As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2026
Securities Act Registration No. 333-133691
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-21897
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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MANAGER DIRECTED PORTFOLIOS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code) (201) 708-9796
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Explanatory Note: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 187 to the Registration Statement of Manager Directed Portfolios is being filed to add the audited financial statements and certain related financial information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 for the Spyglass Growth Fund and to make permissible changes under Rule 485(b).
Spyglass Growth Fund
Institutional Shares
(Trading Symbol: SPYGX)
Retail Shares
(not currently offered)
Prospectus
April 30, 2026
Telephone: 1-888-878-5680
www.spygx.com
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Spyglass Growth Fund
a series of Manager Directed Portfolios (the “Trust”)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Investment Objective
The Spyglass Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) | Institutional Shares | Retail Shares | ||||||
| None | None | |||||||
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | ||||||||
| Management Fees | 1.00% | 1.00% | ||||||
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | None | 0.25% | ||||||
Other Expenses(1) | 0.09% | 0.09% | ||||||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 1.09% | 1.34% | ||||||
| Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | (0.09)% | (0.09)% | ||||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(2) | 1.00% | 1.25% | ||||||
(1)As Retail Shares are not currently offered, other expenses for Retail Shares are estimated for the current fiscal year and are based on those of the Institutional Shares.
(2)Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between Spyglass Capital Management LLC (the “Advisor”), the Fund’s investment adviser, and the Fund, the Advisor has agreed to waive its management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses to ensure that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding any front-end or contingent deferred loads, Rule 12b-1 plan fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, leverage (i.e., any expenses incurred in connection with borrowings made by the Fund), interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation (collectively, “Excludable Expenses”)) do not exceed 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, through at least April 30, 2027, unless terminated sooner by, or with the consent of, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board of Trustees” or the “Board”). To the extent the Fund incurs Excludable Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement will exceed 1.00%. The Advisor may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund for up to three years from the date such fees and expenses were waived or paid, if such reimbursement will not cause the Fund’s total expense ratio to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment.
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Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The fee waiver/expense reimbursement arrangement included in the table above is reflected only through April 30, 2027. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
| Share Class | One Year | Three Years | Five Years | Ten Years | ||||||||||
| Institutional Shares | $102 | $338 | $592 | $1,321 | ||||||||||
| Retail Shares | $127 | $416 | $725 | $1,605 | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 85% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a non-diversified portfolio of common stocks of U.S. growth companies. The Fund may also invest in other equity securities, including stocks offered in initial public offerings (“IPOs”) and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may invest in foreign securities, including sponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are certificates typically issued by a bank or trust company that represent ownership of securities in non-U.S. companies. The Fund may invest in companies of any size, but typically invests in securities of issuers with market capitalizations between $2 billion and $12 billion. The Fund invests for the long-term, meaning the Fund may hold securities in its portfolios with market capitalizations that have grown beyond their value at time of purchase. The Fund generally holds a focused portfolio of 25 companies, although from time to time the Fund may hold fewer or more stocks depending on the Advisor’s assessment of the investment opportunities available. The Fund typically holds significant investments in the Information Technology sector, in particular. To mitigate risk, the Fund limits position sizes generally to 7% or less of the Fund’s assets and implements sector limits at 25% of the Fund’s assets.
The Advisor seeks to identify companies from the Fund’s investable universe of U.S. growth companies with market capitalizations between $2 billion and $12 billion that it believes have potential for above-average revenue and/or earnings growth through thoughtful, disciplined, bottom-up fundamental research and comprehensive due diligence. The Advisor purchases securities for the Fund when it believes the market has not already reflected these growth expectations in the current stock price, considering factors such as: substantial growth at a faster rate than the wider economy; identifiable competitive advantages; ability to take market share from competitors; attractive and improving margins; sustainable above-average revenue and earnings growth; and entrepreneurial management teams.
The Advisor also considers and incorporates material environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) principles into its bottom-up research process using its own proprietary ESG research. The Advisor does not make investment decisions based solely on its proprietary ESG research. Rather, the Advisor includes ESG research as part of its overall assessment of a company and
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investment decision-making, and considers material ESG risks and opportunities in relation to their financial impact on a company’s potential value. The Advisor also screens out companies based on the Advisor’s responsible investing criteria. There are no universally accepted ESG factors, and the Advisor will consider them at its discretion.
When evaluating a security for sale, the Advisor considers the same factors it uses in evaluating a security for purchase and generally sells a security when the price approaches fair value or when the Advisor believes such securities no longer meet its investment criteria.
Principal Risks
Before investing in the Fund, you should carefully consider your own investment goals, the amount of time you are willing to leave your money invested, and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Remember, in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund over long or even short periods of time. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:
•Equity Market Risk. Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change.
•General Market Risk; Recent Market Events Risk. The market value of a security may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations may cause a security to be worth less than the price originally paid for it, or less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole. U.S. and international markets have experienced volatility in recent months and years due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors, including elevated inflation levels, trade tensions, tariff arrangements and wars in Europe and in the Middle East. Uncertainties regarding interest rate levels, political events, geopolitical conflicts, and the possibility of a national or global recession have also contributed to market volatility.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent market conditions or other events may have adverse effects on the Fund’s returns. The Advisor will monitor developments and seek to manage the Fund in a manner consistent with achieving the Fund’s investment objective, but there can be no assurance that it will be successful in doing so.
•Growth Stock Risk. Growth securities experience relatively rapid earnings growth and typically trade at higher multiples of current earnings than other securities. Growth securities may be more volatile because growth companies usually invest a high proportion of earnings in their businesses, and they may lack the dividends of value stocks that can lessen the decreases in stock prices in a falling market.
•Small-Cap and Mid-Cap Company Risk. Small-cap and mid-cap companies often have less predictable earnings than larger companies, more limited product lines, markets, distribution channels or financial resources, and the management of such companies may be dependent upon one or few key people. The market movements of equity securities of these companies may be more abrupt and volatile than the market movements of equity securities of larger, more established companies, or the stock market in general. Because of these movements, and because small-cap and mid-cap companies tend to be bought and sold less often and in smaller amounts, they are generally less liquid than the equity securities of larger companies.
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•Non-Diversification Risk. Because the Fund is “non-diversified,” it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer. As a result, a decline in the value of an investment in a single issuer could cause the Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund held a more diversified portfolio.
•Sector Emphasis Risk. Although the Advisor selects stocks based on their individual merits, certain economic sectors will represent a larger portion of the Fund’s overall investment portfolio than other sectors. Potential negative market or economic developments affecting one of the larger sectors could have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund with fewer holdings in that sector.
◦Information Technology Sector Risk. Technology companies may face obsolescence due to rapid technological developments, frequent new product introduction, and new market entrants, unpredictable changes in growth rates, and competition for the services of qualified personnel. Information technology companies may be smaller and less experienced companies, with limited product lines, markets or financial resources and fewer experienced management or marketing personnel. Information technology companies may be subject to additional risks, including loss of patent, copyright, and trademark protections, as well as evolving industry standards and general economic conditions.
•Management Risk. The Advisor’s investment strategies for the Fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments.
•REIT Risk. A REIT’s share price may decline because of adverse developments affecting the real estate industry, including changes in interest rates. The returns from REITs may trail returns from the overall market. The Fund’s investments in REITs may be subject to special tax rules, or a particular REIT may fail to qualify for the favorable federal income tax treatment applicable to REITs, the effect of which may have adverse tax consequences for the Fund and its shareholders.
•Foreign Securities, ADRs and Currency Risks. Foreign securities are subject to risks relating to political, social and economic developments abroad and differences between U.S. and foreign regulatory requirements and market practices, including fluctuations in foreign currencies. Income earned on foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes. ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies. However, ADRs remain subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities. These risks include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the underlying issuer’s country. The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions.
•Cybersecurity Risk. With the widespread use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service providers may cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”), impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs.
•IPO Risk. An IPO presents the risk that the market value of IPO shares will fluctuate considerably due to factors such as the absence of a prior public market, unseasoned
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trading, the small number of shares available for trading and limited information about the issuer. The purchase of IPO shares may involve high transaction costs. IPO shares are subject to market risk and liquidity risk.
•Operational Risk. Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various operational events or circumstances are outside the Advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. The Fund and the Advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.
Performance
On December 29, 2017, Spyglass Partners Fund LP, a limited partnership managed by the Advisor (the “Predecessor Partnership”), converted into the Fund by contributing all of its assets to the Fund in exchange for Institutional Shares of the Fund. The Predecessor Partnership was formed on October 1, 2015 to serve as a pooled investment vehicle for accredited investors, and since inception the Predecessor Partnership maintained investment policies, objectives, guidelines, and restrictions that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund. From the date of inception through the time of the conversion, the Predecessor Partnership was managed by the Advisor and the same portfolio manager as the Fund. The conversion date was December 29, 2017 and the Fund commenced operations on January 2, 2018. The Fund’s performance prior to 2018 is that of the Predecessor Partnership. The performance includes gains or losses plus income and the reinvestment of all dividends and interest. All returns reflect the deduction of all actual fees and expenses paid by the Predecessor Partnership, without provision for state or local taxes. Other than the Predecessor Partnership, the Advisor did not manage any accounts materially equivalent to the Fund during the period of the Predecessor Partnership’s performance shown below.
The financial statements of the Predecessor Partnership were independently audited. The Predecessor Partnership was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and was not subject to certain investment limitations, diversification requirements, and other restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), which, if applicable, may have adversely affected its performance. For periods beginning on January 1, 2018, the Fund’s performance has been calculated using the standard formula set forth in rules promulgated by the SEC, which differs in certain respects from the methods used to compute total returns for the Predecessor Partnership.
The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the annual returns of the Institutional Shares of the Fund and the Predecessor Partnership from year to year, as applicable. The performance shown for the calendar years 2016 and 2017 is that of the Predecessor Partnership. The table shows how the Fund’s and the Predecessor Partnership’s average annual returns for the one-year, five-year, ten-year and since inception periods compare with those of the Bloomberg 500 Total Return Index, a broad measure of market performance, and the Bloomberg US Midcap Growth Total Return Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. The Fund’s and the Predecessor Partnership’s past performance, before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.spygx.com.
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Calendar Year Returns as of December 31
During the period of time shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 40.62% for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, and the lowest return for a calendar quarter was -33.27% for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Average Annual Total Returns
(For the periods ended December 31, 2025)
| Spyglass Growth Fund | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | Since Inception(1) | ||||||||||
| Return Before Taxes | 15.74% | 4.01% | 13.89% | 14.05% | ||||||||||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | 15.74% | 3.10% | 13.05% | 13.24% | ||||||||||
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 9.32% | 2.77% | 11.33% | 11.51% | ||||||||||
S&P 500® Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 17.88% | 14.42% | 14.82% | 15.17% | ||||||||||
Bloomberg 500 Total Return Index(2) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 18.03% | 14.00% | 14.93% | 15.27% | ||||||||||
Bloomberg US Midcap Growth Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 10.28% | 6.89% | 11.83% | 11.88% | ||||||||||
(1) The Since Inception returns include those of the Predecessor Partnership, which commenced operations on October 1, 2015. The Predecessor Partnership was not a regulated investment company and was not subject to the same investment and tax restrictions as the Fund. After-tax returns for periods prior to 2018 do not reflect the tax treatment applicable to a regulated investment company.
(2) The Bloomberg 500 TR Index has replaced the S&P 500 Index as the Fund’s broad-based securities market index due to licensing considerations and potential cost savings.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred or other tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). The after-tax returns are shown for Institutional Shares only and after-tax returns for Retail Shares will vary. The Predecessor Partnership was an unregistered partnership that did not qualify as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes and did not pay dividends and distributions.
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Management
Investment Adviser. Spyglass Capital Management LLC (the “Advisor”) is the Fund’s investment adviser.
Portfolio Manager. James A. Robillard, President and Chief Investment Officer of the Advisor, and Portfolio Manager of the Fund, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio and has managed the Fund since the commencement of the Fund’s operations in January 2018. Mr. Robillard also managed the Predecessor Partnership since its inception in October 2015.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase or redeem Fund shares on any business day by written request via mail to: Spyglass Growth Fund, c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 219252, Kansas City, MO 64121-9252, by telephone at 1-888-878-5680, by wire transfer or through a financial intermediary. Investors who wish to purchase or redeem Fund shares through a financial intermediary should contact the intermediary directly. The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts are shown below.
| Share Purchase Amounts | Institutional Shares | Retail Shares | ||||||
| Minimum Initial Investment – All Accounts | $100,000 | $3,000 | ||||||
| Minimum Subsequent Investment – All Accounts | None | None | ||||||
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred or other tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. You may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from tax-deferred arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund, the Advisor and their related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create conflicts of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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| Investment Strategies, Risks and Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings | ||
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Change in Investment Objective. The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without the approval of the Fund’s shareholders upon Board approval and 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a non-diversified portfolio of common stocks of U.S. growth companies. The Fund may also invest in other equity securities, including stocks offered in IPOs and shares of REITs. The Fund may invest in foreign securities, including sponsored ADRs. The Fund may invest in companies of any size, but typically invests in securities of issuers with market capitalizations between $2 billion and $12 billion at the time of purchase. The Fund invests for the long-term, meaning the Fund may hold securities in its portfolios with market capitalizations that have grown beyond their value at time of purchase. The Fund generally holds a focused portfolio of 25 companies, although from time to time the Fund may hold fewer or more stocks depending on the Advisor’s assessment of the investment opportunities available. The Fund typically holds significant investments in the Information Technology sector, in particular. To mitigate risk, the Fund limits position sizes generally to 7% or less of the Fund’s assets and implements sector limits at 25% of the Fund’s assets.
The Advisor believes that proprietary, independent, fundamental research can identify dislocations between current stock prices and calculated present values. It believes that this is particularly true for rapidly growing companies. The Advisor focuses on rapidly growing companies that it believes have the potential to earn above-market returns over time. The Advisor seeks to identify companies that have attractive valuations relative to the discounted, long-term value of the business through thoughtful, disciplined, bottom-up fundamental research and comprehensive due diligence.
The Advisor looks for great companies that are operating in industries that are expected to experience long-term growth. The Advisor defines great companies as those companies that generally share the following characteristics:
•growth at a rate that is faster than the wider economy;
•identifiable competitive advantages;
•taking market share from competitors;
•have or will have attractive and improving margins;
•sustainable above-average revenue and earnings growth; and
•entrepreneurial management teams.
When these characteristics are present, the Advisor believes these businesses can grow their earnings significantly over time and that stock prices ultimately tend to follow earnings trajectories. The Fund’s investment process seeks to find instances where general market expectations underestimate a company’s opportunity for growth and probability of success. When the Advisor discovers these situations, the Fund will invest for the long-term and the Advisor expects the stock price to converge with its model of present value over time.
The Advisor also considers and incorporates material environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) principles into its bottom-up research process using its own proprietary ESG research. The Advisor does not make investment decisions based solely on its proprietary ESG research. Rather, the Advisor includes ESG research as part of its overall assessment of a company and investment decision-making, and considers material ESG risks and opportunities in relation to
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their financial impact on a company’s potential value. The Advisor also screens out companies based on the Advisor’s responsible investing criteria. The Advisor’s assessment of a company’s governance is a core component of the Advisor’s fundamental analysis. When assessing corporate governance, the Advisor considers shareholder rights, management transparency, audit and accounting practices, board oversight, executive compensation, and the company’s efforts to prevent corruption.
In addition, the Advisor screens out companies based on its responsible investing criteria, such as companies involved in tobacco, alcohol, gambling, adult entertainment, controversial weapons, tar sands, thermal coal, and Arctic oil.
When evaluating a security for sale, the Advisor considers the same factors it uses in evaluating a security for purchase and generally sells a security when the price approaches fair value or when the Advisor believes such securities no longer meet its investment criteria.
In order to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, the Fund may assume a temporary defensive position and invest without limit in commercial paper and other money market instruments that are rated investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or determined by the Advisor to be of comparable quality. The result of this action may be that the Fund will be unable to achieve its investment objective.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Before investing in the Fund, you should carefully consider your own investment goals, the amount of time you are willing to leave your money invested, and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Remember, in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. The following principal risks are applicable to investments in the Fund:
Equity Market Risk. Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. These investor perceptions are based on various and unpredictable factors including: expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal policies; inflation and interest rates; economic expansion or contraction; and global or regional political, economic and banking crises. If you hold common stock, or common stock equivalents, of any given issuer, you will generally be exposed to greater risk than if you held preferred stocks and debt obligations of the issuer because common stockholders, or holders of equivalent interests, generally have inferior rights to receive payments from issuers in comparison with the rights of preferred stockholders, bondholders and other creditors of such issuers.
General Market Risk; Recent Market Events Risk. The market value of a security may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations may cause a security to be worth less than the price originally paid for it, or less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole. U.S. and international markets have experienced volatility in recent months and years due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors, including elevated inflation levels, trade tensions, tariff arrangements and wars in Europe and in the Middle East. Uncertainties regarding interest rate levels, political events, geopolitical conflicts and the possibility of a national or global recession have also contributed to market volatility.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. In particular, a rise in protectionist trade policies, slowing global economic growth, risks associated with epidemic and pandemic diseases, risks surrounding the uncertainty of the economies of particular countries, the risk of trade disputes, and the possibility
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of changes to some international trade agreements, could affect the economies of many nations, including the United States, in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent market conditions or other events may have adverse effects on the Fund’s returns. The Advisor will monitor developments and seek to manage the Fund in a manner consistent with achieving the Fund’s investment objective, but there can be no assurance that it will be successful in doing so.
Growth Stock Risk. Growth securities can experience relatively rapid earnings growth and typically trade at higher multiples of current earnings than other securities. Therefore, growth securities may be more sensitive to changes in current or expected earnings than other securities. Growth securities may be more volatile because growth companies usually invest a high proportion of earnings in their businesses, and they may lack the dividends of value stocks that can lessen the decreases in stock prices in a falling market. A company may never achieve the earnings expansion the Advisor anticipates.
Small-Cap and Mid-Cap Company Risk. Generally, small-cap and mid-cap companies may have more potential for growth than companies with larger market capitalizations. Investing in small-cap and mid-cap companies, however, may involve greater risk than investing in large-cap companies, and these risks are passed on to the Fund. Small-Cap and mid-cap companies may not have the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of large-cap companies. Therefore, their securities may be more volatile than the securities of larger, more established companies, making them less liquid than other securities. Small-cap and mid-cap company stocks may also be bought and sold less often and in smaller amounts than larger company stocks. Because of this limit, if the Advisor wants to sell a large quantity of a small-cap or mid-cap company’s stock, it may have to sell at a lower price than it might prefer, or it may have to sell in smaller than desired quantities over a period of time.
Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is “non-diversified” and therefore is not required to meet certain diversification requirements under federal securities laws. The Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer. However, a decline in the value of an investment in a single issuer could cause the Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund held a more diversified portfolio.
Sector Emphasis Risk. Although the Advisor selects stocks based on their individual merits, certain economic sectors will represent a larger portion of the Fund’s overall investment portfolio than other sectors. Potential negative market or economic developments affecting one of the larger sectors could have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund with fewer holdings in that sector.
Information Technology Sector Risk. Technology companies may face obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction and new market entrants, unpredictable changes in growth rates, and competition for the services of qualified personnel. Information technology companies may be smaller and less experienced companies, with limited product lines, markets or financial resources and fewer experienced management or marketing personnel. Information technology companies may be subject to additional risks, including loss of patent, copyright, and trademark protections, as well as evolving industry standards and general economic conditions.
Management Risk. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the Advisor’s management of the Fund. The value of your investment in the Fund may vary with the effectiveness of the Advisor’s research, analysis and asset allocation among portfolio securities. If the investment strategies do not produce the expected results, the value of your investment could be diminished or even lost entirely.
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REIT Risk. REITs pool investors’ funds for investment primarily in commercial real estate properties or real-estate related loans. REITs generally derive their income from rents on the underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans, and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the real estate industry in general. These risks can include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents; increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures, or operating expenses; and other economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of the REIT’s value), may have less trading volume and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities market. REITs generally are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several requirements of the Code. REITs are subject to the risk of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code. In addition, investments in REITs may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by REITs in which it invests.
In general, qualified REIT dividends that an investor receives directly from a REIT are automatically eligible for the 20% qualified business income deduction. The IRS has issued final Treasury Regulations that permit a dividend or part of a dividend paid by a regulated investment company and reported as a “section 199A dividend” to be treated by the recipient as a qualified REIT dividend for purposes of the 20% qualified business income deduction, if certain holding period and other requirements have been satisfied by the recipient with respect to its Fund shares.
Foreign Securities, ADRs and Currency Risks. Foreign securities risks include risks relating to political, social and economic developments abroad and differences between U.S. and foreign regulatory requirements and market practices. Securities that are denominated in foreign currencies are subject to the further risk that the value of the foreign currency will fall in relation to the U.S. dollar and/or will be affected by volatile currency markets or actions of U.S. and foreign governments or central banks. Income earned on foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes.
ADRs are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer. These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the U.S. or elsewhere. The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution. The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions. The Fund invests in ADRs through “sponsored” facilities. A sponsored facility is established jointly by the issuer of the security underlying the receipt and a depositary. ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies. However, ADRs remain subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities. These risks include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the underlying issuer’s country.
Cybersecurity Risks. With the widespread use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be
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carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users). Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service providers may cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could result from cyber incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages in transactions, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchange and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions (including financial intermediaries and service providers for shareholders) and other parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund’s service providers have established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent, such cyber incidents, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by its service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect the Fund or its shareholders. As a result, the Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted.
IPO Risk. The Fund may purchase securities of companies engaged in IPOs. The price of securities purchased in IPOs can be very volatile. The Fund’s investments in IPO shares may include the securities of “unseasoned” companies (companies with less than three years of continuous operations), which present risks considerably greater than common stocks of more established companies. These companies may be involved in new and evolving businesses and may be vulnerable to competition and changes in technology, markets and economic conditions. They may be more dependent on key managers and third parties and may have limited product lines. The effect of IPO investments on the Fund’s performance depends on a variety of factors, including the number of IPOs the Fund invests in relative to the size of the Fund, and whether and to what extent a security purchased in an IPO appreciates or depreciates in value. When the Fund’s asset base is small, a significant portion of the Fund’s performance could be attributable to investments in IPOs because such investments would have a magnified impact on the Fund. As the Fund’s assets grow, the effect of the Fund’s investments in IPOs on the Fund’s performance probably will decline, which could reduce the Fund’s performance.
Operational Risk. Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various operational events or circumstances are outside the Advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. The Fund and the Advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.
Portfolio Holdings Information
A description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio holdings is available in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). Disclosure of the Fund’s holdings is required to be made quarterly in regulatory filings and on the Fund’s website. Portfolio holdings information as of the most recent quarter is available free of charge by contacting the Fund, c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 219252, Kansas City, MO 64121-9252 or calling 1-888-878-5680, or by visiting the Fund’s website at www.spygx.com.
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Voluntary Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements
Service providers to the Fund may, from time to time, voluntarily waive all or a portion of any fees to which they are entitled and/or reimburse certain expenses as they may determine from time to time. The Fund’s service providers may discontinue or modify these voluntary actions at any time without notice. The Fund’s performance will reflect the voluntary waiver of fees and/or the reimbursement of expenses, if any. Without these waivers and/or expense reimbursements, performance would be less favorable.
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Investment Adviser
Spyglass Capital Management LLC, located at One Letterman Drive, Building A, Suite A 4‑800, San Francisco, CA 94129, provides long-only, concentrated growth investment management services to institutions and high net worth individuals. The Advisor is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm formed in 2015. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Advisor, and subject to general oversight by the Board of Trustees, the Advisor manages and supervises the investment operations and business affairs of the Fund. The Advisor also furnishes the Fund with office space and certain administrative services and provides personnel needed to fulfill its obligations under the investment advisory agreement. The Fund compensates the Advisor for its services at the annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the Advisor received, after waivers and reimbursements, an advisory fee equal to 0.91% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.
Fund Expenses. The Fund is responsible for its own operating expenses. However, pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between the Advisor and the Fund, the Advisor has agreed to waive its management fees and/or reimburse expenses to ensure that the total amount of the Fund’s operating expenses (excluding any front-end or contingent deferred loads, Rule 12b-1 plan fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, leverage (i.e., any expenses incurred in connection with borrowings made by the Fund), interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation (collectively, “Excludable Expenses”)) does not exceed 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. To the extent the Fund incurs Excludable Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement may exceed 1.00%. The Advisor may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund for up to three years from the date such fees and expenses were waived or paid, subject to the operating expense limitation agreement, if such reimbursement will not cause the Fund’s total expense ratio to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment. The Fund must pay its current ordinary operating expenses before the Advisor is entitled to any recoupment of management fees and/or expenses. This operating expense limitation agreement is in effect through at least April 30, 2027, and may be terminated only by, or with the consent of, the Board of Trustees.
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the investment advisory agreement between the Advisor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, is available in the Fund’s annual report to shareholders on Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
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The Fund, as a series of the Trust, does not hold itself out as related to any other series of the Trust for purposes of investment and investor services, nor does it share the same investment adviser with any other series of the Trust.
Portfolio Manager
James A. Robillard, Portfolio Manager, performs day‑to‑day portfolio management for the Fund using the investment strategies and policies described in this Prospectus.
Mr. Robillard is the Founder, President and Chief Investment Officer of the Advisor. Prior to founding the Advisor in 2015, Mr. Robillard spent 11 years at Edgewood Management LLC (“Edgewood”), first as a Senior Research Analyst and then as a Managing Director and member of the portfolio management team for the Edgewood Growth Fund. Prior to Mr. Robillard’s time at Edgewood, he held positions at Baron Capital Management and Van Wagoner Capital Management. Mr. Robillard graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1994, and he received his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with concentrations in Finance and Accounting in 2004.
The SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Manager’s compensation, other accounts managed, and ownership of the Fund’s securities.
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Pricing of Shares
The price of the Fund’s shares is based on its NAV. The NAV per share of the Fund is determined as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange”) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) (“Market Close”) on each day that the Exchange is open for business (each, a “Business Day”). The NAV is calculated by adding the value of all securities and other assets in the Fund, deducting its liabilities, and dividing the balance by the number of outstanding shares in the Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption is effected is based on the next calculation of NAV after the order is received by an authorized financial institution or U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), and under no circumstances will any order be accepted for purchase or redemption after the NAV calculation. Shares will only be priced on Business Days. In addition, foreign securities held by the Fund may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not calculate NAV. As a result, the market value of these investments may change on days when shares of the Fund cannot be bought or sold. Any order received after the close of trading on the Exchange will be processed at the NAV as determined as of the close of trading on the next day the Exchange is open.
The Fund values its assets based on current market values when such values are available. These prices normally are supplied by an independent pricing service. Equity securities held by the Fund which are listed on a national securities exchange, except those traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”), and for which market quotations are available, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price.
Pricing services may use various valuation methodologies including matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer quotations. The Board has appointed the Advisor as its designee (the “Valuation Designee”) for all fair value determinations and responsibilities for the Fund, subject to oversight by the Board. Assets and securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued in good faith in accordance with the Valuation Designee’s procedures.
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When the Fund uses fair value pricing to determine its NAV, securities will not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded, but rather may be priced by another method that the Valuation Designee believes accurately reflects fair value. The Fund’s policy is intended to result in a calculation of the Fund’s NAV that fairly reflects security values as of the time of pricing. However, fair values determined pursuant to the Valuation Designee’s procedures may not accurately reflect the price that the Fund could obtain for a security if it were to dispose of that security as of the time of pricing.
Description of Share Classes
The Fund offers Institutional Shares. The Fund has also established Retail Shares, which are not currently offered for sale. The different classes represent investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject to different expenses and distribution arrangements and may have different share prices as outlined below. You should always discuss the suitability of your investment with your broker-dealer or financial adviser.
Institutional Shares. Institutional Shares pay lower annual expenses than the Fund’s Retail Shares. Institutional Shares are offered without sales charges, and are not subject to Rule 12b‑1 distribution or shareholder servicing fees. Institutional Shares are offered only to institutional investors or through certain financial intermediary accounts or retirement plans, subject to the investment minimum for opening accounts. Institutional Shares are available to the following:
•institutional investors;
•IRAs;
•certain financial institutions, endowments, foundations, government entities or corporations investing on their own behalf;
•existing Institutional class shareholders;
•Trustees of the Trust, former trustees of the Trust, employees of affiliates of the Fund and the Advisor and other individuals who are affiliated with the Fund (this also applies to any spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren and in-laws of those mentioned) and Advisor affiliate employee benefit plans; and
•wrap fee programs of certain broker-dealers (please consult your financial representative to determine if your wrap fee program is subject to additional or different conditions or fees).
Institutional Shares may be available on brokerage platforms of firms that have agreements with the Fund’s distributor to offer such shares solely when acting as agent for the investor. An investor transacting in Institutional Shares in these programs may pay a commission or other forms of compensation to the broker.
Retail Shares. Retail Shares are sold without sales charges, and are subject to a Rule 12b‑1 distribution and shareholder servicing fee of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to Retail Shares, computed on an annual basis. Retail Shares are not currently offered for sale.
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Purchase of Shares
The Fund’s shares are offered on a continuous basis and are sold without any sales charges. You may purchase shares as specified below. Minimum amounts for investment in the Fund are shown below. The Fund reserves the right to change the criteria for eligible investors and investment minimums.
| Share Purchase Amounts | Institutional Shares | Retail Shares | ||||||
| Minimum Initial Investment – All Accounts | $100,000 | $3,000 | ||||||
| Minimum Subsequent Investment – All Accounts | None | None | ||||||
The Fund may waive or reduce the initial or subsequent minimum investment amounts in any of the following circumstances, without limitation:
•current and retired employees, directors/trustees and officers of the Trust, the Advisor and its affiliates and certain family members of each of them (i.e., spouse, domestic partner, child, parent, sibling, grandchild and grandparent, in each case including in-law, step and adoptive relationships);
•any trust, pension, profit sharing or other benefit plan for current and retired employees, directors/trustees and officers of the Advisor and its affiliates;
•current employees of the Transfer Agent, broker-dealers who act as selling agents for the Fund, intermediaries that have marketing agreements in place with the Advisor and the immediate family members of any of them;
•registered investment advisers who buy through a broker-dealer or service agent who has entered into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor;
•qualified broker-dealers who have entered into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor; and
•existing clients of the Advisor, their employees, and immediate family members of such employees.
Shares of the Fund have not been registered for sale outside of the United States. The Fund generally does not sell shares to investors residing outside the United States, even if they are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents, except to investors with United States military APO or FPO addresses.
By Mail: You may purchase shares by sending a check in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank payable to the Spyglass Growth Fund, indicating the name and share class of the Fund you are purchasing, and the dollar amount to be purchased, along with a completed application. If a subsequent investment is being made, write your account number on the check and send it together with the Invest by Mail form from your most recent confirmation statement received from the Transfer Agent. If you do not have the Invest by Mail form, include the Fund name, your name, address, and account number on a separate piece of paper along with your check. The Fund will not accept payment in cash or money orders. The Fund does not accept post-dated checks or any conditional order or payment. To prevent check fraud, the Fund will not accept third party checks, Treasury checks, credit card checks, traveler’s checks or starter checks for the purchase of shares. Send the check and account application to:
Regular mail:
Spyglass Growth Fund
c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
P. O. Box 219252
Kansas City, MO 64121-9252
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Overnight mail:
Spyglass Growth Fund
c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
801 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 219252
Kansas City, MO 64105-1307
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agent. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services, or receipt at the Transfer Agent’s post office box, of purchase orders does not constitute receipt by the Transfer Agent. Receipt of purchase orders is based on when the order is received at the Transfer Agent’s offices. Purchase orders must be received prior to Market Close to be eligible for same day pricing.
By Wire: If you are making your first investment in the Fund by wire, before you wire funds the Transfer Agent must have a completed account application. You may mail or deliver overnight your account application to the Transfer Agent at the addresses provided under “By Mail” above. Upon receipt of your completed account application, the Transfer Agent will establish an account for you. The account number assigned will be required as part of the instruction that should be provided to your bank to send the wire. Your bank must include the name of the Fund, the account number, and your name so that monies can be correctly applied.
Before sending funds for initial or subsequent investment by wire, please contact the Transfer Agent to advise them of your intent to wire funds. This will ensure prompt and accurate credit upon receipt of your wire. Wired funds must be received prior to Market Close to be eligible for same day pricing. The Fund and U.S. Bank, N.A. are not responsible for the consequences of delays resulting from the banking or Federal Reserve wire system, or from incomplete wiring instructions. Your bank should transmit funds by wire to:
Wire to: U.S. Bank, N.A.
ABA Number: 075000022
Credit: U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
Account: 112-952-137
| Further Credit: | Spyglass Growth Fund | ||||
| (Shareholder Name/Account Registration) | |||||
| (Shareholder Account Number) | |||||
By Telephone: Investors may purchase additional shares of the Fund by calling, toll-free, 1-888-878-5680. If you elected this option on your account application, and your account has been open for at least 7 business days, telephone orders in any amount will be accepted via electronic funds transfer from your bank account through the Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) network. You must have banking information established on your account prior to making a purchase. If your order is received prior to Market Close, your shares will be purchased at the NAV calculated on the day your order is placed.
Purchase orders by telephone must be received by or prior to Market Close. During periods of high market activity, shareholders may encounter higher than usual call waits. Please allow sufficient time to place your telephone transaction.
Automatic Investment Plan: Once your account has been opened you may make additional purchases of the Fund at regular intervals through the Automatic Investment Plan (“AIP”). The AIP provides a convenient method to have monies deducted from your financial institution
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account for investment into the Fund on a monthly basis. In order to participate in the AIP, each purchase must be in the amount of $50 or more, and your financial institution must be a member of the ACH network. To begin participating in the AIP, please complete the AIP section on the account application or call the Transfer Agent at 1-888-878-5680 for instructions. Any request to change or terminate your AIP should be submitted to the Transfer Agent at least five days prior to the effective date.
Additional Information Regarding Purchases: Purchase orders received by the Transfer Agent in good order before Market Close will be priced at the NAV that is determined as of Market Close. Purchase orders received in good order after Market Close will be priced as of the close of regular trading on the following Business Day. “Good order” means that the purchase request includes all accurate required information. Purchase requests not in good order may be rejected.
Any purchase order may be rejected if the Fund determines that accepting the order would not be in the best interest of the Fund or its shareholders. The Fund reserves the right to reject any account application. The Transfer Agent will charge a $25 fee against a shareholder’s account, in addition to any loss sustained by the Fund, for any check or other method of payment that is returned. It is the policy of the Fund not to accept applications under certain circumstances or in amounts considered disadvantageous to shareholders. The Fund reserves the right to suspend the offering of shares.
Redemption of Shares
You may sell (redeem) your shares on any Business Day. Redemptions are effected at the NAV next determined after the Transfer Agent or authorized financial intermediary has received your redemption request. The Fund’s name, the share class name, your account number, the number of shares or dollar amount you would like redeemed and the signatures of all shareholders whose names appear on the account registration should accompany any redemption requests. You may elect to have redemption proceeds paid by check, by wire (for amounts of $1,000 or more) or by electronic funds transfer via ACH. Proceeds will be sent to the address or bank account on record. For payment through the ACH network, your bank must be an ACH member and your bank account information must be maintained on your Fund account. If you purchased your shares through a financial intermediary (as discussed under “Purchasing and Redeeming Shares Through a Financial Intermediary,” below) you should contact the financial intermediary for information relating to redemptions.
The Fund typically expects to pay redemption proceeds on the next Business Day after the redemption request is received in good order and prior to Market Close, regardless of whether the redemption proceeds are sent via check, wire, or ACH transfer. “Good order” means your redemption request includes: (1) the name of the Fund, (2) the number of shares or dollar amount to be redeemed, (3) the account number and (4) signatures of all shareholders whose names appear on the account registration with a signature guarantee, if applicable. If the Fund has sold securities to generate cash to meet your redemption request, the redemption proceeds may be postponed until the first Business Day after the Fund receives the sales proceeds. Under unusual circumstances, the Fund may suspend redemptions, or postpone payment for up to seven days, as permitted by federal securities law. The Fund typically expects to meet redemption requests by paying out proceeds from cash or cash equivalent portfolio holdings, or by selling portfolio holdings if consistent with the management of the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to redeem in-kind as described under “In-Kind Redemptions,” below. Redemptions in‑kind are typically used to meet redemption requests that represent a large percentage of the Fund’s net assets in order to minimize the effect of large redemptions on the Fund and its remaining shareholders. Redemptions in-kind may be used regularly and may also be used in
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stressed market conditions. If shares to be redeemed represent a recent investment made by check or ACH transfer, the Fund reserves the right to not make the redemption proceeds available until it has reasonable grounds to believe that the check or ACH transfer has been collected (which may take up to 10 calendar days). Shareholders can avoid this delay by utilizing the wire purchase option.
By Mail: If you redeem your shares by mail, you must submit written instructions which indicate the Fund’s name and class you are redeeming shares from, your account number, the number of shares or dollar amount you would like redeemed and the signatures of all shareholders whose names appear on the account registration along with a signature guarantee, if applicable. Your redemption request should be sent to:
Regular mail:
Spyglass Growth Fund
c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
P. O. Box 219252
Kansas City, MO 64121-9252
Overnight mail:
Spyglass Growth Fund
c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
801 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 219252
Kansas City, MO 64121-9252
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agent. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services, or receipt at the Transfer Agent’s post office box, of redemption requests does not constitute receipt by the Transfer Agent. Receipt of redemption requests is based on when the order is received at the Transfer Agent’s offices. Redemption requests must be received prior to Market Close to be eligible for same day pricing.
By Wire: Wires are subject to a $15 fee paid by you, but you do not incur any charge when proceeds are sent via the ACH system.
By Telephone: If you prefer to redeem your shares by telephone, you must accept telephone options on your account application. You may then initiate a redemption of shares up to the amount of $50,000 by calling the Transfer Agent at 1-888-878-5680. Adding telephone options to an existing account may require a signature guarantee or other acceptable form of authentication from a financial institution source.
Investors may have a check sent to the address of record, may wire proceeds to a shareholder’s bank account of record, or proceeds may be sent via electronic funds transfer through the ACH network, also to the bank account of record.
Redemption requests must be received by or before the close of regular trading on the Exchange on any Business Day. During periods of high market activity, shareholders may encounter higher than usual call waits. Please allow sufficient time to place your telephone transaction. If you are unable to contact the Fund by telephone, you may mail your redemption request in writing to the address noted above. Once a telephone transaction has been accepted, it may not be canceled or modified after Market Close.
Before executing an instruction received by telephone, the Transfer Agent will use reasonable procedures to confirm that the telephone instructions are genuine. The telephone call may be recorded and the caller may be asked to verify certain personal identification information. If the Fund or its agents follow these procedures, they cannot be held liable for any loss, expense or cost arising out of any telephone redemption request that is reasonably believed to be genuine.
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This includes fraudulent or unauthorized requests. If an account has more than one owner or authorized person, the Fund will accept telephone instructions from any one owner or authorized person.
Systematic Withdrawal Plan: As another convenience, you may redeem your Retail Shares (once offered) of the Fund through the Systematic Withdrawal Plan (“SWP”). Under the SWP, you may choose to receive a specified dollar amount, generated from the redemption of Retail Shares in your account, on a monthly basis. In order to participate in the SWP, your account balance must be at least $5,000 and each payment should be a minimum of $100. If you elect this method of redemption, the Fund will send a check to your address of record, or will send the payment via electronic funds transfer through the ACH network directly to your bank account. The SWP may be terminated at any time by the Fund. You may also elect to terminate your participation in the SWP at any time by contacting the Transfer Agent at least 5 days prior to the next withdrawal. The SWP is not available for Institutional Shares.
A withdrawal under the SWP involves a redemption of shares and may result in a gain or loss for federal income tax purposes. In addition, if the amount requested to be withdrawn exceeds the amount available in your Fund account, which includes any dividends credited to your account, the account will ultimately be depleted.
In-Kind Redemptions: The Fund reserves the right to honor redemption requests by making payment in whole or in part by a distribution of securities from the Fund’s portfolio (a “redemption-in-kind”) and may do so in the form of pro-rata slices of the Fund’s portfolio, individual securities or a representative basket of securities. Redemptions in-kind are taxable in the same manner to a redeeming shareholder as redemptions paid in cash for federal income tax purposes. Shareholders who receive a redemption in-kind will bear market risk until they sell the securities. In addition, the sale of securities received in-kind may be subject to brokerage fees and may give rise to taxable gains or losses.
Retirement Accounts: Shareholders who have an IRA or other retirement plan must indicate on their written redemption request whether or not to withhold federal income tax. Redemption requests failing to indicate an election not to have tax withheld will generally be subject to 10% withholding. Shares held in IRAs and other retirement accounts may be redeemed by telephone at 1-833-627-6668. You will be asked whether or not to withhold taxes from any distribution.
Signature Guarantees: A signature guarantee, from either a Medallion program member or a non-Medallion program member, is required in the following situations:
•If ownership is being changed on your account;
•When redemption proceeds are payable or sent to any person, address or bank account not on record;
•When a redemption is received by the Transfer Agent and the account address has been changed within the last 30 calendar days; or
•For all redemptions in excess of $50,000 from any shareholder account.
The Fund may waive any of the above requirements in certain instances. In addition to the situations described above, the Fund and/or the Transfer Agent reserve the right to require a signature guarantee in other instances based on the circumstances relative to the particular situation.
Non-financial transactions, including establishing or modifying certain services on an account, may require a signature guarantee, signature verification from a Signature Validation Program member, or other acceptable form of authentication from a financial institution source.
Signature guarantees will generally be accepted from domestic banks, brokers, dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing agencies and
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savings associations, as well as from participants in the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”). A notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantor.
Purchasing and Redeeming Shares Through a Financial Intermediary
You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund through certain financial intermediaries (and their agents) that have made arrangements with the Fund to sell its shares and receive purchase and redemption orders on behalf of the Fund. When you place your purchase or redemption order with such a financial intermediary, your order is treated as if you had placed it directly with the Transfer Agent, and you will pay or receive the next NAV calculated by the Fund. Financial intermediaries may be authorized by ALPS Distributors Inc., the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”) to designate other financial intermediaries to accept orders on the Fund’s behalf. An order is deemed to be received when the Fund, a financial intermediary or, if applicable, a financial intermediary’s authorized designee accepts the order. The financial intermediary holds your shares in an omnibus account in the financial intermediary’s name, and the financial intermediary maintains your individual ownership records. Your financial intermediary may charge you a fee for handling your purchase and redemption orders. The financial intermediary is responsible for processing your order correctly and promptly, keeping you advised regarding the status of your individual account, confirming your transactions and ensuring that you receive copies of the Fund’s Prospectus.
The Distributor, on behalf of the Fund, may enter into agreements with financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping, transaction processing and other administrative services for customers who own Fund shares. The Advisor and/or its affiliates may pay financial intermediaries for such services. The fee charged by financial intermediaries may be based on the number of accounts or may be a percentage of the average value of accounts for which the financial intermediary provides services.
Conversions Between Share Classes
You may convert shares of one share class of the Fund for a different share class of the Fund if you meet the minimum initial investment, eligibility criteria and other requirements for investment in the share class you are converting into. Share class conversions are based on the relevant NAVs of the applicable share classes at the time of the conversion, and no charge is imposed. A conversion from one class to another within the Fund will generally not be a taxable transaction.
To obtain more information about share class conversions, or to place conversion orders, contact the Transfer Agent, or, if your shares are held in an account with a financial intermediary, contact the financial intermediary. Your financial intermediary may impose conditions on such transactions in addition to those disclosed in this Prospectus or may not permit share class conversions. The Fund reserves the right to modify or eliminate the share class conversion feature.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions
The Fund is intended to be a long-term investment vehicle and is not designed to provide investors with a means of speculating on short-term market movements (market timing). “Market timing” generally refers to frequent or excessive trades into or out of a mutual fund in an effort to anticipate changes in market prices of its investment portfolio. Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares can disrupt the management of the Fund, negatively affect the Fund’s performance, and increase expenses for all of the Fund’s shareholders. In particular, frequent trading can: (i) force the Fund’s Portfolio Manager to hold larger cash positions than desired instead of fully investing the Fund, which can result in lost investment opportunities; (ii) cause unplanned and inopportune portfolio turnover in order to meet redemption requests; (iii)
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increase broker-dealer commissions and other transaction costs as well as administrative costs for the Fund; and (iv) trigger taxable gains for other shareholders. Also, some frequent traders engage in arbitrage strategies, by which these traders seek to exploit pricing anomalies that can occur when the Fund invests in securities that are thinly traded or are traded primarily in markets outside of the U.S. Frequent traders using arbitrage strategies can dilute the Fund’s NAV for long-term shareholders.
If you intend to trade frequently or use market timing investment strategies, you should not purchase shares of the Fund.
The Board has adopted policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares. The Fund’s policy is intended to discourage excessive trading in the Fund’s shares that may harm long-term investors and to make reasonable efforts to detect and deter excessive trading. The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase request order at any time and for any reason, without prior written notice. The Fund may, in certain circumstances, reverse a transaction determined to be abusive. In applying these policies, the Fund considers the information available at the time and may consider trading activity in multiple accounts under common ownership, control, or influence.
When excessive or short-term trading is detected, the party involved may be banned from future trading in the Fund. Judgments related to the rejection of purchase and the banning of future trades are inherently subjective and involve some selectivity. The Fund will seek to make judgments and applications of the Fund’s policy that are consistent with the interests of the Fund’s shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund or its agents will be able to detect market timing or abusive trading activity or the shareholders engaged in such activity, or, if it is detected, to prevent its recurrence.
In order for a financial intermediary to purchase shares of the Fund for an “omnibus” account, in nominee name or on behalf of another person, the Trust will enter into shareholder information agreements with such financial intermediary or its agent. These agreements require each financial intermediary to provide the Fund access, upon request, to information about underlying shareholder transaction activity in these accounts. If a shareholder information agreement has not been entered into by a financial intermediary, such financial intermediary will be prohibited from purchasing Fund shares for an “omnibus” account, in nominee name or on behalf of another person.
The Fund’s policies for deterring excessive trading in Fund shares are intended to be applied uniformly to all Fund shareholders to the extent practicable. Some intermediaries, however, maintain omnibus accounts in which they aggregate orders of multiple investors and forward the aggregated orders to the Fund. Because the Fund receives these orders on an aggregated basis and because these omnibus accounts may trade with numerous fund families with differing market timing policies, the Fund is substantially limited in its ability to identify or deter excessive traders or other abusive traders. The Fund will use its best efforts to obtain the cooperation of intermediaries to identify excessive traders and to prevent or limit abusive trading activity to the extent practicable. Nonetheless, the Fund’s ability to identify and deter frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares through omnibus accounts is limited. The Fund’s success in accomplishing the objectives of the policies concerning excessive trading in Fund shares in this context depends significantly upon the cooperation of the intermediaries, which may have adopted their own policies regarding excessive trading which are different than those of the Fund. In some cases, the Fund may rely on the excessive trading policies of the financial intermediaries in lieu of applying the Fund’s policies when the Fund believes that the policies are reasonably designed to prevent excessive trading practices that are detrimental to the Fund.
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If a financial intermediary fails to enforce the Fund’s policies with respect to market timing and other abusive trading activity, the Fund may take other actions, including terminating its relationship with such financial intermediary.
Other Fund Policies
Small Accounts: If the value of your account falls below the investment minimum, the Fund may ask you to increase your balance. If the account value is still below the investment minimum after 60 days, the Fund may redeem your shares, close your account, and send you the proceeds. The Fund will not close your account if it falls below the investment minimum solely as a result of a reduction in your account’s market value.
Customer Identification Program: In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, please note that the Transfer Agent will verify certain information on your Account Application as part of the Fund’s Anti-Money Laundering Program. As requested on the Application, you must supply your full name, date of birth, social security number and permanent street address. Permanent addresses containing only a P.O. Box will not be accepted. If you are opening an account in the name of a legal entity (e.g., a partnership, business trust, limited liability company, corporation, etc.), you will be required to supply the identity of the beneficial owner or controlling person(s) of the legal entity prior to the opening of your account. Additional information may be required in certain circumstances. Applications without such information may not be accepted. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund reserves the right to: (i) place limits on transactions in an investor’s account until the investor’s identity is verified; (ii) refuse an investment in the Fund; or (iii) involuntarily redeem an investor’s shares and close an account in the event that an investor’s identity is not verified.
Householding: You may occasionally receive proxy statements and other regulatory documents for the Fund. In an effort to decrease costs and to reduce the volume of mail you receive, when possible, only one copy of these documents will be sent to shareholders who are part of the same family and share the same address. If you would like to discontinue householding for your accounts please call, toll-free, 1-888-878-5680 to request individual copies of these documents. Once the Fund receives notice to stop householding, we will begin sending individual copies thirty days after receiving your request. This policy does not apply to account statements.
Lost Shareholders: It is important that the Fund maintains a correct address for each shareholder. An incorrect address may cause a shareholder’s account statements and other mailings to be returned to the Fund. Based upon statutory requirements for returned mail, the Fund will attempt to locate the shareholder or rightful owner of the account. If the Fund is unable to locate the shareholder, then it will determine whether the shareholder’s account can legally be considered abandoned. Your mutual fund account may be transferred to your state of residence if no activity occurs within your account during the “inactivity period” specified in your state’s abandoned property laws. The Fund is legally obligated to escheat (or transfer) abandoned property to the appropriate state’s unclaimed property administrator in accordance with statutory requirements. The shareholder’s last known address of record determines which state has jurisdiction. Shareholders with a state of residence in Texas have the ability to designate a representative to receive legislatively required unclaimed property due diligence notifications. Please contact the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts for further information.
| Distribution of Fund Shares | ||
The Distributor
The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with ALPS Distributors Inc., (the “Distributor”). The Distributor is located at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203, pursuant to which the Distributor acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter, provides certain
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administration services and promotes and arranges for the sale of Fund shares. The offering of Fund shares is continuous, and the Distributor distributes Fund shares on a best efforts basis. The Distributor is not obligated to sell any certain number of shares of the Fund. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA.
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan – Retail Shares (not currently offered)
The Fund has adopted a distribution and shareholder servicing plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule 12b-1 Plan”) on behalf of its Retail Shares to pay fees for the distribution and servicing of Fund shares. Under the Rule 12b-1 Plan, Retail Shares pay the Distributor or other authorized recipients a Rule 12b-1 fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of their average daily NAV. The Distributor uses this Rule 12b‑1 fee primarily to finance activities that promote the distribution and sale of Retail Shares. Such activities include, but are not necessarily limited to, compensating brokers, dealers, financial intermediaries and sales personnel for distribution and shareholder services, printing and mailing prospectuses to persons other than current shareholders, printing and mailing sales literature, and advertising. Because Rule 12b-1 fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment in Retail Shares and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The Distributor or the Fund may select financial institutions, such as banks, fiduciaries, custodians, investment advisers and broker-dealers, as agents to provide sales or administrative services for their clients or customers who beneficially own Retail Shares. Financial institutions will receive Rule 12b-1 fees from the Distributor based upon Retail Shares owned by their clients or customers. Institutional Shares of the Fund are not subject to the Rule 12b-1 Plan, and do not pay Rule 12b-1 fees.
Payments to Financial Intermediaries
The Advisor, from its own resources and without cost to the Fund or its shareholders, makes cash payments to certain intermediaries, sometimes referred to as revenue sharing. The Advisor makes revenue sharing payments to intermediaries for shareholder services or distribution-related services, such as: marketing support; access to third party platforms; access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the intermediary; and inclusion of the Fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list, and in other sales programs. The Advisor may also pay cash compensation in the form of finder’s fees that vary depending on the dollar amount of the shares sold. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Advisor has entered into referral agreements with two third-party solicitors pursuant to which the Advisor pays a percentage of fees received for referral of Fund shareholders or other clients. Payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the representative to recommend the Fund over another investment.
| Distributions and Taxes | ||
Distributions
Distributions from the Fund’s net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Any net capital gain realized by the Fund also will be distributed annually.
Distributions are payable to shareholders as of the record date (including holders of shares being redeemed, but excluding holders of shares being purchased). All distributions will be reinvested in additional Fund shares, unless you choose one of the following options: (1) receive distributions of net capital gain in cash, while reinvesting net investment income distributions in additional Fund shares; (2) receive all distributions in cash; or (3) reinvest net capital gain distributions in additional Fund shares, while receiving distributions of net investment income in
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cash. The Fund’s distributions, whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund, may be subject to federal, state and local income tax.
If you wish to change your distribution option, write to or call the Transfer Agent in advance of the payment date of the distribution. However, any such change will be effective only as to distributions for which the record date is five or more calendar days after the Transfer Agent has received the request.
If you elect to receive distributions in cash and the U.S. Postal Service is unable to deliver your check, or if a check remains uncashed for six months, the Fund reserves the right to reinvest the distribution check in your account at the Fund’s then current NAV per share and to reinvest all subsequent distributions.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
Changes in income tax laws, potentially with retroactive effect, could impact the Fund’s investments or the tax consequences to you of investing in the Fund.
Distributions of the Fund’s investment company taxable income (which includes, but is not limited to, interest, dividends, net short-term capital gain and net gain from foreign currency transactions), if any, are generally taxable to the Fund’s shareholders as ordinary income. Although the Fund expects that most or all of its distributions of investment company taxable income will be taxed at the federal income tax rates applicable to ordinary income, for a non-corporate shareholder, to the extent that the Fund’s distributions of investment company taxable income are attributable to and reported as “qualified dividend income” (generally, dividends received by the Fund from U.S. corporations, corporations incorporated in a possession of the U.S., and certain foreign corporations that are eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive tax treaty with the U.S.), such income may be subject to tax at the reduced federal income tax rates applicable to long-term capital gain, if certain holding period requirements have been satisfied by the shareholder. For a corporate shareholder, a portion of the Fund’s distributions of investment company taxable income may qualify for the intercorporate dividends-received deduction to the extent the Fund receives dividends directly or indirectly from U.S. corporations, reports the amount distributed as eligible for the deduction and the corporate shareholder meets certain holding period requirements with respect to its shares. To the extent that the Fund’s distributions of investment company taxable income are attributable to net short-term capital gain, such distributions will be treated as ordinary income and generally cannot be offset by a shareholder’s capital losses from other investments.
Except in the case of certain exempt shareholders, if a shareholder does not furnish the Fund with its correct Taxpayer Identification Number and certain certifications or the Fund receives notification from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) requiring backup withholding, the Fund is required by federal law to withhold federal income tax from the shareholder’s distributions and redemption proceeds at a rate set under Section 3406 of the Code for United States residents.
Distributions of the Fund’s net capital gain (net long-term capital gain less net short-term capital loss) are generally taxable to the Fund’s shareholders as long-term capital gain regardless of the length of time that a shareholder has owned Fund shares. Distributions of net capital gain are not eligible for qualified dividend income treatment or the dividends-received deduction referenced above.
You will be taxed in the same manner whether you receive your distributions (of investment company taxable income or net capital gain) in cash or reinvest them in additional Fund shares. Distributions are generally taxable when received. However, distributions declared in October, November or December to shareholders of record and paid the following January are taxable as if received on December 31 of the year in which they were declared.
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In addition to the federal income tax, certain individuals, trusts and estates may be subject to a Net Investment Income (“NII”) tax of 3.8%. The NII tax is imposed on the lesser of: (i) the taxpayer’s investment income, net of deductions properly allocable to such income; or (ii) the amount by which the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain thresholds ($250,000 for married individuals filing jointly, $200,000 for unmarried individuals and $125,000 for married individuals filing separately). The Fund’s distributions are includable in a shareholder’s investment income for purposes of this NII tax. In addition, any capital gain realized by a shareholder upon a sale or redemption of Fund shares is includable in such shareholder’s investment income for purposes of this NII tax.
Shareholders that sell or redeem shares generally will have a capital gain or loss from the sale or redemption. The amount of the gain or loss and the applicable rate of federal income tax will depend generally upon the amount paid for the shares, the amount received from the sale or redemption (including in-kind redemptions) and how long the shares were held by a shareholder. Gain or loss realized upon a sale or redemption of Fund shares will generally be treated as a long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year and, if held for one year or less, as short-term capital gain or loss. Any loss arising from the sale or redemption of shares held for six months or less, however, is treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any distributions of net capital gain received or deemed to be received with respect to such shares. In determining the holding period of such shares for this purpose, any period during which your risk of loss is offset by means of options, short sales or similar transactions is not counted. If you purchase Fund shares (through reinvestment of distributions or otherwise) within 30 days before or after selling or redeeming other Fund shares at a loss, all or part of that loss will not be deductible and will instead increase the basis of the new shares.
Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividends and interest income. Although in some countries a portion of these taxes is recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the return on the Fund’s securities. If more than 50% of the value of the Fund’s total assets at the close of its taxable year consists of stock and securities in foreign corporations, the Fund will be eligible to, and may, file an election with the IRS that would enable the Fund’s shareholders, in effect, to receive the benefit of the foreign tax credit with respect to any income taxes paid by the Fund to foreign countries and U.S. possessions. If the Fund makes such an election, you will be notified. Please see the SAI for additional information regarding the foreign tax credit.
The Fund is required to report to certain shareholders and the IRS the adjusted cost basis of Fund shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 when those shareholders subsequently sell or redeem those shares. The Fund will determine adjusted cost basis using the average cost method unless you elect in writing any alternate IRS-approved cost basis method. Please see the SAI for more information regarding cost basis reporting.
The federal income tax status of all distributions made by the Fund for the preceding year will be annually reported to shareholders. Distributions made by the Fund may also be subject to state and local taxes. Additional tax information may be found in the SAI.
This section is not intended to be a full discussion of federal income tax laws and the effect of such laws on you. There may be other federal, state, foreign or local tax considerations applicable to a particular investor. You are urged to consult your own tax advisor.
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| Financial Highlights | ||
The following financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the financial performance information for the Institutional Shares of the Fund for the fiscal years shown. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that you would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming you reinvested all dividends and distributions).
Information in the table for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023, 2024, and 2025 has been audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund. Information in the table for prior fiscal years was audited by the Fund’s prior independent registered public accounting firm. Cohen & Company, Ltd.’s report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s 2025 annual report to shareholders on Form N-CSR, which is available, without charge, upon request.
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Institutional Shares
For a capital share outstanding throughout each year
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PER SHARE DATA: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of year | $ | 20.08 | $ | 14.54 | $ | 9.43 | $ | 17.88 | $ | 22.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment loss(a) | (0.17) | (0.14) | (0.08) | (0.10) | (0.22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 3.33 | 5.68 | 5.19 | (8.34) | (1.28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total from investment operations | 3.16 | 5.54 | 5.11 | (8.44) | (1.50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LESS DISTRIBUTIONS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net realized gains | — | — | — | (0.01) | (2.81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total distributions | — | — | — | (0.01 | ) | (2.81) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of year | $ | 23.24 | $ | 20.08 | $ | 14.54 | $ | 9.43 | $ | 17.88 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total return | 15.74 | % | 38.10 | % | 54.19 | % | (47.23) | % | (6.42) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of year (in thousands) | $ | 1,158,136 | $ | 951,004 | $ | 773,375 | $ | 614,538 | $ | 2,064,723 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Before expense reimbursement/recoupment | 1.09 | % | 1.10 | % | 1.13 | % | 1.09 | % | 1.05 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| After expense reimbursement/recoupment | 1.00 | % | 1.00 | % | 1.00 | % | 1.00 | % | 1.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | (0.93) | % | (0.84) | % | (0.67) | % | (0.76) | % | (0.95) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate | 85 | % | 66 | % | 63 | % | 54 | % | 51 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
(a)Net investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares outstanding during the years.
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| PRIVACY NOTICE | ||
Notice of Privacy Policy & Practices
Protecting the privacy of Fund shareholders is important to us. The following is a description of the practices and policies through which we protect the privacy and security of your non-public personal information.
We collect non-public personal information about you from the following sources:
•information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
•information you give us orally; and
•information about your transactions with us or others.
The types of non-public personal information we collect and share can include:
•social security number;
•account balances;
•account transactions;
•transaction history;
•wire transfer instructions; and
•checking account information.
What Information We Disclose
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our shareholders or former shareholders without the shareholder’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities. We may share information with affiliated parties and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Fund. We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibility.
How We Protect Your Information
All shareholder records will be disposed of in accordance with applicable law. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your non-public personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.
In the event that you hold shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared with unaffiliated third parties.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this notice or our Privacy Policy, please contact us at 1-888-878-5680.
Effective January 1, 2023
Investment Adviser
Spyglass Capital Management LLC
One Letterman Drive
Building A, Suite A 4‑800
San Francisco, California 94129
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Cohen & Company, Ltd.
1835 Market Street, Suite 310
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Legal Counsel
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
833 East Michigan Street, Suite 1800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Custodian
U.S. Bank, N.A.
Custody Operations
1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212
Transfer Agent, Fund Accountant, and Fund Administrator
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Distributor
ALPS Distributors Inc.
1290 Broadway, Suite 1000
Denver, Colorado 80203
Spyglass Growth Fund
a series of Manager Directed Portfolios
You can find more information about the Fund in the following documents:
Statement of Additional Information
The SAI provides additional details about the investments and techniques of the Fund and certain other additional information. A current SAI is on file with the SEC and is incorporated into this Prospectus by reference. This means that the SAI is legally considered a part of this Prospectus even though it is not physically within this Prospectus.
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports
Additional information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders and in Form N-CSR. In the annual report you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during the Fund’s prior fiscal year. In Form N-CSR, you will find the Fund’s annual and semi-annual financial statements.
The Fund’s shareholder reports are made available on the website www.spygx.com. You may request to receive paper reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, free of charge, at any time. You may also request to receive documents through e-delivery.
You can obtain copies of these documents and request other information without charge, upon request, or ask questions about the Fund by contacting:
Spyglass Growth Fund
c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
P.O. Box 219252
Kansas City, MO 64121-9252
1-888-878-5680
The SAI, shareholder reports and other information about the Fund are also available:
•free of charge from the SEC’s EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov;
•free of charge from the Fund’s website at www.spygx.com; or
•for a fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov.
(The Trust’s SEC Investment Company Act of 1940 file number is 811‑21897)
MANAGER DIRECTED PORTFOLIOS
Spyglass Growth Fund
Institutional Shares
(Trading Symbol: SPYGX)
Retail Shares
(not currently offered)
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
April 30, 2026
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) provides general information about the Spyglass Growth Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Manager Directed Portfolios (the “Trust”). This SAI is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s current prospectus dated April 30, 2026 (the “Prospectus”), as supplemented and amended from time to time. You may obtain a copy of the Prospectus and/or the annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, at no charge, by contacting the Fund at the address or toll-free telephone number below, or by visiting the Fund’s website at www.spygx.com.
The financial statements of the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 included in the Annual Report to shareholders on Form N-CSR and the report dated February 26, 2026 of Cohen & Company, Ltd., the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund, related thereto are incorporated into this SAI by reference.
Spyglass Growth Fund
c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
P.O. Box 219252
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9252
Telephone: 1-888-878-5680
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The Fund is a mutual fund that is a non-diversified, separate series of Manager Directed Portfolios (the “Trust”). The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund is the successor to the Spyglass Partners Fund LP, a limited partnership (the “Predecessor Partnership”) managed by Spyglass Capital Management LLC, the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Advisor”), pursuant to a conversion effective as of December 29, 2017. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 4, 2006. The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) to establish series of shares, each of which constitutes a series separate and distinct from the shares of the other series. The Fund has established Institutional Shares and Retail Shares. Retail Shares of the Fund are not currently offered.
INVESTMENT POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND ASSOCIATED RISKS
The following information supplements the information concerning the Fund’s investment objective, principal investment strategies, policies and limitations found in the Prospectus and provides information about investment strategies and related risks that the Fund may utilize, even if not considered principal investment strategies.
Investment Objective. The Fund seeks long term capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without the approval of the Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board and 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Non-Diversification Status. The Fund is non-diversified. With respect to 50% of the Fund’s total assets, the Fund will not purchase the securities of any one issuer if, immediately after and as a result of such purchase (a) the value of the Fund’s holdings in the securities of such issuer exceeds 5% of the Fund’s total assets, or (b) the Fund owns more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer.
Market and Regulatory Risk; General Market Risks. U.S. and international markets have experienced significant volatility in recent months and years. Events in the financial markets and economy may cause volatility and uncertainty and affect performance. Such adverse effects on performance could include a decline in the value and liquidity of securities held by the Fund, unusually high and unanticipated levels of redemptions, an increase in portfolio turnover, a decrease in net asset value (“NAV”), and an increase in Fund expenses. It may also be unusually difficult to identify both investment risks and opportunities, in which case investment objectives may not be met. Market events may affect a single issuer, industry, sector, or the market as a whole. Traditionally liquid investments may experience periods of diminished liquidity. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value and the Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests. It is impossible to predict whether or for how long such market events will continue, particularly if they are unprecedented, unforeseen or widespread events or conditions. Therefore, it is important to understand that the value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply and for extended periods, and you could lose money.
Governmental and regulatory actions, including tax law changes, may also impair portfolio management and have unexpected or adverse consequences on particular markets, strategies, or investments. Policy and legislative changes in the U.S. and in other countries are affecting many aspects of financial regulation and may in some instances contribute to decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the financial markets. The impact of these changes on the markets, and the practical implications for market participants, may not be fully known for some time. In addition, economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to countries experiencing economic and financial difficulties, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected.
Investment Strategies and Associated Risks
Equity Securities. Equity securities represent ownership interests, or the rights to acquire ownership interests, in an issuer and include common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, rights and warrants, with different types of equity securities providing different voting and dividend rights and priority
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if the issuer becomes bankrupt. The value of equity securities varies in response to many factors, including the activities and financial condition of individual companies, the business market in which individual companies compete and general market and economic conditions. Equity securities fluctuate in value, often based on factors unrelated to the value of the issuer of the securities, and such fluctuations can be significant.
Common Stocks. Common stock represents a proportionate share of the ownership of a company and its value is based on the success of the company’s business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of its assets, and general market conditions. In addition to the general risks set forth above, investments in common stocks are subject to the risk that in the event a company in which the Fund invests is liquidated, the holders of preferred stock and creditors of that company will be paid in full before any payments are made to the Fund as a holder of common stock. It is possible that all assets of that company will be exhausted before any payments are made to the Fund.
Large-Capitalization Companies. Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors. Also, large-capitalization companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Small- and Mid-Capitalization Companies. Investing in small- and mid-capitalization companies may involve special risks because those companies may have narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, fewer experienced managers, dependence on a few key employees, and a more limited trading market for their stocks, as compared with larger companies. In addition, securities of these companies are subject to the risk that, during certain periods, the liquidity of particular issuers or industries will shrink or disappear with little forewarning as a result of adverse economic or market conditions, or adverse investor perceptions, whether or not accurate. Securities of small- and mid-capitalization issuers may therefore be subject to greater price volatility and may decline more significantly in market downturns than securities of larger companies. Small- and mid-capitalization issuers may also require substantial additional capital to support their operations, to finance expansion or to maintain their competitive position, and may have substantial borrowings or may otherwise have a weak financial condition, and may be susceptible to bankruptcy. Transaction costs for these investments are often higher than those of large-capitalization companies. There is typically less publicly available information about small- and mid-capitalization companies.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may invest in REITs as a principal investment strategy. Equity REITs invest primarily in real property and earn rental income from leasing those properties. They also may realize gains or losses from the sale of properties. Equity REITs generally exercise some degree of control over the operational aspects of their real estate investments, lease terms and property maintenance and repair. Mortgage REITs invest primarily in mortgages and similar real estate interests and receive interest payments from the owners of the mortgaged properties. Hybrid REITs invest both in real property and in mortgages.
A REIT generally is not taxed on income distributed to its shareholders if it complies with certain federal income tax requirements relating primarily to its organization, ownership, assets and income and, further, if it distributes at least 90 percent of its taxable income to shareholders each year. Consequently, REITs tend to focus on income-producing real estate investments.
The Fund’s investments in REITs may be adversely affected by deteriorations of the real estate rental market, in the case of REITs that primarily own real estate, or by deteriorations in the creditworthiness of property owners and changes in interest rates in the case of REITs that primarily hold mortgages. Equity and mortgage REITs also are dependent upon specialized management skills, may not be diversified in their holdings and are subject to the risks of financing projects. REITs also may be subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. Under certain circumstances, a REIT may fail to qualify for pass-through tax treatment, which would subject the REIT to federal income taxes and adversely affect the Fund’s return on its investment in the REIT. In general, qualified REIT dividends that an investor receives directly from a REIT are automatically eligible for the 20% qualified business income deduction. Additionally, in general, a dividend paid by a regulated investment company and reported as a
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“section 199A dividend” may be treated by the recipient as a qualified REIT dividend for purposes of the 20% qualified business income deduction, if certain holding period and other requirements have been satisfied by the recipient with respect to its Fund shares.
Foreign Investments and Currencies. The Fund may make investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (“foreign securities”), including U.S. dollar-denominated securities, foreign securities and securities of companies incorporated outside the U.S.
Investments in foreign securities involve certain inherent risks, including the following:
Political and Economic Factors. Individual foreign economies of certain countries may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency, diversification and balance of payments position. Governments in certain foreign countries also continue to participate to a significant degree, through ownership interest or regulation, in their respective economies. Action by these governments could include restrictions on foreign investment, nationalization, expropriation of goods or imposition of taxes, and could have a significant effect on market prices of securities and payment of interest. The economies of many foreign countries are heavily dependent upon international trade and are accordingly affected by the trade policies and economic conditions of their trading partners. Enactment by these trading partners of protectionist trade legislation could have a significant adverse effect upon the securities markets of such countries.
Geopolitical events may cause market disruptions. For example, acts of war or terrorism, such as the ongoing wars in Europe and in the Middle East, may disrupt securities markets, result in sanctions by the U.S. and other countries and negatively affect the Fund’s investments.
Currency Fluctuations. The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign currencies. Accordingly, a change in the value of any such currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in the U.S. dollar value of the Fund’s assets denominated in that currency. Such changes will also affect the Fund’s income. The value of the Fund’s assets may also be affected significantly by currency restrictions and exchange control regulations enacted from time to time.
Market Characteristics. Foreign securities in which the Fund invests will be purchased in over-the-counter markets or on exchanges located in the countries in which the principal offices of the issuers of the various securities are located, if that is the best available market. Foreign exchanges and markets may be more volatile than those in the U.S. While growing in volume, they usually have substantially less volume than U.S. markets, and the Fund’s foreign securities may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. securities. Moreover, settlement practices for transactions in foreign markets may differ from those in U.S. markets, and may include delays beyond periods customary in the U.S. Foreign security trading practices, including those involving securities settlement where Fund assets may be released prior to receipt of payment or securities, may expose the Fund to increased risk in the event of a failed trade or the insolvency of a foreign broker-dealer.
Legal and Regulatory Matters. Certain foreign countries may have less supervision of securities markets, brokers and issuers of securities, and less financial information available from issuers, than is available in the U.S.
Taxes. The interest and dividends payable on certain of the Fund’s foreign portfolio securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, thus reducing the net amount of income available for distribution to Fund shareholders.
Costs. To the extent that the Fund invests in foreign securities, its expense ratio is likely to be higher than those of investment companies investing only in domestic securities, because the cost of maintaining the custody of foreign securities is higher.
Public Health Threats. Various countries throughout the world are vulnerable economically to the impact of a public health crisis, which could depress consumer demand, reduce economic output, and potentially lead to market closures, travel restrictions, and quarantines, all of which would negatively impact the country’s economy and could affect the economies of its trading partners.
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Emerging and Frontier Markets. The Fund may invest in securities that may be located in developing or emerging and frontier markets, and therefore entail additional risks, including less social, political and economic stability; smaller securities markets and lower trading volume, which may result in less liquidity and greater price volatility; national policies that may restrict the Fund’s investment opportunities, including restrictions on investments in issuers or industries, or expropriation or confiscation of assets or property; and less developed legal structures governing private or foreign investment.
Depositary Receipts. The Fund may invest in foreign securities by purchasing depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), International Depositary Receipts (“IDRs”) or other securities convertible into securities of issuers domiciled in foreign countries. ADRs include American depositary shares. These securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities into which they may be converted. Generally, ADRs in registered form are denominated in U.S. dollars and are designed for use in the U.S. securities markets, while GDRs, EDRs and IDRs, in bearer form, may be denominated in other currencies and are designed for use in non-U.S. securities markets. ADRs are receipts typically issued by a U.S. bank or trust company evidencing ownership of the underlying securities. GDRs, EDRs and IDRs are receipts with a non-U.S. bank evidencing a similar arrangement. For purposes of the Fund’s investment policies, ADRs, GDRs, EDRs and IDRs are deemed to have the same classification as the underlying securities they represent. Thus, an ADR, GDR, EDR or IDR representing ownership of common stock will be treated as common stock.
ADR facilities may be established as either “unsponsored” or “sponsored.” While ADRs issued under these two types of facilities are in some respects similar, there are distinctions between them relating to the rights and obligations of ADR holders and the practices of market participants. A depositary may establish an unsponsored facility without participation by (or even necessarily the acquiescence of) the issuer of the deposited securities, although typically the depositary requests a letter of non-objection from such issuer prior to the establishment of the facility. Holders of unsponsored ADRs generally bear all the costs of such facilities. The depositary usually charges fees upon the deposit and withdrawal of the deposited securities, the conversion of dividends into U.S. dollars, the disposition of non-cash distributions, and the performance of other services. The depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities or to pass through voting rights to ADR holders in respect of the deposited securities. Sponsored ADR facilities are created in generally the same manner as unsponsored facilities, except that the issuer of the deposited securities enters into a deposit agreement with the depositary. The deposit agreement sets out the rights and responsibilities of the issuer, the depositary and the ADR holders. With sponsored facilities, the issuer of the deposited securities generally will bear some of the costs relating to the facility (such as dividend payment fees of the depositary), although ADR holders continue to bear certain other costs (such as deposit and withdrawal fees). Under the terms of most sponsored arrangements, depositaries agree to distribute notices of shareholder meetings and voting instructions, and to provide shareholder communications and other information to the ADR holders at the request of the issuer of the deposited securities.
Initial Public Offerings. The Fund may purchase shares in initial public offerings (“IPOs”). Because IPO shares frequently are volatile in price, the Fund may hold IPO shares for a very short period of time. This may increase the turnover of the Fund’s portfolio and may lead to increased expenses to the Fund, such as brokerage commissions and transaction costs. By selling shares, the Fund may realize taxable short-term capital gains that, to the extent not offset by losses, will be distributed to the shareholders and taxable to them at ordinary income rates. Investing in IPOs increases risk because IPO shares are frequently volatile in price. As a result, their performance can be more volatile and they face greater risk of business failure, which could increase the volatility of the Fund’s portfolio.
Securities Lending. The Fund may lend securities from its portfolios to brokers, dealers and financial institutions (but not individuals) in order to increase the return on its portfolio. The value of the loaned securities may not exceed one-third of the Fund’s total net assets and loans of portfolio securities are fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The Fund will not enter into any portfolio security lending arrangement having a duration of longer than one year. The principal risk of portfolio
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lending is potential default or insolvency of the borrower. In either of these cases, the Fund could experience delays in recovering securities or collateral or could lose all or part of the value of the loaned securities. The Fund may pay reasonable administrative and custodial fees in connection with loans of portfolio securities and may pay a portion of the interest or fee earned thereon to the borrower or a placing broker.
In determining whether or not to lend a security to a particular broker, dealer or financial institution, the Advisor considers all relevant facts and circumstances, including the size, creditworthiness and reputation of the broker, dealer or financial institution. Any loans of portfolio securities are fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. Any securities that the Fund may receive as collateral will not become part of the Fund’s investment portfolio at the time of the loan and, in the event of a default by the borrower, the Fund will, if permitted by law, dispose of such collateral except for such part thereof that is a security in which the Fund is permitted to invest. During the time securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund any accrued income on those securities. Such payments of accrued income will not constitute qualified dividend income and will be taxable as ordinary income. For loaned securities, the Fund may invest the cash collateral and earn income or receive an agreed-upon fee from a borrower that has delivered cash-equivalent collateral. The Fund will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of the cash collateral, including the risk that the Fund may lose money on the investment or may fail to earn sufficient income to meet its obligations to the borrower. While the Fund does not have the right to vote securities on loan, it would terminate the loan and regain the right to vote if that were considered important with respect to the investment.
Borrowing. The Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes, in an aggregate amount not in excess of 10% of the Fund’s total assets. Such borrowings may be on a secured or unsecured basis at fixed or variable rates of interest. The 1940 Act requires the Fund to maintain continuous asset coverage of not less than 300% with respect to all borrowings. This allows the Fund to borrow for temporary or emergency purposes an amount equal to as much as 50% of the value of its net assets (not including such borrowings). If such asset coverage should decline to less than 300% due to market fluctuations or other reasons, the Fund is required to reduce the Fund’s debt and restore the 300% asset coverage within three business days, and may be required to dispose of some of its portfolio holdings, even though it may be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint to dispose of assets at that time.
The Fund may also be deemed to be borrowing when entering into certain financing transactions such as reverse repurchase agreements. This type of borrowing is generally referred to as economic leverage.
The use of borrowing by the Fund involves special risk considerations. Since substantially all of the Fund’s assets fluctuate in value, whereas the interest obligation resulting from a borrowing will be fixed by the terms of the Fund’s agreement with its lender, the asset value per share of the Fund will tend to increase more when its portfolio securities increase in value and decrease more when its portfolio securities decrease in value than would otherwise be the case if the Fund did not borrow funds. In addition, interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market rates of interest. Under adverse market conditions, the Fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. The interest which the Fund must pay on borrowed money, together with any additional fees to maintain a line of credit or any minimum average balances required to be maintained, are additional costs to the Fund.
Illiquid Investments. The Fund may not knowingly invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is an investment which the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. The Advisor makes the day to day determinations of liquidity pursuant to the Fund’s liquidity risk management program, monitors the liquidity of investments held by the Fund and reports periodically on the Fund’s liquidity to the Board. If the limitations on illiquid investments are exceeded, other than by a change in market values, the condition will be reported by the Advisor to the Board. Illiquid investments include securities issued by private companies and restricted securities (securities where the disposition of which is restricted under the federal securities laws), which are discussed below. Rule 144A securities may be treated as liquid
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securities if they meet the criteria in the Fund’s liquidity risk management program. External market conditions may impact the liquidity of portfolio investments and may cause the Fund to sell or divest certain illiquid investments in order to comply with its limitation on holding illiquid investments, which may result in realized losses to the Fund.
Restricted Securities. Restricted securities may be sold only in privately negotiated transactions or in a public offering with respect to which a registration statement is in effect under the Securities Act. Where registration is required, the Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses and a considerable period may elapse between the time of the decision to sell a security and the time the Fund may be permitted to sell a security under an effective registration statement. If, during such a period, adverse market conditions were to develop, the Fund might obtain a less favorable price than that which prevailed when it decided to sell. Restricted securities will be priced at fair value as determined in good faith by the Advisor as the Board’s Valuation Designee (defined below). If, through the appreciation of restricted securities or the depreciation of unrestricted securities, the Fund should be in a position where more than 15% of the value of its net assets are invested in illiquid investments, including restricted securities which are not readily marketable, the Fund will take such steps as is deemed advisable, if any, to protect liquidity.
Temporary, Cash and Similar Investments. The Fund may, without limit, invest in commercial paper and other money market instruments rated in one of the two highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization (“NRSRO”), in response to adverse market conditions, as a temporary defensive position. The result of this action may be that the Fund will be unable to achieve its investment objective. In addition, the Fund may invest in any of the following securities and instruments as a non-principal investment strategy:
Bank Certificates of Deposit, Bankers’ Acceptances and Time Deposits. The Fund may acquire certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits. Certificates of deposit are negotiable certificates issued against funds deposited in a commercial bank for a definite period of time and earning a specified return. Bankers’ acceptances are negotiable drafts or bills of exchange, normally drawn by an importer or exporter to pay for specific merchandise, which are “accepted” by a bank, meaning in effect that the bank unconditionally agrees to pay the face value of the instrument on maturity. Certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances acquired by the Fund will be dollar denominated obligations of domestic or foreign banks or financial institutions which at the time of purchase have capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $100 million (including assets of both domestic and foreign branches), based on latest published reports, or less than $100 million if the principal amount of such bank obligations are fully insured by the U.S. Government. If the Fund holds instruments of foreign banks or financial institutions, it may be subject to additional investment risks that are different in some respects from those incurred by a fund that invests only in debt obligations of U.S. domestic issuers. See “Foreign Investments and Currencies” above. Such risks include future political and economic developments, the possible imposition of withholding taxes by the particular country in which the issuer is located on interest income payable on the securities, the possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits, the possible establishment of exchange controls or the adoption of other foreign governmental restrictions which might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on these securities.
Domestic banks and foreign banks are subject to different governmental regulations with respect to the amount and types of loans which may be made and interest rates which may be charged. In addition, the profitability of the banking industry depends largely upon the availability and cost of funds for the purpose of financing lending operations under prevailing money market conditions. General economic conditions as well as exposure to credit losses arising from possible financial difficulties of borrowers play an important part in the operations of the banking industry.
As a result of federal and state laws and regulations, domestic banks are, among other things, required to maintain specified levels of reserves, limited in the amount which they can loan to a single borrower, and subject to other regulations designed to promote financial soundness. However, such laws and regulations do not necessarily apply to foreign bank obligations that the Fund may acquire.
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In addition to purchasing certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances, to the extent permitted under its investment objectives and policies stated above and in the Prospectus, the Fund may make interest bearing time or other interest bearing deposits in commercial or savings banks. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained at a banking institution for a specified period of time at a specified interest rate.
Savings Association Obligations. The Fund may invest in certificates of deposit (interest bearing time deposits) issued by savings banks or savings and loan associations that have capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $100 million, based on latest published reports, or less than $100 million if the principal amount of such obligations is fully insured by the U.S. Government.
Commercial Paper, Short Term Notes and Other Corporate Obligations. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in commercial paper and short-term notes. Commercial paper consists of unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations. Issues of commercial paper and short-term notes will normally have maturities of less than nine months and fixed rates of return, although such instruments may have maturities of up to one year.
Commercial paper and short-term notes will consist of issues rated at the time of purchase “A-2” or higher by S&P, “Prime-1” by Moody’s, or similarly rated by another NRSRO or, if unrated, will be determined by the Advisor to be of comparable quality.
Portfolio Turnover. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities by the average monthly value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. For purposes of this calculation, portfolio securities exclude all securities having a maturity when purchased of one year or less. High portfolio turnover may result in increased brokerage costs to the Fund and also adverse tax consequences to the Fund’s shareholders.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 85%. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 66%.
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Trust has policies and procedures in place that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure of portfolio holdings of the Fund. These policies and procedures are designed to ensure that disclosure of information regarding the Fund’s portfolio holdings is in the best interest of Fund shareholders, considering actual and potential material conflicts of interest that could arise between the interests of the Fund’s shareholders and the interests of the Advisor, Distributor (as defined below), or any other affiliated person of the Fund.
Disclosure of the Fund’s complete holdings is required to be made quarterly within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, on the Fund’s website, www.spygx.com, and on Form N-PORT and Form N-CSR, as applicable. These regulatory filings are available, free of charge, on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings will not be distributed to any third party except as described below:
•The disclosure is required to respond to a regulatory request, court order or other legal proceedings;
•The disclosure is to a mutual fund rating or evaluation services organization (such as FactSet, Morningstar and Lipper), or statistical agency or person performing similar functions, or due diligence department of a broker-dealer or wirehouse, who has, if necessary, signed a confidentiality agreement with the Fund, or is bound by applicable duties of confidentiality imposed by law;
•The disclosure is made to the Fund’s service providers who generally need access to such information in the performance of their contractual duties and responsibilities, and who are subject to duties of confidentiality imposed by law and/or contract, such as the Advisor, the Board, independent registered public accountants, counsel to the Fund or the Trustees, proxy voting
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service providers, financial printers involved in the reporting process, other service providers assisting with regulatory requirements (e.g., liquidity classifications and regulatory filing data), fund administration, fund accounting, transfer agency, or custody of the Fund, including, but not limited to U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”);
•The disclosure is made by the Advisor to broker-dealers in connection with the purchase or sale of securities or requests for price quotations or bids on one or more securities; the Advisor may periodically distribute a holdings list (consisting of names only) to broker-dealers so that such brokers can provide the Advisor with natural order flow;
•The disclosure is made to institutional consultants evaluating the Fund on behalf of potential investors;
•The disclosure is (a) in connection with a quarterly, semi-annual or annual report that is available to the public or (b) relates to information that is otherwise available to the public (e.g., portfolio information that is available on the Fund’s website at least one day prior to the disclosure); or
•The disclosure is made pursuant to prior written approval of the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, or other person so authorized, is for a legitimate business purpose and is in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders.
The Fund’s policies and procedures prohibit any direct or indirect compensation or consideration of any kind being paid to, or received by, any party in connection with the disclosure of information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings.
The Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer may designate the Advisor’s chief compliance officer as the party responsible for ensuring that all confidentiality agreements involving the non-public disclosure of portfolio holdings adhere to the Fund’s policies and require that the Advisor’s chief compliance officer disclose and report all confidentiality agreements to the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer.
The Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer must document any decisions regarding non-public disclosure of portfolio holdings and the rationale therefore, other than the ongoing arrangements described above, which have been approved by the Board. In connection with the oversight responsibilities by the Board, any documentation regarding decisions involving the non-public disclosure of portfolio holdings of the Fund to third parties must be provided to the Board.
Lipper Analytical Services, Inc., Morningstar Inc., and Standard & Poor’s (data aggregators and ranking and ratings service providers) receive portfolio holdings information 45 calendar days following the end of a calendar quarter.
INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS
The Fund has adopted the investment limitations set forth below. Limitations which are designated as fundamental policies may not be changed without the affirmative vote of the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the shares of the Fund present at a shareholders meeting if holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present in person or by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. Except with respect to the asset coverage requirement under Section 18(f)(1) of the 1940 Act with respect to borrowing, if any percentage restriction on investment or utilization of assets is adhered to at the time an investment is made, a later change in percentage resulting from a change in the market values of the Fund or its assets or redemptions of shares will not be considered a violation of the limitation. The asset coverage requirement under Section 18(f)(1) of the 1940 Act with respect to borrowings is an ongoing requirement.
As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund will not:
1.with respect to 50% of its total assets, purchase the securities of any one issuer if, immediately after and as a result of such purchase, (a) the value of the Fund’s holdings in the securities of such issuer exceeds 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets, or (b) the Fund owns more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer (this restriction does not apply to
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investments in the securities of the U.S. Government, or its agencies or instrumentalities, or other investment companies);
2.invest 25% or more of its net assets, calculated at the time of purchase and taken at market value, in securities of issuers in any one industry (other than securities issued by the U.S. Government or its agencies, or securities of other investment companies);
3.borrow money, provided that the Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investments), and then in an aggregate amount not in excess of 10% of the Fund’s total assets;
4.make loans to other persons, except by: (1) purchasing debt securities in accordance with its investment objective, policies and limitations; (2) entering into repurchase agreements; or (3) engaging in securities loan transactions;
5.underwrite any issue of securities, except to the extent that the Fund may be considered to be acting as underwriter in connection with the disposition of any portfolio security;
6.purchase or sell real estate, provided that the Fund may invest in obligations secured by real estate or interests therein or obligations issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein, including real estate investment trusts;
7.purchase or sell physical commodities, provided that the Fund may invest in, purchase, sell or enter into financial options and futures, forward and spot currency contracts, swap transactions and other derivative financial instruments; or
8.issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act.
With regard to the statement that the restriction set forth in item (2) above does not apply to securities issued by other investment companies, the Fund recognizes the SEC staff has maintained that a fund should consider the underlying investments of investment companies in which the fund is invested when determining concentration of the fund. The Fund will look through to the underlying holdings of investment companies in which the Fund is invested when determining the concentration of the Fund and its compliance with the restriction provided in item (2).
With regard to the restriction set forth in item (8) above, derivatives transactions, short sales and other obligations that create future payment obligations involve the issuance of “senior securities” for purposes of Section 18 of the 1940 Act. A fund may engage in derivatives transactions in accordance with Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act. In addition, borrowings are considered senior securities under the 1940 Act, except for bank and temporary borrowings.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
Trustees and Officers
The business and affairs of the Trust are managed under the oversight of the Board, subject to the laws of the State of Delaware and the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust. The Board is currently comprised of four trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”). The Trustees are responsible for deciding matters of overall policy and overseeing the actions of the Trust’s service providers. The officers of the Trust conduct and supervise the Trust’s daily business operations. The mailing address of each Trustee and officer of the Trust is c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
Name and Year of Birth | Position(s) Held with the Trust and Length of Time Served(1) | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in the Trust Overseen by Trustee(2) | Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years | |||||||||||||
| INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES | |||||||||||||||||
| Gaylord B. Lyman (Born 1962) | Trustee and Audit Committee Chairman, since April 2015 | Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager, Mill Street Financial, LLC, since April 2023; Senior Portfolio Manager, Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC (2017 – 2023). | 15 | None | |||||||||||||
| Scott Craven Jones (Born 1962) | Trustee since July 2016 and Lead Independent Trustee since May 2017 | Managing Director, Carne Global Financial Services (US) LLC (a provider of independent governance and distribution support for the asset management industry), since 2013; Managing Director, Park Agency, Inc., since 2020. | 15 | Trustee, Madison Funds, since 2019 (12 portfolios); Trustee, XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust, since 2017; Trustee, Octagon XAI CLO Income Fund, since 2017; Trustee, XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund, since 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Lawrence T. Greenberg (Born 1963) | Trustee since July 2016 | Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc., since 1996; Venture Partner, Motley Fool Ventures LP, since 2018; Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, American University (2006 – 2021). | 15 | None | |||||||||||||
| James R. Schoenike (Born 1959) | Trustee since July 2016 | Retired. Distribution Consultant (2018 – 2021); President and CEO, Board of Managers, Quasar Distributors, LLC (2013 – 2018). | 15 | None | |||||||||||||
(1)Each Trustee serves an indefinite term; however, under the terms of the Board’s retirement policy, a Trustee shall retire during the year in which a Trustee reaches the age of 75.
(2)The Trust is currently comprised of multiple active portfolios managed by unaffiliated investment advisers.
As of the date of this SAI, no Independent Trustee nor any of his immediate family members (i.e., spouse or dependent child) serves as an officer or director or is an employee of the Advisor or Distributor, or any of their respective affiliates, nor is such person an officer, director or employee of any company controlled by or under common control with such entities.
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| Name and Year of Birth | Position(s) Held with the Trust and Length of Time Served (1) | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years | ||||||
| OFFICERS | ||||||||
| Ryan S. Frank (Born 1985) | President and Principal Executive Officer, since June 1, 2025; previously Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer from August 17, 2022 – May 31, 2025 | Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since 2008 | ||||||
Scott M. Ostrowski (Born 1980) | Vice President, since June 1, 2025; previously President and Principal Executive Officer from August 10, 2021 – May 31, 2025 | Senior Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since 2006 | ||||||
| Amber C. Kopp (Born 1983) | Secretary, since September 15, 2023 | Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since 2026; Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, 2023-2026; Assistant General Counsel, Corebridge Financial Inc. (previously AIG), 2019–2020 | ||||||
| Jill S. Silver (Born 1976) | Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, since January 1, 2023 | Senior Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since December 2022; Compliance Director, Corebridge Financial Inc. (previously AIG), 2019–2022 | ||||||
| Colton W. Scarmardo (Born 1997) | Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, since June 1, 2025; previously Assistant Treasurer from August 17, 2022 – May 31, 2025 | Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since 2026; Fund Administrator, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since 2019 | ||||||
| Ryan J. Pasowicz (Born 1991) | Assistant Treasurer, since March 15, 2024; previously Assistant Treasurer from February 22, 2023 – October 17, 2023 | Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since 2025; Fund Administrator, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, since 2016 | ||||||
(1)Each officer is elected annually and serves until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified.
Leadership Structure and Responsibilities of the Board and the Committee
The Board has selected Scott Craven Jones to serve as Lead Independent Trustee. The position of Chairman of the Board is vacant and, as Lead Independent Trustee, Mr. Jones acts as Chairman. Mr. Jones’ duties include presiding at meetings of the Board and serving as Chairman during executive sessions of the Independent Trustees; interfacing with management to address significant issues that may arise between regularly scheduled Board and Committee meetings; acting as a liaison with the Trust’s service providers, officers, legal counsel, and other Trustees between meetings; helping to set Board meeting agendas; and performing other functions as requested by the Board from time to time.
The Board meets as often as necessary to discharge its responsibilities. Currently, the Board conducts regular quarterly meetings and may hold special meetings as necessary to address specific issues that require attention prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting. The Board also relies on professionals, such as the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm and legal counsel, to assist the Trustees in performing their oversight responsibilities.
The Board has established one standing committee – the Audit Committee. The Board may establish other committees or nominate one or more Trustees to examine particular issues related to the Board’s oversight responsibilities, from time to time. The Audit Committee meets regularly to perform its delegated oversight functions and reports its findings and recommendations to the Board. For more information on the Audit Committee, see the section “Audit Committee,” below. Currently, the Board does not have a nominating committee. The Independent Trustees are responsible for identifying, evaluating and recommending nominees to the Board as needed. The Board will also consider properly qualified candidates submitted by shareholders. Any shareholder wishing to recommend a candidate for election
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may do so by sending a written notice to the Secretary of the Trust with the name, address and appropriate biographical information about the candidate.
The Board has determined that the Trust’s leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to effectively perform its oversight responsibilities.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is comprised of all of the Independent Trustees. Mr. Lyman serves as the chairman of the Committee. Pursuant to its charter, the Audit Committee has the responsibility, among others, to (1) select the Trust’s independent auditors; (2) review and pre-approve the audit and non-audit services provided by the independent auditors; (3) review the scope of the audit and the results of the audit of the Fund’s financial statements; and (4) review with such independent auditors the adequacy of the Trust’s internal accounting and financial controls. Mr. Lyman and Mr. Jones serve as the Audit Committee’s “audit committee financial experts.” During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the Audit Committee met two times with respect to the Fund.
Trustee Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and/or Skills
The following is a brief discussion of the experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills that led to the Board’s conclusion that each individual identified below is qualified to serve as a Trustee of the Trust. In determining that a particular Trustee was qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which was controlling. The Board believes that the Trustees’ ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the advisers to the Trust, other service providers, counsel and independent auditors, and to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties, support the conclusion that each Trustee is qualified to serve as a Trustee of the Trust. Many Trustee attributes involve intangible elements, such as intelligence, work ethic, the ability to work together, the ability to communicate effectively and the ability to exercise judgment, ask incisive questions, manage people and develop solutions to problems.
Mr. Schoenike has been a trustee of the Trust since July 2016 and serves on the Audit Committee. He was employed by various subsidiaries of U.S. Bancorp from 1990 to 2018 and has decades of experience in the securities industry. In 2000, Mr. Schoenike founded Quasar Distributors, LLC and established Quasar as a FINRA member broker-dealer dedicated to underwriting and distributing mutual funds, of which he served as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Schoenike previously participated in the FINRA securities arbitration program as an industry arbitrator. Mr. Schoenike previously served as Chairman of the Board from July 2016 to December 2020.
Mr. Lyman has been a trustee of the Trust since April 2015, serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and has been designated as an audit committee financial expert for the Trust. Mr. Lyman has over 25 years of experience in the investment management industry. Since April 2023, Mr. Lyman serves as Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager of Mill Street Financial, LLC, part of the Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC network, an investment adviser. Prior to joining Mill Street, Mr. Lyman served as Senior Portfolio Manager of Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC, an investment adviser, from 2017 to 2023; and from 2011 to 2016, he served as the Managing Director and portfolio manager of Kohala Capital Partners, an investment adviser. He also previously served as a vice president and portfolio manager of Becker Capital Management, Inc., an investment adviser. Mr. Lyman has an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Mr. Jones has been a trustee of the Trust since July 2016, has served as Lead Independent Trustee since May 2017, serves on the Audit Committee, and has been designated as an audit committee financial expert for the Trust. He has over 25 years of experience in the asset management industry as an independent director, attorney and executive, holding various roles including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, with asset class experience ranging from municipal bonds to hedge funds. Mr. Jones currently is a trustee of four other registered investment companies and is a Managing Director of Carne Global Financial Services (US) LLC where his work includes director and risk oversight positions with investment advisers and serving as an independent director of private funds. Mr. Jones also currently serves as Managing Director of Park Agency Inc., a
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family office. Prior to that, he was an advisor to Wanzenburg Partners and served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer to Aurora Investment Management. He has a Juris Doctorate degree from Northwestern University School of Law and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Mr. Greenberg has been a trustee of the Trust since July 2016 and serves on the Audit Committee. Mr. Greenberg has over 25 years of experience in the securities industry. He has been Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President of The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc. since 1996. He has been a Venture Partner of Motley Fool Ventures LP since 2018 and was General Counsel from 2018 to 2023. Mr. Greenberg is a Director of The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. Mr. Greenberg also has directorship experience through his service on private company boards. He has a Master’s degree and a Juris Doctorate degree from Stanford University.
Risk Oversight
The Board performs its risk oversight function for the Trust through a combination of (1) direct oversight by the Board as a whole and the Board committee, and (2) indirect oversight through the investment advisers and other service providers, Trust officers and the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer. The Trust is subject to a number of risks, including but not limited to investment risk, compliance risk, operational risk and reputational risk. Day-to-day risk management with respect to the series of the Trust, including the Fund, is the responsibility of the investment advisers or other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk) that carry out the Trust’s investment management and business affairs. Each of the investment advisers and the other service providers have their own independent interest in risk management and their policies and methods of risk management will depend on their functions and business models and may differ from the Trust’s and each other’s in the setting of priorities, the resources available or the effectiveness of relevant controls.
The Board provides risk oversight by receiving and reviewing on a regular basis reports from the investment advisers and other service providers, receiving and approving compliance policies and procedures, periodic meetings with the Fund’s portfolio manager to review investment policies, strategies and risks, and meeting regularly with the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer to discuss compliance reports, findings and issues. The Board also relies on the investment advisers and other service providers, with respect to the day-to-day activities of the Trust, to create and maintain procedures and controls to minimize risk and the likelihood of adverse effects on the Trust’s business and reputation.
Board oversight of risk management is also provided by the Board’s Audit Committee. The Audit Committee meets with the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm to ensure that the Fund’s audit scope includes risk-based considerations as to the Fund’s financial position and operations.
The Board may, at any time and in its discretion, change the manner in which it conducts risk oversight. The Board’s oversight role does not make the Board a guarantor of the Fund’s investments or activities.
Security and Other Interests. As of December 31, 2025, no Trustees of the Trust beneficially owned shares of the Fund. As of December 31, 2025, neither the Independent Trustees nor members of their immediate families, owned securities beneficially or of record in the Advisor, the Distributor (as defined below), or an affiliate of the Advisor or Distributor. Accordingly, neither the Independent Trustees nor members of their immediate families, have a direct or indirect interest, the value of which exceeds $120,000, in the Advisor, the Distributor or any of their affiliates. In addition, during the two most recently completed calendar years, neither the Independent Trustees nor members of their immediate families had a direct or indirect interest, the value of which exceeds $120,000 in (i) the Advisor, the Distributor or any of their affiliates; (ii) any transaction or relationship in which such entity, the Fund, the Trust, any officer of the Trust, the Advisor, the Distributor, or any of their affiliates was a party; or (iii) any other relationship related to payments for property or services to the Fund, the Trust, any officer of the Trust, the Advisor, the Distributor, or any of their affiliates.
Compensation
For their services as Independent Trustees, the Independent Trustees receive compensation from the Trust and reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance
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at Board or committee meetings. The Lead Independent Trustee and the Audit Committee Chair each receive additional compensation. The Trust has no pension or retirement plan.
For the Fund’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the Independent Trustees received the following compensation.
| Independent Trustee | Aggregate Compensation from Fund | Total Compensation from the Fund and the Trust(1) Paid to Trustees: | ||||||
Gaylord Lyman(2) | $7,933 | $105,000 | ||||||
| Lawrence Greenberg | $7,555 | $100,000 | ||||||
Scott Craven Jones(3) | $8,122 | $107,500 | ||||||
| James R. Schoenike | $7,555 | $100,000 | ||||||
(1) The Trust is currently comprised of multiple active portfolios managed by unaffiliated investment advisers.
(2) Audit Committee Chair
(3) Lead Independent Trustee
CODES OF ETHICS
The Trust and the Advisor have each adopted codes of ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act. These codes of ethics are designed to prevent affiliated persons of the Trust and the Advisor from engaging in deceptive, manipulative or fraudulent activities in connection with securities held or to be acquired by the Fund (which may also be held by persons subject to the codes of ethics). Each code of ethics permits personnel subject to that code of ethics to invest in securities for their personal investment accounts, subject to certain limitations, including limitations related to securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund. The Distributor (as defined below) relies on the principal underwriters exception under Rule 17j-1(c)(3) from the requirement to adopt a code of ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 because the Distributor is not affiliated with the Trust or the Advisor, and no officer, director, or general partner of the Distributor serves as an officer, director, or general partner of the Trust or the Advisor.
The Trust’s and the Advisor’s codes of ethics may be found on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov in the exhibits to the Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A.
PROXY VOTING
The Board has adopted proxy voting procedures, and thereunder delegated the responsibility for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the Fund to the Advisor, subject to the Board’s continuing oversight in accordance with the Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (the “Voting Policies”) and Proxy Voting Guidelines (“Voting Guidelines”) adopted by the Advisor. Pursuant to the Voting Polices and Voting Guidelines, the Advisor will vote all proxies as it judges in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Voting Guidelines are attached to this SAI as Appendix A.
In order to comply with its fiduciary obligations, the Advisor has engaged an independent third party (“Proxy Voting Service”), to provide ongoing proxy voting recommendations. Proxies are generally voted in accordance with the Proxy Voting Service’s recommendations and/or predetermined guidelines; however, the Advisor will ultimately vote in accordance with its Proxy Policies in the best interest of the Fund.
The Advisor recognizes that, in certain instances, a potential conflict of interest may exist with regard to a particular proxy vote (e.g., an affiliated entity has a business relationship with the issuer). The Advisor believes, however, that its general adherence to the Proxy Voting Service’s recommendations and ongoing oversight of such recommendations ensures that proxies are voted in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. If a proxy vote presents a conflict of interest, the Advisor will present any purported conflict to the Advisor’s Investment Committee for consultation on the matter and conduct a
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conflict analysis accordingly. The Advisor will document and retain the analysis and decision regarding any such proxy vote.
If the Proxy Voting Service’s recommendation conflicts with the proxy voting decision of an issuer’s management, the Advisor’s Investment Committee will evaluate the merits of each position and cast a vote it believes will serve the best interest of the Fund. The Advisor will document and retain its analysis and decision regarding any such proxy vote.
In addition to maintaining oversight of individual proxy recommendations, the Advisor will also periodically review the independence of the Proxy Voting Service. This includes a review of the Proxy Voting Service’s conflict management procedures and any other pertinent procedures or representation from it to seek to ensure that the Proxy Voting Service makes recommendations for voting proxies in an impartial manner and in the best interest of the Fund.
The Fund’s proxy voting record for the twelve-month period ended June 30 of each year is available by August 31 of the same year (i) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 497-2960, (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.spygx.com, or (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
A principal shareholder is any person who owns of record or beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund. A control person is one who owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of the Fund or acknowledges the existence of control. A controlling person possesses the ability to control the outcome of matters submitted for shareholder vote by the Fund. As of the date of this SAI, there were no principal shareholders or control persons of the Retail Shares of the Fund, as that share class is not currently offered.
As of April 1, 2026, each of the following shareholders is considered to be either a control person or principal shareholder of the Fund:
Institutional Shares
As of the date of this SAI, the Trustees and officers as a group owned beneficially (as the term is defined in Section 13(d) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES
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Investment Adviser
The Advisor, located at One Letterman Drive, Building A, Suite A 4‑800, San Francisco, CA 94129, is a California limited liability company. The Advisor is an SEC-registered investment adviser. Mr. James A. Robillard is considered to be a control person of the Advisor due to the percentage of his ownership of the firm. As of December 31, 2025, the Advisor had approximately $2,017.2 million in assets under management.
Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Advisor (the “Advisory Agreement”), the Advisor manages the Fund. The Advisory Agreement continues in effect from year to year if such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated on 60 days’ written notice without penalty: (i) by vote of the Board; (ii) by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund; or (iii) by the Advisor. The Advisory Agreement will also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment as defined in the 1940 Act.
Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor, with respect to the Fund, agrees to: (a) direct the investments of the Fund, subject to and in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective, policies and limitations set forth in the Prospectus and this SAI; (b) purchase and sell for the Fund securities and other investments consistent with the Fund’s objective and policies; (c) furnish office space and office facilities, equipment and personnel necessary for servicing the investments of the Fund; (d) pay the salaries of all personnel of the Advisor performing services relating to research, statistical and investment activities on behalf of the Fund; (e) make available and provide such information as the Trust and/or its administrator may reasonably request for use in the preparation of the Fund’s registration statement, reports and other documents required by any applicable federal, foreign or state statutes or regulations; and (f) make its officers and employees available to the Board and officers of the Trust for consultation and discussion regarding the management of the Fund and its investment activities. Additionally, the Advisor agrees to maintain all books and records required to be maintained by the Fund (other than those records being maintained by the Trust’s administrator, custodian or transfer agent) and preserve such records for the periods prescribed therefor. The Trust and/or the Advisor may at any time or times, upon approval by the Board and the shareholders of the Fund, enter into one or more sub-advisory agreements with a sub-advisor pursuant to which the Advisor delegates any or all of its duties as listed.
The Advisory Agreement provides that the Advisor shall not be liable for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services under the Advisory Agreement or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security or the making of any investment for or on behalf of the Fund, except to the extent of a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence, or reckless disregard on its part in the performance of its obligations and duties under the Advisory Agreement.
Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is entitled to receive an annual investment advisory fee, paid monthly, comprising 1.00% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Pursuant to a contractual operating expense limitation agreement, the Advisor has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or reimburse expenses to ensure the total amount of the Fund’s operating expenses (excluding any front-end or contingent deferred loads, Rule 12b-1 plan fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, leverage (i.e., any expenses incurred in connection with borrowings made by the Fund), interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation (collectively, “Excludable Expenses”)) does not exceed 1.00% of the Fund’s average annual net assets. To the extent the Fund incurs Excludable Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement may exceed 1.00%. The Advisor may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund for up to three years from the date such fees and expenses were waived or paid, subject to the operating expense limitation agreement, if such reimbursement will not cause the Fund to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the
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time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment. The Fund must pay its current ordinary operating expenses before the Advisor is entitled to any recoupment of management fees and/or expenses. This operating expense limitation agreement is in effect through at least April 30, 2027, and may be terminated only by, or with the consent of, the Board of Trustees.
For the fiscal years indicated below, the Fund paid the Advisor the following amounts of advisory fees pursuant to the Advisory Agreement:
| Fiscal Year Ended December 31 | Gross Advisory Fees Earned | Advisory Fees Waived and Fund Expenses Reimbursed | Net Advisory Fees Paid to Advisor | ||||||||
| 2025 | $9,313,886 | $(832,836) | $8,481,050 | ||||||||
| 2024 | $7,947,125 | $(822,434) | $7,124,691 | ||||||||
| 2023 | $6,760,060 | $(858,277) | $5,901,783 | ||||||||
SERVICE PROVIDERS
Fund Administrator, Transfer Agent and Fund Accountant
Fund Services, located at 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, acts as the Fund’s administrator pursuant to an administration agreement between Fund Services and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund. Fund Services provides certain administrative services to the Fund, including, among other responsibilities, coordinating the negotiation of contracts and fees with, and the monitoring of performance and billing of, the Fund’s independent contractors and agents; preparing for signature by an officer of the Trust all of the documents required to be filed for compliance by the Trust and the Fund with applicable laws and regulations excluding those of the securities laws of various states; arranging for the computation of performance data, including NAV and yield; responding to shareholder inquiries; and arranging for the maintenance of books and records of the Fund, and providing, at its own expense, office facilities, equipment and personnel necessary to carry out its duties. In this capacity, Fund Services does not have any responsibility or authority for the management of the Fund, the determination of investment policy, or for any matter pertaining to the distribution of Fund shares. As compensation for its services, Fund Services receives from the Fund a combined fee for fund administration and fund accounting services based on the Fund’s current average daily net assets. Fund Services is also entitled to be reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses. Fund Services also acts as fund accountant (“Fund Accountant”), transfer agent (“Transfer Agent”) and dividend disbursing agent under separate agreements with the Trust.
For the fiscal years ended December 31, as indicated below, the Fund paid the following administrative and accounting fees to Fund Services for its services as the Fund’s administrator and Fund accountant.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| $477,424 | $461,224 | $446,459 | ||||||
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Cohen & Company, Ltd., located at 1835 Market Street, Suite 310, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund. Its services include auditing the Fund's financial statements. Cohen & Co Advisory, LLC, an affiliate of Cohen & Company, Ltd., provides tax services as requested.
Legal Counsel
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., 833 East Michigan Street, Suite 1800, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, serves as counsel to the Trust and the Independent Trustees.
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Custodian
U.S. Bank National Association (the “Custodian”), located at 1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53212, an affiliate of Fund Services, serves as the custodian of the Fund’s assets pursuant to a custody agreement between the Custodian and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund. The Custodian charges fees on a transactional basis plus out-of-pocket expenses. The Custodian maintains custody of securities and other assets of the Fund, delivers and receives payments for securities sold, receives and pays for securities purchased and collects income from investments. The Custodian does not participate in decisions relating to the purchase and sale of securities by the Fund. The Custodian and its affiliates may participate in revenue sharing arrangements with service providers of investment companies in which the Fund may invest.
Compliance Services
Fund Services provides compliance services to the Fund pursuant to a service agreement between Fund Services and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund. Under this service agreement, Fund Services also provides an individual to serve as Chief Compliance Officer to the Trust, subject to the approval and oversight of the Board. The Board has approved Ms. Silver as Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust.
DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES
ALPS Distributors Inc., (the “Distributor”), located at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203, acts as the Fund’s distributor. Pursuant to an agreement between the Distributor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund (the “Distribution Agreement”), the Distributor serves as the Fund’s principal underwriter, provides certain administration services, and promotes and arranges for the sale of the Fund’s shares. The offering of the Fund’s shares is continuous, and the Distributor distributes the Fund’s shares on a best efforts basis. The Distributor is not obligated to sell any certain number of shares of the Fund. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA.
The Distribution Agreement continues in effect only if its continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board or by vote of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities and, in either case, by a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Distribution Agreement is terminable without penalty by the Trust on behalf of the Fund on 60 days’ written notice when authorized either by a majority vote of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Distribution Agreement is terminable without penalty by the Distributor upon 60 days’ written notice to the Trust. The Distribution Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (Rule 12b-1) Plan – Retail Shares (not currently offered)
The Fund has adopted a distribution and shareholder service plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule 12b-1 Plan”) on behalf of the Retail Shares of the Fund.
Under the Rule 12b-1 Plan, the Retail Share Class of the Fund is authorized to pay a Rule 12b-1 distribution and/or shareholder servicing fee to the Distributor and other authorized recipients (the “Rule 12b-1 Fee”) for distribution and shareholder services on behalf of the Retail Shares of the Fund. The Rule 12b‑1 Fee is an annual fee at the rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Retail Shares. The Rule 12b-1 Plan provides that the Distributor may use all or any portion of such Rule 12b-1 Fee to finance any activity that is principally intended to result in the sale of the Fund’s Retail Shares, subject to the terms of the Rule 12b-1 Plan, or to provide certain shareholder services to Retail Shares.
The Rule 12b-1 Fee is payable to the Distributor regardless of the distribution-related expenses actually incurred on behalf of Retail Shares of the Fund. Because the Rule 12b-1 Fee is not directly tied to expenses, the amount of Rule 12b-1 Fees paid by the Retail Shares of the Fund during any year may be more or less than actual expenses incurred pursuant to the Rule 12b-1 Plan. For this reason, this type of distribution fee arrangement is characterized by the staff of the SEC as a “compensation” plan. The Distributor does not retain any Rule 12b-1 Fees for profit. All Rule 12b-1 Fees are held in retention for distribution-related expenses.
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The Distributor may use the Rule 12b-1 Fee to pay for services covered by the Rule 12b-1 Plan including, but not limited to, advertising, compensating underwriters, dealers and selling personnel engaged in the distribution of Retail Shares of the Fund, the printing and mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information and reports to other-than-current Fund shareholders, the printing and mailing of marketing material pertaining to the Fund, and administrative, shareholder services and other support services provided by financial intermediaries.
The Rule 12b-1 Plan provides that it continues from year to year upon approval by the majority vote of the Board, including a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operations of the Rule 12b-1 Plan or in any agreement related to such plan (the “Qualified Trustees”), as required by the 1940 Act, cast in person at a meeting called for that purpose. Each member of the Board is currently a Qualified Trustee. The Rule 12b-1 Plan also requires that the Independent Trustees select and nominate all other trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund. The Rule 12b-1 Plan may not be amended to materially increase the amounts to be spent for distribution expenses without approval of shareholders holding a majority of the Fund’s Retail Shares outstanding. All material amendments to the Rule 12b-1 Plan must be approved by a vote of a majority of the Board and the Qualified Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on any such amendment.
The Rule 12b-1 Plan requires that the Distributor and/or the Trust’s administrator provide to the Board, at least quarterly, a written report on the amounts and purpose of any payment made under the Rule 12b-1 Plan. The Distributor and administrator are also required to furnish the Board with such other information as may reasonably be requested in order to enable the Board to make an informed determination of whether the Rule 12b-1 Plan should be continued. The Board of Trustees, including a majority of Qualified Trustees, has concluded that there is a reasonable likelihood that the Rule 12b-1 Plan will benefit the Retail Shares of the Fund when that share class commences operations. In particular, the Board of Trustees has determined that it believes that the 12b-1 Plan, once implemented, is reasonably likely to stimulate sales of Retail Shares and assist in increasing the Fund’s asset base. With the exception of the Advisor in its capacity as investment adviser to the Fund, no “interested person” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, and no Qualified Trustee of the Fund has or had a direct or indirect financial interest in the Rule 12b-1 Plan or any related agreement.
The Rule 12b-1 Plan provides for the ability to use Retail Shares’ assets to pay financial intermediaries (including those that sponsor mutual fund supermarkets), plan administrators and other service providers to finance any activity that is principally intended to result in the sale of Retail Shares (distribution services) or for the provision of certain shareholder services. The payments made by the Fund to these financial intermediaries are based primarily on the dollar amount of assets invested in the Retail Shares of the Fund through the financial intermediaries. These financial intermediaries may pay a portion of the payments that they receive from the Fund to its investment professionals. Under the Rule 12b-1 Plan, the Fund may, from time to time, make payments that help defray the expenses incurred by financial intermediaries for conducting training and educational meetings about various aspects of the Fund for their employees. In addition, the Fund may make payments under the Rule 12b-1 Plan for exhibition space and otherwise help defray the expenses these financial intermediaries incur in hosting client seminars where the Fund is discussed.
Because the Retail Share class has not yet commenced operations as of the date of this SAI, the Fund did not incur any Rule 12b-1 Fees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
Payments to Financial Intermediaries — Institutional Shares and Retail Shares
In addition to asset-based fees and other payments made under the Rule 12b-1 Plan, the Advisor makes payments to financial intermediaries for the distribution and shareholder services they provide to Fund shareholders from its own resources, which may include its profits from the advisory fee it receives from the Fund. In addition, the Fund may participate in various “fund supermarkets” in which a mutual fund supermarket sponsor (usually a broker-dealer) offers many mutual funds to the sponsor’s customers without charging the customers a sales charge. In connection with the Fund’s participation in such platforms, all or a portion of the Rule 12b-1 Fee may be used to pay one or more supermarket sponsors a
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negotiated fee for distributing and servicing the Fund’s Retail Shares. In addition, the Advisor pays additional fees to intermediaries from its own assets for the distribution and servicing of shares of the Fund.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the Fund did not engage in securities lending.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Other Accounts Managed. In addition to the Fund, Mr. Robillard managed the following other accounts as of December 31, 2025.
| Category of Account | Total Number of Accounts Managed | Total Assets in Accounts Managed (in millions) | Number of Accounts for which Advisory Fee is Based on Performance | Assets in Accounts for which Advisory Fee is Based on Performance (in millions) | ||||||||||
| Registered Investment Companies | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 | ||||||||||
| Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 1 | $394.1 | 1* | $263.9 | ||||||||||
| Other Accounts | 82 | $470.1 | 0 | $0 | ||||||||||
* A performance-based fee applies to only certain share classes of a UCITS fund managed by the Advisor.
Material Conflicts of Interest. Material conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with the portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments and investments of other accounts managed include material conflicts between the investment strategy of the Fund and the investment strategy of the other accounts managed by the portfolio manager and conflicts associated with the allocation of investment opportunities between the Fund and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager.
The Advisor may provide advisory services to other clients which invest in securities of the same type that the Fund invests in (i.e., common stocks, REITs). The Advisor is aware of its obligation to ensure that when orders for the same securities are entered on behalf of the Fund and other accounts, that the Fund receives fair and equitable allocation of these orders, particularly where affiliated accounts may participate. The Advisor attempts to mitigate potential conflicts of interest by adopting policies and procedures regarding trade execution, brokerage allocation and order aggregation which provides a methodology for ensuring fair treatment for all clients in situations where orders cannot be completely filled or filled at different prices.
Compensation. The following is a description of the Advisor’s portfolio manager compensation arrangements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. The portfolio manager for the Fund is compensated by the Advisor in the form of a fixed salary. The portfolio manager is also eligible for a bonus, which is based on the overall profitability of the Advisor and is not based on performance of any accounts. The portfolio manager maintains an equity interest in the Advisor and may receive additional income proportionate to his equity in the Advisor. The portfolio manager also participates in the firm’s retirement plan, which includes both an elective deferral and the required employer contribution per the plan administrator and trust document.
Ownership of Securities. As of December 31, 2025, the portfolio manager owned over $1,000,000 worth of shares of the Fund.
BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES
Equity securities are generally bought and sold in brokerage transactions placed on U.S. stock exchanges or in over-the-counter markets in exchange for negotiated commissions. Accordingly, the cost of transactions may vary among different brokers.
The Advisor places all portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund, selects broker-dealers for such transactions, allocates brokerage fees in such transactions and, where applicable, negotiates commissions and spreads on transactions. The Advisor has a fiduciary duty to the Fund to obtain best
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execution, on an overall basis, for any securities transactions. In selecting brokers and dealers, the Advisor seeks to obtain the overall best execution, taking into account a number of factors, including for example: price, clearance, settlement, reputation, financial strength and stability, efficiency of execution and error resolution, ability to provide research, block trading and block positioning capabilities, special execution capabilities, willingness to execute related or unrelated difficult transactions in the future, order of call, online access to computerized data regarding clients’ accounts, the competitiveness of commission rates in comparison to other brokers satisfying the Advisor’s other selection criteria and other matters involved in the receipt of brokerage services.
During the fiscal years indicated below, the Fund paid aggregate brokerage commissions in the following amounts:
| Commissions Paid | |||||
| December 31, 2025 | $888,928 | ||||
| December 31, 2024 | $546,303(1) | ||||
| December 31, 2023 | $1,127,654 | ||||
(1) The significant difference in brokerage commissions between 2024 and 2023 was due to a decrease in portfolio turnover, reduced subscriptions/redemptions and an increase in share price of invested companies, which reduced the shares traded.
The Fund may at times invest in securities of its regular broker-dealers or the parent of its regular broker-dealers. The Fund did not hold any securities of its regular broker-dealers as of December 31, 2025.
The Fund pays “soft dollar” brokerage commissions through the Fund’s trading activity in compliance with the “safe harbor” of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Under “soft dollar” arrangements, one or more of the brokerage firms provide or pay the costs of certain research services, or other items for the benefit of the Fund. In recognition of research services provided to it, the Fund may pay a higher brokerage commission to a broker than it may have been charged by another brokerage firm in executing the same transaction. Research services received from broker-dealers supplement the Advisor’s own research and may include the following types of information: financial newsletters; trade journals; software providing analysis of securities portfolios and trade execution related services; expert networks; corporate governance research and rating services; attendance at certain seminars and conferences; discussions with research analysts; meetings with corporate executives; translation services; consultants’ advice on portfolio strategy; data and artificial intelligence technology services (including services providing market data, company financial data and economic data); portfolio and investment reporting; advice from brokers on order execution and certain proxy services. These soft dollar arrangements may benefit the Advisor by reducing expenses. Additionally, these research services are used by the Advisor in servicing all of its accounts and not all of these research services may be used by the Advisor in connection with the Fund. Nonetheless, the Advisor believes that soft dollar arrangements generally enhance the Advisor’s ability to obtain research, optimal execution and other benefits on behalf of the Fund.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, the Fund directed transactions and paid brokerage commissions because of research services provided in the following amounts:
| Commissions Paid | Transactions Directed | ||||
| $888,928 | $1,757,709,591 | ||||
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES, VOTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES
The Fund has two classes of shares – Institutional Shares and Retail Shares. The shares of the Fund, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Prospectus, will be fully paid and non-assessable
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shares, with equal voting rights and no preferences as to conversion, exchange, dividends, redemption or any other feature.
Shares of the Fund entitle holders to one vote per share and fractional votes for fractional shares held. Shares have non-cumulative voting rights with respect to election of Trustees, do not have preemptive or subscription rights and are transferable. Each class takes separate votes on matters affecting only that class. For example, a change in the 12b-1 fee for a class would be voted upon only by shareholders of that class.
The Fund does not hold annual meetings of shareholders. A meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal of any Trustee may be called upon the demand of shareholders owning not less than 10% of the Trust’s outstanding shares. Except when a larger quorum is required by the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, forty percent (40%) of the shares entitled to vote on a matter constitutes a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. Generally, subject to the 1940 Act and the specific provisions of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”), when a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of the shares voted will decide any questions, except only a plurality vote is necessary to elect Trustees.
The Fund may involuntarily redeem a shareholder’s shares if the shareholder owns shares of the Fund having an aggregate NAV of less than a minimum value determined from time to time by the Trustees. In addition, the Trust may call for the redemption of shares of any shareholder or may refuse to transfer or issue shares to any person to the extent that the same is necessary to comply with applicable law or advisable to further the purpose for which the Trust was established, including circumstances involving frequent or excessive trading in shares of the Fund. The Declaration of Trust also provides that if an officer or agent of the Trust has determined that a shareholder has engaged in frequent and excessive trading in shares of the Fund, the Trust may require the shareholder to redeem his or her shares.
The Trust may cause, to the extent consistent with applicable law: (a) the Trust or one or more of its series to be merged into or consolidated with another trust, series of another trust or other person; (b) the shares of the Trust or any of its series to be converted into beneficial interests in another trust or series thereof; (c) the shares to be exchanged for assets or property under or pursuant to any state or federal statute to the extent permitted by law; or (d) a sale of assets of the Trust or one or more of its series. Such merger or consolidation, share conversion, share exchange or sale of assets must be authorized by a majority of the shares voted when a quorum is present, provided that in all respects not governed by statute or applicable law, the Trustees have power to prescribe the procedure necessary or appropriate to accomplish a merger or consolidation, share conversion, share exchange, or sale of assets, including the power to create one or more separate trusts to which all or any part of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the Trust may be transferred and to provide for the conversion of shares of the Trust or any of its series into beneficial interests in such separate business trust or trusts or series thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees may, without the vote or consent of shareholders, cause to be organized or assist in organizing a corporation or corporations under the laws of any jurisdiction, or any trust, partnership, limited liability company, association or other organization, or any series or class of any thereof (including any series, or class of any series, of the Trust), to acquire all or a portion of the Trust property (or all or a portion of the Trust property held with respect to the Fund or allocable to a particular class) or to carry on any business in which the Trust directly or indirectly has any interest (any of the foregoing, a “Successor Entity”), and to sell, convey and transfer Trust property to any such Successor Entity in exchange for the shares or securities thereof or otherwise, and to lend money to, subscribe for the shares or securities of, and enter into any contracts with any such Successor Entity in which the Trust holds or is about to acquire shares or any other interest. The Trustees may also, without the vote or consent of shareholders, cause a merger or consolidation between the Trust and any Successor Entity if and to the extent permitted by law. However, the Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees shall provide written notice to affected shareholders of each such transaction. Such transactions may be effected through share-for-share exchanges, transfers or sales of assets, in-kind redemptions and purchases, exchange offers, or any other method approved by the Trustees.
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The Declaration of Trust provides that no shareholder shall have the right to bring or maintain any court action, proceeding or claim in the right of the Trust or the Fund or a class thereof to recover a judgment in its favor unless (a) shareholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of the Trust, the Fund or class, as applicable, join in the bringing of such court action, proceeding or claim; and (b) the bringing or maintenance of such court action, proceeding or claim is otherwise in accordance with Section 3816 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, subject to certain additional requirements.
The Declaration of Trust provides that by virtue of becoming a shareholder of the Fund, each shareholder will be held to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of the Declaration of Trust, the By-Laws of the Trust and the resolutions of the Board.
The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trust will indemnify and hold harmless each Trustee and officer of the Trust and each former Trustee and officer of the Trust (each hereinafter referred to as a “Covered Person”) from and against any and all claims, demands, costs, losses, expenses, and damages whatsoever arising out of or related to such Covered Person’s performance of his or her duties as a Trustee or officer of the Trust or otherwise relating to any act, omission, or obligation of the Trust, if, as to liability to the Trust or its investors, it is finally adjudicated that the Covered Person was not liable by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the Covered Person’s offices. In the case of settlement, such indemnification will be provided if it has been determined by a court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition, or by a reasonable determination, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial type inquiry), by vote of a majority of Independent Trustees of the Trust, or in a written opinion of independent counsel, that such officers or Trustees have not engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of their duties. Rights to indemnification or insurance cannot be limited retroactively.
The Declaration of Trust further provides that: (i) the appointment, designation or identification of a Trustee as chairperson of the Board or a member or chairperson of a committee of the Trustees, an expert on any topic or in any area (including an audit committee financial expert), or the lead Independent Trustee, or any other special appointment, designation or identification of a Trustee, shall not impose on that individual any duty, obligation or liability that is greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed on that person as a Trustee in the absence of the appointment, designation or identification (except with respect to duties expressly imposed pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, a committee charter or a Trust policy statement); (ii) no Trustee who has special skills or expertise, or is appointed, designated or identified shall be held to a higher standard of care by virtue thereof; and (iii) no appointment, designation or identification of a Trustee shall affect in any way that Trustee’s rights or entitlement to indemnification.
Under the Declaration of Trust, the Trustees have the power to liquidate the Fund without shareholder approval. While the Trustees have no present intention of exercising this power, they may do so for such reasons as may be determined by the Board.
PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES
Purchase of Shares. Information regarding the purchase of shares is discussed in the “Purchase of Shares” section of the Prospectus.
There may be special distribution requirements for a retirement account, such as required distributions or mandatory federal income tax withholding. For more information, call 1-888-878-5680. You may be charged a $15 annual account maintenance fee for each retirement account, up to a maximum of $30 annually, and a $25 fee for transferring assets to another custodian or for closing a retirement account.
Redemption of Shares. Information regarding how to redeem shares of the Fund is discussed in the “Redemption of Shares” section of the Prospectus.
You may sell (redeem) your shares on each day that the NYSE is open for business (each, a “Business Day”). Redemptions are effected at the NAV next determined after the Transfer Agent has received your redemption request. It is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to transmit redemption orders and
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credit their customers’ accounts with redemption proceeds on a timely basis. The Fund’s name, your account number, the number of shares or dollar amount you would like redeemed and the signatures by all of the shareholders whose names appear on the account registration should accompany any redemption requests. The Transfer Agent will normally mail or send your redemption proceeds to the bank you indicated on the next Business Day following receipt by the Transfer Agent of redemption instructions, but never later than 7 days following such receipt. Wires are subject to a $15 fee paid by you, but you do not incur any charge when proceeds are sent via the ACH system. If you purchased your shares through a financial intermediary you should contact the financial intermediary for information relating to redemptions.
If shares to be redeemed represent a recent investment made by check or ACH transfer, the Fund reserves the right not to make the redemption proceeds available until they have reasonable grounds to believe that the check or ACH transfer has been collected (which could take up to 10 days). Shareholders can avoid this delay by utilizing the wire purchase option. To ensure proper authorization before redeeming Fund shares, the Transfer Agent may require additional documents such as, but not restricted to, stock powers, trust instruments, death certificates, appointments as fiduciary, certificates of corporate authority and waivers of tax required in some states when settling estates.
When shares are held in the name of a corporation, other organization, trust, fiduciary or other institutional investor, the Transfer Agent requires, in addition to the stock power, certified evidence of authority to sign the necessary instruments of transfer. These procedures are for the protection of shareholders and should be followed to ensure prompt payment. Redemption requests must not be conditional as to date or price of the redemption. Proceeds of the redemption will be sent within seven days of acceptance of shares tendered for redemption. Delay may result if the purchase check or electronic funds transfer has not yet cleared, but the delay will be no longer than required to verify that the purchase amount has cleared, and the Fund will act as quickly as possible to minimize delay.
The value of shares redeemed may be more or less than the shareholder’s cost, depending on the NAV at the time of redemption. Redemption of shares may result in tax consequences (gain or loss) to the shareholder, and the proceeds of a redemption may be subject to backup withholding.
A shareholder’s right to redeem shares and to receive payment therefore may be suspended when: (a) the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings; (b) trading on the NYSE is restricted; (c) an emergency exists as a result of which it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the Fund’s securities or to determine the value of the Fund’s net assets; or (d) ordered by a governmental body having jurisdiction over the Fund for the protection of the Fund’s shareholders, provided that applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (or any succeeding governmental authority) shall govern as to whether a condition described in (b), (c) or (d) exists. In case of such suspension, shareholders may withdraw their requests for redemption or may receive payment based on the NAV of the Fund next determined after the suspension is lifted.
The Fund reserves the right, if conditions exist which make cash payments undesirable, to honor any request for redemption by making payment in whole or in part with readily marketable securities (redemption “in-kind”) chosen by the Fund and valued in the same way as they would be valued for purposes of computing the NAV of the Fund. If payment is made in securities, a shareholder may incur transaction expenses in converting these securities into cash. The Fund has elected, however, to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, as a result of which the Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund for any one shareholder during any 90-day period. This election is irrevocable unless the SEC permits its withdrawal.
Pricing of Shares. The price of the Fund’s shares is based on its NAV. The Transfer Agent determines the NAV per share of the Fund as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on each Business Day. The NAV is calculated by adding the value of all securities and other assets in the Fund, deducting its liabilities, and dividing the balance by the number of outstanding shares in the Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption is effected is based on the next calculation of NAV after the order is received by an authorized financial institution or the Transfer Agent and under no circumstances will any order be accepted for purchase or redemption after the NAV
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calculation. Shares will only be priced on Business Days. In addition, foreign securities held by the Fund may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not calculate NAV. As a result, the market value of these investments may change on days when shares of the Fund cannot be bought or sold.
The Fund values its assets based on current market values when such values are available. These prices normally are supplied by an independent pricing service. Equity securities held by the Fund which are listed on a national securities exchange, except those traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”), and for which market quotations are available, are valued at the last quoted sale price of the day, or, if there is no such reported sale, securities are valued at the mean between the most recent quoted bid and ask prices. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price.
Debt securities, including short-term debt instruments having a maturity of less than 60 days, are valued at the evaluated mean price supplied by an approved pricing service. Pricing services may use various valuation methodologies including matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer quotations.
In the absence of prices from a pricing service or in the event that market quotations are not readily available, fair value will be determined under the Fund’s valuation procedures adopted pursuant to Rule 2a-5. Pursuant to those procedures, the Board has appointed the Advisor as the Board’s valuation designee (the “Valuation Designee”) to perform all fair valuations of the Fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight. As the Valuation Designee, the Advisor has established procedures for its fair valuation of the Fund’s portfolio investments. These procedures address, among other things, determining when market quotations are not readily available or reliable and the methodologies to be used for determining the fair value of investments, as well as the use and oversight of third-party pricing services for fair valuation.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Distributions, if any, from the Fund’s investment company taxable income and net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over the net short-term capital loss) realized by the Fund, after deducting any available capital loss carryovers, are to be distributed at least annually, as described in the Prospectus.
TAXATION OF THE FUND
General. The following summarizes certain additional U.S. federal income tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders that are not described in the Prospectus. No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Fund or its shareholders, and the discussions here and in the Prospectus are not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. There may be other federal, state, foreign or local tax considerations applicable to a particular investor. Potential investors should consult their tax advisers with specific reference to their own tax situations.
The discussions of the federal tax consequences in the Prospectus and this SAI are based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations issued under it, and court decisions and administrative interpretations as in effect on the date of this SAI. Future legislative or administrative changes or court decisions may significantly change the taxation of the Fund’s investments or the tax consequences to investors as described in the Prospectus and SAI, and any such changes or decisions may be retroactive.
The Fund qualified during its last taxable year, and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Section 851 of the Code. As a regulated investment company, the Fund generally is exempt from federal income tax on its investment company taxable income and net capital gain that it distributes to shareholders. To qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company, the Fund must meet three important tests each year.
First, in each taxable year, the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such
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stock, securities, or currencies, or net income derived from interests in qualified publicly-traded partnerships (the “Qualifying Income Requirement”).
Second, generally, at the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund’s assets must consist of cash and cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies and securities of other issuers with such other securities limited, in respect to any one issuer, to an amount not greater in value than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer; and no more than 25% of the value of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in the securities of (1) any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies); (2) two or more issuers that the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar, or related trades or businesses; or (3) one or more qualified publicly-traded partnerships (the “Diversification Requirement”).
Third, the Fund must distribute an amount equal to at least the sum of 90% of the Fund’s investment company taxable income (net investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss) and 90% of its net tax-exempt interest income, if any, for the year.
The Fund intends to comply with these requirements. However, there can be no assurance that the Fund will satisfy all requirements to be taxed as a regulated investment company. If the Fund were to fail to make sufficient distributions, it could be liable for corporate income tax and for excise tax in respect of the shortfall or, if the shortfall is large enough, the Fund could be disqualified as a regulated investment company. If for any taxable year the Fund were not to qualify as a regulated investment company, all of its taxable income would be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders. In that event, shareholders would recognize dividend income on distributions to the extent of the Fund’s then-current and accumulated earnings and profits, and certain corporate shareholders could be eligible for the dividends-received deduction.
The Code imposes a nondeductible 4% excise tax on regulated investment companies that fail to distribute each year an amount equal to specified percentages of their ordinary taxable income and capital gain net income (excess of capital gains over capital losses). The Fund intends to make sufficient distributions or deemed distributions each year to avoid liability for this excise tax.
Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), the Fund may be required to withhold a generally nonrefundable 30% tax on (i) distributions of investment company taxable income and (ii) distributions of net capital gain and the gross proceeds of a sale or redemption of Fund shares paid to (A) certain “foreign financial institutions” unless such foreign financial institution agrees to verify, monitor, and report to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) the identity of certain of its account holders, among other items (or unless such entity is otherwise deemed compliant under the terms of an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and the entity’s country of residence), and (B) certain “non-financial foreign entities” unless such entity certifies to the Fund that it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or provides the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each substantial U.S. owner, among other items. In December 2018, the IRS and Treasury Department released proposed Treasury Regulations that would eliminate FATCA withholding on Fund distributions of net capital gain and the gross proceeds from a sale or redemption of Fund shares. Although taxpayers are entitled to rely on these proposed Treasury Regulations until final Treasury Regulations are issued, these proposed Treasury Regulations have not been finalized, may not be finalized in their proposed form, and are potentially subject to change. This FATCA withholding tax could also affect the Fund’s return on its investments in foreign securities or affect a shareholder’s return if the shareholder holds its Fund shares through a foreign intermediary. You are urged to consult your tax adviser regarding the application of this FATCA withholding tax to your investment in the Fund and the potential certification, compliance, due diligence, reporting, and withholding obligations to which you may become subject in order to avoid this withholding tax.
Foreign taxpayers are generally subject to withholding tax at a flat rate of 30% on U.S.-source income that is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the U.S. This withholding rate may be lower under the terms of a tax convention.
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Except in the case of certain exempt shareholders, if a shareholder does not furnish the Fund with the shareholder’s correct Social Security Number or other taxpayer identification number and certain certifications or the Fund receives notification from the IRS requiring backup withholding, the Fund is required by federal law to withhold (as “backup withholding”) federal income tax from the shareholder’s distributions and redemption proceeds at a rate set under Section 3406 of the Code for U.S. residents. Backup withholding generally does not apply to foreign taxpayers subject to the withholding described in the preceding paragraph, as long as the Fund receives certain documentation.
A sale or redemption of Fund shares, whether for cash or in-kind proceeds, may result in recognition of a taxable capital gain or loss. Gain or loss realized upon a sale or redemption of Fund shares will generally be treated as a long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year, and, if held for one year or less, as a short-term capital gain or loss. However, any loss realized upon a sale or redemption of shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any distributions of net capital gain received or deemed to be received with respect to such shares. In determining the holding period of such shares for this purpose, any period during which the shareholder’s risk of loss is offset by means of options, short sales, or similar transactions is not counted. Any loss realized upon a sale or redemption of Fund shares may be disallowed under certain wash sale rules to the extent shares of the Fund are purchased (through reinvestment of distributions or otherwise) within 30 days before or after the sale or redemption. If a shareholder’s loss is disallowed under the wash sale rules, the basis of the new shares will be increased to preserve the loss until a future sale or redemption of the shares.
Capital Loss Carryforwards. As of December 31, 2025, the Fund’s most recent fiscal year, the Fund had $180,330,174 in short-term capital losses had no long-term capital losses to offset future capital gains. Capital loss carryforwards can be carried forward indefinitely and will retain their character as short-term or long-term capital losses.
State and Local Taxes. Although the Fund expects to qualify as a regulated investment company and to be relieved of all or substantially all federal income taxes, depending upon the extent of its activities in states and localities in which its offices are maintained, in which its agents or independent contractors are located or in which it is otherwise deemed to be conducting business, the Fund may be subject to the tax laws of such states or localities.
Taxation of Certain Investments. The tax principles applicable to transactions in certain financial instruments such as futures contracts and options that may be engaged in by the Fund, and investments in passive foreign investment companies (“PFICs”), are complex and, in some cases, uncertain. Such transactions and investments may cause the Fund to recognize taxable income prior to the receipt of cash, thereby requiring the Fund to liquidate other positions, or to borrow money, so as to make sufficient distributions to shareholders to avoid corporate-level tax. Moreover, some or all of the taxable income recognized may be ordinary income or short-term capital gain, so that the distributions may be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.
In addition, in the case of any shares of a PFIC in which the Fund invests, the Fund may be liable for corporate-level tax on any ultimate gain or distributions on the shares if the Fund fails to make an election to recognize income annually during the period of its ownership of the shares.
Interest and dividends received by the Fund from foreign sources may be subject to income, withholding or other taxes imposed by foreign countries and U.S. possessions that would reduce the yield on Fund securities. However, tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate these foreign taxes, and many foreign countries do not impose taxes on capital gains realized on investments held by foreign investors. If more than 50% of the value of the Fund’s total assets at the close of its taxable year consists of stock and securities of foreign corporations, it will be eligible to, and may, file an election with the IRS that would, in effect, pass through to the shareholders any income taxes paid by the Fund to foreign countries or U.S. possessions. Pursuant to the election, the Fund would treat those taxes as distributions paid to its shareholders and each shareholder would be required to (i) include in gross income, and treat as paid by the shareholder, his or her proportionate share of those taxes paid by the Fund, (ii) treat his or her share of those taxes and of any distribution paid by the Fund that
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represents income sourced from foreign countries or U.S. possessions as his own income from those sources, and (iii) either deduct the taxes deemed paid by the shareholder in computing his or her taxable income or, alternatively, use the foregoing information in calculating the foreign tax credit against his or her federal income tax. If the Fund makes this election, it will report to its shareholders shortly after each taxable year their respective share of income from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries and U.S. possessions.
The Fund maintains its accounts and calculates its income in U.S. dollars. In general, gain or loss (i) from the disposition of foreign currencies and forward currency contracts, (ii) from the disposition of foreign-currency-denominated debt securities that are attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the date the securities are acquired and their disposition date, and (iii) attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the time the Fund accrues interest or other receivables or expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects those receivables or pays those liabilities, will be treated as ordinary income or loss.
The Fund is required to report to certain shareholders and the IRS the cost basis of shares acquired by such shareholders on or after January 1, 2012 (“covered shares”) when such shareholders sell or redeem such shares. These requirements do not apply to shares held through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, or to shares held by tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions, corporations (other than S corporations), banks, credit unions, and certain other entities and governmental bodies. Shares acquired before January 1, 2012 (“non-covered shares”) are treated as if held in a separate account from covered shares. The Fund is not required to determine or report a shareholder’s cost basis in non-covered shares and is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information provided for non-covered shares.
The cost basis of a share is generally its purchase price adjusted for distributions, returns of capital, and other corporate actions. Cost basis is used to determine whether the sale or redemption of a share results in a gain or loss. If you sell or redeem covered shares during any year, then the Fund will report the gain/loss, cost basis, and holding period of such shares to the IRS and you on a Form 1099-series information return.
A cost basis method is the method by which the Fund determines which specific covered shares are deemed to be sold or redeemed when a shareholder sells or redeems less than its entire holding of Fund shares and has made multiple purchases of Fund shares on different dates at differing net asset values. If a shareholder does not affirmatively elect a cost basis method, the Fund will use the average cost method, which averages the basis of all Fund shares in an account regardless of holding period, and shares sold or redeemed are deemed to be those with the longest holding period first. Each shareholder may elect in writing (and not over the telephone) any alternate IRS-approved cost basis method to calculate the cost basis in its covered shares. The default cost basis method applied by the Fund or the alternate method elected by a shareholder may not be changed after the settlement date of a sale or redemption of Fund shares.
If you hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary (or another nominee), please contact that broker or nominee with respect to the reporting of cost basis and available elections for your account.
You are encouraged to consult your tax adviser regarding the application of these cost basis reporting rules and, in particular, which cost basis calculation method you should elect.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The financial statements of the Fund and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report appearing in the Fund’s Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 are hereby incorporated by reference.
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APPENDIX A – VOTING GUIDELINES
Spyglass Capital Management LLC
Proxy Voting Guidelines
1)Eliminate preemptive rights: Generally in favor. Preemptive rights may result in a loss of financing flexibility and could prevent management from raising capital advantageously. There is potential for abuse if new equity securities are issued at a discount to the market price of existing securities. This may result in a transfer of value from existing to new shareholders. However, instances of abuse are unusual and these are expenses involved in issuing securities on a preemptive basis.
2)Indemnification of directors, i.e., limiting or eliminating liability for monetary damages for violating the duty of care: Generally in favor. Indemnification is generally necessary to attract qualified Board nominees in a litigious corporate environment. Monetary liability generally is not eliminated or limited for any breach of duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith, and any transactions in which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
3)Cumulative voting: Generally opposed. Cumulative voting may prevent the majority of shareholders from electing a majority of the Board. Cumulative voting requires fewer votes to obtain a Board seat. Therefore it promotes single interest representation on the Board, which may not represent the interest or concerns of all shareholders.
4)Executive stock option plans: Generally opposed if exercise price is below market price or if dilution under the plan would be greater than 10%, particularly if the company is mature or executive compensation is excessive. For rapidly growing, cash-short issuers where executive salaries are reasonable may approve a plan where dilution exceeds 10%.
5)Shareholder action by written consent: Generally opposed to proposals to restrict or prohibit shareholders’ ability to take action by written consent. Shareholders may lose the ability to remove directors or initiate a shareholder resolution if they have to wait for the next scheduled meeting.
6)Shareholder right to call a special meeting: Generally opposed to proposals to eliminate the right of shareholders to call a special meeting or to require the petition of more than 25% of shareholders to call a special meeting. Shareholders may lose the right to remove directors or initiate a shareholder resolution if they cannot take action until the next regularly scheduled meeting. This is especially troublesome if shareholders do not have the right to act by written consent.
7)Super-majority vote requirements: Generally opposed to proposals requiring that a vote of more than two-thirds be required to amend any bylaw or charter provision, or approve a merger or other business combination. Super-majority vote provisions may stifle bidder interest in the issuer and thereby devalue its stock.
8)Anti-greenmail provision: Generally opposed. Favor equal treatment for all shareholders, but anti-greenmail provisions may severely limit management’s flexibility, for example, with respect to share repurchase programs or ability to issue shares such as General Motor’s Class E and H with special features.
9)Approval of Poison Pills: Generally in favor. However, Spyglass would generally be opposed when poison pills are utilized to prevent takeover bids that would be in the best interest of shareholders or when accompanied by super-majority requirements or inequitable voting provisions. Certain shareholder rights plans, however, protect the interest of shareholders by enabling the Board to respond in a considered manner to unsolicited bids.
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10)Blank-check preferred stock: Generally opposed. Does provide in financing but also can be used as an entrenchment device. Can be used as a poison pill when distributed to stockholders with rights attached or can be issued with superior voting rights to friendly parties.
11)Classified/Staggered Boards of Directors – Greater-Than-Annual Election of Directors: Generally opposed. Classified Boards do provide stability and continuity; but, if someone wins proxy fights and replaces a third of the directors, because of the difficulties involved in running the issuer with a Board of Directors that is a third hostile and because the vote would be seen as a loss of confidence in management, the remaining directors might put the issuer up for sale or accommodate the wishes of the dissident group. A staggered Board could mean that a director who failed to attend meetings or who voted in favor of actions that were harmful to shareholders could not be removed for up to three years.
12)Majority vote election of directors: Generally in favor. Permits removal of nonperforming, unpopular or ineffective directors.
13)Recapitalization Plan - Eliminate inequitable voting rights: Generally in favor. Fair voting provisions are critical elements of shareholder ownership. One share = One vote structure promotes Management and Board accountability.
14)Establish term limits for directors: Generally opposed. Experience and continuity in Board representation fosters acute and prudent oversight of Management.
15)Increase required number/percentage of independent and/or industry-experienced Board members: Generally in favor. Spyglass favors independent Compensation Committees and industry-experienced Board members to promote prudent management and effective Board oversight. Spyglass generally opposes arbitrary restrictions, percentages or minimum independent representation that may be impractical or potentially remove effective Board members. Anti-Trust statutes may inhibit recruitment of qualified, industry-experienced Board members. Comprehensive Board orientations can provide the requisite exposure to the business model.
16)Separation of Board Chairman and CEO Roles: Generally in favor. Separation of the primary Management (CEO) and Oversight (Board Chairman) roles promotes accountability and objective evaluation of performance.
17)Increase Director / Senior Management Liability: Generally opposed. Management or Board liability in excess of legal or statutory requirements would disadvantage the company in attracting and retaining talented and qualified persons. Sarbanes-Oxley imposes mandatory penalties against the CEO and CFO pursuant to misstatements and omissions of material facts.
18)Confidential voting: Generally in favor. Confidential voting eliminates the opportunity for management to apply pressure to Institutional shareholders with which a business relationship exists. It should be noted that the Department of Labor’s “Avon Letter” and the Department of Labor’s investigation of proxy voting violations in 1988 might have lessened the need for confidential voting.
19)Fair price provisions: No general policy. Generally opposed when accompanied by super-majority provision, i.e., a clause requiring a super majority shareholder vote to alter or repeal the fair price provision, in excess of two-thirds. Also generally opposed if the pricing formula is such that the price required is unreasonably high. Generally in favor if provisions are designed to prevent two-tier, front-end-loaded hostile tender offer; where no shareholder wants to get caught in the second tier, so that effectively all shareholders are coerced into accepting the offer.
20)Management / Board Compensation: Generally opposed to excessive, unearned or unwarranted leadership compensation. Generally in favor of establishing reasonable or standardized compensation practices. Generally in favor of compensation reflecting or contingent on achievement of challenging
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performance objectives. Generally in favor of guidelines reflecting compensation in comparable leadership roles and/or compensation to internal non-managerial employees. Generally in favor of compensation in the form of restricted stock and above market options that vest with performance and/or tenure. It would be difficult for an issuer to attract, retain and motivate top managers without competitive compensation packages. Shareholder approval is appropriate to deviate from guidelines.
21)Golden parachutes: Generally opposed to excessive, unearned or unwarranted leadership severance. Generally in favor of establishing reasonable or standardized annual compensation and performance. It would be difficult for an issuer considered likely to be taken over to attract and retain top managers without severance packages for involuntary termination or significant reduction in compensation, duties or relocation after a change in control. Shareholder approval is appropriate to deviate from guidelines.
22)Reincorporation: Generally in favor of reincorporation within the United States to potentially exploit favorable regulatory or tax treatment or environmental conditions. Generally opposed to reincorporation outside of the United States. Should examine whether change of state of incorporation would increase the capacity of management to resist hostile takeovers.
23)“Say on Pay”: Generally in favor of Say on Pay, Say on Frequency and Say on Golden Parachute issues. In support of annual advisory shareholder votes and in support of management compensation not deemed excessive.
The following proposals are generally approved:
1)Election of management’s nominees for Directors;
2)Appointment of Auditors;
3)Change in the date or location of annual meetings;
4)For investment companies, continuation of company management, investment advisers or distribution contracts;
5)Transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting;
6)Receiving and/or approving financial reports;
7)Indemnification of Directors;
8)Change of control provisions;
9)Stock splits and stock dividends;
10)Equity & Incentive Plans (Including, but not limited to: Stock Incentive Plans, Restricted Stock Plans, Management Stock Ownership Plans, Senior Executive Incentive Plans, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, Long-Term Incentive Plans, Performance Incentive Plans, Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plans, Share Purchase & Option Plans);
11)Authority to issue additional debt;
12)Change in the number of authorized common shares;
13)Corporate name change;
14)Change in investment company agreements with advisers;
15)Stock option plans, unless exercise price is less than the market price at the time of the grant or excessive dilution would occur under the plan;
16)Removal of a Director only for cause;
17)Recoup unearned management bonuses;
18)Waiver of preemptive rights;
19)Fair pricing amendments unless accompanied by a super-majority provision in excess of two-thirds;
20)Equal access proposals;
21)Technical amendments to by-laws or charters;
22)Share repurchases; and
23)Spin-offs.
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The following proposals are generally opposed:
1)Creation of a second class of stock with unequal voting rights;
2)Fair pricing provisions when accompanied by a super-majority provision in excess of two-thirds;
3)Amendment to bylaws by Board of Directors without shareholder approval;
4)Elimination of shareholder right to call a special meeting or requiring more than 25 % of shareholders to call a special meeting;
5)Elimination of shareholder action by written consent;
6)“Stakeholder” proposals;
7)Loans or guarantees of loans to Officers and Directors;
8)Super-majority provisions in excess of two-thirds;
9)A greater vote requirement to repeal a provision than to adopt it; and
10) Permit cumulative voting.
When the Committee decides to vote against a proposal that is generally approved or to vote in favor of a proposal that is generally opposed, the reason for the exception will be recorded.
There is no general policy with respect to mergers or other combinations, such proposals will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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MANAGER DIRECTED PORTFOLIOS
PART C
SPYGLASS GROWTH FUND
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28. Exhibits.
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(c) | Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders are incorporated herein by reference to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and the Amended and Restated By-laws. | ||||||||||
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Item 29. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant
No person is directly or indirectly controlled by or under common control with the Registrant.
Item 30. Indemnification
Article 9 of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”) provides for indemnification of the trustees, officers and agents of the Trust, subject to certain limitations. The Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 135 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on July 28, 2023.
The Trust’s trustees and officers are insured under a policy of insurance maintained by the Trust against certain liabilities that might be imposed as a result of actions, suits or proceedings to which they are a party by reason of having been such trustees or officers.
Pursuant to Rule 484 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant furnishes the following undertaking: “Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.”
Item 31. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
Spyglass Capital Management, LLC (the “Advisor”) serves as the investment adviser to the Spyglass Growth Fund (the “Fund”). The principal business address of the Advisor is One Letterman Drive, Suite 3600, San Francisco, California 94129. With respect to the Advisor, the response to this Item is incorporated by reference to the Advisor’s Uniform Application for Investment Adviser Registration (Form ADV) on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and dated March 31, 2026. The Form ADV for the Adviser may be obtained, free of charge, at the SEC's website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 32. Principal Underwriter.
(a) ALPS Distributors, Inc., the Registrant’s principal underwriter, acts as principal underwriter for the following investment companies:
1290 Funds
1WS Credit Income Fund
Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund
abrdn ETFs
abrdn Funds
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
Accordant ODCE Index Fund
Alpha Alternative Assets Fund
ALPS Series Trust
Alternative Credit Income Fund
Apollo Diversified Credit Fund
Apollo Diversified Real Estate Fund
AQR Funds
Arrowmark Financial Corp.
Axonic Alternative Income Fund
Axonic Funds
BBH Trust
Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund
Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund
Bridge Builder Trust
Cambria ETF Trust
CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund
CION Grosvenor Infrastructure Fund
Columbia ETF Trust
Columbia ETF Trust I
Columbia ETF Trust II
Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.
CRM Mutual Fund Trust
DBX ETF Trust
Diameter Dynamic Credit Fund
Eagle Point Defensive Income Trust
Eagle Point Enhanced Income Trust
EA Series Trust (Cambria Series)
ETF Series Solutions (Vident Series)
Financial Investors Trust
Firsthand Funds
FS Credit Income Fund
FS Credit Opportunities Corp.
FS MVP Private Markets Fund
Gemcorp Commodities Alternative Products Fund
Goehring & Rozencwajg Investment Funds
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II
Graniteshares ETF Trust
Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust
Heartland Group, Inc.
Investment Managers Series Trust II (AXS-Advised Funds)
Investment Managers Series Trust II (Alternative Access-Advised Fund)
Janus Detroit Street Trust
Lattice Strategies Trust
Litman Gregory Funds Trust
Longleaf Partners Funds Trust
Manager Directed Portfolios (Spyglass Growth Fund)
Meridian Fund, Inc.
Natixis ETF Trust
Natixis ETF Trust II
New York Life Investments Active ETF Trust
New York Life Investments ETF Trust
Opportunistic Credit Interval Fund
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds
Principal Exchange-Traded Funds
RiverNorth Funds
RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Opportunistic Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Managed Duration Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Capital and Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
RiverNorth Managed Duration Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust
Sphinx Opportunity Fund II
Sprott Funds Trust
The Arbitrage Funds
Themes ETF Trust
Tidal Trust II (Cambria Series)
Thornburg ETF Trust
Thrivent ETF Trust
Trust for Professional Managers (PT Asset Management Series)
USCF ETF Trust
USVC Venture Capital Access Fund
Valkyrie ETF Trust II
Wasatch Funds
Wilmington Funds
X-Square Balanced Fund
X-Square Series Trust
(b) To the best of Registrant’s knowledge, the managers and executive officers of ALPS Distributors, Inc., are as follows:
| Name* | Position with Underwriter | Positions with Fund | ||||||
| Stephen J. Kyllo | President, Chief Operating Officer, Director, Chief Compliance Officer | None | ||||||
| Brian Schell** | Vice President and Treasurer | None | ||||||
| Eric Parsons | Vice President, Controller and Assistant Treasurer | None | ||||||
| Jason White*** | Secretary | None | ||||||
| Richard C. Noyes | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Assistant Secretary | None | ||||||
| Eric Theroff^ | Assistant Secretary | None | ||||||
| Adam Girard^^ | Tax Officer | None | ||||||
| Liza Price | Vice President, Managing Counsel | None | ||||||
| Jed Stahl | Vice President, Managing Counsel | None | ||||||
| Terence Digan | Vice President | None | ||||||
| James Stegall | Vice President | None | ||||||
| Gary Ross | Senior Vice President | None | ||||||
| Hilary Quinn | Vice President | None | ||||||
* Except as otherwise noted, the principal business address for each of the above directors and executive officers is 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203.
** The principal business address for Mr. Schell is 100 South Wacker Drive, 19th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606.
*** The principal business address for Mr. White is 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036.
^ The principal business address for Mr. Theroff is 1055 Broadway Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64105.
^^ The principal business address for Mr. Girard is 80 Lamberton Road, Windsor, CT 06095.
(c) Not applicable.
Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.
The books and records required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are maintained at the following locations:
Records Relating to: | Are located at: | ||||
| Registrant’s Fund Administrator, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent | U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC 615 East Michigan Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 | ||||
| Investment Advisor | Spyglass Capital Management, LLC One Letterman Drive, Suite A 4‑800 San Francisco, California 94129 | ||||
| Registrant’s Custodian | U.S. Bank, National Association 1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 | ||||
Item 34. Management Services
All management-related service contracts entered into by Registrant are discussed in Parts A and B of this Registration Statement.
Item 35. Undertakings
Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 187 to its Registration Statement meets all of the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 187 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, on April 24, 2026.
MANAGER DIRECTED PORTFOLIOS
By: /s/ Scott M. Ostrowski
Scott M. Ostrowski
Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 187 to its Registration Statement has been signed below on April 24, 2026 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature | Title | ||||
James R. Schoenike* James R. Schoenike | Trustee | ||||
Gaylord B. Lyman* Gaylord B. Lyman | Trustee | ||||
Scott Craven Jones* Scott Craven Jones | Trustee | ||||
Lawrence T. Greenberg* Lawrence T. Greenberg | Trustee | ||||
/s/ Scott M. Ostrowski Scott M. Ostrowski | Vice President (acting Principal Executive Officer) | ||||
/s/ Colton W. Scarmardo Colton W. Scarmardo | Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||
* By: /s/ Colton W. Scarmardo Colton W. Scarmardo * Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed with Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 with the SEC on August 12, 2025 and is incorporated by reference. | |||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
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