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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSRS

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-09521

 

 

AMG FUNDS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 299-3500

Date of fiscal year end: DECEMBER 31

Date of reporting period: JANUARY 1, 2017 – JUNE 30, 2017

(Semi-Annual Shareholder Report)

 

 

 


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LOGO   SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

AMG Funds

June 30, 2017

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

Class N: MBEAX    | Class I: MBESX | Class Z: MBEYX

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

Class N: CESVX    | Class I: CESSX | Class Z: CESIX

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

Class N: MGIDX    | Class I: MADIX | Class Z: MAMZX

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

Class N: MGSDX    | Class I: MANIX | Class Z: MATZX

 

www.amgfunds.com        SAR009-0617


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AMG Funds

Semi-Annual Report—June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS    PAGE  

ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     2  

FUND PERFORMANCE

     3  

FUND SNAPSHOTS AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

     5  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

     14  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

     18  

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

     23  

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     30  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     36  

Balance sheets, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     40  

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the period

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     41  

Detail of changes in assets for the past two periods

  

Financial Highlights

     43  

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

Notes to Financial Statements

     52  

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

ANNUAL RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

     61  

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Funds family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 


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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

          Beginning     Ending        
    Expense     Account     Account     Expenses  
    Ratio for     Value     Value     Paid During  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017   the Period     01/01/17     06/30/17     the Period*  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund Class N

 

 

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.09   $ 1,000     $ 1,070     $ 5.59  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.09   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 5.46  

Class I

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.94   $ 1,000     $ 1,071     $ 4.83  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.94   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 4.71  

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.84   $ 1,000     $ 1,072     $ 4.31  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.84   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 4.21  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

 

 

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.35   $ 1,000     $ 984     $ 6.64  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.35   $ 1,000     $ 1,018     $ 6.76  

Class I

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.07   $ 1,000     $ 985     $ 5.22  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.07   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 5.31  

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.95   $ 1,000     $ 985     $ 4.68  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.95   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 4.76  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

 

 

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.85   $ 1,000     $ 1,011     $ 4.24  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.85   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 4.26  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.68   $ 1,000     $ 1,005     $ 2.32  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.68   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 3.41  

Class Z**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.68   $ 1,000     $ 1,005     $ 2.32  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.68   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 3.41  

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

 

 

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.75   $ 1,000     $ 1,002     $ 3.72  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.75   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 3.76  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.56   $ 1,000     $ 999     $ 1.90  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.56   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 2.81  

Class Z**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.56   $ 1,000     $ 1,000     $ 1.90  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.56   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 2.81  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent half-year (181), then divided by 365.
** Commenced operations on February 27, 2017, and as such, the expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (124), then divided by 365.
 

 

 

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Fund Performance (unaudited)

Periods ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s relative index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns1    Six     One     Five     Ten     Since     Inception  
   Months*     Year     Years     Years     Inception     Date  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund2,3,4,5,6,7

 

Class N

     7.02     9.85     8.80     6.46     7.85     01/02/97  

Class I

     7.11     10.01     —         —         8.89     11/30/12  

Class Z

     7.17     10.12     9.06     6.73     8.23     01/02/97  

60% Russell 1000® Index14/40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index15

     6.47     10.44     9.76     6.80     7.55     01/02/97  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index15

     2.27     (0.31 )%      2.21     4.48     5.29     01/02/97  

Russell 1000® Index14

     9.27     18.03     14.67     7.29     8.16     01/02/97  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund2,5,7,8,9,10

 

Class N

     (1.62 )%      21.72     —         —         7.28     12/31/14  

Class I

     (1.47 )%      22.21     —         —         7.61     12/31/14  

Class Z

     (1.48 )%      22.21     —         —         7.69     12/31/14  

Russell 2000® Value Index16

     0.54     24.86     13.39     5.92     8.50     12/31/14  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund2,3,4,11,12,13

 

Class N17

     1.06     (0.21 )%      2.02     4.35     5.57     03/31/92  

Class I

     —         —         —         —         0.54     02/24/17  

Class Z

     —         —         —         —         0.45     02/24/17  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index15

     2.27     (0.31 )%      2.21     4.48     5.72     03/31/92  

Citigroup Mortgage Index18

     1.36     (0.08 )%      1.97     4.35     5.58     03/31/92  

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund2,3,4,11,12,13

 

Class N17

     0.20     0.75     0.51     1.36     3.37     03/31/92  

Class I

     —         —         —         —         (0.13 )%      02/24/17  

Class Z

     —         —         —         —         (0.03 )%      02/24/17  

BofA Merrill Lynch 6-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index19

     0.36     0.62     0.33     0.94     2.93     03/31/92  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per share for the Funds and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

 

* Not annualized.
Date reflects inception date of the Fund, not the index.
1 Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Funds are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2017. All returns are in U.S. dollars ($).
2 From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.
3 To the extent that the Fund invests in asset-backed or mortgage-backed securities, its exposure to prepayment and extension risks may be greater than investments in other fixed income securities.
4 The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtor’s ability to pay its creditors. Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of an investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed income securities to fall.
5 Investments in international securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing including currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions, which could result in significant market fluctuations. These risks are magnified in emerging markets.
6 The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in mid-capitalization companies such as greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.
7 The Fund invests in value stocks, which may perform differently from the market as a whole and may be undervalued by the market for a long period of time.
8 The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in emerging markets, such as erratic earnings patterns, economic and political instability, changing exchange controls, limitations on repatriation of foreign capital and changes in local governmental attitudes toward private investment, possibly leading to nationalization or confiscation of investor assets.
9 The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.
 

 

 

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10 The Fund is subject to special risk considerations similar to those associated with the direct ownership of real estate. Real estate valuations may be subject to factors such as changing general and local economic, financial, competitive, and environmental conditions.
11 The Fund may invest in derivatives such as options and futures; the complexity and rapidly changing structure of derivatives markets may increase the possibility of market losses.
12 Many bonds have call provisions which allow the debtors to pay them back before maturity. This is especially true with mortgage securities, which can be paid back anytime. Typically debtors prepay their debt when it is to their advantage (when interest rates drop making a new loan at current rates more attractive), and thus likely to the disadvantage of bondholders, who may have to reinvest prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields. Prepayment risk will vary depending on the provisions of the security and current interest rates relative to the interest rate of the debt.
13 Obligations of certain government agencies are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. If one of these agencies defaulted on a loan, there is no guarantee that the U.S. government would provide financial support. Additionally, debt securities of the U.S. government may be affected by changing interest rates and subject to prepayment risk.
14 The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of approximately 1,000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 1000 represents approximately 92% of the U.S. market. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 1000® Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
15 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are SEC-registered, taxable, and dollar denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities. Unlike the Fund, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
16 The Russell 2000® Value Index is an unmanaged, market-value weighted, value-oriented index comprised of small stocks that have relatively low price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000® Value Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
17 Effective February 27, 2017, Class S of AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund and AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund were renamed Class N.
18 The Citigroup Mortgage Index includes all outstanding government sponsored fixed-rate mortgage-backed securities, weighted in proportion to their current market capitalization. The Index reflects no deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes. Unlike the Fund, the Citigroup Mortgage Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
19 The BofA Merrill Lynch 6-Month T-Bill Index is an unmanaged index that measures returns of six-month Treasury Bills. Unlike the Fund, the BofA Merrill Lynch 6-Month T-Bill Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.

The Russell 1000® Index and Russell 2000® Value Index are registered trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.

Not FDIC Insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

Fund Snapshot (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG Chicago Equity Partners
Balanced Fund*
 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     30.5

Information Technology

     16.7

Industrials

     9.7

Consumer Discretionary

     9.4

Health Care

     9.2

Financials

     8.5

Consumer Staples

     5.1

Real Estate

     2.6

Energy

     2.4

Materials

     2.1

Utilities

     1.9

Telecommunication Services

     1.3

Rights

     0.0 %# 

Other Assets and Liabilities

     0.6

 

* As a percentage of net assets.
# Less than 0.05%.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.750%, 08/15/42**

     2.5

Apple, Inc.**

     2.4  

U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.250%, 11/15/24**

     2.4  

U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375%, 08/31/20

     1.7  

Facebook, Inc., Class A**

     1.7  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A**

     1.7  

U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.875%, 11/30/21**

     1.3  

Microsoft Corp.**

     1.3  

FHLMC Gold Pool, 3.500%, 01/01/46**

     1.3  

Amazon.com, Inc.

     1.1  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     17.4
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 64.5%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 9.4%

     

Amazon.com, Inc.*

     2,170      $ 2,100,560  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.*

     920        14,352  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*

     540        30,537  

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.*

     2,100        28,812  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     1,420        81,409  

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

     1,970        25,708  

Big Lots, Inc.1

     1,205        58,202  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     3,240        68,785  

BorgWarner, Inc.

     4,950        209,682  

Bridgepoint Education, Inc.*

     1,730        25,535  

Burlington Stores, Inc.*

     6,940        638,411  

Callaway Golf Co.

     980        12,524  

Career Education Corp.*

     1,350        12,960  

CarMax, Inc.*

     3,480        219,449  

CBS Corp., Class B

     18,040        1,150,591  

The Children’s Place, Inc.1

     390        39,819  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

     4,700        301,975  

Coach, Inc.

     8,890        420,853  

Comcast Corp., Class A

     51,440        2,002,045  

Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.*

     110        11,096  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     680        61,499  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.*

     250        16,628  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     3,570        755,162  

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.1

     3,890        214,417  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.*

     115        9,017  

Hasbro, Inc.

     4,180        466,112  

The Home Depot, Inc.

     8,710        1,336,114  

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

     5,240        128,904  

Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc.*

     805        19,111  

Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A

     600        28,926  

KB Home

     910        21,813  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     290        9,425  

Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group, Class A*

     4,010        98,405  

M/I Homes, Inc.*

     1,160        33,118  

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A*

     2,100        54,327  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     2,390        239,741  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     260        30,615  

MCBC Holdings, Inc.*

     1,780        34,799  

McDonald’s Corp.

     2,480        379,837  

MSG Networks, Inc., Class A*

     1,210        27,164  

Netflix, Inc.*

     3,680        549,829  

Nutrisystem, Inc.

     1,110        57,776  

Office Depot, Inc.

     5,480        30,907  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     2,300        190,670  
     Shares      Value  

Perry Ellis International, Inc.*

     640      $ 12,454  

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.*

     2,070        40,903  

Pool Corp.

     6,610        777,138  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     450        33,210  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     10,380        599,237  

Select Comfort Corp.*

     625        22,181  

Service Corp. International

     11,790        394,376  

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

     280        9,212  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.1

     20,880        114,214  

Target Corp.

     5,155        269,555  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A*

     1,920        46,099  

Tenneco, Inc.

     1,030        59,565  

Time Warner, Inc.

     1,520        152,623  

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     12,250        860,318  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.*

     2,420        695,363  

VF Corp.

     2,590        149,184  

Visteon Corp.*

     4,790        488,867  

The Walt Disney Co.

     1,075        114,219  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A*

     1,610        123,777  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

     1,170        32,772  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        17,242,888  

Consumer Staples - 5.1%

     

Altria Group, Inc.

     7,625        567,834  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     6,280        259,866  

Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.*

     5,120        116,787  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

     3,100        150,660  

Campbell Soup Co.

     3,100        161,665  

Central Garden and Pet Co., Class A*

     590        17,712  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     6,670        346,040  

The Coca-Cola Co.

     8,560        383,916  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     1,220        90,439  

ConAgra Brands, Inc.

     18,190        650,474  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

     4,400        852,412  

CVS Health Corp.

     2,270        182,644  

Dean Foods Co.

     685        11,645  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     13,360        641,547  

Ingredion, Inc.

     3,960        472,072  

The JM Smucker Co.

     2,400        283,992  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

     480        30,293  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

     6,507        286,568  

Limoneira Co.

     485        11,461  

Medifast, Inc.

     400        16,588  

National Beverage Corp.1

     415        38,827  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

     1,010        63,468  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     5,380        621,336  

Performance Food Group Co.*

     420        11,508  
 

 

 

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     Shares      Value  

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Philip Morris International, Inc.

     9,550      $ 1,121,648  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.*

     6,140        134,589  

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     11,340        988,281  

Reynolds American, Inc.

     1,140        74,146  

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

     50        5,782  

Sysco Corp.

     2,740        137,904  

Universal Corp.

     450        29,115  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     2,010        157,403  

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     6,090        460,891  

Total Consumer Staples

        9,379,513  

Energy - 2.4%

     

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     2,020        91,587  

Apache Corp.

     3,150        150,980  

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     2,810        153,173  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     4,870        122,140  

Chevron Corp.

     7,145        745,438  

Cimarex Energy Co.

     1,560        146,656  

ConocoPhillips

     3,840        168,806  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.*,1

     25,770        385,004  

Delek US Holdings, Inc.1

     1,980        52,351  

Devon Energy Corp.

     6,790        217,076  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.*

     1,010        89,698  

Ensco PLC, Class A1

     1,770        9,133  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     1,635        148,000  

EQT Corp.

     780        45,700  

Evolution Petroleum Corp.

     1,840        14,904  

Exterran Corp.*

     330        8,811  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     11,095        895,699  

Green Plains, Inc.

     550        11,302  

McDermott International, Inc.*

     5,520        39,578  

Nabors Industries, Ltd.

     9,530        77,574  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     3,300        108,702  

Newpark Resources, Inc.*

     4,670        34,324  

Noble Corp. PLC1

     16,620        60,164  

Noble Energy, Inc.

     2,720        76,976  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     1,730        103,575  

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     3,610        82,452  

ONEOK, Inc.

     1,330        69,373  

Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A*

     4,110        114,052  

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.*

     2,150        27,842  

RPC, Inc.1

     4,730        95,593  

Valero Energy Corp.

     1,510        101,865  

W&T Offshore, Inc.*

     11,170        21,893  

Total Energy

        4,470,421  
     Shares      Value  

Financials - 6.9%

     

Aflac, Inc.

     1,350      $ 104,868  

The Allstate Corp.

     5,160        456,350  

American Financial Group, Inc.

     640        63,597  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     1,750        222,757  

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp., REIT

     3,750        22,538  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., REIT1

     3,210        80,250  

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

     3,540        176,469  

Associated Banc-Corp.

     7,100        178,920  

Assurant, Inc.

     2,230        231,229  

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.

     6,240        260,458  

BancFirst Corp.

     150        14,490  

Bank of America Corp.

     38,560        935,466  

The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son, Ltd.

     1,310        44,671  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*

     2,850        482,704  

BGC Partners, Inc., Class A

     890        11,250  

Cathay General Bancorp

     480        18,216  

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

     3,240        296,136  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     6,470        230,850  

City Holding Co.

     160        10,539  

CME Group, Inc.

     675        84,537  

Comerica, Inc.

     1,760        128,902  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

     3,851        218,852  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

     800        75,128  

Discover Financial Services

     2,980        185,326  

Eaton Vance Corp.

     6,620        313,258  

Enova International, Inc.*

     2,225        33,041  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A

     1,020        127,571  

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

     1,380        97,290  

FB Financial Corp.*

     330        11,943  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C

     300        19,410  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     7,060        183,278  

First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.

     370        9,490  

First Financial Bancorp

     450        12,465  

First Merchants Corp.

     540        21,676  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     4,030        180,504  

Fulton Financial Corp.

     3,290        62,510  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     610        135,359  

Green Bancorp, Inc.*

     500        9,700  

Hancock Holding Co.

     2,425        118,825  

Home Bancorp, Inc.

     425        18,071  

Independent Bank Corp.

     700        15,225  

Invesco, Ltd.

     4,150        146,038  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     11,208        1,024,411  

Lincoln National Corp.

     4,100        277,078  
 

 

 

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LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

     10,950      $ 464,937  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     1,580        317,738  

MFA Financial, Inc., REIT

     11,270        94,555  

MGIC Investment Corp.*

     4,680        52,416  

Navient Corp.

     4,600        76,590  

Northern Trust Corp.

     6,760        657,140  

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

     370        4,274  

Preferred Bank

     1,280        68,442  

Primerica, Inc.

     165        12,499  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     1,110        71,118  

The Progressive Corp.

     14,580        642,832  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     1,770        191,408  

QCR Holdings, Inc.

     150        7,110  

Regions Financial Corp.

     12,230        179,047  

S&P Global, Inc.

     3,020        440,890  

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

     465        18,907  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

     190        9,510  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

     1,960        72,304  

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     5,715        324,155  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     950        70,500  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     3,270        140,577  

Third Point Reinsurance, Ltd.*

     5,715        79,438  

Torchmark Corp.

     1,480        113,220  

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     665        84,142  

UMB Financial Corp.

     1,230        92,078  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.1

     3,445        86,814  

US Bancorp

     6,565        340,855  

Valley National Bancorp

     6,750        79,718  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.*

     1,810        88,382  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     4,770        264,306  

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

     110        95,549  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     440        33,634  

Total Financials

        12,626,731  

Health Care - 9.2%

     

AbbVie, Inc.

     8,290        601,108  

Aetna, Inc.

     985        149,553  

Agenus, Inc.*,1

     1,550        6,060  

Align Technology, Inc.*

     4,330        650,020  

Allergan PLC

     2,550        619,880  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     2,740        259,012  

Amgen, Inc.

     5,280        909,374  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     240        11,232  

Array BioPharma, Inc.*

     3,675        30,760  

Baxter International, Inc.

     26,248        1,589,054  

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.*

     520        25,745  
     Shares      Value  

Bioverativ, Inc.*

     3,250      $ 195,552  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     2,980        166,046  

Calithera Biosciences, Inc.*

     715        10,618  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     750        58,440  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.*

     440        14,181  

Catalent, Inc.*

     1,800        63,180  

Celgene Corp.*

     8,780        1,140,259  

Chemed Corp.

     300        61,359  

Cigna Corp.

     790        132,238  

Clovis Oncology, Inc.*

     570        53,369  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.*,1

     1,785        21,063  

CR Bard, Inc.

     440        139,088  

Exelixis, Inc.*

     11,920        293,590  

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

     8,640        551,578  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     840        59,455  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*,1

     6,145        78,779  

Halyard Health, Inc.*

     260        10,213  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     1,620        128,968  

Humana, Inc.

     1,570        377,773  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*

     4,390        708,634  

ImmunoGen, Inc.*,1

     5,130        36,474  

Immunomedics, Inc.*

     2,850        25,166  

INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A*

     210        12,285  

Innoviva, Inc.*,1

     5,670        72,576  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

     270        252,550  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1

     5,970        303,694  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1

     1,595        30,114  

Johnson & Johnson

     6,875        909,494  

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1

     7,040        50,899  

LHC Group, Inc.*

     220        14,936  

Magellan Health, Inc.*

     445        32,440  

Masimo Corp.*

     925        84,342  

McKesson Corp.

     690        113,533  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     15,535        995,638  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*

     200        117,708  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.*,1

     830        57,419  

Novavax, Inc.*

     12,305        14,151  

Omeros Corp.*

     645        12,839  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.*

     1,740        30,032  

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     300        9,657  

Perrigo Co. PLC

     1,220        92,134  

Pfizer, Inc.

     3,367        113,098  

PRA Health Sciences, Inc.*

     130        9,751  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.*,1

     600        10,998  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     890        98,932  

Quidel Corp.*

     2,410        65,407  
 

 

 

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     Shares      Value  

Health Care - 9.2% (continued)

     

Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc.*

     2,870      $ 256,865  

Tivity Health, Inc.*

     665        26,500  

United Therapeutics Corp.*

     1,370        177,730  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     6,680        1,238,606  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

     4,370        450,940  

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*

     6,780        415,682  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     1,250        161,088  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.*

     4,465        801,735  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     1,770        167,300  

Zoetis, Inc.

     9,210        574,520  

Total Health Care

        16,953,414  

Industrials - 7.9%

     

3M Co.

     5,220        1,086,752  

AAR Corp.

     730        25,375  

ACCO Brands Corp.*

     1,635        19,048  

Alamo Group, Inc.

     360        32,692  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

     830        49,012  

Argan, Inc.

     490        29,400  

Blue Bird Corp.*

     1,150        19,550  

Brady Corp., Class A

     650        22,035  

The Brink’s Co.

     675        45,225  

CAI International, Inc.*

     730        17,228  

Caterpillar, Inc.

     2,440        262,202  

Cintas Corp.

     2,740        345,350  

Copa Holdings, S.A., Class A

     950        111,150  

Copart, Inc.*

     7,360        233,974  

Costamare, Inc.

     1,560        11,404  

CSX Corp.

     7,140        389,558  

Cummins, Inc.

     1,530        248,197  

Deere & Co.

     2,220        274,370  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.*

     365        12,592  

Emerson Electric Co.

     5,160        307,639  

Ennis, Inc.

     1,245        23,780  

Esterline Technologies Corp.*

     305        28,914  

GATX Corp.1

     3,650        234,586  

General Electric Co.

     3,280        88,593  

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.1

     475        21,969  

Harsco Corp.*

     2,530        40,733  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.*

     1,540        72,303  

HEICO Corp.

     6,237        448,066  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

     1,970        71,117  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     5,660        810,795  

Insperity, Inc.

     690        48,990  

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

     1,800        97,902  

Kelly Services, Inc.

     1,430        32,104  
     Shares      Value  

Kennametal, Inc.

     3,190      $ 119,370  

Landstar System, Inc.

     5,530        473,368  

MasTec, Inc.*

     1,495        67,499  

Moog, Inc., Class A*

     290        20,799  

MRC Global, Inc.*

     3,595        59,389  

Nordson Corp.

     4,960        601,747  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     1,730        444,108  

Oshkosh Corp.

     980        67,502  

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     990        158,222  

Primoris Services Corp.

     1,060        26,436  

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

     1,750        40,110  

Quanta Services, Inc.*

     8,240        271,261  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     8,415        1,362,893  

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     3,810        400,355  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     640        148,179  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A*

     900        33,462  

Southwest Airlines Co.

     8,910        553,667  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A

     1,920        111,245  

The Toro Co.

     770        53,353  

TransUnion*

     20,940        906,911  

Trex Co., Inc.*

     155        10,487  

Triton International, Ltd/Bermuda

     1,265        42,302  

Tutor Perini Corp.*

     1,590        45,712  

Union Pacific Corp.

     6,860        747,123  

United Continental Holdings, Inc.*

     1,230        92,558  

United Rentals, Inc.*

     2,140        241,199  

United Technologies Corp.

     2,580        315,044  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     690        103,224  

Vectrus, Inc.*

     1,535        49,611  

Wabash National Corp.1

     4,100        90,118  

Waste Management, Inc.

     15,040        1,103,184  

WW Grainger, Inc.

     1,020        184,141  

Total Industrials

        14,507,184  

Information Technology - 16.7%

     

3D Systems Corp.*,1

     620        11,594  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     3,160        181,921  

Adobe Systems, Inc.*

     2,790        394,618  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.*

     330        21,348  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

     11,890        148,387  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd.*

     830        13,836  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

     3,285        3,053,999  

Appfolio, Inc., Class A*

     585        19,071  

Apple, Inc.

     31,100        4,479,022  

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.*,1

     620        38,310  

Arista Networks, Inc.*

     5,380        805,870  

Aspen Technology, Inc.*

     530        29,288  
 

 

 

 

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Information Technology - 16.7% (continued)

     

Autodesk, Inc.*

     560      $ 56,459  

Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B

     350        8,645  

Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., Class A*,1

     1,820        74,529  

Blucora, Inc.*

     2,010        42,612  

Broadcom, Ltd.

     880        205,084  

CACI International, Inc., Class A*

     140        17,507  

Care.com, Inc.*

     1,545        23,330  

CDK Global, Inc.

     9,530        591,432  

CDW Corp.

     18,310        1,144,924  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.*

     450        28,224  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     8,290        259,477  

Coherent, Inc.*

     1,860        418,481  

Cohu, Inc.

     1,220        19,203  

CommVault Systems, Inc.*

     555        31,330  

CoreLogic, Inc.*

     5,770        250,303  

Corning, Inc.

     6,310        189,616  

Cree, Inc.*

     5,665        139,642  

DST Systems, Inc.

     1,900        117,230  

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

     2,455        259,543  

EMCORE Corp.

     1,935        20,608  

ePlus, Inc.*

     1,340        99,294  

Extreme Networks, Inc.*

     2,200        20,284  

Facebook, Inc., Class A*

     21,080        3,182,658  

Fair Isaac Corp.

     720        100,375  

First Data Corp.*

     6,910        125,762  

Fiserv, Inc.*

     1,410        172,499  

Fortinet, Inc.*

     22,450        840,528  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     4,740        78,637  

HP, Inc.

     25,710        449,411  

HubSpot, Inc.*,1

     170        11,178  

InterDigital, Inc.

     135        10,436  

IPG Photonics Corp.*

     920        133,492  

Itron, Inc.*

     340        23,035  

KVH Industries, Inc.*

     1,000        9,500  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

     13,110        677,656  

Limelight Networks, Inc.*

     3,600        10,404  

LogMeln, Inc.

     1,525        159,363  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*,1

     200        11,410  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     9,960        447,204  

Microsemi Corp.*

     1,010        47,268  

Microsoft Corp.

     35,595        2,453,563  

NCR Corp.*

     18,400        751,456  

NVIDIA Corp.

     2,940        425,006  

Pegasystems, Inc.

     160        9,336  

Progress Software Corp.

     855        26,411  
     Shares      Value  

Red Hat, Inc.*

     880      $ 84,260  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A*

     2,345        85,710  

Sanmina Corp.*

     1,290        49,149  

Science Applications International Corp.

     145        10,066  

ServiceNow, Inc.*

     4,410        467,460  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     5,680        544,996  

Square, Inc., Class A*

     31,760        745,090  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.*

     505        12,448  

Symantec Corp.

     30,600        864,450  

Synopsys, Inc.*

     6,220        453,625  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*

     750        55,035  

Tech Data Corp.*

     775        78,275  

Teradata Corp.*,1

     4,060        119,729  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     13,410        1,031,631  

TTM Technologies, Inc.*

     2,170        37,671  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*

     865        16,219  

Vantiv, Inc., Class A*

     1,740        110,212  

Varonis Systems, Inc.*

     2,035        75,702  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.*

     38,480        405,194  

Visa, Inc., Class A

     8,430        790,565  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.1

     1,130        18,758  

VMware, Inc., Class A*

     650        56,830  

Western Digital Corp.

     5,990        530,714  

Workday, Inc., Class A*

     2,540        246,380  

Xilinx, Inc.

     1,650        106,128  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*

     2,720        273,414  

Zix Corp.*

     1,620        9,218  

Total Information Technology

        30,650,538  

Materials - 2.1%

     

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     980        140,199  

AK Steel Holding Corp.*

     4,455        29,269  

Berry Global Group, Inc.*

     12,610        718,896  

Cabot Corp.

     6,980        372,941  

Century Aluminum Co.*,1

     1,190        18,540  

The Chemours Co.

     735        27,871  

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.*

     8,550        59,166  

The Dow Chemical Co.

     5,840        368,329  

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     6,500        524,615  

Eagle Materials, Inc.

     1,720        158,962  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.*

     12,270        147,363  

Greif, Inc., Class A

     730        40,719  

Huntsman Corp.

     1,970        50,905  

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

     600        10,932  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.*

     465        11,211  

Newmarket Corp.

     200        92,096  

Newmont Mining Corp.

     2,730        88,425  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Materials - 2.1% (continued)

     

Packaging Corp. of America

     3,440      $ 383,182  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.1

     2,945        46,295  

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

     1,460        512,402  

Trinseo, S.A.

     1,335        91,714  

United States Steel Corp.

     1,500        33,210  

Total Materials

        3,927,242  

Real Estate - 2.6%

     

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., REIT

     760        91,557  

American Tower Corp., REIT

     9,360        1,238,515  

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., REIT

     2,940        17,875  

Boston Properties, Inc., REIT

     1,280        157,466  

Care Capital Properties, Inc., REIT

     21,750        580,725  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., REIT1

     4,540        38,272  

Columbia Property Trust, Inc., REIT

     6,030        134,951  

Corporate Office Properties Trust, REIT

     4,180        146,425  

DDR Corp., REIT

     23,260        210,968  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     6,965        76,267  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc., REIT

     3,200        361,440  

Equity Residential, REIT

     5,310        349,557  

Ferroglobe PLC

     2,510        29,994  

The Geo Group, Inc., REIT

     440        13,011  

Gladstone Commercial Corp., REIT

     720        15,689  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, REIT

     4,400        81,444  

HFF, Inc., Class A

     2,150        74,756  

iStar, Inc., REIT*

     5,340        64,294  

Lexington Realty Trust, REIT

     5,800        57,478  

The Macerich Co., REIT

     1,740        101,024  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A, REIT

     13,300        280,364  

PS Business Parks, Inc., REIT

     600        79,434  

Realty Income Corp., REIT1

     740        40,833  

SBA Communications Corp., REIT*

     2,190        295,431  

Senior Housing Properties Trust, REIT

     3,500        71,540  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., REIT

     16,000        118,560  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., REIT

     2,251        36,281  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., REIT

     2,120        55,078  

Total Real Estate

        4,819,229  

Telecommunication Services - 0.8%

 

  

AT&T, Inc.

     13,380        504,827  

Sprint Corp.*

     8,280        67,979  

T-Mobile US, Inc.*

     1,960        118,815  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     6,550        292,523  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.*

     16,920        522,828  

Total Telecommunication Services

        1,506,972  

Utilities - 1.4%

     

American States Water Co.

     810        38,402  
     Shares      Value  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

     3,905      $ 304,395  

Atmos Energy Corp.

     5,010        415,580  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     8,355        228,760  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

     200        14,990  

Connecticut Water Service, Inc.

     135        7,494  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     2,240        181,037  

Eversource Energy

     1,770        107,457  

IDACORP, Inc.

     230        19,630  

Middlesex Water Co.

     225        8,910  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

     1,100        43,670  

OGE Energy Corp.

     4,240        147,510  

ONE Gas, Inc.

     40        2,792  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

     955        56,039  

Otter Tail Corp.

     520        20,592  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     2,640        224,822  

PPL Corp.

     8,570        331,316  

SJW Group

     200        9,836  

Unitil Corp.

     280        13,527  

Vectren Corp.

     4,995        291,908  

WGL Holdings, Inc.

     190        15,852  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     2,650        121,582  

Total Utilities

        2,606,101  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $103,437,908)

        118,690,233  

Rights - 0.0%#

     

DYAX Corp. (Healthcare)*,12
(cost $0)

     670        7  
     Principal         
     Amount         

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 4.4%

     

Energy - 0.0%#

     

Exxon Mobil Corp., 1.708%, 03/01/19

   $ 95,000        95,231  

Financials - 1.6%

     

American Express Credit Corp., MTN, 2.250%, 05/05/21

     160,000        159,840  

Bank of America Corp., MTN, 2.503%, 10/21/22

     270,000        266,877  

Bank of Montreal, MTN, 2.100%, 12/12/19

     185,000        185,460  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.350%, 11/15/21

     320,000        316,019  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., MTN, 2.295%, 08/15/21

     330,000        328,272  

Morgan Stanley, MTN, 2.625%, 11/17/21

     295,000        294,746  

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, MTN, 2.250%, 11/05/19

     70,000        70,543  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Financials - 1.6% (continued)

     

US Bancorp, MTN, 2.200%, 04/25/19

   $ 175,000      $ 176,502  

Visa, Inc., 2.200%, 12/14/20

     220,000        221,947  

Wells Fargo & Co.,

     

2.500%, 03/04/21

     545,000        547,171  

MTN, 1.400%, 09/08/17

     305,000        305,027  

Total Financials

        2,872,404  

Industrials - 1.8%

     

3M Co., MTN, 2.000%, 06/26/22

     130,000        129,217  

Altria Group, Inc., 2.625%, 01/14/20

     200,000        203,172  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.700%, 10/01/19

     65,000        69,126  

Cisco Systems, Inc., 1.400%, 02/28/18

     200,000        200,049  

Colgate-Palmolive Co., MTN, 1.750%, 03/15/19

     105,000        105,314  

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 3.130%, 12/15/23

     120,000        122,020  

Ford Motor Co., 4.346%, 12/08/26

     120,000        123,766  

General Electric Co.,

     

5.250%, 12/06/17

     340,000        345,605  

MTN, Series A, 6.750%, 03/15/32

     45,000        61,774  

The Home Depot, Inc., 2.250%, 09/10/18

     210,000        211,793  

Johnson & Johnson, 5.150%, 07/15/18

     90,000        93,363  

Lockheed Martin Corp., 1.850%, 11/23/18

     70,000        70,140  

McDonald’s Corp.,

     

MTN, 5.350%, 03/01/18

     195,000        199,863  

MTN, 6.300%, 10/15/37

     80,000        104,440  

PepsiCo, Inc., Series 1, 1.000%, 10/13/17

     135,000        134,861  

Pfizer, Inc., 1.700%, 12/15/19

     230,000        230,448  

Tyson Foods, Inc., 2.650%, 08/15/19

     200,000        202,621  

Union Pacific Corp., 3.646%, 02/15/24

     155,000        164,051  

United Parcel Service, Inc., 6.200%, 01/15/38

     120,000        163,635  

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 6.500%, 08/15/37

     245,000        345,751  

Total Industrials

        3,281,009  

Telecommunication
Services - 0.5%

     

AT&T, Inc., 5.200%, 03/15/20

     345,000        370,948  

Cisco Systems, Inc., 2.200%, 02/28/21

     160,000        160,949  

Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.946%, 03/15/22(a)

     396,000        399,186  

Total Telecommunication Services

        931,083  

Utilities - 0.5%

     

BP Capital Markets PLC, 1.676%, 05/03/19

     225,000        224,303  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series 08-B, 6.750%, 04/01/38

   $ 105,000      $ 146,596  

Dominion Energy, Inc., 4.450%, 03/15/21

     75,000        80,285  

Georgia Power Co., 5.400%, 06/01/40

     65,000        76,087  

PacifiCorp, 6.000%, 01/15/39

     85,000        110,593  

Shell International Finance BV, 1.875%, 05/10/21

     130,000        128,477  

TransCanada PipeLines, Ltd., 3.800%, 10/01/20

     100,000        105,008  

Total Utilities

        871,349  

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes
(cost $7,962,607)

 

     8,051,076  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 30.5%

 

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 9.6%

 

  

FHLMC,

     

1.375%, 05/01/20

     165,000        163,971  

2.375%, 01/13/22

     105,000        107,273  

FHLMC Gold Pool,

     

2.500%, 07/01/28 to 09/01/46

     1,411,695        1,394,120  

3.000%, 01/01/29 to 09/01/46

     4,491,562        4,529,716  

3.500%, 03/01/42 to 03/01/46

     5,274,906        5,425,904  

4.000%, 03/01/44 to 11/01/45

     3,862,139        4,066,740  

4.500%, 02/01/39 to 04/01/44

     997,016        1,069,984  

5.000%, 07/01/35 to 07/01/41

     800,628        876,844  

5.500%, 04/01/38 to 01/01/39

     47,748        53,389  

Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

        17,687,941  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 2.9%

 

  

FNMA,

     

1.000%, 10/24/19

     350,000        346,240  

1.375%, 10/07/21 1

     170,000        167,036  

1.875%, 02/19/19

     440,000        443,479  

2.000%, 01/01/30

     60,557        59,309  

2.500%, 04/01/28 to 05/01/43

     1,157,295        1,128,086  

2.625%, 09/06/24

     305,000        313,226  

3.000%, 03/01/42 to 08/01/43

     612,448        615,169  

3.500%, 11/01/25 to 04/01/42

     333,055        345,483  

4.000%, 12/01/21 to 11/01/44

     359,117        378,556  

4.500%, 06/01/39 to 09/01/43

     824,593        889,623  

5.000%, 09/01/33 to 10/01/41

     348,627        381,621  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

    Principal
Amount
    Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 2.9% (continued)

   

5.500%, 02/01/35 to 05/01/39

  $ 168,271     $ 187,950  

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

      5,255,778  

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 18.0%

   

U.S. Treasury Bonds,

   

2.750%, 08/15/42

    4,600,000       4,551,033  

3.000%, 11/15/45

    1,405,000       1,447,424  

3.125%, 11/15/41

    245,000       259,504  

U.S. Treasury Notes,

   

0.875%, 07/31/19

    815,000       806,468  

1.000%, 09/30/19 to 11/30/19

    1,445,000       1,430,870  

1.125%, 07/31/21

    1,200,000       1,169,789  

1.375%, 05/31/20 to 08/31/20

    5,190,000       5,158,664  

1.500%, 01/31/22

    1,765,000       1,738,525  

1.625%, 07/31/20 to 05/15/26

    1,755,000       1,695,198  

1.750%, 05/15/22 to 06/30/22

    1,515,000       1,506,354  

1.875%, 11/30/21

    2,460,000       2,466,775  

2.000%, 02/15/25

    705,000       695,471  

2.250%, 11/15/24 to 02/15/27

    6,265,000       6,289,498  

2.500%, 08/15/23 to 05/15/24

    3,825,000       3,923,117  

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations

      33,138,690  

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations
(cost $56,674,711)

      56,082,409  

Short-Term Investments - 1.8%

   

Repurchase Agreements - 1.0%2

   

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $36,082 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $36,800)

    36,079       36,079  
    Principal
Amount
    Value  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $756,013 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $771,060)

  $ 755,941     $ 755,941  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $43,921 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $44,795)

    43,917       43,917  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $21,572 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $22,002)

    21,570       21,570  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $1,000,108 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $1,019,997)

    1,000,000       1,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements

      1,857,507  
    Shares        

Other Investment Companies - 0.8%

   

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

    1,427,035       1,427,035  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $3,284,542)

      3,284,542  

Total Investments - 101.2%
(cost $171,359,768)

      186,108,267  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (1.2)%

 

    (2,182,850

Net Assets - 100.0%

    $ 183,925,417  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

Fund Snapshot (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG Chicago Equity Partners
Small Cap Value Fund*
    Russell 2000®
Value Index
 

Financials

     32.9     30.6

Industrials

     15.3     11.7

Real Estate

     9.6     11.6

Consumer Discretionary

     9.4     10.6

Information Technology

     9.1     9.5

Utilities

     6.9     6.7

Health Care

     5.4     5.6

Materials

     4.9     4.1

Energy

     3.9     6.1

Consumer Staples

     2.9     2.8

Telecommunication Services

     0.3     0.7

Other Assets and Liabilities

     (0.6 )%      0.0

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

Hancock Holding Co.**

     1.9

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

     1.8  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.**

     1.6  

UMB Financial Corp.**

     1.6  

Valley National Bancorp

     1.5  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., REIT

     1.5  

Wabash National Corp.

     1.4  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     1.4  

MGIC Investment Corp.

     1.4  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co., REIT

     1.4  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     15.5
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 100.6%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 9.4%

     

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.*

     1,030      $ 14,132  

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

     2,640        34,452  

Bridgepoint Education, Inc.*

     1,360        20,074  

Callaway Golf Co.

     590        7,540  

Career Education Corp.*

     955        9,168  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

     710        6,688  

Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.*

     240        24,209  

Dana, Inc.

     135        3,015  

Flexsteel Industries, Inc.

     270        14,610  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

     150        9,498  

Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A

     770        37,122  

KB Home1

     320        7,670  

M/I Homes, Inc.*

     1,210        34,546  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     280        32,970  

Meredith Corp.1

     410        24,374  

MSG Networks, Inc., Class A*

     760        17,062  

Office Depot, Inc.

     7,510        42,356  

Perry Ellis International, Inc.*

     50        973  

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.*

     1,500        29,640  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

     1,425        27,716  

TopBuild Corp.*

     530        28,127  

Tower International, Inc.

     430        9,654  

Townsquare Media, Inc.*

     200        2,048  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

     810        22,688  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        460,332  

Consumer Staples - 2.9%

     

Central Garden and Pet Co., Class A*

     795        23,866  

Dean Foods Co.

     660        11,220  

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

     10        333  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

     340        21,457  

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

     307        35,505  

SpartanNash Co.

     525        13,629  

Universal Corp.

     350        22,645  

Village Super Market, Inc., Class A

     535        13,867  

Total Consumer Staples

        142,522  

Energy - 3.9%

     

Delek US Holdings, Inc.1

     1,425        37,677  

Ensco PLC, Class A1

     300        1,548  

Exterran Corp.*

     620        16,554  

McDermott International, Inc.*

     6,875        49,294  

Newpark Resources, Inc.*

     1,190        8,746  

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.*

     1,800        23,310  
     
     Shares      Value  

Sanchez Energy Corp.*

     3,940      $ 28,289  

Unit Corp.*

     500        9,365  

W&T Offshore, Inc.*

     9,185        18,003  

Total Energy

        192,786  

Financials - 32.9%

     

1st Source Corp.

     210        10,067  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

     1,605        42,179  

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp., REIT

     4,200        25,242  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., REIT

     3        56  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., REIT1

     2,900        72,500  

BancFirst Corp.

     245        23,667  

The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son, Ltd.

     975        33,248  

Cathay General Bancorp

     635        24,098  

CenterState Banks, Inc.

     400        9,944  

Charter Financial Corp./MD

     880        15,840  

City Holding Co.

     560        36,887  

CVB Financial Corp.

     1,495        33,533  

Enova International, Inc.*

     2,390        35,492  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

     980        39,984  

FB Financial Corp.*

     980        35,466  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C

     699        45,225  

First American Financial Corp.

     810        36,199  

First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.

     275        7,054  

First Financial Bancorp

     939        26,010  

Fulton Financial Corp.

     3,497        66,443  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

     460        16,841  

Green Bancorp, Inc.*,1

     765        14,841  

Hancock Holding Co.

     1,890        92,610  

Home Bancorp, Inc.

     65        2,764  

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc.*

     430        6,506  

Independent Bank Corp.

     1,240        26,970  

INTL. FCStone, Inc.*

     450        16,992  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc., REIT

     1,075        17,963  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

     480        22,022  

Macatawa Bank Corp.

     700        6,678  

MBT Financial Corp.

     510        4,947  

MGIC Investment Corp.*

     6,210        69,552  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

     410        15,150  

New Residential Investment Corp., REIT

     1,845        28,708  

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

     720        8,316  

Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc., REIT

     420        7,123  

People’s Utah Bancorp

     200        5,360  

Preferred Bank

     819        43,792  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Financials - 32.9% (continued)

     

Regional Management Corp.*

     490      $ 11,579  

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

     975        39,644  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

     1,175        58,809  

Shore Bancshares, Inc.

     360        5,922  

State National Cos., Inc.

     280        5,146  

Stifel Financial Corp.*

     370        17,013  

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

     230        8,947  

Third Point Reinsurance, Ltd.*

     630        8,757  

UMB Financial Corp.

     1,045        78,229  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

     3,150        79,380  

Valley National Bancorp

     6,305        74,462  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.*

     1,845        90,091  

Waterstone Financial, Inc.

     640        12,064  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     915        69,943  

World Acceptance Corp.*

     415        31,088  

Total Financials

        1,617,343  

Health Care - 5.4%

     

Agenus, Inc.*,1

     2,420        9,462  

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     565        10,396  

AngioDynamics, Inc.*

     760        12,320  

Array BioPharma, Inc.*,1

     2,697        22,574  

Halyard Health, Inc.*

     755        29,656  

Immunomedics, Inc.*

     3,000        26,490  

Innoviva, Inc.*,1

     2,840        36,352  

Magellan Health, Inc.*

     180        13,122  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.*

     140        9,685  

Novavax, Inc.*

     3,015        3,467  

Omeros Corp.*

     170        3,384  

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     340        10,945  

PharMerica Corp.*

     960        25,200  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.*,1

     370        6,782  

Quidel Corp.*

     800        21,712  

Tivity Health, Inc.*

     540        21,519  

Total Health Care

        263,066  

Industrials - 15.3%

     

AAR Corp.

     1,270        44,145  

ABM Industries, Inc.

     335        13,909  

ACCO Brands Corp.*

     4,665        54,347  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

     370        21,848  

ArcBest Corp.

     10        206  

Blue Bird Corp.*

     1,280        21,760  

Brady Corp., Class A

     525        17,798  

CAI International, Inc.*

     210        4,956  
     Shares      Value  

Costamare, Inc.

     1,990      $ 14,547  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.*

     125        4,312  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     210        13,730  

Ennis, Inc.

     1,320        25,212  

Esterline Technologies Corp.*

     455        43,134  

GATX Corp.1

     760        48,845  

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.1

     620        28,675  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A

     1,050        23,572  

Moog, Inc., Class A*

     145        10,399  

MRC Global, Inc.*

     3,505        57,903  

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

     1,525        34,953  

Radiant Logistics, Inc.*

     2,100        11,298  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A*

     855        31,789  

SkyWest, Inc.

     700        24,570  

SP Plus Corp.*

     470        14,358  

Sterling Construction Co., Inc.*

     400        5,228  

Titan Machinery, Inc.*

     1,150        20,677  

Triton International, Ltd/Bermuda

     860        28,758  

Tutor Perini Corp.*

     600        17,250  

Vectrus, Inc.*

     865        27,957  

Wabash National Corp.1

     3,200        70,336  

YRC Worldwide, Inc.*

     1,610        17,903  

Total Industrials

        754,375  

Information Technology - 9.1%

     

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.*

     150        9,704  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd.*

     120        2,000  

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.*,1

     340        21,009  

Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B

     690        17,043  

Blucora, Inc.*

     380        8,056  

Brooks Automation, Inc.

     590        12,797  

ChannelAdvisor Corp.*

     1,200        13,860  

Cohu, Inc.

     220        3,463  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

     10        190  

Cree, Inc.*

     1,515        37,345  

Diodes, Inc.*

     165        3,965  

ePlus, Inc.*

     530        39,273  

Limelight Networks, Inc.*

     2,745        7,933  

Progress Software Corp.

     170        5,251  

QAD, Inc., Class A

     350        11,218  

Sanmina Corp.*

     1,020        38,862  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.*,1

     770        18,980  

Systemax, Inc.

     295        5,546  

Tech Data Corp.*

     465        46,965  

TiVo Corp.

     1,000        18,650  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Information Technology - 9.1% (continued)

     

TTM Technologies, Inc.*

     3,130      $ 54,337  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.*

     4,760        50,123  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     1,380        22,908  

Zedge, Inc., Class B*

     1        2  

Total Information Technology

        449,480  

Materials - 4.9%

     

AK Steel Holding Corp.*,1

     6,102        40,090  

Boise Cascade Co.*

     225        6,840  

Century Aluminum Co.*

     1,040        16,203  

The Chemours Co.

     624        23,662  

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.*

     7,545        52,211  

Commercial Metals Co.1

     420        8,161  

Ferroglobe PLC

     800        9,560  

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.*

     200        2,390  

Greif, Inc., Class A

     505        28,169  

KMG Chemicals, Inc.

     85        4,137  

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

     1,220        22,228  

Ryerson Holding Corp.*

     1,650        16,335  

Tronox, Ltd.

     700        10,584  

Total Materials

        240,570  

Real Estate - 9.6%

     

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., REIT

     6,180        37,574  

Care Capital Properties, Inc., REIT

     715        19,090  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., REIT1

     2,630        22,171  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co., REIT

     6,300        68,985  

The Geo Group, Inc., REIT

     665        19,664  

Gladstone Commercial Corp., REIT

     1,400        30,506  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, REIT

     3,090        57,196  

iStar, Inc., REIT*

     455        5,478  

LaSalle Hotel Properties, REIT

     1,150        34,270  

Lexington Realty Trust, REIT

     6,735        66,744  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, REIT

     815        14,906  

PS Business Parks, Inc., REIT

     81        10,724  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., REIT

     3,601        58,041  

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

     800        25,520  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., REIT

     180        3,487  

Total Real Estate

        474,356  

Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

     

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*

     685        13,392  

Utilities - 6.9%

     

ALLETE, Inc.

     120        8,602  

American States Water Co.

     270        12,801  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

     435        32,603  
    Shares     Value  

Connecticut Water Service, Inc.

    395     $ 21,926  

IDACORP, Inc.

    357       30,470  

Middlesex Water Co.

    480       19,008  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    895       35,532  

Northwest Natural Gas Co.

    580       34,713  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    110       7,679  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    900       52,812  

Otter Tail Corp.

    640       25,344  

SJW Group

    640       31,475  

WGL Holdings, Inc.

    320       26,698  

Total Utilities

      339,663  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $4,623,903)

      4,947,885  
    Principal
Amount
       

Short-Term Investments - 6.6%

   

Repurchase Agreements - 6.0%2

   

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $12,471 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $12,719)

  $ 12,470       12,470  

Citibank N.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.080% total to be received $261,309 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.000%, 11/15/17 - 02/15/47, totaling $266,511)

    261,285       261,285  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $15,180 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $15,483)

    15,179       15,179  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $7,456 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $7,604)

    7,455       7,455  

Total Repurchase Agreements

      296,389  
    Shares        

Other Investment Companies - 0.6%

   

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

    29,010       29,010  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $325,399)

      325,399  

Total Investments - 107.2%
(cost $4,949,302)

      5,273,284  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (7.2)%

      (354,098

Net Assets - 100.0%

    $ 4,919,186  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Category

   AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate
Government Fund*
 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     122.5

Asset-Backed Securities

     6.4

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.6

TBA Forward Sale Commitments

     (0.8 )% 

Other Assets and Liabilities

     (28.7 )% 

 

*  As a percentage of net assets.

 

Rating

   AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate
Government Fund***
 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     94.6

Aaa

     5.0

Aa

     0.0 %# 

Baa

     0.1

Ba & lower

     0.3

N/R

     0.0 %# 

 

***  As a percentage of market value of fixed-income securities.
#  Less than 0.05%.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

FHLMC Gold Pool, 4.000%, TBA 30 years

     14.1

FNMA, 4.000%, TBA 30 years

     11.4  

FHLMC Gold Pool, 3.500%, TBA 30 years

     7.0  

FNMA, 3.500%, TBA 30 years

     4.3  

FNMA, 4.500%, TBA 30 years

     3.9  

FNMA, 4.000%, 9/01/55**

     2.3  

Progress Residential Trust, Series 2015-SFR2, Class A, 2.740%, 06/12/32**

     2.3  

FNMA, 3.000%, 6/01/45

     2.0  

FNMA, 4.500%, 9/01/53

     1.9  

FNMA, 5.000%, 8/01/40

     1.7  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     50.9
  

 

 

 

 

**  Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

Credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Asset-Backed Securities - 6.4%

     

Colony American Homes,

     

Series 2014-1A, Class A, 2.359%, 05/17/31 (07/17/17) (a)6,7

   $ 1,460,736      $ 1,468,728  

Series 2014-2A, Class A, 2.166%, 07/17/31 (07/17/17) (a)6

     1,400,110        1,400,109  

Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2015-SFR3, Class A, 2.509%, 08/17/32 (07/17/17) (a)6

     1,835,872        1,844,244  

Progress Residential Trust,

     

Series 2015-SFR2, Class A, 2.740%, 06/12/32 (a)7

     2,958,450        2,963,702  

Series 2016-SFR1, Class A, 2.709%, 09/17/33 (07/17/17) (a)6

     353,409        359,402  

SWAY Residential Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A, 2.509%, 01/17/32 (07/17/17) (a)6,7

     34,624        34,624  

Tricon American Homes, Series 2015-SFR1, Class A, 2.422%, 05/17/32 (07/17/17) (a)6

     298,077        299,744  

Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $8,699,209)

        8,370,553  

Mortgage-Backed Securities - 0.6%

     

American Home Mortgage Assets Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 1A1, 3.429%, 11/25/354

     50,142        43,282  

American Home Mortgage Investment Trust,

     

Series 2004-1, Class 4A, 3.415%, 04/25/44 (08/25/17)6

     94,078        87,819  

Series 2005-1, Class 5A1, 3.414%, 06/25/45 (08/25/17)6

     15,360        15,325  

Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2004-B, Class 1A2, 3.005%, 12/20/344

     64,538        50,928  

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-RP2, Class 1AF, 1.566%, 03/25/35
(07/25/17) (a)5,6

     142,313        125,681  

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-5, Class 1A3, 2.910%, 05/25/34 (08/25/17)6

     24,958        24,376  

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-7, Class 2A2, 3.059%, 11/19/344

     45,787        44,154  

Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust, Series 2004-R2, Class 1AF1, 1.636%, 11/25/34 (07/25/17) (a)5,6

     78,572        69,437  

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2005-RF1, Class A, 1.566%, 03/25/35
(07/25/17) (a)5,6

     169,198        149,026  

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2007-16, Class 1A1, 6.000%, 12/28/37

     115,261        120,023  

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $797,753)

        730,051  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 122.5%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 34.6%

     

FHLMC, 2.804%, 11/01/33 (09/15/17)6,7

     542,862        576,346  

FHLMC Gold Pool,

     

3.000%, 10/01/42 to 06/01/45

     2,289,468        2,297,944  

3.500%, 04/01/32 to 02/01/477

     6,849,317        7,086,434  

3.500%, TBA 30 years8,9

     8,900,000        9,126,434  

4.000%, 09/01/31

     333,388        354,268  

4.000%, TBA 30 years8,9

     17,600,000        18,474,704  

4.500%, 02/01/20 to 09/01/417

     1,801,784        1,931,581  

5.000%, 05/01/18 to 06/01/417

     2,255,932        2,461,545  

5.500%, 11/01/17 to 01/01/397

     1,916,952        2,125,821  

6.000%, 09/01/17 to 01/01/24

     198,606        209,528  

7.000%, 07/01/19

     41,869        42,989  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 34.6% (continued)

     

FHLMC Gold Pool,

     

7.500%, 07/01/347

   $ 587,696      $ 690,776  

Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

        45,378,370  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 56.3%

     

FNMA,

     

2.500%, 02/01/43

     688,932        667,536  

2.929%, 06/01/34 (08/25/17)6,7

     465,976        484,477  

3.000%, 01/01/43 to 06/01/45

     4,645,487        4,661,534  

3.000%, TBA 30 years8,9

     900,000        897,395  

3.194%, 08/01/34 (08/25/17)6

     173,463        182,987  

3.500%, 05/01/42 to 11/01/467

     11,980,207        12,352,823  

3.500%, TBA 30 years8,9

     1,000,000        1,027,070  

3.500%, TBA 30 years8,9

     5,510,000        5,649,638  

4.000%, 01/01/26 to 09/01/557

     11,762,357        12,452,447  

4.000%, TBA 30 years8,9

     14,200,000        14,902,511  

4.500%, 11/01/26 to 09/01/537

     7,553,047        8,159,893  

4.500%, TBA 30 years8,9

     4,800,000        5,142,469  

4.750%, 07/01/34 to 09/01/34

     213,473        233,313  

5.000%, 06/01/18 to 08/01/40

     2,235,035        2,465,951  

5.500%, 02/01/18 to 08/01/417

     2,393,459        2,670,305  

6.000%, 08/01/17 to 06/01/397

     932,733        1,025,847  

6.500%, 07/01/32

     60,617        61,765  

7.000%, 11/01/227

     240,463        255,735  

FNMA REMICS,

     

Series 1994-55, Class H, 7.000%, 03/25/247

     373,146        410,206  

Series 2005-13, Class AF, 1.616%, 03/25/35 (07/25/17)6,7

     224,648        225,317  

FNMA REMICS Whole Loan, Series 2003-W4, Class 4A, 6.703%, 10/25/424

     55,894        63,880  

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

        73,993,099  

Government National Mortgage Association - 30.3%

     

GNMA,

     

3.000%, 11/15/42 to 06/20/45

     3,527,510        3,573,390  

3.000%, TBA 30 years8,9

     2,000,000        2,020,156  

3.500%, 08/15/43 to 11/20/457

     8,723,196        9,077,387  

4.000%, 06/20/43 to 04/20/477

     13,433,773        14,237,604  

4.500%, 05/15/39 to 02/15/467

     5,007,603        5,417,117  

5.000%, 12/15/35 to 12/15/457

     4,011,353        4,423,609  

5.500%, 10/15/39 to 11/15/397

     926,878        1,045,962  

7.500%, 09/15/28 to 11/15/31

     20,009        20,740  

Total Government National Mortgage Association

        39,815,965  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Interest Only Strips - 1.3%

     

FHLMC, Series 212, Class IO, 6.000%, 05/15/315

   $ 960      $ 203  

FHLMC REMICS,

     

Series 2380, Class SI, 6.741%, 06/15/31 (07/15/17)5,6

     8,657        1,867  

Series 2922, Class SE, 5.591%, 02/15/35 (07/15/17)6

     85,096        16,584  

Series 2934, Class HI, 5.000%, 02/15/20

     20,582        910  

Series 2934, Class KI, 5.000%, 02/15/20

     14,296        586  

Series 2965, Class SA, 4.891%, 05/15/32 (07/15/17)6

     166,824        23,593  

Series 2967, Class JI, 5.000%, 04/15/20

     40,334        1,854  

Series 2980, Class SL, 5.541%, 11/15/34 (07/15/17)6

     119,868        28,544  

Series 3065, Class DI, 5.461%, 04/15/35 (07/15/17)6

     233,804        43,270  

Series 3308, Class S, 6.041%, 03/15/32 (07/15/17)6

     157,197        30,391  

Series 3424, Class XI, 5.411%, 05/15/36 (07/15/17)6

     195,222        34,007  

Series 3489, Class SD, 6.641%, 06/15/32 (07/15/17)6

     91,801        18,952  

Series 3685, Class EI, 5.000%, 03/15/195

     39,992        492  

Series 3731, Class IO, 5.000%, 07/15/195

     22,096        361  

Series 3882, Class AI, 5.000%, 06/15/26

     67,376        2,384  

Series 4395, Class TI, 4.000%, 05/15/26

     577,568        53,794  

FNMA,

     

Series 222, Class 2, 7.000%, 06/25/235

     4,735        749  

Series 343, Class 21, 4.000%, 09/25/185

     16,313        274  

Series 343, Class 22, 4.000%, 11/25/185

     8,958        157  

Series 351, Class 3, 5.000%, 04/25/34

     51,800        9,083  

Series 351, Class 4, 5.000%, 04/25/34

     30,069        5,423  

Series 351, Class 5, 5.000%, 04/25/34

     25,282        4,560  

FNMA REMICS,

     

Series 2004-51, Class SX, 5.904%, 07/25/34 (07/25/17)6

     91,763        17,658  

Series 2004-64, Class SW, 5.834%, 08/25/34 (07/25/17)6

     295,940        55,405  

Series 2005-12, Class SC, 5.534%, 03/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     126,674        21,828  

Series 2005-45, Class SR, 5.504%, 06/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     234,317        42,508  

Series 2005-65, Class KI, 5.784%, 08/25/35 (07/25/17)6,7

     539,745        99,440  

Series 2005-89, Class S, 5.484%, 10/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     552,994        99,433  

Series 2006-3, Class SA, 4.934%, 03/25/36 (07/25/17)6

     110,489        17,329  

Series 2007-75, Class JI, 5.329%, 08/25/37 (07/25/17)6

     103,779        18,472  

Series 2008-86, Class IO, 4.500%, 03/25/235

     58,348        1,325  

Series 2009-31, Class PI, 5.000%, 11/25/38

     656,329        102,451  

Series 2010-37, Class GI, 5.000%, 04/25/255

     26,150        426  

Series 2010-65, Class IO, 5.000%, 09/25/20

     133,899        5,301  

Series 2010-121, Class IO, 5.000%, 10/25/25

     38,531        1,046  

Series 2011-69, Class AI, 5.000%, 05/25/185

     34,125        291  

Series 2011-88, Class WI, 3.500%, 09/25/26

     240,129        24,530  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Interest Only Strips - 1.3% (continued)

     

FNMA REMICS,

     

Series 2011-124, Class IC, 3.500%, 09/25/21

   $ 158,350      $ 5,769  

Series 2012-126, Class SJ, 3.784%, 11/25/42 (07/25/17)6

     563,979        90,891  

GNMA,

     

Series 2011-32, Class KS, 9.757%, 06/16/34 (07/16/17)6

     149,263        15,863  

Series 2011-94, Class IS, 5.528%, 06/16/36 (07/16/17)6

     178,786        22,811  

Series 2011-157, Class SG, 5.388%, 12/20/41 (07/20/17)6

     736,681        162,476  

Series 2011-167, Class IO, 5.000%, 12/16/20

     66,671        1,850  

Series 2012-34, Class KS, 4.878%, 03/16/42 (07/16/17)6

     361,066        84,771  

Series 2012-69, Class QI, 4.000%, 03/16/41

     229,219        34,089  

Series 2012-103, Class IB, 3.500%, 04/20/40

     188,097        18,136  

Series 2012-140, Class IC, 3.500%, 11/20/42

     522,556        107,004  

Series 2014-173, Class AI, 4.000%, 11/20/38

     246,474        19,491  

Series 2016-46, Class JI, 4.500%, 04/20/46

     255,431        56,060  

Series 2016-81, Class IO, 4.000%, 06/20/46

     473,406        90,199  

Series 2016-108, Class QI, 4.000%, 08/20/46

     281,352        66,577  

Series 2016-145, Class UI, 3.500%, 10/20/46

     475,478        96,208  

Total Interest Only Strips

        1,657,676  

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $159,803,350)

        160,845,110  

Short-Term Investments - 14.6%

     

U.S. Treasury Bills - 0.1%

     

U. S. Treasury Bills, 0.20%, 08/24/1710,11

     110,000        109,894  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 14.5%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3,7

     19,118,779        19,118,779  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $19,228,673)

        19,228,673  

Total Investments - 144.1% (cost $188,528,985)

        189,174,387  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (44.1)%

        (57,877,461

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 131,296,926  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

     AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration  

Category

   Government Fund*  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     83.7

Asset-Backed Securities

     10.8

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.3

TBA Forward Sale Commitments

     (1.5 )% 

Other Assets and Liabilities

     6.7

 

*  As a percentage of net assets.

 

     AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration  

Rating

   Government Fund***  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     88.3

Aaa

     11.7

 

***  As a percentage of market value of fixed-income securities.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

GNMA, 6.000%, 01/15/36**

     3.2

FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, 05/01/39

     3.0  

FNMA, 4.000%, 02/01/41**

     2.4  

FNMA, 5.500%, 05/01/34**

     2.2  

FNMA, 4.500%, 04/01/35**

     2.2  

FHLMC Gold Pool, 4.500%, 10/01/44

     2.1  

FHLMC Gold Pool, 4.000%, 12/01/44**

     2.0  

FNMA, 5.500%, 08/01/41**

     1.9  

FNMA, 3.443%, 04/01/37**

     1.9  

FHLMC Gold Pool, 4.500%, 03/01/42

     1.9  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     22.8
  

 

 

 

 

**  Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

Credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Asset-Backed Securities - 10.8%

     

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2013-3, Class D, 3.000%, 07/08/19

   $ 250,000      $ 251,555  

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust, Series 2013-4, Class D, 3.220%, 05/20/19

     1,340,000        1,349,121  

Colony American Homes,

     

Series 2014-1A, Class A, 2.359%, 05/17/31 (07/17/17) (a)6

     3,281,106        3,299,058  

Series 2014-2A, Class A, 2.166%, 07/17/31 (07/17/17) (a)6

     1,335,842        1,335,841  

Series 2015-1A, Class A, 2.372%, 07/17/32 (07/17/17) (a)6

     3,495,202        3,500,375  

Drive Auto Receivables Trust,

     

Series 2015-AA, Class C, 3.060%, 05/17/21 (a)

     2,106,129        2,121,369  

Series 2015-BA, Class C, 2.760%, 07/15/21 (a)

     2,104,184        2,115,929  

Series 2015-CA, Class C, 3.010%, 05/17/21 (a)

     617,574        622,378  

Series 2015-DA, Class B, 2.590%, 12/16/19 (a)

     96,569        96,639  

Series 2016-BA, Class B, 2.560%, 06/15/20 (a)

     1,100,000        1,103,608  

Series 2017-AA, Class A2, 1.480%, 03/15/19 (a)

     1,075,560        1,075,307  

Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2015-SFR3, Class A, 2.509%, 08/17/32 (07/17/17) (a)6

     1,458,180        1,464,829  

Progress Residential Trust, Series 2016-SFR1, Class A, 2.709%, 09/17/33 (07/17/17) (a)6

     512,691        521,386  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,

     

Series 2013-4, Class D, 3.920%, 01/15/20

     2,560,000        2,591,458  

Series 2014-1, Class C, 2.360%, 04/15/20

     133,349        133,640  

SWAY Residential Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A, 2.509%, 01/17/32 (07/17/17) (a)6

     44,868        44,868  

Tricon American Homes, Series 2015-SFR1, Class A, 2.422%, 05/17/32 (07/17/17) (a)6

     435,994        438,431  

Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $24,233,896)

        22,065,792  

Mortgage-Backed Securities - 0.3%

     

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC, Series 2017-2, Class A1, 2.478%, 07/25/47 (a)4
(cost $499,994)

     500,000        499,994  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 83.7%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 26.7%

     

FHLMC,

     

2.549%, 11/01/33 (09/15/17)6

     654,079        685,038  

2.722%, 10/01/33 (09/15/17)6

     657,742        692,992  

2.725%, 11/01/33 (09/15/17)6

     689,408        732,196  

2.737%, 10/01/33 (09/15/17)6

     1,160,559        1,222,269  

2.809%, 12/01/33 (09/15/17)6

     1,030,965        1,084,230  

2.821%, 05/01/34 (09/15/17)6

     1,395,463        1,468,491  

2.975%, 10/01/28 (09/15/17)6

     21,485        22,641  

3.040%, 04/01/34 (09/15/17)6

     428,005        449,170  

3.092%, 02/01/23 (09/15/17)6

     79,326        82,973  

3.115%, 03/01/34 (09/15/17)6

     1,694,648        1,771,184  

3.260%, 06/01/35 (09/15/17)6

     479,779        507,953  

3.371%, 09/01/33 (09/15/17)6

     1,452,669        1,535,693  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 26.7% (continued)

     

FHLMC,

     

3.397%, 05/01/35 (09/15/17)6

   $ 772,623      $ 818,420  

FHLMC Gold Pool,

     

3.000%, 04/01/31

     2,585,834        2,659,004  

4.000%, 12/01/44

     3,817,426        4,031,897  

4.500%, 05/01/19 to 10/01/44

     14,422,578        15,497,393  

5.000%, 10/01/18 to 05/01/39

     8,074,757        8,783,630  

5.500%, 12/01/32 to 08/01/40

     5,781,660        6,468,485  

6.000%, 02/01/22 to 01/01/24

     2,463,460        2,610,215  

6.500%, 03/01/18 to 10/01/23

     131,444        138,085  

7.000%, 07/01/19

     35,258        36,201  

7.500%, 03/01/33

     175,052        201,803  

FHLMC REMICS,

     

Series 2627, Class BM, 4.500%, 06/15/18 to 02/15/35

     102,849        103,400  

Series 2668, Class AG, 4.000%, 09/15/18 to 06/15/38

     1,322,804        726,741  

Series 2877, Class CI, 5.500%, 07/15/33 to 01/15/35

     73,940        74,582  

Series 3153, Class UG, 1.609%, 05/15/36 (07/15/17)6

     1,876,080        1,884,020  

Series 3653, Class JK, 5.000%, 11/15/38

     131,485        136,764  

Series 3756, Class DA, 1.200%, 11/15/18

     122,357        121,868  

Series 3846, Class CK, 1.500%, 09/15/20

     7,704        7,697  

Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

        54,555,035  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 49.3%

     

FNMA,

     

2.675%, 09/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

     693,512        736,594  

2.708%, 09/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

     228,408        239,695  

2.712%, 01/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     583,310        613,230  

2.812%, 02/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

     787,949        816,794  

2.823%, 12/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     1,643,150        1,733,210  

2.829%, 08/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

     342,727        355,908  

2.897%, 12/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     1,598,173        1,685,072  

2.913%, 05/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

     1,130,084        1,187,184  

2.929%, 06/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     584,611        607,821  

2.951%, 11/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     2,449,700        2,593,081  

2.969%, 04/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     377,240        396,989  

2.980%, 06/01/35 (8/25/2017)6

     92,769        98,330  

3.001%, TBA 30 years8,9

     2,900,000        2,973,180  

3.001%, 01/01/36 (8/25/2017)6

     2,757,911        2,913,801  

3.014%, 04/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     471,212        496,483  

3.016%, 10/01/35 (8/25/2017)6

     1,084,926        1,136,044  

3.071%, 07/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     980,058        1,033,429  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 49.3% (continued)

     

FNMA,

     

3.076%, 12/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

   $ 408,404      $ 429,670  

3.077%, 08/01/35 (8/25/2017)6

     1,025,525        1,082,464  

3.121%, 06/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

     281,986        295,878  

3.135%, 05/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     1,491,466        1,564,664  

3.194%, 08/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     216,829        228,734  

3.228%, 03/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     175,200        184,396  

3.425%, 01/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     1,175,360        1,234,638  

3.435%, 01/01/33 (8/25/2017)6

     788,789        829,083  

3.443%, 04/01/37 (8/25/2017)6,7

     3,724,959        3,915,715  

3.476%, 01/01/36 (8/25/2017)6

     27,669        29,177  

3.516%, 06/01/34 (8/25/2017)6

     1,534,931        1,627,452  

4.000%, 10/01/21 to 06/01/42

     8,011,477        8,470,590  

4.500%, 10/01/19 to 02/01/41

     15,749,869        17,031,968  

4.501%, TBA 30 years8,9

     2,300,000        2,464,100  

5.000%, 10/01/19 to 01/01/41

     12,109,899        13,197,974  

5.500%, 05/01/34 to 08/01/41

     10,307,671        11,692,609  

6.000%, 09/01/21 to 08/01/37

     5,470,360        6,046,261  

6.500%, 04/01/18 to 08/01/32

     2,732,461        3,087,526  

7.000%, 11/01/22

     896,264        953,186  

7.500%, 08/01/33 to 09/01/33

     53,313        63,526  

FNMA Grantor Trust,

     

Series 2002-T5, Class A1, 1.456%, 05/25/32 (07/25/17)6

     187,484        185,126  

Series 2003-T4, Class 1A, 1.253%, 09/26/33 (07/26/17)6

     13,233        13,157  

FNMA REMICS,

     

Series 1994-31, Class ZC, 6.500%, 02/25/24

     320,903        347,376  

Series 1994-76, Class J, 5.000%, 04/25/24

     45,095        45,473  

Series 2001-63, Class FA, 1.759%, 12/18/31 (07/18/17)6

     332,002        336,954  

Series 2002-47, Class FD, 1.616%, 08/25/32 (07/25/17)6

     392,580        392,928  

Series 2002-56, Class UC, 5.000%, 09/25/17

     1,646        1,649  

Series 2003-2, Class FA, 1.716%, 02/25/33 (07/25/17)6

     300,807        302,195  

Series 2003-3, Class HJ, 5.000%, 02/25/18

     13,946        14,046  

Series 2004-1, Class AC, 4.000%, 02/25/19

     11,442        11,678  

Series 2004-21, Class AE, 4.000%, 04/25/19

     86,356        88,288  

Series 2004-27, Class HB, 4.000%, 05/25/19

     56,726        57,464  

Series 2004-53, Class NC, 5.000%, 07/25/24

     248,987        266,993  

Series 2005-13, Class AF, 1.616%, 03/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     418,766        420,015  

Series 2005-19, Class PA, 5.000%, 07/25/34

     122,186        127,628  

Series 2005-58, Class EP, 5.000%, 07/25/35

     189,634        207,563  

Series 2005-68, Class PB, 5.750%, 07/25/35

     24,354        25,310  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 49.3% (continued)

     

FNMA REMICS,

     

Series 2005-68, Class PC, 5.000%, 07/25/35

   $ 159,381      $ 165,943  

Series 2007-56, Class FN, 1.586%, 06/25/37 (07/25/17)6

     134,307        133,673  

Series 2008-59, Class KB, 4.500%, 07/25/23

     44,877        46,022  

Series 2010-12, Class AC, 2.500%, 12/25/18

     44,388        44,432  

Series 2011-60, Class UC, 2.500%, 09/25/39

     194,391        195,335  

FNMA REMICS Whole Loan,

     

Series 2003-W1, Class 2A, 7.500%, 12/25/424

     15,633        17,889  

Series 2003-W13, Class AV2, 1.390%, 10/25/33 (07/25/17)5,6

     12,759        12,715  

Series 2003-W4, Class 4A, 6.703%, 10/25/424

     335,363        383,277  

Series 2004-W14, Class 1AF, 1.616%, 07/25/44 (07/25/17)6

     1,588,585        1,531,653  

Series 2004-W5, Class F1, 1.666%, 02/25/47 (07/25/17)6

     371,031        366,916  

Series 2005-W2, Class A1, 1.416%, 05/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     827,191        820,499  

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

        100,608,653  

Government National Mortgage Association - 3.7%

     

GNMA,

     

4.000%, 09/15/18

     54,977        56,732  

5.000%, 01/15/46

     843,281        919,794  

6.000%, 01/15/367

     5,741,015        6,583,507  

9.500%, 12/15/17

     16        16  

Total Government National Mortgage Association

        7,560,049  

Interest Only Strips - 2.1%

     

FHLMC REMICS,

     

Series 2922, Class SE, 5.591%, 02/15/35 (07/15/17)6

     191,811        37,382  

Series 2934, Class HI, 5.000%, 02/15/20

     29,403        1,299  

Series 2934, Class KI, 5.000%, 02/15/20

     16,678        684  

Series 2965, Class SA, 4.891%, 05/15/32 (07/15/17)6

     413,075        58,418  

Series 2967, Class JI, 5.000%, 04/15/20

     94,913        4,363  

Series 2980, Class SL, 5.541%, 11/15/34 (07/15/17)6

     264,530        62,992  

Series 2981, Class SU, 6.641%, 05/15/30 (07/15/17)6

     195,253        32,278  

Series 3065, Class DI, 5.461%, 04/15/35 (07/15/17)6

     714,722        132,275  

Series 3308, Class S, 6.041%, 03/15/32 (07/15/17)6

     356,588        68,939  

Series 3424, Class XI, 5.411%, 05/15/36 (07/15/17)6

     508,517        88,582  

Series 3489, Class SD, 6.641%, 06/15/32 (07/15/17)6

     205,453        42,416  

Series 3685, Class EI, 5.000%, 03/15/195

     89,302        1,099  

Series 3731, Class IO, 5.000%, 07/15/195

     50,122        818  

Series 3882, Class AI, 5.000%, 06/15/26

     53,890        1,907  

FNMA, Series 306, Class IO, 8.000%, 05/25/305

     60,271        16,556  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Interest Only Strips - 2.1% (continued)

     

FNMA REMICS,

     

Series 2004-51, Class SX, 5.904%, 07/25/34 (07/25/17)6

   $ 230,299      $ 44,316  

Series 2004-64, Class SW, 5.834%, 08/25/34 (07/25/17)6

     681,007        127,495  

Series 2004-66, Class SE, 5.284%, 09/25/34 (07/25/17)6

     107,221        18,052  

Series 2005-12, Class SC, 5.534%, 03/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     242,032        41,707  

Series 2005-45, Class SR, 5.504%, 06/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     577,355        104,738  

Series 2005-5, Class SD, 5.484%, 01/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     170,824        28,513  

Series 2005-65, Class KI, 5.784%, 08/25/35 (07/25/17)6

     1,346,177        248,013  

Series 2005-66, Class GS, 5.634%, 07/25/20 (07/25/17)6

     50,226        2,509  

Series 2006-3, Class SA, 4.934%, 03/25/36 (07/25/17)6

     255,717        40,106  

Series 2007-75, Class JI, 5.329%, 08/25/37 (07/25/17)6

     124,509        22,162  

Series 2007-85, Class SI, 5.244%, 09/25/37 (07/25/17)6

     277,364        49,317  

Series 2008-86, Class IO, 4.500%, 03/25/235

     146,056        3,316  

Series 2008-87, Class AS, 6.434%, 07/25/33 (07/25/17)6

     753,877        151,357  

Series 2009-31, Class PI, 5.002%, 11/25/38

     763,543        119,187  

Series 2010-105, Class IO, 5.006%, 08/25/20

     198,201        8,216  

Series 2010-121, Class IO, 5.004%, 10/25/25

     103,404        2,807  

Series 2010-37, Class GI, 5.003%, 04/25/255

     67,173        1,096  

Series 2010-65, Class IO, 5.005%, 09/25/20

     346,119        13,702  

Series 2010-68, Class SJ, 5.334%, 07/25/40 (07/25/17)6

     293,049        58,705  

Series 2011-124, Class IC, 3.500%, 09/25/21

     750,812        27,352  

Series 2011-69, Class AI, 5.001%, 05/25/185

     91,164        776  

Series 2011-88, Class WI, 3.500%, 09/25/26

     704,578        71,976  

Series 2012-126, Class SJ, 3.784%, 11/25/42 (07/25/17)6

     3,709,197        597,776  

GNMA,

     

Series 2011-157, Class SG, 5.388%, 12/20/41 (07/20/17)6

     975,557        215,160  

Series 2011-167, Class IO, 5.000%, 12/16/20

     392,657        10,895  

Series 2011-32, Class KS, 9.757%, 06/16/34 (07/16/17)6

     362,628        38,538  

Series 2011-94, Class IS, 5.528%, 06/16/36 (07/16/17)6

     401,682        51,249  

Series 2012-101, Class AI, 3.500%, 08/20/27

     410,842        45,735  

Series 2012-103, Class IB, 3.500%, 04/20/40

     818,837        78,950  

Series 2012-140, Class IC, 3.500%, 11/20/42

     656,614        134,455  

Series 2012-34, Class KS, 4.878%, 03/16/42 (07/16/17)6

     2,772,756        650,985  

Series 2012-69, Class QI, 4.000%, 03/16/41

     1,212,576        180,334  

Series 2012-96, Class IC, 3.000%, 08/20/27

     680,394        68,334  

Series 2013-5, Class BI, 3.500%, 01/20/43

     269,349        49,665  

Series 2014-173, Class AI, 4.000%, 11/20/38

     234,089        18,511  

Series 2016-108, Class QI, 4.000%, 08/20/46

     320,893        75,934  

Series 2016-145, Class UI, 3.501%, 10/20/46

     568,175        114,964  

Series 2016-46, Class JI, 4.500%, 04/20/46

     289,049        63,438  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Interest Only Strips - 2.1% (continued)

     

GNMA,

     

Series 2016-81, Class IO, 4.000%, 06/20/46

   $ 538,387      $ 102,580  

Total Interest Only Strips

        4,232,929  

U.S. Government Obligations - 1.9%

     

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 2.375%, 01/15/27

     3,310,207        3,843,038  

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $167,466,542)

        170,799,704  

Short-Term Investments - 11.5%

     

U.S. Government and Agency Discount Notes - 9.2%

     

FHLB, 0.10%, 07/06/1710

     3,000,000        2,999,640  

FHLB, 0.24%, 07/26/1710

     4,000,000        3,997,611  

FHLB, 0.50%, 08/18/1710

     5,000,000        4,993,733  

FHLB, 0.66%, 09/20/1710

     3,000,000        2,993,220  

FHLB, 0.92%, 08/15/1710

     3,750,000        3,745,195  

Total U.S. Government and Agency Discount Notes

        18,729,399  

U.S. Treasury Bills - 0.5%

     

U. S. Treasury Bills, 0.21%, 08/24/1710,11

     980,000        979,010  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 1.8%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     3,728,513        3,728,513  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $23,437,222)

        23,436,922  

Total Investments - 106.3%
(cost $215,637,654)

        216,802,412  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (6.3)%

        (12,798,003

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 204,004,409  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

 

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

At June 30, 2017, the approximate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for federal income tax were as follows:

 

Fund   Cost     Appreciation     Depreciation     Net  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

  $ 171,570,725     $ 16,702,505     $ (2,164,963   $ 14,537,542  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

    4,953,629       478,459       (158,804     319,655  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

    188,924,508       1,279,573       (1,029,694     249,879  

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

    215,645,252       2,134,135       (976,975     1,157,160  

 

*  Non-income producing security.
# Less than 0.05%.

 

(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At June 30, 2017, the value of these securities amounted to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

   $ 399,186        0.2

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

     8,714,697        6.6

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

     18,240,012        8.9

 

1 Some or all of these securities were out on loan to various brokers as of June 30, 2017, amounting to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

   $ 1,795,368        1.0

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

     286,337        5.8

 

2 Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these joint repurchase agreements.
3 Yield shown represents the June 30, 2017, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.
4 Variable Rate Security: The rate listed is as of June 30, 2017, and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture.
5 Illiquid Security: A security not readily convertible into cash such as a stock, bond or commodity that is not actively traded and would be difficult to sell in a timely sale. The Funds may not invest more than 15% of their net assets in illiquid securities. The market value of illiquid securities at June 30, 2017, amounted to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

   $ 350,289        0.3

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

     36,376        0.0 %# 

 

6 Floating Rate Security: The rate listed is as of June 30, 2017. Date in parentheses represents the security’s next coupon rate reset.
7 Some or all of these securities are segregated as collateral for delayed delivery agreements. At June 30, 2017, the value of these securities amounted to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

   $ 56,213,314        42.8

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

     10,499,222        5.1

 

8 All or part of the security is delayed delivery transaction. The market value for delayed delivery securities at June 30, 2017, amounted to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

   $ 56,213,314        42.8

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

     2,288,860        1.1

 

9 TBA Securities are purchased/sold on a forward commitment basis with an approximate principal amount and no defined maturity date. The actual principal and maturity date will be determined upon settlement when the specific mortgage pools are assigned.
10 Represents yield to maturity at June 30, 2017.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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11 Some or all of this security is held as collateral for futures contracts. The market value of collateral at June 30, 2017, amounted to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

   $ 109,894        0.1

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

     889,101        0.4

 

12 This security is restricted and not available for re-sale. The security was received as part of a corporate action on January 22, 2016.

The following tables summarize the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017: (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)

 

    

Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments

Level 1

    

Significant Other
Observable Inputs

Level 2

    

Significant
Unobservable Inputs

Level 3

     Total  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Common Stocks

   $ 118,690,233        —          —        $ 118,690,233  

Rights

     —          —        $ 7        7  

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     —        $ 8,051,076        —          8,051,076  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     —          56,082,409        —          56,082,409  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          1,857,507        —          1,857,507  

Other Investment Companies

     1,427,035        —          —          1,427,035  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 120,117,268      $ 65,990,992      $ 7      $ 186,108,267  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, the Level 3 securities are Rights received as a result of a corporate action.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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    Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
Level 1
    Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
    Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
    Total  

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

       

Investments in Securities

       

Common Stocks

       

Consumer Discretionary

  $ 460,332       —         —       $ 460,332  

Consumer Staples

    142,522       —         —         142,522  

Energy

    192,786       —         —         192,786  

Financials

    1,617,343       —         —         1,617,343  

Health Care

    263,066       —         —         263,066  

Industrials

    754,375       —         —         754,375  

Information Technology

    449,480       —         —         449,480  

Materials

    238,180     $ 2,390       —         240,570  

Real Estate

    474,356       —         —         474,356  

Telecommunication Services

    13,392       —         —         13,392  

Utilities

    339,663       —         —         339,663  

Short-Term Investments

       

Repurchase Agreements

    —         296,389       —         296,389  

Other Investment Companies

    29,010       —         —         29,010  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 4,974,505     $ 298,779       —       $ 5,273,284  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
Level 1
    Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
    Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
    Total  

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

       

Investments in Securities

       

Asset-Backed Securities

    —       $ 8,370,553       —       $ 8,370,553  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

    —         730,051       —         730,051  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

    —         160,845,110       —         160,845,110  

Short-Term Investments

       

U.S. Treasury Bills

    —         109,894       —         109,894  

Other Investment Companies

  $ 19,118,779       —         —         19,118,779  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 19,118,779     $ 170,055,608       —       $ 189,174,387  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TBA Sale Commitments

    $ (1,027,070     —       $ (1,027,070
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments-Assets

       

Futures contracts

  $ 52,597       —         —       $ 52,597  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments-Liabilities

       

Futures contracts

    (1,038     —         —         (1,038
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Financial Derivative Instruments

  $ 51,559       —         —       $ 51,559  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

    Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
Level 1
    Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
    Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
    Total  

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

       

Investments in Securities

       

Asset-Backed Securities

    —       $ 22,065,792       —       $ 22,065,792  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

    —         499,994       —         499,994  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

    —         170,799,704       —         170,799,704  

Short-Term Investments

       

U.S. Government and Agency Discount Notes

    —         18,729,399       —         18,729,399  

U.S. Treasury Bills

    —         979,010       —         979,010  

Other Investment Companies

  $ 3,728,513       —         —         3,728,513  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 3,728,513     $ 213,073,899       —       $ 216,802,412  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TBA Sale Commitments

    —       $ (3,148,418     —       $ (3,148,418
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments-Assets

       

Futures

  $ 301,690       —         —       $ 301,690  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments-Liabilities

       

Futures

    (94,270     —         —         (94,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Financial Derivative Instruments

  $ 207,420       —         —       $ 207,420  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

All common stocks held in the Fund are Level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of these securities, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
All corporate bonds and notes and U.S. government and agency obligations held in the Funds are Level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of the corporate bonds and notes and U.S. government and agency obligations; by major industry or agency classification, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
Derivative instruments, such as futures, are not reflected in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments and are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation of the instrument.

As of June 30, 2017, the Funds had no significant transfers between Levels 1 and 2 from the beginning of the reporting period.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The following schedule shows the value of derivative instruments at June 30, 2017:

 

          Asset Derivatives      Liability Derivatives  

Fund

  

Derivatives not accounted

for as hedging instruments

  

Statement of Assets and

Liabilities Location

 

Fair Value

    

Statement of Assets and

Liabilities Location

 

Fair Value

 

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

      
   Interest rate contracts    Receivable for variation margin1   $ 18,937      Payable for variation margin1   $ 2,219  
       

 

 

      

 

 

 
          Asset Derivatives      Liability Derivatives  
Fund    Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
   Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Fair Value      Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Fair Value  

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

      
   Interest rate contracts    Receivable for variation margin1   $ 149,591      Payable for variation margin1   $ 22,281  
       

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

1 Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The variation margin is included in the open futures cumulative appreciation for AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund and AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund of $51,559 and $207,420, respectively, as reported in the Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments.

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the Funds and the amount of realized gain/(loss) and change in unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income was as follows:

 

          Realized Gain (Loss)     Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)  
Fund    Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
   Statement of Operations
Location
  

Realized

Gain/(Loss)

   

Statement of Operations

Location

  Change in Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
 

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

      
   Interest rate contracts    Net realized loss on
futures contracts
   $ (80,103   Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of futures contracts
  $ 25,168  
        

 

 

     

 

 

 
          Realized Gain (Loss)     Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)  
Fund    Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
   Statement of Operations
Location
  

Realized

Gain/(Loss)

   

Statement of Operations

Location

 

Change in Unrealized

Gain/(Loss)

 

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

      
   Interest rate contracts    Net realized loss on
futures contracts
   $ (483,608   Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of futures contracts
  $ (58,672
        

 

 

     

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, the following Funds had TBA forward sale commitments:

(See Note 1(i) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

 

     Principal      Settlement      Current         
Security    Amount      Date      Liability      Proceeds  

FNMA, 3.500%, TBA 30 years

   $ 1,000,000        07/13/17      $ 1,027,070      $ (1,029,258
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

         $ 1,027,070      $ (1,029,258
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

 

     Principal      Settlement      Current         
Security    Amount      Date      Liability      Proceeds  

FNMA, 4.000%, TBA 30 years

   $ 3,000,000        09/25/17      $ 3,148,418      $ (3,164,531
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

         $ 3,148,418      $ (3,164,531
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, the following Funds had open futures contracts:

(See Note 7 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

 

Type    Number of Contracts      Position      Expiration Date      Unrealized Gain/(Loss)  

10-Year Interest Rate Swap

     35        Short        09/18/17      $ 35,460  

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     3        Long        09/20/17        (1,038

2-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     3        Short        09/29/17        930  

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

     23        Short        09/18/17        9,646  

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     5        Short        09/29/17        1,316  

U.S. Ultra Bond CBT Sept 17

     2        Long        09/20/17        5,245  
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 51,559  
           

 

 

 

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

 

Type    Number of Contracts      Position      Expiration Date      Unrealized Gain/(Loss)  

10-Year Interest Rate Swap

     71        Short        09/18/17      $ 71,932  

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     45        Long        09/20/17        (15,572

2-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     87        Short        09/29/17        26,970  

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

     484        Short        09/18/17        202,788  

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     56        Long        09/29/17        (15,453

U.S. Ultra Bond CBT Sept 17

     24        Short        09/20/17        (63,245
           

 

 

 

Total

            $ 207,420  
           

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

 

FHLB:    Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC:    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA:    Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA:    Government National Mortgage Association
GSMPS:    Goldman Sachs Mortgage Participation Securities
GSR:    Goldman Sachs REMIC
MTN:    Medium-Term Notes
REIT:    Real Estate Investment Trust
REMICS:    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
TBA:    To Be Announced
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

            AMG  
     AMG      Chicago Equity  
     Chicago Equity      Partners  
     Partners      Small Cap Value  
     Balanced Fund      Fund  

Assets:

     

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $1,795,368 and $286,337, respectively)

   $ 186,108,267      $ 5,273,284  

Cash

     19        —    

Receivable for investments sold

     5,680,832        214,221  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     241,547        742  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     417,202        11,140  

Receivable from affiliate

     5,538        7,152  

Prepaid expenses

     24,649        16,111  

Total assets

     192,478,054        5,522,650  

Liabilities:

     

Payable for investments purchased

     6,173,070        17,472  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     1,857,507        296,389  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     265,459        238,288  

Accrued expenses:

     

Investment advisory and management fees

     91,180        3,142  

Administrative fees

     22,795        760  

Distribution fees - Class N

     19,203        17  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     —          10  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     6,978        947  

Professional fees

     22,102        17,651  

Trustees fees and expenses

     927        77  

Other

     93,416        28,711  

Total liabilities

     8,552,637        603,464  

Net Assets

   $ 183,925,417      $ 4,919,186  

Net Assets Represent:

     

Paid-in capital

   $ 163,934,175      $ 4,829,001  

Undistributed net investment income

     99,835        18,449  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments

     5,142,908        (252,246

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     14,748,499        323,982  

Net Assets

   $ 183,925,417      $ 4,919,186  

* Investments at cost

   $ 171,359,768      $ 4,949,302  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

            AMG  
     AMG      Chicago Equity  
     Chicago Equity      Partners  
     Partners      Small Cap Value  
     Balanced Fund      Fund  

Class N Shares:

     

Net Assets

   $ 92,513,326      $ 80,666  

Shares outstanding

     5,610,594        7,966  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 16.49      $ 10.13  

Class I Shares:

     

Net Assets

   $ 84,968,050      $ 2,882,257  

Shares outstanding

     5,107,519        284,953  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 16.64      $ 10.11  

Class Z Shares:

     

Net Assets

   $ 6,444,041      $ 1,956,263  

Shares outstanding

     387,437        193,214  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 16.63      $ 10.12  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

    AMG Managers     AMG Managers  
    Amundi     Amundi  
    Intermediate     Short Duration  
    Government     Government  
    Fund#     Fund#  

Assets:

   

Investments at value*

  $ 189,174,387     $ 216,802,412  

Cash

    —         15  

Receivable for delayed delivery investments sold

    61,369,557       11,790,548  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

    459,094       674,246  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    84,600       54,152  

Receivable for variation margin

    18,937       149,591  

Receivable from affiliate

    15,489       19,132  

Receivable for paydowns

    2,612       75,882  

Prepaid expenses

    48,941       46,672  

Total assets

    251,173,617       229,612,650  

Liabilities:

   

Payable for cash collateral

    189,750       —    

Payable to Custodian

    259       —    

Payable for delayed delivery investments purchased

    117,728,218       14,099,979  

TBA sale commitments at value (proceeds receivable of $1,029,258 and $3,164,531, respectively)

    1,027,070       3,148,418  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

    694,693       6,187,732  

Payable for variation margin

    2,219       22,281  

Payable for investments purchased

    —         1,858,440  

Accrued expenses:

   

Investment advisory and management fees

    53,518       69,571  

Administrative fees

    16,724       26,089  

Shareholder servicing fees- Class N

    16,528       23,636  

Professional fees

    27,413       26,925  

Trustees fees and expenses

    963       886  

Other

    119,336       144,284  

Total liabilities

    119,876,691       25,608,241  

Net Assets

  $ 131,296,926     $ 204,004,409  

Net Assets Represent:

   

Paid-in capital

  $ 133,486,953     $ 209,378,173  

Undistributed net investment income

    404,429       1,465,334  

Accumulated net realized loss from investments and futures contracts

    (3,293,605     (8,227,389

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and futures contracts

    699,149       1,388,291  

Net Assets

  $ 131,296,926     $ 204,004,409  

* Investments at cost

  $ 188,528,985     $ 215,637,654  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, Class S shares were renamed to Class N shares and Class I shares and Class Z shares were added as described in the Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

     AMG Managers      AMG Managers  
     Amundi      Amundi  
     Intermediate      Short Duration  
     Government      Government  
     Fund#      Fund#  

Class N Shares:

     

Net Assets

   $ 129,709,229      $ 179,911,480  

Shares outstanding

     12,127,925        18,845,502  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 10.70      $ 9.55  

Class I Shares:

     

Net Assets

   $ 323,738      $ 23,485,517  

Shares outstanding

     30,265        2,461,369  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 10.70      $ 9.54  

Class Z Shares:

     

Net Assets

   $ 1,263,959      $ 607,412  

Shares outstanding

     118,236        63,610  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 10.69      $ 9.55  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, Class S shares were renamed to Class N shares and Class I shares and Class Z shares were added as described in the Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

           AMG     AMG Managers     AMG Managers  
     AMG     Chicago Equity     Amundi     Amundi Short  
     Chicago Equity     Partners     Intermediate     Duration  
     Partners     Small Cap Value     Government     Government  
     Balanced Fund     Fund     Fund#     Fund#  

Investment Income:

        

Dividend income

   $ 897,680     $ 67,249     $ 95,691     $ 11,897  

Interest income

     665,904       —         1,576,823       2,062,247  

Securities lending income

     5,580       1,647       —         2  

Foreign withholding tax

     (134     —         —         —    

Total investment income

     1,569,030       68,896       1,672,514       2,074,146  

Expenses:

        

Investment advisory and management fees

     536,866       31,985       361,961       439,191  

Administrative fees

     134,217       7,738       113,113       164,697  

Distribution fees - Class N

     115,125       64       —         —    

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     —         38       112,323       161,066  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     40,276       5,152       —         —    

Registration fees

     44,351       29,568       25,490       23,625  

Custodian fees

     28,229       8,216       35,226       33,763  

Professional fees

     22,470       13,605       28,921       30,801  

Transfer agent fees

     11,943       4,101       14,383       5,420  

Reports to shareholders

     11,301       4,767       18,932       25,992  

Trustees fees and expenses

     8,188       599       7,890       10,979  

Miscellaneous

     2,098       394       2,909       3,662  

Total expenses before offsets/reductions

     955,064       106,227       721,148       899,196  

Expense reimbursements

     (48,051     (51,965     (50,411     —    

Expense reductions

     (5,881     (3,815     —         —    

Fee waivers

     —         —         (31,749     (81,289

Net expenses

     901,132       50,447       638,988       817,907  

Net investment income

     667,898       18,449       1,033,526       1,256,239  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

        

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     4,316,614       1,533,694       1,046,286       20,232  

Net realized loss on futures contracts

     —         —         (80,103     (483,608

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     7,226,319       (1,770,860     (275,218     (287,360

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

     —         —         25,168       (58,672

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     11,542,933       (237,166     716,133       (809,408

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 12,210,831     $ (218,717   $ 1,749,659     $ 446,831  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, Class S shares were renamed to Class N shares and Class I shares and Class Z shares were added as described in the Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG Chicago Equity     AMG Chicago Equity  
     Partners Balanced Fund     Small Cap Value Fund  
     2017     2016#     2017     2016#  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

        

Resulting From Operations:

        

Net investment income

   $ 667,898     $ 1,744,880     $ 18,449     $ 117,437  

Net realized gain on investments

     4,316,614       1,942,643       1,533,694       735,967  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     7,226,319       5,002,573       (1,770,860     2,288,175  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     12,210,831       8,690,096       (218,717     3,141,579  

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

From net investment income:

        

Class N

     (253,265     (899,880     —         (217

Class I

     (288,545     (784,679     —         (102,530

Class Z

     (25,683     (62,513     —         (19,183

From net realized gain on investments:

        

Class N

     —         (70,151     (6,061     —    

Class I

     —         (57,353     (1,227,738     —    

Class Z

     —         (4,375     (285,398     —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     (567,493     (1,878,951     (1,519,197     (121,930

Capital Share Transactions:1

        

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (1,905,351     10,393,262       (6,210,965     (2,861,768

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     9,737,987       17,204,407       (7,948,879     157,881  

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     174,187,430       156,983,023       12,868,065       12,710,184  

End of period

   $ 183,925,417     $ 174,187,430     $ 4,919,186     $ 12,868,065  

End of period undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 99,835     $ (570   $ 18,449       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1 See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.
# Effective October 1, 2016, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate     AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration  
     Government Fund#     Government Fund#  
     2017     2016     2017     2016  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations:

        

Net investment income

   $ 1,033,526     $ 2,538,653     $ 1,256,239     $ 4,660,640  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and futures contracts

     966,183       1,044,235       (463,376     1,422,193  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and futures contracts

     (250,050     (577,674     (346,032     (3,256,852

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     1,749,659       3,005,214       446,831       2,825,981  

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

From net investment income:

        

Class N

     (999,852     (2,324,161     (2,154,706     (2,527,449

Class I

     (1,749     —         (86,787     —    

Class Z

     (7,605     —         (7,107     —    

From net realized gain on investments:

        

Class N

     —         (2,763,558     —         —    

Class I

     —         —         —         —    

Class Z

     —         —         —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1,009,206     (5,087,719     (2,248,600     (2,527,449

Capital Share Transactions:1

        

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (35,854,354     (23,546,144     (28,762,710     (161,035,899

Total decrease in net assets

     (35,113,901     (25,628,649     (30,564,479     (160,737,367

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     166,410,827       192,039,476       234,568,888       395,306,255  

End of period

   $ 131,296,926     $ 166,410,827     $ 204,004,409     $ 234,568,888  

End of period undistributed net investment income

   $ 404,429     $ 380,109     $ 1,465,334     $ 2,457,695  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

#  Effective October 1, 2016, and February 27, 2017, the Fund’s share classes were renamed or redesignated as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
1  See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

           For the years ended December 31,  
     For the six                                
     months ended                                
Class N   

June 30, 2017

(unaudited)

    2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 15.45     $ 14.92     $ 15.09     $ 15.13     $ 14.19     $ 13.70  

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.05       0.14 4      0.10 5      0.11       0.10 6      0.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.03       0.54       0.23       1.37       2.33       1.16  

Total income from investment operations

     1.08       0.68       0.33       1.48       2.43       1.34  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.04     (0.14     (0.11     (0.11     (0.09     (0.17

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.01     (0.39     (1.41     (1.40     (0.68

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.04     (0.15     (0.50     (1.52     (1.49     (0.85

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 16.49     $ 15.45     $ 14.92     $ 15.09     $ 15.13     $ 14.19  

Total Return1

     7.02 %11      4.59     2.19     9.69     17.14     9.86

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.09 %12,17      1.08 %17      1.08 %17      1.07 %18      1.10 %7,17      1.17 %8,9,17 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.14 %12      1.25     1.36     1.40     1.55 %7      1.52 %8 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     0.67 %12      0.94     0.64     0.70     0.62 %7      1.21 %8 

Portfolio turnover

     35 %11      119     105     92     90     110

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 92,513     $ 92,502     $ 94,476     $ 41,751     $ 33,151     $ 26,047  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

           For the years ended December 31,  
Class I    For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
(unaudited)
    2016#     2015     2014     2013     For the period ended
December 31, 2012*
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 15.59     $ 15.05     $ 15.23     $ 15.26     $ 14.30     $ 15.11  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.07       0.17 4      0.12 5      0.15       0.13 6      0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.04       0.54       0.23       1.37       2.36       (0.08

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.11       0.71       0.35       1.52       2.49       (0.06

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.06     (0.16     (0.14     (0.13     (0.12     (0.06

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.01     (0.39     (1.42     (1.41     (0.69

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.06     (0.17     (0.53     (1.55     (1.53     (0.75

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 16.64     $ 15.59     $ 15.05     $ 15.23     $ 15.26     $ 14.30  

Total Return1

     7.11 %11      4.79     2.29     9.93     17.45 %10      (0.36 )%10,11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.94 %12,17      0.93 %17      0.93 %17      0.86 %18      0.92 %7,17      0.82 %8,12,17 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.99 %12      1.10     1.21     1.20     1.39 %7      1.62 %8,12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     0.82 %12      1.09     0.80     0.91     0.83 %7      1.90 %8,12 

Portfolio turnover

     35 %11      119     105     92     90     110 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 84,968     $ 75,890     $ 60,798     $ 14,481     $ 1,581     $ 9  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

           For the years ended December 31,  
     For the six                                
     months ended                                
Class Z    June 30, 2017
(unaudited)
    2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 15.58     $ 15.05     $ 15.22     $ 15.26     $ 14.31     $ 13.82  

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.07       0.18 4      0.14 5      0.15       0.14 6      0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.05       0.54       0.23       1.38       2.35       1.18  

Total income from investment operations

     1.12       0.72       0.37       1.53       2.49       1.39  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.07     (0.18     (0.15     (0.15     (0.13     (0.21

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.01     (0.39     (1.42     (1.41     (0.69

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.07     (0.19     (0.54     (1.57     (1.54     (0.90

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 16.63     $ 15.58     $ 15.05     $ 15.22     $ 15.26     $ 14.31  

Total Return1

     7.17 %11      4.82     2.44     9.97     17.45     10.09

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.84 %12,17      0.83 %17      0.83 %17      0.82 %18      0.85 %7,17      0.92 %8,9,17 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.89 %12      1.00     1.09     1.15     1.30 %7      1.27 %8 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     0.92 %12      1.20     0.89     0.95     0.88 %7      1.46 %8 

Portfolio turnover

     35 %11      119     105     92     90     110

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 6,444     $ 5,796     $ 1,709     $ 12,401     $ 11,122     $ 9,601  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six              
     months ended              
     June 30, 2017     For the year ended December 31,     For the period ended  
Class N    (unaudited)     2016#     December 31, 2015**  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 12.02     $ 9.39     $ 10.00  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

      

Net investment Income (loss)1,2

     0.00 ###      0.08       (0.08 )5 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (0.15     2.64       (0.53

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     (0.15     2.72       (0.61

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

      

Net investment income

     —         (0.09     —    

Net realized gain on investments

     (1.74     —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1.74     (0.09     —    

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.13     $ 12.02     $ 9.39  

Total Return1

     (1.62 )%11      29.00     (6.10 )%11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.31 %12,20      1.33 %17      1.32 %12,19 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     2.36 %12      2.26     2.34 %12 

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets1

     0.02 %12      0.77     (0.77 )%12 

Portfolio turnover

     65 %11      146     138 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 81     $ 30     $ 16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     For the six              
     months ended              
     June 30, 2017     For the year ended December 31,     For the period ended  
Class I    (unaudited)     2016#     December 31, 2015**  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 11.99     $ 9.35     $ 10.00  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

      

Net investment income1,2

     0.02       0.09       0.10 5 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (0.17     2.65       (0.68

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     (0.15     2.74       (0.58

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

      

Net investment income

     —         (0.10     (0.07

Net realized gain on investments

     (1.73     —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1.73     (0.10     (0.07

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.11     $ 11.99     $ 9.35  

Total Return1

     (1.57 )%11      29.34     (5.77 )%11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.04 %12,20      1.06 %17      1.03 %12,19 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     2.08 %12      1.85     1.85 %12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     0.30 %12      0.96     0.98 %12 

Portfolio turnover

     65 %11      146     138 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 2,882     $ 10,888     $ 11,085  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six              
     months ended              
     June 30, 2017     For the year ended December 31,     For the period ended  
Class Z    (unaudited)     2016#     December 31, 2015**  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 11.99     $ 9.35     $ 10.00  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

      

Net investment income1,2

     0.03       0.11       0.11 5 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (0.17     2.65       (0.68

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     (0.14     2.76       (0.57

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

      

Net investment income

     —         (0.12     (0.08

Net realized gain on investments

     (1.73     —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1.73     (0.12     (0.08

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.12     $ 11.99     $ 9.35  

Total Return1

     (1.48 )%11      29.49     (5.69 )%11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.91 %12,20      0.92 %17      0.92 %12,19 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.96 %12      1.71     3.06 %12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     0.42 %12      1.04     1.07 %12 

Portfolio turnover

     65 %11      146     138 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,956     $ 1,950     $ 1,609  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six                                
     months ended                                
     June 30, 2017     For the years ended December 31,  
Class N    (unaudited)##     2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.65     $ 10.81     $ 10.96     $ 10.64     $ 10.98     $ 11.10  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.01       0.14       0.11       0.17       0.18       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.11       0.01       0.01       0.54       (0.32     0.14  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.12       0.15       0.12       0.71       (0.14     0.34  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.07     (0.13     (0.10     (0.17     (0.18     (0.20

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.18     (0.17     (0.22     (0.02     (0.26

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.07     (0.31     (0.27     (0.39     (0.20     (0.46

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.70     $ 10.65     $ 10.81     $ 10.96     $ 10.64     $ 10.98  

Total Return1

     1.16 %11      1.42     1.09 %10      6.73 %10      (1.25 )%10      3.15 %10 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.85 %12      0.88     0.88     0.89     0.91 %13      0.89 %14 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.96 %12      0.93     0.92     0.96     0.94 %13      0.92 %14 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     1.37 %12      1.32     0.99     1.54     1.64 %13      1.81 %14 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %11      17     21     11     29     21

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 129,709     $ 166,411     $ 192,039     $ 174,138     $ 136,915     $ 185,898  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the period ended  
Class I    June 30, 2017 (unaudited)***  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.70  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.06  

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

     0.00 ### 

Total income from investment operations

     0.06  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

  

Net investment income

     (0.06

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.70  

Total Return1

     0.54 %11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.68 %12 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.81 %12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     1.52 %12 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 324  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the period ended  
Class Z    June 30, 2017 (unaudited)***  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.70  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.06  

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

     (0.01

Total income from investment operations

     0.05  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

  

Net investment income

     (0.06

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.69  

Total Return1

     0.45 %11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.68 %12 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.81 %12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     1.52 %12 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,264  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six                                
     months ended                                
     June 30, 2017     For the years ended December 31,  
Class N    (unaudited)##     2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of period

   $ 9.63     $ 9.62     $ 9.65     $ 9.64     $ 9.65     $ 9.57  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.05       0.16       0.02       0.05       0.03       0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (0.03     (0.05     (0.03     0.01       (0.01     0.08  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.02       0.11       (0.01     0.06       0.02       0.16  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.10     (0.10     (0.02     (0.05     (0.03     (0.08

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.55     $ 9.63     $ 9.62     $ 9.65     $ 9.64     $ 9.65  

Total Return1

     0.20 %11      1.10     (0.15 )%      0.60     0.20     1.64

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.75 %12      0.80     0.79     0.80     0.79 %15      0.81 %16 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.82 %12      0.80     0.79     0.80     0.79 %15      0.81 %16 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     1.14 %12      1.69     0.25     0.47     0.27 %15      0.80 %16 

Portfolio turnover

     15 %11      37     51     41     48     49

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 179,911     $ 234,569     $ 395,306     $ 385,246     $ 422,488     $ 466,415  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the period ended  
Class I    June 30, 2017 (unaudited)***  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.64  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.04  

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

     (0.05

Total loss from investment operations

     (0.01

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

  

Net investment income

     (0.09

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.54  

Total Return1

     (0.13 )%11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.56 %12 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.67 %12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     1.29 %12 

Portfolio turnover

     15 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 23,486  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the period ended  
Class Z    June 30, 2017 (unaudited)***  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.64  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.04  

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

     (0.04

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.00  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

  

Net investment income

     (0.09

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.55  

Total Return1

     (0.03 )%11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.56 %12 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.67 %12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets1

     1.29 %12 

Portfolio turnover

     15 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 607  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Funds previously presented in this report.

 

# Effective October 1, 2016, the Investor Class, Service Class and Institutional Class of AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund and AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund were renamed Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively; and the shares of AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund and AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund were reclassified and redesignated as Class S shares.

 

## Effecitive February 27, 2017, Class S of AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund and AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund were renamed Class N.

 

### Less than $0.05.

 

* Commencement of operations was December 1, 2012.

 

** Commencement of operations was January 2, 2015.

 

*** Commencement of operations was February 27, 2017.

 

1 Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.

 

2 Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.

 

3 Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Notes 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

4 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.12, $0.15, and $0.16 for AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund’s Class N, Class I, and Class Z shares, respectively.

 

5 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.09, $0.11, and $0.13 for AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund’s Class N, Class I and Class Z shares, respectively, and net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.09), $0.09, and $0.10 for AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund’s Class N, Class I and Class Z shares, respectively.

 

6 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.09, $0.12, and $0.13 for AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund’s Class N, Class I, and Class Z shares, respectively.

 

7 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.019%, 0.014% and 0.019% of average net assets for the Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively.

 

8 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.005%, 0.005% and 0.004% of average net assets for the Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively.

 

9 Effective July 1, 2012, the Fund’s expense cap was reduced to 0.84% from 1.00%. The expense ratio shown reflects the weighted average expense ratio for the full year ended December 31, 2012.

 

10 The total return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown in the Financial Highlights.

 

11 Not annualized.

 

12 Annualized.

 

13 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.020% of average net assets.

 

14 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% of average net assets.

 

15 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.019% of average net assets.

 

16 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.005% of average net assets.

 

17 Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to less than 0.01%.

 

18 Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to 0.02%.

 

19 Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to 0.03%.

 

20 Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to 0.04%.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

AMG Funds and AMG Funds II (the “Trusts”) are open-end management investment companies, organized as Massachusetts business trusts and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trusts consist of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks, and policies. Included in this report are AMG Funds: AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund (“Small Cap Value”) and AMG Funds II: AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund (“Balanced”), AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund (“Intermediate Government”) and AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund (“Short Duration”), each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds.”

Each Fund offers different classes of shares, which, effective October 1, 2016, were renamed or redesignated. Both Balanced and Small Cap Value previously offered Investor Class shares, Service Class shares, and Institutional Class shares which were renamed to Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively; and Intermediate Government and Short Duration’s shares were reclassified and redesignated to Class S. Effective February 27, 2017, Intermediate Government and Short Duration’s Class S shares were renamed Class N and both funds commenced offering Class I and Class Z shares. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the respective Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), including accounting and reporting guidance pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies. U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Equity securities traded on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market system (“NMS”) are valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ official closing price or the official closing price of the relevant exchange or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask prices (the “exchange mean price”). Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market (other than NMS securities) are valued at the exchange mean price. Foreign equity securities (securities principally traded in markets other than U.S. markets) are valued at the official closing price on the primary exchange or, for markets that either do not offer an official closing price or where the official closing price may not be representative of the overall market, the last quoted sale price.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity exceeding 60 days are valued at the evaluated bid price or the mean price provided by an authorized pricing service or, if an evaluated price is not available, by reference to other securities which are considered comparable in credit rating, interest rate, due date and other features (generally referred to as “matrix pricing”) or other similar pricing methodologies. Investments in certain mortgage-backed and stripped mortgage-backed securities, preferred stocks, convertible securities, derivatives and other debt securities not traded on an organized securities market are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities and various relationships between such securities and yield to maturity in determining value.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost value is approximately the same as the fair value of the security valued without the use of amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

Futures contracts for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the settlement price as of the close of the futures exchange.

The Funds’ portfolio investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”). Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund portfolio investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee, which is comprised of the Independent Trustees of the Board, and the Pricing Committee, which is comprised of representatives from the Investment Manager are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations. Each Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if the Investment Manager or the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee and, if required under the Trusts’ securities valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from current sale of that portfolio investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental and analytical data relating to the investment; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value portfolio investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the

 

 

 

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differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Fund, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

With respect to foreign equity securities and certain foreign fixed income securities, the Board has adopted a policy that securities held in a Fund that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day provided that each individual price exceeds a pre-established confidence level.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds. Unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. Transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Upon notification from issuers, distributions received from a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the funds in the Trusts and other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively, the “AMG Funds family”) based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of each Fund, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of each Fund.

The following Funds had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers, under a brokerage recapture program, which paid a portion of such Fund’s expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the amount by which the Funds’ expenses were reduced and the impact on the expense ratios, if any, were as follows: Balanced - $5,881 or less than 0.01%, Small Cap Value - $3,815 or 0.04%.

d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Funds’ prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Temporary differences are due to differences between book and tax treatment of losses for excise tax purposes, wash sales, futures and tax straddles.

e. FEDERAL TAXES

Each Fund currently qualifies as an investment company and intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on each Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, each Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

 

 

 

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Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2016, and all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Additionally, management is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the enactment of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, may be carried forward for an unlimited time period. Such losses will be required to be utilized prior to any loss carryovers incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which generally expire eight years following the close of the taxable year in which they were incurred. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryovers may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses, unlike pre-enactment losses which are considered all short-term.

f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS

As of June 30, 2017, the following Funds had accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes as shown in the following chart. These amounts may be used to offset future

realized capital gains, if any, through the expiration dates listed or in the case of post-enactment losses, for an unlimited time period.

 

     Capital Loss         
     Carryover Amounts         
Fund    Short-Term      Long-Term     

Expires

December 31,

 

Small Cap Value

        

(Post-Enactment)

   $ 262,416        —          Unlimited  

Short Duration

        

(Pre-Enactment)

   $ 585,044        —          2017  

(Post-Enactment)

     —        $ 4,175,495        Unlimited  

As of June 30, 2017, Balanced and Intermediate Government had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes. Should Balanced and Intermediate Government incur net capital losses for the year ending December 31, 2017, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, for an unlimited time period.

g. CAPITAL STOCK

The Trusts’ Declaration of Trust authorizes for each Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Each Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Funds in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Funds’ policy on investment valuation.

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016, the capital stock transactions by class for the Funds were as follows:

 

     Balanced     Small Cap  
     2017     2016     2017     2016  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     634,105     $ 10,233,449       3,377,841     $ 49,948,934       5,403     $ 56,938       1,549     $ 18,593  

Reinvestment of distributions

     12,803       208,413       53,953       817,953       567       5,889       17       207  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (1,023,558     (16,476,649     (3,777,688     (56,409,174     (518     (5,117     (783     (7,962
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (376,650   $ (6,034,787     (345,894   $ (5,642,287     5,452     $ 57,710       783     $ 10,838  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     671,435     $ 10,923,623       2,263,148     $ 34,028,928       44,845     $ 526,006       181,690     $ 1,853,567  

Reinvestment of distributions

     6,973       114,544       19,571       299,586       118,507       1,227,738       8,418       102,527  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (439,560     (7,152,170     (1,453,335     (22,061,566     (786,808     (8,341,034     (467,369     (4,771,305
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     238,848     $ 3,885,997       829,384     $ 12,266,948       (623,456   $ (6,587,290     (277,261   $ (2,815,211
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     52,451     $ 848,397       323,484     $ 4,749,655       9,573     $ 113,602       43,104     $ 418,513  

Reinvestment of distributions

     1,422       23,362       4,203       64,334       27,522       285,399       1,575       19,183  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (38,357     (628,320     (69,342     (1,045,388     (6,525     (80,386     (54,112     (495,091
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     15,516     $ 243,439       258,345     $ 3,768,601       30,570     $ 318,615       (9,433   $ (57,395
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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     Intermediate Government     Short Duration  
     2017     2016     2017     2016  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     1,591,720     $ 16,984,818       6,031,612     $ 66,129,198       3,327,815     $ 31,989,143       36,112,882     $ 103,879,750  

Reinvestment of distributions

     85,467       911,916       431,895       4,630,731       198,294       1,900,694       221,824       2,135,935  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (5,177,500     (55,320,733     (8,607,228     (94,306,073     (9,044,401     (86,858,086     (53,058,101     (267,051,584
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (3,500,313   $ (37,423,999     (2,143,721   $ (23,546,144     (5,518,292   $ (52,968,249     (16,723,395   $ (161,035,899
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:*

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     39,448     $ 419,378       —         —         3,193,745     $ 30,583,213       —         —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     164       1,750       —         —         2,817       26,980       —         —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (9,347     (99,446     —         —         (735,193     (7,018,955     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     30,265     $ 321,682       —         —         2,461,369     $ 23,591,238       —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z:*

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     159,921     $ 1,694,771       —         —         101,992     $ 982,196       —         —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     712       7,605       —         —         742       7,108       —         —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (42,397     (454,413     —         —         (39,124     (375,003     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     118,236     $ 1,247,963       —         —         63,610     $ 614,301       —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*  Commencement of operations was February 27, 2017.

 

At June 30, 2017, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, including omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Funds as follows: Balanced - two own 43%; Small Cap Value - two own 34%; Intermediate Government - two own 52%; Short Duration - three own 71%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on their respective Funds.

h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into third-party repurchase agreements for temporary cash management purposes and third-party joint repurchase agreements for reinvestment of cash collateral on securities lending transactions under the securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) (the “Program”) (collectively, “Repurchase Agreements”). The value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, must equal or exceed the value of the Repurchase Agreements during the term of the agreement. For joint repurchase agreements, the Funds participate on a pro rata basis with other clients of BNYM in its share of the underlying collateral under such joint repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of the underlying collateral. The underlying collateral for all Repurchase Agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited. Pursuant to the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM on joint repurchase agreements.

At June 30, 2017, the market value of Repurchase Agreements outstanding for Balanced and Small Cap Value were $1,857,507 and $296,389, respectively.

i. SECURITIES TRANSACTED ON A WHEN ISSUED BASIS

All Funds except Small Cap Value may enter into To-Be-Announced (“TBA”) sale commitments to hedge their portfolio positions or to sell mortgage-backed securities they own under delayed delivery arrangements. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, equivalent deliverable securities, with the same counterparty, or an offsetting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date, are held as “cover” for the transaction. Unsettled TBA sale commitments are valued at the current market value of the underlying securities according to the procedures described under “Valuation of Investments,” in footnote 1a above.

Each contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting purchase commitment, the Funds realize a gain or loss. If the Funds deliver securities under the commitment, the Funds realize a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into.

j. DELAYED DELIVERY TRANSACTIONS AND WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES

All Funds except Small Cap Value may enter into securities transactions on a delayed delivery or when issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. During the time a delayed delivery sell is outstanding, the contract is marked to market daily and equivalent deliverable securities are held for the transaction. The value of the securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are identified as such in the Funds’ Schedules of Portfolio Investments. With respect to

 

 

 

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purchase commitments, the Funds identify securities as segregated in their records with a value at least equal to the amount of the commitment. Delayed delivery or when-issued securities that have been purchased from and sold to different brokers are reflected as an investment in securities and a forward sale commitment in the Funds’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset the receivable and payable for delayed delivery investments purchased and sold on TBA commitments. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors.

2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

For each of the Funds, the Trusts have entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Funds and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisers for the Funds (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadviser’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by one or more portfolio managers who serve pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager. The investment portfolio of Balanced and Small Cap Value are managed by Chicago Equity Partners, LLC (“CEP”). AMG indirectly owns a majority interest in CEP.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Funds to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. Effective October 1, 2016, the Funds’ investment management fees are paid at the following annual rate of each Fund’s respective average daily net assets:

 

Balanced

     0.60

Small Cap Value

     0.62

Intermediate Government

     0.48

Short Duration

     0.40

Prior to October 1, 2016, the annual rate for the investment management fees was 0.70%, 0.62%, 0.70% and 0.70% of each Fund’s average daily net assets of Balanced, Small Cap Value, Intermediate Government and Short Duration, respectively.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) of Balanced and Small Cap Value to 0.84% and 0.95%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Funds in certain circumstances.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to

limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.74% of Intermediate Government’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances.

Effective February 27, 2017, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to waive Intermediate Government’s management fee by 0.05%, from 0.48% to 0.43%, and Short Duration’s management fee by 0.11%, from 0.40% to 0.29%. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the management fee for Intermediate Government and Short Duration was reduced by $24,915 and $81,289, respectively.

The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

In general, for a period of up to 36 months, the Investment Manager may recover from Balanced, Small Cap Value and Intermediate Government, fees waived and expenses paid pursuant to this contractual agreement, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements to exceed the contractual expense limitation amount.

At June 30, 2017, the Funds’ expiration of recoupment are as follows:

 

Expiration Period    Balanced      Small Cap Value  

Less than 1 year*

   $ 195,228      $ 41,607  

Within 2 years

     314,884        99,379  

Within 3 years

     172,173        105,538  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject to Recoupment

   $ 682,285      $ 246,524  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Intermediate  
Expiration Period    Government  

Less than 1 year*

   $ 66,607  

Within 2 years

     77,990  

Within 3 years

     106,739  
  

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject to Recoupment

   $ 251,336  
  

 

 

 

 

*  A portion of this represents the expiration amount through the year ending December 31, 2017 of $101,794, $0 and $60,701 for Balanced, Small Cap Value and Intermediate Duration, respectively.

The Investment Manager has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in consideration of shareholder servicing fees that it has received from JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc., with respect to short-term cash investments the Funds may have made in the JPMorgan Money Market Funds.

 

 

 

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For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the investment management fee for Intermediate Government was reduced by $6,834.

The Trusts, on behalf of the Funds, have entered into an amended and restated Administration Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Funds’ administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all non-portfolio management aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to each Fund as further described in each Fund’s prospectus. Effective October 1, 2016, each Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.15% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service. Prior to October 1, 2016, Balanced and Small Cap Value paid an administration fee under a similar contract at an annual rate of 0.20% and 0.25%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets while Intermediate Government and Short Duration did not pay an administration fee.

The Funds are distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for each Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of each Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Generally the Distributor bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

The Trusts have adopted a distribution and service plan (the “Plan”) with respect to the Class N shares in accordance with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and the requirements of the applicable rules of FINRA regarding asset based sales charges. Pursuant to the Plan, Balanced and Small Cap Value may make payments to the Distributor for their expenditures in financing any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of each Fund’s Class N shares and for maintenance and personal service provided to existing shareholders of that class. The Plan authorizes payments to the Distributor up to 0.25% annually of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the Class N shares.

For Class N of Small Cap Value, Intermediate Government and Short Duration and Class I of Balanced, Small Cap Value, Intermediate Government and Short Duration, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to each financial intermediary, such as broker-dealers (including fund supermarket platforms), banks, and trust companies who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. There are no shareholder servicing fees authorized for Class Z. The Class N and Class I shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of each Class’s average daily net asset value as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2017, was as follows:

Fund    Maximum
Annual Amount
Approved
    Actual
Amount
Incurred
 

Balanced

    

Class I

     0.10     0.10

Small Cap Value

    

Class N

     0.15     0.15

Class I

     0.15     0.12

Intermediate Government

    

Class N*

     0.15     0.15

Class I**

     0.05     0.00

Short Duration

    

Class N*

     0.15     0.15

Class I**

     0.05     0.00

 

*  Effective October 1, 2016, the maximum annual rate was increased to 0.15% from 0.10%.
**  Effective February 27, 2017, Class I shares were authorized up to a maximum annual rate of 0.05%.

The Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trusts and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The Trustees of the Trusts who are not affiliated with an Investment Manager receive an annual retainer and per meeting fees for regular, special and telephonic meetings, and they are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while carrying out their duties as Board members. The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair receive additional annual retainers. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) granted an exemptive order that permits the Funds to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both the borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Administrator manages the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, Short Duration lent varying amounts not exceeding $1,536,965 for five days earning interest of $284. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, Balanced, Small Cap Value and Intermediate Government neither borrowed from nor lent to other funds in the AMG Funds family. At June 30, 2017, the Funds had no interfund loans outstanding.

3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

 

 

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     Long-Term Securities  
Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Balanced

   $ 50,056,989      $ 50,288,390  

Small Cap Value

     6,609,140        15,149,316  

Intermediate Government

     2,556,163        8,566,473  

Short Duration

     15,211,625        17,253,205  
     U.S. Government Obligations  
Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Balanced

   $ 13,078,979      $ 14,365,813  

Intermediate Government

     14,002,462        17,748,190  

Short Duration

     15,897,748        29,450,175  

4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Funds participate in the Program providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Funds, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Funds’ policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate omnibus account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into joint repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

At June 30, 2017, the value of the securities loaned and cash collateral received, were as follows:

 

Fund    Securities
Loaned
     Cash
Collateral
Received
 

Balanced

   $ 1,795,368      $ 1,857,507  

Small Cap Value

     286,337        296,389  

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trusts. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Funds under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund that have not yet

occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds had no prior claims or losses and expect the risks of loss to be remote.

6. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The following disclosures contain information on how and why certain Funds use derivative instruments, the credit risk and how derivative instruments affect the Funds’ financial position and results of operations and cash flows. The location and fair value amounts of these instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, and the realized gains and losses and changes in unrealized gains and losses on the Statement of Operations, each categorized by type of derivative contract, are included in a table in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the average quarterly balances of derivative financial instruments outstanding were as follows:

 

    

Intermediate

Government

     Short
Duration
 

Financial futures contracts:

     

Average number of contracts purchased

     5        85  

Average number of contracts sold

     67        682  

Average notional value of contracts purchased

   $ 698,875      $ 10,340,026  

Average notional value of contracts sold

   $ 6,926,477      $ 85,912,400  

7. FUTURES CONTRACTS

A Fund may enter into futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital shares transactions. There are certain risks associated with futures contracts. Prices may not move as expected or the Fund may not be able to close out the contract when it desires to do so, resulting in losses.

On entering into a futures contract, either cash or securities in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value (initial margin) must be deposited with the futures broker. Variation margin payments are made or received each day. The variation margin payments equal the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. For over-the-counter (“OTC”) futures, daily variation margin payments are not required. The Funds recognize a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Futures are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.

8. RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (“CMOs”)

The net asset values of a Fund may be sensitive to interest rate fluctuations because a Fund may hold several instruments, including CMOs and other derivatives, whose values can be significantly impacted by interest rate movements. CMOs are obligations collateralized by a portfolio of mortgages or mortgage-related securities. Payments of principal and interest on the mortgages are passed through to the holder of the CMOs on the same schedule

 

 

 

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as they are received, although certain classes of CMOs have priority over others with respect to the receipt of prepayments on the mortgages. Therefore, the investment in CMOs may be subject to a greater or lesser risk of prepayment than other types of mortgage-related securities. CMOs are subject to principal paydowns as a result of prepayments or refinancing of the underlying mortgage instruments. As a result, the average life may be substantially less than the original maturity. CMOs may have a fixed or variable rate of interest.

9. DOLLAR ROLL AGREEMENTS

All Funds except Small Cap Value may enter into dollar rolls in which they sell debt securities for delivery currently and simultaneously contract to repurchase similar, but not identical, securities at the same price or a lower price on an agreed date. The Funds receive compensation as consideration for entering into the commitment to repurchase. The compensation is the difference between the current sale price and the repurchase price (often referred to as the “drop”) as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. The Funds may also be compensated by the receipt of a commitment fee. As the holder, the counterparty receives all principal and interest payments, including prepayments, made with respect to the similar security sold. Dollar rolls may be renewed with a new sale and repurchase price with a cash settlement made at renewal without physical delivery of the securities subject to the contract.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into dollar rolls from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their commitments. Additionally, the value of such securities may change adversely before the Funds are able to repurchase them. There can be no assurance that the Funds’ use of the cash that they receive from a dollar roll will provide a return that exceeds their cost.

10. STRIPPED SECURITIES

Intermediate Government and Short Duration may invest in stripped securities (“STRIPS”) for hedging purposes to protect the Funds’ portfolios against interest

rate fluctuations. Interest-only STRIPS will most likely move differently than typical fixed-income securities in relation to changes in interest rates. STRIPS are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions from a pool of underlying assets. A common type of STRIP will have one class receiving all of the interest from the underlying assets (“interest-only” or “IO” class), while the other class will receive the entire principal (“principal only” or “PO” class). However, in some instances, one class will receive some of the interest and most of the principal while the other class will receive most of the interest and the remainder of the principal. STRIPS are unusually volatile in response to changes in interest rates. The yield to maturity on an IO class of STRIPS is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying assets. A rapid rate of principal prepayments may have a measurably adverse effect on a Funds’ yield to maturity to the extent it invests in IOs. Conversely, POs tend to increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. Thus, if the underlying assets experience greater than anticipated repayments of principal, a Fund may fail to fully recover its initial investment in these securities, even if the STRIPS were rated of the highest credit quality by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. These risks are managed by investing in a variety of such securities and by using certain hedging techniques. In addition the secondary market for STRIPS may be less liquid than that of other mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities, potentially limiting a Fund’s ability to buy or sell those securities at any particular time.

11. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into master netting agreements with their counterparties for the securities lending program and Repurchase Agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For securities lending transactions, see Note 4.

 

 

The following table is a summary of the Funds’ open Repurchase Agreements that are subject to a master netting agreement as of June 30, 2017:

 

            Gross Amount Not Offset in the         
            Statement of Assets and Liabilities         
Fund   

Net Amounts of Assets
Presented in the Statement of

Assets and Liabilities

     Financial
Instruments
Collateral
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

Balanced

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 36,079      $ 36,079        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     755,941        755,941        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     43,917        43,917        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     21,570        21,570        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     1,000,000        1,000,000        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 1,857,507      $ 1,857,507        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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            Gross Amount Not Offset in the         
            Statement of Assets and Liabilities         
Fund    Net Amounts of Assets
Presented in the Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
     Financial
Instruments
Collateral
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

Small Cap Value

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 12,470      $ 12,470        —          —    

Citibank N.A.

     261,285        261,285        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     15,179        15,179        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     7,455        7,455        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 296,389      $ 296,389        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

12. REGULATORY UPDATES

On October 13, 2016, the SEC amended existing rules intended to modernize reporting and disclosure of information. These amendments relate to Regulation S-X, which sets forth the form and content of financial statements. Management has evaluated the implications of adopting these amendments and has determined there is no material impact on the financial statements and accompanying notes.

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Funds have determined that no material events or transactions occurred through the issuance date of the Funds’ financial statements, which require an additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund (formerly AMG Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund), AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund (formerly AMG Managers Short Duration Government Fund), AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund and AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund: Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements on June 28-29, 2017

At an in-person meeting held on June 28-29, 2017, the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of each of AMG Funds and AMG Funds II (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”), and separately a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trusts (the “Independent Trustees”), approved (i) the Investment Management Agreement, as amended pursuant to letter agreements at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) and each Trust for each of AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund (formerly AMG Managers Intermediate Duration Government Fund), AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund (formerly AMG Managers Short Duration Government Fund), AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund and AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) and separately each of Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 3 dated October 1, 2016, to the Investment Management Agreement with AMG Funds II and separately each of Amendment No. 1 dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 2 dated October 1, 2016, to the Investment Management Agreement with AMG Funds (collectively, the “Investment Management Agreement”) and (ii) the Subadvisory Agreement, as amended at any time prior to the date of the meeting, for each Fund (collectively, the “Subadvisory Agreements”). The Independent Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel in connection with their consideration of the approval of these agreements. In considering the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees reviewed a variety of materials relating to each Fund, the Investment

Manager and each Subadviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for an appropriate peer group of similar mutual funds (each, a “Peer Group”), performance information for relevant benchmark indices (each, a “Fund Benchmark”) and, as to all other matters, other information provided to them on a periodic basis throughout the year, as well as information provided in connection with the meetings of June 28-29, 2017, regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadvisers under their respective agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees: (a) reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management; (b) received materials from their independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements; and (c) met with their independent legal counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present.

NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information relating to the Investment Manager’s operations and personnel. Among other things, the Investment Manager provided financial information, biographical information on its supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Trustees also took into account information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Investment Manager in Board meetings relating to the performance of its duties with respect to the Funds and the Trustees’ knowledge of the Investment Manager’s management and the quality of the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under the Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Investment Manager, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of

the operation and management of the Funds; (b) the quality of the search, selection and monitoring services performed by the Investment Manager in overseeing the portfolio management responsibilities of the Subadvisers; (c) the Investment Manager’s ability to supervise the Funds’ other service providers; and (d) the Investment Manager’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account that, in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising each Subadviser, the Investment Manager: performs periodic detailed analyses and reviews of the performance by each Subadviser of its obligations to a Fund, including without limitation, analysis and review of portfolio and other compliance matters and review of each Subadviser’s investment performance with respect to a Fund; prepares and presents periodic reports to the Board regarding the investment performance of each Subadviser and other information regarding each Subadviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board may reasonably request; reviews and considers any changes in the personnel of each Subadviser responsible for performing the Subadviser’s obligations and makes appropriate reports to the Board; reviews and considers any changes in the ownership or senior management of each Subadviser and makes appropriate reports to the Board; performs periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings, including with respect to compliance matters, with representatives of each Subadviser; assists the Board and management of the Trusts in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of each Subadvisory Agreement and annual consideration of each Subadvisory Agreement thereafter; prepares recommendations with respect to the continued retention of any Subadviser or the replacement of any Subadviser, including at the request of the Board; identifies potential successors to or replacements of any Subadviser or potential additional subadvisers, performs appropriate due diligence, and develops and presents to the Board a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional subadviser, including at the request of the Board; designates and compensates from its own

 

 

 

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resources such personnel as the Investment Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services; and performs such other review and reporting functions as the Board shall reasonably request consistent with the Investment Management Agreement and applicable law. With respect to AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund and AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund, the Trustees noted the affiliation of the Subadviser with the Investment Manager, noting any potential conflicts of interest. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Investment Manager with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Investment Management Agreement and the Investment Manager’s undertaking to maintain contractual expense limitations for AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund, AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund and AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s risk management processes.

For each Fund, the Trustees also reviewed information relating to each Subadviser’s operations and personnel and the investment philosophy, strategies and techniques (for each Subadviser, its “Investment Strategy”) used in managing the Fund. Among other things, the Trustees reviewed biographical information on portfolio management and other professional staff, information regarding each Subadviser’s organizational and management structure and each Subadviser’s brokerage policies and practices. The Trustees considered specific information provided regarding the experience of the individuals at each Subadviser with portfolio management responsibility for the Fund, including the information set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by each Subadviser in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Subadviser’s personnel; and (c) the Subadviser’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of each Subadviser with respect

to its ability to provide the services required under its Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees also considered each Subadviser’s risk management processes.

PERFORMANCE.

As noted above, the Board considered each Fund’s net performance during relevant time periods as compared to the Fund’s Peer Group and Fund Benchmark and considered the gross performance of the Fund as compared to the Subadviser’s relevant performance composite that utilizes the same investment strategy and approach and noted that the Board reviews on a quarterly basis detailed information about both the Fund’s performance results and portfolio composition, as well as each Subadviser’s Investment Strategy. The Board noted the Investment Manager’s expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of each Subadviser. The Board was mindful of the Investment Manager’s attention to monitoring each Subadviser’s performance with respect to the Funds and its discussions with management regarding the factors that contributed to the performance of the Funds.

ADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.

In considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee charged by the Investment Manager for managing each Fund, the Trustees noted that the Investment Manager, and not the Fund, is responsible for paying the fees charged by the Fund’s Subadviser and, therefore, that the fees paid to the Investment Manager cover the cost of providing portfolio management services as well as the cost of providing search, selection and monitoring services in operating a “manager-of-managers” complex of mutual funds. The Trustees also considered the various changes in management, administrative and shareholder servicing fee rates that were implemented during the past year for the applicable Funds, noting that the Investment Manager provides administrative and shareholder services to the Funds pursuant to an Administration Agreement with the Funds. The Trustees also considered the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Investment Manager

after payment of the subadvisory fee with respect to each Fund. The Trustees also noted any payments that were made from Chicago Equity Partners, LLC (“CEP”) to the Investment Manager, and any other payments made or to be made from the Investment Manager to CEP. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the high quality supervisory services provided by the Investment Manager and the fact that the subadvisory fees are paid out of the advisory fee, the advisory fee payable by each Fund to the Investment Manager can reasonably be expected to exceed the median advisory fee for the Peer Group, which consists of many funds that do not operate with a manager-of-managers structure. In this regard, the Trustees also noted that the Investment Manager has undertaken to maintain contractual expense limitations for AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund, AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund and AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund.

In addition, in considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager, the Trustees also reviewed information provided by the Investment Manager setting forth all revenues and other benefits, both direct and indirect (including any so-called “fallout benefits” such as reputational value derived from the Investment Manager serving as Investment Manager to a Fund), received by the Investment Manager and its affiliates attributable to managing each Fund and all the mutual funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, the cost of providing such services, the enterprise and entrepreneurial risks undertaken as Investment Manager and sponsor of the Funds and the resulting profitability to the Investment Manager and its affiliates from these relationships. The Trustees also noted the current asset levels of each Fund and the willingness of the Investment Manager to waive fees and pay expenses for AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund, AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund and AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund from time to time as a means of limiting total expenses. The Trustees also considered management’s discussion of the current asset levels of the Funds, and the impact

 

 

 

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on profitability of both the current asset levels and any future growth of assets of the Funds. The Board took into account management’s discussion of the advisory fee structure, and, as noted above, the services the Investment Manager provides in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising each Subadviser. In this regard, the Trustees noted that, unlike a mutual fund that is managed by a single investment adviser, the Funds operate in a manager-of-managers structure. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Investment Manager is reasonable and that the Investment Manager is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory fees for any Fund at this time. With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees also noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent that the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

SUBADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.

In considering the reasonableness of the fee payable by the Investment Manager to Amundi Smith Breeden LLC (“Amundi”), the Trustees relied on the ability of the Investment Manager to negotiate the terms of the Subadvisory Agreement at arm’s length as part of the manager-of-managers structure, noting that the Investment Manager is not affiliated with Amundi. In addition, the Trustees considered other potential benefits of the subadvisory relationship to Amundi, including, among others, the indirect benefits that Amundi may receive from its relationship with a Fund, including any so-called “fallout benefits” to Amundi, such as reputational value derived from Amundi serving as Subadviser to a Fund, which bears Amundi’s name. In addition, the Trustees noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. As a consequence of all of the foregoing, the cost of services to be provided by Amundi and the profitability to Amundi of its relationship with a Fund were not material factors in the Trustees’ deliberations. For similar reasons, the Trustees did not consider potential economies of scale in the

management of a Fund by Amundi to be a material factor in their deliberations at this time.

In considering the reasonableness of the fees payable by the Investment Manager to CEP, the Trustees noted that CEP is an affiliate of the Investment Manager, and the Trustees reviewed information regarding the cost to CEP of providing subadvisory services to a Fund and the resulting profitability from such relationship. The Trustees noted that, because CEP is an affiliate of the Investment Manager, a portion of CEP’s revenues or profits might be shared directly or indirectly with the Investment Manager. The Trustees also noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the subadvisory fee structure, and the services CEP provides in performing its functions under the applicable Subadvisory Agreement. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to CEP is reasonable and that CEP is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory or subadvisory fees at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as the Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

In addition to the foregoing, the Trustees considered the specific factors and related conclusions set forth below with respect to each Fund, the Investment Manager and each Subadviser.

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government Fund

Fund Performance.

Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class N shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year

periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, below, below and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and above the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the BofA Merrill Lynch 6-Month T-Bill Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s more recent improved performance relative to the Fund Benchmark and the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Peer Group. The Trustees noted that the Fund outperformed the Fund Benchmark for all relevant time periods and that Class N shares of the Fund ranked in the second quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 10-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

Advisory and Subadvisory Fees.

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) as of March 31, 2017 were both higher than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees also noted that, effective February 27, 2017, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to waive the Fund’s advisory fee by 0.11%, from 0.40% to 0.29%. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses, including the Fund’s relatively distinctive investment approach. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government Fund

Fund Performance.

Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class N shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the

 

 

 

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Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was above the median performance of the Peer Group and above, below, above and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Citigroup Mortgage Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including its more recent improved performance relative to the Fund Benchmark. The Trustees also took into account the fact that Class N shares of the Fund ranked in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 5-year period, in the top quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year and 10-year periods, and in the top quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 1-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

Advisory and Subadvisory Fees.

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both higher than the average for the Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.74%. The Trustees also noted that, effective February 27, 2017, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to waive the Fund’s advisory fee by 0.05%, from 0.48% to 0.43%. The Trustees also took into account the Fund’s relatively distinctive investment approach. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced Fund

Fund Performance.

Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class N shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, above, above and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and below the performance of the Fund Benchmark, a Composite Index (60% Russell 1000 Index and 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index). The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s more recent underperformance. The Trustees also noted that the Fund’s longer-term performance results ranked strongly relative to its Peer Group and that Class N shares of the Fund ranked in the top quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year and 10-year periods. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory in light of all the factors considered.

Advisory and Subadvisory Fees.

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were higher and lower, respectively, than the average for the Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.84%. The Trustees also took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses, including fees and expenses relative to comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the

Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value Fund

Fund Performance.

Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class I shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year period ended March 31, 2017 and for the period from the Fund’s inception on December 31, 2014 through March 31, 2017 was above the median performance of the Peer Group and below the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Fund Benchmark. The Trustees also noted that Class I shares of the Fund outperformed its Peer Group for all relevant time periods and that Class I shares of the Fund ranked in the top quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 1-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

Advisory and Subadvisory Fees.

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.95%. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with

 

 

 

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respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

*    *     *     *     *

After consideration of the foregoing, the Trustees also reached the following conclusions (in addition to the conclusions discussed above) regarding the Investment Management Agreement and each Subadvisory Agreement: (a) the Investment Manager and each Subadviser have demonstrated that they possess the capability and resources to perform the duties required of them under the Investment Management Agreement and the applicable Subadvisory Agreement; (b) each Subadviser’s Investment Strategy is appropriate for pursuing the applicable Fund’s investment objectives; and (c) the Investment Manager and each Subadviser maintain appropriate compliance programs.

Based on all of the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each Trustee not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Trustees concluded that approval of the Investment Management Agreement and each Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on June 28-29, 2017, the Trustees, and separately a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Investment Management Agreement

for each Fund and the Subadvisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER AND

ADMINISTRATOR

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

DISTRIBUTOR

AMG Distributors, Inc.

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

TRANSFER AGENT

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: AMG Funds

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

TRUSTEES

Bruce B. Bingham

Christine C. Carsman

Edward J. Kaier

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Richard F. Powers, III

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

Thomas R. Schneeweis

This report is prepared for the Funds’ shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Current net asset values per share for each Fund are available on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.

 

 

 

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AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced

First Quadrant, L.P.

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity

AMG FQ U.S. Equity

First Quadrant, L.P.

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core

AMG GW&K Small Cap Growth

AMG GW&K U.S. Small Cap Growth

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

AMG Renaissance International Equity

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth

The Renaissance Group LLC

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value II

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value

AMG River Road Long-Short

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value

AMG River Road Small Cap Value

River Road Asset Management, LLC

AMG SouthernSun Small Cap

AMG SouthernSun Global Opportunities

AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity

SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC

AMG Systematic Large Cap Value

AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity

AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

AMG Yacktman

AMG Yacktman Focused

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Yacktman Asset Management LP

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG GW&K Core Bond

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

 

OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Lake Partners LASSO Alternative

Lake Partners, Inc.

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Balanced

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Brandywine

AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap Growth

AMG Managers Brandywine Blue

Friess Associates, LLC

AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies

AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

AMG Managers CenterSquare Real Estate

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

 

AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

AMG Managers Fairpointe Focused Equity

AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap

Fairpointe Capital LLC

AMG Managers Guardian Capital Global Dividend

Guardian Capital LP

AMG Managers LMCG Small Cap Growth

LMCG Investments, LLC

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Growth

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

AMG Managers Pictet International

Pictet Asset Management Limited

AMG Managers Silvercrest Small Cap

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

AMG Managers Special Equity

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

AMG Managers Value Partners Asia Dividend

Value Partners Hong Kong Limited

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

AMG Managers Doubleline Core Plus Bond

DoubleLine Capital LP

AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity

AMG Managers Loomis Sayles Bond

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

 

 

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LOGO   SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

AMG Funds

June 30, 2017

 

LOGO

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

Class N: MFDAX    |    Class I: MFDSX    |    Class C: MFDCX    |    Class Z: MFDYX

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

Class N: GWMTX    |    Class I: GWMIX

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

Class N: GWMNX    |    Class I: GWMEX    |    Class Z: GWMZX

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

Class N: GWETX    |    Class I: GWEIX    |    Class Z: GWEZX

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

Class N: GWGVX    | Class I: GWGIX | Class Z: GWGZX

 

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ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     2  

FUND PERFORMANCE

     4  

FUND SNAPSHOTS AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

     6  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

     10  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

     16  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

     20  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

     23  

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     26  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     29  

Balance sheets, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     31  

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the fiscal period

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     32  

Detail of changes in net assets for the past two periods

  

Financial Highlights

     34  

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

Notes to Financial Highlights

     43  

Notes to Financial Statements

     44  

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

ANNUAL RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

     54  

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Fund family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 

 


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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

    Expense     Beginning     Ending     Expenses  
    Ratio for     Account Value     Account Value     Paid During  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017   the Period     01/01/17     06/30/17     the Period*  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

       

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.76   $ 1,000     $ 1,025     $ 3.82  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.76   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 3.81  

Class I

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.62   $ 1,000     $ 1,027     $ 3.12  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.62   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 3.11  

Class C

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.52   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 7.62  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.52   $ 1,000     $ 1,017     $ 7.60  

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.52   $ 1,000     $ 1,026     $ 2.61  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.52   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 2.61  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

       

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.70   $ 1,000     $ 1,039     $ 3.54  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.70   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 3.51  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.37   $ 1,000     $ 1,040     $ 1.87  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.37   $ 1,000     $ 1,023     $ 1.86  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

       

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.00   $ 1,000     $ 1,052     $ 5.09  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.00   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 5.01  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.64   $ 1,000     $ 1,053     $ 3.26  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.64   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 3.21  

Class Z***

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.59   $ 1,000     $ 1,037     $ 2.04  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.59   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 2.96  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

       

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.31   $ 1,000     $ 1,096     $ 6.81  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.31   $ 1,000     $ 1,018     $ 6.56  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.95   $ 1,000     $ 1,098     $ 4.94  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.95   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 4.76  

Class Z***

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.90   $ 1,000     $ 1,044     $ 3.12  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.90   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 4.51  

 

 

 

 

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     Expense     Beginning      Ending      Expenses  
     Ratio for     Account Value      Account Value      Paid During  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017    the Period     01/01/17      06/30/17      the Period*  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

          

Class N***

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.10   $ 1,000      $ 1,024      $ 3.78  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.10   $ 1,000      $ 1,019      $ 5.51  

Class I

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     0.94   $ 1,000      $ 1,083      $ 4.85  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     0.94   $ 1,000      $ 1,020      $ 4.71  

Class Z***

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     0.85   $ 1,000      $ 1,025      $ 2.92  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     0.85   $ 1,000      $ 1,021      $ 4.26  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.
** Effective June 23, 2017, Class S shares converted into Class I shares.
*** Commenced operations on February 27, 2017 and as such, the expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (124), then divided by 365.
 

 

 

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Fund Performance (unaudited)

Periods ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s relative index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns1    Six     One     Five     Ten     Since     Inception  
   Months*     Year     Years     Years     Inception     Date  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund 2,3,4,6,7,19,20

 

Class N

     2.50     0.47     2.44     4.60     5.49     01/02/97  

Class I

     2.67     0.64     —         —         1.96     11/30/12  

Class C8

     2.22     (0.27 )%      1.69     3.82     4.67     03/05/98  

Class Z

     2.62     0.73     2.68     4.86     5.88     01/02/97  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate

            

Bond Index9

     2.27     (0.31 )%      2.21     4.48     5.29     01/02/97  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund 2,3,6,7,10

 

Class N

     3.87     (0.84 )%      2.74     —         4.57     06/30/09  

Class I

     4.03     (0.48 )%      3.18     —         5.07     06/30/09  

Bloomberg Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index12

     4.18     (0.41 )%      3.40     5.13     5.13     06/30/09  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund 2,3,5,6,7,8,11,12,21

 

Class N

     5.16     (2.51 )%      4.29     —         7.07     07/27/09  

Class I

     5.25     (2.09 )%      4.75     4.82     4.79     12/30/05  

Class Z

     —         —         —         —         3.73     02/24/17  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond BAA Index13

     4.32     (0.59 )%      3.60     3.52     3.79     12/30/05  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund 2,8,14,15

 

Class N

     9.61     21.11     14.18     7.90     8.33     12/10/96  

Class I

     9.78     21.60     14.64     —         15.73     07/27/09  

Class Z

     —         —         —         —         4.40     02/24/17  

Russell 2000® Index16

     4.99     24.60     13.70     6.92     8.29     12/10/96  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund 2,15,17,22,23

 

Class N

     —         —         —         —         2.42     02/24/17  

Class I

     8.27     19.27     —         —         3.03     06/30/15  

Class Z

     —         —         —         —         2.51     02/24/17  

Russell 2000® Growth Index18

     9.97     24.40     13.98     7.82     5.37     06/30/15  

Russell 2500TM Index24

     5.97     19.84     14.04     7.42     7.44     06/30/15  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per

share for the Fund and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

 

Date reflects the inception date of the Fund, not the index.
* Not annualized.
1 Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2017. All returns are in U.S. dollars ($).
2 From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.
3 The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtor’s ability to pay its creditors.
4 High-yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”) may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit, and liquidity risk than investments in higher rated securities. These securities are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. The issuers of the Fund’s holdings may be involved in bankruptcy proceedings, reorganizations, or financial restructurings, and are not as strong financially as higher-rated issuers.
5 The use of leverage in a Fund’s strategy, such as futures and forward commitment transactions, can magnify relatively small market movements into relatively larger losses for the Fund.
6 Factors unique to the municipal bond market may negatively affect the value in municipal bonds.
7 Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of a fixed income investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed income securities to fall.
8 Closed to new investments.
9 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an index of the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, including both government and corporate bonds. Unlike the Fund, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.
 

 

 

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10 Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes, and depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax. Capital gains are not exempt from federal income tax.
11 The Bloomberg Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index is the 10 year (8-12) component of the Municipal bond index. It is a rules-based, market-value-weighted Index engineered for the tax-exempt bond market. The Index tracks general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, insured bonds, and pre-refunded bonds rated Baa3/BBB or higher by at least two of the ratings agencies: Moody’s, S&P, Fitch. Unlike the Fund, the Bloomberg Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.
12 The performance shown includes that of the predecessor Fund, the BNY Hamilton Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, a series of BNY Hamilton Funds, Inc., which was reorganized into the GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, a series of AMG Funds, as of the close of business on November 7, 2008.
13 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond BAA Index is a subset of the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index with an index rating of Baa1, Baa2, or Baa3. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value-weighted index engineered for the long-term, tax-exempt bond market. Unlike the Fund, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
14 The Fund inception dates and returns for all periods beginning prior to November 7, 2008 reflects performance of the predecessor Fund, The BNY Hamilton Multi-Cap Equity Fund, a series of BNY Hamilton Funds, Inc.
15 The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history, and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.
16 The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest stocks in the Russell 3000® Index and is widely regarded in the industry as the premier measure of small-cap stock performance. Unlike the Fund, The Russell 2000® Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
17 The Fund invests in growth stocks, which may be more sensitive to market movements because their prices tend to reflect future investor expectations rather than just current profits.
18 The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the Russell 2,000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000® Growth Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.
19 To the extent that the Fund invests in asset-backed or mortgage-backed securities, its exposure to prepayment and extension risks may be greater than investments in other fixed income securities.
20 Investments in international securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing including
  currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions, which could result in significant market fluctuations. These risks are magnified in emerging markets.
21 The Fund may invest in derivatives such as options and futures; the complexity and rapidly changing structure of derivatives markets may increase the possibility of market losses.
22 The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in mid-capitalization companies such as greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.
23 The Fund invests in value stocks, which may perform differently from the market as a whole and may be undervalued by the market for a long period of time.
24 The Russell 2500TM Index is composed of the 2,500 smallest stocks in the Russell 3000® Index and is widely regarded in the industry as the premier measure of small/mid cap stock performance. The Russell 2500TM Index replaced the Russell 2000® Growth Index as the Fund’s primary benchmark on February 27, 2017 because the Investment Manager and the Subadviser believe the Russell 2500TM Index is more representative of the Fund’s current investment strategies.

The Russell Indices are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.

Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

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AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

     AMG GW&K Enhanced  

Sector

   Core Bond Fund*  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     40.5

Industrials

     33.7

Financials

     18.0

Municipal Bonds

     6.5

Other Assets and Liabilities

     1.3

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

 

Rating

   AMG GW&K Enhanced
Core Bond Fund**
 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     41.0

Aaa

     1.0

Aa

     10.7

A

     11.3

Baa

     27.4

Ba

     8.6

 

** As a percentage of market value of fixed-income securities.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of Net
Assets
 

FNMA, 4.000%, 10/01/43***

     6.5

FNMA, 4.500%, 04/01/41***

     4.4  

United States Treasury Bonds, 4.500%, 2/15/36

     3.0  

FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, 10/01/36***

     3.0  

United States Treasury Notes, 2.000%, 11/30/22***

     3.0  

Apple, Inc., 1.680%, 02/09/22

     2.5  

Wells Fargo & Co., 2.112%, 02/11/22

     2.5  

FNMA, 4.000%, 09/01/25

     2.4  

FNMA, 3.500%, 11/01/42

     2.2  

FNMA, 4.500%, 05/01/39***

     2.1  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     31.6
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

*** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 51.7%

     

Financials - 18.0%

     

American Tower Corp., 4.400%, 02/15/26

   $ 571,000      $ 599,517  

Bank of America Corp., MTN, 3.875%, 08/01/25

     851,000        881,282  

CIT Group, Inc., 5.375%, 05/15/20

     558,000        601,942  

Citigroup, Inc., 2.050%, 12/07/18

     1,185,000        1,187,176  

Crown Castle International Corp., 5.250%, 01/15/23

     533,000        592,793  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.125%, 02/15/33

     946,000        1,185,851  

Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., Series C, 4.750%, 03/01/23

     568,000        608,479  

International Lease Finance Corp., 8.250%, 12/15/20

     576,000        679,628  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series S, 6.750%, 08/01/652,3

     553,000        629,038  

Morgan Stanley, GMTN, 5.500%, 07/28/21

     529,000        587,123  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., MTN, 3.250%, 11/01/25

     559,000        567,030  

Wells Fargo & Co., 2.112%, 02/11/22 (08/11/17)4

     1,422,000        1,434,772  

Weyerhaeuser Co., 8.500%, 01/15/25

     645,000        862,909  

Total Financials

        10,417,540  

Industrials - 33.7%

     

The ADT Corp., 6.250%, 10/15/21

     262,000        286,563  

American Airlines Group, Inc., 6.125%, 06/01/18

     280,000        288,960  

Apple, Inc., 1.680%, 02/09/22 (08/09/17)4

     1,437,000        1,452,547  

ArcelorMittal, 6.000%, 03/01/21

     265,000        286,531  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc., 3.375%, 09/15/25

     815,000        847,884  

Ball Corp., 5.250%, 07/01/25

     591,000        654,533  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 6.150%, 05/01/37

     696,000        919,179  

CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp., 5.500%, 12/01/24

     574,000        623,685  

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 4.908%, 07/23/25

     560,000        605,964  

Comcast Corp., 7.050%, 03/15/33

     440,000        602,338  

Crown Americas LLC / Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.500%, 01/15/23

     565,000        593,250  

CSX Corp., 2.600%, 11/01/26

     618,000        597,348  

CVS Health Corp., 5.125%, 07/20/45

     495,000        569,679  

Eagle Materials, Inc., 4.500%, 08/01/26

     607,000        623,692  

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.000%, 01/15/24

     460,000        590,876  

HCA, Inc., 5.000%, 03/15/24

     734,000        778,958  

International Paper Co., 3.000%, 02/15/27

     608,000        586,349  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.150%, 05/01/27

     582,000        583,099  

Leidos Holdings, Inc., 4.450%, 12/01/20

     277,000        290,850  

Lennar Corp., 4.750%, 11/15/22

     592,000        631,220  

Masco Corp., 4.375%, 04/01/26

     594,000        636,590  

McDonald’s Corp., MTN, 3.700%, 01/30/26

     568,000        589,284  

Microsoft Corp., 3.750%, 02/12/45

     595,000        592,870  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Industrials - 33.7% (continued)

     

Molson Coors Brewing Co., 3.000%, 07/15/26

   $ 594,000      $ 572,453  

Northrop Grumman Corp., 3.200%, 02/01/27

     602,000        607,351  

Omnicom Group, Inc., 3.600%, 04/15/26

     590,000        594,714  

Owens Corning, 4.200%, 12/15/22

     580,000        612,659  

Tesoro Logistics LP / Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.500%, 10/15/19

     273,000        289,380  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 6.750%, 11/01/191

     276,000        304,290  

United Continental Holdings, Inc., 6.375%, 06/01/18

     280,000        290,850  

Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.400%, 11/01/34

     575,000        571,455  

Vulcan Materials Co., 4.500%, 04/01/25

     412,000        440,673  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 3.450%, 06/01/26

     900,000        899,807  

Total Industrials

        19,415,881  

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (cost $29,505,896)

        29,833,421  

Municipal Bonds - 6.5%

     

California State General Obligation, School Improvements, 7.550%, 04/01/39

     745,000        1,138,151  

JobsOhio Beverage System, Series B, 3.985%, 01/01/29

     545,000        582,872  

Los Angeles Unified School District, School Improvements, 5.750%, 07/01/34

     685,000        865,881  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, Transit Improvements, 6.668%, 11/15/39

     420,000        574,732  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Pension Funding, Series A, 7.425%, 02/15/29 (National Insured)5

     473,000        581,809  

Total Municipal Bonds (cost $3,667,179)

        3,743,445  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 40.5%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 3.0%

     

FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, 10/01/36

     1,580,282        1,728,261  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 27.7%

     

FNMA, 3.500%, 11/01/42 to 03/01/46

     2,297,795        2,369,854  

4.000%, 09/01/25 to 10/01/44

     7,568,604        8,001,870  

4.500%, 05/01/39 to 04/01/41

     4,391,256        4,759,913  

5.000%, 08/01/35

     739,934        812,473  

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

        15,944,110  

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 9.8%

     

United States Treasury Bonds, 3.500%, 02/15/39

     527,000        595,592  

4.500%, 02/15/36

     1,368,000        1,766,243  

6.250%, 08/15/23

     811,000        1,009,584  

United States Treasury Notes, 1.750%, 03/31/22

     585,000        582,063  

2.000%, 11/30/22

     1,715,000        1,718,886  

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations

        5,672,368  

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $23,400,341)

        23,344,739  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-Term Investments - 2.0%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 0.2%6

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.080% total to be received $4,989 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $5,089)

   $ 4,989      $ 4,989  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $104,559 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $106,640)

     104,549        104,549  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.070% total to be received $6,075 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $6,195)

     6,074        6,074  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.210% total to be received $2,983 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $3,043)

     2,983        2,983  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        118,595  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 1.8%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%7

     1,042,445        1,042,445  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $1,161,040)

        1,161,040  

Total Investments - 100.7% (cost $57,734,456)

        58,082,645  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (0.7)%

        (426,987

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 57,655,658  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

 

Sector

   AMG GW&K Municipal
Bond Fund*
 

General Obligation

     33.8

Transportation

     20.6

Utilities

     16.1

Public Services

     9.8

Healthcare

     7.2

Education

     7.1

Industrial Development

     1.2

Tax

     1.2

Certificate of Participation

     0.7

Other

     0.7

Other Assets & Liabilities

     1.6

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

 

Rating

   AMG GW&K Municipal
Bond Fund**
 

Aaa

     30.4

Aa

     57.4

A

     10.9

Baa

     1.3

 

** As a percentage of market value of fixed-income securities.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, Water Quality Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 10/01/26***

     1.8

Massachusetts State Department of Taxation and Finance, Series F, 5.000%, 11/01/24

     1.6  

State of Michigan, 5.000%, 03/15/27***

     1.6  

Texas Transportation Commission Fund, Series A, 5.000%, 04/01/27***

     1.4  

State of Washington,Water Utility Improvements Revenue, Series 2013 A, 5.000%, 08/01/25

     1.4  

New York City General Obligation, Series I, 5.000%, 08/01/24***

     1.3  

Illinois State Finance Authority Revenue, Clean Water Initiative Revenue, 5.000%, 07/01/27***

     1.3  

Central Texas Turnpike System Transportation Commission, Series C, 5.000%, 08/15/31

     1.3  

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Series B, 5.000%, 01/01/28

     1.2  

Ohio Water Development Authority, Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 06/01/25

     1.2  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     14.1
  

 

 

 

 

*** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Municipal Bonds - 98.5%

     

Arizona - 2.9%

     

Arizona Transportation Board, Subordinated Highway Revenue, Series 2013 A, 5.000%, 07/01/22

   $ 4,355,000      $ 5,107,500  

Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, Water Quality Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 10/01/26

     15,000,000        18,265,350  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/24

     5,000,000        5,789,100  

Total Arizona

        29,161,950  

California - 7.3%

     

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, 5.000%, 10/01/28

     5,000,000        6,270,600  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Community Medical Centers, Series A, 5.000%, 02/01/27

     1,200,000        1,438,080  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Community Medical Centers, Series A, 5.000%, 02/01/30

     1,620,000        1,890,686  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Community Medical Centers, Series A, 5.000%, 02/01/31

     1,000,000        1,158,960  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Community Medical Centers, Series A, 5.000%, 02/01/32

     1,855,000        2,136,570  

California State Tax Exempt General Obligation, 5.000%, 03/01/24

     5,000,000        6,051,150  

California State University, Series A, 5.000%, 11/01/29

     4,525,000        5,387,194  

Los Angeles Unified School District, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/23

     10,000,000        11,996,700  

State of California, 5.000%, 09/01/25

     10,000,000        12,339,400  

State of California, 5.000%, 08/01/29

     7,000,000        8,462,650  

State of California, 5.000%, 09/01/29

     5,010,000        6,060,797  

State of California, Series C, 5.000%, 09/01/26

     7,700,000        9,416,638  

Total California

        72,609,425  

Colorado - 1.4%

     

City & County of Denver CO. Airport System Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 11/15/23

     6,000,000        7,156,500  

Regional Transportation District County COPS, Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/24

     6,000,000        7,063,200  

Total Colorado

        14,219,700  

Connecticut - 0.6%

     

State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, Transit Infrastructure, 5.000%, 08/01/24

     5,340,000        6,275,675  

District of Columbia - 1.8%

     

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority Public Utility Revenue, Sub Lien, Series C, 5.000%, 10/01/24

     5,475,000        6,403,286  

District of Columbia, Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/24

     5,000,000        6,084,850  

District of Columbia, Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/30

     5,010,000        6,017,311  

Total District of Columbia

        18,505,447  

Florida - 4.5%

     

Florida State Board of Education, Series D, 5.000%, 06/01/24

     6,565,000        7,467,556  

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, Department of Transportation, Series C, 5.000%, 07/01/28

     7,075,000        8,656,404  

Orange County Health Facilities Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 10/01/31

     4,515,000        5,254,376  

State of Florida, Capital Outlay, Series B, 5.000%, 06/01/27

     9,045,000        10,863,769  

State of Florida, Department of Transportation, Fuel Sales Tax Revenue, Series B, 5.000%, 07/01/26

     5,780,000        6,586,368  

Tampa Bay Water, 5.500%, 10/01/22 (National Insured)5

     4,775,000        5,733,247  

Total Florida

        44,561,720  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Georgia - 4.0%

     

Atlanta Water & Wastewater Revenue, 5.000%, 11/01/25

   $ 5,100,000      $ 6,268,614  

Georgia State University & College Improvements, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/24

     5,000,000        5,866,600  

Georgia State University & College Improvements, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/27

     5,450,000        6,371,650  

Georgia State University & College Improvements, Series A - Tranche 2, 5.000%, 02/01/26

     5,435,000        6,656,190  

State of Georgia, Series C, 5.000%, 09/01/23

     5,000,000        5,905,400  

State of Georgia, Series F, 5.000%, 01/01/26

     7,015,000        8,761,735  

Total Georgia

        39,830,189  

Idaho - 0.7%

     

Idaho Housing & Finance Association, 5.000%, 07/15/23

     5,770,000        6,798,099  

Illinois - 4.6%

     

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Series B, 5.000%, 01/01/28

     10,580,000        12,454,564  

Illinois State Finance Authority Revenue, Clean Water Initiative Revenue, 5.000%, 07/01/27

     11,000,000        13,156,000  

Illinois State Finance Authority Revenue, University of Chicago, Series A, 5.000%, 10/01/23

     5,000,000        5,917,000  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/22

     3,590,000        4,199,008  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/31

     9,195,000        10,653,327  

Total Illinois

        46,379,899  

Indiana - 0.6%

     

Indiana Finance Authority, Indiana University Health Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/23

     5,115,000        6,107,412  

Iowa - 0.5%

     

State of Iowa, Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/25

     4,000,000        4,902,560  

Kentucky - 0.6%

     

Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Government, Norton Healthcare Inc., Series A, 5.000%, 10/01/29

     5,000,000        5,880,650  

Maryland - 2.9%

     

State of Maryland, Department of Transportation, 5.000%, 05/01/23

     8,710,000        10,413,328  

State of Maryland, Series B, 5.000%, 08/01/24

     5,000,000        5,848,450  

University System of Maryland, University & College Improvements, Series A, 5.000%, 04/01/23

     5,475,000        6,511,089  

University System of Maryland, University & College Improvements, Series A, 5.000%, 04/01/24

     5,100,000        6,184,872  

Total Maryland

        28,957,739  

Massachusetts - 7.1%

     

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/25

     7,700,000        9,473,772  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Series B, 5.000%, 07/01/23

     5,000,000        5,960,450  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Series E, 5.000%, 09/01/28

     5,025,000        5,910,254  

The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust, 5.000%, 08/01/25

     4,640,000        5,001,270  

Massachusetts School Building Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 08/15/25

     5,035,000        5,868,746  

Massachusetts State Department of Taxation and Finance, Series F, 5.000%, 11/01/24

     13,500,000        15,853,995  

Massachusetts State Development Finance Agency, Boston College, Series S, 5.000%, 07/01/23

     5,700,000        6,823,641  

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Series C, 5.000%, 08/01/24

     10,000,000        11,410,600  

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Series C, 5.000%, 08/01/26

     4,025,000        5,021,952  

Total Massachusetts

        71,324,680  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Michigan - 4.0%

     

Michigan Finance Authority, Henry Ford Health System, 5.000%, 11/15/29

   $ 10,000,000      $ 11,674,300  

Michigan State Building Authority Revenue, Series I, 5.000%, 04/15/27

     5,700,000        6,773,082  

Michigan State, Environmental Program, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/22

     5,000,000        5,910,550  

State of Michigan, 5.000%, 03/15/27

     12,640,000        15,651,227  

Total Michigan

        40,009,159  

Minnesota - 2.4%

     

Minneapolis-St Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Series A, 5.000%, 01/01/25

     5,000,000        6,100,250  

Minnesota State General Obligation, Series A, 5.000%, 08/01/23

     5,300,000        6,196,548  

Minnesota State General Obligation, Series D, 5.000%, 08/01/22

     10,200,000        11,985,408  

Total Minnesota

        24,282,206  

Missouri - 1.9%

     

Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission, Fuel Sales Tax Revenue, Series B, 5.000%, 05/01/23

     10,330,000        12,324,723  

University of Missouri, Series A, 5.000%, 11/01/26

     5,495,000        6,662,083  

Total Missouri

        18,986,806  

New Jersey - 2.9%

     

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RWJ Barnabas Health Obligation, 5.000%, 07/01/29

     6,570,000        7,694,193  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue, Series 2012 B, 5.000%, 01/01/24

     2,790,000        3,246,472  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 01/01/24

     4,925,000        5,706,499  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 01/01/33

     10,270,000        11,982,420  

Total New Jersey

        28,629,584  

New York - 13.4%

     

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Fuel Sales Tax Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 11/15/24

     5,000,000        6,121,100  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transit Revenue, Series F, 5.000%, 11/15/24

     4,950,000        5,799,717  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transit Revenue, Series F, 5.000%, 11/15/28

     5,000,000        5,974,900  

New York City General Obligation, Series C, 5.000%, 08/01/24

     5,000,000        6,068,650  

New York City General Obligation, Series C, 5.000%, 08/01/26

     5,500,000        6,810,815  

New York City General Obligation, Series G, 5.000%, 08/01/23

     5,000,000        5,960,350  

New York City General Obligation, Series I, 5.000%, 08/01/24

     11,485,000        13,366,817  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Secured Revenue, 5.000%, 11/01/22

     4,070,000        4,489,088  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Secured Revenue, Series B, 5.000%, 02/01/24

     5,015,000        5,639,518  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Secured Revenue, Series C, 5.000%, 11/01/23

     5,000,000        6,007,800  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Secured Revenue, Series C, 5.000%, 11/01/26

     5,200,000        6,302,920  

New York City Water & Sewer System Revenue, Series FF, 5.000%, 06/15/25

     7,940,000        8,799,743  

New York City Water & Sewer System Revenue, Series FF, 5.000%, 06/15/30

     5,370,000        6,403,994  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 12/15/25

     8,645,000        10,185,712  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 12/15/27

     5,640,000        6,635,516  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Series D, 5.000%, 02/15/27

     11,145,000        13,313,057  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Series E, 5.000%, 03/15/32

     8,370,000        9,849,983  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

New York - 13.4% (continued)

     

New York State Urban Development Corp., Personal Income Tax Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 03/15/24

   $ 5,000,000      $ 6,025,300  

Total New York

        133,754,980  

North Carolina - 3.5%

     

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Carolinas Healthcare System, 5.000%, 01/15/25

     10,000,000        12,132,800  

North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No. 1, Electric, Power and Light Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 01/01/27

     5,025,000        6,061,257  

North Carolina State Limited Obligation, Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/26

     8,945,000        11,222,844  

North Carolina State Limited Obligation, Series C, 5.000%, 05/01/23

     5,020,000        5,967,776  

Total North Carolina

        35,384,677  

Ohio - 4.5%

     

Ohio State General Obligation, Series A, 5.000%, 09/15/22

     10,025,000        11,798,422  

Ohio State General Obligation, Series A, 5.000%, 09/01/26

     7,040,000        8,791,622  

Ohio State General Obligation, University & College Improvements, Series C, 5.000%, 11/01/26

     5,000,000        6,092,800  

Ohio Water Development Authority, Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, 5.000%, 06/01/23

     5,010,000        5,987,551  

Ohio Water Development Authority, Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 06/01/25

     10,050,000        12,417,378  

Total Ohio

        45,087,773  

Oklahoma - 1.5%

     

Grand River Dam Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/28

     7,820,000        9,507,478  

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 01/01/26

     5,000,000        5,612,150  

Total Oklahoma

        15,119,628  

Pennsylvania - 0.8%

     

Lancaster County Hospital Authority, University of Pennsylvania Health Revenue, 5.000%, 08/15/26

     6,730,000        8,277,496  

Tennessee - 0.6%

     

State of Tennessee Fuel Sales Tax Revenue, Series B, 5.000%, 09/01/26

     5,000,000        6,087,950  

Texas - 10.7%

     

Central Texas Turnpike System Transportation Commission, Series C, 5.000%, 08/15/31

     11,175,000        12,611,099  

City of Austin TX Water & Wastewater System Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 11/15/22

     7,790,000        9,201,782  

City of San Antonio TX Electric & Gas Systems Revenue, 5.000%, 02/01/26

     9,275,000        11,447,947  

Humble Independent School District, Series B, 5.000%, 02/15/23

     5,610,000        6,635,789  

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Series A, 5.000%, 11/01/24

     5,000,000        6,054,350  

North Texas Tollway Authority Revenue, Special Projects System, 1st Tier, Series A, 5.000%, 01/01/25

     6,370,000        7,569,662  

North Texas Tollway Authority Revenue, Special Projects System, Series D, 5.250%, 09/01/27

     10,285,000        11,863,439  

North Texas Tollway Authority, Series A, 5.000%, 01/01/26

     7,775,000        9,182,042  

State of Texas, Transportation Commission Highway Improvements Revenue, 5.000%, 04/01/25

     4,950,000        5,729,278  

Texas Transportation Commission Fund, Series A, 5.000%, 04/01/27

     12,550,000        14,513,322  

The University of Texas System Financing Revenue, Series B, 0.800%, 08/01/392

     200,000        200,000  

The University of Texas System Financing Revenue, Series B, 5.000%, 08/15/22

     5,000,000        5,876,250  

The University of Texas System, Series H, 5.000%, 08/15/26

     5,045,000        6,285,212  

Total Texas

        107,170,172  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Virginia - 3.0%

     

Commonwealth of Virginia, Series B, 5.000%, 06/01/22

   $ 10,000,000      $ 11,725,800  

Virginia College Building Authority, Series B, 5.000%, 09/01/23

     5,350,000        6,394,374  

Virginia Public Building Authority, Series B, 5.000%, 08/01/25

     9,750,000        12,050,512  

Total Virginia

        30,170,686  

Washington - 7.8%

     

City of Seattle WA Municipal Light & Power Revenue, Series B, 5.000%, 02/01/23

     4,620,000        5,065,322  

County of King WA Sewer Revenue, Series B, 5.000%, 01/01/24

     3,085,000        3,459,334  

Energy Northwest Electric Revenue, Bonneville Power, 5.000%, 07/01/25

     10,050,000        12,381,902  

State of Washington School Improvements, Series C, 5.000%, 02/01/28

     5,940,000        7,206,586  

State of Washington, Series R-2015C, 5.000%, 07/01/28

     10,000,000        11,915,200  

State of Washington, Water Utility Improvements Revenue, Series 2013 A, 5.000%, 08/01/25

     11,925,000        13,929,592  

University of Washington, University & College Improvements Revenue, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/32

     5,760,000        6,911,770  

University of Washington, University & College Improvements Revenue, Series C, 5.000%, 07/01/27

     7,270,000        8,529,891  

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority Multicare Health System, Series B, 5.000%, 08/15/23

     3,940,000        4,653,652  

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority Providence Health & Services, Series A, 5.000%, 10/01/26

     3,425,000        3,929,605  

Total Washington

        77,982,854  

Wisconsin - 2.0%

     

Wisconsin State Revenue, Department of Transportation, Series 1, 5.000%, 07/01/25

     3,025,000        3,585,009  

Wisconsin State Revenue, Department of Transportation, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/22

     5,000,000        5,861,350  

Wisconsin State Revenue, Department of Transportation, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/24

     5,000,000        6,100,950  

Wisconsin State, Series 2, 5.000%, 05/01/24

     3,570,000        4,152,374  

Total Wisconsin

        19,699,683  

Total Municipal Bonds (cost $976,854,805)

        986,158,799  
     Shares         

Short-Term Investments - 0.2%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%,7
(cost $2,040,011)

     2,040,011        2,040,011  

Total Investments - 98.7% (cost $978,894,816)

        988,198,810  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - 1.3%

        13,051,456  

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 1,001,250,266  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG GW&K Municipal
Enhanced Yield Fund*
 

Transportation

     29.7

Healthcare

     29.1

Utilities

     7.2

Education

     6.6

Other

     5.7

State and Non-State Appropriated Tobacco

     4.9

Tax

     4.5

Recreation

     3.5

General Obligation

     3.2

Public Services

     2.6

Industrial Development

     2.1

Other Assets & Liabilities

     0.9

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

 

Rating

   AMG GW&K Municipal
Enhanced Yield Fund**
 

Aaa

     2.6

Aa

     0.8

A

     40.4

Baa

     51.6

Ba

     4.6

 

** As a percentage of market value of fixed-income securities.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

Central Texas Turnpike System, Series C, 5.000%, 08/15/42***

     4.4

New York Transportation Development Corp., Laguardia Airport Terminal B, 5.000%, 07/01/46***

     3.8  

Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp., Barclays Center Project, Series A, 5.000%, 07/15/42***

     3.5  

Alachua County Health Facilities Authority, Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/44***

     3.2  

Michigan Finance Authority, Henry Ford Health System, 5.000%, 11/15/41***

     2.7  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, Series F-1, 5.000%, 05/01/42

     2.6  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Series XX, 5.000%, 06/15/22***

     2.6  

Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Government, Norton Healthcare Inc., 5.000%, 10/01/33***

     2.6  

Miami Beach Health Facilities Authority, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 5.000%, 11/15/39***

     2.5  

West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority,West Virginia United Health Systems Obligation Group, Series A, 5.500%, 06/01/44***

     2.5  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     30.4
  

 

 

 

 

*** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Municipal Bonds - 99.1%

     

California - 7.3%

     

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, El Camino Hospital, 5.000%, 02/01/47

   $ 3,565,000      $ 3,984,280  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Community Medical Centers, Series A, 5.000%, 02/01/42

     2,500,000        2,809,150  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Community Medical Centers, Series A, 5.000%, 02/01/47

     4,000,000        4,474,200  

M-S-R Energy Authority, Natural Gas Revenue, Series C, 6.500%, 11/01/39

     3,635,000        5,171,914  

Total California

        16,439,544  

Colorado - 1.8%

     

Public Authority for Colorado Energy Natural Gas Purchase Revenue, Series 2008, 6.500%, 11/15/38

     2,865,000        4,063,372  

Florida - 11.5%

     

Alachua County Health Facilities Authority, Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Series A, 5.000%, 12/01/44

     6,570,000        7,252,689  

County of Miami-Dade FL Aviation Revenue, 5.000%, 10/01/41

     3,105,000        3,554,045  

Martin County Health Facilities Authority, Martin Memorial Medical Center, 5.500%, 11/15/42

     4,430,000        4,867,728  

Miami Beach Health Facilities Authority, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 5.000%, 11/15/39

     5,220,000        5,677,951  

Orange County Health Facilities Authority, Orlando Health Inc., Series A, 5.000%, 10/01/39

     4,010,000        4,518,107  

Total Florida

        25,870,520  

Illinois - 13.3%

     

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Refunding General Senior Lien, Series B, 5.000%, 01/01/41

     2,000,000        2,254,580  

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Senior Lien, Series D, 5.250%, 01/01/42

     2,500,000        2,907,550  

Illinois State General Obligation, 5.000%, 02/01/39

     3,930,000        3,929,843  

Illinois State General Obligation, 5.500%, 07/01/38

     3,255,000        3,386,046  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Series B, 5.000%, 01/01/40

     1,675,000        1,882,935  

Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Revenue, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series 2012 A, 5.000%, 06/15/42

     4,990,000        4,810,759  

Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Revenue, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series B, 5.000%, 06/15/52

     5,695,000        5,338,493  

Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority Revenue, 6.000%, 06/01/28

     4,665,000        5,324,398  

Total Illinois

        29,834,604  

Kentucky - 2.6%

     

Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Government, Norton Healthcare Inc., 5.000%, 10/01/33

     5,000,000        5,762,050  

Louisiana - 2.7%

     

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project, 5.000%, 05/15/47

     3,585,000        3,948,913  

New Orleans Aviation Board, General Airport North Terminal, Series B, 5.000%, 01/01/48

     2,000,000        2,257,600  

Total Louisiana

        6,206,513  

Massachusetts - 3.5%

     

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, UMass Boston Student Housing, 5.000%, 10/01/41

     2,250,000        2,465,888  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, UMass Boston Student Housing, 5.000%, 10/01/48

     5,000,000        5,439,000  

Total Massachusetts

        7,904,888  

Michigan - 2.7%

     

Michigan Finance Authority, Henry Ford Health System, 5.000%, 11/15/41

     5,500,000        6,153,290  

Nebraska - 2.4%

     

Central Plains Energy Project, Natural Gas Revenue, 5.000%, 09/01/42

     5,000,000        5,416,800  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

New Jersey - 11.7%

     

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction, 5.000%, 03/01/25

   $ 5,190,000      $ 5,498,494  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Series XX, 5.000%, 06/15/22

     5,425,000        5,793,737  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, UMM Energy Partners, Series 2012 A, 5.125%, 06/15/43

     4,450,000        4,648,025  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RWJ Barnabas Health Obligation, 5.000%, 07/01/43

     4,605,000        5,190,388  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Federal Highway Reimbursement Notes, 5.000%, 06/15/27

     1,900,000        2,074,439  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Federal Highway Reimbursement Notes, 5.000%, 06/15/28

     850,000        920,660  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Series E, 5.000%, 01/01/45

     2,000,000        2,243,620  

Total New Jersey

        26,369,363  

New York - 12.3%

     

Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp., Barclays Center Project, Series A, 5.000%, 07/15/42

     7,000,000        7,892,570  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, Series F-1, 5.000%, 05/01/42

     5,000,000        5,831,000  

New York State Dormitory Authority, The New School Project, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/46

     3,000,000        3,433,501  

New York Transportation Development Corp., Laguardia Airport Terminal B, 5.000%, 07/01/46

     8,000,000        8,647,840  

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Special Project, JFK International Air Terminal LLC Project, Series 2010, 6.000%, 12/01/42

     1,580,000        1,770,516  

Total New York

        27,575,427  

Rhode Island - 2.5%

     

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/35

     2,000,000        2,146,900  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series A, 5.000%, 06/01/40

     3,250,000        3,454,652  

Total Rhode Island

        5,601,552  

Texas - 16.2%

     

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, 5.000%, 01/01/40

     4,600,000        5,156,600  

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, 5.000%, 01/01/46

     3,750,000        4,168,613  

Central Texas Turnpike System, Series C, 5.000%, 08/15/42

     8,915,000        9,808,729  

Grand Parkway Transportation Corp., 1st Tier Toll Revenue, Series A, 5.500%, 04/01/53

     3,960,000        4,528,735  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Corp., College Station Project, Series A, 5.000%, 07/01/47

     4,650,000        4,958,621  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp., Gas Supply Revenue, Senior Lien Series 2008 D, 6.250%, 12/15/26

     1,285,000        1,572,801  

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp., Senior Lien-Blueridge Transport, 5.000%, 12/31/40

     2,400,000        2,649,360  

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp., Senior Lien-Blueridge Transport, 5.000%, 12/31/45

     3,250,000        3,575,162  

Total Texas

        36,418,621  

Virginia - 3.8%

     

Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District, First Tier General Resolution Revenue, 5.000%, 07/01/46

     4,755,000        5,304,726  

Chesapeake City Expressway Toll Road Revenue, Series 2012 A, 5.000%, 07/15/47

     3,010,000        3,192,165  

Total Virginia

        8,496,891  

West Virginia - 2.5%

     

West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority, West Virginia United Health Systems Obligation Group, Series A, 5.500%, 06/01/44

     5,000,000        5,648,350  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Wisconsin - 2.3%

     

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, ProHealth Care Obligation Group, 5.000%, 08/15/39

   $ 4,635,000      $ 5,152,173  

Total Municipal Bonds (cost $219,278,163)

        222,913,958  
     Shares         

Short-Term Investments - 0.1%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%,7
(cost $164,090)

     164,090        164,090  

Total Investments - 99.2% (cost $219,442,253)

        223,078,048  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - 0.8%

        1,787,516  

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 224,865,564  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG GW&K Small
Cap Core Fund*
    Russell 2000®
Index
 

Information Technology

     17.9     16.9

Financials

     17.3     18.1

Health Care

     15.9     15.0

Industrials

     15.3     14.6

Consumer Discretionary

     13.0     12.5

Real Estate

     6.9     7.5

Materials

     4.8     4.4

Utilities

     2.8     3.7

Energy

     2.6     3.8

Consumer Staples

     1.0     2.7

Telecommunication Services

     0.0     0.8

Other Assets and Liabilities

     2.5     0.0

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.**

     2.9

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.**

     2.5  

LogMeln, Inc.**

     2.5  

ICU Medical, Inc.**

     2.4  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.**

     2.2  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Class A**

     2.0  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.

     1.9  

INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A

     1.8  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A**

     1.7  

Medidata Solutions, Inc.

     1.7  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     21.6
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 97.5%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 13.0%

     

CalAtlantic Group, Inc.

     151,163      $ 5,343,612  

Five Below, Inc.*

     139,631        6,893,582  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.*

     181,501        14,231,493  

Helen of Troy, Ltd.*

     39,613        3,727,583  

Hibbett Sports, Inc.*,1

     102,866        2,134,470  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

     92,935        8,757,265  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

     68,029        4,251,132  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

     192,985        9,832,586  

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     70,269        4,934,992  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

     166,820        4,672,628  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        64,779,343  

Consumer Staples - 1.0%

     

Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.*,1

     194,214        1,872,223  

WD-40 Co.

     28,757        3,173,335  

Total Consumer Staples

        5,045,558  

Energy - 2.6%

     

Dril-Quip, Inc.*

     56,005        2,733,044  

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.*

     194,395        3,032,562  

Matador Resources Co.*,1

     328,250        7,014,703  

Total Energy

        12,780,309  

Financials - 17.3%

     

Ameris Bancorp

     162,994        7,856,311  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

     93,676        5,334,848  

Cathay General Bancorp

     211,339        8,020,315  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

     132,186        5,358,820  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

     115,862        4,241,708  

IBERIABANK Corp.

     66,834        5,446,971  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     62,034        12,475,037  

PRA Group, Inc.*,1

     106,780        4,046,962  

ProAssurance Corp.

     102,345        6,222,576  

Stifel Financial Corp.*

     129,126        5,937,213  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*

     102,087        7,901,534  

United Bankshares, Inc.1

     151,734        5,947,973  

Webster Financial Corp.

     134,787        7,038,577  

Total Financials

        85,828,845  

Health Care - 15.9%

     

Cantel Medical Corp.

     75,601        5,890,074  

Catalent, Inc.*

     187,284        6,573,668  
     Shares      Value  

Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.*,1

     167,207      $ 6,210,068  

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.*

     143,784        2,128,003  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*

     256,091        8,489,417  

ICU Medical, Inc.*

     68,038        11,736,555  

Impax Laboratories, Inc.*

     131,907        2,123,703  

INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A*

     149,600        8,751,600  

Medidata Solutions, Inc.*

     110,392        8,632,654  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     118,162        11,168,672  

Wright Medical Group N.V.*,1

     269,376        7,405,146  

Total Health Care

        79,109,560  

Industrials - 15.3%

     

Alamo Group, Inc.

     45,450        4,127,315  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

     159,988        7,492,238  

Heartland Express, Inc.1

     272,481        5,673,054  

HEICO Corp.1

     100,393        7,212,233  

HEICO Corp., Class A

     75,950        4,712,698  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

     42,409        4,156,082  

Mobile Mini, Inc.

     113,751        3,395,467  

Patrick Industries, Inc.*

     62,290        4,537,827  

Primoris Services Corp.

     212,342        5,295,809  

RBC Bearings, Inc.*

     59,272        6,031,519  

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.1

     208,429        5,990,249  

Sun Hydraulics Corp.

     90,524        3,862,659  

The Toro Co.

     34,553        2,394,177  

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

     71,406        6,234,458  

US Ecology, Inc.

     101,299        5,115,600  

Total Industrials

        76,231,385  

Information Technology - 17.9%

     

Blackbaud, Inc.

     90,533        7,763,205  

Callidus Software, Inc.*

     206,641        5,000,712  

Cognex Corp.

     62,348        5,293,345  

EPAM Systems, Inc.*

     94,872        7,977,786  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.*

     105,628        5,870,804  

HubSpot, Inc.*,1

     113,534        7,464,861  

LogMeln, Inc.

     117,213        12,248,759  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*,1

     122,957        6,857,312  

Power Integrations, Inc.

     88,750        6,469,875  

Proofpoint, Inc.*,1

     58,151        5,049,251  

Rogers Corp.*

     31,638        3,436,520  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*

     87,374        5,972,013  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

    Shares     Value  

Information Technology - 17.9% (continued)

   

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

    55,458     $ 9,742,307  

Total Information Technology

      89,146,750  

Materials - 4.8%

   

Balchem Corp.

    67,399       5,237,576  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.1

    56,020       3,658,106  

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.

    176,468       3,640,535  

PolyOne Corp.

    165,836       6,424,487  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    151,692       4,820,772  

Total Materials

      23,781,476  

Real Estate - 6.9%

   

American Campus Communities, Inc., REIT

    78,087       3,693,515  

Education Realty Trust, Inc., REIT1

    156,861       6,078,364  

National Health Investors, Inc., REIT

    75,575       5,985,540  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, REIT1

    175,175       5,647,642  

STAG Industrial, Inc., REIT

    229,846       6,343,750  

Sun Communities, Inc., REIT

    76,127       6,675,577  

Total Real Estate

      34,424,388  

Utilities - 2.8%

   

IDACORP, Inc.

    70,132       5,985,766  

NorthWestern Corp.

    128,389       7,834,297  

Total Utilities

      13,820,063  

Total Common Stocks (cost $372,821,985)

      484,947,677  
    Principal
Amount
       

Short-Term Investments - 10.7%

   

Repurchase Agreements - 7.7%6

   

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $1,222,865 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $1,247,207)

  $ 1,222,752       1,222,752  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $9,053,111 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $9,233,288)

    9,052,243       9,052,243  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $9,053,111 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $9,233,288)

    9,052,243       9,052,243  
    Principal
Amount
    Value  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $1,488,490 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $1,518,129)

  $ 1,488,359     $ 1,488,359  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $731,091 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $745,639)

    731,015       731,015  

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.130% total to be received $7,515,431 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/10/17 - 06/20/67, totaling $7,665,018)

    7,514,723       7,514,723  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $9,053,181 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $9,233,218)

    9,052,200       9,052,200  

Total Repurchase Agreements

      38,113,535  
    Shares        

Other Investment Companies - 3.0%

   

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%7

    14,943,211       14,943,211  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $53,056,746)

      53,056,746  

Total Investments - 108.2%
(cost $425,878,731)

      538,004,423  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (8.2)%

      (40,632,167

Net Assets - 100.0%

    $ 497,372,256  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG GW&K Small/Mid
Cap Fund*
    Russell 2000®
Growth Index
 

Information Technology

     16.7     24.2

Industrials

     14.8     17.4

Financials

     14.8     6.0

Health Care

     13.4     24.3

Consumer Discretionary

     10.8     14.2

Real Estate

     8.0     3.5

Materials

     5.6     4.6

Consumer Staples

     2.7     2.6

Energy

     2.2     1.6

Utilities

     2.1     0.7

Telecommunication Services

     0.0     0.9

Other Assets and Liabilities

     8.9     0.0

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.**

     2.6

RPM International, Inc.

     2.2  

Gartner, Inc.

     2.1  

American Campus Communities, Inc., REIT

     1.9  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.

     1.9  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A

     1.8  

SVB Financial Group

     1.8  

Align Technology, Inc.

     1.8  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     1.8  

The Toro Co.

     1.7  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     19.6
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 91.1%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 10.8%

     

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*

     2,450      $ 91,262  

Burlington Stores, Inc.*

     1,820        167,422  

CalAtlantic Group, Inc.

     2,045        72,291  

Cavco Industries, Inc.*

     950        123,167  

Dorman Products, Inc.*

     2,196        181,763  

Five Below, Inc.*,1

     3,140        155,022  

Horizon Global Corp.*,1

     3,993        57,339  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A1

     1,185        111,663  

The Michaels Cos., Inc.*

     4,700        87,044  

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     1,195        110,215  

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     1,220        85,681  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.*

     2,175        40,324  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        1,283,193  

Consumer Staples - 2.7%

     

PriceSmart, Inc.

     1,910        167,316  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*,1

     1,885        153,986  

Total Consumer Staples

        321,302  

Energy - 2.2%

     

Callon Petroleum Co.*

     11,300        119,893  

Dril-Quip, Inc.*,1

     945        46,116  

QEP Resources, Inc.*

     4,900        49,490  

Superior Energy Services, Inc.*,1

     4,225        44,067  

Total Energy

        259,566  

Financials - 14.8%

     

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

     2,075        63,702  

BankUnited, Inc.

     3,175        107,029  

First Republic Bank/CA

     1,825        182,682  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

     2,983        109,208  

Greenhill & Co., Inc.1

     1,980        39,798  

IBERIABANK Corp.

     872        71,068  

James River Group Holdings, Ltd.

     3,175        126,143  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     1,550        311,705  

ProAssurance Corp.

     2,433        147,926  

Signature Bank*

     930        133,483  

SVB Financial Group*

     1,230        216,222  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*

     1,485        114,939  
     Shares      Value  

Webster Financial Corp.

     2,525      $ 131,856  

Total Financials

        1,755,761  

Health Care - 13.4%

     

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*,1

     2,600        128,388  

Align Technology, Inc.*

     1,415        212,420  

Alkermes PLC*

     2,150        124,636  

Catalent, Inc.*

     4,165        146,191  

Hologic, Inc.*

     2,725        123,660  

ICU Medical, Inc.*

     870        150,075  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*

     690        111,380  

Premier, Inc., Class A*

     3,200        115,200  

STERIS PLC

     2,075        169,112  

VWR Corp.*

     3,050        100,680  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     2,210        208,889  

Total Health Care

        1,590,631  

Industrials - 14.8%

     

Exponent, Inc.

     2,470        144,001  

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc.*,1

     4,939        106,732  

Graco, Inc.

     985        107,641  

Heartland Express, Inc.1

     4,275        89,006  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     1,485        136,754  

The Middleby Corp.*

     1,575        191,378  

Nordson Corp.

     1,150        139,518  

RBC Bearings, Inc.*

     1,575        160,272  

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.

     4,280        123,007  

The Toro Co.

     2,900        200,941  

Wabtec Corp.1

     2,075        189,862  

WageWorks, Inc.*

     2,605        175,056  

Total Industrials

        1,764,168  

Information Technology - 16.7%

     

ANSYS, Inc.*

     1,090        132,631  

Blackbaud, Inc.

     1,915        164,211  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     4,525        147,243  

Cognex Corp.

     2,354        199,855  

CoStar Group, Inc.*

     715        188,474  

Gartner, Inc.*

     2,050        253,196  

Power Integrations, Inc.

     1,975        143,978  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     3,500        134,435  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Information Technology - 16.7% (continued)

     

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

     1,260      $ 221,344  

The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*,1

     670        140,740  

VeriFone Systems, Inc.*,1

     2,550        46,155  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*

     2,160        217,123  

Total Information Technology

        1,989,385  

Materials - 5.6%

     

AptarGroup, Inc.

     995        86,426  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.1

     1,255        81,952  

Eagle Materials, Inc.

     1,150        106,283  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

     825        119,815  

RPM International, Inc.

     4,900        267,295  

Total Materials

        661,771  

Real Estate - 8.0%

     

American Campus Communities, Inc., REIT

     4,700        222,310  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc., REIT

     6,135        128,528  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., REIT

     1,610        169,662  

Physicians Realty Trust, REIT

     8,050        162,127  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc., REIT

     6,605        123,183  

Sun Communities, Inc., REIT

     1,720        150,827  

Total Real Estate

        956,637  

Utilities - 2.1%

     

OGE Energy Corp.

     3,475        120,895  

Portland General Electric Co.

     2,975        135,928  

Total Utilities

        256,823  

Total Common Stocks (cost $10,519,711)

        10,839,237  
    Principal
Amount
    Value  
Short-Term Investments - 20.3%    

Repurchase Agreements - 5.9%6

   

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.120% total to be received $29,698 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $30,289)

  $ 29,695     $ 29,695  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.080% total to be received $622,231 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.375% -6.375%, 02/29/20 - 08/15/27, totaling $634,619)

    622,175       622,175  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $36,149 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $36,869)

    36,146       36,146  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.260% total to be received $17,755 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $18,108)

    17,753       17,753  

Total Repurchase Agreements

      705,769  
    Shares        

Other Investment
Companies - 14.4%

   

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%7

    1,705,691       1,705,691  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $2,411,460)

      2,411,460  

Total Investments - 111.4%
(cost $12,931,171)

      13,250,697  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (11.4)%

      (1,358,771

Net Assets - 100.0%

    $ 11,891,926  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

 

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

At June 30, 2017, the approximate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on federal income tax were as follows:

 

Fund    Cost      Appreciation      Depreciation      Net  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

   $ 57,735,021      $ 758,228      $ (410,604    $ 347,624  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

     978,894,823        14,341,478        (5,037,491      9,303,987  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

     219,604,341        5,733,632        (2,259,925      3,473,707  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

     425,693,216        131,517,835        (19,206,628      112,311,207  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

     12,986,002        440,862        (176,167      264,695  

 

* Non-income producing security.
1 Some or all of these securities were out on loan to various brokers as of June 30, 2017, amounting to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

   $ 114,976        0.2

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

     37,276,554        7.5

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

     694,208        5.8

 

2 Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of June 30, 2017, and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture.
3 Perpetuity Bond. The date shown is the final call date.
4 Floating Rate Security: The rate listed is as of June 30, 2017. Date in parentheses represents the security’s next coupon rate reset.
5 Securities backed by insurance of financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies. At June 30, 2017, the value of these securities amounted to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

   $ 581,809        1.0

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

     5,733,247        0.6

 

6 Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these joint repurchase agreements.
7 Yield shown represents the June 30, 2017, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

(See Note 1(a) in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)

 

     Quoted Prices in Active Markets      Significant Other      Significant         
     for Identical Investments      Observable Inputs      Unobservable Inputs         
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     —        $ 29,833,421        —        $ 29,833,421  

Municipal Bonds

     —          3,743,445        —          3,743,445  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     —          23,344,739        —          23,344,739  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          118,595        —          118,595  

Other Investment Companies

   $ 1,042,445        —          —          1,042,445  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 1,042,445      $ 57,040,200        —        $ 58,082,645  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Quoted Prices in Active Markets      Significant Other      Significant         
     for Identical Investments      Observable Inputs      Unobservable Inputs         
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Municipal Bonds

     —        $ 986,158,799        —        $ 986,158,799  

Short-Term Investments

   $ 2,040,011        —          —          2,040,011  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 2,040,011      $ 986,158,799        —        $ 988,198,810  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Quoted Prices in Active Markets      Significant Other      Significant         
     for Identical Investments      Observable Inputs      Unobservable Inputs         
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Municipal Bonds

     —        $ 222,913,958        —        $ 222,913,958  

Short-Term Investments

   $ 164,090        —          —          164,090  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 164,090      $ 222,913,958        —        $ 223,078,048  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Quoted Prices in Active Markets      Significant Other      Significant         
     for Identical Investments      Observable Inputs      Unobservable Inputs         
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Common Stocks

   $ 484,947,677        —          —        $ 484,947,677  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —        $ 38,113,535        —          38,113,535  

Other Investment Companies

     14,943,211        —          —          14,943,211  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 499,890,888      $ 38,113,535        —        $ 538,004,423  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Quoted Prices in Active Markets      Significant Other      Significant         
     for Identical Investments      Observable Inputs      Unobservable Inputs         
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Common Stocks

   $ 10,839,237        —          —        $ 10,839,237  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —        $ 705,769        —          705,769  

Other Investment Companies

     1,705,691        —          —          1,705,691  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 12,544,928      $ 705,769        —        $ 13,250,697  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

All corporate bonds and notes and U.S. government and agency obligations held in the Funds are level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of the corporate bonds and notes and U.S. government and agency obligations by major industry or agency classification, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
All municipal bonds held in the Funds are Level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of the bonds by major classification, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
All common stocks held in the Funds are Level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of the common stocks by major industry classification, please refer to the fund’s respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

As of June 30, 2017, the Funds had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

INVESTMENTS DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

 

COPS: Certificates of Participation
FHLMC: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA: Federal National Mortgage Association
GMTN: Global Medium-Term Notes
MTN: Medium-Term Notes
REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

National Insured: National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

     AMG GW&K
Enhanced
Core Bond
Fund#
     AMG GW&K
Municipal Bond
Fund#
     AMG GW&K
Municipal
Enhanced Yield
Fund#
     AMG GW&K
Small Cap Core
Fund#
     AMG GW&K
Small/Mid
Cap Fund#
 

Assets:

              

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $114,976, $0, $0, $37,276,554 and $694,208, respectively)

   $ 58,082,645      $ 988,198,810      $ 223,078,048      $ 538,004,423      $ 13,250,697  

Receivable for investments sold

     587,856        335,184        —          2,114,648        —    

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     6,407        3,228,834        600,986        2,410,656        2,499,860  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     523,988        12,456,738        2,683,006        496,186        5,564  

Receivable from affiliate

     13,751        61,089        17,573        —          5,121  

Prepaid expenses

     27,222        71,376        45,969        54,046        36,926  

Total assets

     59,241,869        1,004,352,031        226,425,582        543,079,959        15,798,168  

Liabilities:

              

Due to Custodian

     23        66        —          —          —    

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     118,595        —          —          38,113,535        705,769  

Payable for investments purchased

     605,115        —          —          4,016,547        3,168,226  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     740,033        2,560,095        1,366,551        3,094,820        —    

Payable to affiliate

     —          —          —          766        —    

Accrued expenses:

              

Investment advisory and management fees

     15,372        172,364        84,441        286,281        4,222  

Administrative fees

     7,686        123,879        28,147        61,346        974  

Shareholder service fees - Class N

     —          2,464        83        5,461        —    

Shareholder service fees - Class S##

     —          46,745        1,540        6,007        —    

Shareholder service fees - Class I

     1,485        34,785        11,917        25,192        588  

Distribution fees - Class N

     3,356        7,235        1,934        7,435        2  

Distribution fees - Class C

     4,878        —          —          —          —    

Professional fees

     28,919        25,670        21,220        17,019        15,154  

Trustees fees and expenses

     786        5,914        1,603        2,952        6  

Other

     59,963        122,548        42,582        70,342        11,301  

Total liabilities

     1,586,211        3,101,765        1,560,018        45,707,703        3,906,242  

Net Assets

   $ 57,655,658      $ 1,001,250,266      $ 224,865,564      $ 497,372,256      $ 11,891,926  

* Investments at cost

   $ 57,734,456      $ 978,894,816      $ 219,442,253      $ 425,878,731      $ 12,931,171  

 

#  Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
##  Effective June 23, 2017, Class S Shares were converted into Class I Shares.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

     AMG GW&K
Enhanced
Core Bond
Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Municipal Bond
Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Municipal
Enhanced Yield
Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Small Cap Core
Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Small/Mid
Cap Fund#
 

Net Assets Represent:

          

Paid-in capital

   $ 61,831,984     $ 993,426,820     $ 223,810,271     $ 373,205,639     $ 11,391,414  

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income (loss)

     7,782       27,747       4,765       (58,464     3,006  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency transactions

     (4,532,297     (1,508,295     (2,585,267     12,099,389       177,980  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     348,189       9,303,994       3,635,795       112,125,692       319,526  

Net Assets

   $ 57,655,658     $ 1,001,250,266     $ 224,865,564     $ 497,372,256     $ 11,891,926  

Class N:

          

Net Assets

   $ 16,096,485     $ 32,371,525     $ 9,511,832     $ 33,305,010     $ 10,246  

Shares outstanding

     1,641,875       2,788,446       975,848       1,236,646       967  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.80     $ 11.61     $ 9.75     $ 26.93     $ 10.60  

Class I:

          

Net Assets

   $ 13,911,156     $ 968,878,741     $ 215,250,054     $ 460,510,414     $ 9,428,728  

Shares outstanding

     1,413,608       83,037,624       22,106,324       16,884,708       888,991  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.84     $ 11.67     $ 9.74     $ 27.27     $ 10.61  

Class C:

          

Net Assets

   $ 5,850,886       n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a  

Shares outstanding

     597,225       n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.80       n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a  

Class Z:

          

Net Assets

   $ 21,797,131       n/a     $ 103,678     $ 3,556,832     $ 2,452,952  

Shares outstanding

     2,216,710       n/a       10,647       130,401       231,180  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.83       n/a     $ 9.74     $ 27.28     $ 10.61  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

     AMG GW&K
Enhanced Core
Bond Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Municipal
Bond Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Municipal
Enhanced
Yield Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Small Cap
Core Fund#
    AMG GW&K
Small/Mid
Cap Fund#
 

Investment Income:

          

Interest income

   $ 1,151,496     $ 9,781,596     $ 4,243,934     $ 424       —    

Dividend income

     3,386       34,198       10,732       2,096,669 1    $ 24,543  

Securities lending income

     1,338       —         —         95,271       677  

Foreign withholding tax

     —         —         —         (13,686     (103

Total investment income

     1,156,220       9,815,794       4,254,666       2,178,678       25,117  

Expenses:

          

Investment advisory and management fees

     137,889       1,014,190       521,239       1,635,301       15,922  

Administrative fees

     58,470       728,100       167,960       343,147       3,586  

Distribution fees - Class N

     20,072       42,296       9,938       45,284       9  

Distribution fees - Class C

     33,321       —         —         —         —    

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     —         19,293       5,963       27,224       —    

Shareholder servicing fees - Class S##

     —         121,098       6,293       12,807       —    

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     15,425       136,181       34,748       70,793       1,398  

Registration fees

     38,884       46,454       36,167       31,139       12,862  

Professional fees

     26,510       47,864       25,293       27,012       13,845  

Transfer agent fees

     16,628       22,937       7,166       18,917       159  

Custodian fees

     14,245       39,905       12,922       13,527       1,715  

Reports to shareholders

     8,696       18,505       5,902       19,697       3,307  

Trustees fees and expenses

     4,880       45,414       10,913       19,346       124  

Miscellaneous

     4,094       9,832       3,141       4,729       687  

Repayment for prior reimbursements

     —         —         —         1,317       —    

Total expenses before offsets/reductions

     379,114       2,292,069       847,645       2,270,240       53,614  

Expense reimbursements

     (105,556     (322,844     (112,701     (21,301     (31,503

Expense reductions

     —         —         —         (11,797     —    

Fee waivers

     —         (27,152     —         —         —    

Net expenses

     273,558       1,942,073       734,944       2,237,142       22,111  

Net investment income gain (loss)

     882,662       7,873,721       3,519,722       (58,464     3,006  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (loss):

          

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     57,346       (141,451     (157,574     12,864,123       236,775  

Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions

     243       —         —         —         —    

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     1,127,433       30,325,519       8,142,069       30,210,913       87,996  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     1,185,022       30,184,068       7,984,495       43,075,036       324,771  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 2,067,684     $ 38,057,789     $ 11,504,217     $ 43,016,572     $ 327,777  

 

#  Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
##  Effective June 23, 2017, Class S Shares were converted into Class I Shares.
1  Includes non-recurring dividend of $87,885.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

     AMG GW&K Enhanced Core
Bond Fund#
    AMG GW&K Municipal Bond
Fund#
 
     2017     2016     2017     2016  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations:

        

Net investment income

   $ 882,662     $ 2,792,209     $ 7,873,721     $ 13,478,865  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     57,589       837,864       (141,451     11,765,887  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     1,127,433       (777,068     30,325,519       (37,153,635

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     2,067,684       2,853,005       38,057,789       (11,908,883

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

From net investment income:

        

Class N

     (183,107     (414,745     (217,234     (337,669

Class S##

     —         (777,513     (1,030,308     (2,154,034

Class C

     (49,063     (137,712     —         —    

Class I

     (353,986     (1,453,169     (6,598,432     (11,028,510

Class Z

     (297,794     —         —         —    

From net realized gain on investments:

        

Class N

     —         —         —         (579,320

Class S##

     —         —         —         (3,103,417

Class I

     —         —         —         (13,370,506

Total distributions to shareholders

     (883,950     (2,783,139     (7,845,974     (30,573,456

Capital Share Transactions:1

        

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (56,793,922     27,097,678       48,117,410       153,597,847  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (55,610,188     27,167,544       78,329,225       111,115,508  

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     113,265,846       86,098,302       922,921,041       811,805,533  

End of period

   $ 57,655,658     $ 113,265,846     $ 1,001,250,266     $ 922,921,041  

End of period undistributed net investment income

   $ 7,782     $ 9,070     $ 27,747       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

#  Effective October 1, 2016, and February 27, 2017, the Fund’s share classes were renamed or redesignated as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
##  Effective June 23, 2017, Class S Shares were converted into Class I Shares.
1  See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG GW&K Municipal
Enhanced Yield Fund
    AMG GW&K Small Cap Core
Fund
    AMG GW&K Small/Mid
Cap Fund
 
     2017#     2016#     2017#     2016#     June 30, 2017#      2016#  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

             

Resulting From Operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 3,519,722     $ 7,155,225     $ (58,464   $ 1,422,759     $ 3,006      $ (6,439

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     (157,574     6,721,972       12,864,123       14,201,155       236,775        (28,503

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     8,142,069       (13,050,976     30,210,913       49,509,033       87,996        252,237  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     11,504,217       826,221       43,016,572       65,132,947       327,777        217,295  

Distributions to Shareholders:

             

From net investment income:

             

Class N

     (115,475     (141,532     —         —         —          —    

Class S##

     (193,559     (483,507     —         (32,695     —          —    

Class I

     (3,204,834     (6,534,101     —         (1,399,673     —          (1,135

Class Z

     (1,089     —         —         —         —          —    

From net realized gain on investments:

             

Class N

     —         (189,462     —         (1,490,651     —          —    

Class S##

     —         (751,847     —         (721,953     —          —    

Class I

     —         (9,105,322     —         (15,063,218     —          —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     (3,514,957     (17,205,771     —         (18,708,190     —          (1,135

Capital Share Transactions:1

             

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     1,083,228       (1,420,098     32,934,377       185,281       9,333,057        841,781  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     9,072,488       (17,799,648     75,950,949       46,610,038       9,660,834        1,057,941  

Net Assets:

             

Beginning of period

     215,793,076       233,592,724       421,421,307       374,811,269       2,231,092        1,173,151  

End of period

   $ 224,865,564     $ 215,793,076     $ 497,372,256     $ 421,421,307     $ 11,891,926      $ 2,231,092  

End of period undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ 4,765       —       $ (58,464     —       $ 3,006        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

#  Effective October 1, 2016, and February 27, 2017, the Fund’s share classes were renamed or redesignated as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
##  Effective June 23, 2017, Class S Shares were converted into Class I Shares.
1  See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

    

For the six

months ended

June 30, 2017

    For the years ended December 31,  

Class N

   (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.67     $ 9.58     $ 10.22     $ 9.96     $ 11.24     $ 10.81  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.11       0.22       0.29       0.29       0.24       0.44  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.13       0.09       (0.64     0.26       (0.21     0.58  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.24       0.31       (0.35     0.55       0.03       1.02  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.11     (0.22     (0.29     (0.29     (0.26     (0.48

Net realized gain on investments

     —         —         —         —         (1.05     (0.11

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.11     (0.22     (0.29     (0.29     (1.31     (0.59

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.80     $ 9.67     $ 9.58     $ 10.22     $ 9.96     $ 11.24  

Total Return2

     2.50 %19      3.26 %4      (3.51 )%4      5.58     0.29     9.53

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.77 %20      0.84     0.84     0.84     0.86 %5      0.84 %6 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.04 %20      1.05     1.07     1.09     1.08 %5      1.04 %6 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.19 %20      2.27     2.87     2.82     2.14 %5      3.92 %6 

Portfolio turnover

     28 %19      88     57     22     43     110

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 16,096     $ 16,115     $ 20,203     $ 27,444     $ 32,009     $ 41,772  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#

(unaudited)

   

 

For the years ended December 31,

   

For the period from
December 1, 2012

through

December 31, 2012*

 
Class I      2016##     2015     2014     2013    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.70     $ 9.62     $ 10.26     $ 9.99     $ 11.28     $ 11.41  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.11       0.24       0.30       0.31       0.26       0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.15       0.08       (0.63     0.27       (0.22     0.01  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.26       0.32       (0.33     0.58       0.04       0.03  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.12     (0.24     (0.31     (0.31     (0.28     (0.05

Net realized gain on investments

     —         —         —         —         (1.05     (0.11

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.12     (0.24     (0.31     (0.31     (1.33     (0.16

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.84     $ 9.70     $ 9.62     $ 10.26     $ 9.99     $ 11.28  

Total Return2

     2.67 %19      3.31     (3.30 )%      5.84     0.41     0.26 %19 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.63 %20      0.69     0.67     0.65     0.69 %5      0.64 %6,20 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.90 %20      0.90     0.90     0.90     0.91 %5      0.90 %6,20 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.34 %20      2.39     2.96     3.00     2.31 %5      2.07 %6,20 

Portfolio turnover

     28 %19      88     57     22     43     110 %19 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 13,911     $ 37,952     $ 7,463     $ 2,480     $ 1,563     $ 10  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#

(unaudited)

   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class C      2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.66     $ 9.57     $ 10.20     $ 9.94     $ 11.22     $ 10.79  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.07       0.15       0.21       0.21       0.15       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.14       0.08       (0.63     0.26       (0.20     0.57  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.21       0.23       (0.42     0.47       (0.05     0.93  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.07     (0.14     (0.21     (0.21     (0.18     (0.39

Net realized gain on investments

     —         —         —         —         (1.05     (0.11

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.07     (0.14     (0.21     (0.21     (1.23     (0.50

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.80     $ 9.66     $ 9.57     $ 10.20     $ 9.94     $ 11.22  

Total Return2

     2.22 %19      2.40     (4.15 )%4      4.79     (0.50 )%4      8.72 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.53 %20      1.59     1.59     1.59     1.61 %5      1.59 %6 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.80 %20      1.80     1.82     1.84     1.83 %5      1.79 %6 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.44 %20      1.53     2.12     2.07     1.38 %5      3.18 %6 

Portfolio turnover

     28 %19      88     57     22     43     110

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 5,851     $ 7,842     $ 11,031     $ 15,927     $ 20,793     $ 33,026  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#
(unaudited)
   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class Z      2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.70     $ 9.61     $ 10.25     $ 9.99     $ 11.28     $ 10.84  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.12       0.25       0.31       0.31       0.27       0.47  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.13       0.09       (0.63     0.27       (0.22     0.58  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.25       0.34       (0.32     0.58       0.05       1.05  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.12     (0.25     (0.32     (0.32     (0.29     (0.50

Net realized gain on investments

     —         —         —         —         (1.05     (0.11

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.12     (0.25     (0.32     (0.32     (1.34     (0.61

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.83     $ 9.70     $ 9.61     $ 10.25     $ 9.99     $ 11.28  

Total Return2

     2.62 %19      3.52 %4      (3.15 )%      5.85     0.46     9.89

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.53 %20      0.59     0.59     0.59     0.61 %5      0.59 %6 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.80 %20      0.80     0.82     0.84     0.83 %5      0.79 %6 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.44 %20      2.51     3.10     3.05     2.39 %5      4.21 %6 

Portfolio turnover

     28 %19      88     57     22     43     110

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 21,797     $ 51,357     $ 47,402     $ 41,968     $ 59,182     $ 65,573  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

    

For the six

months ended
June 30, 2017

(unaudited)

   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class N      2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 11.25     $ 11.70     $ 11.61     $ 11.02     $ 11.52     $ 11.21  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.09       0.13       0.15       0.18       0.18       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.34       (0.25     0.24       0.63       (0.47     0.38  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.43       (0.12     0.39       0.81       (0.29     0.58  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.07     (0.12     (0.15     (0.18     (0.17     (0.19

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.21     (0.15     (0.04     (0.04     (0.08

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.07     (0.33     (0.30     (0.22     (0.21     (0.27

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 11.61     $ 11.25     $ 11.70     $ 11.61     $ 11.02     $ 11.52  

Total Return2

     3.87 %19      (1.05 )%      3.36     7.39     (2.51 )%4      5.27 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.70 %20      0.71     0.82     0.80     0.81 %7      0.80 %8 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.77 %20      0.95     1.13     1.12     1.17 %7      1.18 %8 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.62 %20      1.08     1.28     1.55     1.56 %7      1.71 %8 

Portfolio turnover

     10 %19      66     78     31     28     39

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 32,372     $ 31,406     $ 27,362     $ 23,572     $ 28,655     $ 22,726  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#
(unaudited)
   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class I      2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 11.31     $ 11.77     $ 11.67     $ 11.08     $ 11.58     $ 11.26  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.11       0.17       0.21       0.23       0.23       0.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.34       (0.25     0.24       0.63       (0.47     0.40  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.45       (0.08     0.45       0.86       (0.24     0.65  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.09     (0.17     (0.20     (0.23     (0.22     (0.25

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.21     (0.15     (0.04     (0.04     (0.08

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.09     (0.38     (0.35     (0.27     (0.26     (0.33

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 11.67     $ 11.31     $ 11.77     $ 11.67     $ 11.08     $ 11.58  

Total Return2

     4.03 %19      (0.70 )%      3.94     7.80     (2.02 )%      5.80 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.37 %20      0.34     0.34     0.34     0.36 %7      0.35 %8 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.44 %20      0.58     0.65     0.66     0.72 %7      0.73 %8 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.95 %20      1.45     1.76     2.00     2.01 %7      2.15 %8 

Portfolio turnover

     10 %19      66     78     31     28     39

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 968,879     $ 728,365     $ 655,760     $ 393,581     $ 204,711     $ 121,609  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#
(unaudited)
   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class N      2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.40     $ 10.08     $ 10.16     $ 8.98     $ 10.24     $ 9.55  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.14       0.25       0.30       0.34       0.35       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.34       (0.23     0.05       1.18       (1.18     0.93  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.48       0.02       0.35       1.52       (0.83     1.29  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.13     (0.25     (0.30     (0.34     (0.36     (0.36

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.45     (0.13     —         (0.07     (0.24

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.13     (0.70     (0.43     (0.34     (0.43     (0.60

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.75     $ 9.40     $ 10.08     $ 10.16     $ 8.98     $ 10.24  

Total Return2

     5.16 %19      0.10     3.57     17.14     (8.27 )%4      13.69 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.00 %20      1.14     1.07     1.00     1.12 %9      1.07 %10 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.10 %20      1.30     1.25     1.19     1.30 %9      1.27 %10 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     3.01 %20      2.38     2.98     3.46     3.58 %9      3.53 %10 

Portfolio turnover

     29 %19      172     120     83     52     70

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 9,512     $ 4,184     $ 5,500     $ 8,507     $ 8,030     $ 21,413  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#
(unaudited)
   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class I      2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.40     $ 10.07     $ 10.14     $ 8.97     $ 10.22     $ 9.53  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.16       0.30       0.34       0.37       0.39       0.40  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.33       (0.22     0.07       1.17       (1.17     0.93  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.49       0.08       0.41       1.54       (0.78     1.33  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.15     (0.30     (0.35     (0.37     (0.40     (0.40

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.45     (0.13     —         (0.07     (0.24

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.15     (0.75     (0.48     (0.37     (0.47     (0.64

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.74     $ 9.40     $ 10.07     $ 10.14     $ 8.97     $ 10.22  

Total Return2

     5.25 %19      0.70     4.15     17.45     (7.80 )%      14.13 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.64 %20      0.64     0.64     0.64     0.66 %9      0.65 %10 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.74 %20      0.80     0.82     0.83     0.84 %9      0.85 %10 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     3.37 %20      2.89     3.42     3.83     4.08 %9      3.96 %10 

Portfolio turnover

     29 %19      172     120     83     52     70

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 215,250     $ 195,193     $ 212,057     $ 226,284     $ 201,161     $ 294,983  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

Class Z    For the
period ended
June 30, 2017**
(unaudited)
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.49  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.24  

Total income from investment operations

     0.35  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

  

Net investment income

     (0.10

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.74  

Total Return2

     3.73 %19 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.59 %20 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.69 %20 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     3.41 %20 

Portfolio turnover

     29 %19 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 104  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#
   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class N    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 24.57     $ 21.80     $ 23.39     $ 24.34     $ 17.72     $ 15.87  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)1,2

     (0.05     0.00 11,      (0.06 )12      (0.07 )13      (0.07 )14      0.14 15 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     2.41       3.81       (0.64     0.46       7.56       2.15  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     2.36       3.81       (0.70     0.39       7.49       2.29  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         —         —         —         —         (0.08

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (1.04     (0.89     (1.34     (0.87     (0.36

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (1.04     (0.89     (1.34     (0.87     (0.44

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 26.93     $ 24.57     $ 21.80     $ 23.39     $ 24.34     $ 17.72  

Total Return2

     9.61 %19      17.44     (3.02 )%      1.53     42.26     14.45

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.31 %16,20      1.33     1.35     1.42     1.37 %17      1.41 %18 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.32 %20      1.42     1.46     1.53     1.50 %17      1.62 %18 

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets2

     (0.36 )%20      0.01     (0.24 )%      (0.28 )%      (0.32 )%17      0.78 %18 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %19      19     16     26     19     14

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 33,305     $ 35,760     $ 35,691     $ 37,995     $ 69,992     $ 14,707  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017#
   

 

For the years ended December 31,

 
Class I    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 24.84     $ 22.04     $ 23.61     $ 24.49     $ 17.76     $ 15.87  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.00       0.10 11      0.04 12      0.07 13      0.02 14      0.14 15 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     2.43       3.86       (0.65     0.44       7.58       2.23  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     2.43       3.96       (0.61     0.51       7.60       2.37  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.10     (0.05     (0.04     —         (0.12

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (1.06     (0.91     (1.35     (0.87     (0.36

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (1.16     (0.96     (1.39     (0.87     (0.48

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 27.27 19    $ 24.84     $ 22.04     $ 23.61     $ 24.49     $ 17.76  

Total Return2

     9.78 %19      17.90     (2.63 )%      2.04     42.81 %4      14.97 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.95 %16,20      0.94     0.95     0.95     0.97 %17      0.96 %18 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.96 %20      1.03     1.06     1.07     1.10 %17      1.17 %18 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     0.00 %20      0.43     0.17     0.30     0.07 %17      0.84 %18 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %19      19     16     26     19     14

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 460,510     $ 367,972     $ 302,381     $ 291,301     $ 168,854     $ 76,673  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

Class Z    For the
period ended
June 30, 2017**
(unaudited)
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 26.13  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.13  

Total income from investment operations

     1.15  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 27.28  

Total Return2

     4.40 %19 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.90 %20 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.90 %20 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     0.26 %20 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %19 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 3,557  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

Class N    For the
period ended
June 30, 2017**
(unaudited)
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.35  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment loss1,2

     0.00  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.25  

Total income from investment operations

     0.25  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.60  

Total Return2

     2.42 %19 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.10 %20 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     2.20 %20 

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.09 )%20 

Portfolio turnover

     41 %19 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 10  
  

 

 

 

 

    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017

(unaudited)

    For the year ended
December 31,
   

For the period from
June 30, 2015
through

December 31, 2015**

 
Class I      2016#    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.80     $ 8.95     $ 10.00  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

      

Net investment income (loss)1,2

     0.01       (0.03     (0.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.80       0.89       (1.03

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     0.81       0.86       (1.05

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

      

Net investment income

     —         (0.01     —    

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.61     $ 9.80     $ 8.95  

Total Return2

     8.27 %19      9.55 %4      (10.50 )%19 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.94 %20      0.95     0.95 %20 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     2.31 %20      4.60     11.39 %20 

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets2

     0.12 %20      (0.38 )%      (0.39 )%20 

Portfolio turnover

     41 %19      48     41 %19 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 9,429     $ 2,231     $ 1,173  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

 

Class Z    For the
period ended
June 30, 2017**
(unaudited)
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.35  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.25  

Total income from investment operations

     0.26  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.61  

Total Return2

     2.51 %19 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.85 %20 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.95 %20 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     0.18 %20 

Portfolio turnover

     41 %19 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 2,453  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Funds previously presented in this report.

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund Class I shares were renamed Class Z and Class S shares were renamed Class I; AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund and AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund added Class Z shares and AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund added Class N and Class Z Shares. Effective June 23, 2017, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund and AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund Class S shares were converted to Class I Shares.
## Effective October 1, 2016, the Investor Class, Service Class and Institutional Class of AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund and AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund were renamed Class N, Class S and Class I, respectively, and the Institutional Class of AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund was renamed Class I.
* Commencement of operations was December 1, 2012.
** Commencement of operations was February 27, 2017.
*** Commencement of operations was June 30, 2015.
Effective December 1, 2012, Class C shares were closed to all new investors.
Rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
1 Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2 Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3 Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waiver and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Notes 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)
4 The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown in the Financial Highlights
5 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.021%, 0.016%, 0.021% and 0.020% of average net assets for the Class N, Class I, Class C and Class Z, respectively.
6 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004%, 0.005%, 0.004% and 0.004% of average net assets for the Class N, Class I, Class C and Class Z, respectively.
7 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.021% and 0.020% of average net assets for the Class N and Class I, respectively.
8 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.005% and 0.005% of average net assets for the Class N and Class l, respectively.
9 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.024% and 0.023% of average net assets for the Class N and Class l, respectively.
10 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.006% and 0.005% of average net assets for the Class N and Class l, respectively.
11 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $(0.06) and $0.04 for the Class N and Class l, respectively. Class N net investment income rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
12 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $(0.05) and $0.05 for the Class N and Class l, respectively.
13 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $(0.11) and $0.03 for AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund’s Class N and Class l shares, respectively.
14 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $(0.09) and $0.00 for the Class N and Class l respectively.
15 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.03 and $0.03 for the Class N and Class l, respectively.
16 Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to 0.006% for the six months ended June 30, 2017.
17 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.015% and 0.018% of average net assets for the Class N and Class l, respectively.
18 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.008% and 0.005% of average net assets for the Class N and Class l, respectively.
19 Not annualized.
20 Annualized.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

AMG Funds and AMG Funds II (the “Trusts”) are open-end management investment companies, organized as Massachusetts business trusts and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trusts consist of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks, and policies. Included in this report are AMG Funds: AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund (“Municipal Bond”), AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund (“Municipal Enhanced”), AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund (“Small Cap Core”) and AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund (“Small/Mid Cap”)(formerly AMG GW&K Small Cap Growth Fund) and AMG Funds II: AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund (“Enhanced Core Bond”), each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds.”

Each Fund offers different classes of shares, which, effective October 1, 2016 were renamed. Enhanced Core Bond, Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced and Small Cap Core previously offered Investor Class shares, Service Class shares, and Institutional Class shares which were renamed to Class N, Class S and Class I, respectively; Small/Mid Cap previously offered Institutional Class shares which were renamed Class I. Effective February 27, 2017, Enhanced Core Bond Class I shares were renamed Class Z and Class S shares were renamed Class I; Municipal Enhanced Yield and Small Cap Core added Class Z shares and Small/ Mid Cap added Class N and Class Z Shares. Effective June 23, 2017, Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced Yield and Small Cap Core Class S shares were converted to Class I shares. Additionally, Enhanced Core Bond offers Class C shares. Small/Mid Cap commenced operations on June 30, 2015. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the respective Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

Effective December 1, 2012, Class C shares of Enhanced Core Bond were closed to all new investors and will no longer be available for purchase by existing shareholders. Shareholders who redeem Class C shares of the Fund will continue to be subject to the deferred sales charges described in the prospectus. Effective November 1, 2013, Small Cap Core was closed to new investors. Please refer to Enhanced Core Bond’s and Small Cap Core’s current prospectus for additional information.

The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), including accounting and reporting guidance pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies. U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Equity securities traded on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market system (“NMS”) are valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ official closing price or the official closing price of the relevant exchange or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask prices (the “exchange mean price”). Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market (other than NMS securities) are valued at the exchange mean price. Foreign equity securities (securities principally traded in markets other than U.S. markets) are valued at the official closing price on the primary exchange or, for markets that either do not offer an official closing price or where the official closing price may not be representative of the overall market, the last quoted sale price.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity exceeding 60 days are valued at the evaluated bid price or the mean price provided by an authorized pricing service or, if an evaluated price is not available, by reference to other securities which are considered comparable in credit rating, interest rate, due date and other features (generally referred to as “matrix pricing”) or other similar pricing methodologies. Investments in certain mortgage-backed and stripped mortgage-backed securities, preferred stocks, convertible securities, derivatives and other debt securities not traded on an organized securities market are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities and various relationships between such securities and yield to maturity in determining value.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost value is approximately the same as the fair value of the security valued without the use of amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

The Funds’ portfolio investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”). Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund portfolio investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee, which is comprised of the Independent Trustees of the Board, and the Pricing Committee, which is comprised of representatives from the AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations. Each Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if the Investment Manager for the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee and, if required under the Trust’s securities valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from current sale of that portfolio investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all

 

 

 

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available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental and analytical data relating to the investment; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value portfolio investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Fund, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

With respect to foreign equity securities and certain foreign fixed income securities, the Board has adopted a policy that securities held in a Fund that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day provided that each individual price exceeds a pre-established confidence level.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds. Unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. Transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from foreign securities are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Upon notification from issuers, distributions received from a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) may be redesignated as a reduction of cost investments and/or realized gain. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the funds in the Trusts and other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively the “AMG Funds family”) based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, the common expenses of each Fund and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of each Fund.

Small Cap Core had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers under a brokerage recapture program. Credits received from the brokerage recapture program are earned and paid on a monthly basis, and are recorded as expense offsets, which serve to reduce the Fund’s overall expense ratio. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the impact on the expense ratios, if any, was $11,797, less than 0.01%.

d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Funds’ prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax

 

 

 

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purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Permanent differences are due to redesignation of dividends paid by the fund. Temporary differences are due to differences between book and tax treatment of losses for excise tax purposes and wash sales.

e. FEDERAL TAXES

Each Fund currently qualifies as an investment company and intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on Small Cap Core’s and Small Cap Growth’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, Small Cap Core and Small Cap Growth will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2016, and all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Additionally, management is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred may be carried forward for an unlimited time period, and retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS

As of June 30, 2017, the following Fund had accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes as shown in the following chart. These amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, if any, for an unlimited time period.

 

     Capital Loss
Carryover Amounts
 
Fund    Short-Term      Long-Term  

Enhanced Core Bond

   $ 807,428      $ 3,418,340  

As of June 30, 2017, Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced, Small Cap Core and Small/Mid Cap had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes. Should Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced, Small Cap Core and Small/Mid Cap incur net capital losses for the year ending December 31, 2017, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, for an unlimited time period.

g. CAPITAL STOCK

The Trusts’ Declarations of Trust authorize for each Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Each Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Funds in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Funds’ policy on investment valuation.

 

 

 

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For the six months ended June 30, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, the capital stock transactions by class for the Funds were as follows:

 

     Enhanced Core Bond     Municipal Bond  
     2017     2016     2017     2016  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     259,418     $ 2,524,842       385,257     $ 3,795,029       869,595     $ 9,924,967       1,647,974     $ 19,577,982  

Reinvestment of distributions

     12,385       120,540       27,286       268,301       17,853       204,950       75,000       856,921  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (296,894     (2,890,721     (853,785     (8,384,944     (889,667     (10,251,383     (1,270,324     (14,901,658
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (25,091   $ (245,339     (441,242   $ (4,321,614     (2,219   $ (121,466     452,650     $ 5,533,245  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     —         —         —         —         3,078,878     $ 35,271,698       10,232,475     $ 121,026,163  

Reinvestment of distributions

     —         —         —         —         53,728       615,132       291,662       3,354,153  

Cost of shares repurchased

     —         —         —         —         (3,952,625     (45,334,584     (7,024,704     (81,937,500

Share class conversions

     —         —         —         —         (13,649,760     (160,111,684     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     —         —         —         —         (14,469,779   ($ 169,559,438     3,499,433     $ 42,442,816  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     384,329     $ 3,741,085       3,892,108     $ 38,388,245       18,023,721     $ 206,716,097       32,007,506     $ 379,279,837  

Reinvestment of distributions

     35,734       348,388       77,281       766,271       549,314       6,339,479       2,035,999       23,482,851  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (2,917,428     (28,627,281     (834,296     (8,310,804     (13,530,171     (155,368,946     (25,376,090     (297,140,902

Share class conversions

     —         —         —         —         13,603,372       160,111,684       —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (2,497,365   $ (24,537,808     3,135,093     $ 30,843,712       18,646,236     $ 217,798,314       8,667,415     $ 105,621,786  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     804     $ 7,804       2,517     $ 24,694       —         —         —         —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     3,548       34,498       9,536       93,552       —         —         —         —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (218,919     (2,123,712     (353,217     (3,475,625     —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (214,567   $ (2,081,410     (341,164   $ (3,357,379     —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z:*

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     274,764     $ 2,670,076       2,391,953     $ 23,618,757       —         —         —         —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     29,644       288,840       145,492       1,436,923       —         —         —         —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (3,383,490     (32,888,281     (2,172,562     (21,122,721     —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (3,079,082   ($ 29,929,365     364,883     $ 3,932,959       —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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     Municipal Enhanced     Small Cap Core  
     2017     2016     2017     2016  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     649,455     $ 6,221,780       569,848     $ 5,963,684       99,337     $ 2,552,687       171,093     $ 3,879,355  

Reinvestment of distributions

     11,980       115,143       33,790       329,552       —         —         55,106       1,367,178  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (130,509     (1,255,112     (704,478     (7,269,369     (318,068     (8,385,230     (407,888     (9,392,744
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     530,926     $ 5,081,811       (100,840   $ (976,133     (218,731   $ (5,832,543     (181,689   $ (4,146,211
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     319,509     $ 3,059,584       1,219,602     $ 12,565,944       14,465     $ 373,459       86,671     $ 2,032,563  

Reinvestment of distributions

     20,245       193,539       127,122       1,234,918       —         —         29,980       750,402  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (891,675     (8,586,630     (1,192,382     (12,156,404     (67,689     (1,761,714     (1,074,660     (25,613,152

Share class conversions

     (1,192,488     (11,722,161     —         —         (660,653     (17,976,373     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,744,409   $ (17,055,668     154,342     $ 1,644,458       (713,877   $ (19,364,628     (958,009   $ (22,830,187
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     2,907,435     $ 27,821,094       6,118,953     $ 63,716,957       2,476,818     $ 64,703,237       2,961,740     $ 68,702,616  

Reinvestment of distributions

     167,286       1,604,545       835,430       8,132,689       —         —         613,419       15,384,553  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (2,939,024     (28,191,804     (7,243,382     (73,938,069     (1,065,498     (27,926,820     (2,480,898     (56,925,490

Share class conversions

     1,194,920       11,722,161       —         —         658,716       17,976,373       —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     1,330,617     $ 12,955,996       (288,999   $ (2,088,423     2,070,036     $ 54,752,790       1,094,261     $ 27,161,679  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z:*

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     10,534     $ 100,000       —         —         137,522     $ 3,561,473       —         —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     113       1,089       —         —         —         —         —         —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     —         —         —         —         (7,121     (182,715     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     10,647     $ 101,089       —         —         130,401     $ 3,378,758       —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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     Small/Mid Cap  
     2017      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Class N:*

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     967      $ 10,000        —          —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          —          —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     967      $ 10,000        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class I:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     666,043      $ 6,971,962        148,293      $ 1,303,687  

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          114        1,126  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (4,787      (49,163      (51,818      (463,032
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     661,256      $ 6,922,799        96,589      $ 841,781  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z:*

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     232,146      $ 2,410,000        —          —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          —          —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (966      (9,742      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     231,180      $ 2,400,258        —       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
           

 

*  Commencement of operations was February 27, 2017.

 

At June 30, 2017, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, including omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Funds as follows: Enhanced Core Bond - two own 39%; Municipal Bond - two own 69%; Municipal Enhanced - two own 83%; Small Cap Core - four own 78% and Small/Mid Cap - three own 96%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on their respective Fund.

h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into third-party repurchase agreements for temporary cash management purposes and joint third-party repurchase agreements for reinvestment of cash collateral on securities lending transactions under the securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) (the “Program”) (collectively, “Repurchase Agreements”). The value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, must equal or exceed the value of the Repurchase Agreements during the term of the agreement. For joint repurchase agreements, the Funds participate on a pro rata basis with other clients of BNYM in its share of the underlying collateral under such joint repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of the underlying collateral. The underlying collateral for all Repurchase Agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited. Pursuant to the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM on joint repurchase agreements.

At June 30, 2017, the market value of Repurchase Agreements outstanding for Enhanced Core Bond, Small Cap Core and Small/Mid Cap were $118,595, $38,113,535 and $705,769, respectively.

i. DELAYED DELIVERY TRANSACTIONS AND WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES

The Funds may enter into securities transactions on a delayed delivery or when issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. During the time a delayed delivery sell is outstanding, the contract is marked to market daily and equivalent deliverable securities are held for the transaction. The value of the securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are identified as such in the Funds’ Schedules of Portfolio Investments. With respect to purchase commitments, the Funds identify securities as segregated in their records with a value at least equal to the amount of the commitment. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors.

2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

For each of the Funds, the Trusts have entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Funds and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisers for the Funds (subject to Board approval) and monitors each

 

 

 

 

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subadviser’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by GW&K Investment Management, LLC (“GW&K”), who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager. AMG indirectly owns a majority interest in GW&K.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Funds to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. The Funds’ investment management fees were paid at the following annual rate of each Fund’s respective average daily net assets:

 

Enhanced Core Bond**

     0.30

Municipal Bond*

  

on first $25 million

     0.35

on next $25 million

     0.30

on next $50 million

     0.25

on balance over $100 million

     0.20

Municipal Enhanced**

     0.45

Small Cap Core**

     0.70

Small/Mid Cap**

     0.65

 

*  Effective October 1, 2016, Municipal Bond changed to a tiered management fee structure. Prior to October 1, 2016, the annual rate for Municipal Bond’s investment management fee was 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
**  Prior to February 27, 2017, the annual rate for the investment management fees were 0.45%, 0.50%, 0.75% and 0.75% of the average daily net assets for Enhanced Core Bond, Municipal Enhanced, Small Cap Core and Small/Mid Cap, respectively.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) of Enhanced Core Bond, Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced, Small Cap Core and Small/Mid Cap to 0.48%, 0.34%, 0.59%, 0.90% and 0.85%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Funds in certain circumstances. Prior to February 27, 2017, the expense cap was 0.59%, 0.64%, 0.95% and 0.95% of the average daily net assets for Enhanced Core Bond, Municipal Enhanced, Small Cap Core and Small/Mid Cap, respectively. The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

In general, for a period of up to 36 months, the Investment Manager may recover from each Fund, fees waived and expenses paid pursuant to this contractual agreement, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed the contractual expense limitation amount.

At June 30, 2017, each Fund’s expiration of recoupment are as follows:

 

     Enhanced      Municipal  
Expiration Period    Core Bond      Bond  

Less than 1 year*

   $ 219,391      $ 1,683,544  

Within 2 years

     209,871        2,563,791  

Within 3 years

     257,711        1,265,508  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject to Recoupment

   $ 686,973      $ 5,512,843  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expiration Period    Municipal
Enhanced
     Small Cap
Core
 

Less than 1 year*

   $ 231,939      $ 411,068  

Within 2 years

     211,246        413,891  

Within 3 years

     235,140        144,121  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject to Recoupment

   $ 678,325      $ 969,080  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Expiration Period    Small/Mid
Cap
 

Less than 1 year*

     —    

Within 2 years

   $ 74,869  

Within 3 years

     62,899  
  

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject to Recoupment

   $ 137,768  
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

*  A portion of this represents the expiration amount through the year ending December 31, 2017 of $105,788, $539,558, $94,538, $150,166 for Enhanced Core Bond, Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced and Small Cap Core, respectively.

The Trusts, on behalf of the Funds, have entered into an amended and restated Administration Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Funds’ administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all non-portfolio management aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to each Fund as further described in each Fund’s prospectus. Effective October 1, 2016, each Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.15% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service. Prior to October 1, 2016, Enhanced Core Bond, Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced, Small Cap Core and Small/Mid Cap paid an administration fee under a similar contract at an annual rate of 0.20%, 0.25%, 0.25%, 0.25% and 0.25%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Funds are distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for each Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of each Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Generally the Distributor bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

 

 

 

 

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The Trusts have adopted a distribution and service plan (the “Plan”) with respect to the Class N shares of each Fund and Class C shares of Enhanced Core Bond, in accordance with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and the requirements of the applicable rules of FINRA regarding asset based sales charges. Pursuant to the Plan, each Fund may make payments to the Distributor for its expenditures in financing any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of each Fund’s Class N shares and Enhanced Core Bond Class C shares and for maintenance and personal service provided to existing shareholders of that class. The Plan authorizes payments to the Distributors up to 0.25% and 1.00% annually of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class N and Class C shares, respectively. The Plan further provides for periodic payments by the Trust or the Distributor to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries for providing shareholder services and for promotional and other sales related costs. The portion of payments made under the plan by Class C shares or Class N shares for shareholder servicing may not exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of each Fund’s shares of that class owned by clients of such broker, dealer or financial intermediary.

For Enhanced Core Bond’s Class I shares and for each of the Class N and Class I shares of Municipal Bond, Municipal Enhanced and Small Cap Core, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to each financial intermediary such as broker-dealers (including fund supermarket platforms), banks, and trust companies who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. There are no shareholder servicing fees authorized for Class Z. The Class N and Class I shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of each Class’s average daily net assets as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Maximum     Actual  
     Annual Amount     Amount  
Fund    Approved     Incurred  

Enhanced Core Bond

    

Class I

     0.10     0.10

Municipal Bond

    

Class N

     0.15     0.11

Class I*

     0.05     0.03

Municipal Enhanced

    

Class N

     0.15     0.15

Class I*

     0.05     0.03

Small Cap Core

    

Class N

     0.15     0.15

Class I*

     0.05     0.04

Small/Mid Cap

    

Class N

     0.15     0.00

Class I*

     0.10     0.07

 

*  Prior to February 27, 2017, Class I shares did not incur shareholder servicing fees.

The Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trusts and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The Trustees of the Trusts who are not affiliated with an Investment Manager receive an annual retainer and per meeting fees for regular, special and telephonic meetings, and they are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while carrying out their duties as Board members. The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair receive additional annual retainers. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has granted an exemptive order that permits the Funds to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both the borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Administrator manages the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the following Funds either borrowed from or lent to other Funds in the AMG Funds family: Small Cap Core lent a maximum of $6,200,680 for five days earning interest in the amount of $414, and Municipal Enhanced lent $1,410,972 for one day earning interest in the amount of $68. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. Enhanced Core Bond borrowed $4,417,211 for one day paying interest of $2,274. The interest expense amount is included in the Statement of Operations as miscellaneous expense. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, Municipal Bond and Small/Mid Cap Growth neither borrowed from nor lent to other Funds in the AMG Funds family. At June 30, 2017, the Funds had no interfund loans outstanding.

3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Long-Term Securities  
Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Enhanced Core Bond

   $ 17,454,213      $ 50,295,925  

Municipal Bond

     148,559,611        97,652,007  

Municipal Enhanced

     64,876,312        64,041,225  

Small Cap Core

     70,210,243        42,329,488  

Small/Mid Cap

     10,436,620        2,133,211  

 

     U.S. Government Obligations  
Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Enhanced Core Bond

   $ 4,384,015      $ 21,777,424  

4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Funds participate in the Program providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its

 

 

 

 

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services under the Program, and the Funds, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102%, 105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Funds’ policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate omnibus account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into joint repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

At June 30, 2017, the value of the securities loaned and cash collateral received, were as follows:

 

     Securities      Cash Collateral  
Fund    Loaned      Received  

Enhanced Core Bond

   $ 114,976      $ 118,595  

Small Cap Core

     37,276,554        38,113,535  

Small/Mid Cap

     694,208        705,769  

 

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Under each Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trusts. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Funds under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds had no prior claims or losses and expect the risks of loss to be remote.

6. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into master netting agreements with their counterparties for the securities lending program and Repurchase Agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For security lending transactions, see Note 4.

 

 

 

 

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The following table is a summary of the Funds’ open Repurchase Agreements that are subject to a master netting agreement as of June 30, 2017:

 

            Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
    

Net Amounts of Assets

Presented in the Statement

of Assets and Liabilities

     Financial Instruments
Collateral
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

Enhanced Core Bond

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 4,989      $ 4,989        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     104,549        104,549        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     6,074        6,074        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     2,983        2,983        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 118,595      $ 118,595        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Small Cap Core

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 1,222,752      $ 1,222,752        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     9,052,243        9,052,243        —          —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

     9,052,243        9,052,243        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     1,488,359        1,488,359        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     731,015        731,015        —          —    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     7,514,723        7,514,723        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     9,052,200        9,052,200        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 38,113,535      $ 38,113,535        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Small/Mid Cap

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 29,695      $ 29,695        —          —    

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     622,175        622,175        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     36,146        36,146        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     17,753        17,753        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 705,769      $ 705,769        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. REGULATORY UPDATES

On October 13, 2016, the SEC amended existing rules intended to modernize reporting and disclosure of information. These amendments relate to Regulation S-X which sets forth the form and content of financial statements. Management has evaluated the implications of adopting these amendments and has determined there is no material impact on the financial statements and accompanying notes.

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Funds have determined that no material events or transactions occurred through the issuance date of the Funds’ financial statements, which require an additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

 

 

 

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AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund (formerly AMG GW&K Small Cap Growth Fund), AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund and AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund: Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements on June 28-29, 2017.

At an in-person meeting held on June 28-29, 2017, the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of each of AMG Funds and AMG Funds II (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”), and separately a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trusts (the “Independent Trustees”), approved (i) the Investment Management Agreement, as amended pursuant to letter agreements at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) and each Trust for each of AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund (formerly AMG GW&K Small Cap Growth Fund), AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund and AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) and separately each of Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 3 dated October 1, 2016, to the Investment Management Agreement with AMG Funds II and separately each of Amendment No. 1 dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 2 dated October 1, 2016, to the Investment Management Agreement with AMG Funds (collectively, the “Investment Management Agreement”) and (ii) the Subadvisory Agreements, as amended at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with respect to each Fund (collectively, the “Subadvisory Agreements”). The Independent Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel in connection with their consideration of the approval of these agreements. In considering the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees reviewed a variety of materials relating to each Fund, the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for an appropriate peer group of similar mutual funds for each Fund (each, a “Peer

 

Group”), performance information for the relevant benchmark index for each Fund (each, a “Fund Benchmark”) and, as to all other matters, other information provided to them on a periodic basis throughout the year, as well as information provided in connection with the meetings of June 28-29, 2017, regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser under their respective agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees: (a) reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management; (b) received materials from their independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements; and (c) met with their independent legal counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present.

 

 

NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information relating to the Investment Manager’s operations and personnel. Among other things, the Investment Manager provided financial information, biographical information on its supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Trustees also took into account information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Investment Manager in Board meetings relating to the performance of its duties with respect to the Funds and the Trustees’ knowledge of the Investment Manager’s management and the quality of the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under the Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Investment Manager, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the operation and management of the Funds; (b) the quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the performance by the Subadviser of its

portfolio management duties; (c) the Investment Manager’s ability to supervise the Funds’ other service providers; and (d) the Investment Manager’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account that, in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreements and supervising the Subadviser, the Investment Manager: performs periodic detailed analyses and reviews of the performance by the Subadviser of its obligations to each Fund, including without limitation, analysis and review of portfolio and other compliance matters and review of the Subadviser’s investment performance with respect to each Fund; prepares and presents periodic reports to the Board regarding the investment performance of the Subadviser and other information regarding the Subadviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board may reasonably request; reviews and considers any changes in the personnel of the Subadviser responsible for performing the Subadviser’s obligations and makes appropriate reports to the Board; reviews and considers any changes in the ownership or senior management of the Subadviser and makes appropriate reports to the Board; performs periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings, including with respect to compliance matters, with representatives of the Subadviser; assists the Board and management of the Trusts in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of each Subadvisory Agreement and annual consideration of each Subadvisory Agreement thereafter; prepares recommendations with respect to the continued retention of the Subadviser or the replacement of the Subadviser, including at the request of the Board; identifies potential successors to or replacements of the Subadviser or potential additional subadvisers, performs appropriate due diligence, and develops and presents to the Board a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional subadviser, including at the request of the Board; designates and compensates from its own resources such personnel as the Investment Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services; and performs such other review and reporting functions as the

 

 

 

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Board shall reasonably request consistent with the Investment Management Agreements and applicable law. The Trustees noted the affiliation of the Subadviser with the Investment Manager, noting any potential conflicts of interest. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Investment Manager with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Investment Management Agreements and the Investment Manager’s undertaking to maintain contractual expense limitations for the Funds. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s risk management processes.

The Trustees also reviewed information relating to the Subadviser’s financial condition, operations and personnel and the investment philosophy, strategies and techniques (its “Investment Strategy”) used in managing each Fund. Among other things, the Trustees reviewed biographical information on portfolio management and other professional staff, information regarding the Subadviser’s organizational and management structure and the Subadviser’s brokerage policies and practices. The Trustees considered specific information provided regarding the experience of the individuals at the Subadviser with portfolio management responsibility for the Funds, including the information set forth in each Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by the Subadviser in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Subadviser’s personnel; and (c) the Subadviser’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Subadviser with respect to its ability to provide the services required under each Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees also considered the Subadviser’s risk management processes.

PERFORMANCE.

As noted above, the Board considered each Fund’s net performance during relevant time periods as compared to the Fund’s Peer Group and Fund Benchmark and considered the gross performance of the Fund as compared to the Subadviser’s

relevant performance composite that utilizes the same investment strategy and approach and noted that the Board reviews on a quarterly basis detailed information about each Fund’s performance results and portfolio composition, as well as the Subadviser’s Investment Strategy. The Board noted the Investment Manager’s expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of the Subadviser. The Board was mindful of the Investment Manager’s attention to monitoring the Subadviser’s performance with respect to the Funds and its discussions with management regarding the factors that contributed to the performance of the Funds.

With respect to AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class N shares (which share class has the earliest inception date of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, above, above and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and below, below, above and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell 2000® Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s recent underperformance relative to the Peer Group and Fund Benchmark. The Trustees noted that Class N shares of the Fund ranked in the top quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 10-year period and in the second quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year and 5-year periods. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

With respect to AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class I shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year period ended March 31, 2017 and for the period from the Fund’s inception on June 30, 2015 through March 31, 2017 was

below the median performance for the Peer Group and below the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell 2500® Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance and any actions being taken to address such performance. The Trustees noted that Class I shares of the Fund ranked in the third quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 1-year period. The Trustees also took into account the Fund’s relatively short performance history and the fact that the Fund made recent changes to its principal investment strategy. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s performance is being addressed.

With respect to AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class I shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, above, below and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and below, above, above and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond BAA Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s recent underperformance. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s longer-term performance results ranked strongly relative to the Fund Benchmark and that Class I shares of the Fund ranked in the top quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 10-year period and in the second quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

With respect to AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class I shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year periods ended March 31, 2017 and for the

 

 

 

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period from the Fund’s inception on June 30, 2009 through March 31, 2017 was below, above, above and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and below the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance relative to its Peer Group and the Fund Benchmark. The Trustees also noted that Class I shares of the Fund ranked in the top quintile relative to its Peer Group since inception and in the top quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year and 5-year periods. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory in light of all factors considered.

With respect to AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class Z shares (which share class has one of the earliest inception dates and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund with that inception date) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, below, below and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and above, below, below and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including its more recent improved performance relative to the Fund Benchmark. The Trustees noted that Class Z shares of the Fund ranked in the second quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 10-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory in light of all factors considered.

ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.

In considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information provided by the Investment Manager setting forth all revenues and other benefits, both direct and indirect (including

 

any so-called “fallout benefits” such as reputational value derived from the Investment Manager serving as Investment Manager to a Fund), received by the Investment Manager and its affiliates attributable to managing each Fund and all the mutual funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, the cost of providing such services, the enterprise and entrepreneurial risks undertaken as Investment Manager and sponsor of the Funds and the resulting profitability to the Investment Manager and its affiliates from these relationships. The Trustees also considered the various changes in management, administrative and shareholder servicing fee rates that were implemented during the past year for the applicable Funds, noting that the Investment Manager provides administrative and shareholder services to the Funds pursuant to an Administration Agreement with the Funds. The Trustees also considered the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Investment Manager after payment of the subadvisory fee with respect to each Fund. The Trustees also noted any payments that were made from the Subadviser to the Investment Manager, and any other payments made or to be made from the Investment Manager to the Subadviser. The Trustees also considered management’s discussion of the current asset levels of the Funds, and the impact on profitability of both the current asset levels and any future growth of assets of the Funds.

In considering the cost of services to be provided by the Investment Manager under each Investment Management Agreement and the profitability to the Investment Manager of its relationship with the Funds, the Trustees noted the undertaking by the Investment Manager to maintain contractual expense limitations for the Funds. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the advisory fee structure, and, as noted above, the services the Investment Manager provides in performing its functions under each Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Investment Manager is reasonable and that the Investment Manager is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant

 

adjustments to the advisory fee at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

In considering the reasonableness of the subadvisory fees payable by the Investment Manager to the Subadviser, the Trustees reviewed information regarding the cost of providing subadvisory services to each of the Funds and the resulting profitability to the Subadviser from these relationships. The Trustees noted that, because the Subadviser is an affiliate of the Investment Manager, a portion of the Subadviser’s revenues or profits might be shared directly or indirectly with the Investment Manager. The Trustees also noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the subadvisory fee structure, and the services the Subadviser provides in performing its functions under each Subadvisory Agreement. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Subadviser is reasonable and that the Subadviser is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory or subadvisory fees at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

With respect to AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that, effective February 27, 2017, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to lower the Fund’s

 

 

 

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contractual expense limitation from 0.95% to 0.90% of the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses). The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.85%.The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were higher and lower, respectively, than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that, effective February 27, 2017, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to lower the Fund’s contractual expense limitation from 0.64% to 0.59% of the Fund’s net

annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses). The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and competitiveness with comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.34%. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were lower and higher, respectively, than the average for the Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that, effective February 27, 2017, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to lower the Fund’s contractual expense

limitation from 0.59% to 0.48% of the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses). The Trustees also took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and competitiveness with comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

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After consideration of the foregoing, the Trustees also reached the following conclusions (in addition to the conclusions discussed above) regarding the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements: (a) the Investment Manager has demonstrated that it possesses the resources and capability to perform its duties under each Investment Management Agreement; (b) the Subadviser has the resources to perform its duties under each Subadvisory Agreement and is qualified to manage each Fund’s assets in accordance with its investment objectives and policies; and (c) the Investment Manager and Subadviser maintain appropriate compliance programs.

Based on all of the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each Trustee not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Trustees concluded that approval of each Investment Management Agreement and each Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on June 28-29, 2017, the Trustees, and separately a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Investment Management Agreement for each Fund and the Subadvisory Agreements for each Fund.

 

 

 

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INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

DISTRIBUTOR

AMG Distributors, Inc.

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

SUBADVISER

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

222 Berkeley St.

Boston, MA 02116

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

TRANSFER AGENT

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: AMG Funds

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

TRUSTEES

Bruce B. Bingham

Christine C. Carsman

Edward J. Kaier

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Richard F. Powers, III

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

Thomas R. Schneeweis

This report is prepared for the Funds’ shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Current net asset values per share for each Fund are available on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To review a complete list of the Funds’ portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.

 

 

 

 

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AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced

First Quadrant, L.P.

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity

AMG FQ U.S. Equity

First Quadrant, L.P.

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth

AMG GW&K U.S. Small Cap Growth

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

AMG Renaissance International Equity

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth

The Renaissance Group LLC

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value II

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value

AMG River Road Long-Short

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value

AMG River Road Small Cap Value

River Road Asset Management, LLC

AMG SouthernSun Small Cap

AMG SouthernSun Global Opportunities

AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity

SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC

AMG Systematic Large Cap Value

AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity

AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

AMG Yacktman

AMG Yacktman Focused

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Yacktman Asset Management LP

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG GW&K Core Bond

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

 

OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Lake Partners LASSO Alternative

Lake Partners, Inc.

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Balanced

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Brandywine

AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap

Growth

AMG Managers Brandywine Blue

Friess Associates, LLC

AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies

AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

AMG Managers CenterSquare Real Estate

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

AMG Managers Fairpointe Focused Equity

AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap

Fairpointe Capital LLC

AMG Managers Guardian Capital Global Dividend

Guardian Capital LP

AMG Managers LMCG Small Cap Growth

LMCG Investments, LLC

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Growth

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

AMG Managers Pictet International

Pictet Asset Management Limited

AMG Managers Silvercrest Small Cap

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

AMG Managers Special Equity

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

AMG Managers Value Partners Asia Dividend

Value Partners Hong Kong Limited

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate

Government

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration

Government

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

AMG Managers Doubleline Core Plus Bond

DoubleLine Capital LP

AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity

AMG Managers Loomis Sayles Bond

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

 

 

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AMG Funds

June 30, 2017

LOGO

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

Class N: TSCPX    |    Class I: TSQIX    |    Class Z: TSCIX

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

Class N: TMDPX    |    Class I: TQMIX    |    Class Z: TMDIX

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

Class N: TCMPX    |    Class I: TQTIX    |    Class Z: TCMIX

 

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ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     2  

FUND PERFORMANCE

     3  

FUND SNAPSHOTS AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

     4  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

     8  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

     11  

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     14  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     18  

Balance sheets, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     20  

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the period

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     21  

Detail of changes in net assets for the past two periods

  

Financial Highlights

     22  

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

Notes To Financial Highlights

     28  

Notes to Financial Statements

     29  

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

ANNUAL RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

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Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Funds Family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 


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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017   Expense
Ratio for
the Period
    Beginning
Account Value
01/01/17
    Ending
Account Value
06/30/17
    Expenses
Paid During
the Period*
 

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

 

 

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.24   $ 1,000     $ 1,088     $ 6.42  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.24   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 6.21  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.14   $ 1,000     $ 1,044     $ 3.96  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.14   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 5.71  

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.04   $ 1,000     $ 1,089     $ 5.39  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.04   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 5.21  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

 

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.24   $ 1,000     $ 1,107     $ 6.48  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.24   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 6.21  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.04   $ 1,000     $ 1,042     $ 3.61  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.04   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 5.21  

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.04   $ 1,000     $ 1,109     $ 5.44  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.04   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 5.21  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

 

 

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.30   $ 1,000     $ 1,236     $ 7.21  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.30   $ 1,000     $ 1,018     $ 6.51  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.07   $ 1,000     $ 1,164     $ 3.93  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.07   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 5.26  

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.05   $ 1,000     $ 1,237     $ 5.82  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.05   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 5.26  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.

 

** Commenced operations on February 27, 2017, and as such, the expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (124), then divided by 365.
 

 

 

 

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Fund Performance (unaudited)

Periods ended June 30, 2017

 

 

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s relative index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Retuns1   

Six
Months*

    One
Year
    Five
Years
   

Ten
Years

   

Since

Inception

    Inception
Date
 

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund 2,3

 

     

Class N4

     8.76     17.37     13.00     8.77     8.54     01/21/00  

Class I

     —         —         —         —         4.36     02/24/17  

Class Z4

     8.90     17.64     13.22     8.93     8.70     01/21/00  

Russell 2000® Growth Index5

     9.97     24.40     13.98     7.82     4.38     01/21/00  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund 3,6

 

     

Class N4

     10.72     15.63     13.21     7.78     9.39     03/04/05  

Class I

     —         —         —         —         4.22     02/24/17  

Class Z4

     10.85     15.92     13.45     8.00     9.60     04/05/03  

Russell Midcap® Growth Index7

     11.40     17.05     14.19     7.87     9.04     03/04/05  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund 3,8,9,10

 

   

Class N4

     23.56     24.66     —         —         13.38     01/02/13  

Class I

     —         —         —         —         16.39     02/24/17  

Class Z4

     23.69     25.01     —         —         13.60     02/13/01  

MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index11

     16.72     23.18     12.94     3.41     10.74     01/02/13  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per share for the Fund and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

 

The date reflects the inception date of the Fund, not the index.
*  Not annualized.
1 Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Funds are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2017. All returns are in U.S. dollars ($).
2 The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history, and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.
3 The Fund invests in growth stocks, which may be more sensitive to market movements because their prices reflect future investor expectations rather than just current profits.
4  Effective February 27, 2017, Class S and Class I were renamed Class N and Class Z, respectively.
5  The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000® Growth Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
6  Mid capitalization securities are subject to market, liquidity and information risk. Mid-size companies may underperform, as compared to securities of larger companies, and may also pose greater risk due to narrower product lines, fewer financial resources, less depth in management or a smaller trading market for their stocks. Also, growth stocks may be more volatile than other types of stocks.
7  The Russell Midcap® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the Russell Midcap® Growth Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
8  The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in emerging markets, such as erratic earnings patterns, economic and political instability, changing exchange controls, limitations on repatriation of foreign capital, and changes in local government attitudes toward private investment, possibly leading to nationalization or confiscation of investor assets.
9  Investments in international securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing including currency fluctuation and changes in political and economic conditions, which could result in significant market fluctuations. The Fund is subject to currency risk resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates that may affect the total loss or gain on a non-U.S. Dollar security when converted back to U.S. Dollars.
10  The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as options and futures; the complexity and rapidly changing structure of derivatives markets may increase the possibility of market losses.
11  The MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index covers all investable small-cap securities with a market capitalization below that of the companies in the MSCI Standard Indices from the following 21 developed market country indexes: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Unlike the Fund, the MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses. All MSCI data is provided ‘as is.’ The products described herein are not sponsored or endorsed and have not been reviewed or passed on by MSCI. In no event shall MSCI, its affiliates, or any MSCI data provider have any liability of any kind in connection with the MSCI data or the products described herein. Copying or redistributing the MSCI data is strictly prohibited.

The Russell Indices are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange group companies.

Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG TimesSquare
Small Cap

Growth Fund*
    Russell 2000®
Growth  Index
 

Information Technology

     28.3     24.2

Industrials

     25.4     17.4

Consumer Discretionary

     13.9     14.2

Health Care

     12.6     24.3

Financials

     4.6     6.0

Real Estate

     3.4     3.5

Energy

     2.8     1.6

Materials

     2.4     4.6

Telecommunication Services

     2.2     0.9

Consumer Staples

     1.4     2.6

Exchange Traded Funds

     1.0     0.0

Utilities

     0.4     0.7

Other Assets and Liabilities

     1.6     0.0

 

*  As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   %of
Net Assets
 

On Assignment, Inc.**

     2.3

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.**

     2.3  

WEX, Inc.**

     2.1  

WageWorks, Inc.**

     2.1  

j2 Global, Inc.**

     1.9  

MKS Instruments, Inc.**

     1.8  

Albany International Corp., Class A**

     1.8  

Envestnet, Inc.

     1.8  

2U, Inc.

     1.6  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.

     1.6  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     19.3
  

 

 

 

 

**  Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 97.4%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 13.9%

     

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*

     329,966      $ 25,476,675  

Cable One, Inc.

     21,500        15,284,350  

Chegg, Inc.*,1

     895,000        10,999,550  

Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.

     245,000        8,099,700  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.*

     130,000        8,646,300  

Five Below, Inc.*,1

     165,000        8,146,050  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A*,1

     45,000        1,766,700  

IMAX Corp.*,1

     510,599        11,233,178  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A1

     110,000        10,365,300  

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.

     370,545        15,470,254  

Nord Anglia Education, Inc.*,1

     270,002        8,793,965  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*,1

     156,000        6,645,600  

Papa John’s International, Inc.1

     140,000        10,046,400  

Strayer Education, Inc.

     54,300        5,061,846  

William Lyon Homes, Class A*

     280,092        6,761,421  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        152,797,289  

Consumer Staples - 1.4%

     

MGP Ingredients, Inc.1

     311,500        15,939,455  

Energy - 2.8%

     

Gulfport Energy Corp.*

     361,942        5,338,645  

Keane Group, Inc.*,1

     390,000        6,240,000  

Matador Resources Co.*,1

     359,924        7,691,576  

PDC Energy, Inc.*

     135,595        5,845,500  

WildHorse Resource Development Corp.*,1

     440,000        5,442,800  

Total Energy

        30,558,521  

Financials - 4.6%

     

AMERISAFE, Inc.

     130,052        7,406,461  

Cadence BanCorp*

     230,050        5,033,494  

FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Class A*

     127,900        6,107,225  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

     375,000        8,246,250  

ProAssurance Corp.

     209,000        12,707,200  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.1

     1,130,000        11,492,100  

Total Financials

        50,992,730  

Health Care - 12.6%

     

Achaogen, Inc.*,1

     155,000        3,368,150  

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*

     469,000        5,984,440  

Amedisys, Inc.*

     178,020        11,181,436  

American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.*,1

     303,804        5,635,564  

Avexis, Inc.*

     19,800        1,626,768  
     Shares      Value  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.*

     78,600      $ 3,982,662  

Civitas Solutions, Inc.*

     540,566        9,459,905  

DBV Technologies, S.A., Sponsored ADR*,1

     165,028        5,893,150  

Dermira, Inc.*,1

     350,018        10,199,525  

Evolent Health, Inc., Class A*,1

     369,512        9,367,129  

HealthEquity, Inc.*

     125,000        6,228,750  

Inogen, Inc.*

     120,000        11,450,400  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*

     257,000        10,919,930  

K2M Group Holdings, Inc.*

     440,130        10,721,567  

PRA Health Sciences, Inc.*

     131,733        9,881,292  

Radius Health, Inc.*,1

     140,000        6,332,200  

Repligen Corp.*,1

     315,200        13,061,888  

The Spectranetics Corp.*

     87,240        3,350,016  

Total Health Care

        138,644,772  

Industrials - 25.4%

     

The Advisory Board Co.*

     165,000        8,497,500  

Albany International Corp., Class A

     370,017        19,758,908  

Allegiant Travel Co.

     95,064        12,890,678  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

     276,300        13,538,700  

Clean Harbors, Inc.*

     258,800        14,448,804  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     216,664        14,165,492  

Exponent, Inc.

     185,500        10,814,650  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

     255,073        11,945,069  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*

     180,776        7,809,523  

ICF International, Inc.*

     230,076        10,836,580  

KBR, Inc.1

     600,085        9,133,294  

Knight Transportation, Inc.1

     270,000        10,003,500  

Milacron Holdings Corp.*

     720,000        12,664,800  

On Assignment, Inc.*

     473,002        25,613,058  

Orbital ATK, Inc.

     160,018        15,739,370  

Proto Labs, Inc.*,1

     108,100        7,269,725  

RBC Bearings, Inc.*

     103,096        10,491,049  

Rexnord Corp.*

     460,030        10,695,698  

TriNet Group, Inc.*

     360,000        11,786,400  

UniFirst Corp.

     80,000        11,256,000  

Viad Corp.

     49,240        2,326,590  

WageWorks, Inc.*

     339,474        22,812,653  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

     90,000        5,688,000  

Total Industrials

        280,186,041  

Information Technology - 28.3%

     

2U, Inc.*,1

     382,000        17,923,440  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Information Technology - 28.3% (continued)

     

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.*

     210,000      $ 9,156,000  

Blackline, Inc.*,1

     230,000        8,220,200  

BroadSoft, Inc.*,1

     210,034        9,041,964  

Carbonite, Inc.*

     210,000        4,578,000  

Cardtronics PLC., Class A*

     159,904        5,254,445  

Cision, Ltd.*

     531,100        5,465,019  

Cloudera, Inc.*,1

     315,000        5,046,300  

Electronics For Imaging, Inc.*,1

     235,000        11,134,300  

Envestnet, Inc.*

     495,032        19,603,267  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.*

     315,039        17,509,868  

Fair Isaac Corp.

     106,080        14,788,613  

FARO Technologies, Inc.*

     194,400        7,348,320  

j2 Global, Inc.1

     245,057        20,851,900  

Littelfuse, Inc.

     60,005        9,900,825  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*

     229,500        12,799,215  

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     170,000        10,647,100  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     300,000        20,190,000  

New Relic, Inc.*

     18,400        791,384  

NIC, Inc.

     540,419        10,240,940  

Paycom Software, Inc.*,1

     255,000        17,444,550  

Pegasystems, Inc.

     219,000        12,778,650  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.*

     455,002        16,812,324  

Science Applications International Corp.

     140,033        9,721,091  

Talend, S.A., ADR*

     325,000        11,303,500  

WEX, Inc.*

     225,045        23,465,442  

Total Information Technology

        312,016,657  

Materials - 2.4%

     

PolyOne Corp.

     333,068        12,903,054  

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A*

     460,068        13,282,163  

Total Materials

        26,185,217  

Real Estate - 3.4%

     

HFF, Inc., Class A

     325,053        11,302,093  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.1

     876,058        16,688,905  

National Storage Affiliates Trust - REIT

     435,000        10,052,850  

Total Real Estate

        38,043,848  

Telecommunication Services - 2.2%

     

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

     255,082        10,228,788  
     Shares      Value  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

     440,000      $ 13,508,000  

Total Telecommunication Services

        23,736,788  

Utilities - 0.4%

     

AquaVenture Holdings, Ltd.*,1

     264,000        4,020,720  

Total Common Stocks (cost $782,818,956)

        1,073,122,038  

Exchange Traded Funds - 1.0%

     

iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund
(cost $11,024,502)

     65,000        10,970,050  
     Principal
Amount
        

Short-Term Investments - 13.3%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 11.3%2

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $4,011,408 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $4,091,258)

   $ 4,011,037        4,011,037  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $29,722,367 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $30,313,909)

     29,719,519        29,719,519  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $29,722,367 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $30,313,910)

     29,719,519        29,719,519  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $4,882,748 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $4,979,972)

     4,882,317        4,882,317  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $2,398,226 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $2,445,948)

     2,397,976        2,397,976  

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.130% total to be received $24,602,899 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/10/17 - 06/20/67, totaling $25,092,595)

     24,600,582        24,600,582  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Repurchase Agreements - 11.3%2 (continued)

 

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $29,803,228 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $30,395,914)

   $ 29,800,000      $ 29,800,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        125,130,950  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 2.0%

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     21,596,817        21,596,817  
     Value  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $146,727,767)

   $ 146,727,767  

Total Investments - 111.7%
(cost $940,571,225)

     1,230,819,855  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (11.7)%

     (129,366,294

Net Assets - 100.0%

   $ 1,101,453,561  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG TimesSquare
Mid Cap

Growth Fund*
    Russell Midcap®
Growth Index
 

Industrials

     24.3     16.6

Information Technology

     24.1     26.4

Consumer Discretionary

     12.1     18.1

Health Care

     11.1     15.1

Financials

     10.9     6.9

Real Estate

     5.5     3.3

Materials

     3.5     6.6

Consumer Staples

     3.2     4.5

Energy

     1.3     2.3

Telecommunication Services

     1.0     0.2

Other Assets and Liabilities

     3.0     0.0

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

SBA Communications Corp., REIT

     3.4

Global Payments, Inc.**

     2.6  

Gartner, Inc.**

     2.5  

Equifax, Inc.**

     2.4  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A

     2.1  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.**

     2.0  

Dollar Tree, Inc.**

     2.0  

The Progressive Corp.

     2.0  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.**

     2.0  

DaVita, Inc.**

     2.0  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     23.0
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 97.0%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 12.1%

     

Brunswick Corp.

     380,400      $ 23,862,492  

Dollar Tree, Inc.*

     579,700        40,532,624  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     92,475        19,561,237  

Expedia, Inc.

     140,400        20,912,580  

Hanesbrands, Inc.1

     883,100        20,452,596  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

     185,700        40,620,018  

Pool Corp.

     163,900        19,269,723  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     308,000        17,780,840  

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.*

     480,000        18,811,200  

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     195,700        19,650,237  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        241,453,547  

Consumer Staples - 3.2%

     

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     489,800        25,410,824  

McCormick & Co., Inc., Non-Voting Shares

     226,400        22,076,264  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*

     674,800        15,297,716  

Total Consumer Staples

        62,784,804  

Energy - 1.3%

     

Concho Resources, Inc.*

     121,650        14,784,125  

Range Resources Corp.

     473,200        10,964,044  

Total Energy

        25,748,169  

Financials - 10.9%

     

Apollo Global Management LLC, Class A

     919,300        24,315,485  

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.

     677,300        28,270,502  

Nasdaq, Inc.

     339,700        24,285,153  

The Progressive Corp.

     916,875        40,425,019  

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.

     164,100        22,818,105  

S&P Global, Inc.

     231,600        33,811,284  

Signature Bank*

     185,975        26,692,992  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     405,900        17,449,641  

Total Financials

        218,068,181  

Health Care - 11.1%

     

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A*

     115,400        26,116,174  

Boston Scientific Corp.*

     784,100        21,735,252  

Centene Corp.*

     263,900        21,080,332  

DaVita, Inc.*

     602,000        38,985,520  

Henry Schein, Inc.*

     131,300        24,030,526  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*

     446,000        20,516,000  

Premier, Inc., Class A*

     738,200        26,575,200  

 

     Shares      Value  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

     217,300      $ 26,527,984  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     130,300        16,791,761  

Total Health Care

        222,358,749  

Industrials - 24.3%

     

AerCap Holdings N.V.*

     572,500        26,581,175  

AMETEK, Inc.

     466,500        28,255,905  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.*,1

     448,375        12,227,186  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

     471,000        22,961,250  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     154,000        14,691,600  

Copart, Inc.*

     511,700        16,266,943  

Equifax, Inc.

     353,200        48,536,744  

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A*

     339,700        23,232,083  

Hexcel Corp.

     412,100        21,754,759  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     194,700        17,791,686  

L3 Technologies, Inc.

     176,600        29,506,328  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     199,250        18,348,932  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     720,400        27,850,664  

Nordson Corp.

     117,700        14,279,364  

Ryanair Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR*

     262,700        28,269,147  

TransDigm Group, Inc.1

     144,700        38,905,489  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.*

     262,700        22,163,999  

WABCO Holdings, Inc.*

     216,275        27,577,225  

Waste Connections, Inc.

     398,500        25,671,370  

Watsco, Inc.

     138,100        21,295,020  

Total Industrials

        486,166,869  

Information Technology - 24.1%

     

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

     157,400        40,403,006  

Amdocs, Ltd.

     570,600        36,780,876  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

     317,000        23,400,940  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     1,123,200        36,548,928  

CoStar Group, Inc.*

     77,300        20,376,280  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

     471,800        23,099,328  

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

     208,300        22,021,476  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     303,400        25,910,360  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

     183,200        26,419,272  

Gartner, Inc.*

     398,500        49,218,735  

Global Payments, Inc.

     570,625        51,538,850  

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

     1,256,700        20,760,684  

Open Text Corp.

     441,650        13,929,641  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Information Technology - 24.1% (continued)

     

Red Hat, Inc.*

     262,700      $ 25,153,525  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

     135,600        23,820,852  

Vantiv, Inc., Class A*

     344,200        21,801,628  

Xilinx, Inc.

     312,500        20,100,000  

Total Information Technology

        481,284,381  

Materials - 3.5%

     

Ecolab, Inc.

     208,300        27,651,825  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     157,800        35,123,124  

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

     68,800        6,154,848  

Total Materials

        68,929,797  

Real Estate - 5.5%

     

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*

     1,156,200        42,085,680  

SBA Communications Corp., REIT*

     507,200        68,421,280  

Total Real Estate

        110,506,960  

Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

     

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.*

     657,700        20,322,930  

Total Common Stocks

     

(cost $1,280,541,193)

        1,937,624,387  
     Principal
Amount
        

Short-Term Investments - 4.2%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 2.0%2

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $1,263,592 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $1,288,745)

   $ 1,263,475        1,263,475  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $9,354,619 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $9,540,798)

     9,353,723        9,353,723  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $9,354,619 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $9,540,798)

     9,353,723        9,353,723  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $1,538,064 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $1,568,689)

   $ 1,537,928      $ 1,537,928  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $755,440 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $770,472)

     755,361        755,361  

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.130% total to be received $7,765,729 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/10/17 - 06/20/67, totaling $7,920,298)

     7,764,998        7,764,998  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $9,354,713 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $9,540,747)

     9,353,700        9,353,700  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        39,382,908  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 2.2%

 

  

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     23,760,593        23,760,593  

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.84%3

     20,210,366        20,210,366  

Total Other Investment Companies

        43,970,959  

Total Short-Term Investments

     

(cost $83,353,867)

        83,353,867  

Total Investments - 101.2%

     

(cost $1,363,895,060)

        2,020,978,254  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (1.2)%

        (23,635,573

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 1,997,342,681  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG TimesSquare
International

Small Cap Fund*
    MSCI EAFE
Small Cap Index
 

Industrials

     24.8     22.3

Consumer Discretionary

     23.1     15.9

Financials

     22.8     11.3

Information Technology

     10.5     11.2

Health Care

     9.5     7.0

Materials

     3.8     9.1

Consumer Staples

     2.4     6.8

Telecommunication Services

     0.8     1.3

Real Estate

     0.0     10.6

Energy

     0.0     2.4

Utilities

     0.0     2.1

Other Assets and Liabilities

     2.3     0.0

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

FinecoBank Banca Fineco S.P.A.

     3.2

Samsonite International, S.A.**

     3.0  

Amplifon S.P.A.**

     2.9  

Horiba, Ltd.**

     2.9  

Melrose Industries PLC**

     2.9  

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.**

     2.4  

Topdanmark A/S

     2.3  

Modern Times Group MTG AB, B Shares

     2.3  

Dignity PLC

     2.1  

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

     2.0  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     26.0
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 96.5%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 23.1%

     

ABC-Mart, Inc. (Japan)

     91,000      $ 5,362,832  

CIE Automotive, S.A. (Spain)1

     196,300        4,512,962  

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)

     74,412        3,294,948  

Dalata Hotel Group PLC (Ireland)*

     992,930        5,466,252  

Dignity PLC (United Kingdom)

     197,800        6,404,579  

Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     60,100        2,283,489  

Greene King PLC (United Kingdom)

     632,730        5,553,055  

IDOM, Inc. (Japan)1

     672,400        4,646,020  

IMAX China Holding, Inc. (Hong Kong)*,(a)

     356,000        1,091,902  

Izumi Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     99,600        5,663,406  

Modern Times Group MTG AB, B Shares

     

(Sweden)1

     199,600        6,870,382  

Moncler S.P.A. (Italy)

     131,800        3,091,841  

Samsonite International, S.A. (United States)

     2,121,250        8,862,153  

Skylark Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     190,400        2,735,616  

Yoox Net-A-Porter Group S.P.A. (Italy)*,1

     115,175        3,191,428  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        69,030,865  

Consumer Staples - 2.4%

     

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     135,830        7,278,536  

Financials - 22.7%

     

Avanza Bank Holding AB (Sweden)

     93,700        4,091,805  

Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles SHMSF, S.A.

     

(Spain)

     57,700        2,085,478  

Challenger, Ltd. (Australia)

     364,515        3,738,271  

Credito Real S.A.B. de C.V. SOFOM ER (Mexico)

     903,564        1,407,965  

Dewan Housing Finance Corp., Ltd. (India)

     332,600        2,248,949  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco S.P.A. (Italy)

     1,222,700        9,637,937  

GRENKE AG (Germany)1

     5,575        1,241,015  

The Hiroshima Bank, Ltd. (Japan)

     691,000        3,075,928  

Hoist Finance AB (Sweden)(a),1

     356,300        3,640,673  

Indiabulls Housing Finance, Ltd. (India)

     273,150        4,543,250  

Jupiter Fund Management PLC (United

     

Kingdom)

     916,200        6,026,035  

Qualitas Controladora SAB de CV (Mexico)

     1,231,125        2,052,016  

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd. (India)

     269,225        4,159,429  

Steadfast Group, Ltd. (Australia)

     2,740,000        5,598,618  

Tamburi Investment Partners S.P.A (Italy)

     349,100        2,003,685  

Topdanmark A/S (Denmark)*

     215,850        6,893,204  

Zenkoku Hosho Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     132,500        5,425,067  

Total Financials

        67,869,325  
     Shares      Value  

Health Care - 9.5%

     

Amplifon S.P.A. (Italy)

     666,600      $ 8,796,568  

DiaSorin S.P.A. (Italy)

     17,825        1,369,134  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp., Ltd. (New

     

Zealand)

     232,000        1,947,127  

Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     130,000        5,498,644  

Korian, S.A. (France)1

     125,800        4,292,562  

Orpea (France)

     20,180        2,249,827  

Recipharm AB, B Shares (Sweden)1

     66,420        972,134  

UDG Healthcare PLC (Ireland)

     283,600        3,198,771  

Total Health Care

        28,324,767  

Industrials - 23.7%

     

AirAsia BHD (Malaysia)

     4,428,700        3,352,780  

Alimak Group AB (Sweden)(a),1

     145,998        2,429,264  

Benefit One, Inc. (Japan)

     51,100        2,044,165  

Bossard Holding AG (Switzerland)

     5,635        1,142,397  

Clarkson PLC (United Kingdom)

     63,400        2,084,845  

Daetwyler Holding AG (Switzerland)

     21,284        3,625,125  

Diploma PLC (United Kingdom)

     199,525        2,871,592  

en-japan, Inc. (Japan)

     102,600        2,673,487  

Interpump Group S.P.A. (Italy)

     204,550        5,596,804  

IPH, Ltd. (Australia)1

     921,600        3,398,660  

LISI (France)

     54,690        2,601,778  

Melrose Industries PLC (United Kingdom)

     2,740,982        8,657,274  

Nabtesco Corp. (Japan)

     109,000        3,178,884  

Nihon M&A Center, Inc. (Japan)

     139,600        5,109,977  

Norma Group SE (Germany)

     16,065        835,749  

Palfinger AG (Austria)

     48,840        2,278,870  

Polypipe Group PLC (United Kingdom)

     767,700        3,822,602  

Prosegur Cia de Seguridad, S.A. (Spain)

     682,410        4,438,140  

Rotork PLC (United Kingdom)

     425,700        1,305,087  

Stabilus, S.A. (Luxembourg)

     56,800        4,410,800  

Teleperformance (France)

     39,300        5,039,135  

Total Industrials

        70,897,415  

Information Technology - 10.5%

     

Altran Technologies SA (France)

     338,877        5,520,601  

Chroma ATE, Inc. (Taiwan)

     460,000        1,481,866  

Disco Corp. (Japan)

     27,300        4,378,686  

Halma PLC (United Kingdom)

     142,800        2,046,385  

Horiba, Ltd. (Japan)

     144,095        8,789,737  

Link Administration Holdings, Ltd. (Australia)

     422,100        2,563,015  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Information Technology - 10.5% (continued)

     

RIB Software SE (Germany)1

     161,700      $ 2,734,640  

SimCorp A/S (Denmark)

     51,800        3,136,964  

Telit Communications PLC (United Kingdom)

     227,725        925,087  

Total Information Technology

        31,576,981  

Materials - 3.8%

     

Frutarom Industries, Ltd. (Israel)

     59,220        4,134,300  

RPC Group PLC (United Kingdom)

     553,350        5,423,190  

W-Scope Corp. (Japan)1

     110,800        1,946,315  

Total Materials

        11,503,805  

Telecommunication Services - 0.8%

     

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     

(Indonesia)

     4,798,000        2,434,871  

Total Common Stocks

     

(cost $259,727,750)

        288,916,565  

Rights - 1.2%

     

Industrials - 1.1%

     

Irish Continental Group PLC*

     564,410        3,274,782  

Financials - 0.1%

     

Link Administration Holdings, Ltd.*

     149,927        131,943  

Total Rights

     

(cost $3,323,206)

        3,406,725  

Warrants - 0.0%#

     

Financials - 0.0%#

     

Tamburi Investment Partners S.P.A., 06/30/20

     

(Italy)*

     

(cost $52,893)

     63,525        74,659  
     Principal
Amount
        

Short-Term Investments - 9.1%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 6.0%2

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $571,362 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $582,735)

   $ 571,309        571,309  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $4,229,921 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $4,314,106)

     4,229,516        4,229,516  
     Principal Amount      Value  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $4,229,921 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $4,314,106)

   $ 4,229,516      $ 4,229,516  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $695,470 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% -7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $709,318)

     695,409        695,409  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $341,590 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $348,387)

     341,554        341,554  

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.130% total to be received $3,511,412 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/10/17 - 06/20/67, totaling $3,581,303)

     3,511,081        3,511,081  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $4,229,958 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $4,314,078)

     4,229,500        4,229,500  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        17,807,885  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 3.1%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     9,370,864        9,370,864  

Total Short-Term Investments

     

(cost $27,178,749)

        27,178,749  

Total Investments - 106.8%

     

(cost $290,282,598)

        319,576,698  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (6.8)%

        (20,233,676

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 299,343,022  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

At June 30, 2017, the approximate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for federal income tax were as follows:

 

Fund    Cost      Appreciation      Depreciation      Net  

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 948,223,635      $ 311,616,352      $ (29,020,132    $ 282,596,220  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

     1,387,314,234        650,883,858        (17,219,838      633,664,020  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

     291,038,202        30,675,957        (2,137,461      28,538,496  

 

*  Non-income producing security.
#  Less than 0.05%.
(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At June 30, 2017, the value of these securities amounted to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

   $ 7,161,839        2.4

 

1  Some or all of these securities were out on loan to various brokers as of June 30, 2017, amounting to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 121,876,891        11.1

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

     39,009,502        2.0

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

     16,943,952        5.7

 

2  Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these joint repurchase agreements.
3  Yield shown represents the June 30, 2017, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

Country

   AMG TimesSquare
International

Small Cap Fund
    MSCI EAFE
Small Cap
Index
 

Australia

     5.3     6.2

Austria

     0.8     1.0

Belgium

     0.0     1.9

Denmark

     3.4     1.7

Finland

     0.0     1.6

France

     6.7     4.4

Germany

     2.8     6.6

Hong Kong

     0.4     2.3

India

     3.8     0.0

Indonesia

     0.8     0.0

Ireland

     4.1     1.0

Israel

     1.4     1.5

Italy

     11.5     3.9

Japan

     24.0     29.9

Country

   AMG TimesSquare
International

Small Cap Fund
    MSCI EAFE
Small Cap
Index
 

Luxembourg

     1.5     0.0

Malaysia

     1.1     0.0

Mexico

     1.2     0.0

Netherlands

     0.0     2.2

New Zealand

     0.7     1.1

Norway

     0.0     1.6

Portugal

     0.0     0.4

Singapore

     0.0     1.6

Spain

     3.8     2.4

Sweden

     6.2     5.4

Switzerland

     1.6     4.9

Taiwan

     0.5     0.0

United Kingdom

     15.4     18.4

United States

     3.0     0.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     100.0     100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  As a percentage of total long-term investments as of June 30, 2017.
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017: (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

    Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
Level 1
    Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
    Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
    Total  

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Investments in Securities

 

Common Stocks

  $ 1,073,122,038       —         —       $ 1,073,122,038  

Exchange Traded Funds

    10,970,050       —         —         10,970,050  

Short-Term Investments

       

Repurchase Agreements

    —       $ 125,130,950       —         125,130,950  

Other Investment Companies

    21,596,817       —         —         21,596,817  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 1,105,688,905     $ 125,130,950       —       $ 1,230,819,855  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
Level 1
    Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
    Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
    Total  

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Investments in Securities

 

Common Stocks

  $ 1,937,624,387       —         —       $ 1,937,624,387  

Short-Term Investments

       

Repurchase Agreements

    —       $ 39,382,908       —         39,382,908  

Other Investment Companies

    43,970,959       —         —         43,970,959  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 1,981,595,346     $ 39,382,908       —       $ 2,020,978,254  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
Level 1
     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Common Stocks

           

Industrials

   $ 20,904,665      $ 49,992,750        —        $ 70,897,415  

Consumer Discretionary

     11,870,831        57,160,034        —          69,030,865  

Financials

     7,551,786        60,317,539        —          67,869,325  

Information Technology

     —          31,576,981        —          31,576,981  

Health Care

     1,369,134        26,955,633        —          28,324,767  

Materials

     —          11,503,805        —          11,503,805  

Consumer Staples

     —          7,278,536        —          7,278,536  

Telecommunication Services

     —          2,434,871        —          2,434,871  

Rights

           

Industrials

     3,406,725        —          —          3,406,725  

Warrants

           

Financials

     74,659        —          —          74,659  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          17,807,885        —          17,807,885  

Other Investment Companies

     9,370,864        —          —          9,370,864  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 54,548,664      $ 265,028,034        —        $ 319,576,698  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  All common stocks held in the Funds are Level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of the common stocks by major industry classification, please refer to the fund’s respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

As of June 30, 2017, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund and AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

As of June 30, 2017, the AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund had transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 as follows:

 

     Transfer into
Level 11
     Transfer out of
Level 11
     Transfer into
Level 21
     Transfer out of
Level 21
 

Assets:

           

Common Stocks

   $ 5,504,641      $ (7,981,530    $ 7,981,530      $ (5,504,641
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1 An external pricing service is used to reflect any significant market movements between the time the Fund valued such foreign securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets. (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

INVESTMENT DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

ADR: ADR after the name of a holding stands for American Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a domestic custodian bank. The value of the ADR securities is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored ADRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG
TimesSquare
Small Cap
Growth Fund#
     AMG
TimesSquare
Mid Cap
Growth Fund#
     AMG
TimesSquare
International
Small Cap Fund#
 

Assets:

        

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $121,876,891, $39,009,502 and $16,943,952, respectively)

   $ 1,105,688,905      $ 1,981,595,346      $ 301,768,813  

Repurchase agreements at value**

     125,130,950        39,382,908        17,807,885  

Cash

     252,099        —          1,043,228  

Foreign currency***

     —          —          612,549  

Receivable for investments sold

     1,866,969        26,875,395        76,897  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     593,830        1,117,218        5,344,395  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     506,804        447,947        266,597  

Prepaid expenses

     50,883        69,066        31,350  

Receivable from affiliate

     —          1,304        —    

Total assets

     1,234,090,440        2,049,489,184        326,951,714  

Liabilities:

        

Payable to Custodian

     —          302,950        —    

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     125,130,950        39,382,908        17,807,885  

Payable for investments purchased

     5,238,971        4,713,142        9,273,888  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     1,143,761        5,592,836        194,567  

Payable for foreign capital gains tax

     —          —          1,700  

Accrued expenses:

        

Investment advisory and management fees

     773,524        1,409,528        191,573  

Administrative fees

     136,504        248,740        34,309  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     48,472        143,653        22,473  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     357        —          929  

Professional fees

     21,555        24,667        21,681  

Trustees fees and expenses

     5,293        9,239        352  

Other

     137,492        318,840        59,335  

Total liabilities

     132,636,879        52,146,503        27,608,692  

Net Assets

   $ 1,101,453,561      $ 1,997,342,681      $ 299,343,022  

* Investments at cost

   $ 815,440,275      $ 1,324,512,152      $ 272,474,713  

** Repurchase agreements at cost

   $ 125,130,950      $ 39,382,908      $ 17,807,885  

*** Foreign currency at cost

     —          —        $ 612,917  

# Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

     AMG
TimesSquare
Small Cap
Growth Fund#
    AMG
TimesSquare
Mid Cap
Growth Fund#
    AMG
TimesSquare
International
Small Cap Fund#
 

Net Assets Represent:

      

Paid-in capital

   $ 741,920,091     $ 1,184,515,929     $ 268,580,484  

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income

     (2,519,253     (2,891,620     757,545  

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     71,804,093       158,635,178       873,464  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     290,248,630       657,083,194       29,131,529  

Net Assets

   $ 1,101,453,561     $ 1,997,342,681     $ 299,343,022  

Class N Shares:

      

Net Assets

   $ 294,135,813     $ 872,904,168     $ 119,416,531  

Shares outstanding

     17,425,194       45,666,730       7,824,905  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 16.88     $ 19.11     $ 15.26  

Class I Shares:

      

Net Assets

   $ 1,148,759     $ 3,803,847     $ 63,369,174  

Shares outstanding

     66,623       194,855       4,130,520  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 17.24     $ 19.52     $ 15.34  

Class Z Shares:

      

Net Assets

   $ 806,168,989     $ 1,120,634,666     $ 116,557,317  

Shares outstanding

     46,742,203       57,399,146       7,594,198  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 17.25     $ 19.52     $ 15.35  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG
TimesSquare
Small Cap
Growth Fund#
    AMG
TimesSquare
Mid Cap
Growth Fund#
    AMG
TimesSquare
International
Small Cap Fund#
 

Investment Income:

      

Dividend income

   $ 3,282,556 1     $ 6,593,954     $ 2,170,464 2  

Securities lending income

     153,534       26,087       108,087  

Interest income

     330       328       108  

Foreign withholding tax

     —         (30,438     (188,269

Total investment income

     3,436,420       6,589,931       2,090,390  

Expenses:

      

Investment advisory and management fees

     4,655,954       8,186,265       644,463  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     308,101       845,759       73,472  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     357       —         928  

Administrative fees

     821,639       1,444,635       128,892  

Trustees fees and expenses

     50,009       87,629       4,991  

Professional fees

     46,532       71,311       20,128  

Custodian fees

     43,850       67,835       28,373  

Registration fees

     37,819       41,436       28,056  

Reports to shareholders

     16,322       91,839       2,201  

Transfer agent fees

     14,968       31,098       1,305  

Miscellaneous

     12,169       22,911       2,276  

Repayments for prior reimbursements

     —         —         42,806  

Total expenses before offsets/reductions

     6,007,720       10,890,718       977,891  

Expense reductions

     (52,047     (117,836     —    

Fee waivers

     —         (6,805     —    

Net expenses

     5,955,673       10,766,077       977,891  

Net investment income (loss)

     (2,519,253     (4,176,146     1,112,499  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

      

Net realized gain on investments

     63,845,659       127,838,866       1,836,949  

Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions

     —         —         (141,993

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     32,354,334       74,260,536       29,069,947  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translations

     —         —         (160,293

Net realized and unrealized gain

     96,199,993       202,099,402       30,604,610  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 93,680,740     $ 197,923,256     $ 31,717,109  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
1 Includes non-recurring dividends of $839,719.
2 Includes non-recurring dividends of $169,721.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG TimesSquare
Small Cap
Growth Fund#
    AMG TimesSquare
Mid Cap
Growth Fund#
    AMG TimesSquare
International Small
Cap Fund#
 
     June 30,
2017
    December 31,
2016
    June 30,
2017
    December 31,
2016
    June 30,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (2,519,253   $ (2,593,094   $ (4,176,146   $ (4,685,602   $ 1,112,499      $ 932,068  

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

     63,845,659       34,814,636       127,838,866       117,616,326       1,694,956        448,859  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency translations

     32,354,334       52,634,807       74,260,536       15,748,430       28,909,654        (2,709,017

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     93,680,740       84,856,349       197,923,256       128,679,154       31,717,109        (1,328,090

Distributions to Shareholders: From net investment income:

             

Class N

     —         (604,904     —         —         —          (151,174

Class I

     —         —         —         —         —          —    

Class Z

     —         (2,833,145     —         (498,842     —          (625,160

From net realized gain on investments:

             

Class N

     —         (10,046,501     —         (45,144,770     —          (358,289

Class I

     —         —         —         —         —          —    

Class Z

     —         (24,334,444     —         (57,720,001     —          (1,276,271

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (37,818,994     —         (103,363,613     —          (2,410,894

Capital Share Transactions:1

             

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (72,120,289     (46,497,760     (42,251,773     (334,049,896     139,228,720        101,680,176  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     21,560,451       (539,595     155,671,483       (308,734,355     170,945,829        97,941,192  

Net Assets:

             

Beginning of period

     1,079,893,110       1,079,353,515       1,841,671,198       2,150,405,553       128,397,193        30,456,001  

End of period

   $ 1,101,453,561     $ 1,079,893,110     $ 1,997,342,681     $ 1,841,671,198     $ 299,343,022      $ 128,397,193  

End of period undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income

   $ (2,519,253     —       $ (2,891,620   $ 1,284,526     $ 757,545      $ (354,954
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

# Effective October 1, 2016, and February 27, 2017, the Fund’s share classes were renamed or redesignated as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
1 See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six                                
     months ended     For the year ended December 31,  
     June 30, 2017#                                
Class N    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 15.52     $ 14.84     $ 16.44     $ 17.80     $ 12.82     $ 12.59  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.05 )5       (0.06 )6       (0.10 )7       (0.08 )8       (0.10 )9       (0.04 )10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.41       1.28       0.27       (0.40     6.18       1.65  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.36       1.22       0.17       (0.48     6.08       1.61  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.03     —         —         —         —    

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.51     (1.77     (0.88     (1.10     (1.38

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.54     (1.77     (0.88     (1.10     (1.38

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 16.88     $ 15.52     $ 14.84     $ 16.44     $ 17.80     $ 12.82  

Total Return2

     8.76 %18       8.20     0.90     (2.78 )%      47.44     12.95

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets3

     1.24 %19       1.23     1.22     1.19     1.19 %12       1.14 %13  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.24 %19       1.24     1.23     1.22     1.20 %12       1.17 %13  

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.60 )%19      (0.38 )%      (0.60 )%      (0.47 )%      (0.63 )%12      (0.27 )%13 

Portfolio turnover

     31 %18       62     71     48     61     65

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 294,136     $ 313,713     $ 272,609     $ 320,512     $ 351,132     $ 133,093  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the period ended  
     June 30, 2017  
Class I    (unaudited)*  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 16.52  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.02 )5 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.74  

Total income from investment operations

     0.72  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 17.24  

Total Return2

     4.36 %18 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets3

     1.13 %19 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.14 %19 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     (0.39 )%19 

Portfolio turnover

     31 %18  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,149  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six                                
     months ended     For the years ended December 31,  
     June 30, 2017#
                               
Class Z    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 15.84     $ 15.14     $ 16.75     $ 18.08     $ 13.00     $ 12.76  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.03 )5       (0.03 )6       (0.07 )7       (0.05 )8       (0.08 )9       (0.02 )10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.44       1.31       0.26       (0.39     6.28       1.66  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.41       1.28       0.19       (0.44     6.20       1.64  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.06     —         —         —         —    

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.52     (1.80     (0.89     (1.12     (1.40

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.58     (1.80     (0.89     (1.12     (1.40

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 17.25     $ 15.84     $ 15.14     $ 16.75     $ 18.08     $ 13.00  

Total Return2

     8.90 %18       8.45     1.03     (2.48 )%      47.69     13.01 %11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets3

     1.04 %19       1.03     1.02     1.01     1.06 %12       1.03 %13  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.04 %19       1.04     1.03     1.04     1.07 %12       1.06 %13  

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.40 )%19      (0.20 )%      (0.40 )%      (0.29 )%      (0.53 )%12      (0.12 )%13 

Portfolio turnover

     31 %18       62     71     48     61     65

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 806,169     $ 766,180     $ 806,745     $ 768,312     $ 896,706     $ 665,011  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six                                
     months ended     For the years ended December 31,  
     June 30, 2017#
                               
Class N    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 17.26     $ 17.02     $ 18.24     $ 18.23     $ 14.87     $ 13.21  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.05     (0.06 )6       (0.07 )7       (0.06 )8       (0.07 )9       (0.05 )10  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.90       1.31       0.17       1.00       5.47       2.48  

Total income from investment operations

     1.85       1.25       0.10       0.94       5.40       2.43  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (1.01     (1.32     (0.93     (2.04     (0.77

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 19.11     $ 17.26     $ 17.02     $ 18.24     $ 18.23     $ 14.87  

Total Return2

     10.72 %18      7.26     0.49     5.12     36.43     18.44

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets14

     1.24 %19       1.23     1.22     1.22     1.24 %15       1.26 %16  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.24 %19       1.24     1.23     1.24     1.25 %15       1.27 %16  

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.55 )%19      (0.36 )%      (0.37 )%      (0.34 )%      (0.38 )%15       (0.36 )%16 

Portfolio turnover

     28 %18       47     47     43     54     42

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 872,904     $ 815,473     $ 867,245     $ 916,541     $ 1,214,525     $ 663,656  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the period ended  
     June 30, 2017  
Class I    (unaudited)*  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 18.73  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.02

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.81  

Total income from investment operations

     0.79  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 19.52  

Total Return2

     4.22 %18 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets14

     1.03 %19 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.04 %19 

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.35 )%19 

Portfolio turnover

     28 %18  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 3,804  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six                                
     months ended     For the years ended December 31,  
     June 30, 2017#                                
Class Z    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 17.61     $ 17.33     $ 18.54     $ 18.49     $ 15.05     $ 13.34  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.03     (0.03 )6       (0.03 )7       (0.02 )8       (0.03 )9       (0.02 )10  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.94       1.35       0.16       1.02       5.54       2.51  

Total income from investment operations

     1.91       1.32       0.13       1.00       5.51       2.49  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.01     —         —         —         —    

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (1.03     (1.34     (0.95     (2.07     (0.78

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (1.04     (1.34     (0.95     (2.07     (0.78

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 19.52     $ 17.61     $ 17.33     $ 18.54     $ 18.49     $ 15.05  

Total Return2

     10.85 %18       7.53     0.67     5.34     36.72     18.71

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets14

     1.04 %19       1.03     1.02     1.03     1.04 %15       1.06 %16  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.04 %19       1.04     1.03     1.04     1.05 %15       1.07 %16  

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.35 )%19       (0.16 )%      (0.17 )%      (0.12 )%      (0.17 )%15       (0.16 )%16 

Portfolio turnover

     28 %18       47     47     43     54     42

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,120,635     $ 1,026,198     $ 1,283,161     $ 1,542,214     $ 1,319,016     $ 952,858  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six                          
     months ended     For the years ended December 31,  
     June 30, 2017#                          
Class N    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013**  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 12.35     $ 12.65     $ 11.79     $ 11.98     $ 10.00  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income1,2

     0.08 5       0.04       0.05       0.11       0.11 9  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     2.83       (0.11     1.43       0.11       2.35  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     2.91       (0.07     1.48       0.22       2.46  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     —         (0.07     (0.17     (0.14     (0.21

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.16     (0.45     (0.27     (0.09

Paid-in capital

     —         —         —         —         (0.18

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.23     (0.62     (0.41     (0.48

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 15.26     $ 12.35     $ 12.65     $ 11.79     $ 11.98  

Total Return2

     23.56 %18      (0.55 )%      12.51     1.89 %11      24.77 %11,18 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.30 %19       1.30     1.30     1.30     1.08 %17,19 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.30 %19       1.39     1.59     4.47     8.50 %17,19 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.13 %19       0.32     0.37     0.90     0.97 %17,19 

Portfolio turnover

     51 %18       58     95     61     58 %18  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 119,417     $ 28,864     $ 337     $ 33     $ 19  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the period  
     ended  
     June 30, 2017  
Class I    (unaudited)*  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 13.18  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.07 5  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     2.09  

Total income from investment operations

     2.16  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 15.34  

Total Return2

     16.39 %18 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.07 %19 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.07 %19 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.38 %19 

Portfolio turnover

     51 %18  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 63,369  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

    

For the six

months ended
June 30, 2017#

(unaudited)

    For the years ended December 31,  
Class Z      2016##     2015     2014     2013**  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 12.41     $ 12.69     $ 11.82     $ 11.98     $ 10.00  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income1,2

     0.10 5       0.28       0.13       0.14       0.10 9  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     2.84       (0.32     1.38       0.12       2.36  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     2.94       (0.04     1.51       0.26       2.46  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     —         (0.08     (0.19     (0.14     (0.21

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.16     (0.45     (0.28     (0.09

Paid-in capital

     —         —         —         —         (0.18

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.24     (0.64     (0.42     (0.48

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 15.35     $ 12.41     $ 12.69     $ 11.82     $ 11.98  

Total Return2

     23.69 %18      (0.29 )%      12.78     2.15 %11      24.77 %11,18 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.05 %19       1.05     1.05     1.05     1.07 %17,18 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.05 %19       1.19     1.30     4.17     8.05 %17,18 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.38 %19       2.23     1.04     1.13     0.88 %17,18 

Portfolio turnover

     51 %18       58     95     61     58 %18  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 116,557     $ 99,533     $ 30,119     $ 3,045     $ 2,768  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Funds previously presented in this report.

 

#  Effective February 27, 2017, the Class I and Class S of AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund and AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund were renamed Class Z and Class N, respectively.
##  Effective October 1, 2016, the Institutional Class and Premier Class of AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Fund, AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund and AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund were renamed Class I and Class S, respectively.
*  Commencement of operations was on February 27, 2017.
**  Commencement of operations was on January 2, 2013.
1  Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2  Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3  Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to less than 0.01% for the six months ended 2017, 0.01%, 0.01%, 0.03%, 0.01 and 0.02% for the years ended 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
4  Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Notes 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)
5  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment (loss) would have been $(0.06), $(0.04) and $(0.04) for AMG TimeSquare Small Cap Growth Fund’s Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively, and net investment income would have been $0.07, $0.06 and $0.09 for AMG TimeSquare International Small Cap Fund’s Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively.
6  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.08) and $(0.05) for AMG TimeSquare Small Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively, and $(0.07) and $(0.04) for AMG TimeSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively.
7  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.12) and $(0.09) for AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively, and $(0.08) and $(0.04) for AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively.
8  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.12) and $(0.10) for AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively, and $(0.08) and $(0.04) for AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively.
9  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.11) and $(0.09) for the AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively, $(0.10) and $(0.06) for AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively, and $0.10 and $0.09 for AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively.
10  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.08) and $(0.06) for AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively, and $(0.06) and $(0.04) for AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund’s Class N and Class Z, respectively.
11  The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown in the Financial Highlights.
12  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.017% and 0.018% of average net assets for the Class N and Class Z, respectively.
13  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.003% and 0.004% of average net assets for the Class N and Class Z, respectively.
14  Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to less than 0.01% for the six months ended 2017, and 0.01% for each year ended 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
15  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.019% and 0.019% of average net assets for the Class N and Class Z, respectively.
16  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% and 0.004% of average net assets for the Class N and Class Z, respectively.
17  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.028% and 0.020% of average net assets for the Class N and Class Z, respectively.
18  Not annualized.
19  Annualized.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

AMG Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, organized as a Massachusetts business trust, and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks, and policies. Included in this report are: AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund (“Small Cap”), AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund (“Mid Cap”) and AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund (“International Small Cap”), each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds.”

Each Fund offers different classes of shares, which, effective October 1, 2016, were renamed. Each Fund previously offered Institutional Class shares and Premier Class shares which were renamed to Class I and Class S, respectively. Effective February 27, 2017, Class I and Class S shares were renamed to Class Z and Class N, respectively, and each Fund added Class I shares. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the respective Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

Small Cap is closed to new investors. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information.

The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) including accounting and reporting guidance pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies. U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Equity securities traded on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market system (“NMS”) are valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ official closing price or the official closing price of the relevant exchange or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask prices (the “exchange mean price”). Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market (other than NMS securities) are valued at the exchange mean price. Foreign equity securities (securities principally traded in markets other than U.S. markets) are valued at the official closing price on the primary exchange or, for markets that either do not offer an official closing price or where the official closing price may not be representative of the overall market, the last quoted sale price.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost value is approximately the same as the fair value of the security valued without the use of amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

The Funds’ portfolio investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund portfolio investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee, which is comprised of the Independent Trustees of the Board, and the Pricing Committee, which is comprised of representatives from the AMG Funds LLC (“Investment Manager”) are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations. Each Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if the Investment Manager or the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee and, if required under the Trust’s securities valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from current sale of that portfolio investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental and analytical data relating to the investment; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value portfolio investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Fund, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

With respect to foreign equity securities and certain foreign fixed income securities, the Board has adopted a policy that securities held in a Fund that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day provided that each individual price exceeds a pre-established confidence level.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value

 

 

 

 

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measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds. Unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. Transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from foreign securities are recorded on the ex-dividend date, and if after the fact, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the ex-dividend date, except for Korean securities where dividends are recorded on confirmation date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Upon notification from issuers, distributions received from a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are

apportioned among the funds in the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively the “AMG Funds family”) based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, the common expenses of each Fund, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of each Fund.

The following Funds had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers, under a brokerage recapture program. Credits received from the brokerage recapture program are earned and paid on a monthly basis, and are recorded as expense offsets, which serve to reduce the Fund’s overall expense ratio. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the impact on the expense ratios, if any, were as follows: Small Cap - $52,047 or 0.01% and Mid Cap - $117,836 or 0.01%.

d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Funds’ prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Permanent differences are due to a net operating loss, partnerships, redemptions in kind, foreign currency and a reclassification of short-term gain dividends paid to ordinary income. Temporary differences are due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to excise tax regulations, mark-to market on passive foreign investment companies, partnerships, non-taxable dividends received and wash sales.

 

 

 

 

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e. FEDERAL TAXES

Each Fund currently qualifies as an investment company and intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on each Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, each Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2016, and for all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Additionally, management is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred may be carried forward for an unlimited time period, and retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS

As of June 30, 2017, the Funds had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes. Should the Funds incur net capital losses for the year ended December 31, 2017, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, for an unlimited time period.

g. CAPITAL STOCK

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Each Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Funds in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Funds’ policy on investment valuation. International Small Cap will deduct a 2.00% redemption fee from the proceeds of any redemption (including a redemption by exchange) of shares if the redemption occurs within 60 days of the purchase of those shares. For six months ended June 30, 2017, International Small Cap had redemption fees amounting to $16,166. This amount is netted against the cost of shares repurchased in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

For the year ended December 31, 2016, Small Cap transferred securities and cash to certain shareholders in connection with redemptions in-kind transactions in the amount of $24,588,173. For the purposes of U.S. GAAP, these transactions were treated as a sale of securities and the resulting gains and losses were recognized based on the market value of the securities on the date of the transfer. For tax purposes, no gains or losses were recognized.

 

 

 

 

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For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31 2016, the capital stock transactions by class for the Funds were as follows:

 

    Small Cap     Mid Cap  
    2017     2016     2017     2016  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    1,082,326     $ 17,571,133       5,592,307     $ 84,952,891       3,212,995     $ 59,013,778       7,707,833     $ 135,693,246  

Reinvestment of distributions

    —         —         677,811       10,648,411       —         —         2,576,404       45,035,548  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (3,873,642     (63,529,454     (4,427,620     (66,407,791     (4,806,077     (88,286,713     (13,987,697     (238,278,283
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (2,791,316   $ (45,958,321     1,842,498     $ 29,193,511       (1,593,082   $ (29,272,935     (3,703,460   $ (57,549,489
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    92,087     $ 1,522,646       —         —         209,616     $ 4,019,079       —         —    

Reinvestment of distributions

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Cost of shares repurchased

    (25,464     (419,205     —         —         (14,761     (274,957     —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    66,623     $ 1,103,441       —         —         194,855     $ 3,744,122       —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    2,146,441     $ 35,354,794       6,088,679     $ 91,368,839       7,826,708     $ 147,223,572       10,615,583     $ 186,097,528  

Reinvestment of distributions

    —         —         1,662,923       26,656,660       —         —         3,051,896       54,445,814  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (3,775,180     (62,620,203     (12,656,348     (193,716,770 )1      (8,712,243     (163,946,532     (29,433,072     (517,043,749
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

    (1,628,739   $ (27,265,409     (4,904,746   $ (75,691,271     (885,535   $ (16,722,960     (15,765,593   $ (276,500,407
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1  Includes redemptions in-kind in the amount of $24,588,173.

 

     International Small Cap  
     2017      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Class N:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     5,889,840      $ 86,047,550        2,365,243      $ 29,747,163  

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          39,991        491,094  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (401,488      (6,003,246      (95,293      (1,209,993
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     5,488,352      $ 80,044,304        2,309,941      $ 29,028,264  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class I:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     4,140,208      $ 63,204,557        —          —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          —          —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (9,688      (141,983      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     4,130,520      $ 63,062,574        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     1,700,816      $ 24,429,686        5,827,696      $ 75,012,299  

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          153,981        1,898,583  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (2,128,037      (28,307,844      (333,427      (4,258,970
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (427,221    $ (3,878,158      5,648,250      $ 72,651,912  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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At June 30, 2017, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, including omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Funds as follows: Small Cap - three own 51%; Mid Cap - three own 66%; International Small Cap - five own 80%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on their respective Funds.

 

h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into third-party repurchase agreements for temporary cash management purposes and joint third-party repurchase agreements for reinvestment of cash collateral on securities lending transactions under the securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) (the “Program”) (collectively, “Repurchase Agreements”). The value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, must equal or exceed the value of the Repurchase Agreements during the term of the agreement. For joint repurchase agreements, the Funds participate on a pro rata basis with other clients of BNYM in its share of the underlying collateral under such joint repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of the underlying collateral. The underlying collateral for all Repurchase Agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited. Pursuant to the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM on joint repurchase agreements.

At June 30, 2017, the market value of Repurchase Agreements outstanding for Small Cap, Mid Cap and International Small Cap were $125,130,950, $39,382,908 and $17,807,885, respectively.

i. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holdings of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.

The Funds do not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

j. FOREIGN SECURITIES

The Funds invest in securities of foreign entities and in instruments denominated in foreign currencies which involve risks not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Non-domestic securities carry special risks, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, less developed or less efficient

trading markets, political instability, a lack of company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and, potentially, less liquidity. A Fund’s investments in emerging market countries are exposed to additional risks. A Fund’s performance will be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting companies in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries generally have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than those of developed countries.

Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level and would pay such foreign taxes at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction.

2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

For each of the Funds, the Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Funds and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisers for the Funds (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadviser’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC (“TimesSquare”) who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager. AMG indirectly owns a majority interest in TimesSquare.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Funds to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. Effective October 1, 2016, the Funds’ investment management fees are paid at the following annual rate of each Fund’s respective average daily net assets:

 

Small Cap

     0.85

Mid Cap

     0.85

International Small Cap

     0.75

Prior to October 1, 2016, the annual rate for the investment management fees was 1.00%, 1.00% and 0.90% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Small Cap, Mid Cap and International Small Cap, respectively.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to the following percentages of Small Cap, Mid Cap and International Small Cap Funds’ average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Funds in certain circumstances:

 

 

 

 

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     Small Cap     Mid Cap     International
Small Cap
 

Class N

     1.25     1.24     1.30

Class I

     1.15     1.14     1.15

Class Z

     1.05     1.04     1.05

The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

In general, for a period of up to 36 months, the Investment Manager may recover from each Fund, fees waived and expenses paid pursuant to this contractual agreement, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed the contractual expense limitation amount.

At June 30, 2017, International Small Cap’s expiration of recoupment is as follows:

 

Expiration Period    International
Small Cap
 

Less than 1 year

   $ 64,660  

Within 2 years

     81,805  

Within 3 years

     31,332  
  

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject to Recoupment

   $ 177,797  
  

 

 

 

The Investment Manager has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in consideration of shareholder servicing fees that it has received from JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc., with respect to short-term cash investments Mid Cap has made in the JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund, Capital Shares and JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the investment management fee for Mid Cap was reduced by $6,805 or less than 0.01%.

The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has entered into an amended and restated Administration Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Funds’ administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all non-portfolio management aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to each Fund as further described in each Fund’s prospectus. Effective October 1, 2016, each Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.15% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Investment Manager was reimbursed by the Funds’ subadviser for providing a variety of administrative services to the Funds.

Effective July 1, 2017, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive the International Small Cap’s administration fee by 0.01%, from 0.15% to 0.14%. The waiver may only be

terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the administrator of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

The Funds are distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for each Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of each Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Generally the Distributor bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

Effective October 1, 2016, for Class N shares and effective February 27, 2017, for Class I shares of each Fund, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to each financial intermediary such as broker-dealers (including fund supermarket platforms), banks, and trust companies that provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. There are no shareholder servicing fees authorized for Class Z. Class N and Class I shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of the Class’s average daily net assets as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

Fund    Maximum
Amount Approved
    Actual
Amount Incurred
 

Small Cap

    

Class N

     0.20     0.20

Class I

     0.10     0.10

Mid Cap

    

Class N

     0.20     0.20

Class I

     0.10     0.00

International Small Cap

    

Class N

     0.25     0.25

Class I

     0.10     0.02

The Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with an Investment Manager receive an annual retainer and per meeting fees for regular, special and telephonic meetings, and they are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while carrying out their duties as Board members. The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair receive additional annual retainers. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

 

 

 

 

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has granted an exemptive order that permits the Funds to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both the borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Administrator manages the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the following Funds either borrowed from or lent to other funds in the AMG Funds family: Small Cap lent $3,401,279 for two days earning interest of $328, Mid Cap lent $2,203,352 for four days earning interest of $330, and International Small Cap lent a maximum of $1,099,360 for two days earning interest of $108. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. International Small Cap borrowed a maximum of $22,802,753 for two days paying interest of $1,242. The interest expense amount is included in the Statement of Operations as miscellaneous expense. At June 30, 2017, the Funds had no interfund loans outstanding.

3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Long-Term Securities  
Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Small Cap

   $ 330,620,886      $ 361,838,308  

Mid Cap

     529,600,247        582,302,020  

International Small Cap

     226,797,599        89,476,404  

The Funds had no purchases or sales of U.S. Government Obligations during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Funds participate in the Program providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Funds, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Funds’ policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate omnibus account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into joint repurchase agreements. BNYM bears

the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

At June 30, 2017, the value of the securities loaned and cash collateral received, were as follows.

 

Fund    Securities
Loaned
     Cash Collateral
Received
 

Small Cap

   $ 121,876,891      $ 125,130,950  

Mid Cap

     39,009,502        39,382,908  

International Small Cap

     16,943,952        17,807,885  

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Funds under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds had no prior claims or losses and expect the risks of loss to be remote.

6. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into master netting agreements with their counterparties for the securities lending program and Repurchase Agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For securities lending transactions, see Note 4.

 

 

 

 

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The following table is a summary of the Funds’ open Repurchase Agreements that are subject to a master netting agreement as of June 30, 2017:

 

            Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
Fund    Net Amounts of Assets
Presented in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
     Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net
Amount
 

Small Cap

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 4,011,037      $ 4,011,037        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     29,719,519        29,719,519        —          —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

     29,719,519        29,719,519        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     4,882,317        4,882,317        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     2,397,976        2,397,976        —          —    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     24,600,582        24,600,582        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     29,800,000        29,800,000        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 125,130,950      $ 125,130,950        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mid Cap

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 1,263,475      $ 1,263,475        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     9,353,723        9,353,723        —          —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

     9,353,723        9,353,723        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     1,537,928        1,537,928        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     755,361        755,361        —          —    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     7,764,998        7,764,998        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     9,353,700        9,353,700        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 39,382,908      $ 39,382,908        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

International Small Cap

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 571,309      $ 571,309        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     4,229,516        4,229,516        —          —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

     4,229,516        4,229,516        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     695,409        695,409        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     341,554        341,554        —          —    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     3,511,081        3,511,081        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     4,229,500        4,229,500        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 17,807,885      $ 17,807,885        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. REGULATORY UPDATES

On October 13, 2016, the SEC amended existing rules intended to modernize reporting and disclosure of information. These amendments relate to Regulation S-X which sets forth the form and content of financial statements. Management has evaluated the implications of adopting these amendments and has determined there is no material impact on the financial statements and accompanying notes.

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Funds have determined that no material events or transactions occurred through the issuance date of the Funds’ financial statements, which require an additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund and AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund: Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements on June 28-29, 2017.

At an in-person meeting held on June 28-29, 2017, the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), and separately a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved (i) the Investment Management Agreement, as amended pursuant to letter agreements at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) for each of AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund and AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) and separately each of Amendment No. 1 thereto dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 2 thereto dated October 1, 2016 (collectively, the “Investment Management Agreement”) and (ii) the Subadvisory Agreement, as amended at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with the Subadviser with respect to each Fund (collectively, the “Subadvisory Agreements”). The Independent Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel in connection with their consideration of the approval of these agreements. In considering the Investment Management Agreement and Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees reviewed a variety of materials relating to each Fund, the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for an appropriate peer group of similar mutual funds for each Fund (each, a “Peer Group”), performance information for the relevant benchmark index for each Fund (each, a “Fund Benchmark”) and, as to all other matters, other information provided to them on a periodic basis throughout the year, as well as information provided in connection with the meetings of June 28-29, 2017, regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser under their respective agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees: (a) reviewed the foregoing

information with their independent legal counsel and with management; (b) received materials from their independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement; and (c) met with their independent legal counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present.

NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information relating to the Investment Manager’s operations and personnel. Among other things, the Investment Manager provided financial information, biographical information on its supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Trustees also took into account information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Investment Manager in Board meetings relating to the performance of its duties with respect to the Funds and the Trustees’ knowledge of the Investment Manager’s management and the quality of the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under the Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Investment Manager, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the operation and management of the Funds; (b) the quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the performance by the Subadviser of its portfolio management duties; (c) the Investment Manager’s ability to supervise the Funds’ other service providers; and (d) the Investment Manager’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account that, in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser, the Investment Manager: performs periodic detailed analyses and reviews of the performance by the Subadviser of its obligations to each Fund, including without limitation, analysis and review of portfolio and

other compliance matters and review of the Subadviser’s investment performance with respect to each Fund; prepares and presents periodic reports to the Board regarding the investment performance of the Subadviser and other information regarding the Subadviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board may reasonably request; reviews and considers any changes in the personnel of the Subadviser responsible for performing the Subadviser’s obligations and makes appropriate reports to the Board; reviews and considers any changes in the ownership or senior management of the Subadviser and makes appropriate reports to the Board; performs periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings, including with respect to compliance matters, with representatives of the Subadviser; assists the Board and management of the Trust in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of the Subadvisory Agreement and annual consideration of the Subadvisory Agreement thereafter; prepares recommendations with respect to the continued retention of the Subadviser or the replacement of the Subadviser, including at the request of the Board; identifies potential successors to or replacements of the Subadviser or potential additional subadvisers, performs appropriate due diligence, and develops and presents to the Board a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional subadviser, including at the request of the Board; designates and compensates from its own resources such personnel as the Investment Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services; and performs such other review and reporting functions as the Board shall reasonably request consistent with the Investment Management Agreement and applicable law. The Trustees noted the affiliation of the Subadviser with the Investment Manager, noting any potential conflicts of interest. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Investment Manager with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Investment Management Agreement and the Investment Manager’s undertaking to maintain a contractual expense limitation for each Fund. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s risk management processes.

 

 

 

 

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The Trustees also reviewed information relating to the Subadviser’s financial condition, operations and personnel and the investment philosophy, strategies and techniques (its “Investment Strategy”) used in managing each Fund. Among other things, the Trustees reviewed biographical information on portfolio management and other professional staff, information regarding the Subadviser’s organizational and management structure and the Subadviser’s brokerage policies and practices. The Trustees considered specific information provided regarding the experience of the individuals at the Subadviser with portfolio management responsibility for each Fund, including the information set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by the Subadviser in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Subadviser’s personnel; and (c) the Subadviser’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Subadviser with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees also considered the Subadviser’s risk management processes.

PERFORMANCE.

As noted above, the Board considered each Fund’s net performance during relevant time periods as compared to the Fund’s Peer Group and Fund Benchmark and considered the gross performance of the Fund as compared to the Subadviser’s relevant performance composite that utilizes the same investment strategy and approach and noted that the Board reviews on a quarterly basis detailed information about both the Fund’s performance results and portfolio composition, as well as the Subadviser’s Investment Strategy. The Board noted the Investment Manager’s expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of the Subadviser. The Board was mindful of the Investment Manager’s attention to monitoring the

Subadviser’s performance with respect to the Funds and its discussions with management regarding the factors that contributed to the performance of the Funds.

With respect to AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class Z shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, above, above and above, respectively, the median performance for the Peer Group and above, below, below and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell® Midcap Growth Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s recent underperformance relative to its Peer Group. The Trustees also took into account the fact that Class Z shares of the Fund ranked in the second quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 5-year and 10-year periods and in the second quartile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

With respect to AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class Z shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, below, above and above, respectively, the median performance for the Peer Group and below, below, below and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s more recent underperformance relative to its Peer Group and Fund Benchmark. The Trustees noted that Class Z shares of the Fund ranked in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 10-year period, in the

second quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 5-year period, and in the third quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

With respect to AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class Z shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year and 3-year periods ended March 31, 2017 and for the period from the Fund’s inception on January 2, 2013 through March 31, 2017 was above the median performance for the Peer Group and below, above and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index. The Trustees noted that Class Z shares of the Fund ranked in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year period and the period from the Fund’s inception through March 31, 2017. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s performance has been satisfactory.

ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.

In considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information provided by the Investment Manager setting forth all revenues and other benefits, both direct and indirect (including any so-called “fallout benefits” such as reputational value derived from the Investment Manager serving as Investment Manager to a Fund), received by the Investment Manager and its affiliates attributable to managing each Fund and all the mutual funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, the cost of providing such services, the enterprise and entrepreneurial risks undertaken as Investment Manager and sponsor of the Funds and the resulting profitability to the Investment Manager and its affiliates from these relationships. The Trustees also considered the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Investment Manager after payment of the subadvisory fee with respect to each Fund. The Trustees also noted any payments that were made from the Subadviser to

 

 

 

 

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the Investment Manager, and any other payments made or to be made from the Investment Manager to the Subadviser. The Trustees also considered management’s discussion of the current asset level of each Fund, and the impact on profitability of both the current asset levels and any future growth of assets of the Funds.

In considering the cost of services to be provided by the Investment Manager under the Investment Management Agreement and the profitability to the Investment Manager of its relationship with each Fund, the Trustees noted the undertaking by the Investment Manager to maintain contractual expense limitations for the Funds. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the advisory fee structure, and, as noted above, the services the Investment Manager provides in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Investment Manager is reasonable and that the Investment Manager is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory fee at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

In considering the reasonableness of the subadvisory fees payable by the Investment Manager to the Subadviser, the Trustees reviewed information regarding the cost to the Subadviser of providing subadvisory services to each Fund and the resulting profitability from the relationships. The Trustees noted that, because the Subadviser is an affiliate of the Investment Manager, a portion of the Subadviser’s revenues or profits might be shared directly or indirectly with the Investment Manager. The Trustees also noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the subadvisory fee structure, and the services the

Subadviser provides in performing its functions under the Subadvisory Agreement. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Subadviser is reasonable and that the Subadviser is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory or subadvisory fees at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

With respect to AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both higher than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 1.19% for Class Z shares, 1.39% for Class N shares and 1.34% for Class I shares. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses, including fees and expenses relative to comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were higher and lower, respectively, than the average for the Fund’s Peer

Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 1.05% for Class Z shares, 1.25% for Class N shares and 1.20% for Class I shares. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses, including fees and expenses relative to comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/ reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 1.05%. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

*    *    *    *

After consideration of the foregoing, the Trustees also reached the following conclusions (in addition to the conclusions discussed above) regarding the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements: (a) the Investment Manager has

 

 

 

 

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demonstrated that it possesses the resources and capability to perform its duties under the Investment Management Agreement; (b) the Subadviser has the resources to perform its duties under the Subadvisory Agreement and is qualified to manage each Fund’s assets in accordance with its investment objectives and policies; and (c) the Investment Manager and Subadviser maintain appropriate compliance programs.

Based on all of the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each Trustee not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Trustees concluded that approval of the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on June 28-29, 2017, the Trustees, and separately a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Investment Management and the Subadvisory Agreements for each Fund.

 

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER AND

ADMINISTRATOR

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

DISTRIBUTOR

AMG Distributors, Inc.

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

SUBADVISER

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square

42nd Floor

New York, NY 10036

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

TRANSFER AGENT

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: AMG Funds

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

TRUSTEES

Bruce B. Bingham

Christine C. Carsman

Edward J. Kaier

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Richard F. Powers III

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

Thomas R. Schneeweis

This report is prepared for the Funds’ shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Current net asset values per share for each Fund are available on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To review a complete list of the Funds’ portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS

 

BALANCED FUNDS

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

 

AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

EQUITY FUNDS

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

 

AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity

AMG FQ U.S. Equity

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

 

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth

AMG GW&K U.S. Small Cap Growth

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

AMG Renaissance International Equity

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth

The Renaissance Group LLC

 

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value II

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value

AMG River Road Long-Short

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value

AMG River Road Small Cap Value

River Road Asset Management, LLC

  

AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity

AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

 

AMG Yacktman

AMG Yacktman Focused

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund—Security Selection Only

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Yacktman Asset Management LP

 

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

AMG GW&K Core Bond

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS

 

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

AMG Managers Lake Partners LASSO Alternative

Lake Partners, Inc.

 

BALANCED FUNDS

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Balanced

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

 

EQUITY FUNDS

AMG Managers Brandywine

AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap Growth

AMG Managers Brandywine Blue

Friess Associates, LLC

 

  

AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

 

AMG Managers Fairpointe Focused Equity

AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap

Fairpointe Capital LLC

 

AMG Managers Guardian Capital Global Dividend

Guardian Capital LP

 

AMG Managers LMCG Small Cap Growth

LMCG Investments, LLC

 

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Growth

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

 

AMG Managers Pictet International

Pictet Asset Management Limited

 

AMG Managers Silvercrest Small Cap

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

 

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

 

AMG Managers Special Equity

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

 

AMG Managers Value Partners Asia Dividend

AMG SouthernSun Small Cap

AMG SouthernSun Global Opportunities

AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity

SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC

 

AMG Systematic Large Cap Value

AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

 

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

  

AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies

AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

 

AMG Managers CenterSquare Real Estate

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

 

AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

  

Value Partners Hong Kong Limited

 

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

 

AMG Managers Doubleline Core Plus Bond

DoubleLine Capital LP

 

AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity

AMG Managers Loomis Sayles Bond

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

 

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LOGO       

    SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

 

AMG Funds

June 30, 2017

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund

Class N: SKSEX    |    Class I: SKSIX    |    Class Z: SKSZX

 

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Semi-Annual Report—June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

 

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ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     2  

FUND PERFORMANCE

     3  

FUND SNAPSHOT AND SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     4  

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     7  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     8  

Balance sheet, net asset value (NAV) per share computation and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     9  

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the period

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     10  

Detail of changes in assets for the past two periods

  

Financial Highlights

     11  

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

Notes to Financial Statements

     13  

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

ANNUAL RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

     18  

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Funds family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 

 


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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

Period Ended June 30, 2017   Expense
Ratio for
the Period
    Beginning
Account Value
01/01/17
    Ending
Account Value
06/30/17
    Expenses
Paid During
the Period*
 

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund

 

 

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.32   $ 1,000     $ 1,016     $ 6.60  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.32   $ 1,000     $ 1,018     $ 6.61  

Class I**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.08   $ 1,000     $ 1,009     $ 3.69  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.08   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 5.41  

Class Z**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.07   $ 1,000     $ 1,009     $ 3.65  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.07   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 5.36  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181) then divided by 365.
** Commenced operations on February 27, 2017, and as such, the expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (124) then divided by 365.
 

 

 

 

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Fund Performance (unaudited)

Periods ended June 30, 2017

 

 

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for the AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund, as well as the Russell 2000® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns1    Six
Months*
    One
Year
    Five
Years
    Ten
Years
    Since
Inception
    Inception
Date
 

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund 2,3,4,5

 

   

Class N9

     1.55     23.26     15.70     7.52     12.10 %6      04/23/87  

Class I

     —         —         —         —         0.87     02/24/17  

Class Z

     —         —         —         —         0.85     02/24/17  

Russell 2000® Value Index 7

     0.54     24.86     13.39     5.92     (0.91 )%      02/24/17  

Russell 2000® Index 8

     4.99     24.60     13.70     6.92     9.05     04/23/87  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per share for the Fund and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

 

Date reflects the inception date of the Fund, not the index.
* Not annualized.
1 Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2017. All returns are in U.S. dollars ($).
2 From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

3 The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history, and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.
4 Companies that are in similar businesses may be similarly affected by particular economic or market events; to the extent the Fund has substantial holdings within a particular sector, the risks associated with that sector increase.
5 The Fund invests in value stocks, which may perform differently from the market as a whole and may be undervalued by the market for a long period of time.
6 Effective after the close of business on December 31, 2007, the Fund was reorganized into the AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund, a series of AMG Funds. The returns shown include the performance of the predecessor Fund.
7 The Russell 2000® Value Index is an unmanaged, market-value weighted, value-oriented index comprised of small stocks that have relatively low price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000® Value Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
8 The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest stocks in the Russell 3000® Index, and is widely regarded in the industry as the premier measure of small-cap stock performance. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000® Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
9 Effective October 1, 2016, the Investor Class was renamed Class S. Effective February 27, 2017, Class S was renamed Class N.

The Russell Indices are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group Companies.

Not FDIC Insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund

Fund Snapshot (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

  AMG Managers
Skyline Special
Equities Fund*
    Russell
2000®
Value Index
    Russell
2000®
Index
 

Financials

    22.9     30.6     18.1

Industrials

    22.2     11.7     14.6

Information Technology

    19.9     9.5     16.9

Consumer Discretionary

    12.4     10.6     12.5

Materials

    9.3     4.1     4.4

Health Care

    7.4     5.6     15.0

Real Estate

    2.0     11.6     7.5

Telecommunication Services

    0.0     0.7     0.8

Utilities

    0.0     6.7     3.7

Energy

    0.0     6.1     3.8

Consumer Staples

    0.0     2.8     2.7

Other Assets and Liabilities

    3.9     0.0     0.0

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

The Children’s Place, Inc.**

     2.6

First Busey Corp.**

     2.3  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.**

     2.3  

CBIZ, Inc.**

     2.2  

Ferro Corp.

     2.1  

Realogy Holdings Corp.

     2.0  

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.

     2.0  

NN, Inc.

     2.0  

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

     1.9  

BancorpSouth, Inc.**

     1.9  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     21.3
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 96.1%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 12.4%

     

Aaron’s, Inc.

     459,500      $ 17,874,550  

Brunswick Corp.

     346,900        21,761,037  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

     1,014,100        9,552,822  

The Children’s Place, Inc.1

     294,700        30,088,870  

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

     364,400        11,198,012  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     359,000        11,667,500  

LCI Industries

     141,150        14,453,760  

Signet Jewelers, Ltd.1

     184,800        11,686,752  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.1

     485,700        16,999,500  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        145,282,803  

Financials - 22.9%

     

BancorpSouth, Inc.

     739,400        22,551,700  

Essent Group, Ltd.*

     523,550        19,444,647  

First Busey Corp.

     911,957        26,738,579  

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

     882,304        20,566,506  

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

     866,100        17,408,610  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

     887,200        16,546,280  

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

     240,800        22,635,200  

Janus Henderson Group PLC*,1

     502,788        16,647,311  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

     427,800        11,601,936  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     163,747        21,023,477  

Sterling Bancorp1

     744,720        17,314,740  

UMB Financial Corp.

     248,200        18,580,252  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

     1,136,514        20,866,397  

WSFS Financial Corp.

     329,900        14,960,965  

Total Financials

        266,886,600  

Health Care - 7.4%

     

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*,1

     343,300        16,952,154  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*

     422,500        16,498,625  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.*

     1,383,289        17,858,261  

The Ensign Group, Inc.

     803,400        17,490,018  

Teleflex, Inc.

     82,950        17,233,692  

Total Health Care

        86,032,750  

Industrials - 22.2%

     

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.*

     1,063,620        23,240,097  

CBIZ, Inc.*

     1,700,515        25,507,725  

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

     528,350        13,430,657  

EnPro Industries, Inc.

     300,300        21,432,411  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

     306,300        11,057,430  
     Shares      Value  

ICF International, Inc.*

     290,100      $ 13,663,710  

Knoll, Inc.

     908,400        18,213,420  

Korn/Ferry International

     449,700        15,528,141  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

     237,600        26,528,040  

McGrath RentCorp

     375,000        12,986,250  

NN, Inc.

     839,700        23,049,765  

NOW, Inc.*

     876,500        14,094,120  

Rexnord Corp.*

     855,526        19,890,979  

TriMas Corp.*

     1,015,000        21,162,750  

Total Industrials

        259,785,495  

Information Technology - 19.9%

     

ADTRAN, Inc.

     723,500        14,940,275  

Belden, Inc.

     287,400        21,678,582  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*

     583,589        18,849,925  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.1

     653,100        18,286,800  

EVERTEC, Inc.

     712,900        12,333,170  

Knowles Corp.*,1

     980,200        16,584,984  

NetScout Systems, Inc.*

     401,400        13,808,160  

Perficient, Inc.*

     718,200        13,387,248  

Sanmina Corp.*

     262,410        9,997,821  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.*

     549,200        15,295,220  

Versum Materials, Inc.

     602,300        19,574,750  

Virtusa Corp.*

     575,600        16,922,640  

WNS Holdings, Ltd., ADR*

     608,900        20,921,804  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*

     200,700        20,174,364  

Total Information Technology

        232,755,743  

Materials - 9.3%

     

Berry Global Group, Inc.*

     380,200        21,675,202  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.1

     149,900        9,788,470  

Ferro Corp.*

     1,325,600        24,245,224  

Ingevity Corp.*

     123,700        7,100,380  

Materion Corp.

     289,600        10,831,040  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     258,800        18,944,160  

PH Glatfelter Co.

     839,401        16,401,896  

Total Materials

        108,986,372  

Real Estate - 2.0%

     

Realogy Holdings Corp.

     718,200        23,305,590  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $837,340,894)

        1,123,035,353  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

    Principal
Amount
    Value  

Short-Term Investments - 8.5%

   

Repurchase Agreements - 5.0%2

   

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $1,872,505 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $1,909,779)

  $ 1,872,332     $ 1,872,332  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $13,864,895 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $14,140,837)

    13,863,566       13,863,566  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $13,864,895 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $14,140,837)

    13,863,566       13,863,566  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $2,279,242 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $2,324,626)

    2,279,041       2,279,041  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $1,119,480 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $1,141,756)

    1,119,363       1,119,363  
   

Principal

Amount

  Value  

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.130% total to be received $11,503,228 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/10/17 - 06/20/67, totaling $11,732,188)

  $  11,502,145   $ 11,502,145  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $13,872,503 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $14,148,380)

  13,871,000     13,871,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements

      58,371,013  
   

Shares

     

Other Investment Companies - 3.5%

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

  40,652,192     40,652,192  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $99,023,205)

      99,023,205  

Total Investments - 104.6%
(cost $936,364,099)

      1,222,058,558  

Other Assets, less Liabilities -  (4.6)%

    (53,513,986

Net Assets - 100.0%

    $ 1,168,544,572  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Schedule of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

Based on the approximate cost of investments of $937,832,786 for federal income tax purposes at June 30, 2017, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $315,841,589 and $31,615,817, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of investments of $284,225,772.

 

* Non-income producing security.
1 Some or all of these securities, amounting to a market value of $54,374,537, or 4.7% of net assets, were out on loan to various brokers.
2 Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these joint repurchase agreements.
3 Yield shown represents the June 30, 2017, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

(See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

    Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
Level 1
    Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
    Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
    Total  

Investments in Securities

       

Common Stocks

  $ 1,123,035,353       —         —       $ 1,123,035,353  

Short-Term Investments

    .        

Repurchase Agreements

    —       $ 58,371,013       —         58,371,013  

Other Investment Companies

    40,652,192       —         —         40,652,192  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 1,163,687,545     $ 58,371,013       —       $ 1,222,058,558  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  All common stocks held in the Fund are Level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of the common stocks by major industry classification, please refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

As of June 30, 2017, the Fund had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

INVESTMENT DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

ADR: ADR after the name of a holding stands for American Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a domestic custodian bank. The value of the ADR securities is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored ADRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $54,374,537)

   $ 1,222,058,558  

Receivable for investments sold

     6,716,766  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     670,517  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     780,424  

Receivable from affiliate

     28,613  

Prepaid expenses

     53,215  

Total assets

     1,230,308,093  

Liabilities:

  

Payable to Custodian

     5  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     58,371,013  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     1,778,052  

Payable for investments purchased

     88,896  

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     859,721  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N#

     221,962  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     943  

Administrative fees

     143,287  

Trustee fees and expenses

     6,145  

Other

     293,497  

Total liabilities

     61,763,521  

Net Assets

   $ 1,168,544,572  

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 826,496,068  

Accumulated undistributed net investment loss

     (1,708,208

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain from investments

     58,062,253  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     285,694,459  

Net Assets

   $ 1,168,544,572  

Class N:

  

Net Assets

   $ 1,078,173,928  

Shares outstanding - Class N#

     24,517,989  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share - Class N#

   $ 43.97  

Class I:

  

Net Assets

   $ 81,032,219  

Shares outstanding - Class I#

     1,840,751  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share - Class I#

   $ 44.02  

Class Z:

  

Net Assets

   $ 9,338,425  

Shares outstanding - Class Z#

     212,193  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share - Class Z#

   $ 44.01  

* Investments at cost

   $ 936,364,099  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, Class S shares were renamed to Class N shares, and Class I shares and Class Z shares were added as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

For the six month ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividend income

   $ 6,916,174  

Securities lending income

     43,567  

Interest income

     1,185  

Foreign withholding tax

     (11,282

Total investment income

     6,949,644  

Expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     5,935,798  

Administrative fees

     989,299  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N#

     1,599,906  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I#

     942  

Reports to shareholders

     109,058  

Trustees fees and expenses

     66,472  

Professional fees

     54,870  

Custodian fees

     41,426  

Transfer agent fees

     34,951  

Registration fees

     32,376  

Miscellaneous

     15,611  

Total expenses before offsets

     8,880,709  

Expense reimbursements

     (222,857

Net expenses

     8,657,852  

Net investment loss

     (1,708,208

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investments

     63,075,069  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     (47,681,666

Net realized and unrealized gain

     15,393,403  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 13,685,195  

 

# Effective February 27, 2017, Class S shares were renamed to Class N shares, and Class I shares and Class Z shares were added as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     2017#     2016#  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations:

    

Net investment loss

   $ (1,708,208   $ (413,688

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     63,075,069       (3,244,872

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     (47,681,666     275,190,751  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     13,685,195       271,532,191  

Distributions to Shareholders:

    

From net realized gain on investments:

    

Class N

     —         (343,670

Class I

     —         —    

Class Z

     —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (343,670

Capital Share Transactions:1

    

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (347,727,150     (86,547,822

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (334,041,955     184,640,699  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of period

     1,502,586,527       1,317,945,828  

End of period

   $ 1,168,544,572     $ 1,502,586,527  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period accumulated net investment loss

   $ (1,708,208     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1 See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.
# Effective October 1, 2016, and February 27, 2017, the Fund’s share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

    For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017##
    For the year ended December 31,  
Class N   (Unaudited)     2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

  $ 43.30     $ 35.71     $ 39.88     $ 39.75     $ 26.23     $ 21.98  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)1,2

    (0.06     (0.01     (0.03 )4      0.00 5,      (0.06 )6      0.02 7 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.73       7.61       (2.36     1.61       13.59       4.23  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    0.67       7.60       (2.39     1.61       13.53       4.25  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    —         —         (0.00 )      —         (0.01     —    

Net realized gain on investments

    —         (0.01     (1.78     (1.48     (0.00 )      —    

Total distributions to shareholders

    —         (0.01     (1.78     (1.48     (0.01     —    

Net Asset Value, End of Period

  $ 43.97     $ 43.30     $ 35.71     $ 39.88     $ 39.75     $ 26.23  

Total Return2

    1.55 %11      21.31     (6.02 )%8      4.02     51.59     19.34

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    1.32 %12      1.32     1.32     1.32     1.33 %9      1.32 %10 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

    1.35 %12      1.42     1.45     1.45     1.47 %9      1.49 %10 

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets2

    (0.27 )%12      (0.03 )%      (0.08 )%      0.01     (0.18 )%9      0.10 %10 

Portfolio turnover

    10 %11      34     31     37     39     47

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,078,174     $ 1,502,587     $ 1,317,946     $ 1,383,184     $ 969,238     $ 207,324  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the  
     period ended  
Class I    June 30, 2017###
(Unaudited)
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 43.64  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.00 ) 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.38  

Total income from investment operations

     0.38  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 44.02  

Total Return2

     0.87 %11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.08 %12 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.11 %12 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     (0.02 )% 

Portfolio turnover

     10 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 81,032  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the  
     period ended  
Class Z    June 30, 2017###  
   (Unaudited)  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 43.64  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment loss1,2

     (0.00 ) 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.37  

Total income from investment operations

     0.37  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 44.01  

Total Return2

     0.85 %11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.07 %12 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.10 %12 

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.02 )%12 

Portfolio turnover

     10 %11 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 9,338  
  

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01) per share or 0.01% or (0.01)%.
#  Effective October 1, 2016, the Fund’s shares were reclassified and redesignated to Class S.
##  Effective February 27, 2017, Class S was renamed Class N.
###  Commencement of operations was February 27, 2017.
1  Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2  Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3 Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Notes 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)
4 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.04).
5 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.08).
6 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.13).
7 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.05).
8 The total return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown above.
9 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.012% of average net assets.
10 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% of average net assets.
11 Not annualized.
12 Annualized.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

AMG Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks and policies. Included in this report is the AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund (the “Fund”).

Effective October 1, 2016, the Fund’s shares were reclassified and redesignated to Class S. Effective February 27, 2017, Class S shares were renamed to Class N shares, and Class I shares and Z shares were added. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

Effective May 3, 2017, the Fund was re-opened to new investors. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information.

The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), including accounting and reporting guidance pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies. U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements:

a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Equity securities traded on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market system (“NMS”) are valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ official closing price or the official closing price of the relevant exchange or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask prices (the “exchange mean price”). Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market (other than NMS securities) are valued at the exchange mean price. Foreign equity securities (securities principally traded in markets other than U.S. markets) are valued at the official closing price on the primary exchange or, for markets that either do not offer an official closing price or where the official closing price may not be representative of the overall market, the last quoted sale price.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost value is approximately the same as the fair value of the security valued without the use of amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

The Funds’ portfolio investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund portfolio investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee, which is comprised of the Independent Trustees of the Board, and the Pricing Committee, which is comprised of representatives from Investment Manager are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations. The Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if the Investment Manager or the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee and, if required under the Trust’s securities valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from current sale of that portfolio investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental and analytical data relating to the investment; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value portfolio investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Fund, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

With respect to foreign equity securities and certain foreign fixed income securities, the Board has adopted a policy that securities held in a Fund that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day provided that each individual price exceeds a pre-established confidence level.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in

 

 

 

 

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pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. Transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from foreign securities are recorded on the ex-dividend date, and if after the fact as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the funds in the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively the “AMG funds family”) based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Fund’s prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Permanent differences are primarily due to a net operating loss. Temporary differences are due to wash sales.

e. FEDERAL TAXES

The Fund currently qualifies as an investment company and intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, the Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2016, and for all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, management is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred may be carried forward for an unlimited time period, and retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS

As of June 30, 2017, the Fund had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes. Should the Fund incur net capital losses for the year ending December 31, 2017, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, for an unlimited time period.

 

 

 

 

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g. CAPITAL STOCK

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for the Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. The Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Fund in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Fund’s policy

on investment valuation. The Fund will deduct a 2.00% redemption fee from the proceeds of any redemption (including a redemption by exchange) of shares if the redemption occurs within 30 days of the purchase of those shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund received redemption fees amounting to $10,205. These amounts are netted against the cost of shares repurchased in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016, the capital stock transactions by class were as follows:

 

     Skyline Special Equities  
     2017      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Class N:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     1,970,416      $ 85,155,628        9,193,732      $ 336,675,003  

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          7,573        332,585  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (12,153,457      (522,941,967      (11,410,317      (423,555,410
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     (10,183,041    ($ 437,786,339      (2,209,012    ($ 86,547,822
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class I:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     2,055,679      $ 90,046,165        —          —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          —          —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (214,928      (9,231,787      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,840,751      $ 80,814,378        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     222,238      $ 9,679,735        —          —    

Reinvestment of distributions

     —          —          —          —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (10,045      (434,924      —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     212,193      $ 9,244,811        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, including omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Fund as follows: two own 62%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund.

 

h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Fund may enter into third-party repurchase agreements for temporary cash management purposes and third-party joint repurchase agreements for reinvestment of cash collateral on securities lending transactions under the securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) (the “Program”) (collectively, “Repurchase Agreements”). The value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, must equal or exceed the value of the Repurchase Agreements during the term of the agreement. For joint repurchase agreements, the Fund participates on a pro rata basis with other clients of BNYM in its share of the underlying collateral under such joint repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of the underlying collateral. The underlying collateral for all Repurchase Agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

Pursuant to the Program, the Fund is indemnified for such losses by BNYM on joint repurchase agreements.

At June 30, 2017, the market value of Repurchase Agreements outstanding was $58,371,013.

2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

The Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Fund and is responsible for the Fund’s overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisers for the Fund (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadviser’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. The Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by one or more portfolio managers who serve pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager.

 

 

 

 

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Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund paid an investment management fee at the annual rate of 0.90% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Effective July 1, 2017, the management fee was reduced to 0.73% from 0.90%.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund to the annual rate of 1.07% of the Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 2017 the expense limitation was reduced to 0.92% from 1.07% and extended through at least May 1, 2019. The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

Effective, July 1, 2017, in general, for a period of up to 36 months, the Investment Manager may recover from the Fund, fees waived and expenses paid pursuant to this contractual agreement, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed the contractual expense limitation amount.

The Trust on behalf of the Fund, has entered into an amended and restated Administration Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all non-portfolio management aspects of managing the Fund’s operations, including administration and shareholder services to the Fund as further described in the Fund’s prospectus. Effective October 1, 2016, the Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.15% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Fund paid an administration fee under a similar contract at an annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Fund is distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for the Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of the Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Generally the Distributor bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

For each of the Class N and Class I shares, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to each financial intermediary, such as broker-dealers (including fund supermarket platforms), banks and trust companies that provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. The Fund may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net asset value as shown in table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

    Maximum     Actual  
    Annual Amount     Amount  
Fund   Approved     Incurred  

Skyline Special Equities Fund

 

 

Class N

    0.25     0.25

Class I

    0.15     0.01

The Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with an Investment Manager receive an annual retainer and per meeting fees for regular, special and telephonic meetings, and they are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while carrying out their duties as Board members. The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair receive additional annual retainers. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), granted an exemptive order that permits the Fund to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both the borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Administrator manages the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund lent a maximum of $4,417,211 for 12 days earning interest in the amount of $1,185. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no interfund loans outstanding.

3. PURCHASE AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term and U.S. Government Obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were $126,579,330 and $458,837,995, respectively. The Fund had no purchases or sales of U.S. Government Obligations during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

 

 

 

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4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Fund participates in the Program providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Fund, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Fund is indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate omnibus account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into joint repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. At June 30, 2017, the value of the securities loaned and cash collateral received was $54,374,537 and $58,371,013, respectively.

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Fund under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund had no prior claims or losses and expect the risks of loss to be remote.

6. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS

The Fund may enter into master netting agreements with its counterparties for the securities lending program and Repurchase Agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For securities lending transactions, see Note 4.

 

 

The following table is a summary of the Fund’s open Repurchase Agreements that are subject to a master netting agreement as of June 30, 2017:

 

          Gross Amount Not Offset in the        
          Statement of Assets and Liabilities        
   

Net Amounts of Assets

Presented in the Statement

    Financial     Cash Collateral        
Fund   of Assets and Liabilities     Instruments     Received     Net Amount  

BNP Paribas S.A.

  $ 1,872,332     $ 1,872,332       —         —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

    13,863,566       13,863,566       —         —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

    13,863,566       13,863,566       —         —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

    2,279,041       2,279,041       —         —    

Jefferies LLC

    1,119,363       1,119,363       —         —    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    11,502,145       11,502,145       —         —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

    13,871,000       13,871,000       —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 58,371,013     $ 58,371,013       —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

7. REGULATORY UPDATES

On October 31, 2016, the SEC amended existing rules intended to modernize reporting and disclosure of information. These amendments relate to Regulation S-X which sets forth the form and content of financial statements. Management has evaluated the implications of adopting of these amendments and has determined there is no impact on the financial statements and accompanying notes.

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Fund has determined that no material events or transactions occurred through the issuance date of the Fund’s financial statements, which require an additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

 

 

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AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund: Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements on June 28-29, 2017

At an in-person meeting held on June 28-29, 2017, the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), and separately a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved (i) the Investment Management Agreement, as amended pursuant to letter agreements at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) for AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities Fund (the “Fund”) and separately each of Amendment No. 1 thereto dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 2 thereto dated October 1, 2016 and separately an amendment, to be effective July 1, 2017, to the Investment Management Agreement (collectively, the “Investment Management Agreement”) and (ii) the Subadvisory Agreement with the Subadviser for the Fund, as amended at any time prior to the date of the meeting, and separately an amendment to be effective July 1, 2017, to the Subadvisory Agreement (collectively, the “Subadvisory Agreement”). The Independent Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel in connection with their consideration of the approval of these agreements. In considering the Investment Management Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement, the Trustees reviewed a variety of materials relating to the Fund, the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for an appropriate peer group of similar mutual funds (the “Peer Group”), performance information for the relevant benchmark index (the “Fund Benchmark”) and, as to all other matters, other information provided to them on a periodic basis throughout the year, as well as information provided in connection with the meetings of June 28-29, 2017, regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser under their respective agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees: (a) reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management; (b) received materials from

their independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement; and (c) met with their independent legal counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present.

NATURE, EXTENT, AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information relating to the Investment Manager’s operations and personnel. Among other things, the Investment Manager provided financial information, biographical information on its supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Trustees also took into account information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Investment Manager in Board meetings relating to the performance of its duties with respect to the Fund and the Trustees’ knowledge of the Investment Manager’s management and the quality of the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under the Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Investment Manager, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the operation and management of the Fund; (b) the quality of the search, selection and monitoring services performed by the Investment Manager in overseeing the portfolio management responsibilities of the Subadviser; (c) the Investment Manager’s ability to supervise the Fund’s other service providers; and (d) the Investment Manager’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account that, in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser, the Investment Manager: performs periodic detailed analyses and reviews of the performance by the Subadviser of its obligations to the Fund, including without limitation, analysis and review of portfolio and other compliance matters and review of the Subadviser’s investment performance with respect

to the Fund; prepares and presents periodic reports to the Board regarding the investment performance of the Subadviser and other information regarding the Subadviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board may reasonably request; reviews and considers any changes in the personnel of the Subadviser responsible for performing the Subadviser’s obligations and makes appropriate reports to the Board; reviews and considers any changes in the ownership or senior management of the Subadviser and makes appropriate reports to the Board; performs periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings, including with respect to compliance matters, with representatives of the Subadviser; assists the Board and management of the Trust in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of the Subadvisory Agreement and annual consideration of the Subadvisory Agreement thereafter; prepares recommendations with respect to the continued retention of the Subadviser or the replacement of the Subadviser, including at the request of the Board; identifies potential successors to or replacements of the Subadviser or potential additional subadvisers, performs appropriate due diligence, and develops and presents to the Board a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional subadviser, including at the request of the Board; designates and compensates from its own resources such personnel as the Investment Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services; and performs such other review and reporting functions as the Board shall reasonably request consistent with the Investment Management Agreement and applicable law. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Investment Manager with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Investment Management Agreement and the Investment Manager’s undertaking to maintain a contractual expense limitation for the Fund. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s risk management processes.

 

 

 

 

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The Trustees also reviewed information relating to the Subadviser’s operations and personnel and the investment philosophy, strategies and techniques (the “Investment Strategy”) used in managing the Fund. Among other things, the Trustees reviewed biographical information on portfolio management and other professional staff, information regarding the Subadviser’s organizational and management structure and the Subadviser’s brokerage policies and practices. The Trustees considered specific information provided regarding the experience of the individuals at the Subadviser with portfolio management responsibility for the Fund, including the information set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by the Subadviser in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Subadviser’s personnel; and (c) the Subadviser’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Subadviser with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees also considered the Subadviser’s risk management processes.

PERFORMANCE.

Among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class N shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, below, above and above, respectively, the median performance of the Peer Group and below, below, above and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s more recent underperformance relative to its Fund Benchmark and Peer Group. The Trustees noted that Class N shares of the Fund ranked in the top quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 5-year and 10-year periods. The Trustees concluded that

the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

As noted above, the Board considered the Fund’s net performance during relevant time periods as compared to the Fund’s Peer Group and Fund Benchmark and considered the gross performance of the Fund as compared to the Subadviser’s relevant performance composite that utilizes the same investment strategy and approach and noted that the Board reviews on a quarterly basis detailed information about both the Fund’s performance results and portfolio composition, as well as the Subadviser’s Investment Strategy. The Board noted the Investment Manager’s expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of the Subadviser. The Board was mindful of the Investment Manager’s attention to monitoring the Subadviser’s performance with respect to the Fund and its discussions with management regarding the factors that contributed to the performance of the Fund.

ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.

In considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee charged by the Investment Manager for managing the Fund, the Trustees noted that the Investment Manager, and not the Fund, is responsible for paying the fees charged by the Fund’s Subadviser and, therefore, that the fees paid to the Investment Manager cover the cost of providing portfolio management services as well as the cost of providing search, selection and monitoring services in operating a “manager-of-managers” complex of mutual funds. The Trustees noted that, effective July 1, 2017, the management fee rate for the Fund will be reduced. The Trustees also considered the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Investment Manager after payment of the subadvisory fee with respect to the Fund. The Trustees also noted any payments that were made from the Subadviser to the Investment Manager, and any other payments made or to be made from the Investment Manager to the Subadviser. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the high quality supervisory services

provided by the Investment Manager and the fact that the subadvisory fees are paid out of the advisory fee, the advisory fee payable by the Fund to the Investment Manager can reasonably be expected to exceed the median advisory fee for the Peer Group, which consists of many funds that do not operate with a manager-of-managers structure. In this regard, the Trustees also noted that the Investment Manager has undertaken to maintain a contractual expense limitation for the Fund.

In addition, in considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager, the Trustees also reviewed information provided by the Investment Manager setting forth all revenues and other benefits, both direct and indirect (including any so-called “fallout benefits” such as reputational value derived from the Investment Manager serving as Investment Manager to the Fund), received by the Investment Manager and its affiliates attributable to managing the Fund and all the mutual funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, the cost of providing such services, the enterprise and entrepreneurial risks undertaken as Investment Manager and sponsor of the Fund and the resulting profitability to the Investment Manager and its affiliates from these relationships. The Trustees also noted the current asset levels of the Fund and the willingness of the Investment Manager to waive fees and pay expenses for the Fund from time to time as a means of limiting the total expenses of the Fund. The Trustees also considered management’s discussion of the current asset level of the Fund, and the impact on profitability of both the current asset level and any future growth of assets of the Fund. The Board took into account management’s discussion of the current and proposed advisory fee structure, and, as noted above, the services the Investment Manager provides in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser. In this regard, the Trustees noted that, unlike a mutual fund that is managed by a single investment adviser, the Fund operates in a manager-of-managers structure. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the

 

 

 

 

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Investment Manager is reasonable and that the Investment Manager is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory fees for the Fund at this time (after noting the fee changes made at the meeting). With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees also noted that as the Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent that the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

In considering the reasonableness of the fee payable by the Investment Manager to the Subadviser, the Trustees relied on the ability of the Investment Manager to negotiate the terms of the Subadvisory Agreement at arm’s length as part of the manager-of-managers structure, noting that the Subadviser is not affiliated with the Investment Manager. In addition, the Trustees considered other potential benefits of the subadvisory relationship to the Subadviser, including, among others, the indirect benefits that the Subadviser may receive from the Subadviser’s relationship with the Fund, including any so-called “fallout benefits” to the Subadviser, such as reputational value derived from the Subadviser serving as Subadviser to the Fund, which bears the Subadviser’s name. The Trustees noted the current asset levels of the Fund and the undertaking by the Investment Manager to maintain a contractual expense limitation for the Fund. In addition, the Trustees noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. As a consequence of all of the foregoing, the cost of services to be provided by the Subadviser and the profitability to the Subadviser of its relationship with the Fund were not material factors in the Trustees’ deliberations. For similar reasons, the Trustees did not consider potential economies of scale in the management of the Fund by the Subadviser to be a material factor in their deliberations at this time (after noting the fee rate changes made at the meeting).

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted

average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both higher than the average for the Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that effective July 1, 2017, the Fund’s existing contractual expense limitation agreement will be replaced with a new contractual expense limitation agreement pursuant to which the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2019, to lower the Fund’s contractual expense limitation from 1.07% to 0.92% of the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses), subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances. The Trustees noted that, effective July 1, 2017, the Fund’s management fee rate was being reduced. The Trustees also took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and competitiveness with select competitors. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

*    *    *    *

After consideration of the foregoing, the Trustees also reached the following conclusions (in addition to the conclusions discussed above) regarding the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement: (a) the Investment Manager and the Subadviser have demonstrated that they possess the capability and resources to perform the duties required of them under the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement; (b) the Subadviser’s Investment Strategy is appropriate for pursuing the Fund’s investment objectives; and (c) the Investment Manager and the Subadviser maintain appropriate compliance programs.

Based on all of the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each

Trustee not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Trustees concluded that approval of the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on June 28-29, 2017, the Trustees, and separately a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement for the Fund.

 

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300, Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

DISTRIBUTOR

AMG Distributors, Inc.

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300, Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

SUBADVISER

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1320

Chicago, IL 60603

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199-3600

TRANSFER AGENT

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: AMG Funds

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

TRUSTEES

Bruce B. Bingham

Christine C. Carsman

Edward J. Kaier

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Richard F. Powers, III

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

Thomas R. Schneeweis

This report is prepared for the Fund’s shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Current net asset values per share for the Fund are available on the Fund’s website at www.amgfunds.com.

A description of the policies and procedures the Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding the Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.

 

 

 

 

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AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced

First Quadrant, L.P.

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity

AMG FQ U.S. Equity

First Quadrant, L.P.

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core

AMG GW&K Small Cap Growth

AMG GW&K U.S. Small Cap Growth

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

AMG Renaissance International Equity

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth

The Renaissance Group LLC

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value II

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value

AMG River Road Long-Short

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value

AMG River Road Small Cap Value

River Road Asset Management, LLC

AMG SouthernSun Small Cap

AMG SouthernSun Global Opportunities

AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity

SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC

AMG Systematic Large Cap Value

AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity

AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

AMG Yacktman

AMG Yacktman Focused

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Yacktman Asset Management LP

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG GW&K Core Bond

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

 

OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Lake Partners LASSO Alternative

Lake Partners, Inc.

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Balanced

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Brandywine

AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap Growth

AMG Managers Brandywine Blue

Friess Associates, LLC

AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies

AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

AMG Managers CenterSquare Real Estate

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

 

AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

AMG Managers Fairpointe Focused Equity

AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap

Fairpointe Capital LLC

AMG Managers Guardian Capital Global Dividend

Guardian Capital LP

AMG Managers LMCG Small Cap Growth

LMCG Investments, LLC

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Growth

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

AMG Managers Pictet International

Pictet Asset Management Limited

AMG Managers Silvercrest Small Cap

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

AMG Managers Special Equity

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

AMG Managers Value Partners Asia Dividend

Value Partners Hong Kong Limited

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

AMG Managers Doubleline Core Plus Bond

DoubleLine Capital LP

AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity

AMG Managers Loomis Sayles Bond

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

 

 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

AMG Funds

June 30, 2017

 

LOGO

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

Class N: MRLTX    |    Class I: MRLSX    |    Class Z: MRLIX

AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

Class N: RIEIX    |    Class I: RIESX    |    Class Z: RIELX

 

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AMG Funds

Semi-Annual Report—June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

 

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ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     2  

FUND PERFORMANCE

     3  

FUND SNAPSHOTS AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

     4  

AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

     7  

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     10  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     13  

Balance sheets, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     15  

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the period

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     16  

Detail of changes in assets for the past two periods

  

Financial Highlights

     17  

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

Notes to Financial Statements

     21  

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

ANNUAL RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

     28  

 

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Funds family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.


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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017   Expense
Ratio for
the Period
    Beginning
Account
Value
01/01/17
    Ending
Account
Value
6/30/17
    Expenses
Paid During
the Period*
 

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

       

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.06   $ 1,000     $ 1,094     $ 5.50  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.06   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 5.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.78   $ 1,000     $ 1,096     $ 4.05  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.78   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 3.91  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.66   $ 1,000     $ 1,097     $ 3.43  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.66   $ 1,000     $ 1,022     $ 3.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

       

Class N

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.25   $ 1,000     $ 1,174     $ 6.74  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.25   $ 1,000     $ 1,019     $ 6.26  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.96   $ 1,000     $ 1,176     $ 5.18  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.96   $ 1,000     $ 1,020     $ 4.81  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.85   $ 1,000     $ 1,176     $ 4.59  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.85   $ 1,000     $ 1,021     $ 4.26  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.
 

 

 

 

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Fund Performance (unaudited)

Periods ended June 30, 2017

 

 

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s relative index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns1   Six
Months*
    One
Year
    Five
Years
    Since
Inception
    Inception
Date
 

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund 2,3,4

         

Class N

    9.44     21.38     15.13     13.77     06/03/09  

Class I

    9.63     21.70     15.53     14.12     06/03/09  

Class Z

    9.65     21.92     15.71     14.31     06/03/09  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Russell 1000® Growth Index5

    13.99     20.42     15.30     15.82     06/03/09  

AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund 2,4,6,7,8

         

Class N

    17.36     20.39     —         1.06     06/16/14  

Class I

    17.59     20.77     —         1.43     06/16/14  

Class Z

    17.59     20.87     —         1.52     06/16/14  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

MSCI ACWI ex USA9,10

    14.10     20.45     7.22     1.02     06/16/14  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per share for the Fund and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

 

*  Not annualized.
The date reflects the inception date of the Fund, not the index.
1  Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Funds are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2017. All returns are in U.S. dollars ($).
2  From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.
3  The Fund invests in large-capitalization companies that may underperform other stock funds (such as funds that focus on small- and medium-capitalization companies) when stocks of large-capitalization companies are out of favor.
4  The Fund invests in growth stocks, which may be more sensitive to market movements because their prices tend to reflect future investor expectations rather than just current profits.
5  The Russell 1000® Growth Index is a market capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000®companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 1000® Growth Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.
6  The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in mid-capitalization companies such as greater price volatility lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.
7  The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in emerging markets, such as erratic earnings patterns, economic and political instability, changing exchange controls, limitations on repatriation of foreign capital, and changes in local governmental attitudes toward private investment, possibly leading to nationalization or confiscation of investor assets.
8  Investments in foreign securities, even though publicly traded in the United States, may involve risks which are in addition to those inherent in domestic investments. The Fund is subject to currency risk resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates that may affect the total loss or gain on a non-U.S. Dollar investment when converted back to U.S. Dollars.
9  The MSCI All Country World Index (“ACWI”) Index is a free float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The index consists of 22 developed and 24 emerging market country indices. The developed market country indices included are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The emerging market country indices included are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Fund, the Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.
10  All MSCI data is provided ‘as is.’ The products described herein are not sponsored or endorsed and have not been reviewed or passed on by MSCI. In no event shall MSCI, its affiliates, or any MSCI data provider have any liability of any kind in connection with the MSCI data or the products described herein. Copying or redistributing the MSCI data is strictly prohibited.

The Russell 1000® Growth Index is a trademark of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.

Not FDIC Insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

 

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AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

  AMG Renaissance
Large Cap
Growth Fund*
  Russell 1000®
Growth Index

Information Technology

      33.7 %       36.2 %

Health Care

      19.8 %       13.6 %

Consumer Discretionary

      18.2 %       18.6 %

Industrials

      16.2 %       12.3 %

Financials

      7.6 %       3.4 %

Consumer Staples

      1.9 %       7.6 %

Materials

      0.9 %       3.9 %

Real Estate

      0.0 %       2.6 %

Energy

      0.0 %       0.8 %

Telecommunication Services

      0.0 %       1.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

      1.7 %       0.0 %

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

       2.0 %

CVS Health Corp.

       1.9

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       1.9

Carnival Corp.

       1.9

Facebook, Inc., Class A

       1.9

Celgene Corp.

       1.9

Masco Corp.

       1.9

Western Digital Corp.**

       1.9

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

       1.9

Apple, Inc.**

       1.8
    

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

       19.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 98.3%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 18.2%

     

Carnival Corp.

     22,247      $ 1,458,736  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     15,176        1,372,517  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.1

     30,327        1,207,924  

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A*,1

     46,692        1,206,054  

Dollar General Corp.

     19,272        1,389,319  

Foot Locker, Inc.

     18,237        898,719  

The Home Depot, Inc.

     8,984        1,378,146  

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

     58,857        1,447,882  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

     5,391        1,179,227  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     21,813        1,259,265  

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A1

     18,160        1,240,510  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        14,038,299  

Consumer Staples - 1.9%

     

CVS Health Corp.

     18,475        1,486,499  

Financials - 7.6%

     

American Express Co.

     16,609        1,399,142  

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     33,134        1,423,437  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     13,718        1,483,465  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     20,465        1,518,708  

Total Financials

        5,824,752  

Health Care - 19.8%

     

Aetna, Inc.

     9,090        1,380,135  

Amgen, Inc.

     7,995        1,376,979  

Anthem, Inc.

     7,210        1,356,417  

Biogen, Inc.*

     4,928        1,337,262  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     18,290        1,425,157  

Celgene Corp.*

     11,215        1,456,492  

Cigna Corp.

     8,279        1,385,822  

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

     21,926        1,399,756  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     19,364        1,370,584  

Hologic, Inc.*

     30,180        1,369,568  

McKesson Corp.

     8,692        1,430,182  

Total Health Care

        15,288,354  

Industrials - 16.2%

     

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     14,583        1,308,970  

The Boeing Co.

     7,019        1,388,007  

Cummins, Inc.

     8,661        1,404,987  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     9,306        1,333,085  

Masco Corp.

     37,962        1,450,528  
     Shares      Value  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     8,476      $ 1,372,773  

Southwest Airlines Co.

     23,171        1,439,846  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     10,106        1,422,217  

Union Pacific Corp.

     12,508        1,362,246  

Total Industrials

        12,482,659  

Information Technology - 33.7%

     

Adobe Systems, Inc.*

     9,623        1,361,077  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

     1,419        1,319,216  

Apple, Inc.

     10,019        1,442,936  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     31,779        1,312,791  

Citrix Systems, Inc.*

     17,932        1,427,029  

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

     13,168        1,392,121  

F5 Networks, Inc.*

     10,920        1,387,495  

Facebook, Inc., Class A*

     9,657        1,458,014  

International Business Machines Corp.

     8,239        1,267,405  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     46,931        1,308,436  

Lam Research Corp.

     8,688        1,228,744  

Microsoft Corp.

     19,428        1,339,172  

NetApp, Inc.

     34,603        1,385,850  

Oracle Corp.

     27,044        1,355,986  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     13,294        1,275,559  

Synopsys, Inc.*

     19,747        1,440,149  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     18,287        1,406,819  

Total System Services, Inc.

     24,033        1,399,922  

Western Digital Corp.

     16,369        1,450,293  

Total Information Technology

        25,959,014  

Materials - 0.9%

     

Crown Holdings, Inc.*

     12,003        716,099  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $64,664,981)

        75,795,676  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Short-Term Investments - 4.3%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 3.6%2

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $76,041 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $77,555)

   $ 76,034      $ 76,034  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $1,000,096 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $1,020,000)

     1,000,000        1,000,000  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $593,128 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $604,932)

     593,071        593,071  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $92,558 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $94,401)

     92,550        92,550  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $45,462 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $46,366)

     45,457        45,457  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $1,000,108 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $1,019,997)

     1,000,000        1,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        2,807,112  
     Shares      Value  

Other Investment Companies - 0.7%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3 (cost $495,436)

     495,436      $ 495,436  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $3,302,548)

        3,302,548  

Total Investments - 102.6%
(cost $67,967,529)

        79,098,224  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (2.6)%

        (2,012,490

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 77,085,734  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

  AMG Renaissance
International
Equity Fund*
  MSCI ACWI
ex USA

Industrials

      18.2 %       12.0 %

Consumer Discretionary

      16.4 %       11.3 %

Financials

      16.2 %       23.3 %

Information Technology

      16.2 %       10.8 %

Materials

      10.3 %       7.6 %

Telecommunication Services

      6.7 %       4.4 %

Consumer Staples

      5.4 %       9.9 %

Health Care

      3.8 %       8.1 %

Real Estate

      2.0 %       3.2 %

Utilities

      1.6 %       3.1 %

Energy

      1.6 %       6.3 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

      1.6 %       0.0 %

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets

China Lodging Group, Ltd., Sponsored ADR**

       2.2 %

Ryanair Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR

       2.1

WH Group, Ltd., Sponsored ADR**

       2.1

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Sponsored ADR

       2.0

Colliers International Group, Inc.

       2.0

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, ADR

       2.0

ICON PLC

       2.0

Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV, ADR, Series B shares

       1.9

Carnival PLC, ADR

       1.9

KB Financial Group, Inc., ADR

       1.9
    

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

       20.1 %
    

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 98.4%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 16.4%

     

Bridgestone Corp., ADR (Japan)

     2,019      $ 43,631  

Carnival PLC, ADR (United States)

     740        48,929  

China Lodging Group, Ltd., Sponsored ADR (China)*

     706        56,960  

GKN PLC, Sponsored ADR (United Kingdom)1

     9,634        41,137  

Magna International, Inc. (Canada)

     1,040        48,183  

Pandora A/S, Sponsored ADR (Denmark)1

     1,948        45,486  

Persimmon PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)1

     794        46,298  

Renault, S.A., ADR (France)

     2,512        45,668  

Valeo, S.A., Sponsored ADR (France)

     1,319        44,628  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        420,920  

Consumer Staples - 5.4%

     

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV, Sponsored ADR (Netherlands)

     2,043        39,110  

Unilever PLC, Sponsored ADR (United Kingdom)

     846        45,786  

WH Group, Ltd., Sponsored ADR (Hong Kong)

     2,625        52,802  

Total Consumer Staples

        137,698  

Energy - 1.6%

     

LUKOIL PJSC, Sponsored ADR (Russia)

     811        39,569  

Financials - 16.2%

     

Allianz SE, Sponsored ADR (Germany)

     2,312        45,720  

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd., Sponsored ADR (Singapore)

     775        46,888  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Sponsored ADR (Mexico)

     1,597        50,992  

Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV, ADR, Series B shares (Mexico)

     5,101        49,174  

Kasikornbank PCL, ADR (Thailand)1

     1,913        44,917  

KB Financial Group, Inc., ADR (South Korea)

     968        48,874  

Manulife Financial Corp. (Canada)

     2,313        43,392  

ORIX Corp., Sponsored ADR (Japan)

     540        42,082  

SCOR SE, Sponsored ADR (France)1

     10,847        43,822  

Total Financials

        415,861  

Health Care - 3.8%

     

ICON PLC (Ireland)*

     512        50,068  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (Ireland)*

     309        48,050  

Total Health Care

        98,118  

Industrials - 18.2%

     

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios, S.A. (Spain)

     1,148        44,386  

AerCap Holdings N.V. (Ireland)*

     909        42,205  
     Shares      Value  

Canadian National Railway Co. (Canada)

     568      $ 46,036  

China Eastern Airlines Corp., Ltd., ADR (China)1

     1,557        47,644  

Controladora Vuela Cia de Aviacion SAB de CV, ADR (Mexico)*

     3,290        47,869  

Deutsche Post AG, Sponsored ADR (Germany)

     1,246        46,850  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp., ADR (Japan)

     1,558        45,073  

Ryanair Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR
(Ireland)*

     498        53,590  

SMC Corp., Sponsored ADR (Japan)

     2,827        43,281  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, ADR (Denmark)

     1,638        50,401  

Total Industrials

        467,335  

Information Technology - 16.2%

     

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., ADR (Taiwan)

     6,735        42,498  

Capgemini SE, ADR (France)

     2,361        48,802  

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Israel)*

     411        44,832  

Infineon Technologies AG, ADR (Germany)

     2,292        48,820  

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ADR (Japan)1

     1,281        48,755  

NetEase, Inc., ADR (China)

     154        46,297  

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Netherlands)*

     394        43,123  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR (Taiwan)

     1,344        46,986  

Wipro, Ltd., ADR (India)1

     8,432        43,846  

Total Information Technology

        413,959  

Materials - 10.3%

     

Akzo Nobel NV, Sponsored ADR (Netherlands)

     1,535        44,530  

Arkema, S.A., Sponsored ADR (France)

     430        46,208  

CRH PLC, Sponsored ADR (Ireland)

     1,257        44,586  

Linde AG, Sponsored ADR (Germany)

     2,532        48,538  

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR (China)

     733        39,223  

Toray Industries, Inc., ADR (Japan)

     2,399        40,351  

Total Materials

        263,436  

Real Estate - 2.0%

     

Colliers International Group, Inc. (Canada)

     902        50,918  

Telecommunication Services - 6.7%

     

China Mobile, Ltd., Sponsored ADR (Hong Kong)

     750        39,817  

KDDI Corp., ADR (Japan)

     3,165        41,715  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., ADR (Japan)

     964        45,424  

SK Telecom Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR (South Korea)

     1,713        43,973  

Total Telecommunication Services

        170,929  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

         
Shares
     Value  

Utilities - 1.6%

     

Korea Electric Power Corp., Sponsored ADR (South Korea)

     2,324      $ 41,762  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $2,180,846)

        2,520,505  

Rights - 0.0%#

     

Industrials - 0.0%#

     

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios, S.A. (cost $964)*

     1,148        918  
     Principal
Amount
        

Short-Term Investments - 9.6%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 8.9%2

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.120% total to be received $9,657 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $9,849)

   $ 9,656        9,656  

Citibank N.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.080% total to be received $202,321 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.000%, 11/15/17 - 02/15/47, totaling $206,349)

     202,303        202,303  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.070% total to be received $11,754 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $11,988)

     11,753        11,753  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $5,773 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $5,887)

     5,772        5,772  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        229,484  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Other Investment Companies - 0.7%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

   $ 17,359      $ 17,359  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $246,843)

        246,843  

Total Investments - 108.0%
(cost $2,428,653)

        2,768,266  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (8.0)%

        (206,152

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 2,562,114  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

At June 30, 2017, the approximate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for federal income tax were as follows:

 

Fund    Cost      Appreciation      Depreciation      Net  

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 67,997,702      $ 12,958,617      $ (1,858,095    $ 11,100,522  

AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

     2,606,243        220,126        (58,103      162,023  

 

*  Non-income producing security.
#  Rounds to less than 0.05%.
1  Some or all of these securities were out on loan to various brokers as of June 30, 2017, amounting to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 2,740,856        3.6

AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

     224,483        8.8

 

2  Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these joint repurchase agreements.
3  Yield shown represents the June 30, 2017, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

Country

   AMG Renaissance
International
Equity Fund†
  MSCI ACWI
ex USA

Australia

       0.0 %       4.9 %

Austria

       0.0 %       0.2 %

Belgium

       0.0 %       0.8 %

Brazil

       0.0 %       1.6 %

Canada

       7.5 %       6.6 %

Chile

       0.0 %       0.3 %

China

       7.5 %       6.6 %

Colombia

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Denmark

       3.8 %       1.3 %

Finland

       0.0 %       0.7 %

France

       9.1 %       7.3 %

Germany

       7.5 %       6.6 %

Greece

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Hong Kong

       3.7 %       2.4 %

Hungary

       0.0 %       0.1 %

India

       1.7 %       2.1 %

Indonesia

       0.0 %       0.6 %

Ireland

       9.5 %       0.3 %

Israel

       1.8 %       0.5 %

Italy

       0.0 %       1.6 %

Japan

       13.9 %       16.3 %

Malaysia

       0.0 %       0.6 %

Country

   AMG Renaissance
International
Equity Fund†
  MSCI ACWI
ex USA

Mexico

       5.9 %       0.9 %

Netherlands

       5.0 %       2.5 %

New Zealand

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Norway

       0.0 %       0.4 %

Peru

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Philippines

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Poland

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Portugal

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Qatar

       0.0 %       0.2 %

Russia

       1.6 %       0.7 %

Singapore

       1.9 %       0.9 %

South Africa

       0.0 %       1.6 %

South Korea

       5.3 %       3.7 %

Spain

       1.8 %       2.4 %

Sweden

       0.0 %       2.0 %

Switzerland

       0.0 %       5.9 %

Taiwan

       3.5 %       3.0 %

Thailand

       1.8 %       0.5 %

Turkey

       0.0 %       0.3 %

United Arab Emirates

       0.0 %       0.2 %

United Kingdom

       5.3 %       12.3 %

United States

       1.9 %       0.0 %
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       100.0 %       100.0 %
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
As a percentage of total long term investments as of June 30, 2017.
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017:

(See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

    

Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Investments

Level 1

    

Significant Other
Observable Inputs

Level 2

     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           
                                     

Common Stocks†

   $ 75,795,676        —          —        $ 75,795,676  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —        $ 2,807,112        —          2,807,112  

Other Investment Companies

     495,436        —          —          495,436  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 76,291,112      $ 2,807,112        —        $ 79,098,224  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    

Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Investments

Level 1

    

Significant Other
Observable Inputs

Level 2

     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           
                                     

Common Stocks†

   $ 2,520,505        —          —        $ 2,520,505  

Rights

     918        —          —          918  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —        $ 229,484        —          229,484  

Other Investment Companies

     17,359        —          —          17,359  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 2,538,782      $ 229,484        —        $ 2,768,266  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

All common stocks held in the Funds are Level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of the common stocks by major industry classification, please refer to each fund’s respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

As of June 30, 2017, the Funds had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

INVESTMENTS DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

ADR: ADR after the name of a holding stands for American Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a domestic custodian bank. The value of an ADR security is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored ADRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG Renaissance
Large Cap
Growth Fund
     AMG Renaissance
International
Equity Fund
 

Assets:

     

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $2,740,856 and $224,483, respectively)

   $ 79,098,224      $ 2,768,266  

Cash

     —          33  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     14,371        —    

Receivable for investments sold

     3,049,921        —    

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     38,892        15,412  

Receivable from affiliate

     13,765        9,012  

Prepaid expenses

     37,778        34,007  

Total assets

     82,252,951        2,826,730  

Liabilities:

     

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     2,807,112        229,484  

Payable for investments purchased

     2,082,341        —    

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     188,816        —    

Accrued expenses:

     

Investment advisory and management fees

     34,284        845  

Administrative fees

     9,716        317  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     —          28  

Distribution fees - Class N

     947        97  

Professional fees

     18,204        19,514  

Trustees fees and expenses

     348        6  

Other

     25,449        14,325  

Total liabilities

     5,167,217        264,616  

Net Assets

   $ 77,085,734      $ 2,562,114  

* Investments at cost

   $ 67,967,529      $ 2,428,653  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

     AMG Renaissance
Large Cap
Growth Fund
     AMG Renaissance
International
Equity Fund
 

Net Assets Represent:

     

Paid-in capital

   $ 62,500,017      $ 2,626,620  

Undistributed net investment income

     304,069        24,699  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments

     3,150,953        (428,818

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     11,130,695        339,613  

Net Assets

   $ 77,085,734      $ 2,562,114  

Class N:

     

Net Assets

   $ 4,486,654      $ 455,101  

Shares outstanding

     345,755        45,763  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 12.98      $ 9.94  

Class I:

     

Net Assets

   $ 9,043,478      $ 253,616  

Shares outstanding

     690,966        25,467  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 13.09      $ 9.96  

Class Z:

     

Net Assets

   $ 63,555,602      $ 1,853,397  

Shares outstanding

     4,908,365        186,014  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 12.95      $ 9.96  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG Renaissance
Large Cap Growth
Fund
    AMG Renaissance
International
Equity Fund
 

Investment Income:

    

Dividend income

   $ 577,155     $ 41,881  

Securities lending income

     1,068       3,998  

Foreign withholding tax

     —         (5,015

Total investment income

     578,223       40,864  

Expenses:

    

Investment advisory and management fees

     212,664       4,748  

Administrative fees

     58,784       1,780  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     3,186       345  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     7,811       114  

Distribution fees - Class N

     5,311       574  

Registration fees

     27,181       25,219  

Professional fees

     15,825       14,914  

Reports to shareholders

     10,171       2,269  

Transfer agent fees

     4,664       297  

Trustees fees and expenses

     3,456       103  

Custodian fees

     2,683       4,664  

Miscellaneous

     1,088       477  

Total expenses before offsets/reductions

     352,824       55,504  

Expense reimbursements

     (77,864     (44,382

Expense reductions

     (806     (548

Net expenses

     274,154       10,574  

Net investment income

     304,069       30,290  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

    

Net realized gain on investments

     2,395,750       45,067  

Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions

     —         (321

Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments

     4,391,295       294,989  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     6,787,045       339,735  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 7,091,114     $ 370,025  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG Renaissance
Large Cap
Growth Fund
    AMG Renaissance
International

Equity Fund
 
     2017     2016#     2017      2016#  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations:

         

Net investment income

   $ 304,069     $ 552,593     $ 30,290      $ 41,696  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     2,395,750       1,749,376       44,746        (227,905

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     4,391,295       3,950,607       294,989        93,548  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     7,091,114       6,252,576       370,025        (92,661

Distributions to Shareholders:

         

From net investment income:

         

Class N

     —         (12,054     —          (7,871

Class I

     —         (94,667     —          (4,116

Class Z

     —         (447,027     —          (35,776

From net realized gain on investments:

         

Class N

     —         (41,286     —          —    

Class I

     —         (205,073     —          —    

Class Z

     —         (778,779     —          —    

From paid-in capital:

         

Class N

     —         —         —          (3,077

Class I

     —         —         —          (1,609

Class Z

     —         —         —          (13,989

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (1,578,886     —          (66,438

Capital Share Transactions:1

         

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (1,713,900     3,346,471       137,598        (906,207

Total increase in net assets

     5,377,214       8,020,161       507,623        (1,065,306

Net Assets:

         

Beginning of Period

     71,708,520       63,688,359       2,054,491        3,119,797  

End of Period

   $ 77,085,734     $ 71,708,520     $ 2,562,114      $ 2,054,491  

Undistributed (distributions in excess) of net investment income

   $ 304,069       —       $ 24,699      $ (5,591
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

#  Effective October 1, 2016, the Funds’ share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
1  See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017

    For the years ended December 31,  
Class N    (unaudited)     2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 11.86     $ 11.10     $ 11.51     $ 11.80     $ 11.63     $ 10.77  

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.03       0.04       0.01       0.03       0.01       0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.09       0.94       (0.18     2.30       3.95       1.83  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.12       0.98       (0.17     2.33       3.96       1.84  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.05     —         (0.03     (0.08     (0.01

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.17     (0.24     (2.59     (3.71     (0.97

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.22     (0.24     (2.62     (3.79     (0.98

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 12.98     $ 11.86     $ 11.10     $ 11.51     $ 11.80     $ 11.63  

Total Return2

     9.44 %10      8.81     (1.53 )%      19.59 %5      34.17 %5      17.10

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets3

     1.06 %11      1.15     1.14     1.14     1.17 %6      1.15 %7 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     1.26 %11      1.44     1.58     1.97     1.71 %6      1.65 %7 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     0.42 %11      0.39     0.09     0.23     0.10 %6      0.10 %7 

Portfolio turnover

     17 %10      37     48     60     53     86

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 4,487     $ 3,069     $ 2,533     $ 7,239     $ 984     $ 562  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017

    For the years ended December 31,  
Class I    (unaudited)     2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 11.94     $ 11.17     $ 11.59     $ 11.87     $ 11.68     $ 10.83  

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.04       0.08       0.06       0.07       0.07       0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.11       0.94       (0.20     2.33       3.97       1.82  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.15       1.02       (0.14     2.40       4.04       1.87  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.08     (0.04     (0.05     (0.11     (0.05

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.17     (0.24     (2.63     (3.74     (0.97

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.25     (0.28     (2.68     (3.85     (1.02

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 13.09     $ 11.94     $ 11.17     $ 11.59     $ 11.87     $ 11.68  

Total Return2

     9.63 %10      9.12     (1.23 )%      20.08     34.75     17.42

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets3

     0.78 %11      0.81     0.80     0.75     0.77 %6      0.82 %7 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     0.98 %11      1.10     1.23     1.59     1.30 %6      1.32 %7 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     0.70 %11      0.73     0.52     0.51     0.49 %6      0.43 %7 

Portfolio turnover

     17 %10      37     48     60     53     86

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 9,043     $ 14,173     $ 17,189     $ 14,343     $ 11,336     $ 8,814  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017

    For the years ended December 31,  
Class Z    (unaudited)     2016#     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 11.81     $ 11.04     $ 11.45     $ 11.76     $ 11.58     $ 10.74  

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.05       0.10       0.09       0.08       0.08       0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.09       0.94       (0.21     2.31       3.94       1.81  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.14       1.04       (0.12     2.39       4.02       1.89  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.10     (0.05     (0.07     (0.13     (0.08

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.17     (0.24     (2.63     (3.71     (0.97

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.27     (0.29     (2.70     (3.84     (1.05

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 12.95     $ 11.81     $ 11.04     $ 11.45     $ 11.76     $ 11.58  

Total Return2

     9.65 %10      9.38     (1.06 )%      20.15     34.95     17.62

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets3

     0.66 %11      0.65     0.64     0.64     0.67 %6      0.65 %7 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     0.86 %11      0.94     1.07     1.51     1.16 %6      1.15 %7 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     0.82 %11      0.89     0.76     0.63     0.58 %6      0.64 %7 

Portfolio turnover

     17 %10      37     48     60     53     86

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 63,556     $ 54,467     $ 43,966     $ 8,184     $ 3,612     $ 15,674  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

    

For the six
months ended

June 30, 2017
(unaudited)

    For the years
ended
December 31,
   

For the period

from June 16, 2014
through
December 31, 2014*

 
Class N      2016#     2015    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 8.47     $ 8.90     $ 9.13     $ 10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

        

Net investment income1,2

     0.10       0.12       0.06 8      0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.37       (0.33     (0.20     (0.87

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.47       (0.21     (0.14     (0.84

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

     —         (0.16     (0.09     (0.03

Paid-in capital

     —         (0.06     —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.22     (0.09     (0.03

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.94     $ 8.47     $ 8.90     $ 9.13  

Total Return2

     17.36 %10      (2.37 )%      (1.56 )%5      (8.45 )%5,10 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets9

     1.23 %11      1.30     1.29     1.12 %11 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     4.99 %11      4.00     4.78     7.85 %11 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.22 %11      1.36     0.68     0.49 %11 

Portfolio turnover

     39 %10      93     46     20 %10 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 455     $ 357     $ 1,010     $ 85  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017

(unaudited)

    For the years ended
December 31,
   

For the period
from June 16, 2014
through

December 31, 2014*

 
Class I      2016#     2015    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 8.47     $ 8.93     $ 9.12     $ 10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

        

Net investment income1,2

     0.12       0.13       0.11 8      0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.37       (0.31     (0.21     (0.89

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.49       (0.18     (0.10     (0.84

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

     —         (0.20     (0.09     (0.04

Paid-in capital

     —         (0.08     —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.28     (0.09     (0.04

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.96     $ 8.47     $ 8.93     $ 9.12  

Total Return2

     17.59 %10      (2.02 )%      (1.11 )%      (8.36 )%10 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets9

     0.94 %11      0.90     0.87     0.87 %11 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     4.70 %11      4.00     4.28     7.98 %11 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.51 %11      1.54     1.17     0.86 %11 

Portfolio turnover

     39 %10      93     46     20 %10 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 254     $ 179     $ 177     $ 100  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
(unaudited)
    For the years ended
December 31,
    For the period
from June 16, 2014
through
December 31, 2014*
 
Class Z      2016#     2015    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 8.47     $ 8.92     $ 9.12     $ 10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

        

Net investment income1,2

     0.12       0.15       0.13 8      0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.37       (0.31     (0.23     (0.88

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.49       (0.16     (0.10     (0.83

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

     —         (0.21     (0.10     (0.05

Paid-in capital

     —         (0.08     —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.29     (0.10     (0.05

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 9.96     $ 8.47     $ 8.92     $ 9.12  

Total Return2

     17.59 %10      (1.83 )%      (1.08 )%      (8.32 )%10 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets9

     0.83 %11      0.80     0.79     0.76 %11 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets4

     4.59 %11      3.79     4.03     7.70 %11 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.62 %11      1.71     1.34     0.91 %11 

Portfolio turnover

     39 %10      93     46     20 %10 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,853     $ 1,519     $ 1,933     $ 1,944  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

* Commencement of operations was on June 16, 2014.
# Effective October 1, 2016, the Investor Class, Service Class and Institutional Class of AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund and AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund were renamed as Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively.
1 Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2 Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3 Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to 0.01%, 0.02%, 0.02%, 0.01%, 0.02%, for the years ended 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, respectively.
4 Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Notes 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)
5 The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown in the Financial Highlights.
6 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.019%, 0.019% and 0.021% of average net assets for the Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively.
7 Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004%, 0.004% and 0.004% of average net assets for the Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively.
8 Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.05, $0.10 and $0.12 for the Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively.
9 Includes reduction from broker recapture amounting to 0.02% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, 0.05% and 0.06% for the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and Class N 0.10%, Class I and Class Z 0.09% for the period ended December 31, 2014, respectively.
10 Not annualized.
11 Annualized.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

AMG Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks, and policies. Included in this report are the AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund (“Large Cap Growth”) and AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund (“International Equity”), each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds.”

Each Fund offers three classes of shares, which effective October 1, 2016, were renamed. Each Fund previously offered Investor Class shares, Service Class shares and Institutional Class shares which were renamed Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the respective Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) including accounting and reporting guidance pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies. U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Equity securities traded on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market system (“NMS”) are valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ official closing price or the official closing price of the relevant exchange or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask prices (the “exchange mean price”). Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market (other than NMS securities) are valued at the exchange mean price. Foreign equity securities (securities principally traded in markets other than U.S. markets) are valued at the official closing price on the primary exchange or, for markets that either do not offer an official closing price or where the official closing price may not be representative of the overall market, the last quoted sale price.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost value is approximately the same as the fair value of the security valued without the use of amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

The Funds’ portfolio investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund portfolio investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee, which is comprised of the Independent Trustees of the Board, and the Pricing Committee, which is comprised of representatives from AMG Funds LLC (“Investment Manager”) are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations. Each Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if the Investment Manager or the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee and, if required under the Trust’s securities valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from current sale of that portfolio investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental and analytical data relating to the investment; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value portfolio investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Fund, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

With respect to foreign equity securities and certain foreign fixed income securities, the Board has adopted a policy that securities held in a Fund that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day provided that each individual price exceeds a pre-established confidence level.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds. Unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in

 

 

 

 

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pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. Transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from foreign securities are recorded on the ex-dividend date, and if after the fact, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the ex-dividend date, except for Korean securities where dividends are recorded on confirmation date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the funds in the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively, the “AMG Funds family”) based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, the common expenses of each Fund, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of each Fund.

The Funds had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers, under a brokerage recapture program. Credits received from the brokerage recapture program are earned and paid on a monthly basis, and are recorded as expense

offsets, which serve to reduce the Fund’s overall expense ratio. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the impact on the expense ratios, if any, were as follows: Large Cap Growth—$806 or less than 0.01% and International Equity—$548 or 0.02%.

d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Funds’ prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Temporary differences are due to differences between book and tax treatment of losses for excise tax purposes, mark-to-market of passive foreign investment companies and wash sales.

e. FEDERAL TAXES

Each Fund currently qualifies as an investment company and intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on each Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, each Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2016, and for all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Additionally, management is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred may be carried forward for an unlimited time period, and retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS

As of June 30, 2017, the following Fund had accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax

 

 

 

 

 

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purposes as shown in the following chart. These amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, if any, for an unlimited time period.

 

     Capital Loss
Carryover Amounts
        
Fund   

Short-Term

     Long-Term      Total  

International Equity

   $ 165,305      $ 124,995      $ 290,300  

As of December 31, 2016, Large Cap Growth had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes. Should the Fund incur net capital losses for the year ended December 31, 2017, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, if any, for an unlimited time period.

g. CAPITAL STOCK

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Each Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Funds in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Funds’ policy on investment valuation.

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016, the capital stock transactions by class for the Funds were as follows:

 

     Large Cap Growth     International Equity  
     2017     2016     2017     2016  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     143,730     $ 1,790,253       138,761     $ 1,589,266       92,378     $ 857,652       197,520     $ 1,723,821  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     —         —         4,416       53,340       —         —         1,266       10,712  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (56,728     (722,770     (112,631     (1,251,597     (88,724     (820,449     (270,158     (2,310,451
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     87,002     $ 1,067,483       30,546     $ 391,009       3,654     $ 37,203       (71,372   $ (575,918
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     82,422     $ 1,041,849       172,150     $ 1,951,891       4,826     $ 45,195       627     $ 5,438  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     —         —         24,439       297,441       —         —         676       5,725  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (578,070     (7,492,085     (549,050     (6,135,507     (497     (4,800     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (495,648   $ (6,450,236     (352,461   $ (3,886,175     4,329     $ 40,395       1,303     $ 11,163  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Z:

                

Proceeds from sale of shares

     646,344     $ 8,103,820       1,447,385     $ 15,950,625       6,674     $ 60,000       7,377     $ 62,517  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     —         —         47,804       575,081       —         —         5,882       49,765  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (349,687     (4,434,967     (864,683     (9,684,069     —         —         (50,512     (453,734
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     296,657     $ 3,668,853       630,506     $ 6,841,637       6,674     $ 60,000       (37,253   ($ 341,452
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, including omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Funds as follows: Large Cap Growth—one owns 46%; International Equity—two own 62%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on their respective Fund.

 

 

 

 

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h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into third-party repurchase agreements for temporary cash management purposes and third-party joint repurchase agreements for reinvestment of cash collateral on securities lending transactions under the securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) (the “Program”) (collectively, “Repurchase Agreements”). The value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, must equal or exceed the value of the Repurchase Agreements during the term of the agreement. For joint repurchase agreements, the Funds participate on a pro rata basis with other clients of BNYM in its share of the underlying collateral under such joint repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of the underlying collateral. The underlying collateral for all Repurchase Agreements is held in safekeeping by the Funds’ custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited. Pursuant to the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM on joint repurchase agreements.

At June 30, 2017, the market value of Repurchase Agreements outstanding for Large Cap Growth and International Equity were $2,807,112 and $229,484, respectively.

i. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holdings of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.

The Funds do not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

j. FOREIGN SECURITIES

International Equity invests in securities of foreign entities and in instruments denominated in foreign currencies which involve risks not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Non-domestic securities carry special risks, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability, a lack of company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and, potentially, less liquidity. A Fund’s investments in emerging market countries are exposed to additional risks. A Fund’s performance will be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting companies in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries

generally have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than those of developed countries.

Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level, and would pay such foreign taxes at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction.

2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

For each of the Funds, the Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Funds and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisers for the Funds (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadviser’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by The Renaissance Group LLC (“Renaissance”), who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager. AMG indirectly owns a majority interest in Renaissance.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Funds to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds’ investment management fees were paid at the following annual rate of each Fund’s respective average daily net assets:

 

Large Cap Growth*

  

on the first $50 million

     0.55

on the next $25 million

     0.50

on the next $25 million

     0.45

on balance over $100 million

     0.40

International Equity

     0.40

 

* Effective May 1, 2017, Large Cap Growth changed to a tiered management fee structure. Prior to May 1, 2017, the annual rate for Large Cap Growth’s investment management fee was 0.55% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2019, for Large Cap Growth and through at least May 1, 2018 for International Equity, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of Large Cap Growth and International Equity to 0.66% and 0.85%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Funds in certain circumstances. The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

In general, for a period of up to 36 months, the Investment Manager may recover from each Fund, fees waived and expenses paid pursuant to this

 

 

 

 

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contractual agreement, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed the contractual expense limitation amount.

At June 30, 2017, each Fund’s expiration of recoupment are as follows:

 

Expiration Period    Large Cap
Growth
     International
Equity
 

Less than 1 year*

   $ 156,333      $ 108,339  

Within 2 years

     211,256        83,574  

Within 3 years

     171,467        87,340  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject to Reimbursement

   $ 539,056      $ 279,253  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*A portion of this represents the expiration amount through the year ended December 31, 2017 of $88,752 and $78,463 for Large Cap Growth and International Equity, respectively.

The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has entered into an amended and restated Administration Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Funds’ administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all non-portfolio management aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to each Fund as further described in each Fund’s prospectus. Effective October 1, 2016, each Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.15% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Funds paid an administration fee under a similar contract at an annual rate of 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Funds are distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for each Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of each Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Generally the Distributor bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

The Trust has adopted a distribution and service plan (the “Plan”) with respect to Class N shares of each Fund, in accordance with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and the requirements of the applicable rules of FINRA regarding asset-based sales charges. Pursuant to the Plan, each Fund may make payments to the Distributor for its expenditures in financing any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of each Fund’s Class N shares and for maintenance and personal service provided to existing shareholders of that class. The Plan authorizes payments to the Distributor of up to 0.25% annually of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the Class N shares. The Plan further provides for periodic payments by the Fund or the Distributor to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries for providing shareholder services and for promotional and other sales related costs. The portion of payments made under the plan by Class N shares for shareholder

 

servicing may not exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of the Fund’s shares of that class owned by clients of such broker, dealer or financial intermediary.

For each of the Class N and Class I shares, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to each financial intermediary, such as broker-dealers (including fund supermarket platforms) banks, and trust companies who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. There are no shareholder servicing fees authorized for Class Z. The Class N and Class I shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of each Class’s average daily net asset value as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

Fund    Maximum
Annual Amount
Approved
    Actual
Amount
Incurred
 

Large Cap Growth

    

Class N*

     0.25     0.15

Class I

     0.15     0.12

International Equity

    

Class N*

     0.25     0.15

Class I

     0.15     0.11

 

* Effective February 27, 2017, the maximum annual rate was decreased to 0.15% from 0.25%.

The Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with an Investment Manager receive an annual retainer and per meeting fees for regular, special and telephonic meetings, and they are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while carrying out their duties as Board members. The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair receive additional annual retainers. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has granted an exemptive order that permits the Funds to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both the borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Administrator manages the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Funds neither borrowed from nor lent to other funds in the AMG Funds family. At June 30, 2017, the Funds had no interfund loans outstanding.

 

 

 

 

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3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Long-Term Securities  
Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Large Cap Growth

   $ 13,016,411      $ 14,387,549  

International Equity

     1,079,810        931,442  

The Funds had no purchases or sales of U.S. Government Obligations during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Funds participate in the Program providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Funds, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Funds’ policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate omnibus account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into joint repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

At June 30, 2017, the value of the securities loaned and cash collateral received, were as follows:

 

Fund    Securities
Loaned
     Cash Collateral
Received
 

Large Cap Growth

   $ 2,740,856      $ 2,807,112  

International Equity

     224,483        229,484  

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Funds under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds had no prior claims or losses and expect the risks of loss to be remote.

6. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into master netting agreements with their counterparties for the securities lending program and Repurchase Agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For securities lending transactions, see Note 4.

 

 

 

 

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The following table is a summary of the Funds’ open Repurchase Agreements that are subject to a master netting agreement as of June 30, 2017:

 

     Net Amounts of Assets      Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
Fund    Presented in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
     Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

Large Cap Growth

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 76,034      $ 76,034        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     1,000,000        1,000,000        —          —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

     593,071        593,071        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     92,550        92,550        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     45,457        45,457        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     1,000,000        1,000,000        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 2,807,112      $ 2,807,112        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

International Equity

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 9,656      $ 9,656        —          —    

Citibank N.A.

     202,303        202,303        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     11,753        11,753        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     5,772        5,772        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 229,484      $ 229,484        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. REGULATORY UPDATES

On October 13, 2016, the SEC amended existing rules intended to modernize reporting and disclosure of information. These amendments relate to Regulation S-X, which sets forth the form and content of financial statements. Management has evaluated the implications of adopting these amendments and has determined there is no material impact on the financial statements and accompanying notes.

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On July 31, 2017, the Large Cap Growth Fund (“the Fund”) acquired all the net assets of AMG Managers Cadence Capital Appreciation Fund (“Capital Appreciation”) based on the respective valuations as of the close of business on July 28, 2017, pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization approved by the shareholders of Capital Appreciation on July 22, 2017.

The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 357,760 Class I shares of the Fund at a net asset value of $13.37 per share for 148,110 Class I shares of Capital Appreciation; 4,949,178 Class N shares of the Fund at a net asset value of $13.25 per share for 2,060,117 Class N shares of Capital Appreciation; and 2,961,729 Class Z shares of the Fund at a net asset value of $13.23 per share for 1,187,364 Class Z shares of Capital Appreciation.

The net assets of the Fund and Capital Appreciation immediately before the acquisition were $75,748,095 and $109,533,358, respectively, including unrealized depreciation of $125,340 for Capital Appreciation. Immediately after the acquisition, the combined net assets of the Fund amounted to $185,281,453.

 

 

 

 

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AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund and AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund: Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements on June 28-29, 2017

At an in-person meeting held on June 28-29, 2017, the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), and separately a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved (i) the Investment Management Agreement, as amended pursuant to letter agreements at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) for each of AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund and AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) and separately each of Amendment No. 1 thereto dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 2 thereto dated October 1, 2016 (collectively, the “Investment Management Agreement”) and (ii) the Subadvisory Agreements, as amended at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with the Subadviser with respect to each Fund (collectively, the “Subadvisory Agreements”). The Independent Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel in connection with their consideration of the approval of these agreements. In considering the Investment Management Agreement and Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees reviewed a variety of materials relating to the Funds, the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for an appropriate peer group of similar mutual funds (each, a “Peer Group”), performance information for relevant benchmark indices (each, a “Fund Benchmark”) and, as to all other matters, other information provided to them on a periodic basis throughout the year, as well as information provided in connection with the meetings of June 28-29, 2017, regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser under their respective agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees: (a) reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management; (b) received materials from their

independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements; and (c) met with their independent legal counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present.

NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information relating to the Investment Manager’s operations and personnel. Among other things, the Investment Manager provided financial information, biographical information on its supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Trustees also took into account information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Investment Manager in Board meetings relating to the performance of its duties with respect to the Funds and the Trustees’ knowledge of the Investment Manager’s management and the quality of the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under the Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Investment Manager, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the operation and management of the Funds; (b) the quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the performance by the Subadviser of its portfolio management duties; (c) the Investment Manager’s ability to supervise the Funds’ other service providers; and (d) the Investment Manager’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account that, in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser, the Investment Manager: performs periodic detailed analyses and reviews of the performance by the Subadviser of its obligations to each Fund, including without limitation, analysis and review of portfolio and other compliance matters and review of the Subadviser’s investment performance with respect to each Fund; prepares and presents periodic

reports to the Board regarding the investment performance of the Subadviser and other information regarding the Subadviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board may reasonably request; reviews and considers any changes in the personnel of the Subadviser responsible for performing the Subadviser’s obligations and makes appropriate reports to the Board; reviews and considers any changes in the ownership or senior management of the Subadviser and makes appropriate reports to the Board; performs periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings, including with respect to compliance matters, with representatives of the Subadviser; assists the Board and management of the Trust in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of each Subadvisory Agreement and annual consideration of each Subadvisory Agreement thereafter; prepares recommendations with respect to the continued retention of the Subadviser or the replacement of the Subadviser, including at the request of the Board; identifies potential successors to or replacements of the Subadviser or potential additional subadvisers, performs appropriate due diligence, and develops and presents to the Board a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional subadviser, including at the request of the Board; designates and compensates from its own resources such personnel as the Investment Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services; and performs such other review and reporting functions as the Board shall reasonably request consistent with the Investment Management Agreement and applicable law. The Trustees noted the affiliation of the Subadviser with the Investment Manager, noting any potential conflicts of interest. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Investment Manager with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Investment Management Agreement and the Investment Manager’s undertaking to maintain a contractual expense limitation for each Fund. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s risk management processes.

 

 

 

 

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The Trustees also reviewed information relating to the Subadviser’s financial condition, operations and personnel and the investment philosophy, strategies and techniques (its “Investment Strategy”) used in managing each Fund. Among other things, the Trustees reviewed biographical information on portfolio management and other professional staff, information regarding the Subadviser’s organizational and management structure and the Subadviser’s brokerage policies and practices. The Trustees considered specific information provided regarding the experience of the individual at the Subadviser with portfolio management responsibility for each Fund, including the information set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by the Subadviser in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Subadviser’s personnel; and (c) the Subadviser’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Subadviser with respect to its ability to provide the services required under each Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees also considered the Subadviser’s risk management processes.

PERFORMANCE.

As noted above, the Board considered each Fund’s net performance during relevant time periods as compared to the Fund’s Peer Group and Fund Benchmark and considered the gross performance of the Fund as compared to the Subadviser’s relevant performance composite that utilizes the same investment strategy and approach and noted that the Board reviews on a quarterly basis detailed information about both the Fund’s performance results and portfolio composition, as well as the Subadviser’s Investment Strategy. The Board noted the Investment Manager’s expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of the Subadviser. The Board was mindful of the Investment Manager’s attention to monitoring the Subadviser’s performance with respect to the Funds and its discussions with management regarding the factors that contributed to the performance of the Funds.

With respect to AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class Z shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year periods ended March 31, 2017 and for the period from the Fund’s inception on June 3, 2009 through March 31, 2017 was above the median performance for the Peer Group and above, below, above and below, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the Russell 1000® Growth Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including its more recent improved performance relative to its Peer Group and Fund Benchmark. The Trustees noted that Class Z shares of the Fund ranked in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 5-year period and in the top quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 1-year and 3-year periods. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

With respect to AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class Z shares (which share class has the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year period ended March 31, 2017 and for the period from the Fund’s inception on June 16, 2014 through March 31, 2017 was below and at, respectively, the median performance for the Peer Group and below and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index ex US. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including its more recent underperformance relative to its Peer Group and Fund Benchmark. The Trustees noted the fact that Class Z shares of the Fund outperformed the Fund Benchmark and ranked at the cusp of the top half relative to its Peer Group for the period from the Fund’s inception through March 31, 2017. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.

In considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information provided by the Investment Manager setting forth all revenues and other benefits, both direct and indirect (including any so-called “fallout benefits” such as reputational value derived from the Investment Manager serving as Investment Manager to a Fund), received by the Investment Manager and its affiliates attributable to managing each Fund and all the mutual funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, the cost of providing such services, the enterprise and entrepreneurial risks undertaken as Investment Manager and sponsor of the Funds and the resulting profitability to the Investment Manager and its affiliates from these relationships. The Trustees also considered the various changes in management, administrative and shareholder servicing fee rates that were implemented during the past year for the Funds, noting that the Investment Manager provides administrative and shareholder services to the Funds pursuant to an Administration Agreement with the Funds. The Trustees also considered the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Investment Manager after payment of the subadvisory fee with respect to each Fund. The Trustees also noted any payments that were made from the Subadviser to the Investment Manager, and any other payments made or to be made from the Investment Manager to the Subadviser. The Trustees also considered management’s discussion of the current asset levels of the Funds, and the impact on profitability of both the current asset levels and any future growth of assets of the Funds.

In considering the cost of services to be provided by the Investment Manager under the Investment Management Agreement and the profitability to the Investment Manager of its relationship with each Fund, the Trustees noted the undertaking by the Investment Manager to maintain contractual expense limitations for the Funds. The Board also

 

 

 

 

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took into account management’s discussion of the advisory fee structure, and, as noted above, the services the Investment Manager provides in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Investment Manager is reasonable and that the Investment Manager is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory fee at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as each Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

In considering the reasonableness of the subadvisory fees payable by the Investment Manager to the Subadviser, the Trustees reviewed information regarding the cost to the Subadviser of providing subadvisory services to each Fund and the resulting profitability from the relationships. The Trustees noted that, because the Subadviser is an affiliate of the Investment Manager, a portion of the Subadviser’s revenues or profits might be shared directly or indirectly with the Investment Manager. The Trustees also noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the subadvisory fee structure, and the services the Subadviser provides in performing its functions under each Subadvisory Agreement. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Subadviser is reasonable and that the Subadviser is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory or subadvisory fees at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

With respect to AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2019, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.66%. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG Renaissance International Equity Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.85%. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

*    *     *     *

After consideration of the foregoing, the Trustees also reached the following conclusions (in addition to the conclusions discussed above) regarding the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements: (a) the Investment Manager has demonstrated that it possesses the resources and capability to perform its duties under the Investment Management Agreement; (b) the Subadviser has the resources to perform its duties under each Subadvisory Agreement and is qualified to manage each Fund’s assets in accordance with its investment objectives and policies; and (c) the Investment Manager and Subadviser maintain appropriate compliance programs.

Based on all of the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each Trustee not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Trustees concluded that approval of the Investment Management Agreement and each Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on June 28-29, 2017, the Trustees, and separately a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

DISTRIBUTOR

AMG Distributors, Inc.

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

SUBADVISER

The Renaissance Group LLC

625 Eden Park Drive, Suite 1200

Cincinnati, OH 45202

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

TRANSFER AGENT

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: AMG Funds

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

TRUSTEES

Bruce B. Bingham

Christine C. Carsman

Edward J. Kaier

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Richard F. Powers III

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

Thomas R. Schneeweis

This report is prepared for the Funds’ shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Current net asset values per share for each Fund are available on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To review a complete list of the Funds’ portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.

 

 

 

 

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AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced

First Quadrant, L.P.

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity

AMG FQ U.S. Equity

First Quadrant, L.P.

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap

AMG GW&K U.S. Small Cap Growth

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

AMG Renaissance International Equity

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth

The Renaissance Group LLC

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value II

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value

AMG River Road Long-Short

AMG River Road Select Value

AMG River Road Small Cap Value

River Road Asset Management, LLC

AMG SouthernSun Small Cap

AMG SouthernSun Global Opportunities

AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity

SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC

AMG Systematic Large Cap Value

AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity

AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

AMG Yacktman

AMG Yacktman Focused

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund—Security Selection Only

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Yacktman Asset Management LP

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG GW&K Core Bond

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

 

OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Lake Partners LASSO Alternative

Lake Partners, Inc.

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Balanced

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Brandywine

AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap Growth

AMG Managers Brandywine Blue

Friess Associates, LLC

AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies

AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

AMG Managers CenterSquare Real Estate

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

AMG Managers Fairpointe Focused Equity

AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap

Fairpointe Capital LLC

AMG Managers Guardian Capital Global Dividend

Guardian Capital LP

AMG Managers LMCG Small Cap Growth

LMCG Investments, LLC

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Growth

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

AMG Managers Pictet International

Pictet Asset Management Limited

AMG Managers Silvercrest Small Cap

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

AMG Managers Special Equity

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

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LOGO

 

   SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
  

 

 

 

AMG Funds

June 30, 2017

 

LOGO

AMG Yacktman Fund

Class I: YACKX

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

Class N: YAFFX        Class I: YAFIX

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

Class N: YFSNX        Class I: YFSIX

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Class I: YASSX        Class Z: YASLX

 

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AMG Funds

Semi-Annual Report—June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   PAGE  

ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     2  

FUND PERFORMANCE

     3  

PORTFOLIO MANAGER’S COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOTS, AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

AMG Yacktman Fund

     5  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

     11  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

     17  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

     19  

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     26  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     31  

Balance sheets, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     33  

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the period

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     34  

Detail of changes in net assets for the past two periods

  

Financial Highlights

     36  

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

Notes to Financial Statements

     41  

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

ANNUAL RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

     49  

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Funds Family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 

 


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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017    Expense
Ratio for
the Period
    Beginning
Account
Value
01/01/17
     Ending
Account
Value
06/30/17
     Expenses
Paid During
the Period*
 

AMG Yacktman Fund

          

Class I

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     0.71   $ 1,000      $ 1,081      $ 3.66  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     0.71   $ 1,000      $ 1,021      $ 3.56  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

          

Class N**

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.23   $ 1,000      $ 1,093      $ 6.38  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.23   $ 1,000      $ 1,019      $ 6.16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class I

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.06   $ 1,000      $ 1,095      $ 5.51  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.06   $ 1,000      $ 1,020      $ 5.31  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only***

 

Class N

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.08   $ 1,000      $ 1,072      $ 4.66  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.08   $ 1,000      $ 1,019      $ 5.41  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class I

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.08   $ 1,000      $ 1,072      $ 4.66  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.08   $ 1,000      $ 1,019      $ 5.41  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

 

     

Class I

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     2.05 %    $ 1,000      $ 1,189      $ 11.13  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     2.05 %    $ 1,000      $ 1,015      $ 10.24  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.95 %    $ 1,000      $ 1,190      $ 10.59  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.95 %    $ 1,000      $ 1,015      $ 9.74  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.
** Effective February 27, 2017, Class S of AMG Yacktman Focused Fund was renamed Class N.
*** Commenced operations on January 30, 2017 and as such, the expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (152), the divided by 365.
Includes a performance adjustment amounting to 0.31% of average daily net assets. (See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.)
 

 

 

 

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Fund Performance (unaudited)

Periods ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for each Fund, as well as each Fund’s relative index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns1   Six
Months*
    One
Year
    Five
Years
    Ten
Years
    Since
Inception
    Inception
Date
 

AMG Yacktman Fund2,3,4,5,6,7,19

 

   

Class I

    8.09     12.79     10.95     9.85     10.30     07/06/92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Index20

    9.34     17.90     14.63     7.18     9.51     07/06/92  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,19

 

   

Class N

    9.34     14.02     11.01     10.39     9.47     05/01/97  

Class I

    9.46     14.25     —         —         11.86     07/24/12  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Index20

    9.34     17.90     14.63     7.18     7.66     05/01/97  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund — Security Selection Only2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,19

 

Class N

    —         —         —         —         7.20     01/30/17  

Class I

    —         —         —         —         7.20     01/30/17  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Index20

    9.34     17.90     14.63     7.18/     7.21     01/30/17  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19

 

Class I

    18.89     41.71     —         —         13.39     06/30/15  

Class Z

    18.98     41.82     —         —         6.49     06/30/14  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

MSCI ACWI All Cap Index21

    11.35     19.09     10.76     —         4.88     06/30/14  

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

 

 

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per share for the Fund and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

 

  Date reflects the inception date of the Fund, not the index.
*  Not annualized.
1  Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2017. All returns are in U.S. dollars ($).
2  From time to time the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.
3  The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtor’s ability to pay its creditors. Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of an investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed income securities to fall.
4  High-yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”) may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit, and liquidity risk than investments in higher rated securities. These securities are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. The issuers of the Fund’s holdings may be involved in bankruptcy proceedings, reorganizations, or financial restructurings, and are not as strong financially as higher-rated issuers.
5  Investments in international securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing including currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions, which could result in significant market fluctuations.
6  The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in mid-capitalization companies such as greater price volatility, lower trading volume, and less liquidity than the stocks of larger, more established companies.
7  The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.
8  The Fund may suffer significant losses on assets that it sells short. Unlike the possible loss on a security that is purchased, there is no limit on the amount of loss on an appreciating security that is sold short.
9  The Fund may invest in derivatives such as options and futures; the complexity and rapidly changing structure of derivatives markets may increase the possibility of market losses.
10  A greater percentage of the Fund’s holdings may be focused in a smaller number of securities which may place the Fund at greater risk than a more diversified fund.
11  The Fund may invest greater than 5% of its assets in money market securities, cash, or cash equivalents as a temporary defensive measure in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions.
12  The Fund invests in value stocks, which may perform differently from the market as a whole and may be undervalued by the market for a long period of time.
13 

The Fund’s investment management fees are subject to a performance adjustment, which could increase or reduce the investment management fees paid by the Fund. The prospect of a positive or negative performance adjustment may create an incentive for the Fund’s portfolio manager to take greater risks with the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, because performance adjustments are based upon past performance, a shareholder may pay a higher or lower management fee for performance that occurred prior to the shareholder’s investment in the Fund. The performance adjustment could increase the Investment Manager’s fee (and, in turn, the Subadviser’s fee) even if the Fund’s shares lose value during the performance period provided that the Fund outperformed its benchmark index, and could decrease the Investment

 

 

 

 

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  Manager’s fee (and, in turn, the Subadviser’s fee) even if the Fund’s shares increase in value during the performance period provided that the Fund underperformed its benchmark index.
14  The Fund is subject to currency risk resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates that may affect the total loss or gain on a non-U.S. Dollar investment when converted back to U.S. Dollars.
15  The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in emerging markets, such as erratic earnings patterns, economic and political instability, changing exchange controls, limitations on repatriation of foreign capital and changes in local governmental attitudes toward private investment, possibly leading to nationalization or confiscation of investor assets.
16  The Fund invests in large-capitalization companies that may underperform other stock funds (such as funds that focus on small- and medium-capitalization companies) when stocks of large-capitalization companies are out of favor.
17  The Fund is subject to the special risks associated with investments in micro-cap companies, such as relatively short earnings history, competitive conditions, less publicly available corporate
  information, and reliance on a limited number of products.
18  Companies that are in similar businesses may be similarly affected by particular economic or market events; to the extent the Fund has substantial holdings within a particular sector, the risks associated with that sector increase.
19  A short-term redemption fee of 2% will be charged on shares held for less than 60 days.
20  The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The S&P 500 Index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. Unlike the Fund, the S&P 500 Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.
21  The MSCI ACWI All Cap captures large, mid, small and micro cap representation across 23 Developed Markets (DM) countries and large, mid and small cap representation across 24 Emerging Markets (EM) countries. The index is comprehensive, covering approximately 99% of the global equity investment opportunity set. The developed market country indices included are: Australia, Austria,
  Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. The emerging market country indices included are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Qatar, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Fund, the MSCI ACWI All Cap is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.

The S&P 500 Index is proprietary data of Standard & Poor’s, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

All MSCI data is provided ‘as is’. The products described herein are not sponsored or endorsed and have not been reviewed or passed on by MSCI. In no event shall MSCI, its affiliates, or any MSCI data provider have any liability of any kind in connection with the MSCI data or the products described herein. Copying or redistributing the MSCI data is strictly prohibited.

Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (unaudited)

 

 

 

The AMG Yacktman Fund (Class I) returned 8.09% trailing the S&P 500® Index, which returned 9.34% for the first six months of 2017.

MARKET PRICES ARE UP

Performance has moderated in recent years by our rising need to control risk in an environment that has become increasingly expensive and uncertain. In the last five years, most of the market rise has been due to investors paying higher and higher multiples for stocks while earnings growth has been fairly anemic. Today, market valuations are historically expensive, which makes it more difficult to find bargains, and during times like these, we patiently hold cash until we find investments that meet our risk-adjusted return hurdles. We never make market calls in the Fund. When we find investments that meet our parameters, we invest.

We are still able to find opportunities, and in the last quarter we established two new positions. However, due to large price increases in many of our current positions, we have also been trimming and selling. We also sold one position, C.R. Bard, after an acquisition proposal, and we have a small position in Staples that agreed to be taken private at quarter end.

MARKET QUALITY IS DOWN

We believe technology advances have made the marketplace more difficult for many established businesses. This cuts across a wide range of sectors, from media to retail to energy to financial services, and means a prudent investor should pay a lower multiple in a world in which earnings power has become more uncertain. The investment case for most emerging disruptive companies is often weak due to high valuation or because the company is private. Also, disrupters can themselves be disrupted. Remember a few years ago when iTunes was going to dominate digital music via downloads? How about MySpace, AltaVista and AOL?

We have strong confidence that the Fund’s portfolio holdings can deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term and believe we have some standout bargains, such as 21st

Century Fox (Fox) and Samsung Electronics Preferred (Samsung), which may help generate outperformance versus the market over time.

CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDED SAMSUNG, ORACLE CORP. (ORACLE), AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON (J&J)

Samsung’s shares appreciated solidly in the first half of 2017 as the company produced strong earnings growth in memory and display products. We believe the shares remain inexpensive due to higher level of profits. We expect Samsung’s 2017 earnings per share to be more than double their level just two years ago.

Although Samsung’s stock has appreciated significantly recently, we feel it remains inexpensive, trading at a P/E of five after adjusting for net cash and investments. Samsung is currently earning more pretax than the entire FANG group combined (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google — now known as Alphabet), yet it trades at about one-tenth the price.

Oracle’s stock rose during the first half of the year after the company reported solid earnings results that demonstrated a return to growth after several years of challenges. The company is executing a solid transition to the cloud, and the shares continue to trade at a significant discount to peers.

J&J’s stock appreciated solidly to start the year, along with the general strength of the health care sector. We believe J&J continues to be one of the finest and best-positioned health care companies in the world.

DETRACTORS INCLUDED SYSCO CORPORATION (SYSCO), EXXON MOBIL CORP. (EXXON), AND AVON PRODUCTS (AVON)

Declining stocks have detracted modestly from results for the first six months of 2017. In total, our most significant contributor to results, Samsung, produced greater gains of the cumulative losses of all declining securities in the Fund.

Sysco’s shares retreated somewhat after posting an exceptional year in 2016. The company

continues to successfully transform its business, increasing profit margins and expanding outside of the United States. After Amazon.com announced it would acquire Whole Foods, Sysco’s shares sold off on concerns that Amazon would eventually compete in the distribution industry after transforming the retail side. Given the modest profit margins that exist in the wholesale distribution industry and the significant value add with customer relationships, we think those concerns are overblown.

Exxon’s shares declined during the half of the year along with general weakness in the energy sector. Management is executing well against its long term strategic plan even though oil prices have proven to be a major headwind for earnings and the share price.

Our small position in Avon Products (Avon) declined in the first half of the year after reporting weaker than expected sales and profits. Avon’s CEO, Sheri McCoy will be stepping down next year. We think the company still has significant brand and distribution value and new leadership may provide improved execution. Although the stock declined, we also own Avon debt, which produce solid returns during the first half of the year.

NOTE ON INDEXING

In recent years, there has been a major shift away from active fund managers to index funds and ETFs. We think there is some merit to this trend, as many managers built portfolios that were not very differently constructed than their benchmark(s).

The Fund has always been managed to achieve risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle and not to mimic a benchmark in the short-term. We think being different has been a large contributor to our success over time. The Fund has always been about flexibility and individual security selection. We believe an index-based investment approach simply does not manage risk, has likely been a powerful contributor to the multiple expansion over the last five years, and could be creating significant market risk today. In a period

 

 

 

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of uncertainty, when investors redeem index funds, who will be on the other side of the trade? Who will be the willing buyers, and at what valuation?

CONCLUSION

In the first week of July, the AMG Yacktman Fund celebrated its 25th anniversary. We are proud that the Fund has outperformed the S&P 500 Index

since inception and done so while staying risk averse. We want to express our sincere appreciation to our shareholders as we move into our second quarter century. Successful management of a fund emphasizing risk-adjusted returns over time requires a patient and thoughtful investor base, which we have been able to attract over the years. We are also fortunate to have an

excellent business partner in Affiliated Managers Group, adviser to the Fund, and an amazing team at Yacktman Asset Management. We will continue to work hard to assess current holdings and potential new additions to the AMG Yacktman Fund, and, as always, we will be patient, objective and diligent in our efforts.

 

 

 

 

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AMG Yacktman Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG Yacktman
Fund*
    S&P 500
Index
 

Consumer Staples

     25.9     9.0

Information Technology

     20.8     22.3

Consumer Discretionary

     10.9     12.3

Health Care

     7.6     14.5

Financials

     6.0     14.5

Energy

     2.4     6.0

Industrials

     1.8     10.3

Materials

     0.0     2.9

Telecommunication Services

     0.0     2.1

Utilities

     0.0     3.2

Real Estate

     0.0     2.9

Other Assets and Liabilities

     24.6     0.0

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

The Procter & Gamble Co.**

     8.0

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A**

     7.1  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%**

     5.0  

Johnson & Johnson**

     4.8  

PepsiCo, Inc.**

     4.8  

Oracle Corp.**

     4.8  

The Coca-Cola Co.**

     4.7  

Cisco Systems, Inc.**

     4.5  

Microsoft Corp.**

     4.1  

Sysco Corp.**

     3.8  
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     51.6
  

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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Fund Snapshots (continued)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

NEW EQUITY POSITIONS

 

New Purchases

   Current
Shares Held
 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

     630,000  

Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     1,544,100  

EQUITY PURCHASES & SALES

 

Purchases

   Net Shares
Purchased
     Current
Shares Held
 

Comcast Corp., Class A

     300,000        1,700,000  

 

Sales

   Net Shares
Sold
     Current
Shares Held
 

Apollo Education Group, Inc.

     1,875,000        —    

Bank of America Corp.

     300,000        1,000,000  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     200,000        2,500,000  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     50,000        700,000  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     1,100,000        12,200,000  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     100,000        1,100,000  

ConocoPhillips

     300,000        1,800,000  

Corning, Inc.

     1,300,000        1,300,000  

CR Bard, Inc.

     550,000        —    

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     200,000        1,500,000  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     30,000        130,000  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     200,000        1,800,000  

HP, Inc.

     300,000        1,700,000  

Intel Corp.

     50,000        950,000  

Johnson & Johnson

     100,000        3,100,000  

Microsoft Corp.

     1,000,000        5,100,000  

Oracle Corp.

     2,339,000        8,161,000  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     550,000        3,550,000  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%

     74,632        258,202  

State Street Corp.

     100,000        900,000  

Stryker Corp.

     350,000        550,000  

Sysco Corp.

     100,000        6,400,000  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     1,765,000        21,200,000  

Unilever NV, ADR

     1,400,000        1,000,000  

US Bancorp

     100,000        3,100,000  

Viacom, Inc., Class B

     3,500,000        —    

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES SALES

 

Sales

   Net Shares
Sold
     Current
Shares Held
 

Kemet Corp., 10.500%, 05/01/18

     8,775,000        —    
 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 68.5%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 10.9%

     

Comcast Corp., Class A

     1,700,000      $ 66,164,000  

Staples, Inc.

     2,000,000        20,140,000  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     21,200,000        600,808,000  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B

     8,700,000        242,469,000  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        929,581,000  

Consumer Staples - 24.7%

     

Avon Products, Inc.*

     10,100,000        38,380,000  

The Coca-Cola Co.

     8,850,000        396,922,500  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     1,100,000        81,543,000  

Hengan International Group Co., Ltd.

     6,935,400        51,163,321  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     3,550,000        409,989,500  

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     7,800,000        679,770,000  

Qinqin Foodstuffs Group Cayman Co., Ltd.*

     1,387,080        417,488  

Sysco Corp.

     6,400,000        322,112,000  

Unilever NV, ADR1

     1,000,000        55,270,000  

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     800,000        60,544,000  

Total Consumer Staples

        2,096,111,809  

Energy - 2.4%

     

ConocoPhillips

     1,800,000        79,128,000  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     1,500,000        121,095,000  

Total Energy

        200,223,000  

Financials - 6.0%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     1,000,000        24,260,000  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     2,500,000        127,550,000  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     130,000        28,847,000  

State Street Corp.

     900,000        80,757,000  

US Bancorp

     3,100,000        160,952,000  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1,600,000        88,656,000  

Total Financials

        511,022,000  

Health Care - 7.6%

     

Anthem, Inc.

     850,000        159,910,500  

Johnson & Johnson

     3,100,000        410,099,000  

Stryker Corp.

     550,000        76,329,000  

Total Health Care

        646,338,500  
     Shares      Value  

Industrials - 1.1%

     

Aggreko PLC

     3,728,228      $ 44,661,567  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     700,000        48,076,000  

Total Industrials

        92,737,567  

Information Technology - 15.8%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     12,200,000        381,860,000  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

     630,000        41,832,000  

Corning, Inc.

     1,300,000        39,065,000  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     1,800,000        29,862,000  

HP, Inc.

     1,700,000        29,716,000  

Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR1

     1,544,100        23,192,382  

Intel Corp.

     950,000        32,053,000  

Microsoft Corp.

     5,100,000        351,543,000  

Oracle Corp.

     8,161,000        409,192,540  

Total Information Technology

        1,338,315,922  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $3,533,457,590)

        5,814,329,798  

Preferred Stocks - 5.0%

     

Information Technology - 5.0%

     

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%
(cost $237,599,490)

     258,202        420,997,881  
     Principal
Amount
        

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 1.9%

     

Consumer Staples - 1.2%

     

Avon Products, Inc., 6.600%, 03/15/20(a),1

   $ 10,000,000        10,087,500  

Avon Products, Inc., 7.000%, 03/15/23(a),1

     81,630,000        74,895,525  

Avon Products, Inc., 8.950%, 03/15/43(a)

     15,485,000        13,801,006  

Total Consumer Staples

        98,784,031  

Industrials - 0.7%

     

CONSOL Energy, Inc., 5.875%, 04/15/22

     65,524,000        64,377,330  

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes
(cost $121,066,040)

        163,161,361  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Short-Term Investments - 25.0%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 0.2%2

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $567,957 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $579,262)

   $ 567,904      $ 567,904  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $4,204,699 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $4,288,382)

     4,204,296        4,204,296  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $4,204,699 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $4,288,382)

     4,204,296        4,204,296  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $691,326 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $705,091)

     691,265        691,265  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $339,553 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $346,310)

     339,518        339,518  

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.130% total to be received $3,490,520 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/10/17 - 06/20/67, totaling $3,559,995)

     3,490,191        3,490,191  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $4,204,755 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $4,288,374)

     4,204,300        4,204,300  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        17,701,770  
     Shares      Value  

Other Investment Companies - 24.8%

 

  

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     799,015,730      $ 799,015,730  

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.84%3

     1,300,222,723        1,300,222,723  

Total Other Investment Companies

        2,099,238,453  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $2,116,940,223)

        2,116,940,223  

Total Investments - 100.4%
(cost $6,009,063,343)

        8,515,429,263  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (0.4)%

 

     (30,403,583

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 8,485,025,680  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (unaudited)

 

 

 

The AMG Yacktman Focused Fund (Class N) returned 9.34% matching the S&P 500® Index, which returned 9.34% for the first six months of 2017.

MARKET PRICES ARE UP

Performance has moderated in recent years by our rising need to control risk in an environment that has become increasingly expensive and uncertain. In the last five years, most of the market rise has been due to investors paying higher and higher multiples for stocks while earnings growth has been fairly anemic. Today, market valuations are historically expensive, which makes it more difficult to find bargains, and during times like these, we patiently hold cash until we find investments that meet our risk-adjusted return hurdles. We never make market calls in the Fund. When we find investments that meet our parameters, we invest.

We are still able to find opportunities, and in the last quarter we established two new positions. However, due to large price increases in many of our current positions, we have also been trimming and selling.

MARKET QUALITY IS DOWN

We believe technology advances have made the marketplace more difficult for many established businesses. This cuts across a wide range of sectors, from media to retail to energy to financial services, and means a prudent investor should pay a lower multiple in a world in which earnings power has become more uncertain. The investment case for most emerging disruptive companies is often weak due to high valuation or because the company is private. Also, disrupters can themselves be disrupted. Remember a few years ago when iTunes was going to dominate digital music via downloads? How about MySpace, AltaVista, and AOL?

We have strong confidence that the Fund’s holdings can deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term and believe we have

some standout bargains, such as 21st Century Fox (Fox) and Samsung Electronics Preferred (Samsung), which may help generate outperformance versus the market over time.

Contributors Included Samsung, Oracle Corp. (Oracle), and PepsiCo (Pepsi)

Samsung’s shares appreciated solidly in the first half of the year as the company produced strong earnings growth in memory and display products. We believe the shares remain inexpensive due to higher level of profits. We expect Samsung’s 2017 earnings per share to be more than double their level just two years ago.

Although Samsung’s stock has appreciated significantly recently, we feel it remains inexpensive, trading at a P/E of five after adjusting for net cash and investments. Samsung is currently earning more pretax than the entire FANG group combined (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google — now known as Alphabet), yet it trades at about one-tenth the price.

Oracle’s stock rose during the first six months of 2017 after the company reported solid earnings results that demonstrated a return to growth after several years of challenges. The company is executing a solid transition to the cloud, and the shares continue to trade at a significant discount to peers.

Pepsi’s stock appreciated during the first half of 2017, along with the general strength of the consumer staples sector. We believe Pepsi continues to be one of the finest and best-positioned consumer companies in the world.

DETRACTORS INCLUDED SYSCO CORP (SYSCO), CONOCOPHILLIPS (CONOCO), AND AVON PRODUCTS (AVON)

Declining stocks have detracted modestly from results for the first six months of 2017. In total, our

most significant gainer, Samsung, produced 8 x the gains of the cumulative losses of all declining securities in the Fund.

Sysco’s shares retreated somewhat after posting an exceptional year in 2016. The company continues to successfully transform its business, increasing profit margins and expanding outside of the United States. After Amazon.com announced it would acquire Whole Foods, Sysco’s shares sold off on concerns that Amazon would eventually compete in the distribution industry after transforming the retail side. Given the modest profit margins that exist in the wholesale distribution industry and the significant value add with customer relationships, we think those concerns are overblown.

Conoco’s shares declined during the half of the year along with general weakness in the energy sector. Earlier this year the company announced a divestiture which was at an attractive price and significantly improves the balance sheet. Management is executing well against its long term strategic plan even though oil prices have proven to be a major headwind for earnings and the share price.

Our small position in Avon Products (Avon) declined in the first half of the year after reporting weaker than expected sales and profits. Avon’s CEO, Sheri McCoy will be stepping down next year. We think the company still has significant brand and distribution value and new leadership may provide improved execution. Although the stock declined, we also own Avon debt, which produce solid returns during the first half of the year.

NOTE ON INDEXING

In recent years, there has been a major shift away from active fund managers to index funds and ETFs. We think there is some merit to this trend, as many managers built portfolios that were not very differently constructed than their benchmark(s).

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

 

The Fund has always been managed to achieve risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle and not to mimic a benchmark in the short-term. We think being different has been a large contributor to our success over time. The Fund has always been about flexibility, individual security selection and a concentration in best ideas. We believe an index-based investment approach simply does not manage risk, has likely been a powerful contributor to the multiple expansion over the last

five years, and could be creating significant market risk today. In a period of uncertainty, when investors redeem index funds, who will be on the other side of the trade? Who will be the willing buyers, and at what valuation?

CONCLUSION

We want to express our sincere appreciation to our shareholders as we move into our second quarter-century as a firm. Successful management of a fund emphasizing risk-adjusted returns over time

requires a patient and thoughtful investor base, which we have been able to attract over the years. We are also fortunate to have an excellent business partner in Affiliated Managers Group, adviser to the Fund, and an amazing team at Yacktman Asset Management. We will continue to work hard to assess current holdings and potential new additions to the AMG Yacktman Fund, and, as always, we will be patient, objective and diligent in our efforts.

 

 

 

 

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Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund*
  S&P 500
Index

Consumer Staples

       27.2 %       9.0 %

Information Technology

       25.7 %       22.3 %

Consumer Discretionary

       13.6 %       12.3 %

Health Care

       4.8 %       14.5 %

Financials

       1.9 %       14.5 %

Energy

       1.8 %       6.0 %

Industrials

       1.6 %       10.3 %

Materials

       0.0 %       2.9 %

Telecommunication Services

       0.0 %       2.1 %

Utilities

       0.0 %       3.2 %

Real Estate

       0.0 %       2.9 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

       23.4 %       0.0 %

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%**

       12.3 %

The Procter & Gamble Co.**

       9.4

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B**

       8.4

PepsiCo, Inc.**

       7.0

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A**

       5.2

Oracle Corp.**

       4.8

Johnson & Johnson**

       4.8

The Coca-Cola Co.**

       4.8

Cisco Systems, Inc.**

       4.5

Microsoft Corp.**

       3.3
    

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

       64.5 %
    

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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Fund Snapshots (continued)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

NEW EQUITY POSITIONS

 

New Purchases

   Current
Shares Held
 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

     330,000  

Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     817,620  

EQUITY SALES

 

Sales

   Net Shares
Sold
     Current
Shares Held
 

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     50,000        700,000  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     800,000        6,400,000  

The Coca-Cola Co.

     200,000        4,700,000  

Johnson & Johnson

     200,000        1,600,000  

Microsoft Corp.

     300,000        2,100,000  

Oracle Corp.

     1,424,000        4,276,000  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     25,000        2,700,000  

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     200,000        4,800,000  

Qinqin Foodstuffs Group Cayman Co., Ltd.

     597,460        —    

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%

     207,526        335,271  

State Street Corp.

     300,000        —    

Sysco Corp.

     50,000        2,550,000  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     4,500,000        8,200,000  

Unilever NV, ADR

     600,000        —    

US Bancorp

     100,000        900,000  
 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 61.8%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 13.6%

     

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     8,200,000      $ 232,388,000  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B

     13,300,000        370,671,000  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        603,059,000  

Consumer Staples - 25.6%

     

Avon Products, Inc.*

     5,400,000        20,520,000  

The Coca-Cola Co.

     4,700,000        210,795,000  

Hengan International Group Co., Ltd.

     5,872,300        43,320,698  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     2,700,000        311,823,000  

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     4,800,000        418,320,000  

Sysco Corp.

     2,550,000        128,341,500  

Total Consumer Staples

        1,133,120,198  

Energy - 1.8%

     

ConocoPhillips

     900,000        39,564,000  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     500,000        40,365,000  

Total Energy

        79,929,000  

Financials - 1.9%

     

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     700,000        35,714,000  

US Bancorp

     900,000        46,728,000  

Total Financials

        82,442,000  

Health Care - 4.8%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     1,600,000        211,664,000  

Industrials - 0.7%

     

Aggreko PLC

     2,800,000        33,542,044  

Information Technology - 13.4%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     6,400,000        200,320,000  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

     330,000        21,912,000  

Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR1

     817,620        12,280,652  

Microsoft Corp.

     2,100,000        144,753,000  

Oracle Corp.

     4,276,000        214,398,640  

Total Information Technology

        593,664,292  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,868,701,252)

        2,737,420,534  
     Shares      Value  

Preferred Stocks - 12.3%

     

Information Technology - 12.3%

     

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%
(cost $288,293,386)

     335,271      $ 546,658,742  
     Principal
Amount
        

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 2.5%

     

Consumer Staples - 1.6%

     

Avon Products, Inc., 7.000%,
03/15/23(a),1

   $ 14,105,000        12,941,338  

Avon Products, Inc., 8.950%,
03/15/43(a)

     65,740,000        58,590,775  

Total Consumer Staples

        71,532,113  

Industrials - 0.9%

     

CONSOL Energy, Inc., 5.875%,
04/15/22

     38,000,000        37,335,000  

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes
(cost $86,724,327)

        108,867,113  

Short-Term Investments - 23.6%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 0.1%2

     

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $121,808 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $124,233)

     121,797        121,797  

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $1,000,096 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $1,020,000)

     1,000,000        1,000,000  

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $1,000,096 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 07/13/17 - 12/01/51, totaling $1,020,000)

     1,000,000        1,000,000  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Repurchase Agreements - 0.1%2 (continued)

 

  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $148,267 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $151,219)

   $ 148,254      $ 148,254  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $72,824 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $74,273)

     72,816        72,816  

Nomura Securities International, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.130% total to be received $551,963 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.500%, 07/10/17 - 06/20/67, totaling $562,949)

     551,911        551,911  

State of Wisconsin Investment Board, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.300% total to be received $1,000,108 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 3.875%, 01/15/19 - 02/15/46, totaling $1,019,997)

     1,000,000        1,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        3,894,778  
         
Shares
     Value  

Other Investment Companies - 23.5%

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     413,695,921      $ 413,695,921  

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares,
0.84%3

     630,325,342        630,325,342  

Total Other Investment Companies

        1,044,021,263  

Total Short - Term Investments
(cost $1,047,916,041)

        1,047,916,041  

Total Investments - 100.2%
(cost $3,291,635,006)

        4,440,862,430  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (0.2)%

        (10,593,345

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 4,430,269,085  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund*
  S&P 500
Index

Consumer Staples

       34.7 %       9.0 %

Information Technology

       33.6 %       22.3 %

Consumer Discretionary

       15.8 %       12.3 %

Health Care

       6.5 %       14.5 %

Industrials

       3.7 %       10.3 %

Financials

       2.2 %       14.5 %

Energy

       1.9 %       6.0 %

Materials

       0.0 %       2.9 %

Telecommunication Services

       0.0 %       2.1 %

Utilities

       0.0 %       3.2 %

Real Estate

       0.0 %       2.9 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

       1.6 %       0.0 %

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%

       14.4 %

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B

       13.5

PepsiCo, Inc.

       9.3

The Proctor & Gamble Co.

       9.1

Johnson & Johnson

       4.8

Oracle Corp.

       4.7

The Coca-Cola Co.

       4.7

Cisco Systems Inc.

       4.3

Avon Products, Inc., 8.950%, 03/15/43

       4.2

Microsoft Corp.

       4.0
    

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

       73.0 %
    

 

 

 
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 75.4%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 15.8%

     

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.*

     750      $ 29,175  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B

     6,000        167,220  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        196,395  

Consumer Staples - 29.4%

     

The Coca-Cola Co.

     1,300        58,305  

Hengan International Group Co., Ltd.

     2,000        14,754  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     1,000        115,490  

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     1,300        113,295  

Sysco Corp.

     810        40,767  

Unilever NV, ADR

     400        22,108  

Total Consumer Staples

        364,719  

Energy - 1.9%

     

ConocoPhillips

     265        11,649  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     145        11,706  

Total Energy

        23,355  

Financials - 2.2%

     

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     240        12,245  

US Bancorp

     280        14,538  

Total Financials

        26,783  

Health Care - 6.5%

     

Anthem, Inc.

     115        21,635  

Johnson & Johnson

     450        59,531  

Total Health Care

        81,166  

Industrials - 2.8%

     

Aggreko PLC

     1,000        11,979  

Oliver Corp.

     1,700        23,261  

Total Industrials

        35,240  

Information Technology - 16.8%

     

CAC Holdings Corp.

     2,300        21,529  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     1,700        53,210  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

     200        13,280  

Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR1

     850        12,767  

Microsoft Corp.

     715        49,285  

Oracle Corp.

     1,175        58,914  

Total Information Technology

        208,985  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $906,146)

        936,643  
     Shares      Value  

Preferred Stocks - 17.9%

     

Consumer Staples - 1.1%

     

Amorepacific Corp., 0.870%

     85      $ 13,818  

Information Technology - 16.8%

     

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%

     110        179,355  

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., 1.260%

     400        28,863  

Total Information Technology

        208,218  

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $189,522)

        222,036  
     Principal
Amount
        

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 5.1%

     

Consumer Staples - 4.2%

     

Avon Products, Inc., 8.950%, 03/15/43(a)

   $ 58,000        51,693  

Industrials - 0.9%

     

CONSOL Energy, Inc., 5.875%, 04/15/22

     12,000        11,790  

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes
(cost $65,214)

        63,483  

Short-Term Investments - 3.8%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 0.8%2

     

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $8,962 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $9,140)

     8,961        8,961  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $497 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $507)

     497        497  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $256 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $261)

     256        256  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        9,714  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 3.0%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     37,237        37,237  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $46,951)

        46,951  

Total Investments - 102.2%
(cost $1,207,833)

        1,269,113  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (2.2)%

        (27,631

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 1,241,482  
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (unaudited)

 

 

 

AMG YACKTMAN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND — MID-YEAR UPDATE — JUNE 30, 2017

For the six months ending 6/30/2017, the AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) returned 19.0%. The MSCI ACWI All Cap Index returned 11.4%, an outperformance of 7.6%.

June 30, 2017, also marks the three-year anniversary of the Fund. Since inception, the Fund has returned an annualized 6.5% versus the benchmark return of 4.9%, an outperformance of 1.6% annually. This accomplishment is satisfying given the current market environment, but we remain focused on our overarching goal — risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle. The Fund’s broad mandate to seek out the best investment ideas without constraints has led to a portfolio of quality businesses with conservative balance sheets at inexpensive absolute valuations, a resilient combination in on otherwise expensive market.

FUND REVIEW

This year is off to a strong start, driven by healthy gains in core positions and no major detractors. This performance is on the heels of a solid 2016, leading to a trailing 12-month return of more than 40%. Even with this recent performance run, the Fund still trades at a significant discount to the market. We have responded to the upswing in the Fund by trimming winning positions while reallocating capital to other Fund portfolio companies and new investments. A critical element of our success is leveraging our flexible mandate to constantly rotate the Fund toward what we believe are better ideas. This flexibility to go anywhere will become only more important if valuations in the broader market remain elevated

 

     MSCI ACWI        

Financial

Metrics1

   YASLX /
YASSX
    All-Cap
Index
    S&P 500
Index
    Russell
2000 Index
 

P/E

     11.92     18.1     20.73     20.40

P/BV

     1.19     1.94     2.81     2.00

P/CF

     9.55     11.54     13.65     13.85

P/Sales

     0.48     1.43     2.08     1.16

EV/EBIT

     6.60     15.9     16.6     15.4

Debt to Equity

     58.1     89.6     97.0     76.5

ROA%

     5.1     6.2     7.7     3.8

 

1  Source: AMG Funds & FactSet, Weighted average metrics, as of 06/30/17. Portfolio characteristics are subject to change.

We added a new metric to the table — enterprise value to earnings before interest and taxes (EV/EBIT). Unlike price to earnings (P/E) ratios, an EV/EBIT multiple incorporates the capital structure of the business. The Fund’s average

EV/EBIT multiple of 6.6x reflects the largest delta of any metric versus the market, showcasing the excess cash in many of our holdings. Cash on our companies’ balance sheets dampens their return on assets (given that cash earns close to zero today) but we believe adds an important element of safety to the overall portfolio.

We added seven new positions to the Fund in the first half of 2017, demonstrating an ability to find value in an expensive market. This was an active period, although most of these new positions started out with a small weighting. At June 30, 2017, the top ten holdings in the Fund represented 45% of assets. The Fund’s portfolio composition resembles a “barbell,” featuring a concentrated group of top positions and a longer tail of diversified holdings for the remainder. We identified several areas of the market where we believed the risk/reward ratio was similar (such as Korean preferred shares and Japanese deep value microcaps). In those areas, we have utilized a “basket” approach to spread our investment over more companies. This structure allows us to put capital to work while waiting for truly great deals. We do not believe we are giving up much return by buying these baskets, and when diversification is free we are happy to partake.

We also exited three positions: Raven Industries Inc. (Raven), Amsterdam Commodities N.V. (Acomo) and Mocon. Raven was added to the Fund in January 2015. It has many of the characteristics we look for in an investment — strong return on capital,niche leadership positions, conservative balance sheet and successful track record. We initiated the position on a pullback in earnings due to the sharp downturn in both the agricultural and oil & gas markets. We added to the weighting as management took hard steps to right-size the business. We exited as the price recovered and the market embedded a much rosier outlook.

Acomo has been in the Fund from the start. It is primarily a spice trading company with a long history (several subsidiaries were founded back in the 1800s) and few comparable peers. Acomo offered stability — we never expected the stock to double or triple, but rather to steadily compound business value. Management delivered on this premise and our return was boosted as the earnings multiple expanded (showcasing the benefits of buying cheaply). These are some of our favorite types of investments, as the market often overlooks the boring or unique.

Finally, Mocon was acquired by Ametek for $30 per share in June. Mocon was also in the Fund since inception, when we purchased our initial position around $16. The company’s permeation segment is by far the dominant leader with ~80% share in a niche market (equipment to measure the amount of gases that penetrate materials such as food packaging). It wasn’t an exciting growth

 

 

 

 

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business, but we liked the combination of stable returns and a defensible position. This was the second acquisition of a company in the Fund, following Martha Stewart in 2015.

More than half of current holdings have been part of the Fund since inception. We hope to hold many of these companies for a long time. However, we are constantly adjusting portfolio weightings as price movements impact our estimates of future returns. Most of our trading in the first half of the year was trimming existing positions as prices moved higher, raising our cash position to 12%. Our cash holding is a reflection of our bottom-up investment approach. While we search for new areas to deploy these proceeds, cash serves as a useful option if the inevitable downturn appears.

CONTRIBUTORS/DETRACTORS

Among the three largest contributors to the Fund in the first half were Samsung Electronics Preferred (Samsung), Emeco Holdings 9.875% 2019 Notes (Emeco) and Hargreaves Services plc (Hargreaves). Samsung moved past the Galaxy Note 7 setback to post strong earnings, driven by its components businesses. The company should benefit from a tight memory market and a shift in smartphones to OLED displays, both areas where Samsung has a technology lead and low cost position. An improved shareholder return policy featuring share repurchases was also well received by the market. Samsung is one of the largest companies in the world, yet the share price of the preferred shares has more than doubled in the last 18 months.

We have discussed Hargreaves in previous letters, often in the detractors section. However, it is pleasing to note the recent recovery in the share price as management reoriented the business in the face of a shifting U.K. coal and power market. Despite a deterioration in the core business, our investment was cushioned by Hargreaves’ business model. As a distributor, Hargreaves’ shrinking sales base turned working capital into cash and allowed the company to rapidly reduce debt. The biggest problem area, Hargreaves’ surface mining operations, are now confined to a single mine. Despite being the main culprit of the earnings decline, the mining operation generated a hidden asset —vast land holdings that offer a number of real estate projects with potential returns far higher than Hargreaves’ modest cost basis. The recent approval of the Blindwells development, a large residential housing project outside of Edinburgh, caused a sharp spike in the shares. We continue to be impressed by the management team and their navigation of such a challenging environment.

A special mention is also warranted for our investment in the Emeco bonds, which has been a strong contributor to returns. While we are an equity-focused fund, we took advantage of a unique situation in the high yield market, an option unavailable to many of our competitors. After our initial purchase, we suffered through a markdown on the bonds during the commodity bear market in 2016, as Emeco’s equipment rental model was at the center of the maelstrom. But we felt secure in our senior position in the capital structure,

with our bonds covered by Emeco’s assets on the balance sheet. Fast forward to today — activist investors have installed new management, operations have improved and the company moved forward with an ambitious three-way merger with two rental peers. We received both new debt and equity in the combined company, with the new debt covering our cost basis in the old bonds. This means we received the equity upside for free and continue to hold a security paying 9.25% interest until 2022, not bad in an ultra-low rate world. The new bonds trading above par signal much improved prospects ahead.

Our largest detractors were Texhong Textile Group Ltd, America’s Car-Mart Inc. and Reading International, Inc. All three had a negligible impact, due mostly to the normal variation in stock prices. In fact, we only had six positions decrease even a small amount during the first six months of 2017. We are doubtful that feat can be repeated for the rest of the year, but will work hard to match it.

THREE YEARS IN

Past letters have reminded shareholders that random fluctuations influence short-term results. A few quarters or years are not always representative of our investment analysis or execution, as prices can diverge from underlying value for extended periods. For a time, we felt the Fund was responding well below its potential due to headwinds from foreign currency movements and temporary price declines in some of our top holdings.

Currency movements were a drag on performance in the first 18 months. Although many of our holdings employ natural currency hedges, this dynamic was not always immediately recognized by the market. Currency volatility has moderated and we continue to believe that these swings will wash out in the long run.

Also, a confluence of events in a short period caused price declines in some of our top holdings. For example, litigation financer IMF Bentham Ltd. (Bentham) has been a large holding since inception. The company had built up a stellar track record of cases through 2015, losing only 6 cases out of 159 (a 96% success rate). Who could have predicted the company would then lose three major cases in a few short months? Even the best lawyers (or investment managers) get a few wrong, but the market often forecasts such losing streaks to continue indefinitely.

Bentham’s string of case losses remind us of an advanced statistic in baseball called batting average on balls in play (BAPIP), which measures how many hits result when a ball is batted but stays on the field (ignoring strikeouts, walks, homeruns, etc.). Anyone who has played sports recognizes the role luck can play and how luck can seem to concentrate in a few critical plays. Sometimes the batter hits a hard line drive with tremendous velocity but directly to the shortstop for an easy out. The same hit two feet to the left leads to the baseball rolling in the gap for a double. Is this difference of a few feet luck or skill? Over short periods of time, unpredictable bounces can overwhelm skill and make an all-star player look like a minor leaguer. Yet over the long term, BAPIP tends to normalize and reveal a player’s true abilities. The Fund experienced some

 

 

 

 

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tough bounces in a short period of time, but we stuck to our investment discipline. We purchased more of Bentham in response, and watched as Bentham’s win percentage subsequently normalized, helping to drive a rapid recovery in Fund performance on both an absolute and relative basis. We finally hit a few line drives in the gap.

Amongst our top contributors over the first three years were Emeco Holdings 9.875% Bonds, Samsung Electronics, Texhong Textile Group, America’s Car-Mart and Retail Holdings. It is an eclectic list — from a subprime auto dealer to a Hong Kong yarn company, and from one of the largest technology companies in the world to a sub-$100m market cap special situation. Such a varied list of contributors validates our wide-ranging approach. While many funds are restricted to investing within narrow bands, we retain flexibility to go anywhere and be different. We feel having such differentiated insight across a range of investment opportunities is key to long-term success. This has proven true in our first three years and we believe it can continue in the future as well.

Amongst the Fund’s top three detractors since inception include Hargreaves, Aggreko Plc, and Nac Co. All share a common element of being exposed to macro forces largely outside of the company’s control which impacted business results. We still hold both Hargreaves and Aggreko, believing there is further room for recovery in both shares. We have taken a permanent loss of capital in only a few positions over the first three years, and most holdings have positive returns versus our cost basis. Avoiding major losses is just as critical as our top contributors. Our record in this area highlights our value discipline and focus on risk-adjusted returns.

The drawdown and subsequent recovery was a good testing ground of our core principles. The true mettle of the Fund’s investment strategy will only

show itself on the other side of a market downturn, but we believe our strategy of holding quality businesses at inexpensive prices is sound. Any market pullback would be an opportunity to deploy more capital at better prices. Having gone through our own mini-bear market and recovery in the Fund in only three years, we are confident that sticking to our core philosophy will yield strong long-term results.

CONCLUSION

The current bull market began in March 2009, more than eight years ago. Valuations are expensive across the majority of asset classes, generally a dangerous time for investors. We make no attempt to predict the timing of the next major downturn, but instead emphasize our bottom-up investment process. If the bull market carries on, we will lean on our go-anywhere approach, as we believe it gives us the best possible chance of uncovering the remaining pockets of value. If a downturn occurs, we are well prepared with a collection of high quality businesses and ample cash to take advantage of cheaper prices.

At the three-year mark, we have generated both positive absolute returns and outperformed our benchmark while holding excess cash in the Fund. We believe there remains significant value embedded in the Fund’s portfolio which is only beginning to shine through. Our objective remains to produce attractive risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle, and we appreciate our shareholders who entrust us with capital in pursuit of this long-term goal.

 

 

 

 

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Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN    

 

Sector

   AMG Yacktman
Special Opportunities
Fund*
  MSCI ACWI
All Cap
Index

Consumer Discretionary

       23.9 %       12.4 %

Industrials

       22.5 %       11.8 %

Information Technology

       10.8 %       16.5 %

Energy

       10.5 %       5.7 %

Financials

       10.1 %       17.9 %

Materials

       2.7 %       5.6 %

Health Care

       2.7 %       11.2 %

Consumer Staples

       2.3 %       8.7 %

Real Estate

       1.5 %       4.2 %

Utilities

       0.7 %       3.1 %

Telecommunication Services

       0.0 %       2.9 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

       12.3 %       0.0 %

 

* As a percentage of net assets.    

TOP TEN HOLDINGS    

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets

Emeco Pty, Ltd., Series B, 9.250%, 03/31/22

       7.1 %

IMF Bentham, Ltd.**

       5.3

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%**

       5.1

Computer Services, Inc.**

       4.6

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.**

       4.5

Retail Holdings N.V.**

       4.4

Hargreaves Services PLC**

       4.3

Pardee Resources Co., Inc.**

       3.8

Ocean Wilsons Holdings, Ltd.

       3.7

Texhong Textile Group, Ltd.

       3.3
    

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

       46.1 %
    

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.    
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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Fund Snapshots (continued)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

NEW EQUITY POSITIONS

 

     Current  

New Purchases

   Shares Held  

Cambria Automobiles PLC

     385,000  

Dollar General Corp.

     2,300  

HUB Co., Ltd.

     36,000  

Maruzen Co., Ltd.

     11,000  

Trilogy International, Ltd.

     315,000  

Vertu Motors PLC

     400,583  

NEW CORPORATE BOND & NOTE POSITIONS

 

     Current  

New Purchases

   Shares Held  

Emeco Pty, Ltd., Series B, 9.250%, 03/31/22

     2,020,859  

WesternOne, Inc., 6.250%, 06/30/20

     335,000  

EQUITY PURCHASES & SALES

 

     Net Shares      Current  

Purchases

   Purchased      Shares Held  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.

     13,500        33,300  

Computer Services, Inc.

     401        27,940  

Daekyo Co., Ltd., 4.910%

     6,200        28,200  

Emeco Holdings, Ltd.

     1,999,019        3,999,604  

IMF Bentham, Ltd.

     111,958        1,050,470  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

     1,000        3,500  

Marshall Motor Holdings PLC

     60,000        210,000  

Maxim Power Corp.

     47,800        90,000  

Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries, Ltd.

     120,000        510,000  

Ocean Wilsons Holdings, Ltd.

     18,500        77,000  

Pardee Resources Co., Inc.

     900        6,000  

Retail Holdings N.V.

     13,650        62,650  

Sotsu Co., Ltd.

     3,000        17,500  

Texhong Textile Group, Ltd.

     202,000        750,000  

 

     Net Shares      Current  

Sales

   Sold      Shares Held  

Amsterdam Commodities N.V.

     11,000        —    

Gruppo MutuiOnline S.P.A.

     5,742        26,000  

Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings PLC

     76,000        75,000  

Lai Sun Development Co., Ltd.

     5,500,000        12,000,000  

Lamprell PLC

     260,586        525,000  

Mitani Corp.

     4,200        12,800  

MOCON, Inc.

     29,000        —    

Nexen Corp., 1.430%

     7,167        11,833  

Raven Industries, Inc.

     6,000        —    

Rocky Mountain Dealerships, Inc.

     4,900        28,100  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440%

     200        900  

Stallergenes Greer PLC

     1,985        11,015  

Tessi, S.A.

     831        1,233  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     3,500        30,000  

CORPORATE BOND & NOTE SALES

 

     Net Shares      Current  

Sales

   Sold      Shares Held  

Emeco Pty, Ltd., 9.875%, 03/15/19

     2,500,000        —    
 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 73.2%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 23.2%

     

America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (United States)*

     33,300      $ 1,295,370  

Automodular Corp. (Canada)*

     88,406        167,023  

Cambria Automobiles PLC (United Kingdom)

     385,000        340,983  

Dollar General Corp. (United States)

     2,300        165,807  

HUB Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     36,000        287,744  

Marshall Motor Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

     210,000        370,614  

Reading International, Inc., Class A (United States)*

     24,000        387,120  

Retail Holdings N.V. (Curacao)

     62,650        1,252,374  

Sotsu Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     17,500        331,407  

Texhong Textile Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

     750,000        932,547  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A (United States)

     30,000        850,200  

Vertu Motors PLC (United Kingdom)

     400,583        253,045  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        6,634,234  

Consumer Staples - 2.3%

     

Sapporo Clinical Laboratory, Inc. (Japan)

     9,000        100,582  

Trilogy International, Ltd. (New Zealand)1

     315,000        565,538  

Total Consumer Staples

        666,120  

Energy - 10.5%

     

Hargreaves Services PLC (United Kingdom)

     278,682        1,220,635  

Lamprell PLC (United Arab Emirates)*

     525,000        697,465  

Pardee Resources Co., Inc. (United States)

     6,000        1,080,000  

Total Energy

        2,998,100  

Financials - 9.4%

     

Gruppo MutuiOnline S.P.A. (Italy)

     26,000        354,570  

IMF Bentham, Ltd. (Australia)

     1,050,470        1,525,735  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A (United States)

     3,500        130,970  

Spice Private Equity AG (Switzerland)*

     23,500        667,400  

Total Financials

        2,678,675  

Health Care - 2.7%

     

Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)1

     75,000        297,937  

Stallergenes Greer PLC (United Kingdom)*

     11,015        474,674  

Total Health Care

        772,611  

Industrials - 14.8%

     

Aggreko PLC (United Kingdom)

     29,000        347,400  
     Shares      Value  

Catering International Services (France)

     27,891      $ 651,769  

CMI, Ltd. (Australia)

     450,000        356,245  

Emeco Holdings, Ltd. (Australia)*

     3,999,604        322,779  

Judges Scientific PLC (United Kingdom)

     13,000        306,002  

Maruzen Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     11,000        146,021  

Mitani Corp. (Japan)

     12,800        483,248  

Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries, Ltd. (Singapore)

     510,000        137,062  

Ocean Wilsons Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     77,000        1,050,529  

Oliver Corp. (Japan)

     7,000        95,782  

Rocky Mountain Dealerships, Inc. (Canada)

     28,100        215,604  

Utoc Corp. (Japan)

     33,600        140,739  

Total Industrials

        4,253,180  

Information Technology - 5.4%

     

Computer Services, Inc. (United States)

     27,940        1,313,180  

Tessi, S.A. (France)

     1,233        224,620  

Total Information Technology

        1,537,800  

Materials - 2.7%

     

Agro-Kanesho Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     10,800        158,385  

Master Drilling Group, Ltd. (South Africa)

     380,000        442,958  

SK Kaken Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     2,000        184,219  

Total Materials

        785,562  

Real Estate - 1.5%

     

Lai Sun Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)

     12,000,000        438,121  

Utilities - 0.7%

     

Maxim Power Corp. (Canada)*

     90,000        188,772  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $18,599,430)

        20,953,175  

Preferred Stocks - 6.7%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 0.7%

     

Daekyo Co., Ltd., 4.910% (South Korea)

     28,200        125,700  

Nexen Corp., 1.430% (South Korea)

     11,833        57,709  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        183,409  

Industrials - 0.6%

     

Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd., 0.970% (South Korea)

     2,600        83,980  

Sebang Co., Ltd., 2.190% (South Korea)

     13,300        94,971  

Total Industrials

        178,951  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

        
Shares
    Value  

Information Technology - 5.4%

 

 

Daeduck GDS Co., Ltd., 3.450% (South Korea)

    10,705     $ 80,090  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 1.440% (South Korea)

    900       1,467,448  

Total Information Technology

      1,547,538  

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $1,276,396)

      1,909,898  
    Principal
Amount
       

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 7.8%

   

Financials - 0.7%

   

WesternOne, Inc., 6.250%, 06/30/20 (Canada)

  $ 335,000       211,829  

Industrials - 7.1%

   

Emeco Pty, Ltd., Series B, 9.250%, 03/31/22 (Australia)

    2,020,859       2,038,037  

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes
(cost $2,187,799)

      2,249,866  

Short-Term Investments - 12.7%

   

Repurchase Agreements - 0.6%2

   

BNP Paribas S.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.110% total to be received $6,909 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 9.000%, 07/28/17 - 09/09/49, totaling $7,046)

    6,908       6,908  
    Principal
Amount
    Value  

Citibank N.A., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.080% total to be received $144,752 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.000%, 11/15/17 - 02/15/47, totaling $147,634)

  $ 144,739     $ 144,739  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.060% total to be received $8,410 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $8,577)

    8,409       8,409  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.250% total to be received $4,130 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $4,213)

    4,130       4,130  

Total Repurchase Agreements

      164,186  
    Shares        

Other Investment Companies - 12.1%

   

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

    3,481,429       3,481,429  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $3,645,615)

      3,645,615  

Total Investments - 100.4%
(cost $25,709,240)

      28,758,554  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (0.4)%

      (126,412

Net Assets - 100.0%

    $ 28,632,142  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

At June 30, 2017, the approximate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for federal income tax were as follows:

 

Fund    Cost      Appreciation      Depreciation      Net  

AMG Yacktman Fund

   $ 6,010,875,618      $ 2,732,548,760      $ (227,995,115    $ 2,504,553,645  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

     3,292,398,454        1,301,524,351        (153,060,375      1,148,463,976  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund — Security Selection Only

     1,207,833        88,480        (27,200      61,280  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

     26,034,207        4,461,403        (1,737,056      2,724,347  

 

* Non-income producing security.
(a) Step Bond: A debt instrument with either deferred interest payments or an interest rate that resets at specific times during its term.
1  Some or all of these securities were out on loan to various brokers as of June 30, 2017, amounting to the following:

 

Fund    Market Value      % of Net Assets  

AMG Yacktman Fund

   $ 17,131,667        0.2

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

     3,802,840        0.1

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund — Security Selection Only

     9,568        0.8

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

     156,799        0.5

 

2  Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these joint repurchase agreements.
3  Yield shown represents the June 30, 2017, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

Country

   AMG Yacktman Special
Opportunities Fund†
  MSCI ACWI
All Cap Index††

Australia

       16.9 %       2.4 %

Austria

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Belgium

       0.0 %       0.4 %

Bermuda

       4.2 %       0.0 %

Brazil

       0.0 %       0.7 %

Canada

       3.1 %       3.2 %

Chile

       0.0 %       0.1 %

China

       0.0 %       3.0 %

Curacao

       5.0 %       0.0 %

Denmark

       0.0 %       0.6 %

Finland

       0.0 %       0.4 %

France

       3.5 %       3.2 %

Germany

       0.0 %       3.0 %

Hong Kong

       5.4 %       1.2 %

India

       0.0 %       1.1 %

Indonesia

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Ireland

       0.0 %       0.2 %

Israel

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Italy

       1.4 %       0.8 %

Japan

       7.7 %       8.4 %

Malaysia

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Mexico

       0.0 %       0.4 %

Netherlands

       0.0 %       1.1 %

New Zealand

       2.2 %       0.1 %

Country

   AMG Yacktman Special
Opportunities Fund†
  MSCI ACWI
All Cap Index††

Norway

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Philippines

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Poland

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Portugal

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Qatar

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Russia

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Singapore

       0.5 %       0.5 %

South Africa

       1.8 %       0.7 %

South Korea

       7.6 %       1.8 %

Spain

       0.0 %       1.1 %

Sweden

       0.0 %       1.1 %

Switzerland

       2.7 %       2.6 %

Taiwan

       0.0 %       1.5 %

Thailand

       0.0 %       0.3 %

Turkey

       0.0 %       0.1 %

United Arab Emirates

       2.8 %       0.1 %

United Kingdom

       14.4 %       6.0 %

United States

       20.8 %       51.9 %
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       100.0 %       100.0 %
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

As a percentage of long-term investments at June 30, 2017.
†† Unaudited
 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2017: (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)

 

    

Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Investments

Level 1

     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG Yacktman Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           
                                     

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Staples

   $ 2,044,531,000      $ 51,580,809        —        $ 2,096,111,809  

Information Technology

     1,338,315,922        —          —          1,338,315,922  

Consumer Discretionary

     929,581,000        —          —          929,581,000  

Health Care

     646,338,500        —          —          646,338,500  

Financials

     511,022,000        —          —          511,022,000  

Energy

     200,223,000        —          —          200,223,000  

Industrials

     48,076,000        44,661,567        —          92,737,567  

Preferred Stocks†

     —          420,997,881        —          420,997,881  

Corporate Bonds and Notes††

     —          163,161,361        —          163,161,361  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          17,701,770        —          17,701,770  

Other Investment Companies

     2,099,238,453        —          —          2,099,238,453  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 7,817,325,875      $ 698,103,388        —        $ 8,515,429,263  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Investments

Level 1

     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           
                                     

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Staples

   $ 1,089,799,500      $ 43,320,698        —        $ 1,133,120,198  

Consumer Discretionary

     603,059,000        —          —          603,059,000  

Information Technology

     593,664,292        —          —          593,664,292  

Health Care

     211,664,000        —          —          211,664,000  

Financials

     82,442,000        —          —          82,442,000  

Energy

     79,929,000        —          —          79,929,000  

Industrials

     —          33,542,044        —          33,542,044  

Preferred Stocks†

     —          546,658,742        —          546,658,742  

Corporate Bonds and Notes††

     —          108,867,113        —          108,867,113  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          3,894,778        —          3,894,778  

Other Investment Companies

     1,044,021,263        —          —          1,044,021,263  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 3,704,579,055      $ 736,283,375        —        $ 4,440,862,430  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    

Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Investments

Level 1

     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

           

Investments in Securities

           
                                     

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Staples

   $ 349,965      $ 14,754        —        $ 364,719  

Information Technology

     187,456        21,529        —          208,985  

Consumer Discretionary

     196,395        —          —          196,395  

Health Care

     81,166        —          —          81,166  

Industrials

     —          35,240        —          35,240  

Financials

     26,783        —          —          26,783  

Energy

     23,355        —          —          23,355  

Preferred Stocks

           

Information Technology

     —          208,218        —          208,218  

Consumer Staples

     13,818        —          —          13,818  

Corporate Bonds and Notes††

     —          63,483        —          63,483  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          9,714        —          9,714  

Other Investment Companies

     37,237        —          —          37,237  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 916,175      $ 352,938        —        $ 1,269,113  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Investments

Level 1

     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           
                                     

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 5,701,687      $ 932,547        —        $ 6,634,234  

Industrials

     3,039,990        1,213,190        —          4,253,180  

Energy

     1,777,465        1,220,635        —          2,998,100  

Financials

     1,152,940        1,525,735        —          2,678,675  

Information Technology

     1,537,800        —          —          1,537,800  

Materials

     442,958        342,604        —          785,562  

Health Care

     772,611        —          —          772,611  

Consumer Staples

     565,538        100,582        —          666,120  

Real Estate

     —          438,121        —          438,121  

Utilities

     188,772        —          —          188,772  

Preferred Stocks

           

Information Technology

     80,090        1,467,448        —          1,547,538  

Consumer Discretionary

     183,409        —          —          183,409  

Industrials

     94,971        83,980        —          178,951  

Corporate Bonds and Notes††

     —          2,249,866        —          2,249,866  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          164,186        —          164,186  

Other Investment Companies

     3,481,429        —          —          3,481,429  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 19,019,660      $ 9,738,894        —        $ 28,758,554  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

All preferred stocks held in the Fund are level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of the preferred stocks by major industry classification, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
†† All corporate bonds and notes held in the Fund are level 2 securities. For a detailed break out of the corporate bonds and notes by major industry classification, please refer to the respective Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

As of June 30, 2017, the AMG Yacktman Fund, AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, and AMG Yacktman Focused Fund-Security Selection Only had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

As of June 30, 2017, AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund had transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 as follows:

 

     Transfer
into Level 11
     Transfer out of
Level 11
    Transfer into
Level 21
     Transfer out of
Level 21
 

Assets:

          

Common Stocks

   $ 1,269,493      $ (1,289,400   $ 1,289,400      $ (1,269,493

 

1  An external pricing service is used to reflect any significant market movements between the time the Fund valued such foreign securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets. (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

INVESTMENT DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

ADR: ADR after the name of a holding stands for American Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a domestic custodian bank. The value of the ADR securities is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored ADRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG Yacktman
Fund
     AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund#
     AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund -
Security Selection
Only Fund
     AMG Yacktman
Special
Opportunities
Fund
 

Assets:

           

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $17,131,667, $3,802,840, $9,568 and $156,799, respectively)

   $ 8,515,429,263      $ 4,440,862,430      $ 1,269,113      $ 28,758,554  

Cash

     1,147,374        —          —          —    

Foreign currency**

     —          —          —          21,853  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     6,286,179        2,146,485        —          8,173  

Receivable for investments sold

     1,718,003        5,155,633        —          25,048  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     10,030,911        5,137,282        2,595        47,469  

Receivable from affiliate

     74,594        35,710        3,770        4,840  

Prepaid expenses

     140,837        87,568        1,643        28,302  

Total assets

     8,534,827,161        4,453,425,108        1,277,121        28,894,239  

Liabilities:

           

Due to custodian

     —          —          7,241        —    

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     17,701,770        3,894,778        9,714        164,186  

Payable for investments purchased

     14,176,848        7,133,349        —          —    

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     11,743,677        6,861,698        —          —    

Accrued expenses:

           

Investment advisory and management fees

     3,010,457        3,182,064        887        46,184  

Administrative fees

     1,053,147        548,632        153        3,469  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     —          386,725        —          —    

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     550,323        —          —          229  

Professional fees

     46,946        33,735        11,394        20,850  

Trustees fees and expense

     43,983        22,693        11        119  

Other

     1,474,330        1,092,349        6,239        27,060  

Total liabilities

     49,801,481        23,156,023        35,639        262,097  

Net Assets

   $ 8,485,025,680      $ 4,430,269,085      $ 1,241,482      $ 28,632,142  

*  Investments at cost

   $ 6,009,063,343      $ 3,291,635,006      $ 1,207,833      $ 25,709,240  

** Foreign currency at cost

     —          —          —        $ 21,794  

 

#  Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ Class S share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

 

     AMG Yacktman
Fund
     AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund#
     AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund -
Security Selection
Only Fund
     AMG Yacktman
Special
Opportunities
Fund
 

Net Assets Represent:

           

Paid-in capital

   $ 5,315,885,099      $ 2,904,563,331      $ 1,164,330      $ 24,568,629  

Undistributed net investment income

     59,429,296        20,244,988        6,351        207,098  

Accumulated net realized gain from investments and foreign currency transactions

     603,345,365        356,233,342        9,521        807,398  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     2,506,365,920        1,149,227,424        61,280        3,049,017  

Net Assets

   $ 8,485,025,680      $ 4,430,269,085      $ 1,241,482      $ 28,632,142  

Class N:

           

Net Assets

     n/a      $ 3,340,060,833      $ 15,102        n/a  

Shares outstanding

     n/a        155,132,594        1,409        n/a  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     n/a      $ 21.53      $ 10.72        n/a  

Class I:

           

Net Assets

   $ 8,485,025,680      $ 1,090,208,252      $ 1,226,380      $ 2,882,722  

Shares outstanding

     366,929,009        50,666,469        114,354        258,852  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 23.12      $ 21.52      $ 10.72      $ 11.14  

Class Z:

           

Net Assets

     n/a        n/a        n/a      $ 25,749,420  

Shares outstanding

     n/a        n/a        n/a        2,308,145  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     n/a        n/a        n/a      $ 11.16  

 

#  Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ Class S share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG Yacktman
Fund
    AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund#
    AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund -
Security Selection
Only Fund##
    AMG Yacktman
Special
Opportunities
Fund
 

Investment Income:

        

Dividend income

   $ 81,638,213     $ 43,301,218     $ 9,512     $ 439,084 1  

Securities lending income

     38,845       7,463       6       5,492  

Interest income

     9,576,636       5,543,945       2,310       155,680  

Foreign withholding tax

     (1,463,603     (1,942,723     (298     (26,696

Total investment income

     89,790,091       46,909,903       11,530       573,560  

Expenses:

        

Investment advisory and management fees

     18,368,351       19,576,386       4,172       255,478  

Administrative fees

     6,427,298       3,375,239       719       19,212  

Shareholder servicing fees - Class N

     —         2,916,672       —         —    

Shareholder servicing fees - Class I

     4,365,913       —         —         963  

Trustees fees and expenses

     403,816       216,987       30       1,064  

Custodian fees

     296,859       211,253       4,846       7,172  

Reports to shareholders

     280,504       176,776       1,352       5,498  

Professional fees

     274,170       156,017       11,406       16,833  

Transfer agent fees

     193,715       130,894       63       438  

Registration fees

     74,752       46,979       209       16,927  

Miscellaneous

     104,028       65,043       172       657  

Total expenses before offsets

     30,789,406       26,872,246       22,969       324,242  

Fee waivers

     (428,611     (207,331     —         —    

Expense reimbursements

     —         —         (17,790     (33,218

Net expenses

     30,360,795       26,664,915       5,179       291,024  

Net investment income

     59,429,296       20,244,988       6,351       282,536  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

        

Net realized gain on investments

     448,414,972       262,308,509       11,039       915,536  

Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions

     209,058       359,354       (1,518     (8,660

Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments

     165,085,712       127,533,847       61,280       3,191,476  

Net change in unrealized appreciation on foreign currency translations

     —         —         —         144  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     613,709,742       390,201,710       70,801       4,098,496  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 673,139,038     $ 410,446,698     $ 77,152     $ 4,381,032  

 

#  Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ Class S share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
##  Commencement of operations was January 30, 2017.
1  Includes non-recurring dividends of $57,500.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG Yacktman
Fund
    AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund
 
     2017     2016##     2017#     2016##  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations:

        

Net investment income

   $ 59,429,296     $ 131,418,087     $ 20,244,988     $ 48,568,488  

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

     448,624,030       544,335,369       262,667,863       356,596,227  

Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     165,085,712       242,782,534       127,533,847       121,106,280  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     673,139,038       918,535,990       410,446,698       526,270,995  

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

From net investment income:

        

Class N

     —         —         —         (48,706,189

Class l

     —         (151,070,259     —         (17,183,317

From net realized gain on investments:

        

Class N

     —         —         —         (325,156,552

Class l

     —         (530,811,366     —         (101,407,185

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (681,881,625     —         (492,453,243

Capital Share Transactions:1

        

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (715,277,657     (646,097,575     (511,285,501     (877,375,268

Total decrease in net assets

     (42,138,619     (409,443,210     (100,838,803     (843,557,516

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     8,527,164,299       8,936,607,509       4,531,107,888       5,374,665,404  

End of period

   $ 8,485,025,680     $ 8,527,164,299     $ 4,430,269,085     $ 4,531,107,888  

End of period undistributed net investment income

   $ 59,429,296       —       $ 20,244,988       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

#  Effective February 27, 2017, the Funds’ Class S share classes were renamed as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
##  Effective October 1, 2016, the Funds’ share classes were renamed or redesignated as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
1  See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the period ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG Yacktman
Focused Fund -
Security Selection
Only Fund
     AMG Yacktman
Special Opportunities
Fund
 
     2017#      2017      2016##  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations:

        

Net investment income

   $ 6,351      $ 282,536      $ 443,628  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     9,521        906,876        (30,791

Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     61,280        3,191,620        3,990,543  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     77,152        4,381,032        4,403,380  

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

From net investment income:

        

Class l

     —          —          (13,298

Class Z

     —          —          (446,336

From paid-in capital:

        

Class l

     —          —          (7 080

Class Z

     —          —          (237,650

Total distributions to shareholders

     —          —          (704,364

Capital Share Transactions:1

        

Net increase from capital share transactions

     1,164,330        2,032,122        1,260,095  

Total increase in net assets

     1,241,482        6,413,154        4,959,111  

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     —          22,218,988        17,259,877  

End of period

   $ 1,241,482      $ 28,632,142      $ 22,218,988  

End of period undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)

   $ 6,351      $ 207,098      $ (75,438
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

#  Commencement of operations was January 30, 2017.
##  Effective October 1, 2016, the Fund’s share classes were renamed or redesignated as described in Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
1  See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG Yacktman Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
    For the years ended December 31,  
Class l    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012†  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 21.39     $ 20.87     $ 25.12     $ 23.54     $ 19.12     $ 17.51  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.16       0.33       0.31       0.26       0.23       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.57       2.03       (1.71     2.43       5.07       1.73  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.73       2.36       (1.40     2.69       5.30       1.99  

Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.41     (0.34     (0.27     (0.21     (0.25

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (1.43     (2.51     (0.84     (0.67     (0.13

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (1.84     (2.85     (1.11     (0.88     (0.38

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 23.12     $ 21.39     $ 20.87     $ 25.12     $ 23.54     $ 19.12  

Total Return2

     8.09 %8       11.20     (5.63 )%      11.33     27.74     11.47

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.71 %9       0.71     0.71     0.71     0.74 %4       0.76 %5  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     0.72 %9       0.72     0.72     0.71     0.75 %4       0.76 %5  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.39 %9       1.51     1.29     1.08     1.05 %4       1.41 %5  

Portfolio turnover

     1 %8       4     2     9     17     7

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 8,485,026     $ 8,527,164     $ 8,936,608     $ 14,217,017     $ 13,931,446     $ 8,670,983  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Yacktman Focused Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
    For the years ended December 31,  
Class N    (unaudited)###     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012†  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 19.69     $ 19.77     $ 25.88     $ 25.15     $ 20.52     $ 18.78  

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.09       0.19       0.22       0.17       0.15       0.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.75       2.05       (1.51     2.54       5.39       1.79  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.84       2.24       (1.29     2.71       5.54       1.97  

Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.30     (0.24     (0.18     (0.14     (0.16

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (2.02     (4.58     (1.80     (0.77     (0.07

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (2.32     (4.82     (1.98     (0.91     (0.23

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 21.53     $ 19.69     $ 19.77     $ 25.88     $ 25.15     $ 20.52  

Total Return2

     9.34 %8       11.29     (5.08 )%      10.67     27.01     10.57

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.23 %9       1.23     1.22     1.22     1.25 %6       1.25 %7  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.24 %9       1.24     1.22     1.23     1.26 %6       1.26 %7  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     0.86 %9       0.94     0.86     0.65     0.62 %6       0.90 %7  

Portfolio turnover

     1 %8       4     6     16     17     3

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 3,339,729     $ 3,479,880     $ 4,062,291     $ 7,847,093     $ 8,630,019     $ 6,603,059  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
    For the years ended December 31,     For the
period ended
December 31,
 
Class l    (unaudited)     2016##     2015     2014     2013     2012*  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 19.66     $ 19.75     $ 25.88     $ 25.15     $ 20.52     $ 19.46  

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income1,2

     0.11       0.23       0.26       0.21       0.19       0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.75       2.04       (1.50     2.56       5.39       1.13  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.86       2.27       (1.24     2.77       5.58       1.21  

Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     —         (0.34     (0.30     (0.23     (0.18     (0.11

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (2.02     (4.59     (1.81     (0.77     (0.04

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (2.36     (4.89     (2.04     (0.95     (0.15

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 21.52     $ 19.66     $ 19.75     $ 25.88     $ 25.15     $ 20.52  

Total Return2

     9.46 %8       11.46     (4.89 )%      10.88     27.19     6.22 %8  

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.06 %9       1.05     1.05     1.05     1.08 %6       1.08 %7,9  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     1.07 %9       1.06     1.05     1.06     1.09 %6       1.08 %7,9  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.03 %9       1.11     1.03     0.82     0.78 %6       0.91 %7,9  

Portfolio turnover

     1 %8       4     6     16     17     3 %8  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,090,208     $ 1,051,228     $ 1,312,374     $ 3,414,602     $ 3,301,204     $ 712,316  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

Class N    For the
period ended
June 30, 2017
(unaudited)**
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.66  

Total income from investment operations

     0.72  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.72  

Total Return2

     7.20 %8 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.08 %9 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     4.79 %9 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.32 %9 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %8  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 15  
  

 

 

 

 

Class I    For the
period ended
June 30, 2017
(unaudited)**
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1,2

     0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.66  

Total income from investment operations

     0.72  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 10.72  

Total Return2

     7.20 %8 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.08 %9 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     4.79 %9 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.32 %9 

Portfolio turnover

     9 %8  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,226  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

Class I    For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2016##
    For the period ended
December 31, 2015***
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.37     $ 7.75     $ 9.40  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

      

Net investment income1,2

     0.11 10       0.18       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.66       1.75       (1.49

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.77       1.93       (1.29

Distributions to Shareholders from:

      

Net investment income

     —         (0.20     (0.23

Net realized gain on investments

     —         —         (0.13

Paid-in capital

     —         (0.11     —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.31     (0.36

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 11.14     $ 9.37     $ 7.75  

Total Return2

     18.89 %8      24.88 %11      (13.77 )%8,11 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     2.05 %9,12      1.90 %13      1.27 %9,14 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     2.31 %9,12      2.29 %13      1.88 %9,14 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.11 %9,12      2.08 %13      3.40 %9,14 

Portfolio turnover

     24 %8       29     30 %8  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 2,883     $ 700     $ 83  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    

For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017

(unaudited)

    For the years ended December 31,    

For the period ended

December 31, 2014****

 
Class Z      2016##     2015    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 9.38     $ 7.75     $ 9.45     $ 10.00  

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:

        

Net investment Income (loss)1,2

     0.11 10       0.20       0.22       (0.00 )#  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.67       1.74       (1.56     (0.54

Total income (loss) from investment operations

     1.78       1.94       (1.34     (0.54

Distributions to Shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

     —         (0.20     (0.23     (0.01

Net realized gain on investments

     —         —         (0.13     —    

Paid-in capital

       (0.11    

Total distributions to shareholders

     —         (0.31     (0.36     (0.01

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 11.16     $ 9.38     $ 7.75     $ 9.45  

Total Return2

     18.98 %8      25.05     (14.22 )%11      (5.39 )%8 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.95 %9,12      1.63 %13      1.24 %14      1.65 %9  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     2.21 %9,12      2.01 %13      1.74 %14      2.60 %9  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets2

     2.21 %9,12      2.34 %13      2.47 %14      (0.04 )%9 

Portfolio turnover

     24 %8       29     30     7 %8  

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 25,749     $ 21,519     $ 17,177     $ 17,545  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Funds previously presented in this report.

 

#  Rounds to less than $(0.01) per share or (0.01)%.
##  Effective October 1, 2016, the Service Class of Yacktman Fund was renamed Class I, the Service Class and Institutional Class of Yacktman Focused Fund were renamed Class S and Class I, respectively, and the Service Class and Institutional Class of Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund were renamed Class I and Class Z, respectively.
###  Effective February 27, 2017, Class S of Yacktman Focused Fund was renamed Class N.
  At the start of business June 29, 2012, the Yacktman Fund and Yacktman Focused Fund were re-organized into respective funds of the AMG Funds.
*  Commencement of operations was on June 24, 2012.
**  Commencement of operations was on January 30, 2017.
***  Commencement of operations was on July 1, 2015.
****  Commencement of operations was on June 30, 2014.
1  Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2  Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3  Excludes the impact of expense reimbursement, fee waiver and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Note 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)
4  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.019% of average net assets.
5  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.005% of average net assets.
6  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.020% and 0.017% of average net assets for the Class N and Class I, respectively.
7  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% and 0.006% of average net assets for the Class N and Class I, respectively.
8  Not annualized.
9  Annualized.
10  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.09 and $0.09 for AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund’s Class I and Class Z, respectively.
11  The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown in the Financial Highlights.
12  Includes a performance adjustment amounting to (0.31)% of average daily net assets. (See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements).
13  Includes a performance adjustment amounting to (0.02)% of average daily net assets. (See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements).
14  Includes a performance adjustment amounting to (0.42)% of average daily net assets. (See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements).

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

AMG Funds (the “Trust”), is an open-end management investment company, organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks, and policies. Included in this report are AMG Yacktman Fund (“Yacktman Fund”), AMG Yacktman Focused Fund (“Yacktman Focused”), AMG Yacktman Focused Fund—Security Selection Only (“Yacktman Focused Selection Only”) and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities (“Yacktman Special Opportunities”), each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds.”

Yacktman Focused Selection Only’s commencement of operations was on January 30, 2017.

Yacktman Fund has established three classes of shares: Investor Class, Service Class and Institutional Class, which, effective October 1, 2016 were renamed Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively. Currently, Yacktman Fund offers only Class I shares. Yacktman Focused has established three classes of shares: Investor Class, Service Class and Institutional Class, which, effective October 1, 2016 were renamed Class N, Class S and Class I, respectively. Effective February 27, 2017, Class S was renamed Class N. Currently, Yacktman Focused offers Class N shares and Class I shares. Yacktman Focused Selection Only has established two classes of shares: Class N and Class I. Yacktman Special Opportunities has established three classes of shares: Investor Class, Service Class and Institutional Class, which, effective October 1, 2016, were renamed Class N, Class I and Class Z, respectively. Yacktman Special Opportunities currently offers Class I shares and Class Z shares. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the respective Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

Yacktman Focused, Yacktman Focused Selection Only, and Yacktman Special Opportunities are non-diversified. A greater percentage of the Funds’ holdings may be focused in a smaller number of securities which may place the Funds at greater risk than a more diversified fund.

The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), including accounting and reporting guidance pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies. U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Equity securities traded on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market system (“NMS”) are

valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ official closing price or the official closing price of the relevant exchange or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask prices (the “exchange mean price”). Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market (other than NMS securities) are valued at the exchange mean price. Foreign equity securities (securities principally traded in markets other than U.S. markets) are valued at the official closing price on the primary exchange or, for markets that either do not offer an official closing price or where the official closing price may not be representative of the overall market, the last quoted sale price.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity exceeding 60 days are valued at the evaluated bid price or the mean price provided by an authorized pricing service or, if an evaluated price is not available, by reference to other securities which are considered comparable in credit rating, interest rate, due date and other features (generally referred to as “matrix pricing”) or other similar pricing methodologies. Investments in certain mortgage-backed and stripped mortgage-backed securities, preferred stocks, convertible securities, derivatives and other debt securities not traded on an organized securities market are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities and various relationships between such securities and yield to maturity in determining value.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost value is approximately the same as the fair value of the security valued without the use of amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

The Funds’ portfolio investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund portfolio investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee, which is comprised of the Independent Trustees of the Board, and AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) the Pricing Committee, which is comprised of representatives from the Investment Manager are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations. Each Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if the Investment Manager or the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee and, if required under the Trust’s securities valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from current sale of that portfolio investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental and analytical data relating to the investment; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or

 

 

 

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relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value portfolio investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Fund, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

With respect to foreign equity securities and certain foreign fixed income securities, the Board has adopted a policy that securities held in a Fund that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day provided that each individual price exceeds a pre-established confidence level.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds. Unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk

associated with investing in those investments. Transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the funds in the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively the “AMG Funds family”) based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of each Fund, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of each Fund.

d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Funds’ prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Permanent differences are due to redesignation of dividends paid by the Funds. Temporary differences are due to wash sale loss deferrals.

e. FEDERAL TAXES

Each Fund currently qualifies as an investment company and intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

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invests, each Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2016, and all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Additionally, management is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred may be carried forward for an unlimited time period, and retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS

As of June 30, 2017, the Funds had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes. Should

the Funds incur net capital losses for the year ending December 31, 2017, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains for an unlimited time period.

g. CAPITAL STOCK

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Each Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Funds in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of these securities in accordance with the Funds’ policy on investment valuation. The Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption fee from the proceeds of any redemption (including a redemption by exchange) of shares if the redemption occurs within 60 days of the purchase of those shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, Yacktman Fund and Yacktman Focused had redemption fees amounting to $54,828 and $52,088, respectively. These amounts are netted against the cost of shares repurchased in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016, the capital stock transactions by class for the Funds were as follows:

 

    Yacktman Fund     Yacktman Focused  
    2017     2016     2017     2016  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    —         —         —         —         6,351,381     $ 133,134,611       19,051,312     $ 391,663,441  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    —         —         —         —         —         —         18,524,482       366,784,746  

Cost of shares repurchased

    —         —         —         —         (27,951,068     (586,439,234     (66,271,725     (1,362,455,866
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

    —         —         —         —         (21,599,687   $ (453,304,623     (28,695,931   $ (604,007,679
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    20,873,195     $ 470,774,583       45,044,689     $ 976,295,059       5,759,627     $ 120,761,213       11,307,426     $ 228,537,114  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    —         —         29,074,070       626,836,953       —         —         3,913,673       77,373,312  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (52,558,513     (1,186,052,240     (103,628,124     (2,249,230,663     (8,559,189     (178,742,091     (28,201,506     (579,278,015

Capital Contribution

    —         —         —         1,076       —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease

    (31,685,318   $ (715,277,657     (29,509,365   $ (646,097,575     (2,799,562   $ (57,980,878     (12,980,407   $ (273,367,589
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Yacktman Focused Selection Only     Yacktman Special Opportunities  
     2017     2017     2016  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class N:

            

Proceeds from sale of shares

     1,409     $ 14,331       —         —         —         —    

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     —         —         —         —         —         —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,409     $ 14,331       —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I:

            

Proceeds from sale of shares

     114,364     $ 1,150,100       196,913     $ 2,023,092       67,650     $ 571,616  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     —         —         —         —         2,196       20,378  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (10     (101     (12,765     (135,982     (5,803     (54,081
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     114,354     $ 1,149,999       184,148     $ 1,887,110       64,043     $ 537,913  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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     Yacktman Focused Selection Only      Yacktman Special Opportunities  
     2017      2017      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Class Z:

                 

Proceeds from sale of shares

     —          —          13,985      $ 145,012        4,246      $ 40,039  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     —          —          —          —          73,428        682 143  

Cost of shares repurchased

     —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     —          —          13,985      $ 145,012        77,674      $ 722,182  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, including omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Funds as follows: Yacktman Fund - three collectively own 58%; Yacktman Focused - two collectively own 54%; Yacktman Focused Selection Only - two collectively own 99%; Yacktman Special Opportunities - four collectively own 78%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on their respective Funds.

 

h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into third-party repurchase agreements for temporary cash management purposes and third-party joint repurchase agreements for reinvestment of cash collateral on securities lending transactions under the securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) (the “Program”) (collectively, “Repurchase Agreements”). The value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, must equal or exceed the value of the Repurchase Agreements during the term of the agreement. For joint repurchase agreements, the Funds participate on a pro rata basis with other clients of BNYM in its share of the underlying collateral under such joint repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of the underlying collateral. The underlying collateral for all Repurchase Agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited. Pursuant to the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM on joint repurchase agreements.

At June 30, 2017, the market value of Repurchase Agreements outstanding for Yacktman Fund, Yacktman Focused, Yacktman Focused Selection Only and Yacktman Special Opportunities were $17,701,770, $3,894,778, $9,714 and $164,186, respectively.

i. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holdings of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions; and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.

The Funds do not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

j. FOREIGN SECURITIES

The Funds invest in securities of foreign entities and in instruments denominated in foreign currencies which involve risks not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Non-domestic securities carry special risks, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability, a lack of company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and, potentially, less liquidity.

Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level and would pay such foreign taxes at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction.

2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

For each of the Funds, the Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Funds and is responsible for the Funds’ overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisers for the Funds (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadviser’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by Yacktman Asset Management LP (“Yacktman”), who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager. AMG indirectly owns a majority interest in Yacktman.

 

 

 

 

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Investment management fees are paid directly by the Funds to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. Effective October 1, 2016, the Funds’ investment management fees were paid at the following annual rate of each Fund’s respective average daily net assets:

 

Yacktman Fund
on the first $500 million

     0.52

on the next $500 million

     0.47

on the balance over $1 billion

     0.42

Yacktman Focused

     0.87

Yacktman Focused Selection Only

     0.87

Prior to October 1, 2016, the annual rate for the investment management fees was 0.65% on the first $500 million, 0.60% on the next $500 million and 0.55% on the balance over $1 billion for Yacktman Fund and 1.00% for Yacktman Focused, based on each Fund’s respective average daily net assets.

Yacktman Special Opportunities has a performance-based fee structure that consists of a base fee and a performance adjustment (“Performance Adjustment”). Effective October 1, 2016, the Fund pays a monthly base investment management fee to the Investment Manager at an annual rate of

1.37% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the month. Prior to October 1, 2016, the annual rate for the monthly base investment management fee was 1.50%. This monthly fee was increased or reduced by the Performance Adjustment, based on the Fund’s performance relative to the MSCI ACWI All Cap Index over the then preceding twelve months. The Performance Adjustment Rate for the Fund may not exceed plus or minus 0.75%. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Performance Adjustment increased management fee by a net amount of $80,005, resulting in the Fund paying the Investment Manager at an effective rate of 1.68%.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of Yacktman Focused Class N to 1.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of Yacktman Focused Selection Only to 1.08% of the Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive investment management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of investment management fees, administrative fees,

shareholder servicing fees, taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividends payable with respect to securities sold short, and extraordinary expenses) of Yacktman Special Opportunities to an annual rate of 0.12% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances.

The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

In general, for a period of up to 36 months, the Investment Manager may recover from Yacktman Focused, Yacktman Focused Selection Only, and Yacktman Special Opportunities, fees waived and expenses paid pursuant to this contractual agreement, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed the contractual expense limitation amount. As of June 30, 2017, Yacktman Focused had no reimbursement available for repayment.

At June 30, 2017, the Funds’ expiration of recoupment are as follows:

 

Expiration Period    Yacktman
Special
Opportunities
     Yacktman
Focused
Selection
Only
 

Less than 1 year*

   $ 109,016        —    

Within 2 years

     81,594        —    

Within 3 years

     76,584      $ 17,790  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Amount Subject To Recoupment

   $ 267,194      $ 17,790  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* A portion of this represents the expiration amount through the year ending December 31, 2017 of $72,757 for Yacktman Special Opportunities.

The Investment Manager has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in consideration of shareholder servicing fees that it has received from JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc., with respect to short-term cash investments the Funds may have made in JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the investment management fee for Yacktman Fund and Yacktman Focused was reduced by $428,611 and $207,331, respectively.

The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has entered into an amended and restated Administration Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Funds’ administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all non-portfolio management aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to each Fund as further described in each Fund’s prospectus. Effective October 1, 2016, each Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.15% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net

 

 

 

 

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assets for this service. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Funds (except Yacktman Focused Selection Only) paid an administration fee under a similar contract at an annual rate of 0.03% of each Fund’s average net assets for the first $300 million of assets under management, 0.025% for the next $200 million and 0.02% on amounts in excess of $500 million.

The Funds are distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for each Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of each Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Generally the Distributor bears all of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

For Yacktman Fund Class I shares, Yacktman Focused Class N shares, Yacktman Focused Selection Only Class N shares and Yacktman Special Opportunities Class I shares, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to each financial intermediary such as broker-dealers (including fund supermarket platforms), banks, and trust companies who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. The Class N and Class I shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of each Class’s average daily net assets as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

Fund    Maximum
Annual Amount
Approved
   Actual
Amount
Incurred

Yacktman Fund

         

Class I

       0.20%        0.10%

Yacktman Focused

         

Class N

       0.20%        0.19%

Yacktman Focused Selection Only

 

    

Class N

       0.20%        0.00%

Yacktman Special Opportunities

 

    

Class I

       0.10%        0.10%

The Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with an Investment Manager receive an annual retainer and per meeting fees for regular, special and telephonic meetings, and they are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while carrying out their duties as Board members. The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair receive additional annual retainers. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) granted an exemptive order that permits the Funds to lend and borrow money for certain temporary

purposes directly to and from other eligible funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both the borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Administrator manages the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the following Funds either borrowed from or lent to other Funds in the AMG Funds family: Yacktman Fund lent varying amounts not exceeding $22,802,753 for three days earning interest of $1,304; Yacktman Focused lent varying amounts not exceeding $4,187,214 for nine days earning interest of $565; and Yacktman Special Opportunities lent varying amounts not exceeding $1,020,894 for six days earning interest of $145. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. For the period ended June 30, 2017, Yacktman Focused Selection Only neither borrowed from nor lent to other funds in the AMG Funds family. At June 30, 2017, the Funds had no interfund loans outstanding.

3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Long-Term Securities  
Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Yacktman Fund

   $ 65,488,932      $ 1,098,580,718  

Yacktman Focused

     34,431,862        674,907,037  

Yacktman Focused - Selection Only

     1,232,013        82,199  

Yacktman Special Opportunities

     6,186,479        5,848,986  

The Funds had no purchases or sales of U.S. Government Obligations during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Funds participate in the Program providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Funds, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Funds’ policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate omnibus account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into joint repurchase agreements. BNYM bears

 

 

 

 

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the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

At June 30, 2017, the value of the securities loaned and cash collateral received, were as follows.

 

Funds    Securities
Loaned
     Cash Collateral
Received
 

Yacktman Fund

   $ 17,131,667      $ 17,701,770  

Yacktman Focused

     3,802,840        3,894,778  

Yacktman Focused Selection Only

     9,568        9,714  

Yacktman Special Opportunities

     156,799        164,186  

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the

normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Funds under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds had no prior claims or losses and expect the risks of loss to be remote.

6. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into master netting agreements with their counterparties for the securities lending program and Repurchase Agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For securities lending transactions, see Note 4.

 

 

The following table is a summary of the Funds’ open Repurchase Agreements that are subject to a master netting agreement as of June 30, 2017:

 

            Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
Fund    Net Amounts of Assets
Presented in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
     Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

Yacktman Fund

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 567,904      $ 567,904        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     4,204,296        4,204,296        —          —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

     4,204,296        4,204,296        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     691,265        691,265        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     339,518        339,518        —          —    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     3,490,191        3,490,191        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     4,204,300        4,204,300        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 17,701,770      $ 17,701,770        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Yacktman Focused

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 121,797      $ 121,797        —          —    

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

     1,000,000        1,000,000        —          —    

Daiwa Capital Markets America

     1,000,000        1,000,000        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     148,254        148,254        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     72,816        72,816        —          —    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     551,911        551,911        —          —    

State of Wisconsin Investment Board

     1,000,000        1,000,000        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 3,894,778      $ 3,894,778        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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            Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
Fund    Net Amounts of Assets
Presented in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
     Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

Yacktman Focused Selection Only

           

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

   $ 8,961      $ 8,961        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     497        497        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     256        256        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 9,714      $ 9,714        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Yacktman Special Opportunities

           

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ 6,908      $ 6,908        —          —    

Citibank N.A.

     144,739        144,739        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     8,409        8,409        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     4,130        4,130        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 164,186      $ 164,186        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. REGULATORY UPDATES

On October 13, 2016, the SEC amended existing rules intended to modernize reporting and disclosure of information. These amendments relate to Regulation S-X which sets forth the form and content of financial statements. Management has evaluated the implications of adopting these amendments and has determined there is no material impact on the financial statements and accompanying notes.

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Funds have determined that no material events or transactions occurred through the issuance date of the Funds’ financial statements, which require an additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

 

 

 

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AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund: Approval of Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements on June 28-29, 2017.

At an in-person meeting held on June 28-29, 2017, the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), and separately a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved (i) the Investment Management Agreement, as amended pursuant to letter agreements at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) for each of AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, AMG Yacktman Fund and AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) and separately each of Amendment No. 1 thereto dated July 1, 2015, and Amendment No. 2 thereto dated October 1, 2016 (collectively, the “Investment Management Agreement”) and (ii) the Subadvisory Agreement, as amended at any time prior to the date of the meeting, with the Subadviser for each Fund (collectively, the “Subadvisory Agreement”). The Independent Trustees were separately represented by independent legal counsel in connection with their consideration of the approval of these agreements. In considering the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees reviewed a variety of materials relating to the Funds, the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, including comparative performance, fee and expense information for an appropriate peer group of similar mutual funds (each, a “Peer Group”), performance information for relevant benchmark indices (each, a “Fund Benchmark”) and, as to all other matters, other information provided to them on a periodic basis throughout the year, as well as information provided in connection with the meetings of June 28-29, 2017, regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser under their respective agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees: (a) reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management; (b) received materials from their

independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements; and (c) met with their independent legal counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present.

NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information relating to the Investment Manager’s operations and personnel. Among other things, the Investment Manager provided financial information, biographical information on its supervisory and professional staff and descriptions of its organizational and management structure. The Trustees also took into account information provided periodically throughout the previous year by the Investment Manager in Board meetings relating to the performance of its duties with respect to the Funds and the Trustees’ knowledge of the Investment Manager’s management and the quality of the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under the Investment Management Agreement and Administration Agreement. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Investment Manager, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the extent and quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the operation and management of the Funds; (b) the quality of the Investment Manager’s oversight of the performance by the Subadviser of its portfolio management duties; (c) the Investment Manager’s ability to supervise the Funds’ other service providers; and (d) the Investment Manager’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account that, in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser, the Investment Manager: performs periodic detailed analyses and reviews of the performance by the Subadviser of its obligations to each Fund, including without limitation, analysis and review of portfolio and other compliance matters and review of the Subadviser’s investment performance with respect to each Fund; prepares and presents periodic reports to

the Board regarding the investment performance of the Subadviser and other information regarding the Subadviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board may reasonably request; reviews and considers any changes in the personnel of the Subadviser responsible for performing the Subadviser’s obligations and makes appropriate reports to the Board; reviews and considers any changes in the ownership or senior management of the Subadviser and makes appropriate reports to the Board; performs periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings, including with respect to compliance matters, with representatives of the Subadviser; assists the Board and management of the Trust in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of the Subadvisory Agreement and annual consideration of the Subadvisory Agreement thereafter; prepares recommendations with respect to the continued retention of the Subadviser or the replacement of the Subadviser, including at the request of the Board; identifies potential successors to or replacements of the Subadviser or potential additional subadvisers, performs appropriate due diligence, and develops and presents to the Board a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional subadviser, including at the request of the Board; designates and compensates from its own resources such personnel as the Investment Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services; and performs such other review and reporting functions as the Board shall reasonably request consistent with the Investment Management Agreement and applicable law. The Trustees noted the affiliation of the Subadviser with the Investment Manager, noting any potential conflicts of interest. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Investment Manager with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Investment Management Agreement and the Investment Manager’s undertaking to maintain a contractual expense limitation for AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund and Class N shares of AMG Yacktman Focused Fund. The Trustees also considered the Investment Manager’s risk management processes.

 

 

 

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The Trustees also reviewed information relating to the Subadviser’s financial condition, operations and personnel and the investment philosophy, strategies and techniques (its “Investment Strategy”) used in managing each Fund. Among other things, the Trustees reviewed biographical information on portfolio management and other professional staff, information regarding the Subadviser’s organizational and management structure and the Subadviser’s brokerage policies and practices. The Trustees considered specific information provided regarding the experience of the individuals at the Subadviser with portfolio management responsibility for each Fund, including the information set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by the Subadviser in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Subadviser’s personnel; and (c) the Subadviser’s compliance program. The Trustees also took into account the financial condition of the Subadviser with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees also considered the Subadviser’s risk management processes.

PERFORMANCE.

As noted above, the Board considered each Fund’s net performance during relevant time periods as compared to the Fund’s Peer Group and Fund Benchmark and considered the gross performance of the Fund as compared to the Subadviser’s relevant performance composite that utilizes the same investment strategy and approach and noted that the Board reviews on a quarterly basis detailed information about both the Fund’s performance results and portfolio composition, as well as the Subadviser’s Investment Strategy. The Board noted the Investment Manager’s expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of the Subadviser. The Board was mindful of the Investment Manager’s attention to monitoring the Subadviser’s performance with respect to the Funds and its discussions with management

regarding the factors that contributed to the performance of the Funds.

With respect to AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance (including the predecessor fund’s performance for periods prior to its acquisition by the Trust on June 29, 2012), the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class N shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, above, below and above, respectively, the median performance for the Peer Group and below, below, below and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s more recent underperformance. The Trustees also noted that Class N shares of the Fund ranked in the second quintile relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year period and in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 10-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

With respect to AMG Yacktman Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance (including the predecessor fund’s performance for periods prior to its acquisition by the Trust on June 29, 2012), the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class I shares for the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods ended March 31, 2017 was below, at, below and above, respectively, the median performance for the Peer Group and below, below, below and above, respectively, the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, including the reasons for the Fund’s more recent underperformance. The Trustees also noted that Class I shares of the Fund ranked at the cusp of the top half relative to its Peer Group for the 3-year period and in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 10-year period. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s

overall performance has been satisfactory.

With respect to AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund, among other information relating to the Fund’s performance, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s performance for Class Z shares (which share class has the earliest inception date and the largest amount of assets of all the share classes of the Fund) for the 1-year period ended March 31, 2017 and for the period from the Class Z shares’ inception on June 30, 2014 through March 31, 2017 was above the median performance for the Peer Group and above the performance of the Fund Benchmark, the MSCI ACWI All Cap Index. The Trustees took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance, and noted that Class Z shares of the Fund ranked in the top decile relative to its Peer Group for the 1-year period and in the second quintile relative to its Peer Group since inception. The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s overall performance has been satisfactory.

ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY FEES AND PROFITABILITY.

In considering the reasonableness of the advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager, the Trustees reviewed information provided by the Investment Manager setting forth all revenues and other benefits, both direct and indirect (including any so-called “fallout benefits” such as reputational value derived from the Investment Manager serving as Investment Manager to a Fund), received by the Investment Manager and its affiliates attributable to managing each Fund and all the mutual funds in the AMG Funds Family of Funds, the cost of providing such services, the enterprise and entrepreneurial risks undertaken as Investment Manager and sponsor of the Funds and the resulting profitability to the Investment Manager and its affiliates from these relationships. The Trustees also considered the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Investment Manager after payment of the subadvisory fee with respect to each Fund. The Trustees also noted any payments that were made from the Subadviser to

 

 

 

 

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the Investment Manager, and any other payments made or to be made from the Investment Manager to the Subadviser. The Trustees also considered management’s discussion of the current asset levels of the Funds, and the impact on profitability.

In considering the cost of services to be provided by the Investment Manager under the Investment Management Agreement and the profitability to the Investment Manager of its relationship with each Fund, the Trustees noted the undertaking by the Investment Manager to maintain a contractual expense limitation for AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund and Class N shares of AMG Yacktman Focused Fund. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the advisory fee structure, and, as noted above, the services the Investment Manager provides in performing its functions under the Investment Management Agreement and supervising the Subadviser. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Investment Manager is reasonable and that the Investment Manager is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory fee at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as each Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

In considering the reasonableness of the subadvisory fees payable by the Investment Manager to the Subadviser, the Trustees reviewed information regarding the cost to the Subadviser of providing subadvisory services to each Fund and the resulting profitability from the relationships. The Trustees noted that, because the Subadviser is an affiliate of the Investment Manager, a portion of the Subadviser’s revenues or profits might be shared directly or indirectly with the Investment Manager. The Trustees also noted that the subadvisory fees are paid by the Investment Manager out of its advisory fee. The Board also took into account management’s discussion of the subadvisory fee structure, and the services the Subadviser provides in performing its functions

under the Subadvisory Agreement and the differences in, among other things, portfolio composition, cash holdings, security holdings, strategy, diversification and dispersion between the Funds. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the profitability to the Subadviser is reasonable and that the Subadviser is not realizing material benefits from economies of scale that would warrant adjustments to the advisory and subadvisory fees at this time. Also with respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that as a Fund’s assets increase over time, the Fund may realize other economies of scale to the extent the increase in assets is proportionally greater than the increase in certain other expenses.

With respect to AMG Yacktman Focused Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both higher than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 1.25% for Class N shares. The Trustees also took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and competitiveness with comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG Yacktman Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (net of applicable expense waivers/reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both lower than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees concluded that, in light

of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

With respect to AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities Fund, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s management fees (which include both the advisory and administration fees) and total expenses (weighted average, all classes combined) (net of applicable expense waivers/ reimbursements) as of March 31, 2017 were both higher than the average for the Fund’s Peer Group. The Trustees took into account the fact that the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through May 1, 2018, to limit the Fund’s net annual operating expenses (subject to certain excluded expenses) to 0.12%. The Trustees also took into account management’s discussion of the Fund’s expenses and competitiveness with comparably sized funds. The Trustees concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Investment Manager and the Subadviser (which is an affiliate of the Investment Manager), the foregoing expense limitation and the considerations noted above with respect to the Investment Manager and the Subadviser, the Fund’s advisory and subadvisory fees are reasonable.

*        *        *         *

After consideration of the foregoing, the Trustees also reached the following conclusions (in addition to the conclusions discussed above) regarding the Investment Management and Subadvisory Agreements: (a) the Investment Manager has demonstrated that it possesses the resources and capability to perform its duties under the Investment Management Agreement; (b) the Subadviser has the resources to perform its duties under the Subadvisory Agreement and is qualified to manage each Fund’s assets in accordance with its investment objectives and policies; and (c) the Investment Manager and Subadviser maintain appropriate compliance programs.

 

 

 

 

 

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Based on all of the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each Trustee not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Trustees concluded that approval of the Investment Management Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on June 28-29, 2017, the Trustees, and separately a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Investment Management and the Subadvisory Agreements for each Fund.

 

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

DISTRIBUTOR

AMG Distributors, Inc.

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

SUBADVISER

Yacktman Asset Management LP

6300 Bridgepoint Parkway

Building One, Suite 500

Austin, TX 78730

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

TRANSFER AGENT

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: AMG Funds

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

TRUSTEES

Bruce B. Bingham

Christine C. Carsman

Edward J. Kaier

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Richard F. Powers III

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

Thomas R. Schneeweis

This report is prepared for the Funds’ shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Current net asset values per share for each Fund are available on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Funds’ proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced

First Quadrant, L.P.

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity

AMG FQ U.S. Equity

First Quadrant, L.P.

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth

AMG GW&K U.S. Small Cap Growth

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

AMG Renaissance International Equity

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth

The Renaissance Group LLC

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value II

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value

AMG River Road Long-Short

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value

AMG River Road Small Cap Value

River Road Asset Management, LLC

AMG SouthernSun Small Cap

AMG SouthernSun Global Opportunities

AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity

SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC

AMG Systematic Large Cap Value

AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity

AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

AMG Yacktman

AMG Yacktman Focused

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Yacktman Asset Management LP

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG GW&K Core Bond

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

 

OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Lake Partners LASSO Alternative

Lake Partners, Inc.

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Balanced

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Brandywine

AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap Growth

AMG Managers Brandywine Blue

Friess Associates, LLC

AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies

AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

AMG Managers CenterSquare Real Estate

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

AMG Managers Fairpointe Focused Equity

AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap

Fairpointe Capital LLC

AMG Managers Guardian Capital Global Dividend

Guardian Capital LP

AMG Managers LMCG Small Cap Growth

LMCG Investments, LLC

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Growth

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

AMG Managers Pictet International

Pictet Asset Management Limited

AMG Managers Silvercrest Small Cap

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

AMG Managers Special Equity

Ranger Investment Management, L.P. Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P. Federated MDTA LLC

AMG Managers Value Partners Asia Dividend

Value Partners Hong Kong Limited

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

AMG Managers Doubleline Core Plus Bond

DoubleLine Capital LP

AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity

AMG Managers Loomis Sayles Bond

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

   SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
  
  

 

 

AMG Funds

June 30, 2017

 

LOGO

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Class N: TQENX    |    Class I: TQEIX    |    Class Z: TQEZX

 

 

www.amgfunds.com           SAR083-0617


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AMG Funds

Semi-Annual Report—June 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   PAGE  

ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     2  

FUND PERFORMANCE

     3  

FUND SNAPSHOT AND SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     7  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     9  

Balance sheet, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     11  

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the period

  

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

     12  

Detail of changes in net assets for the past two periods

  

Financial Highlights

     13  

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

Notes to Financial Statements

     15  

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the AMG Funds Family of mutual funds. Such offering is made only by prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 

 


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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017    Expense
Ratio for
the Period
    Beginning
Account
Value
01/01/17
     Ending
Account
Value
06/30/17
     Expenses
Paid During
the Period*
 

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

          

Class N**

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.50   $ 1,000      $ 1,050      $ 5.22  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.50   $ 1,000      $ 1,017      $ 7.50  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class I

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.25   $ 1,000      $ 1,144      $ 6.65  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.25   $ 1,000      $ 1,019      $ 6.26  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

     1.25   $ 1,000      $ 1,144      $ 6.65  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1.25   $ 1,000      $ 1,019      $ 6.26  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.
** Commenced operations on February 27, 2017, and as such, the expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (124), then divided by 365.
 

 

 

 

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Fund Performance (unaudited)

Periods ended June 30, 2017

 

 

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the periods indicated for the AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, as well as the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index for the same time periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Retuns1    Six
Months*
    Since
Inception
    Inception
Date
 

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

      

Class N

           5.03     02/24/17  

Class I

     14.43     15.00     12/14/16  

Class Z

     14.43     15.00     12/14/16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index10

     15.99     15.31     12/14/16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Funds will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For performance information through the most recent month end, current net asset values per share for the Fund and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.amgfunds.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.

Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

 

  The date reflects the inception date of the Fund, not the index.
*  Not annualized.
1  Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Funds are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of June 30, 2017. All returns are in U.S. dollars ($).
2  Investments in international securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing including currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions, which could result in significant market fluctuations.
3  The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in emerging markets, such as erratic earnings patterns, economic and political instability, changing exchange controls, limitations on repatriation of foreign capital and changes in local governmental attitudes toward private investment, possibly leading to nationalization or confiscation of investor assets. Such risks may be magnified for securities in frontier emerging markets. Such risks may be magnified for securities in frontier emerging markets
4  The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.
5  The Fund is subject to currency risk resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates that may affect the total loss or gain on a non-U.S. Dollar investment when converted back to U.S. Dollars.
6  Fund may invest in derivatives, such as options and futures; the complexity and rapidly changing structure of derivatives markets may increase the possibility of market losses.
7  Companies that are in similar businesses may be similarly affected by particular economic or market events; to the extent the Fund has substantial holdings within a particular sector, the risks associated with that sector increase.
8  The Fund invests in growth stocks, which may be more sensitive to market movements because their prices tend to reflect future investor expectations rather than just current profits.
9  A short-term redemption fee of 2% will be charged on shares held for less than 60 days.
10 The MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index includes small cap representation across 24 Emerging Markets countries. EM countries include: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Qatar, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. The small cap segment tends to capture more local economic and sector characteristics relative to larger Emerging Markets capitalization segments. Unlike the Fund, the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses. All MSCI data is provided ‘as is.’ The products described herein are not sponsored or endorsed and have not been reviewed or passed on by MSCI. In no event shall MSCI, its affiliates, or any MSCI data provider have any liability of any kind in connection with the MSCI data or the products described herein. Copying or redistributing the MSCI data is strictly prohibited.

Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Fund Snapshots (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN

 

Sector

   AMG TimesSquare
Emerging Markets
Small Cap Fund*
  MSCI Emerging
Markets Small
Cap Index

Financials

       21.5 %       9.2 %

Information Technology

       18.9 %       17.1 %

Consumer Discretionary

       17.6 %       16.7 %

Industrials

       9.7 %       15.1 %

Consumer Staples

       9.6 %       6.7 %

Health Care

       5.9 %       8.1 %

Materials

       3.8 %       11.2 %

Real Estate

       2.9 %       9.0 %

Exchange Traded Funds

       2.7 %       0.0 %

Telecommunication Services

       1.7 %       0.9 %

Energy

       1.1 %       2.1 %

Utilities

       0.0 %       3.9 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

       4.6 %       0.0 %

 

* As a percentage of net assets.

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets

Chroma ATE, Inc.

       2.3 %

Koh Young Technology, Inc.**

       2.2

Dewan Housing Finance Corp., Ltd.

       2.1

Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT

       2.1

Media Nusantara Citra Tbk PT**

       2.1

AviChina Industry & Technology Co., Ltd.**

       2.0

WONIK IPS CO., Ltd.

       2.0

Mytilineos Holdings, S.A.

       2.0

PAX Global Technology, Ltd.**

       2.0

Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB de CV

       1.8
    

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

       20.6 %
    

 

 

 

 

** Top Ten Holdings as of December 31, 2016.
 

 

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 91.3%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 17.6%

     

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems, Ltd. (China)

     78,000      $ 63,721  

CJ E&M Corp. (South Korea)

     1,100        72,912  

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

     6,400        77,867  

Forus, S.A. (Chile)

     16,000        56,159  

Fourlis Holdings, S.A. (Greece)*

     9,000        60,340  

IMAX China Holding, Inc. (Hong Kong)* (a)

     28,000        85,880  

Innocean Worldwide, Inc. (South Korea)

     1,200        66,976  

Loen Entertainment, Inc. (South Korea)

     1,300        99,305  

Mando Corp. (South Korea)

     300        67,564  

Media Nusantara Citra Tbk PT (Indonesia)

     880,000        121,315  

Mr Price Group, Ltd. (South Africa)

     6,300        75,107  

Plan B Media PCL (Thailand)

     260,000        43,582  

Ser Educacional, S.A. (Brazil)(a)

     11,500        83,345  

Total Consumer Discretionary

        974,073  

Consumer Staples - 9.4%

     

Adecoagro, S.A. (Argentina)*

     7,000        69,930  

Alicorp SAA (Peru)

     27,000        67,697  

Cia Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. (Chile)

     4,200        55,250  

Grupo Lala SAB de CV (Mexico)1

     42,000        76,994  

Juhayna Food Industries (Egypt)*

     130,000        56,032  

Lenta, Ltd., GDR (Russia)*

     11,000        63,910  

Masan Group Corp. (Vietnam)

     28,000        51,735  

Puregold Price Club, Inc. (Philippines)

     86,000        75,927  

Total Consumer Staples

        517,475  

Energy - 1.1%

     

Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries, S.A. (Greece)

     2,700        58,772  

Financials - 20.3%

     

Alior Bank, S.A. (Poland)*

     5,000        83,293  

Banca Transilvania, S.A. (Romania)*

     90,000        60,546  

Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT (Indonesia)

     580,000        113,290  

Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB de CV (Mexico)

     16,000        101,384  

City Union Bank, Ltd. (India)

     25,000        68,372  

Dewan Housing Finance Corp., Ltd. (India)

     17,000        114,949  

Grupo Supervielle, S.A., Sponsored ADR (Argentina)

     3,200        57,856  

Intercorp Financial Services, Inc. (Peru)

     2,200        74,800  

Itau CorpBanca (Chile)

     6,600,000        58,819  

KRUK, S.A. (Poland)

     1,000        83,095  
     Shares      Value  

Security Bank Corp. (Philippines)

     21,000      $ 90,303  

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd. (India)

     3,500        54,074  

Srisawad Power 1979 PCL (Thailand)

     63,440        93,751  

TBC Bank Group PLC (Greece)

     3,100        63,956  

Total Financials

        1,118,488  

Health Care - 5.9%

     

China Resources Phoenix Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd. (China)

     45,000        55,379  

i-SENS, Inc. (South Korea)

     3,000        72,073  

Life Healthcare Group Holdings, Ltd. (South Africa)

     34,896        68,360  

Qualicorp, S.A. (Brazil)

     8,500        74,021  

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group, Ltd. (China)

     140,000        58,607  

Total Health Care

        328,440  

Industrials - 9.7%

     

AirAsia BHD (Malaysia)

     85,000        64,350  

AKR Corporindo Tbk PT (Indonesia)

     125,000        61,199  

Ashok Leyland, Ltd. (India)

     40,000        58,034  

AviChina Industry & Technology Co., Ltd. (China)

     190,000        111,448  

DMCI Holdings, Inc. (Philippines)

     260,000        72,652  

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. (South Korea)*

     1,400        54,433  

Mytilineos Holdings, S.A. (Greece)*

     12,000        113,210  

Total Industrials

        535,326  

Information Technology - 18.9%

     

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

     25,000        63,330  

Chroma ATE, Inc. (Taiwan)

     39,000        125,636  

Ennoconn Corp. (Taiwan)

     8,000        101,278  

Kingsoft Corp., Ltd. (China)

     30,000        78,094  

Koh Young Technology, Inc. (South Korea)

     2,200        115,391  

Linx, S.A. (Brazil)

     10,400        54,623  

PAX Global Technology, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

     173,000        111,062  

Sinbon Electronics Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

     39,000        92,059  

Tongda Group Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

     218,800        65,277  

Vakrangee, Ltd. (India)

     7,000        46,635  

Viatron Technologies, Inc. (South Korea)

     3,400        73,530  

Weibo Corp., Sponsored ADR (China)*

     60        3,988  

WONIK IPS Co., Ltd. (South Korea)*

     4,300        111,387  

Total Information Technology

        1,042,290  

Materials - 3.8%

     

CEMEX Latam Holdings, S.A. (Colombia)*

     16,000        61,323  

Duratex, S.A. (Brazil)

     27,000        66,096  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

     Shares          
Value
 

Materials - 3.8% (continued)

     

Greatview Aseptic Packaging Co., Ltd. (China)

     130,000      $ 81,087  

Total Materials

        208,506  

Real Estate - 2.9%

     

BR Properties, S.A. (Brazil)

     15,000        40,795  

Grivalia Properties REIC AE, REIT (Greece)

     5,300        55,389  

The Phoenix Mills, Ltd. (India)

     9,000        62,716  

Total Real Estate

        158,900  

Telecommunication Services - 1.7%

     

Telecom Argentina, S.A., Sponsored ADR (Argentina)

     2,100        53,214  

Thaicom PCL (Thailand)

     90,000        42,629  

Total Telecommunication Services

        95,843  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $4,578,507)

        5,038,113  

Preferred Stocks - 1.2%

     

Financials - 1.2%

     

Banco Davivienda, S.A., Preference

     6,000        65,917  

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $59,687)

        65,917  

Exchange Traded Funds - 2.7%

     

iShares MSCI India ETF (United States)

     2,500        80,250  

WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF (United States)1

     2,800        68,628  

Total Exchange Traded Funds
(cost $123,549)

        148,878  

Warrants - 0.2%

     

Consumer Staples - 0.2%

     

Masan Group Corp., (Netherlands)
(cost $14,082)

     7,000        12,880  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Short-Term Investments - 6.4%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 1.0%2

     

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.150% total to be received $52,102 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 07/15/17 - 05/20/67, totaling $53,139)

   $ 52,097      $ 52,097  

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.120% total to be received $2,892 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.250%, 07/15/17 - 01/15/37, totaling $2,950)

     2,892        2,892  

Jefferies LLC, dated 06/30/17, due 07/03/17, 1.210% total to be received $1,487 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 7.125%, 07/07/17 - 01/15/30, totaling $1,517)

     1,487        1,487  

Total Repurchase Agreements

        56,476  
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 5.4%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.90%3

     298,152        298,152  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $354,628)

        354,628  

Total Investments - 101.8%
(cost $5,130,453)

        5,620,416  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (1.8)%

        (100,520

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 5,519,896  
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)

 

 

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Schedule of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

Based on the approximate cost of investments of $5,134,266 for federal income tax purposes at June 30,2017, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $624,093 and $137,943, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of investments of $486,150.

 

* Non-income producing security.
(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At June 30, 2017, the value of these securities amounted to $169,225, or 3.1% of net assets.
1  Some or all of these securities, amounting to a market value of $55,131, or 1.0% of net assets, were out on loan to various brokers.
2  Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these joint repurchase agreements.
3  Yield shown represents the June 30, 2017, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

 

Country

   AMG TimesSquare
Emerging Markets
Small Cap Fund
  MSCI Emerging
Markets Small
Cap Index

Argentina

       3.4 %       0.0 %

Brazil

       6.1 %       4.5 %

Chile

       3.2 %       1.1 %

China

       8.6 %       20.4 %

Colombia

       2.4 %       0.4 %

Czech Republic

       0.0 %       0.1 %

Egypt

       1.1 %       0.4 %

Greece

       6.7 %       0.8 %

Hong Kong

       5.0 %       0.0 %

Hungary

       0.0 %       0.1 %

India

       7.7 %       13.9 %

Indonesia

       5.6 %       2.4 %

Malaysia

       1.2 %       3.3 %

Mexico

       3.4 %       3.1 %

Netherlands

       0.3 %       0.0 %

Pakistan

       0.0 %       1.0 %

 

Country

   AMG TimesSquare
Emerging Markets
Small Cap Fund
  MSCI Emerging
Markets Small
Cap Index

Peru

       2.7 %       0.1 %

Philippines

       4.5 %       1.1 %

Poland

       3.2 %       1.2 %

Qatar

       0.0 %       0.5 %

Romania

       1.1 %       0.0 %

Russia

       1.2 %       0.6 %

South Africa

       2.7 %       5.2 %

South Korea

       13.9 %       16.4 %

Taiwan

       8.8 %       17.9 %

Thailand

       3.4 %       3.7 %

Turkey

       0.0 %       1.2 %

United Arab Emirates

       0.0 %       0.6 %

United States

       2.8 %       0.0 %

Vietnam

       1.0 %       0.0 %
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
       100.0 %       100.0 %
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

As a percentage of total long-term investments as of June 30, 2017.
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30,2017: (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Investments
Level 1
     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Common Stocks

           

Financials

   $ 417,361      $ 701,127        —        $ 1,118,488  

Information Technology

     58,611        983,679        —          1,042,290  

Consumer Discretionary

     299,149        674,924        —          974,073  

Industrials

     247,061        288,265        —          535,326  

Consumer Staples

     517,475        —          —          517,475  

Health Care

     74,021        254,419        —          328,440  

Materials

     127,419        81,087        —          208,506  

Real Estate

     96,184        62,716        —          158,900  

Telecommunication Services

     53,214        42,629        —          95,843  

Energy

     —          58,772        —          58,772  

Preferred Stocks

           

Financials

     65,917        —          —          65,917  

Exchange Traded Funds

     148,878        —          —          148,878  

Warrants

     —          12,880        —          12,880  

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —          56,476        —          56,476  

Other Investment Companies

     298,152        —          —          298,152  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 2,403,442      $ 3,216,974        —        $ 5,620,416  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2017, the Fund had transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 as follows:.

 

     Transfer into
Level 11
     Transfer out
of Level 11
     Transfer into
Level 21
     Transfer out of
Level 21
 

Assets:

           

Common Stocks

   $ 200,012      $ (94,921    $ 94,921      $ (200,012

 

1  An external pricing service is used to reflect any significant market movements between the time the Fund valued such foreign securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets. (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

INVESTMENT DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

ADR:ADR after the name of a holding stands for American Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a domestic custodian bank. The value of the ADR securities is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored ADRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.

GDR: GDR after the name of a holding stands for Global Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a non-U.S. bank. The value of the GDR securities is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored GDRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.

ETF: Exchange Traded Fund

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG TimesSquare
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap Fund
 

Assets:

  

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $55,131)

   $ 5,620,416  

Foreign currency**

     130,341  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     15,763  

Prepaid offering costs

     38,598  

Receivable from affiliate

     17,101  

Prepaid expenses and other

     16,134  

Total assets

     5,838,353  

Liabilities:

  

Due to Custodian

     40,048  

Payable for investments purchased

     105,139  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     56,476  

Payable to affiliate

     73,540  

Payable for foreign capital gains tax

     1,106  

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     4,357  

Administrative fees

     688  

Distribution fees - Class N

     3  

Professional fees

     16,607  

Trustees fees and expenses

     184  

Other

     20,309  

Total liabilities

     318,457  

Net Assets

   $ 5,519,896  

*     Investments at cost

   $ 5,130,453  

**   Foreign currency at cost

   $ 130,874  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

 

 

     AMG
TimesSquare
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap Fund
 

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 4,806,554  

Accumulated net investment income

     26,042  

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     198,081  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     489,219  

Net Assets

   $ 5,519,896  

Class N:

  

Net Assets

   $ 14,946  

Shares outstanding

     1,301  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.49  

Class I:

  

Net Assets

   $ 11,498  

Shares outstanding

     1,000  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.50  

Class Z:

  

Net Assets

   $ 5,493,452  

Shares outstanding

     477,833  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.50  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

For the six months ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

     AMG
TimesSquare
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap Fund
 

Investment Income:

  

Dividend income

   $ 63,976  

Securities lending income

     105  

Foreign withholding tax

     (5,111

Total investment income

     58,970  

Expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     24,769  

Administrative fees

     3,911  

Distribution fees - Class N

     10  

Amortization of offering costs

     42,216  

Custodian fees

     17,852  

Professional fees

     13,196  

Registration fees

     9,918  

Reports to shareholders

     557  

Transfer agent fees

     436  

Trustees fees and expenses

     268  

Miscellaneous

     656  

Total expenses before offsets

     113,789  

Expense reimbursements

     (81,188

Net expenses

     32,601  

Net investment income

     26,369  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investments

     204,095  

Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions

     (6,014

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     454,880  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency translations

     (729

Net realized and unrealized gain

     652,232  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 678,601  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and period ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

     AMG TimesSquare Emerging
Markets Small Cap Fund
 
     2017      2016*  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations:

     

Net investment income

   $ 26,369      $ 2,057  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     198,081        (2,698

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency translations

     454,151        35,068  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     678,601        34,427  

Capital Share Transactions:1

     

Net increase from capital share transactions

     593,990        4,212,878  

Total increase in net assets

     1,272,591        4,247,305  

Net Assets:

     

Beginning of period

     4,247,305        —    

End of period

   $ 5,519,896      $ 4,247,305  

End of period accumulated net investment income (loss)

   $ 26,042      $ (327
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*  Commencement of operations was on December 15, 2016.
1 See Note 1(g) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

           For the Period
ended
June 30, 2017
 
Class N          (unaudited)*  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $ 10.94  

Income from Investment Operations:

    

Net investment income1,2

       0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       0.51  

Total income from investment operations

       0.55  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

     $ 11.49  

Total Return2

       5.03 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

       1.50 %5 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

       4.61 %5 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

       0.76 %5 

Portfolio turnover

       29 %4 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 15  
    

 

 

 
     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
    For the period
ended
December 31, 2016**
 
Class I    (unaudited)        

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.05     $ 10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

    

Net investment income1,2

     0.06       0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.39       0.04  

Total income from investment operations

     1.45       0.05  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 11.50     $ 10.05  

Total Return2

     14.43 %4      0.50 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.25 %5      1.34 %5,7 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     4.36 %5      7.09 %5,6,7 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.01 %5      1.27 %5,7 

Portfolio turnover

     29 %4      0 %4 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 12     $ 10  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the six
months ended
June 30, 2017
    For the period
ended
December 31, 2016**
 
Class Z    (unaudited)        

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 10.05     $ 10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

    

Net investment income1,2

     0.06       0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.39       0.04  

Total income from investment operations

     1.45       0.05  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 11.50     $ 10.05  

Total Return2

     14.43 %4      0.50 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.25 %5      1.34 %5,7 

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets3

     4.36 %5      7.09 %5,6,7 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     1.01 %5      1.27 %5,7 

Portfolio turnover

     29 %4      0 %4 

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 5,493     $ 4,237  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

*  Commencement of operations was on February 27, 2017.
** Commencement of operations was on December 15, 2016.
1  Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2  Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3  Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses. (See Notes 1(c) and 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)
4  Not annualized.
5  Annualized.
6  Ratio does not reflect the annualization of audit, excise tax and organization expenses.
7  Includes excise tax expense amounting to 0.09%.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

June 30, 2017

 

 

 

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

AMG Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks, and policies. Included in this report is AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund’s commencement of operations was on December 15, 2016.

The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class N, which commenced operations on February 27, 2017, Class I and Class Z. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) including accounting and reporting guidance pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies. U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements:

a. VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

Equity securities including Exchange Traded Funds traded on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market system (“NMS”) are valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ official closing price or the official closing price of the relevant exchange or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask prices (the “exchange mean price”). Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market (other than NMS securities) are valued at the exchange mean price. Foreign equity securities (securities principally traded in markets other than U.S. markets) are valued at the official closing price on the primary exchange or, for markets that either do not offer an official closing price or where the official closing price may not be representative of the overall market, the last quoted sale price.

Fixed income securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost value is approximately the same as the fair value of the security valued without the use of amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

The Fund’s portfolio investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). Under certain circumstances, the value of

certain Fund portfolio investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Valuation Committee, which is comprised of the Independent Trustees of the Board, and the Pricing Committee, which is comprised of representatives from the AMG Funds LLC (“Investment Manager”) are the committees appointed by the Board to make fair value determinations. The Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if the Investment Manager or the Pricing Committee believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee and, if required under the Trust’s securities valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from current sale of that portfolio investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental and analytical data relating to the investment; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value portfolio investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Fund, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

With respect to foreign equity securities and certain foreign fixed income securities, the Board has adopted a policy that securities held in a Fund that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day provided that each individual price exceeds a pre-established confidence level.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

 

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may not necessarily be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. Transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

b. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. INVESTMENT INCOME AND EXPENSES

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from foreign securities are recorded on the ex-dividend date, and if after the fact, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the ex-dividend date, except for Korean securities where dividends are recorded on confirmation date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Upon notification from issuers, distributions received from a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to the Fund are apportioned among the funds in the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family of mutual funds (collectively the “AMG Funds family”) based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

d. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in

December, as described in the Fund’s prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Permanent differences are due to expenses disallowed for tax purposes and gains/losses on foreign currency. Temporary differences are due to gains/losses on foreign currency and mark-to-market of passive foreign investment companies.

e. FEDERAL TAXES

The Fund expects to qualify as an investment company and intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, the Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, management is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred may be carried forward for an unlimited time period, and retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

f. CAPITAL LOSS CARRYOVERS AND DEFERRALS

As of June 30, 2017, the Fund had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for federal income tax purposes. Should the Fund incur net capital losses for the year ending December 31, 2017, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, for an unlimited time period.

 

 

 

 

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g. CAPITAL STOCK

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for the Fund the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. The Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Fund in connection with the issuance of shares is

based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Fund’s policy on investment valuation. The Fund will deduct a 2.00% redemption fee from the proceeds of any redemption (including a redemption by exchange) of shares if the redemption occurs within 60 days of the purchase of those shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund received no redemption fees.

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2016, the capital stock transactions by class were as follows:

 

     TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap  
     2017      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Class N:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     1,301      $ 14,490        —          —    

Reinvestment of dividends

     —          —          —          —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,301      $ 14,490        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class I:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     —          —          1,000      $ 10,000  

Reinvestment of dividends

     —          —          —          —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     —          —          —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     —          —          1,000      $ 10,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

     56,228      $ 579,500        421,615      $ 4,202,977  

Reinvestment of dividends

     —          —          —          0  

Cost of shares repurchased

     —          —          (10      (99
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

     56,228      $ 579,500        421,605      $ 4,202,878  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At June 30, 2017, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, including omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Fund as follows: four own 91%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund.

 

h. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND JOINT REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Funds may enter into third-party repurchase agreements for temporary cash management purposes and third-party joint repurchase agreements for reinvestment of cash collateral on securities lending transactions under the securities lending program offered by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) (the “Program”) (collectively, “Repurchase Agreements”). The value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, must equal or exceed the value of the Repurchase Agreements during the term of the agreement. For joint repurchase agreements, the Funds participate on a pro rata basis with other clients of BNYM in its share of the underlying collateral under such joint repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of the underlying collateral. The underlying collateral for all Repurchase Agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited. Pursuant to the Program, the Funds are indemnified for such losses by BNYM on joint repurchase agreements.

At June 30, 2017, the market value of Repurchase Agreements outstanding was $56,476.

i. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holding of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.

The Fund does not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

 

 

 

 

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j. FOREIGN SECURITIES

The Fund invests in securities of foreign entities and in instruments denominated in foreign currencies which involve risks not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Non-domestic securities carry special risks, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability, a lack of company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and, potentially, less liquidity. A Fund’s investments in emerging market countries are exposed to additional risks. A Fund’s performance will be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting companies in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries generally have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than those of developed countries.

Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level and would pay such foreign taxes at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction.

k. ORGANIZATIONAL AND OFFERING COSTS

The Investment Manager incurred and directly paid organizational and offering costs on behalf of the Fund in the amount of $89,627, which will be repaid by the Fund for the full amount thereof. Organizational costs in the amount of $5,265 were expensed in the fiscal period ended December 31, 2016. Offering costs of $84,362 were deferred and are being amortized on the straight-line method over a period of one year from the commencement of operations. The amount of organizational and offering costs owed by the Fund to the Investment Manager is reflected as a Payable to affiliate on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

2. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

The Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary and the U.S. retail distribution arm of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Fund and is responsible for the Fund’s overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisers for the Fund (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadviser’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. The investment portfolio is managed by TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC (“TimesSquare”) who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager. AMG indirectly owns a majority interest in TimesSquare.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund paid an investment management fee at the annual rate of 0.95% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2018, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund to 1.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances. The contractual expense

limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the Board, or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.

In general, for a period of up to 36 months, the Investment Manager may recover from the Fund, fees waived and expenses paid pursuant to this contractual agreement, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed the contractual expense limitation amount.

At June 30, 2017, the Fund’s expiration of recoupment is as follows:

 

Expiration Period       

Within 3 years

   $ 110,480  

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has entered into an amended and restated Administration Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all non-portfolio management aspects of managing the Fund’s operations, including administration and shareholder services to the Fund as further described in the Fund’s prospectus. The Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.15% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service.

The Fund is distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the distributor and underwriter for the Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of the Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. Generally the Distributor bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and advertising or sales literature.

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a distribution and service plan (the “Plan”) with respect to the Class N shares of the Fund in accordance with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and the requirements of the applicable rules of FINRA regarding asset based sales charges. Pursuant to the Plan, the Fund may make payments to the Distributor for its expenditures in financing any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of Class N of the Fund’s shares and for maintenance and personal service provided to existing shareholders of that class. The Plan authorizes payments to the Distributors up to 0.25% annually of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class N. The Plan further provides for periodic payments by the Fund or the Distributor to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries for providing shareholder services and for promotional and other sales related costs. The portion of payments made under the plan by Class N shares for shareholder servicing may not exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of the Fund’s shares of that class owned by clients of such broker, dealer or financial intermediary.

 

 

 

 

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For the Class N and Class I shares, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses (“shareholder servicing fees”) incurred. Shareholder servicing fees include payments to each financial intermediary, such as broker-dealers (including fund supermarket platforms), banks, and trust companies who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. There are no shareholder servicing fees authorized for Class Z. The Class N and Class I shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of the Class’s average daily net asset value as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

Fund    Maximum
Annual
Amount
Approved
    Actual
Amount
Incurred
 

TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

    

Class N

     0.15     0.00

Class I

     0.15     0.00
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Board provides supervision of the affairs of the Trust and other trusts within the AMG Funds family. The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with an Investment Manager receive an annual retainer and per meeting fees for regular, special and telephonic meetings, and they are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while carrying out their duties as Board members. The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair receive additional annual retainers. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has granted an exemptive order that permits the Fund to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible funds in the AMG Funds family. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Administrator manages the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Fund did not borrow from nor lend to any other fund in the AMG Funds family. At June 30, 2017, the Fund had no interfund loans outstanding.

3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Obligations) for the six months ended June 30, 2017, were $2,076,447 and $1,455,851, respectively. The Fund had no purchases or sales of U.S. Government Obligations during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Fund participates in the Program providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income includes earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the Program, and the Fund, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105)% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Fund is indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate omnibus account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into joint repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

At June 30, 2017, the value of securities on loan and cash collateral was $55,131 and $56,476, respectively.

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Fund under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund had no prior claims or losses and expects the risks of loss to be remote.

6. MASTER NETTING AGREEMENTS

The Fund may enter into master netting agreements with their counterparties for the securities lending program and Repurchase Agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For securities lending transactions, see Note 4.

 

 

 

 

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The following table is a summary of the Fund’s open Repurchase Agreements that are subject to a master netting agreement as of June 30, 2017:

 

            Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
Fund    Net Amounts of Assets
Presented in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
     Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

           

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc.

   $ 52,097      $ 52,097        —          —    

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

     2,892        2,892        —          —    

Jefferies LLC

     1,487        1,487        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 56,476      $ 56,476        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. REGULATORY UPDATES

On October 13, 2016, the SEC amended existing rules intended to modernize reporting and disclosure of information. These amendments relate to Regulation S-X which sets forth the form and content of financial statements. Management has evaluated the implications of adopting these amendments and has determined there is no material impact on the financial statements and accompanying notes.

 

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Funds have determined that no material events or transactions occurred through the issuance date of the Fund’s financial statements, which require an additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR

AMG Funds LLC

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

DISTRIBUTOR

AMG Distributors, Inc.

600 Steamboat Road, Suite 300,

Greenwich, CT 06830

(800) 835-3879

SUBADVISER

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

7 Times Square

42nd Floor

New York, NY 10036

CUSTODIAN

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

LEGAL COUNSEL

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

TRANSFER AGENT

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: AMG Funds

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

TRUSTEES

Bruce B. Bingham

Christine C. Carsman

Edward J. Kaier

Kurt A. Keilhacker

Steven J. Paggioli

Richard F. Powers III

Eric Rakowski

Victoria L. Sassine

Thomas R. Schneeweis

This report is prepared for the Fund’s shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by AMG Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.

Current net asset values per share for the Fund are available on the Funds’ website at www.amgfunds.com.

A description of the policies and procedures the Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.amgfunds.com.

 

 

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

 

AFFILIATE SUBADVISED FUNDS

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Balanced

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Global Risk-Balanced

First Quadrant, L.P.

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Chicago Equity Partners Small Cap Value

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

AMG FQ Tax-Managed U.S. Equity

AMG FQ U.S. Equity

First Quadrant, L.P.

AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

AMG GW&K Small Cap Core

AMG GW&K Small/Mid Cap Growth

AMG GW&K U.S. Small Cap Growth

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

AMG Renaissance International Equity

AMG Renaissance Large Cap Growth

The Renaissance Group LLC

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value

AMG River Road Dividend All Cap Value II

AMG River Road Focused Absolute Value

AMG River Road Long-Short

AMG River Road Small-Mid Cap Value

AMG River Road Small Cap Value

River Road Asset Management, LLC

AMG SouthernSun Small Cap

AMG SouthernSun Global Opportunities

AMG SouthernSun U.S. Equity

SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC

AMG Systematic Large Cap Value

AMG Systematic Mid Cap Value

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare International Small Cap

AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth

AMG TimesSquare Small Cap Growth

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

AMG Trilogy Emerging Markets Equity

AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

AMG Yacktman

AMG Yacktman Focused

AMG Yacktman Focused Fund - Security Selection Only

AMG Yacktman Special Opportunities

Yacktman Asset Management LP

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG GW&K Core Bond

AMG GW&K Enhanced Core Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Bond

AMG GW&K Municipal Enhanced Yield

GW&K Investment Management, LLC

 

 

OPEN-ARCHITECTURE FUNDS

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Lake Partners LASSO Alternative

Lake Partners, Inc.

BALANCED FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Balanced

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

EQUITY FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Brandywine

AMG Managers Brandywine Advisors Mid Cap Growth

AMG Managers Brandywine Blue

Friess Associates, LLC

AMG Managers Cadence Emerging Companies

AMG Managers Cadence Mid Cap

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

AMG Managers CenterSquare Real Estate

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

AMG Managers Emerging Opportunities

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

AMG Managers Essex Small/Micro Cap Growth

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

AMG Managers Fairpointe Focused Equity

AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap

Fairpointe Capital LLC

AMG Managers Guardian Capital Global Dividend

Guardian Capital LP

AMG Managers LMCG Small Cap Growth

LMCG Investments, LLC

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Growth

AMG Managers Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth

Montag & Caldwell, LLC

AMG Managers Pictet International

Pictet Asset Management Limited

AMG Managers Silvercrest Small Cap

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

AMG Managers Skyline Special Equities

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

AMG Managers Special Equity

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

AMG Managers Value Partners Asia Dividend

Value Partners Hong Kong Limited

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

 

AMG Managers Amundi Intermediate Government

AMG Managers Amundi Short Duration Government

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

AMG Managers Doubleline Core Plus Bond

DoubleLine Capital LP

AMG Managers Global Income Opportunity

AMG Managers Loomis Sayles Bond

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 2. CODE OF ETHICS

Not applicable for the semi-annual shareholder report.

 

Item 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Not applicable for the semi-annual shareholder report.

 

Item 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Not applicable for the semi-annual shareholder report.

 

Item 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

The schedule of investments in unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the shareholder report contained in Item 1 hereof.

 

Item 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

Not applicable.


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Item 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. EXHIBITS

 

          (a)(1)

   Not applicable.

          (a)(2)

   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 – Filed herewith.

          (a)(3)

   Not applicable.

          (b)

   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 – Filed herewith.


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SIGNATURES

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

AMG FUNDS

By:   /s/ Jeffrey T. Cerutti
  Jeffrey T. Cerutti, Principal Executive Officer

Date: September 6, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/ Jeffrey T. Cerutti
  Jeffrey T. Cerutti, Principal Executive Officer

Date: September 6, 2017

 

By:   /s/ Donald S. Rumery
  Donald S. Rumery, Principal Financial Officer

Date: September 6, 2017

EX-99.CERT 2 d643611dex99cert.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS Section 302 Certifications

CERTIFICATION FILED AS EXHIBIT 12(a)(2) TO FORM N-CSR

I, Jeffrey T. Cerutti, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of AMG Funds;

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

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

Date: September 6, 2017

 

/s/ Jeffrey T. Cerutti

Jeffrey T. Cerutti
Principal Executive Officer


CERTIFICATION FILED AS EXHIBIT 12(a)(2) TO FORM N-CSR

I, Donald S. Rumery, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of AMG Funds;

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

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

Date: September 6, 2017

 

/s/ Donald S. Rumery

Donald S. Rumery
Principal Financial Officer
EX-99.906CERT 3 d643611dex99906cert.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS Section 906 Certifications

CERTIFICATION FILED AS EXHIBIT 12(B) TO FORM N-CSR

 

Name of Issuer:    AMG FUNDS: AMG CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE FUND, AMG GW&K MUNICIPAL ENHANCED YIELD FUND, AMG GW&K MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, AMG GW&K SMALL CAP CORE FUND, AMG GW&K SMALL/MID CAP FUND, AMG RENAISSANCE LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, AMG RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE EMERGING MARKETS SMALL CAP FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND, AMG MANAGERS SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES FUND, AMG YACKTMAN FUND, AMG YACKTMAN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, AMG YACKTMAN FOCUSED FUND AND AMG YACKTMAN FOCUSED FUND – SECURITIES SELECTION ONLY

In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR of the above-named issuer that is accompanied by this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies, to his knowledge, that:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.

 

Dated: September 6, 2017      

/s/ Jeffrey T. Cerutti

      Jeffrey T. Cerutti
      Principal Executive Officer


CERTIFICATION FILED AS EXHIBIT 12(B) TO FORM N-CSR

 

Name of Issuer:    AMG FUNDS: AMG CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE FUND, AMG GW&K MUNICIPAL ENHANCED YIELD FUND, AMG GW&K MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, AMG GW&K SMALL CAP CORE FUND, AMG GW&K SMALL/MID CAP FUND, AMG RENAISSANCE LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, AMG RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE EMERGING MARKETS SMALL CAP FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH FUND, AMG TIMESSQUARE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND, AMG MANAGERS SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES FUND, AMG YACKTMAN FUND, AMG YACKTMAN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, AMG YACKTMAN FOCUSED FUND AND AMG YACKTMAN FOCUSED FUND – SECURITIES SELECTION ONLY

In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR of the above-named issuer that is accompanied by this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies, to his knowledge, that:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.

 

Dated: September 6, 2017      

/s/ Donald S. Rumery

      Donald S. Rumery
      Principal Financial Officer
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