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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund

 

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   Value (†)  
             

Common Stocks – 93.2% of Net Assets

 

  

Banks – 6.7%

 

75,175    Cadence Bank    $ 2,199,621  
117,930    Old National Bancorp      1,931,693  
46,115    PacWest Bancorp      1,988,940  
17,440    SouthState Corp.      1,422,930  
38,175    United Bankshares, Inc.      1,331,544  
41,045    United Community Banks, Inc.      1,428,366  
     

 

 

 
        10,303,094  
     

 

 

 
  

Capital Markets – 2.1%

 

25,965    Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A      1,021,723  
6,160    LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.      1,125,309  
23,715    Moelis & Co., Class A      1,113,419  
     

 

 

 
        3,260,451  
     

 

 

 
  

Chemicals – 7.3%

 

109,265    Chemours Co. (The)      3,439,662  
228,155    Element Solutions, Inc.      4,996,594  
21,010    FMC Corp.      2,764,286  
     

 

 

 
        11,200,542  
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.8%

 

48,010    Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.      2,834,030  
     

 

 

 
  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 7.8%

 

20,780    Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.      1,788,742  
13,950    Fabrinet(a)      1,466,564  
43,725    II-VI, Inc.(a)      3,169,625  
51,555    Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)      5,532,883  
     

 

 

 
        11,957,814  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.8%

 

156,280    TechnipFMC PLC(a)      1,211,170  
     

 

 

 
  

Food & Staples Retailing – 0.8%

 

24,420    Performance Food Group Co.(a)      1,243,222  
     

 

 

 
  

Food Products – 0.5%

 

34,645    Nomad Foods Ltd.(a)      782,284  
     

 

 

 
  

Gas Utilities – 3.4%

 

35,180    Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.      2,754,242  
35,755    Spire, Inc.      2,565,779  
     

 

 

 
        5,320,021  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.4%

 

27,590    Hologic, Inc.(a)      2,119,464  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Providers & Services – 2.4%

 

11,275    Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)      3,761,227  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 

  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 4.4%

 

72,230    Bally’s Corp.(a)    $ 2,220,350  
84,590    Everi Holdings, Inc.(a)      1,776,390  
110,524    International Game Technology PLC      2,727,733  
     

 

 

 
        6,724,473  
     

 

 

 
  

Household Durables – 1.2%

 

21,500    Installed Building Products, Inc.      1,816,535  
     

 

 

 
  

Insurance – 4.3%

 

17,660    Brown & Brown, Inc.      1,276,288  
34,205    First American Financial Corp.      2,217,168  
30,345    Selective Insurance Group, Inc.      2,711,630  
89,545    Trean Insurance Group, Inc.(a)      419,966  
     

 

 

 
        6,625,052  
     

 

 

 
  

IT Services – 4.9%

 

35,745    ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)      5,121,186  
28,755    WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)      2,458,265  
     

 

 

 
        7,579,451  
     

 

 

 
  

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 4.2%

 

39,535    Avantor, Inc.(a)      1,337,073  
36,970    Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)      1,303,932  
46,845    Syneos Health, Inc.(a)      3,792,103  
     

 

 

 
        6,433,108  
     

 

 

 
  

Machinery – 4.8%

 

14,555    Alamo Group, Inc.      2,092,863  
72,840    Federal Signal Corp.      2,458,350  
31,320    SPX Corp.(a)      1,547,521  
9,245    Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Series A      1,290,510  
     

 

 

 
        7,389,244  
     

 

 

 
  

Marine – 1.2%

 

26,020    Kirby Corp.(a)      1,878,384  
     

 

 

 
  

Media – 3.3%

 

79,840    Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A      2,237,117  
126,825    TEGNA, Inc.      2,840,880  
     

 

 

 
        5,077,997  
     

 

 

 
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 6.6%

 

72,540    Antero Resources Corp.(a)      2,214,646  
106,860    Comstock Resources, Inc.(a)      1,394,523  
55,500    Ovintiv, Inc.      3,000,885  
26,475    PDC Energy, Inc.      1,924,203  
229,950    Southwestern Energy Co.(a)      1,648,742  
     

 

 

 
        10,182,999  
     

 

 

 
  

Personal Products – 1.5%

 

251,555    Coty, Inc., Class A(a)      2,261,479  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 

  

Professional Services – 6.4%

 

32,890    ASGN, Inc.(a)    $ 3,838,592  
9,370    CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)      2,822,806  
19,955    FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)      3,137,325  
     

 

 

 
        9,798,723  
     

 

 

 
  

Road & Rail – 2.3%

 

14,815    Landstar System, Inc.      2,234,546  
5,400    Saia, Inc.(a)      1,316,628  
     

 

 

 
        3,551,174  
     

 

 

 
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 4.4%

 

36,500    Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)      1,300,130  
19,135    MKS Instruments, Inc.      2,870,250  
41,110    Rambus, Inc.(a)      1,310,998  
31,735    Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)      1,345,247  
     

 

 

 
        6,826,625  
     

 

 

 
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.9%

 

27,535    Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)      1,415,024  
     

 

 

 
  

Trading Companies & Distributors – 7.8%

 

37,210    Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a)      2,205,809  
78,390    Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a)      1,896,254  
30,345    GATX Corp.      3,742,449  
29,450    Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A      1,499,299  
31,155    Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)      1,001,322  
5,330    Watsco, Inc.      1,623,731  
     

 

 

 
        11,968,864  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $124,996,035)
     143,522,451  
     

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

           
             

Short-Term Investments – 7.0%

 

$      10,713,636   

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2022 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $10,713,636 on 4/01/2022 collateralized by $10,967,400 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.375% due 3/31/2029 valued at $10,927,983 including accrued interest(b)

(Identified Cost $10,713,636)

     10,713,636  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments – 100.2%

(Identified Cost $135,709,671)

     154,236,087  
   Other assets less liabilities – (0.2)%      (318,523
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 153,917,564  
     

 

 

 


(†)

Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser or sub-adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or sub-adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used.

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or sub-adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange. This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period.

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2022, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

 

ADR

An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.


Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 — prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs when quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.


The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2022, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 143,522,451      $ —        $ —        $ 143,522,451  

Short-Term Investments

     —          10,713,636        —          10,713,636  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 143,522,451      $ 10,713,636      $ —        $ 154,236,087  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.


Industry Summary at March 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

     7.8

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     7.8  

Chemicals

     7.3  

Banks

     6.7  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     6.6  

Professional Services

     6.4  

IT Services

     4.9  

Machinery

     4.8  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     4.4  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     4.4  

Insurance

     4.3  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     4.2  

Gas Utilities

     3.4  

Media

     3.3  

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.4  

Road & Rail

     2.3  

Capital Markets

     2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     10.1  

Short-Term Investments

     7.0  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.2  

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.2
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0