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

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number
811-07242
 

The Cutler Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

525 Bigham Knoll Jacksonville, Oregon
97530
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)

Erich M. Patten

Cutler Investment Counsel, LLC 25 Bigham Knoll     Jacksonville, Oregon 97530_
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(541) 770-9000
 

Date of fiscal year end:
June 30
 
     
Date of reporting period:
March 31, 2015
 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to Rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

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Item 1.                          Schedule of Investments.

CUTLER EQUITY FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)
 
         
COMMON STOCKS - 97.1%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Consumer Discretionary - 18.7%
       
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.1%
       
McDonald's Corporation
   
39,655
   
$
3,863,983
 
                 
Media - 4.1%
               
Walt Disney Company (The)
   
48,992
     
5,138,771
 
                 
Multiline Retail - 7.3%
               
Nordstrom, Inc.
   
54,385
     
4,368,203
 
Target Corporation
   
57,650
     
4,731,336
 
             
9,099,539
 
Specialty Retail - 4.2%
               
Home Depot, Inc. (The)
   
46,200
     
5,248,782
 
                 
Consumer Staples - 7.4%
               
Beverages - 2.7%
               
PepsiCo, Inc.
   
35,495
     
3,394,032
 
                 
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.9%
               
Sysco Corporation
   
60,595
     
2,286,249
 
                 
Household Products - 2.8%
               
Procter & Gamble Company (The)
   
42,630
     
3,493,102
 
                 
Energy - 8.8%
               
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.8%
               
Schlumberger Ltd.
   
27,000
     
2,252,880
 
                 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 7.0%
               
Chevron Corporation
   
29,820
     
3,130,503
 
ConocoPhillips
   
44,330
     
2,759,986
 
Exxon Mobil Corporation
   
33,881
     
2,879,885
 
             
8,770,374
 
Financials - 11.7%
               
Banks - 2.9%
               
M&T Bank Corporation
   
28,340
     
3,599,180
 
                 
Capital Markets - 2.7%
               
BlackRock, Inc. - Class A
   
9,384
     
3,433,043
 


CUTLER EQUITY FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
         
COMMON STOCKS - 97.1% (Continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Financials - 11.7% (Continued)
       
Consumer Finance - 3.0%
       
American Express Company
   
47,395
   
$
3,702,497
 
                 
Insurance - 3.1%
               
Chubb Corporation (The)
   
37,670
     
3,808,437
 
                 
Health Care - 13.3%
               
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.2%
               
Becton, Dickinson & Company
   
27,525
     
3,952,315
 
                 
Pharmaceuticals - 10.1%
               
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
   
78,990
     
5,094,855
 
Johnson & Johnson
   
37,170
     
3,739,302
 
Merck & Company, Inc.
   
65,290
     
3,752,869
 
             
12,587,026
 
Industrials - 10.6%
               
Aerospace & Defense - 3.0%
               
United Technologies Corporation
   
32,010
     
3,751,572
 
                 
Air Freight & Logistics - 2.4%
               
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B
   
30,500
     
2,956,670
 
                 
Machinery - 5.2%
               
Caterpillar, Inc.
   
30,280
     
2,423,309
 
Deere & Company
   
45,944
     
4,028,829
 
             
6,452,138
 
Information Technology - 13.4%
               
Communications Equipment - 1.8%
               
QUALCOMM, Inc.
   
32,639
     
2,263,188
 
                 
IT Services - 2.4%
               
International Business Machines Corporation
   
18,565
     
2,979,683
 
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.5%
               
Intel Corporation
   
104,965
     
3,282,256
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
   
83,900
     
4,797,821
 
             
8,080,077
 
Software - 2.7%
               
Microsoft Corporation
   
81,425
     
3,310,333
 

CUTLER EQUITY FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
 
COMMON STOCKS - 97.1% (Continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Materials - 5.3%
       
Chemicals - 5.3%
       
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
   
58,405
   
$
4,174,205
 
Monsanto Company
   
21,715
     
2,443,806
 
             
6,618,011
 
Telecommunication Services - 5.4%
               
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 5.4%
               
AT&T, Inc.
   
109,403
     
3,572,008
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
64,760
     
3,149,279
 
             
6,721,287
 
Utilities - 2.5%
               
Gas Utilities - 2.5%
               
National Fuel Gas Company
   
52,145
     
3,145,908
 
                 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $84,495,112)
   
$
120,909,077
 
                 
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 2.8%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Invesco STIT-STIC Prime Portfolio (The) - Institutional Class, 0.04% (a) (Cost $3,419,302)
   
3,419,302
   
$
3,419,302
 
                 
Total Investments at Value - 99.9% (Cost $87,914,414)
   
$
124,328,379
 
                 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%
     
170,258
 
                 
Net Assets - 100.0%
   
$
124,498,637
 
 
(a)
The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of March 31, 2015.
 
See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.

CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)
 
    
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 11.9%
  
Coupon 
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
1.375
%
 
05/31/20
 
$
1,000,000
   
$
998,203
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
2.500
%
05/15/24
   
750,000
     
787,852
 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Stripped Principal Payment
   
2.500
%(a)
11/15/44
   
300,000
     
138,515
 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Stripped Principal Payment
   
2.375
%(a)
11/15/44
   
300,000
     
135,516
 
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $2,019,579)
   
$
2,063,086
 
                             
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 34.7%
  
Coupon 
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation - 9.1%  
               
Farmer Mac
   
2.800
%
09/09/20
 
$
1,500,000
   
$
1,584,186
 
         
 
               
Federal Farm Credit Bank - 9.1%
               
Federal Farm Credit Bank
   
0.190
%
06/04/15
   
100,000
     
100,011
 
Federal Farm Credit Bank
   
2.680
%
07/09/21
   
500,000
     
502,154
 
Federal Farm Credit Bank
   
2.250
%
08/15/22
   
65,000
     
64,270
 
Federal Farm Credit Bank
   
2.750
%
06/26/23
   
500,000
     
519,833
 
Federal Farm Credit Bank
   
2.370
%
05/01/25
   
400,000
     
398,496
 
                       
1,584,764
 
Federal Home Loan Bank - 3.5%
               
Federal Home Loan Bank
   
1.250
%(b)
08/28/24
   
500,000
     
499,176
 
Federal Home Loan Bank
   
1.750
%(b)
08/28/24
   
100,000
     
99,676
 
                       
598,852
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 2.9%
               
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
   
1.500
%
06/24/20
   
500,000
     
493,725
 
         
 
               
Federal National Mortgage Association - 3.3%
               
Federal National Mortgage Association
   
1.250
%(b)
01/30/20
   
500,000
     
499,415
 
Federal National Mortgage Association
   
2.200
%
10/25/22
   
64,000
     
63,782
 
                       
563,197
 
Financing Corporation (FICO) - 3.5%
               
Financing Corporation (FICO)
   
9.800
%
11/30/17
   
500,000
     
614,083
 
         
 
               
Private Export Funding Corporation - 2.3%
               
Private Export Funding Corporation
   
4.300
%
12/15/21
   
350,000
     
398,072
 

CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
     
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 34.7% (Continued)
 
Coupon
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - 1.0%
       
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
   
4.130
%
 
08/01/25
 
$
150,000
   
$
167,380
 
         
 
               
Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations (Cost $5,837,860)
   
$
6,004,259
 
                             
OTHER GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 2.0%
 
Coupon
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Province of Manitoba (Cost $353,712)
   
1.300
%
04/03/17
 
$
350,000
   
$
353,313
 
                             
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 11.7%
 
Coupon
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 3.9%
               
FHLMC, Series K717, IO
   
0.640
%(b)
09/01/21
 
$
19,988,779
   
$
579,874
 
FHLMC, Pool #J13584
   
3.500
%
11/01/25
   
55,096
     
58,897
 
FHLMC, Series 1963
   
7.500
%
01/01/27
   
26,093
     
30,168
 
                       
668,939
 
Federal National Mortgage Association - 7.8%
               
FNMA, Series 2003-3
   
5.000
%
02/01/18
   
14,791
     
15,408
 
FNMA, Pool #899237
   
5.000
%
03/01/22
   
13,766
     
14,899
 
FNMA, Series 2002-93
   
6.500
%
03/01/32
   
50,124
     
56,959
 
FNMA Multifamily REMIC Trust, Series 2013-M11, IO
   
6.500
%(b)
01/25/18
   
14,395,113
     
1,016,655
 
FNMA Multifamily REMIC Trust, Series 2006-M1
   
5.390
%(b)
06/01/19
   
236,864
     
244,893
 
                       
1,348,814
 
Government National Mortgage Association - 0.0% (c)
               
GNMA, Pool #577742
   
5.500
%
09/01/17
   
3,969
     
4,348
 
                           
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $2,036,135)
   
$
2,022,101
 

CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 15.7%
 
Coupon
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust,
 
       
   
 
Series 2004-4, IO
   
0.260
%(b)
07/01/42
 
$
10,005,824
   
$
23,173
 
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                         
Series 2005-T20
   
5.290
%(b)
10/12/42
   
200,000
     
195,304
 
FPL Recovery Funding,
                         
Series 2007-A
   
5.127
%
08/01/17
   
27,486
     
27,900
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust,
                         
Series 2011-K15, IO
   
0.100
%
08/01/44
   
121,066,684
     
621,435
 
GCCFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
                         
Series 2005-GG5
   
5.220
%(b)
04/01/37
   
425,841
     
428,983
 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                         
Series 2005-LDP2
   
4.842
%(b)
07/01/42
   
525,000
     
527,585
 
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust,
                         
Series 2005-LC1
   
5.550
%(b)
01/12/44
   
210,000
     
215,769
 
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust,
                         
Series 1998-HF2, IO
   
1.120
%(b)
11/01/30
   
1,616,018
     
35,244
 
RSB Bond Company, LLC,
                         
Series 2007-A
   
5.720
%
04/01/16
   
68,576
     
69,493
 
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust,
                         
Series 2005-C21, IO
   
0.020
%(a)
10/01/44
   
1,769,023,587
     
566,088
 
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $2,781,808)
   
$
2,710,974
 
                             
CORPORATE BONDS - 16.6%
 
Coupon
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Consumer Discretionary - 1.9%
               
Fortune Brands, Inc.
   
5.375
%
01/15/16
 
$
321,000
   
$
331,667
 
                           
Energy - 1.2%
               
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
   
4.875
%
02/01/21
   
200,000
     
212,026
 
                           
Financials - 8.0%
               
Bank of America Corporation
   
5.625
%
07/01/20
   
500,000
     
576,438
 
Finial Holdings, Inc.
   
7.125
%
10/15/23
   
250,000
     
303,960
 
International Finance Corporation
   
1.125
%(b)
03/15/19
   
500,000
     
499,127
 
                       
1,379,525
 
Industrials - 1.8%
               
Domtar Corporation
   
10.750
%
06/01/17
   
120,000
     
140,656
 

CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
  
CORPORATE BONDS - 16.6% (Continued)
 
Coupon 
 
Maturity
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Industrials - 1.8% (Continued) 
       
Iron Mountain, Inc.
   
8.375
%
08/15/21
 
$
21,000
   
$
21,866
 
Kinross Gold Corporation
   
5.125
%
09/01/21
   
100,000
     
95,648
 
Valmont Industries, Inc.
   
6.625
%   
04/20/20
   
51,000
     
59,994
 
                       
318,164
 
Telecommunication Services - 2.9%
               
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.
   
2.700
%
12/15/16
   
300,000
     
308,851
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
2.000
%
11/01/16
   
185,000
     
187,702
 
                       
496,553
 
Utilities - 0.8%
               
Sempra Energy
   
6.500
%
06/01/16
   
125,000
     
132,984
 
                           
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $2,816,395)
   
$
2,870,919
 
                           
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 6.9%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Invesco STIT-STIC Prime Portfolio (The) - Institutional Class, 0.04% (d) (Cost $1,201,822)
   
1,201,822
   
$
1,201,822
 
                           
Total Investments at Value - 99.5% (Cost $17,047,311)
   
$
17,226,474
 
                         
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.5%
     
92,980
 
                         
Net Assets - 100.0%
   
$
17,319,454
 
 
IO
- Interest only strip.

(a)
The rate shown is the annualized yield at time of purchase, not a coupon rate.
(b)
Variable rate security.  The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of March 31, 2015.
(b)
Percentage rounds to less than 0.1%.
(c)
The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of March 31, 2015.

See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.

THE CUTLER FUNDS
NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS
March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

1. Securities Valuation
 
Portfolio securities of Cutler Equity Fund and Cutler Fixed Income Fund (the “Funds”) are valued as of the close of business of the regular session of the principal exchange where the security is traded. Exchange traded securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued using the last reported sales price provided by independent pricing services as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each Fund business day. In the absence of a sale, such securities are valued at the mean of the last bid and asked price. Securities which are quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Non-exchange traded securities for which over-the-counter quotations are available are generally valued at the closing bid price. Investments in shares of other open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value per share.
 
The Funds value securities at fair value pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees if (1) market quotations are insufficient or not readily available or (2) the Funds’ investment adviser believes that the prices or values available are unreliable due to, among other things, the occurrence of events after the close of the securities markets on which the Funds’ securities primarily trade but before the time as of which the Funds calculate their net asset values. Fair valued securities will be classified as Level 2 or 3 within the fair value hierarchy (see below), depending on the inputs used.
 
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) establish a single authoritative definition of fair value, set out a framework for measuring fair value and require additional disclosures about fair value measurements.
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
· Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
· Level 2 – other significant observable inputs
· Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs

Fixed income securities held by Cutler Fixed Income Fund are classified as Level 2 since the values for the fixed income securities are based on prices provided by an independent pricing service that utilizes various “other significant observable inputs” including bid and ask quotations, prices of similar securities and interest rates, among other factors.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015 by security type:
 
Cutler Equity Fund
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
$
120,909,077
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
120,909,077
 
Money Market Funds
   
3,419,302
     
-
     
-
     
3,419,302
 
Total
 
$
124,328,379
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
124,328,379
 


THE CUTLER FUNDS
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
Cutler Fixed Income Fund
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
 
$
-
   
$
2,063,086
   
$
-
   
$
2,063,086
 
U.S. Government Agency Obligations
   
-
     
6,004,259
     
-
     
6,004,259
 
Other Government Obligations
   
-
     
353,313
     
-
     
353,313
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities
   
-
     
2,022,101
     
-
     
2,022,101
 
Asset-Backed Securities
   
-
     
2,710,974
     
-
     
2,710,974
 
Corporate Bonds
   
-
     
2,870,919
     
-
     
2,870,919
 
Money Market Funds
   
1,201,822
     
-
     
-
     
1,201,822
 
Total
 
$
1,201,822
   
$
16,024,652
   
$
-
   
$
17,226,474
 
 
Refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for a listing of the securities by security type and sector or industry type. As of March 31, 2015, the Funds did not have any transfers into and out of any Level. There were no Level 3 securities or derivative instruments held by the Funds as of March 31, 2015. It is the Funds’ policy to recognize transfers into and out of any Level at the end of the reporting period.

2. Investment Transactions
 
Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on a specific identification basis.

3. Federal Income Tax
 
The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of March 31, 2015:
 
   
Cutler
   
Cutler
 
   
Equity
   
Fixed Income
 
   
Fund
   
Fund
 
Cost of portfolio investments
 
$
87,932,909
   
$
17,047,311
 
                 
Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
38,145,970
   
$
305,195
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(1,750,500
)
   
(126,032
)
                 
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
36,395,470
   
$
179,163
 

The difference between the federal income tax cost of portfolio investments and the Schedule of Investments cost for Cutler Equity Fund is due to certain timing differences in the recognition of capital gains and losses under income tax regulations and GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are temporary in nature and are due to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

Item 2.                          Controls and Procedures.

(a) Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed and are operating effectively to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared, and that such information is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3.                          Exhibits.

File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)): Attached hereto


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)
The Cutler Trust
   
       
By (Signature and Title)*
/s/ Erich M. Patten
 
   
Erich M. Patten, President
 
       
Date
May 26, 2015
   
       
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
       
By (Signature and Title)*
/s/ Erich M. Patten
 
   
Erich M. Patten, President
 
       
Date
May 26, 2015
   
       
By (Signature and Title)*
/s/ Matthew C. Patten
 
   
Matthew C. Patten, Treasurer
 
       
Date
May 26, 2015
   

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.
EX-99.CERT 2 fp0014497_ex99cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS AS REQUIRED BY RULE 30A-2(A)
 
EX-99.CERT

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Erich M. Patten, certify that:

1.            I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of The Cutler Trust;

2.            Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.            Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 26, 2015
/s/ Erich M. Patten
 
 
Erich M. Patten, President
 


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Matthew C. Patten, certify that:

1.            I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of The Cutler Trust;

2.            Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.            Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 26, 2015
/s/ Matthew C. Patten
 
 
Matthew C. Patten, Treasurer