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<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Investment Objective</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The objective of the Dividend Plus<sup>+</sup> Income Fund
(the “Fund”) is income and long term capital appreciation.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Fees and Expenses</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay
if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.</p>
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<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Principal Investment Strategies</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by
(1) investing in a portfolio of dividend-producing equity securities which the Adviser believes will pay above-average, sustainable,
dividends, (2) selling covered call options on a substantial portion of the Fund’s portfolio of between 25 and 50 equity
securities and (3) selling cash-secured put options. The majority of options sold by the Fund will be out-of-the-money on equity
securities in the Fund’s portfolio and physically settled. The Fund’s equity portfolio is designed by the Adviser to
appreciate for long-term capital gains, and the Fund’s option overlay strategy is designed by the Adviser to generate gains,
which are largely short-term capital gains and distributed to shareholders as dividends or lower the cost basis of the Fund’s
portfolio. This strategy generally requires the Adviser to hold a substantial amount of the Fund’s assets in cash or cash
equivalents which may include U.S. Treasury bills, shares of money market funds and/or other short-term cash investments, which
may pay interest that will contribute to Fund performance.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Under normal market conditions, the Fund’s investments
in domestic equity securities are primarily in domestic companies with large- and mid-sized market capitalizations. The Adviser
defines (1) companies with large market capitalizations as those companies with market capitalizations of $5 billion and over and
(2) companies with mid-sized market capitalizations as those companies with market capitalizations of at least $1 billion but not
more than $5 billion. Such domestic equity securities include common stock, convertible securities, preferred stock, warrants and
sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”).</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund may also invest in domestic equity securities of
companies with small market capitalizations (defined by the Adviser as those companies with market capitalizations of less than
$1 billion). In addition, from time to time, the Fund may buy call options to close positions, sell put options to initiate positions
and buy put index options that are designed to create a hedge for the Fund’s portfolio.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Adviser uses a total return approach to select the Fund’s
investments. The Adviser’s investment process consists of conducting proprietary fundamental research, analyzing company
filings, communicating with company management and industry analysts and reviewing third-party research. Once an investment is
made, the holding is continuously monitored to ensure that the initial rationale for investment remains. If it is determined that
the initial reason for investment is no longer valid or exceeds its target or if other investments with higher expected returns
become available, the Adviser may sell the holding.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Principal Investment Risks</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and investment
return will fluctuate based upon changes in the value of its portfolio securities. You could lose money on your investment in the
Fund or the Fund could underperform other investments. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured
or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">It is important that investors closely review and understand
the risks of investing in the Fund.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Market Events Risk. </b></font>Turbulence
in the financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and fixed-income markets may negatively affect issuers worldwide,
which could have an adverse effect on the Fund.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>ADR Risk. </b></font>The
Fund may invest in ADRs. ADR risks include, but are not limited to fluctuations in foreign currencies, political and financial
instability, less liquidity and greater volatility, lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and
increased price volatility. ADRs may not track the price of the underlying securities, and their value may change materially at
times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Convertible Securities
Risk. </b></font>Investments in convertible securities entail some of the risks of both equity and debt securities. The value of
convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion feature, tends to vary with the fluctuations
in the market value of the underlying securities.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Equity Risk. </b></font>The
Fund’s equity holdings may decline in value because of changes in price of a particular holding or a broad stock market decline.
The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer of a security.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Fixed-Income Securities
Risk. </b></font>The Fund may invest in fixed-income (debt) securities, which are generally subject to the following risks:</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 30pt"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Interest Rate Risk.
</b></font>An increase in interest rates typically causes a decrease in the value of fixed-income securities in which the Fund
may invest.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 30pt"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Credit Risk. </b></font>The
financial condition of an issuer of a fixed-income security may cause the issuer to default. A decline in an issuer's credit rating
may cause an increase in investment risk and price volatility.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Hedging Risk. </b></font>Gains
or losses from positions in hedging instruments, such as options, may be much greater than the instrument’s original cost.
The counterparty may be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund. In addition, the Fund may be unable to close the
transaction at the time and price the Adviser would like. This may result in a loss to the Fund.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>High Turnover Risk. </b></font>The
Fund’s strategy may result in high turnover rates, which may increase the Fund’s brokerage commission costs and negatively
impact the Fund’s performance. Such portfolio turnover also may generate net short-term capital gains.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Large Capitalization Company
Risk. </b></font>The Fund’s investments in large capitalization companies may underperform other segments of the market because
they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of
economic expansion.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Management Risk. </b></font>The
Fund is actively managed, and its performance will reflect the Adviser’s ability to make investment decisions that are suited
to achieving the Fund’s investment objectives.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Mid Capitalization Company
Risk. </b></font>The Fund’s investments in mid capitalization companies may be less liquid and their securities’ prices
may fluctuate more than those of larger, more established companies.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Preferred Stock Risk. </b></font>Preferred
stock is a class of a capital stock that typically pays dividends at a specified rate. Preferred stock is generally senior to common
stock, but subordinate to debt securities, with respect to the payment of dividends and on liquidation of the issuer. The market
value of preferred stock generally decreases when interest rates rise and is also affected by the issuer’s ability to make
payments on the preferred stock.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Selling Call Options Risk.
</b></font>The Fund may sell covered call options and may be required to sell the underlying security and, therefore, not participate
in gains if the stock price exceeds the exercise price, before the expiration date of the option.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Selling Put Options Risk.
</b></font>The Fund may sell put options and may be required to buy the underlying security at the exercise price if the Adviser
does not buy back the put. The Fund will incur a loss equal to the difference between the exercise price less the premium received
from the sale of the option and the security’s current market value. The Fund may be volatile and lose money in connection
with significant redemptions if the Fund’s strategy requires it to meet those redemptions by closing out an options position
at a disadvantageous time.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Small Capitalization Company
Risk. </b></font>The Fund’s investments in small capitalization companies may be less liquid and their securities’
prices may fluctuate more than those of larger, more established companies.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><font style="color: windowtext"><b>Warrants Risk. </b></font>The
Fund may invest in warrants. Warrants can provide a greater potential for loss than an equivalent investment in the underlying
security. The price of a warrant does not necessarily move in tandem with the price of the underlying security and therefore, a
warrant may be highly volatile and speculative. If a warrant held by the Fund is not exercised by the date of its expiration, the
Fund would lose the entire purchase price of the warrant.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Performance Information</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The following chart illustrates the Investor Class returns
as of December 31, 2011. Because the Investor Class has higher expenses than the Institutional Class, the performance of the Investor
Class would be lower than the performance that the Institutional Class realized for the same period. The chart and table provide
some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the changes in the performance for the past year and how the Fund’s
average annual returns for one year and since inception compare to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (the “S&P 500
Index”). Updated performance information is available at www.divplusfund.com or by calling (877) 414-7884 (toll free).</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><i>Performance information represents only past performance,
before and after taxes, and does not necessarily indicate future results. </i></p>
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<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Example.</p>
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual
funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your
shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the
Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions
your costs would be:
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Annual Returns as of December 31</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by
(1) investing in a portfolio of dividend-producing equity securities which the Adviser believes will pay above-average, sustainable,
dividends, (2) selling covered call options on a substantial portion of the Fund’s portfolio of between 25 and 50 equity
securities and (3) selling cash-secured put options. The majority of options sold by the Fund will be out-of-the-money on equity
securities in the Fund’s portfolio and physically settled. The Fund’s equity portfolio is designed by the Adviser to
appreciate for long-term capital gains, and the Fund’s option overlay strategy is designed by the Adviser to generate gains,
which are largely short-term capital gains and distributed to shareholders as dividends or lower the cost basis of the Fund’s
portfolio. This strategy generally requires the Adviser to hold a substantial amount of the Fund’s assets in cash or cash
equivalents which may include U.S. Treasury bills, shares of money market funds and/or other short-term cash investments, which
may pay interest that will contribute to Fund performance.</p>
<b>Average Annual Total Returns</b><br />
<b>(For the periods ended December 31, 2011)</b>
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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The calendar year-to-date total return as of September 30,
2012 was 6.12%.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">During the period shown, the highest return for a quarter
was 8.32% for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, and the lowest return was -6.40% for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend
on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who
hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held
in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 102% of the average value of its
portfolio.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Portfolio Turnover.</p>
<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin-top: 5.6pt; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; background-color: white">You could lose
money on your investment in the Fund or the Fund could underperform other
investments.<p></p></font></p>
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency.<p></p></font></p>
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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The calendar year-to-date total return as of September 30,
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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">During the period shown, the highest return for a quarter
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2011-09-30
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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><i>Performance information represents only past performance,
before and after taxes, and does not necessarily indicate future results. </i></p>
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Return Before Taxes
Return After Taxes on Distributions
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
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877-414-7884
www.divplusfund.com
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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The following chart illustrates the Investor Class returns
as of December 31, 2011. </p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. </p>
<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who
hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).</p>
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets given in the financial highlights which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses ("AFFE").
MAI Wealth Advisors, LLC (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to reduce its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, leverage interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividends or interest on short positions, other interest expenses, brokerage commissions, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation) of Investor Class and Institutional Class to 1.24% and 0.99%, respectively, for the period January 1, 2013 through January 1, 2014 ("Expense Cap"). The Expense Cap may be changed or eliminated at any time, only with the consent of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund for fees reduced and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser pursuant to the Expense Cap if such payment (1) is made within three years of the fee reduction or expense reimbursement, (2) is approved by the Board and (3) does not cause the Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses of a class to exceed the Expense Cap. Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses may increase if exclusions from the Expense Cap apply.