Tax Bond, Series 1
   
5.00
   
09/01/23
   
661,136
 
 
205,000
   
Los Angeles County Redevelopment Refunding Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond, Series A
   
5.00
   
09/01/20
   
220,457
 
 
1,190,000
   
Los Rios Community College District, California GOB, Series 2008-A
   
4.75
   
08/01/32
   
1,275,014
 
 
510,000
   
Lynwood Unified School District, California COP
   
5.00
   
10/01/20
   
550,152
 
 
655,000
   
Lynwood Unified School District, California COP
   
5.00
   
10/01/24
   
760,691
 
 
695,000
   
Lynwood Unified School District, California COP
   
5.00
   
10/01/25
   
817,230
 
 
375,000
   
Lynwood Unified School District, California COP
   
5.00
   
10/01/28
   
436,646
 
 
270,000
   
Modesto Irrigation District, California RB, Series B
   
5.00
   
10/01/27
   
290,571
 
 
280,000
   
Mojave Unified School District School Facilities Improvement District No. 1, California GOB
   
4.00
   
08/01/20
   
294,633
 
 
1,425,000
   
Mount Diablo Unified School District/CA, California GOB (a)(b)
   
0.30
   
08/01/30
   
1,341,908
 
 
1,000,000
   
Municipal Improvement Corp. of Los Angeles, California RB, Series B
   
5.00
   
11/01/26
   
1,208,220
 
 
975,000
   
Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District, California GOB
   
5.00
   
08/01/24
   
1,124,204
 
 
400,000
   
Orange Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond
   
5.00
   
09/01/22
   
449,876
 
 
855,000
   
Palmdale Elementary School District, California COP, Series A
   
3.00
   
10/01/21
   
885,771
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Principal
   
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
California - 84.6% (continued)   
             
$
350,000
   
Perris Joint Powers Authority, California Special Tax Bond, Series E
   
2.00
%
09/01/18
 
$
350,609
 
 
200,000
   
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, California COP, Series A
   
5.00
 
10/01/25
   
235,924
 
 
445,000
   
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, California COP, Series A
   
5.00
 
10/01/27
   
517,628
 
 
365,000
   
Poway Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond, Series A
   
5.00
 
12/15/21
   
406,201
 
 
655,000
   
Poway Unified School District, California Special Tax Bond
   
3.00
 
09/01/20
   
676,215
 
 
970,000
   
Poway Unified School District, California Special Tax Bond
   
3.00
 
09/01/21
   
1,007,015
 
 
1,100,000
   
Poway Unified School District, California Special Tax Bond
   
5.00
 
09/01/27
   
1,288,298
 
 
250,000
   
Poway Unified School District Public Financing Authority, California Special Tax Bond, Series A
   
5.00
 
09/01/24
   
285,693
 
 
350,000
   
Poway Unified School District Public Financing Authority, California Special Tax Bond, Series A
   
5.00
 
09/01/25
   
403,988
 
 
1,735,000
   
Poway Unified School District Public Financing Authority, California Special Tax Bond, Series A
   
5.00
 
09/01/29
   
1,988,449
 
 
1,125,000
   
Rancho Cucamonga Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond
   
5.00
 
09/01/26
   
1,342,778
 
 
325,000
   
Rio Elementary School District Community Facilities District, California Special Tax Bond
   
3.25
 
09/01/26
   
326,869
 
 
720,000
   
Riverside County Asset Leasing Corp., California RB
   
5.00
 
11/01/26
   
798,703
 
 
250,000
   
Riverside County Asset Leasing Corp., California RB
   
4.00
 
06/01/28
   
260,400
 
 
300,000
   
Riverside County Redevelopment Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond
   
5.00
 
10/01/25
   
353,436
 
 
875,000
   
Riverside County Redevelopment Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond, Series B
   
5.00
 
10/01/25
   
1,026,261
 
 
300,000
   
Sacramento Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond, Series A
   
5.00
 
12/01/19
   
315,987
 
 
1,090,000
   
San Luis Water District, California COP, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/01/22
   
1,220,560
 
 
1,045,000
   
Santa Ana Unified School District, California GOB, Series 2008-A
   
5.50
 
08/01/30
   
1,058,585
 
 
225,000
   
Santa Clara County Board of Education, California COP
   
5.00
 
04/01/21
   
246,519
 
 
1,525,000
   
Solano County Community College District, California GOB (a)(b)
   
1.39
 
08/01/29
   
1,343,723
 
 
500,000
   
Sonoma Community Development Agency Successor Agency, California Tax Allocation Bond
   
5.00
 
12/01/30
   
537,055
 
 
1,075,000
   
State of California, California GOB
   
5.00
 
09/01/27
   
1,277,702
 
 
1,000,000
   
State of California, California GOB
   
5.00
 
10/01/29
   
1,049,100
 
 
1,250,000
   
State of California, California GOB, Series C (USD 1 Month LIBOR + 0.70%) (c)
   
1.82
 
12/01/28
   
1,259,175
 
 
1,575,000
   
Stockton Unified School District, California COP
   
5.00
 
02/01/29
   
1,853,066
 
 
1,135,000
   
Stockton Unified School District, California GOB
   
5.00
 
08/01/26
   
1,339,981
 
 
510,000
   
Stockton Unified School District, California GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/01/28
   
580,018
 
 
370,000
   
Stockton Unified School District, California GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
08/01/19
   
385,906
 
 
430,000
   
Stockton Unified School District, California GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
08/01/24
   
499,368
 
 
1,200,000
   
Stockton Unified School District, California GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
08/01/27
   
1,417,656
 
 
310,000
   
Travis Unified School District, California COP
   
4.00
 
09/01/19
   
320,469
 
 
375,000
   
Travis Unified School District, California COP
   
4.00
 
09/01/22
   
406,016
 
 
685,000
   
Tulare City School District, California COP
   
2.00
 
11/01/21
   
685,041
 
 
215,000
   
Val Verde Unified School District, California COP, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/01/26
   
249,998
 
 
500,000
   
Val Verde Unified School District, California COP, Series A AGC
   
4.10
 
03/01/20
   
510,525
 
 
1,000,000
   
Val Verde Unified School District, California GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
08/01/26
   
1,184,390
 
 
850,000
   
Victor Valley Union High School District, California COP, Series A
   
2.00
 
11/15/24
   
835,967
 
 
300,000
   
Waugh School District, California Special Tax Bond
   
4.00
 
09/01/20
   
316,374
 
                       
68,652,990
 
Illinois - 10.3%   
                 
 
1,000,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/30
   
1,114,570
 
 
1,000,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series A
   
5.00
 
01/01/31
   
1,106,650
 
 
1,000,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/31
   
1,106,650
 
 
1,000,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/24
   
1,118,190
 
 
1,000,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series B
   
5.00
 
01/01/26
   
1,115,390
 
 
1,175,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
01/01/24
   
1,261,139
 
 
625,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
01/01/25
   
682,137
 
 
500,000
   
Chicago Park District, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
5.00
 
01/01/25
   
559,690
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Principal
 
Security Description
 
Rate
 
Maturity
 
Value
 
Illinois - 10.3% (continued)
     
 
     
$
255,000
 
 
Grundy & Kendall Counties Consolidated Grade School District No. 60, Illinois GOB, Series C
   
4.00
%
02/01/21
 
$
266,154
 
       
 
       
 
   
8,330,570
 
Kentucky - 0.2%
 
 
       
 
       
 
125,000
 
 
Corbin Independent School District Finance Corp., Kentucky RB
   
3.00
 
02/01/26
   
127,450
 
Michigan - 0.3%
 
 
       
 
       
 
285,000
 
 
Macomb Township Building Authority, Michigan RB
   
4.25
 
04/01/23
   
285,513
 
Pennsylvania - 1.7%
       
 
       
 
1,000,000
 
 
Commonwealth Financing Authority, Pennsylvania RB
   
5.00
 
06/01/28
   
1,141,990
 
 
225,000
 
 
Wellsboro Area School District, Pennsylvania GOB
   
3.00
 
04/15/21
   
231,523
 
       
 
       
 
   
1,373,513
 
Texas - 0.7%
 
 
       
 
       
 
575,000
 
 
Travis County Water Control & Improvement District No. 17, Texas GOB
   
3.00
 
11/01/25
   
584,464
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $80,985,691)
       
 
   
79,775,466
 
             
Shares
   
Security Description
 
Value
 
Money Market Fund - 0.4%   
     
 
366,997
    Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Class I, 1.49% (d)          
     
(Cost $366,997)
   
366,997
 
Investments, at value - 98.7% (Cost $81,352,688)   
 
$
80,142,463
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - 1.3%   
   
1,017,491
 
Net Assets - 100.0% 
 
$
81,159,954
 

AGC
Assured Guaranty Corporation
COP
Certificate of Participation
GOB
General Obligation Bond
LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate
RB
Revenue Bond
 
(a)
Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is yield to maturity.
(b)
Debt obligation initially issued at one coupon rate which converts to higher coupon rate at a specified date. Rate presented is as of March 31, 2018.
(c)
Floating rate security. Rate presented is as of March 31, 2018.
(d)
Dividend yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of March 31, 2018.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of March 31, 2018.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in Note 2 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs
 
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
 
$
 
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
   
80,142,463
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
Total
 
$
80,142,463
 
The Level 2 value displayed in this table includes Municipal Bonds and a Money Market Fund. Refer to this Schedule of Investments for a further breakout of each Municipal Bond security by state.
 
The Fund utilizes the end of period methodology when determining transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 for the period ended March 31, 2018.
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
% of Total Investments
  
Municipal Bonds
99.5%
Money Market Fund
0.5%
 
100.0%
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
MARCH 31, 2018
 
ASSETS
     
Investments, at value (Cost $81,352,688)
 
$
80,142,463
 
Receivables:
       
Fund shares sold
   
326,289
 
Dividends and interest
   
746,074
 
Prepaid expenses
   
1,771
 
Total Assets
   
81,216,597
 
LIABILITIES
       
Payables:
       
Fund shares redeemed
   
24,350
 
Distributions payable
   
1,528
 
Accrued Liabilities:
       
Investment adviser fees
   
11,067
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
   
113
 
Fund services fees
   
6,523
 
Other expenses
   
13,062
 
Total Liabilities
   
56,643
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
81,159,954
 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
       
Paid-in capital
 
$
82,354,424
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
986
 
Accumulated net realized gain
   
14,769
 
Net unrealized depreciation
   
(1,210,225
)
NET ASSETS
 
$
81,159,954
 
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT NO PAR VALUE (UNLIMITED SHARES AUTHORIZED)
       
Institutional Shares
   
8,131,368
 
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
       
Institutional Shares (based on net assets of $81,159,954)
 
$
9.98
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
37


GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
     
Dividend income
 
$
7,094
 
Interest income
   
805,513
 
Total Investment Income
   
812,607
 
EXPENSES
       
Investment adviser fees
   
143,295
 
Fund services fees
   
57,647
 
Custodian fees
   
4,572
 
Registration fees
   
5,770
 
Professional fees
   
13,512
 
Trustees' fees and expenses
   
2,611
 
Other expenses
   
24,361
 
Total Expenses
   
251,768
 
Fees waived
   
(92,095
)
Net Expenses
   
159,673
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
652,934
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
       
Net realized gain on investments
   
14,826
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
(1,395,918
)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS
   
(1,381,092
)
DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
(728,158
)
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 

 
   
For the
Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
 
$
652,934
   
$
1,105,028
 
Net realized gain
   
14,826
     
75,214
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(1,395,918
)
   
(429,205
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
(728,158
)
   
751,037
 
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
               
Net investment income:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(652,134
)
   
(1,104,845
)
Net realized gain:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(75,256
)
   
(1,056
)
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(727,390
)
   
(1,105,901
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
10,408,064
     
37,507,683
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
722,578
     
1,100,974
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(11,234,027
)
   
(17,283,411
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
(103,385
)
   
21,325,246
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(1,558,933
)    
20,970,382
 
                 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of Period
   
82,718,887
     
61,748,505
 
End of Period (Including line (a))
 
$
81,159,954
   
$
82,718,887
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
1,033,421
     
3,749,367
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
71,800
     
109,744
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(1,115,016
)
   
(1,736,208
)
Increase (Decrease) in Shares
   
(9,795
)
   
2,122,903
 
                 
(a) Undistributed net investment income
 
$
986
   
$
186
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
39


GURTIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INTERMEDIATE VALUE FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 

 
These financial highlights reflect selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.
 
   
For the
Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
   
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   
December 7,
2015 (a)
Through
September 30,
2016
 
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
                 
NET ASSET VALUE, Beginning of Period
 
$
10.16
   
$
10.26
   
$
10.00
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (b)
   
0.08
     
0.15
     
0.10
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
(0.17
)
   
(0.10
)
   
0.26
 
Total from Investment Operations
   
(0.09
)
   
0.05
     
0.36
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM
                       
Net investment income
   
(0.08
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.10
)
Net realized gain
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.00
)(c)
   
 
Total Distributions to Shareholders
   
(0.09
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.10
)
NET ASSET VALUE, End of Period
 
$
9.98
   
$
10.16
   
$
10.26
 
TOTAL RETURN
   
(0.90
)%(d)
   
0.50
%
   
3.56
%(d)
                         
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
                       
Net Assets at End of Period (000s omitted)
 
$
81,160
   
$
82,719
   
$
61,749
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                       
Net investment income
   
1.59
%(e)
   
1.48
%
   
1.19
%(e)
Net expenses
   
0.39
%(e)
   
0.39
%
   
0.39
%(e)
Gross expenses (f)
   
0.61
%(e)
   
0.63
%
   
0.84
%(e)
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE
   
7
%(d)
   
15
%
   
5
%(d)
 

 
(a)
Commencement of operations.
(b)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during each period.
(c)
Less than $0.01 per share.
(d)
Not annualized.
(e)
Annualized.
(f)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or reimbursements.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Note 1. Organization

Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund, Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund, Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are non-diversified portfolios of Forum Funds II (the “Trust”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust that is registered as an open-end, management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”). Under its Trust Instrument, the Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of each Fund’s shares of beneficial interest without par value. Each Fund currently offers two class of shares: Institutional Shares and Investor Shares. As of March 31, 2018, Investor Shares for each Fund had not commenced operations. The Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax while seeking to preserve capital and liquidity. The Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax and California state personal income taxes while seeking to preserve capital and liquidity. The Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax while seeking to preserve capital and liquidity. The Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund’s investment objective  is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax and California state personal income taxes while seeking to preserve capital and liquidity.

The Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund commenced operations on November 3, 2014, after they acquired the net assets of privately offered funds managed by the Funds’ adviser and portfolio management team (each a “Predecessor Fund” and collectively the “Predecessor Funds”). The Predecessor Funds of the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund commenced operations on May 3, 2010.

Effective August 1, 2016, Gurtin National Municipal Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Value Fund were renamed Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund, respectively.

The Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund commenced operations on December 1, 2015, and December 7, 2015, respectively.

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Funds are investment companies and follow accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies”. These financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the fiscal period. Actual amounts could differ from those estimates. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of each Fund:

Security Valuation – Securities are valued at market prices using the last quoted trade or official closing price from the principal exchange where the security is traded, as provided by independent pricing services on each Fund business day. In the absence of a last trade, securities are valued at the mean of the last bid and ask price provided by the pricing service. Debt securities may be valued at prices supplied by a fund’s pricing agent based on broker or dealer supplied valuations or evaluated bid pricing. Shares of non-exchange traded open-end mutual funds are valued at net asset value (“NAV”). Short-term investments that mature in sixty days or less may be valued at amortized cost.

Each Fund values its investments at fair value pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) if (1) market quotations are not readily available or (2) the Adviser, as defined in Note 3, believes that the values available are unreliable. The Trust’s Valuation Committee, as defined in each Fund’s registration statement, performs certain functions as they relate to the administration and oversight of each Fund’s valuation procedures. Under these procedures, the Valuation Committee convenes on a regular and ad hoc basis to review such investments and considers a number of factors, including valuation methodologies and significant unobservable inputs, when arriving at fair value.
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
The Valuation Committee may work with the Adviser to provide valuation inputs. In determining fair valuations, inputs may include market-based analytics that may consider related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values and other relevant investment information. Adviser inputs may include an income-based approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted in determining fair value. Discounts may also be applied based on the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. The Valuation Committee performs regular reviews of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, disposition analysis and market activity.

Fair valuation is based on subjective factors and, as a result, the fair value price of an investment may differ from the security’s market price and may not be the price at which the asset may be sold. Fair valuation could result in a different NAV than a NAV determined by using market quotes.

GAAP has a three-tier fair value hierarchy. The basis of the tiers is dependent upon the various “inputs” used to determine the value of each Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities

Level 2 - Prices determined using significant other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Short-term securities with maturities of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Municipal securities, long-term U.S. government obligations and corporate debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated price supplied by the pricing service and generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Other securities that are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, warrants that do not trade on an exchange, securities valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask quotation and international equity securities valued by an independent third party with adjustments for changes in value between the time of the securities respective local market closes and the close of the U.S. market.

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The aggregate value by input level, as of March 31, 2018, for each Fund’s investments is included at the end of each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Security Transactions, Investment Income and Realized Gain and Loss – Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium is amortized and discount is accreted using the effective interest method. Identified cost of investments sold is used to determine the gain and loss for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.

Municipal Securities – Each Fund invests in municipal securities. Municipal securities can be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes, changes in the financial condition of the obligors of municipal securities, general economic downturns, and the reallocation of governmental cost burdens among federal, state and local governments. Municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively affected by the inability to collect revenues for the project.

Distributions to Shareholders – Distributions to shareholders of net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions to shareholders of net capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are based on amounts calculated in accordance with applicable federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are due primarily to differing treatments of income and gain on various investment securities held by each Fund, timing differences and differing characterizations of distributions made by each Fund.

Federal Taxes – Each Fund intends to continue to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of Chapter 1, Subtitle A, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), and to distribute all of their taxable income to shareholders. In addition, by distributing in each calendar year substantially all of their net investment income and capital gains, if any, the Funds will not be subject to a federal excise tax. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. Each Fund files a U.S. federal income and excise tax return as required. Each Fund’s federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. As of March 31, 2018, there are no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition or disclosure.
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
Income and Expense Allocation – The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each of its investment portfolios. Expenses that are directly attributable to more than one investment portfolio are allocated among the respective investment portfolios in an equitable manner.

Commitments and Contingencies – In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications by each Fund to the counterparty to the contract. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against each Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote. Each Fund has determined that none of these arrangements requires disclosure on each Fund’s balance sheet.

Note 3. Fees and Expenses

Investment Adviser – Gurtin Municipal Bond Management (the “Adviser”) is the investment adviser to the Funds. Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser receives an advisory fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.45% of the average daily net assets of Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund and 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund.

Distribution – Foreside Fund Services, LLC serves as each Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”). The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) for Investor Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Act. Under the Plan, the Funds pay the Distributor and/or any other entity as authorized by the Board a fee of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Shares. The Distributor is not affiliated with the Adviser or Atlantic Fund Administration, LLC (d/b/a Atlantic Fund Services) (“Atlantic”) or their affiliates.

Other Service Providers – Atlantic provides fund accounting, fund administration, compliance and transfer agency services to each Fund. The fees related to these services are included in Fund services fees within the Statements of Operations. Atlantic also provides certain shareholder report production and EDGAR conversion and filing services. Pursuant to an Atlantic services agreement, each Fund pays Atlantic customary fees for its services. Atlantic provides a Principal Executive Officer, a Principal Financial Officer, a Chief Compliance Officer and an Anti-Money Laundering Officer to each Fund, as well as certain additional compliance support functions.

Trustees and Officers – The Trust pays each Independent Trustee an annual fee of $16,000 ($21,000 for the Chairman) for service to the Trust. The Independent Trustees and Chairman may receive additional fees for special Board meetings. The Independent Trustees are also reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their duties as Trustees, including travel and related expenses incurred in attending Board meetings. The amount of Independent Trustees’ fees attributable to each Fund is disclosed in the Statements of Operations. Certain officers of the Trust are also officers or employees of the above named service providers, and during their terms of office received no compensation from each Fund.

Note 4. Expense Reimbursement and Fees Waived

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.60% and 0.85% of average daily net assets of the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund’s Institutional Shares and Investor Shares, respectively, and to 0.39% and 0.64% of average daily net assets of the Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund’s Institutional and Investor Shares, respectively, through at least February 1, 2019. Other fund service providers have voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of their fees. Voluntary fee waivers may be reduced or eliminated at any time. For the period ended March 31, 2018, fees waived and expenses reimbursed were as follows:
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
 
Investment Adviser Fees Waived
 
Other Waivers
 
Total Fees Waived and Expenses Reimbursed
 
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
$
13,863
 
$
29,952
 
$
43,815
 
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
-
   
46,099
   
46,099
 
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
118,187
   
51,903
   
170,090
 
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
74,720
   
17,375
   
92,095
 

The Adviser may be reimbursed by each Fund for fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment is approved by the Board, made within three years of the fee waiver or expense reimbursement, and does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the lesser of (i) the then-current expense cap, or (ii) the expense cap in place at the time the fees/expenses were waived/reimbursed. As of March 31, 2018, $268,730, $140,810, $501,462 and $360,608 are subject to recoupment by the Adviser for the Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund, Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund, Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund and Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund, respectively.

Note 5. Security Transactions

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (including maturities), other than short-term investments during the period ended March 31, 2018, were as follows:

   
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
$
61,372,647
   
$
35,448,424
 
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
   
74,823,931
     
44,381,617
 
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
   
25,714,996
     
13,176,977
 
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
   
5,489,276
     
5,243,930
 

Note 6. Line of Credit

The Funds participate in a committed $14 million unsecured line of credit agreement with MUFG Union Bank, N.A.. The Funds may temporarily borrow from the line of credit to satisfy redemption requests or settle investment transactions. Interest is charged to each Fund based on its borrowings at an amount above the LIBOR rate. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to Funds, they may be unable to borrow some or all of the Funds’ requested amounts at any particular time. During the period ended March 31, 2018, the Funds had no outstanding balances pursuant to this line of credit.

Note 7. Federal Income Tax

As of March 31, 2018, the cost of investments is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and the components of net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) were as follows:

 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation
 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
 
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
 
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
$
2,621,753
 
$
(253,345
)
$
2,368,408
 
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
5,148,626
   
(552,518
)
 
4,596,108
 
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
357,574
   
(4,527,651
)
 
(4,170,077
)
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
237,051
   
(1,447,276
)
 
(1,210,225
)
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2018
 
As of September 30, 2017, distributable earnings (accumulated loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

   
Undistributed Tax Exempt Income
 
Undistributed Ordinary Income
 
Undistributed Long-Term Gain
 
Capital and Other Losses
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Other Temporary Differences
   
Total
 
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
$
7,718
 
$
1,010
 
$
37,577
 
$
 
$
3,130,819
 
$
(9,415
)
 
$
3,167,709
 
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
   
27,288
   
3,776
   
53,384
   
   
6,036,063
   
(30,635
)
   
6,089,876
 
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
   
17,496
   
149
   
   
(299,142
)
 
427,021
   
(17,316
)
   
128,208
 
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
   
721
   
73,714
   
1,485
   
   
185,693
   
(535
)
   
261,078
 

The difference between components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to end of period distributions payable in each Fund and wash sales in Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund.

Note 8. Subsequent Events

Subsequent events occurring after the date of this report through the date these financial statements were issued have been evaluated for potential impact, and each Fund has had no such events.
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MARCH 31, 2018 

 
Proxy Voting Information

A description of the policies and procedures that each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in each Fund’s portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (844) 342-5763 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission's (the "SEC") website at www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (844) 342-5763 and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. These filings are available, without charge and upon request on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (for Investor Shares only) and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses – The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual 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 Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not each Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in each Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
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GURTIN VALUE FUNDS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MARCH 31, 2018
 
 
Beginning Account Value October 1, 2017
 
Ending Account Value March 31, 2018
 
Expenses Paid During Period*
 
Annualized Expense Ratio*
 
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,002.67
 
$
3.00
 
0.60
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,021.94
 
$
3.02
 
0.60
%
                       
Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
 
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,005.15
 
$
3.00
 
0.60
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,021.94
 
$
3.02
 
0.60
%
                       
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
987.94
 
$
1.93
 
0.39
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,022.99
 
$
1.97
 
0.39
%
                       
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
Actual
$
1,000.00
 
$
991.01
 
$
1.94
 
0.39
%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$
1,000.00
 
$
1,022.99
 
$
1.97
 
0.39
%
 
*
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182) divided by 365 to reflect the half-year period.
 
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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Investment Adviser
Gurtin Municipal Bond Management
440 Stevens Avenue, Suite 260
Solana Beach, CA 92075
www.gurtin.com

Transfer Agent
Atlantic Fund Services, LLC
P.O. Box 588
Portland, ME 04112
www.atlanticfundservices.com

Distributor
Foreside Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101
www.foreside.com

Gurtin National Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
Gurtin California Municipal Opportunistic Value Fund
Gurtin National Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
Gurtin California Municipal Intermediate Value Fund
 
P.O. Box 588
Portland, ME  04112
(844) 342-5763
 
This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Funds. 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 its management, and other information.
 
223-SAR-0318
 
ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
Not applicable.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
Not applicable.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Not applicable.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
Not applicable

ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS.
(a)
Included as part of report to shareholders under Item 1.
(b)
Not applicable.

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
The Registrant does not accept nominees to the board of trustees from shareholders.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) The Registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")) are effective, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures 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, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
 (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 second fiscal quarter of 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 CLOSE-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Not applicable.

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

(a)(1)  Not applicable.

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) of the Act, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Exhibits filed herewith)

(a)(3)  Not applicable.

(b)      Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) of the Act, and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Exhibit filed herewith)

SIGNATURES

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

Registrant Forum Funds II
 
By
 /s/ Jessica Chase  
 
Jessica Chase, Principal Executive Officer
 
     
Date
 May 25, 2018  
 
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
 /s/ Jessica Chase  
 
Jessica Chase, Principal Executive Officer
 
     
Date
 May 25, 2018  
 
By
 /s/ Karen Shaw  
 
Karen Shaw, Principal Financial Officer
 
     
Date
 May 25, 2018