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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;Effective immediately, the Board of Trustees of Rochdale Investment Trust (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) has approved the elimination of the 2.00% redemption fee relating to redemptions or exchanges of shares of the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;Rochdale Dividend &amp;amp; Income Portfolio&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;, the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;Rochdale Intermediate Fixed Income Portfolio&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;Rochdale Fixed Income Opportunities Portfolio&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt; 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  <dei:TradingSymbol contextRef="S000025813member_C000077172member">RIMOX</dei:TradingSymbol>
  <rr:RiskReturnHeading contextRef="CTXT_P0001S000032471member_S000032471member">Rochdale Emerging Markets Portfolio</rr:RiskReturnHeading>
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