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<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Investment Objective</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Monongahela All Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks
total return through long-term capital appreciation and income.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Fees and Expenses</p>
<p style="font: 11pt 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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">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>
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<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Portfolio Turnover.</b> </p>
<p style="font: 11pt 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.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Principal Investment Strategies</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing
primarily in a portfolio of domestic equity securities, which primarily consist of common and preferred stocks and securities convertible
into common stocks, securities of companies of any market capitalization. The Fund invests in securities that the Adviser believes
are undervalued and exhibit the likelihood of exceeding market returns. Utilizing fundamental research, the Fund seeks equity securities
selling at discounts to their underlying values with the intention to hold these securities until their market values reflect or
exceed their intrinsic values. Under normal circumstances the Adviser expects the holding period of the equity securities in which
the Fund invests to be between 2 and 6 years. While the Fund’s vision is long term, however, the relationship of equity price
to intrinsic value will ultimately determine the holding period of a given security. When discounts to intrinsic value are discovered,
a security becomes a candidate for purchase. Conversely, when the market places a premium on a security as compared to its intrinsic
value, the security becomes a sell candidate. Consistent with its investment objective, the Fund intends to invest opportunistically
in the various market capitalization segments and to vary its allocations to micro, small, mid and large capitalization companies.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund may invest in foreign equity securities and sponsored
and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) of companies located in developed countries using the same value-oriented
approach the Fund uses to invest in domestic equity securities.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund may sell covered call options with proceeds totaling
up to 10% of the value of the Fund's assets. The Adviser believes this strategy will add to the performance and reduce the volatility
of the Fund by generating income to offset losses on portfolio securities in falling markets and limiting returns on portfolio
securities to the exercise price in rising markets.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in fixed-income
securities whose returns the Adviser believes will provide comparable returns to the equities in which the Fund invests. The Fund
will only invest in fixed-income investments of investment grade quality, defined as “Baa” in the case of Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and “BBB” in the case of Standard & Poor’s Financial
Services, LLC, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”).</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Principal Investment Risks</p>
<p style="font: 11pt 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: 11pt 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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Market Events Risk. </b>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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>ADR Risk. </b>The Fund may invest in ADRs. ADR risks include,
but are not limited to, fluctuations in foreign currencies and foreign investment risks, such as political and financial instability,
less liquidity and greater volatility, lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and increased price
volatility. In addition, ADRs may not track the price of the underlying foreign securities, and their value may change materially
at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Equity Risk. </b>The Fund’s equity holdings, which
include common stocks, 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 may relate directly to the issuer of a security or broader economic
or market events including changes in interest rates.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Fixed-Income Securities Risk. </b>The Fund may invest in
fixed-income (debt) securities, which are generally subject to the following risks:</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 30pt"><b>Credit Risk. </b>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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0 30pt"><b>Interest Rate Risk. </b>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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Foreign Investments Risk. </b>Foreign investments may be
subject to the same risks as domestic investments and to additional risks which include international trade, currency, political,
regulatory and diplomatic risks, which may affect their value. Also, foreign securities are subject to the risk that their market
price may not reflect the issuer’s condition because there is not sufficient publicly available information about the issuer.
Investments in securities of foreign issuers may also be subject to foreign withholding and other taxes.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Large Capitalization Company Risk. </b>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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Management Risk. </b>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. Additionally, while the Adviser has been managing assets for investors since 1999, the Adviser has not previously
managed a registered mutual fund.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Mid Capitalization Company Risk. </b>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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Selling Call Options Risk. </b>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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Small and Micro Capitalization Company Risk. </b>The Fund’s
investments in small and micro capitalization companies may be less liquid and their securities’ prices may fluctuate more
than those of larger, more established companies.</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Value Investment Risk. </b>The Fund may invest in securities
the Adviser believes are undervalued. The value of the Fund’s shares may decline, even if stock prices generally are rising
because value stocks may fall out of favor with the market or react differently to market, political and economic developments.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Performance Information</p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund is newly created and does not have a full calendar
year performance record. Performance information will be included after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year.</p>
<p style="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Monongahela All Cap Value Fund</p>
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<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><b>Example. </b></p>
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<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing
primarily in a portfolio of domestic equity securities, which primarily consist of common and preferred stocks and securities convertible
into common stocks, securities of companies of any market capitalization. The Fund invests in securities that the Adviser believes
are undervalued and exhibit the likelihood of exceeding market returns. </p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">You could lose money on your investment in the
Fund or the Fund could underperform other investments. </p>
<p style="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">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: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">The Fund is newly created and does not have a full calendar
year performance record. Performance information will be included after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year.</p>
2016-09-01
"Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts expected to be incurred for the current fiscal period.
Rodgers Brothers, Inc. d/b/a Monongahela Capital Management (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive its fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding all taxes, interest, portfolio transaction expenses, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses, proxy expenses and extraordinary expenses) to 0.85% through September 1, 2016 ("Expense Cap"). The Expense Cap may only be raised or eliminated with the consent of the Board of Trustees. Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses will increase if exclusions from the Expense Cap apply.