N-CSRS 1 fp0084206-1_ncsrs.htm

 

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

811-07925

(Investment Company Act file number)

 

WesMark Funds

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

One Bank Plaza, 5th floor

Wheeling, WV 26003

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(304) 234-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

Nicholas Adams, Esq.

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000

Denver, CO 80203

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Date of fiscal year end:  December 31

 

Date of reporting period:  January 1 – June 30, 2023

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

  

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

June 30, 2023

 

Small Company Fund  
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table 2
Portfolio of Investments 3
Large Company Fund  
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table 7
Portfolio of Investments 8
Balanced Fund  
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table 11
Portfolio of Investments 12
Government Bond Fund  
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table 17
Portfolio of Investments 18
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund  
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table 22
Portfolio of Investments 23
Tactical Opportunity Fund  
Portfolio of Investments Summary Table 27
Portfolio of Investments 28
Statements of Assets and Liabilities 29
Statements of Operations 30
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 31
Financial Highlights 34
Notes to Financial Statements 40
Shareholder Expense Example 52
Board of Trustees and Trust Officers 53
Board Review of Advisory Contract 55
Additional Information 57
Glossary of Terms 58

 

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Portfolio of Investments Summary Table

WesMark Small Company Fund*  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
   

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Portfolio Composition(1) was as follows:

 

Portfolio Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
COMMON STOCKS   87.9%
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS(2)   8.0%
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETF)   4.8%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET(3)   -0.7%
TOTAL NET ASSETS   100.0%

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Sector composition(4) was as follows:

 

Sector Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
Industrials   22.2%
Information Technology   14.8%
Financials   13.7%
Health Care   11.9%
Energy   5.6%
Exchange Traded Funds   4.8%
Consumer, Cyclical   5.5%
Consumer Discretionary   3.6%
Consumer Staples   3.3%
Materials   2.1%
Communication Services   1.5%
Consumer, Non-cyclical   2.0%
Utilities   0.7%
Communications   0.5%
Real Estate   0.5%
Equity Portfolio Sub-Total   92.7%
Short Term Investments(2)   8.0%
Other Assets and Liabilities - Net(3)   -0.7%
Total Net Assets   100.0%

 

* Prior to July 23, 2021, the WesMark Small Company Fund was known as the WesMark Small Company Growth Fund.
(1) See the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a description of the types of securities in which the Fund invests.
(2) Short Term Investments include investment in a money market mutual fund.
(3) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
(4) Securities are assigned to a sector classification by the Fund’s advisor.

 

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  Portfolio of Investments
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Small Company Fund

 

Shares      Value 
COMMON STOCKS-87.9%    
COMMUNICATION SERVICES-1.5%    
    Software-0.3%    
 105,929   Planet Labs PBC(1)  $341,091 
           
     Telecommunications-1.2%     
 47,527   Extreme Networks, Inc.(1)   1,238,078 
           
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES   1,579,169 
           
COMMUNICATIONS-0.5%     
     Internet-0.5%     
 7,446   Ziff Davis, Inc.(1)   521,667 
           
TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS   521,667 
           
CONSUMER, CYCLICAL-5.5%     
     Apparel-0.6%     
 6,535   Oxford Industries, Inc.   643,175 
           
     Food Service-1.0%     
 54,313   Sovos Brands, Inc.(1)   1,062,362 
           
     Retail-3.9%     
 41,381   Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.   1,112,735 
 10,477   Dine Brands Global, Inc.   607,980 
 22,985   Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A(1)   653,923 
 29,032   Wendy’s Co.   631,446 
 4,908   Wingstop, Inc.   982,385 
         3,988,469 
TOTAL CONSUMER, CYCLICAL   5,694,006 
           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY-3.6%     
     Automotive Retail-1.7%     
 5,222   Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   367,107 
 4,298   Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A   1,307,065 
         1,674,172 
     Consumer Electronics-0.6%     
 36,039   Sonos, Inc.(1)   588,517 
           
     Home Furnishings-0.5%     
 19,799   Lovesac Co.(1)   533,583 

 

Shares      Value 
    Retail-0.8%    
 48,699   First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.(1)  $823,013 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY   3,619,285 
           
CONSUMER STAPLES-3.3%     
     Agriculture-0.8%     
 17,479   Andersons, Inc.   806,656 
           
     Food-1.0%     
 38,721   Hostess Brands, Inc.(1)   980,416 
           
     Food Retail-1.0%     
 26,538   Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(1)   974,741 
           
     Packaged Foods & Meats-0.5%     
 13,146   Simply Good Foods Co.(1)   481,012 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES   3,242,825 
           
CONSUMER, NON-CYCLICAL-2.0%     
     Commercial Services-0.6%     
 26,456   Hackett Group, Inc.   591,292 
           
     Cosmetics/Personal Care-1.0%     
 8,824   elf Beauty, Inc.(1)   1,007,966 
           
     Pharmaceuticals-0.4%     
 17,655   Organon & Co.   367,401 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER, NON-CYCLICAL   1,966,659 
           
ENERGY-5.6%     
     Oil & Gas Equipment & Services-1.3%     
 42,571   ChampionX Corp.   1,321,404 
           
     Oil&Gas-4.3%     
 14,678   Civitas Resources, Inc.   1,018,213 
 120,249   Comstock Resources, Inc.   1,394,888 
 24,403   Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A   510,023 
 20,494   Matador Resources Co.   1,072,246 
 11,144   SilverBow Resources, Inc.(1)   324,513 
         4,319,883 
TOTAL ENERGY   5,641,287 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Small Company Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares      Value 
FINANCIALS- 13.7%    
    Asset Management & Custody Banks-0.9%    
 28,962   Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A  $913,461 
           
     Insurance-0.9%     
 14,009   Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A   428,815 
 9,570   Kemper Corp.   461,848 
         890,663 
     Investment Banking & Brokerage-3.4%     
 58,128   Stifel Financial Corp.   3,468,498 
           
     Regional Banks-8.0%     
 27,827   Ameris Bancorp   951,962 
 43,763   Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.   1,135,650 
 32,613   BankUnited, Inc.   702,810 
 16,169   Banner Corp.   706,100 
 60,752   Cadence Bank   1,193,169 
 19,611   Community Bank System, Inc.   919,364 
 60,108   First Bancorp/Southern Pines, NC   1,788,213 
 52,504   Old National Bancorp   731,906 
         8,129,174 
     REITS-0.5%     
 46,985   Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.   553,013 
           
TOTAL FINANCIALS   13,954,809 
           
HEALTH CARE-11.9%     
     Biotechnology-0.2%     
 11,798   Avid Bioservices, Inc.(1)   164,818 
           
     Commercial Services-0.3%     
 7,638   Progyny, Inc.(1)   300,479 
           
     Health Care Distributors-1.3%     
 38,036   Patterson Cos., Inc.   1,265,077 
           
     Health Care Equipment-1.0%     
 6,525   AtriCure, Inc.(1)   322,074 
 17,153   Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(1)   705,503 
         1,027,577 
     Health Care Supplies-1.0%     
 44,496   Neogen Corp.(1)   967,788 
           
     Healthcare-Products-0.6%     
 6,918   Integer Holdings Corp.(1)   613,004 

 

Shares      Value 
    Healthcare-Services-2.7%    
 38,507   Enhabit, Inc.(1)  $442,831 
 37,733   Select Medical Holdings Corp.   1,202,173 
 25,663   Surgery Partners, Inc.(1)   1,154,578 
         2,799,582 
     Internet-0.2%     
 16,531   OptimizeRx Corp.(1)   236,228 
           
     Life Sciences Tools & Services-2.3%     
 55,190   Syneos Health, Inc.(1)   2,325,707 
           
     Pharmaceuticals-2.3%     
 23,152   Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(1)   515,132 
 108,456   Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(1)   1,091,067 
 11,109   Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(1)   660,208 
         2,266,407 
TOTAL HEALTH CARE   11,966,667 
           
INDUSTRIALS-22.2%     
     Aerospace & Defense-3.7%     
 37,592   AerSale Corp.(1)   552,602 
 29,619   Moog, Inc., Class A   3,211,588 
         3,764,190 
     Building Materials-1.7%     
 8,797   Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   646,228 
 18,028   Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(1)   1,134,322 
         1,780,550 
     Building Products-2.0%     
 21,893   AAON, Inc.   2,075,675 
           
     Commercial Services-1.0%     
 8,808   AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(1)   961,129 
           
     Construction & Engineering-5.7%     
 28,922   Granite Construction, Inc.   1,150,517 
 23,524   Quanta Services, Inc.   4,621,290 
         5,771,807 
     Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks-1.8%     
 83,726   Shyft Group, Inc.   1,846,996 
           
     Electronics-1.4%     
 63,250   Celestica, Inc.(1)   917,125 
 38,320   TTM Technologies, Inc.(1)   532,648 
         1,449,773 

 

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  Portfolio of Investments
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Small Company Fund

 

Shares      Value 
    Industrials-1.6%    
 32,945   Korn Ferry  $1,632,095 
           
     Machinery-Constr&Mining-0.8%     
 19,274   Argan, Inc.   759,588 
           
     Machinery-Diversified-2.1%     
 14,705   Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.   2,129,725 
           
     Miscellaneous Manufactur-0.4%     
 18,947   Myers Industries, Inc.   368,140 
           
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS   22,539,668 
           
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-14.8%     
     Application Software-2.4%     
 81,254   Box, Inc., Class A(1)   2,387,243 
           
     Data Processing & Outsourced Services-0.8%     
 35,947   I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A(1)   821,748 
           
     Electronic Components-0.5%     
 30,661   Knowles Corp.(1)   553,738 
           
     Electronic Equipment & Instruments-1.6%     
 13,427   OSI Systems, Inc.(1)   1,582,103 
           
     IT Consulting & Other Services-1.4%     
 12,363   Science Applications International Corp.   1,390,590 
           
     Semiconductors-0.3%     
 4,022   Ambarella, Inc.(1)   336,521 
           
     Software-2.0%     
 31,328   Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(1)   949,238 
 69,712   Olo, Inc.(1)   450,340 
 49,238   SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(1)   743,494 
         2,143,072 
     Systems Software-3.9%     
 8,728   Qualys, Inc.(1)   1,127,396 
 106,208   Varonis Systems, Inc.(1)   2,830,443 
         3,957,839 

 

Shares      Value 
    Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals-
    1.9%    
 53,383   Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(1)  $1,965,562 
           
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   15,138,416 
           
MATERIALS-2.1%     
     Chemicals-0.9%     
 12,450   Hawkins, Inc.   593,741 
 4,400   HB Fuller Co.   314,644 
         908,385 
     Packaging&Containers-0.7%     
 9,839   Greif, Inc., Class A   677,809 
           
     Steel-0.5%     
 9,682   Carpenter Technology Corp.   543,451 
           
TOTAL MATERIALS   2,129,645 
           
REAL ESTATE-0.5%     
     REITS-0.5%     
 34,937   Physicians Realty Trust   488,769 
           
TOTAL REAL ESTATE   488,769 
           
UTILITIES-0.7%     
     Electric-0.7%     
 8,547   Otter Tail Corp.   674,871 
           
TOTAL UTILITIES   674,871 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS     
(Cost $61,717,964)   89,157,743 
           
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS-4.8%     
 48,476   iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap® ETF   4,830,633 
           
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS     
(Cost $4,613,430)   4,830,633 
           
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-8.0%     
     Mutual Funds-8.0%     
 8,079,307   Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund, Premier Class, 7-Day Yield 4.670% (at net asset value)   8,079,307 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Small Company Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares  Value 
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS    
(Cost $8,079,307)  $8,079,307 
      
TOTAL INVESTMENTS-100.7%     
(Cost $74,410,701)   102,067,683 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-NET(2)-(0.7)%   (718,005)
NET ASSETS-100.0%  $101,349,678 

 

(1) Non-income producing security.
(2) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
     
Note - The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets as of June 30, 2023.
     

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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  Portfolio of Investments Summary Table
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Large Company Fund*

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Portfolio Composition(1) was as follows:

 

Portfolio Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
COMMON STOCKS   97.5%
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS(2)   3.5%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET(3)   -1.0%
TOTAL NET ASSETS   100.0%

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Sector composition(4) was as follows:

 

Sector Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
Information Technology(5)   35.4%
Health Care   18.1%
Consumer Discretionary   10.5%
Industrials   10.3%
Financials   8.1%
Consumer Staples   6.4%
Energy   4.4%
Materials   1.5%
Utilities   1.4%
Consumer, Non-cyclical   0.8%
Consumer, Cyclical   0.6%
Equity Portfolio Sub-Total   97.5%
Short Term Investments(2)   3.5%
Other Assets and Liabilities - Net(3)   -1.0%
Total Net Assets   100.0%

 

* Prior to July 23, 2021, the WesMark Large Company Fund was known as the WesMark Growth Fund.
(1) See the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a description of the types of securities in which the Fund invests.
(2) Short Term Investments include investment in a money market mutual fund.
(3) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
(4) Securities are assigned to a sector classification by the Fund’s advisor.
(5)
 
As of June 30, 2023, the Fund had a significant portion of its assets invested in the Information Technology sector. The Information Technology sector may be impacted by the perfromance of the overall eceonomy, interest rates, competition, and consumer spending.

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Large Company Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares      Value 
COMMON STOCKS-97.5%    
CONSUMER, CYCLICAL-0.6%    
    Retail-0.6%    
 4,617   Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(1)  $1,747,535 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER, CYCLICAL   1,747,535 
           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY-10.5%     
     Distribution/Wholesale-0.5%     
 28,352   LKQ Corp.   1,652,071 
           
     General Merchandise Stores-0.9%     
 7,151   Dollar Tree, Inc.(1)   1,026,169 
 14,849   Target Corp.   1,958,583 
         2,984,752 
     Home Improvement Retail-2.6%     
 25,500   Home Depot, Inc.   7,921,320 
           
     Internet & Direct Marketing Retail-4.9%     
 116,093   Amazon.com, Inc.(1)   15,133,883 
           
     Restaurants-1.3%     
 765   Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(1)   1,636,335 
 32,820   Restaurant Brands International, Inc.   2,544,206 
         4,180,541 
     Retail-0.3%     
 4,088   Tractor Supply Co.   903,857 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY   32,776,424 
           
CONSUMER STAPLES-6.4%     
     Agricultural Products-0.2%     
 8,622   Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   651,478 
           
     Distillers & Vintners-2.4%     
 29,956   Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   7,373,070 
           
     Food & Staples Retailing-0.5%     
 25,868   BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(1)   1,629,943 
           
     Household Products-2.1%     
 42,664   Procter & Gamble Co.   6,473,835 
           

 

Shares      Value 
    Packaged Foods & Meats-1.2%    
 52,742   Mondelez International, Inc., Class A  $3,847,001 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES   19,975,327 
           
CONSUMER, NON-CYCLICAL-0.8%     
     Beverages-0.5%     
 48,058   Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.   1,502,774 
           
     Commercial Services-0.3%     
 3,747   Verisk Analytics, Inc.   846,934 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER, NON-CYCLICAL   2,349,708 
           
ENERGY-4.4%     
     Energy-Alternate Sources-0.2%     
 4,565   Enphase Energy, Inc.(1)   764,546 
           
     Oil & Gas Exploration & Production-2.7%     
 53,642   ConocoPhillips   5,557,848 
 33,109   Devon Energy Corp.   1,600,489 
 9,479   Diamondback Energy, Inc.   1,245,161 
         8,403,498 
     Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels-1.5%     
 42,626   Exxon Mobil Corp.   4,571,639 
           
TOTAL ENERGY   13,739,683 
           
FINANCIALS-8.1%     
     Asset Management & Custody Banks-2.6%     
 11,770   BlackRock, Inc.   8,134,718 
           
     Banks-1.2%     
 129,734   Bank of America Corp.   3,722,068 
           
     Diversified Banks-1.6%     
 33,130   JP Morgan Chase & Co.   4,818,427 
           
     Insurance-0.3%     
 4,599   Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   864,980 
           
     Investment Banking & Brokerage-2.1%     
 9,747   The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   3,143,797 
 39,614   Morgan Stanley   3,383,036 
         6,526,833 

 

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  Portfolio of Investments
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Large Company Fund

 

Shares      Value 
    Regional Banks-0.3%    
 34,296   Fifth Third Bancorp  $898,898 
           
 TOTAL FINANCIALS  24,965,924 
           
 HEALTH CARE-18.1%    
     Biotechnology-3.3%     
 29,978   AbbVie, Inc.   4,038,937 
 23,491   Amgen, Inc.   5,215,472 
 2,196   Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)   772,794 
         10,027,203 
     Health Care Equipment-2.5%     
 71,604   Abbott Laboratories   7,806,268 
           
     Life Sciences Tools & Services-3.5%     
 14,514   IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(1)   3,262,312 
 13,979   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   7,293,543 
         10,555,855 
     Managed Health Care-2.9%     
 18,579   UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   8,929,811 
           
     Pharmaceuticals-5.9%     
 10,437   Cigna Group   2,928,622 
 19,288   Johnson & Johnson   3,192,550 
 55,904   Merck & Co., Inc.   6,450,763 
 34,468   Zoetis, Inc.   5,935,734 
         18,507,669 
 TOTAL HEALTH CARE   55,826,806 
           
 INDUSTRIALS-10.3%     
     Aerospace & Defense-3.1%     
 72,352   Raytheon Technologies Corp.   7,087,602 
 34,387   Textron, Inc.   2,325,593 
         9,413,195 
     Air Freight & Logistics-0.5%     
 5,959   FedEx Corp.   1,477,236 
           
     Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks-     
     0.7%     
 5,239   Deere & Co.   2,122,790 
           
     Construction Machinery & Heavy Equipment-     
     0.3%     
 3,703   Cummins, Inc.   907,827 

 

Shares      Value 
    Electronics-0.4%    
 17,642   Fortive Corp.  $1,319,092 
           
     Engineering & Construction-1.2%     
 29,946   Jacobs Solutions, Inc.   3,560,280 
           
     Engineering&Construction-0.5%     
 18,093   AECOM   1,532,296 
           
     Industrial Conglomerates-1.5%     
 9,822   Roper Technologies, Inc.   4,722,418 
           
     Industrial Machinery-1.8%     
 13,905   Parker-Hannifin Corp.   5,423,506 
           
     Internet-0.3%     
 20,280   Uber Technologies, Inc.(1)   875,488 
           
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS   31,354,128 
           
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-35.4%     
     Application Software-2.6%     
 4,736   Adobe, Inc.(1)   2,315,857 
 28,090   Salesforce, Inc.(1)   5,934,293 
         8,250,150 
     Communication Services-1.2%     
 40,000   Walt Disney Co.(1)   3,571,200 
           
     Communications Equipment-8.5%     
 127,203   Apple, Inc.   24,673,566 
 10,662   F5 Networks, Inc.(1)   1,559,424 
         26,232,990 
     Computers-0.6%     
 11,632   Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(1)   1,708,392 
           
     Data Processing & Outsourced Services-4.0%     
 25,662   Mastercard, Inc., Class A   10,092,865 
 31,251   PayPal Holdings, Inc.(1)   2,085,379 
         12,178,244 
     Internet Software & Services-4.0%     
 103,260   Alphabet, Inc., Class A(1)   12,360,222 
           
     IT Consulting & Other Services-2.1%     
 20,626   Accenture PLC, Class A   6,364,771 
           
     Semiconductors-5.9%     
 27,068   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(1)   3,083,316 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Large Company Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares      Value 
 11,900   Broadcom, Inc.  $10,322,417 
 17,092   Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.   1,021,760 
 42,031   ON Semiconductor Corp.(1)   3,975,292 
         18,402,785 
     Systems Software-6.5%     
 45,380   Microsoft Corp.   15,453,705 
 37,879   Oracle Corp.   4,511,010 
         19,964,715 
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   109,033,469 
           
MATERIALS-1.5%     
     Specialty Chemicals-1.5%     
 31,455   PPG Industries, Inc.   4,664,777 
           
TOTAL MATERIALS   4,664,777 
           
UTILITIES-1.4%    
     Electric-0.8%     
 120,998   AES Corp.   2,508,289 
           
     Multi-Utilities-0.6%     
 38,663   Dominion Energy, Inc.   2,002,357 
           
TOTAL UTILITIES   4,510,646 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS     
(Cost $132,906,851)   300,944,427 
           
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-3.5%     
     Mutual Funds-3.5%     
 10,764,208   Federated Hermes Government     
     Obligations Fund, Premier     
     Class, 7-Day Yield 4.670% (at     
     net asset value)   10,764,208 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS     
(Cost $10,764,208)   10,764,208 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS-101.0%     
(Cost $143,671,059)   311,708,635 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-NET(2)-(1.0)%   (2,980,418)
NET ASSETS-100.0%  $308,728,217 

 

(1) Non-income producing security.  
(2) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
       

 

Note - The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of
    net assets as of June 30, 2023.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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  Portfolio of Investments Summary Table
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Balanced Fund

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Portfolio Composition(1) was as follows:

 

Portfolio Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
COMMON STOCKS   57.8%
CORPORATE BONDS   21.8%
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY SECURITIES   6.7%
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - MORTGAGE-     
BACKED SECURITIES   3.1%
TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS   2.5%
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES   1.4%
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - COLLATERALIZED     
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS   0.6%
FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO SUB-TOTAL   36.1%
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS(2)   6.7%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET(3)   -0.6%
TOTAL NET ASSETS   100.0%

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Sector composition(4) was as follows:

 

Sector Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
Health Care   12.2%
Information Technology   11.9%
Financials   8.1%
Consumer Staples   6.8%
Industrials   6.1%
Consumer Discretionary   4.8%
Energy   4.3%
Telecommunication Services   1.3%
Utilities   1.1%
Materials   0.7%
Basic Materials   0.3%
Real Estate   0.2%
Equity Portfolio Sub-Total   57.8%
Corporate Bonds   21.8%
U.S. Government Agencies (Combined)   10.4%
Taxable Municipal Bonds   2.5%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities   1.4%
Fixed Income Portfolio Sub-Total   36.1%
Short Term Investments(2)   6.7%
Other Assets and Liabilities - Net(3)   -0.6%
Total Net Assets   100.0%

 

(1) See the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a description of the types of securities in which the Fund invests.
(2) Short Term Investments include investment in a money market mutual fund.
(3) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
(4) Securities are assigned to a sector classification by the Fund’s advisor.

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Balanced Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
COMMON STOCKS-57.8%    
BASIC MATERIALS-0.3%    
    Chemicals-0.3%    
 2,907   RPM International, Inc.  $260,845 
           
TOTAL BASIC MATERIALS   260,845 
           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY-4.8%     
     Automobile Manufacturers-0.6%     
 39,570   Ford Motor Co.   598,694 
           
     General Merchandise Stores-1.7%     
 12,954   Target Corp.   1,708,633 
           
     Home Improvement Retail-1.8%     
 7,773   Lowe’s Cos, Inc.   1,754,366 
           
     Restaurants-0.5%     
 1,687   McDonald’s Corp.   503,418 
           
     Specialty Stores-0.2%     
 1,814   Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.   239,793 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY   4,804,904 
           
CONSUMER STAPLES-6.8%    
     Food Distributors-1.1%     
 14,902   Sysco Corp.   1,105,728 
           
     Hypermarkets & Super Centers-1.0%     
 6,329   Walmart, Inc.   994,792 
           
     Packaged Foods & Meats-1.9%     
 25,000   General Mills, Inc.   1,917,500 
           
     Soft Drinks-2.8%     
 14,886   PepsiCo, Inc.   2,757,185 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES   6,775,205 
           
ENERGY-4.3%     
     Integrated Oil & Gas-3.5%     
 21,913   Chevron Corp.   3,448,011 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    Oil & Gas Exploration & Production-0.2%
 2,099   EOG Resources, Inc.  $240,210 
           
     Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing-0.6%     
 5,117   Valero Energy Corp.   600,224 
           
TOTAL ENERGY   4,288,445 
           
FINANCIALS-8.1%     
     Asset Management & Custody Banks-1.1%     
 15,471   State Street Corp.   1,132,168 
           
     Consumer Finance-1.1%     
 9,390   Discover Financial Services   1,097,221 
           
     Diversified Banks-3.5%     
 13,409   JPMorgan Chase & Co.   1,950,205 
 44,009   US Bancorp   1,454,057 
         3,404,262 
     Investment Banking & Brokerage-1.2%     
 3,805   The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   1,227,265 
           
     Regional Banks-1.0%     
 8,000   PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.   1,007,600 
           
     REITS-0.2%     
 3,500   Realty Income Corp.   209,265 
           
TOTAL FINANCIALS   8,077,781 
           
HEALTH CARE-12.2%     
     Biotechnology-3.4%     
 24,760   AbbVie, Inc.   3,335,915 
           
     Health Care Services-2.1%     
 30,000   CVS Health Corp.   2,073,900 
           
     Pharmaceuticals-6.7%     
 1,444   Cigna Group   405,186 
 5,145   Eli Lilly & Co.   2,412,902 
 17,956   Merck & Co., Inc.   2,071,943 
 47,725   Pfizer, Inc.   1,750,553 
         6,640,584 
TOTAL HEALTH CARE   12,050,399 

 

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June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Balanced Fund

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
INDUSTRIALS-6.1%    
    Air Freight & Logistics-1.7%    
 9,508   United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B  $1,704,309 
           
     Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks- 
     0.2%     
 519   Deere & Co.   210,294 
           
     Construction Machinery & Heavy Equipment-     
     2.2%     
 8,825   Caterpillar, Inc.   2,171,391 
           
     Electrical Components & Equipment-2.0%     
 22,000   Emerson Electric Co.   1,988,580 
           
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS   6,074,574 
           
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-11.9%     
     Communications Equipment-8.8%     
 29,567   Apple, Inc.   5,735,111 
 58,222   Cisco Systems, Inc.   3,012,406 
         8,747,517 
     Semiconductors-3.1%     
 3,432   Analog Devices, Inc.   668,588 
 13,545   Texas Instruments, Inc.   2,438,371 
         3,106,959 
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   11,854,476 
           
MATERIALS- 0.7%     
     Industrial Gases-0.7%     
 2,326   Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.   696,707 
           
TOTAL MATERIALS   696,707 
           
REAL ESTATE-0.2%     
     Specialized REITS-0.2%     
 5,408   CubeSmart REIT   241,521 
           
TOTAL REAL ESTATE   241,521 
           
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES-1.3%     
     Integrated Telecommunication Services-1.3%     
 34,594   Verizon Communications, Inc.   1,286,551 
           
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   1,286,551 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
UTILITIES-1.1%    
    Electric Utilities-0.9%    
 9,886   Duke Energy Corp.  $887,170 
           
     Multi-Utilities-0.2%     
 4,599   Dominion Energy, Inc.   238,182 
           
TOTAL UTILITIES   1,125,352 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS     
(Cost $31,156,173)   57,536,760 
           
CORPORATE BONDS-21.8%     
     Auto Manufacturers-0.4%     
$550,000   American Honda Finance Corp.,     
     1.800%, 1/13/2031   446,491 
           
     Banks-1.5%     
 500,000   Fifth Third Bank NA, 3.850%,     
     3/15/2026   461,696 
 500,000   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 1D US     
     SOFR + 0.798%, 3/9/2027(1)   447,002 
 500,000   Morgan Stanley, 1D US SOFR +     
     0.525%, 5/30/2025(1)   475,131 
 150,000   PNC Bank NA, 2.700%, 10/22/2029   125,477 
         1,509,306 
     Beverages-0.5%     
 500,000   Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide,     
     Inc., 4.900%, 1/23/2031   508,628 
           
     Chemicals-0.5%     
 500,000   PPG Industries, Inc., 1.200%,     
     3/15/2026   448,173 
           
     Commercial Services-1.0%     
 500,000   PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2.650%,     
     10/1/2026   464,818 
 500,000   PayPal Holdings, Inc., 4.400%,     
     6/1/2032   481,963 
         946,781 
     Diversified Financial Services-1.5%     
 500,000   American Express Co., 3.400%,     
     2/22/2024   492,668 
 500,000   American Express Co., 1D US SOFR +     
     1.835%, 5/1/2034(1)   489,323 
 250,000   BlackRock, Inc., 2.400%, 4/30/2030   216,622 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Balanced Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
$250,000   Legg Mason, Inc., 4.750%,    
     3/15/2026  $246,966 
         1,445,579 
     Diversified Manufacturing-0.9%     
 1,000,000   3M Co., 3.375%, 3/1/2029   918,033 
           
     Electric-2.4%     
 500,000   CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric     
     LLC, 4.450%, 10/1/2032   480,985 
 500,000   Duke Energy Corp., 4.300%,     
     3/15/2028   480,687 
 500,000   NextEra Energy Capital Holdings,     
     Inc., 3.550%, 5/1/2027   471,385 
 500,000   NextEra Energy Capital Holdings,     
     Inc., 5.000%, 7/15/2032   493,548 
 500,000   Wisconsin Electric Power Co.,     
     4.750%, 9/30/2032   489,889 
         2,416,494 
     Electronics-0.7%     
 500,000   Honeywell International, Inc.,     
     4.500%, 1/15/2034   489,391 
 175,000   Honeywell International, Inc.,     
     5.700%, 3/15/2037   187,191 
         676,582 
     Environmental Control-1.0%     
 500,000   Republic Services, Inc., 3.200%,     
     3/15/2025   481,332 
 500,000   Waste Management, Inc., 3.500%,     
     5/15/2024   491,314 
         972,646 
     Industrial Gases-0.8%     
 835,000   Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Sr.     
     Unsecured Notes, 3.350%,     
     7/31/2024   813,721 
           
     Insurance-1.7%     
 500,000   Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.,     
     2.875%, 3/15/2032   440,573 
 400,000   Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.,     
     2.375%, 12/15/2031   326,342 
 500,000   Progressive Corp., 4.950%,     
     6/15/2033   496,158 
 500,000   Prudential Financial, Inc., 1.500%,     
     3/10/2026   456,994 
         1,720,067 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    Internet-0.2%    
$250,000   Expedia Group, Inc., 3.800%,    
     2/15/2028  $234,030 
           
     Investment Banking & Brokerage-1.4%     
 1,000,000   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Sr.     
     Unsecured Notes, 3M US L +     
     0.96%, 11/29/2023(1)   1,004,800 
 500,000   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.600%,     
     2/7/2030   426,312 
         1,431,112 
     Machinery-Constr&Mining-0.5%     
 500,000   Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.,     
     3.600%, 8/12/2027   481,713 
           
     Oil&Gas-0.2%     
 250,000   Phillips 66, 4.650%, 11/15/2034   236,274 
           
     Pharmaceuticals-1.5%     
 500,000   AbbVie, Inc., 2.600%, 11/21/2024   479,976 
 500,000   AbbVie, Inc., 3.200%, 11/21/2029(2)   451,717 
 175,000   AbbVie, Inc., 4.550%, 3/15/2035   166,786 
 250,000   Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 3.900%,     
     2/20/2028   242,875 
 175,000   GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc.,     
     6.375%, 5/15/2038   199,535 
         1,540,889 
     Regional Banks-1.0%     
 1,000,000   PNC Bank NA, Sr. Unsecured Notes,     
     3.250%, 6/1/2025   953,486 
           
     Retail-2.4%     
 250,000   Dollar Tree, Inc., 4.200%, 5/15/2028   237,000 
 175,000   Home Depot, Inc., 5.875%,     
     12/16/2036   190,620 
 500,000   O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., 4.350%,     
     6/1/2028   484,366 
 500,000   Target Corp., 4.400%, 1/15/2033   486,300 
 500,000   Walmart, Inc., 5.250%, 9/1/2035   533,502 
 500,000   Walmart, Inc., 3.950%, 6/28/2038   461,635 
         2,393,423 
     Software-0.5%     
 500,000   Activision Blizzard, Inc., 3.400%,     
     9/15/2026   475,882 

 

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June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Balanced Fund

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    Software & Services-0.7%    
$750,000   Oracle Corp., Sr. Unsecured Notes,    
     3.400%, 7/8/2024  $731,415 
           
     Transportation Services-0.5%     
 500,000   FedEx Corp., 4.250%, 5/15/2030   478,090 
           
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS     
(Cost $23,150,152)   21,778,815 
           
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - COLLATERALIZED
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS-0.6%     
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.-0.1%     
 142,979   Series 2015-4517, Class PC, 2.500%,     
     5/15/2044   131,739 
           
     Government National Mortgage Association- 
     0.5%     
 489,824   Series 2018-126, Class DA, 3.500%,     
     1/20/2048   461,868 
           
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY -      
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS     
(Cost $631,990)   593,607 
           
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES-1.4%
     Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities-     
     1.4%     
 1,500,000   Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2015-UBS8, Class A4, 3.809%, 11/15/2025   1,409,834 
          
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED     
SECURITIES     
(Cost $1,535,615)   1,409,834 
           
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES-3.1%     
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.-0.3%     
 67,206   Pool G18527, 3.000%, 10/1/2029   64,162 
 267,869   Pool 18707, 3.500%, 9/1/2033   257,123 
         321,285 
     Federal National Mortgage Association-1.9%     
 713,032   Pool BL5389, 2.710%, 5/1/2027   661,640 
 587,336   Pool AM6756, 3.570%, 10/1/2029   558,847 
 150,708   Pool MA3621, 3.500%, 3/1/2039   141,194 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
$69,089   Pool BN4896, 4.000%, 1/1/2049  $65,842 
 129,437   Pool MA3592, 4.000%, 2/1/2049   123,487 
 379,583   Pool BP4338, 1Y US TI + 1.67%, 3/1/2049(1)   369,886 
         1,920,896 
     Small Business Administration Pools-0.4%     
 150,337   PRIME - 3.50%, 1/25/2042(1)   152,018 
 246,211   PRIME - 3.50%, 7/25/2042(1)   248,315 
         400,333 
     UMBS Collateral-0.5%     
 482,629   5.000%, 12/1/2052   473,419 
           
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY -     
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES     
(Cost $3,293,918)   3,115,933 
           
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES-6.7%     
     U.S. Treasury Bond-2.9%     
 150,000   4.500%, 2/15/2036   162,026 
 150,000   4.750%, 2/15/2037   166,110 
 500,000   3.500%, 2/15/2039   479,561 
 500,000   2.875%, 8/15/2028   471,113 
 500,000   1.250%, 8/15/2031   410,459 
 500,000   4.125%, 11/15/2032   511,016 
 750,000   3.500%, 2/15/2033   730,664 
         2,930,949 
     U.S. Treasury Note-3.8%     
 1,000,000   2.875%, 11/30/2023   989,825 
 1,500,000   4.500%, 11/30/2024   1,484,297 
 100,000   3.875%, 11/30/2027   98,600 
 500,000   4.000%, 12/15/2025   492,246 
 750,000   3.500%, 1/31/2030   727,939 
         3,792,907 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES     
(Cost $6,789,710)   6,723,856 
           
TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS-2.5%     
     California-0.2%     
 200,000   Charter Oak Unified School District,     
     2.681%, 8/1/2036   152,869 
           
     Michigan-0.3%     
 270,000   Belding Area Schools, General     
     Obligation Unlimited Bonds,     
     6.700%, 5/1/2027   270,404 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Balanced Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    Ohio-0.7%    
$715,000   Columbus-Franklin County Finance    
     Authority, 4.490%, 11/15/2032  $692,978 
           
     Pennsylvania-0.4%     
 450,000   Commonwealth Financing Authority,     
     4.014%, 6/1/2033   425,060 
           
     Utah-0.4%     
 450,000   Utah Transit Authority, 3.393%,     
     12/15/2036   381,515 
           
     West Virginia-0.5%     
 575,000   Marshall University, 3.177%,     
     5/1/2029   521,301 
           
TOTAL TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS     
(Cost $2,677,856)   2,444,127 
           
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-6.7%     
     Mutual Funds-6.7%     
 6,651,888   Federated Hermes Government     
     Obligations Fund, Premier     
     Class, 7-Day Yield 4.670% (at     
     net asset value)   6,651,888 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS     
(Cost $6,651,888)   6,651,888 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS-100.6%     
(Cost $75,887,302)   100,254,820 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-NET(3)-(0.6)%   (557,894)
NET ASSETS-100.0% $99,696,926 

 

Investment Abbreviations:  
LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate  
     
Reference Rates:  
3M US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of June 30, 2023 was 5.55%
1D US SOFR - 1 Day SOFR as of June 30, 2023 was 4.30%
1Y US TI - 1 Year US TI as of June 30, 2023 was 5.40%
PRIME - US Prime Rate as of June 30, 2023 was 8.25%

 

(1)


 
Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The Rate in effect as of June 30, 2023 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security’s last reset date.
(2)





 
Security exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of June 30, 2023, these securities amounted to a value of $451,717 or 0.45% of net assets. These
Securities have been determined to be liquid pursuant to procedures adopted by the board.
(3) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.

 

Note
 
-
 
The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets as of June 30, 2023.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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  Portfolio of Investments Summary Table
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Government Bond Fund

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Portfolio Composition(1) was as follows:

 

Portfolio Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETF)   2.0%
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - MORTGAGE-     
BACKED SECURITIES   37.4%
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - COLLATERALIZED     
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS   20.8%
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES   15.8%
CORPORATE BONDS   11.8%
TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS   7.1%
FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO SUB-TOTAL   92.9%
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS(2)   3.8%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET(3)   1.3%
TOTAL NET ASSETS   100.0%

 

(1) See the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a description of the types of securities in which the Fund invests.
(2) Short Term Investments include investment in a money market mutual fund.
(3) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Government Bond Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS-2.0%    
 4,602   iShares® 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF  $473,730 
 29,424   iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF   3,181,911 
           
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS     
(Cost $3,729,712)   3,655,641 
           
CORPORATE BONDS-11.8%     
     Banks-4.3%     
$1,000,000   Citigroup, Inc., 5.400%, 1/20/2026   983,673 
 500,000   FNB Corp., 4.875%, 10/2/2025   439,671 
 1,000,000   Fifth Third Bank NA, 3.850%, 3/15/2026   923,393 
 500,000   Wells Fargo Bank NA, 6.180%,     
     2/15/2036   497,387 
 500,000   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.625%,     
     11/15/2027   501,574 
 1,000,000   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.000%,     
     12/14/2027   998,117 
 500,000   Morgan Stanley, 1D US SOFR + 2.62%,     
     4/20/2037(1)   473,373 
 1,000,000   PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.,     
     3.900%, 4/29/2024   982,083 
 1,000,000   PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.,     
     SOFRINDX + 2.14%, 10/28/2033(1)   1,023,873 
 1,000,000   US Bancorp, 1D US SOFR + 1.60%,     
     2/1/2034(1)   934,548 
         7,757,692 
     Beverages-0.6%     
 1,000,000   Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC, 6.800%,     
     8/20/2032   1,123,188 
           
     Biotechnology-1.1%     
 2,000,000   Amgen, Inc., 5.250%, 3/2/2033   2,003,505 
           
     Electric-0.3%     
 500,000   Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., 5.250%,     
     4/1/2033   503,963 
           
     Healthcare-Services-1.2%     
 2,000,000   Aetna, Inc., 6.750%, 12/15/2037   2,206,170 
           
     Pipelines-0.8%     
 500,000   Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP,     
     6.950%, 1/15/2038   537,639 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
$1,000,000    Kinder Morgan, Inc., 5.200%, 6/1/2033  $969,554 
         1,507,193 
     Retail-1.6%     
 2,000,000   AutoZone, Inc., 4.750%, 2/1/2033   1,916,804 
 1,000,000   Lowe’s Cos., Inc., 4.500%, 4/15/2030   972,838 
         2,889,642 
     Semiconductors-1.1%     
 2,000,000   Intel Corp., 5.200%, 2/10/2033   2,019,987 
           
     Software-0.8%     
 500,000   Fiserv, Inc., 5.600%, 3/2/2033   509,138 
 1,000,000   Roper Technologies, Inc., 2.950%,     
     9/15/2029   884,602 
         1,393,740 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS     
(Cost $21,660,334)   21,405,080 
           
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - COLLATERALIZED
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS-20.8%     
     Agency Collat CMO-5.8%     
 242,654   Series 2003-55, Class 1A3A, 1M US L +     
     0.40%, 3/25/2043(1)   240,651 
 668,036   Series 2004-W14, Class 1AF, 1M US L +     
     0.40%, 7/25/2044(1)   629,036 
 641,389   Series 2010-59, Class FL, 1M US L +     
     0.50%, 5/20/2040(1)   632,874 
 2,679,519   Series 2014-330, Class F4, 1M US L +     
     0.35%, 10/15/2037(1)   2,623,055 
 2,785,459   Series 2022-76, Class D, 5.500%,     
     8/25/2045   2,753,783 
 3,637,319   Series 2022-83, Class DA, 6.000%,     
     1/25/2048   3,675,568 
         10,554,967 
           
     Agency Collat PAC CMO-4.2%     
 4,005,967   Series 2020-5020, Class TP, 2.000%,     
     10/25/2050   3,239,845 
 2,069,508   Series 2020-153, Class GP, 0.500%,     
     10/20/2050   1,806,967 
 3,645,961   Series 2021-23, Class TE, 1.000%,     
     2/20/2051   2,701,598 
         7,748,410 
           
     Commercial MBS-4.4%     
 2,630,571   Series 2020-177, Class DA, 1.250%,     
     6/16/2062   1,769,334 

 

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June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Government Bond Fund

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
$5,000,000   Series 2021-181, Class B, 1.900%,    
     1/16/2063  $3,074,074 
 5,000,000   Series 2021-203, Class B, 2.000%,     
     4/16/2062   3,100,835 
         7,944,243 
           
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.-0.3%     
 661,709   Series 2016-4629, Class QG, 2.500%,     
     11/15/2046, REMIC   574,581 
           
     Federal National Mortgage Association-1.0%     
 760,112   Series 2003-W18, Class 2A, 4.029%,     
     6/25/2043, REMIC (1)   728,030 
 853,668   Series 2016-90, Class DA, 3.000%,     
     8/25/2046, REMIC   744,832 
 497,914   Series 2019-74, Class LB, 3.000%,     
     10/25/2049   438,448 
         1,911,310 
           
     Government National Mortgage   Association- 
     0.3%     
 589,015   Series 2013-38, Class KA, 1.250%,     
     2/20/2042   518,783 
           
     Sovereign-4.8%     
 2,000,000   3.730%, 10/22/2032   1,907,338 
 2,000,000   1.910%, 5/17/2034   1,570,467 
 500,000   4.900%, 6/29/2032   481,022 
 3,000,000   3.330%, 7/12/2032   2,789,265 
 2,000,000   4.000%, 2/9/2033   1,957,792 
         8,705,884 
           
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY -      
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS     
(Cost $44,762,054)   37,958,178 
           
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY - MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES-37.4%     
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.-0.7%     
 1,303,917   Freddie Mac Pool, Pool QA6315, 3.500%, 1/1/2050   1,223,163 
           
     FNMA Collateral-0.9%     
 1,951,296   Fannie Mae Pool, Pool MA2711, 3.000%, 8/1/2046   1,727,726 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    GNMA2 Collateral-4.3%    
$2,893,691   Ginnie Mae II Pool, 4.000%, 8/20/2052  $2,691,367 
 3,381,983   Ginnie Mae II Pool, 5.500%, 11/20/2052   3,338,916 
 1,946,309   Ginnie Mae II Pool, 5.500%, 12/20/2052   1,921,524 
         7,951,807 
     Government National Mortgage Association-     
     0.1%     
 137,198   Ginnie Mae I Pool, Pool 589693,   132,140 
     4.500%, 7/15/2029     
           
     Sovereign-0.3%     
 500,000   Federal Home Loan Banks, 5.550%,   490,165 
     9/29/2032     
           
     UMBS Collateral-31.1%     
 4,695,023   Freddie Mac Pool, 4.000%, 6/1/2052   4,411,479 
 4,776,823   Freddie Mac Pool, 4.500%, 10/1/2052   4,596,172 
 2,905,579   Freddie Mac Pool, 4.000%, 11/1/2052   2,728,898 
 4,854,574   Freddie Mac Pool, 5.000%, 1/1/2053   4,759,640 
 4,895,828   Freddie Mac Pool, 5.000%, 2/1/2053   4,800,040 
 2,215,676   Fannie Mae Pool, 4.500%, 7/1/2042   2,154,914 
 4,601,361   Fannie Mae Pool, 4.500%, 10/1/2042   4,473,922 
 4,709,232   Fannie Mae Pool, 4.500%, 11/1/2042   4,578,027 
 2,155,181   Fannie Mae Pool, 4.500%, 1/1/2043   2,094,478 
 2,815,049   Fannie Mae Pool, 5.500%, 1/1/2043   2,822,132 
 4,693,869   Fannie Mae Pool, 4.000%, 6/1/2052   4,410,393 
 4,697,066   Fannie Mae Pool, 4.500%, 7/1/2052   4,519,678 
 2,830,988   Fannie Mae Pool, 5.500%, 11/1/2052   2,822,888 
 2,762,603   Fannie Mae Pool, 6.000%, 11/1/2052   2,788,528 
 4,865,048   Fannie Mae Pool, 5.000%, 2/1/2053   4,769,822 
         56,731,011 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY -     
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES     
(Cost $70,663,275)  68,256,012 
           
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES-15.8%    
     Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp.-1.8%     
 2,000,000   3.560%, 11/30/2043   1,676,056 
 2,000,000   3.330%, 9/5/2045   1,595,873 
         3,271,929 
     Federal Home Loan Banks-1.1%     
 2,000,000   3.700%, 6/22/2035   1,875,482 
           
     Tennessee Valley Authority-0.6%     
 1,000,000   5.880%, 4/1/2036   1,135,881 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Government Bond Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    U.S. Treasury Bond-6.5%    
$1,000,000   1.125%, 8/15/2040  $643,789 
         
 2,000,000   1.750%, 8/15/2041   1,406,563 
 2,000,000   2.000%, 11/15/2041   1,465,391 
 2,000,000   2.375%, 2/15/2042   1,558,047 
 3,000,000   2.875%, 5/15/2028   2,831,367 
 2,500,000   2.875%, 8/15/2028   2,355,566 
 2,000,000   0.625%, 5/15/2030   1,602,734 
         11,863,457 
     U.S. Treasury Note-5.1%     
 2,000,000   1.500%, 2/15/2030   1,713,516 
 2,000,000   0.625%, 8/15/2030   1,593,828 
 2,000,000   1.625%, 5/15/2031   1,700,156 
 2,500,000   2.750%, 5/31/2029   2,328,028 
 2,000,000   4.000%, 2/15/2026   1,969,570 
         9,305,098 
     United States Treasury Strip Coupon-0.7%    
 3,000,000   –%, 5/15/2043(2)   1,310,645 
           
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES     
(Cost $28,878,901)  28,762,492 
           
TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS-7.1%     
     Arkansas-0.7%     
     University of Arkansas:     
 500,000   3.382%, 9/1/2037   426,681 
 1,000,000   3.301%, 11/1/2039   825,250 
         1,251,931 
     California-1.8%     
 500,000   Bonita Unified School District, 2.619%,     
     8/1/2035   395,844 
 1,000,000   Contra Costa Community College     
     District, 2.926%, 8/1/2038   797,853 
 500,000   Desert Community College District,     
     2.978%, 8/1/2037   399,870 
 500,000   Kings Canyon Unified School District,     
     3.212%, 8/1/2040   400,329 
 500,000   Pasadena Public Financing Authority,     
     Build America Revenue Bonds,     
     Series B, 6.998%, 3/1/2034   586,115 
 910,000   Santa Paula Utility Authority, 2.870%,     
     2/1/2034   767,245 
         3,347,256 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    Hawaii-0.5%    
$1,000,000   University of Hawaii, 3.850%,    
     10/1/2038  $893,612 
           
     Massachusetts-1.1%     
 1,000,000   City of Quincy MA, 2.788%, 12/15/2035   806,902 
 1,500,000   Massachusetts School Building     
     Authority, 2.950%, 5/15/2043   1,126,247 
         1,933,149 
     Michigan-0.6%     
 1,400,000   Michigan State Building Authority,     
     2.705%, 10/15/2040   1,064,131 
           
     New York-0.4%     
 700,000   City of New York NY, 5.985%, 12/1/2036   754,302 
           
     Ohio-0.5%     
 565,000   Summit County Development Finance     
     Authority, 3.201%, 11/15/2036   471,249 
 500,000   Warrensville Heights City School     
     District, 3.406%, 12/1/2040   406,133 
         877,382 
     Pennsylvania-0.2%     
 550,000   Borough of Columbia PA, 2.540%,     
     6/15/2038   415,453 
           
     Texas-0.2%     
 500,000   Round Rock Transportation & Economic     
     Development Corp., 3.000%,     
     8/15/2039   382,484 
           
     Virginia-0.6%     
 1,395,000   Virginia Housing Development     
     Authority, 3.050%, 8/1/2038   1,088,379 
           
     West Virginia-0.5%     
 1,000,000   Wheeling Municipal Building     
     Commission, 5.558%, 8/1/2037   952,443 
           
TOTAL TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS    
(Cost $15,946,690)   12,960,522 

 

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  Portfolio of Investments
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Government Bond Fund

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-3.8%    
Mutual Funds-3.8%    
 6,906,109   Federated Hermes Government     
     Obligations Fund, Premier Class, 7-     
     Day Yield 4.670% (at net asset     
     value)  $6,906,109 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS     
(Cost $6,906,109)   6,906,109 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS-98.7%     
(Cost $192,547,075)   179,904,034 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-NET(3)-1.3%   2,396,058 
NET ASSETS-100.0%  $182,300,092 

 

Investment Abbreviations:  

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

 

Reference Rates:

1D US SOFR - 1 Day SOFR as of June 30, 2023 was 5.08% 1M US L - 1 Month LIBOR as of June 30, 2023 was 5.22%

 

(1)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is   described above. The Rate in effect as of June 30, 2023 is based   on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the  security’s last reset date. Certain variable rate securities are not  based on a published reference rate and spread but are  determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current  market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference  rate and spread in their description above.
(2)Is Zero Coupon
(3)Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.

 

Note- The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of   net assets as of June 30, 2023.    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments Summary Table  
WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Portfolio Composition(1) was as follows:

 

Portfolio Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
NON-TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS 

 

 

100.7%
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS   0.3%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET(2)   -1.0%
TOTAL NET ASSETS   100.0%

 

Years to Maturity of Municipal Bonds  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
Less than 1 Year   0.0%
1-3 Years   4.7%
3-5 Years   8.6%
5-10 Years   39.6%
10 Years or Greater   47.8%
Short Term Investments   0.3%
Other Assets and Liabilities - Net(2)   (1.0)%
TOTAL   100.0%

 

S&P Ratings of Municipal Bonds as    
Percentage of Total Net Assets(3)    
AAA   6.5%
AA   11.3%
AA-   4.2%
A+   8.3%
A   2.3%
A-   0.0%
Not rated by S&P   68.1%
Short Term Investments   0.3%
Other Assets and Liabilities - Net(2)   (1.0)%
TOTAL PORTFOLIO VALUE   100.0%

 

Moody’s Ratings of Municipal Bonds as    
Percentage of Total Net Assets(3)    
Aaa   1.7%
Aa2   0.3%
Aa3   6.8%
A1   17.4%
A2   4.7%
Not rated by Moody’s   69.8%
Short Term Investments   0.3%
Other Assets and Liabilities - Net(2)   (1.0)%
TOTAL PORTFOLIO VALUE   100.0%

 

(1) See the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a description of the types of securities in which the Fund invests.
(2) Assets, other than investment in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(3)
 
 
 
These tables depict the long-term credit-quality ratings assigned to the Fund’s portfolio holdings by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s), each of which is a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO). These credit-quality ratings are shown without regard to gradations within a given rating category. For example, securities rated “A-” have been included in the “A” rated category. Rated securities that have been prerefunded, but not rated again by the NRSRO, have been included in the “Not rated by…” category.

 

Rated securities include a security with an obligor and/or credit enhancer that has received a rating from an NRSRO with respect to a class of debt obligations that is comparable in priority and security with the security held by the Fund. Credit-quality ratings are an assessment of the risk that a security will default in payment and do not address other risks presented by the security. Please see the descriptions of credit-quality ratings in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. Holdings that are rated only by a different NRSRO than the one identified have been included in the “Not rated by…” category. Of the portfolio’s total investments, 14.4% do not have long-term ratings by either of these NRSROs.

 

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  Portfolio of Investments
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
NON-TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS-100.7%    
    Ohio-1.2%    
$1,100,000   Westerville, Ohio, General Obligation    
     Limited Bonds, 5.000%, 12/1/2028  $1,117,627 
           
     Pennsylvania-1.6%     
 1,425,000   Borough of Plum PA, 4.000%,     
     12/1/2034   1,481,377 
           
     West Virginia-97.9%     
 1,000,000   Berkeley County Board of Education,     
     4.000%, 6/1/2037   1,029,365 
     Berkeley County Building Commission:     
 580,000   2.000%, 6/1/2035   452,847 
 750,000   2.000%, 6/1/2040   507,803 
 400,000   4.000%, 6/1/2040   401,274 
 1,500,000   Berkeley County Public Service Sewer     
     District, 4.500%, 10/1/2032   1,504,576 
     Berkeley County, West Virginia, Public     
     Service District Revenue Bonds:     
 370,000   Series C, 3.000%, 12/1/2029   365,834 
 450,000   Series C, 3.400%, 12/1/2034   440,561 
 585,000   Series D, 3.000%, 12/1/2025   579,970 
 380,000   Berkeley County, West Virginia, Public     
     Service District Water Revenue     
     Bonds, Series A, 4.500%,     
     12/1/2033   381,673 
     Berkeley County, West Virginia, Public     
     Service Sewer District Revenue     
     Bonds:     
 275,000   5.000%, 6/1/2027   288,602 
 950,000   5.000%, 6/1/2028   998,608 
 655,000   5.000%, 6/1/2029   687,398 
 620,000   Series A, 5.300%, 3/1/2029   621,331 
 950,000   Brooke County Building Commission,     
     3.000%, 12/1/2036   863,065 
 965,000   Brooke County, West Virginia, Board of     
     Education General Obligation     
     Unlimited Bonds, 3.000%,     
     6/1/2027   949,409 
 2,000,000   Cabell County Board of Education,     
     2.000%, 6/1/2033   1,705,115 
 265,000   City of Buckhannon, West Virginia,     
     Commercial Development Revenue     
     Bonds, Series A, 3.700%,     
     12/1/2028   246,704 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
$595,000   City of Buckhannon, West Virginia,    
    Waterworks Revenue Bonds, Series    
     A, 4.000%, 3/1/2029  $594,931 
     City of Charles Town WV Waterworks &     
     Sewerage System Revenue:     
 400,000   2.250%, 6/1/2035   327,714 
 315,000   3.000%, 6/1/2041   264,442 
     City of Charles Town, West Virginia,     
     Waterworks & Sewage System     
     Revenue Bonds:     
 620,000   Series A, 4.000%, 3/1/2029   635,012 
 310,000   Series B, 4.000%, 6/1/2031   317,845 
     City of Charleston, West Virginia,     
     Sewage System Revenue Bonds:     
 310,000   4.000%, 7/1/2031   318,113 
 275,000   4.000%, 7/1/2032   282,017 
 300,000   City of Clarksburg WV Water Revenue,     
     2.000%, 6/1/2034   243,383 
 300,000   City of Huntington, West Virginia,     
     Sewerage System Revenue Bonds,     
     3.000%, 11/1/2028   296,481 
 490,000   City of Martinsburg, West Virginia,     
     Combined Waterworks &     
     Sewerage System Revenue Bonds,     
     Series A, 3.500%, 9/1/2027   490,007 
     City of Saint Albans, West Virginia,     
     Combined Waterworks &     
     Sewerage System Revenue Bonds:     
 170,000   Series A, 4.250%, 6/1/2026   170,006 
 600,000   Series B, 4.000%, 12/1/2027   599,064 
     City of Wheeling WV Waterworks &     
     Sewerage System Revenue:     
 500,000   4.000%, 6/1/2035   521,803 
 500,000   4.000%, 6/1/2036   515,676 
     Claywood Park Public Service District     
     WV Water Revenue:     
 950,000   3.000%, 11/1/2036   856,886 
 680,000   3.000%, 11/1/2041   558,474 
     Claywood Park Public Service District,     
     West Virginia, Water Revenue     
     Bonds:     
 110,000   Series C, 3.200%, 11/1/2029   107,792 
 225,000   Series C, 3.400%, 11/1/2031   219,757 
 380,000   Corporation of Shepherdstown, West     
     Virginia, Water Revenue Bonds,     
     3.300%, 3/1/2032   368,446 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    Fayette County Board of Education:    
$545,000   2.250%, 10/1/2030  $488,705 
 500,000   2.000%, 10/1/2031   431,441 
 640,000   2.250%, 10/1/2032   554,525 
 565,000   2.500%, 10/1/2033   496,515 
 750,000   Greenbrier County Public Service, Series     
     A, 5.000%, 10/1/2037   812,696 
     Hampshire County, West Virginia,     
     Building Commission Revenue     
     Bonds:     
 355,000   Series A, 3.000%, 1/1/2029   332,460 
 380,000   Series A, 3.000%, 1/1/2031   349,707 
 1,660,000   Series A, 4.250%, 1/1/2035   1,664,590 
 2,265,000   Hancock, WV, 3.250%, 5/1/2036(1)(2)   2,167,414 
 1,000,000   Harrison County Building Commission,     
     3.500%, 10/1/2035   899,830 
 3,000,000   Jefferson County Board of Education,     
     2.000%, 6/1/2036   2,333,352 
 850,000   Lewis County Building Commission,     
     4.750%, 2/1/2038   836,801 
 1,910,000   Mason County Public Service District     
     Water Revenue, 3.000%,     
     12/1/2036   1,747,183 
 2,320,000   Monongalia County Building     
     Commission, 2.000%, 2/1/2034   1,949,424 
     Morgantown Utility Board, Inc.:     
 500,000   3.250%, 12/1/2032   494,340 
 500,000   4.000%, 12/1/2034   528,574 
 1,500,000   3.000%, 12/1/2040   1,290,581 
 1,430,000   Morgantown, West Virginia, Combined     
     Utility System Revenue Bonds,     
     Series A, 3.500%, 12/1/2035   1,416,284 
 200,000   Morgantown, West Virginia, Combined     
     Utility System Revenue Bonds,     
     Series A, 3.750%, 10/1/2032   200,029 
     Morgantown, West Virginia, Utility     
     Board Revenue Bonds:     
 1,000,000   Series A, 3.000%, 12/1/2028   994,706 
 1,000,000   Series A, 4.000%, 12/1/2029   1,029,133 
 1,210,000   Series A, 4.000%, 12/1/2030   1,242,025 
 1,000,000   Series A, 4.000%, 12/1/2031   1,022,259 
 1,030,000   Moundsville Building Commission,     
     4.000%, 8/1/2037   1,009,326 
     Ohio County Board of Education:     
 3,000,000   3.000%, 6/1/2033   2,876,085 
 635,000   3.000%, 6/1/2034   601,969 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
$500,000   Putnam County Building Commission,    
     4.000%, 5/1/2037  $503,188 
     Putnam Public Service District:     
 1,000,000   4.000%, 12/1/2039   939,492 
 1,150,000   3.000%, 11/1/2040   994,101 
 1,000,000   3.000%, 4/1/2041   853,680 
 1,000,000   3.000%, 6/1/2041   853,766 
 1,000,000   3.625%, 12/1/2045   842,897 
 1,000,000   Raleigh County Public Service District,     
     3.000%, 6/1/2037   897,645 
 960,000   Salem, West Virginia Sewer Revenue     
     Bonds, Series A, 4.000%,     
     12/1/2032   960,457 
     State of West Virginia:     
 500,000   5.000%, 6/1/2033   548,538 
 500,000   5.000%, 6/1/2035   544,598 
 1,000,000   5.000%, 12/1/2040   1,068,565 
 795,000   Wayne County, West Virginia, Board of     
     Education General Obligation     
     Unlimited Bonds, 3.000%,     
     6/1/2026   791,743 
 500,000   West Virginia Commissioner Of     
     Highways Special Obligation     
     Surface Transportation     
     Improvements Bonds, Series A,     
     5.000%, 9/1/2029   538,183 
 670,000   West Virginia Economic Development     
     Authority Lease Revenue Bonds     
     (Clarksburg Office Building),     
     3.500%, 6/1/2030   673,340 
 1,650,000   West Virginia Economic Development     
     Authority Lease Revenue Bonds     
     (State Office Building & Parking     
     Lot), Series A, 4.750%, 8/1/2029   1,651,898 
     West Virginia Economic Development     
     Authority Lease Revenue Bonds     
     (State Office Building):     
 1,525,000   Series A, 5.000%, 6/1/2025   1,526,828 
 435,000   Series B, 3.750%, 10/1/2026   435,146 
 310,000   Series C, 3.500%, 6/1/2030   311,545 
 600,000   Series D, 3.250%, 6/1/2028   602,347 
 355,000   Series D, 3.500%, 6/1/2030   356,770 
 1,000,000   West Virginia Economic Development     
     Authority Lottery Revenue Bonds,     
     Series A, 5.000%, 7/1/2032   1,078,199 
 100,000   West Virginia Higher Education Policy     
     Commission, 4.000%, 4/1/2034   100,012 

 

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  Portfolio of Investments
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
    West Virginia Higher Education Policy    
    Commission Revenue Bonds    
    (Higher Education Facilities):    
$1,730,000   5.000%, 7/1/2034  $1,842,843 
 385,000   Series B, 3.500%, 4/1/2026   385,124 
 400,000   Series B, 3.600%, 4/1/2027   399,421 
 1,000,000   West Virginia Hospital Finance     
     Authority Revenue Bonds (ARCs     
     Improvement), Series D, 4.000%,     
     6/1/2029   1,017,365 
 585,000   West Virginia Hospital Finance     
     Authority Revenue Bonds (West     
     Virginia University Health System),     
     Series A, 3.375%, 6/1/2029   580,285 
     West Virginia Housing Development     
     Fund:     
 1,100,000   3.450%, 11/1/2030   1,096,088 
 500,000   2.000%, 11/1/2032   433,315 
 1,500,000   3.700%, 11/1/2032   1,525,935 
 375,000   3.800%, 5/1/2034   376,872 
 500,000   3.375%, 11/1/2034   493,012 
 370,000   3.850%, 11/1/2034   371,839 
 800,000   2.050%, 11/1/2035   657,517 
 575,000   3.800%, 11/1/2037   558,351 
 1,500,000   4.150%, 11/1/2038   1,480,464 
 1,000,000   4.150%, 11/1/2038   995,889 
 500,000   4.450%, 11/1/2043   500,682 
     West Virginia School Building Authority     
     Lottery Revenue Capital     
     Improvement Bonds:     
 515,000   Series A, 5.000%, 7/1/2026   517,023 
 535,000   Series A, 5.000%, 7/1/2027   537,146 
 300,000   West Virginia State Bonds, Series A,     
     3.250%, 6/1/2033   297,742 
 500,000   West Virginia State Economic     
     Development Authority Lottery     
     Revenue Bonds, 3.000%,     
     6/15/2031   492,265 
 500,000   West Virginia State Hospital Finance     
     Authority Refunding West Virginia     
     United Health System, Series A,     
     4.000%, 6/1/2034   502,586 
 500,000   West Virginia State Housing     
     Development Fund Revenue     
     Bonds, Series A, 3.450%,     
     11/1/2033   494,353 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
$770,000   West Virginia State University Revenues    
    Revenue Bonds, Series A, 5.250%,    
     4/1/2028  $804,389 
 1,000,000   West Virginia University, 4.000%,     
     10/1/2037   1,016,389 
 500,000   West Virginia Water Development     
     Authority, 4.000%, 10/1/2041   491,446 
 500,000   West Virginia Water Development     
     Authority Infrastructure Revenue     
     Bonds, Series A, 5.000%,     
     10/1/2032   524,805 
 2,605,000   West Virginia Water Development     
     Authority Infrastructure Revenue     
     Bonds (West Virginia Infrastructure     
     Jobs Program), Series A, 5.000%,     
     10/1/2029   2,748,983 
 250,000   West Virginia Water Development     
     Authority Revenue Bonds (Loan     
     Program I), Series B-I, 4.000%,     
     11/1/2024   250,150 
     West Virginia Water Development     
     Authority Revenue Bonds (Loan     
     Program II):     
 650,000   Series A-II, 5.000%, 11/1/2026   691,467 
 800,000   Series A-II, 3.000%, 11/1/2027   793,705 
 300,000   Series A-II, 3.125%, 11/1/2028   299,941 
 725,000   Series B-II, 4.000%, 11/1/2025   725,403 
 250,000   West Virginia Water Development     
     Authority Revenue Bonds (Loan     
     Program IV), Series A-IV, 5.000%,     
     11/1/2033   271,688 
 500,000   West Virginia, State Parkways Authority     
     Senior Turnpike Toll Revenue     
     Bonds, 5.000%, 6/1/2033   547,818 
 1,000,000   Wood County, West Virginia, Board of     
     Education Public School General     
     Obligation Unlimited Bonds,     
     3.000%, 6/1/2029   1,001,735 
 860,000   Wood County, West Virginia, Building     
     Commission Lease Revenue Bonds,     
     4.000%, 1/1/2032   790,446 
         91,069,358 
TOTAL NON -TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS     
(Cost $99,368,647)   93,668,362 

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-0.3%    
Mutual Funds-0.3%    
 302,176   Federated Hermes Government     
     Obligations Fund, Premier Class, 7-     
     Day Yield 4.670% (at net asset     
     value)  $302,176 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS     
(Cost $302,176)   302,176 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS-101.0%     
(Cost $99,670,823)   93,970,538 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-NET(3)-(1.0)%   (974,627)
NET ASSETS-100.0%  $92,995,911 

 

(1)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The Rate in effect as of June 30, 2023 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security’s last reset date.
(2)Security exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of June 30, 2023, these securities amounted to a value of $2,167,414  or 2.30% of net assets. These Securities have been determined to be liquid pursuant to procedures adopted by the board.
(3)Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.

 

Note
 
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The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets as of June 30, 2023.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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  Portfolio of Investments Summary Table
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Portfolio Composition(1) was as follows:

 

Portfolio Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETF)   92.2%
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS(2)   7.2%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET(3)   0.6%
TOTAL NET ASSETS   100.0%

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Category composition(4) was as follows:

 

Category Composition  Percentage of Total Net Assets 
Broad Domestic Fixed Income   45.5%
Commodities   11.1%
U.S. Value Company Focused Equity   10.3%
U.S. Sector Focused Equity   9.9%
Broad Domestic Equity   8.6%
U.S. Small and Mid Cap Equity   4.8%
International (ex. U.S.) Equity   2.0%
ETF Portfolio Sub-Total   92.2%
Short Term Investments(2)   7.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities - Net(3)   0.6%
Total Net Assets   100.0%

 

(1) See the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a description of the types of securities in which the Fund invests.
(2) Short Term Investments include investment in a money market mutual fund.
(3) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
(4) Securities are assigned to a category classification by the Fund’s advisor.

 

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Portfolio of Investments  
WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS-92.2%    
BROAD DOMESTIC EQUITY-8.6%    
 8,252   SPDR S&P 500® ETF Trust  $3,657,947 
           
TOTAL BROAD DOMESTIC EQUITY   3,657,947 
           
BROAD DOMESTIC FIXED INCOME-45.5%     
 36,265   iShares® 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF   2,940,366 
 46,931   iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF   5,075,118 
 27,601   iShares® iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF   2,072,007 
 19,370   iShares® TIPS Bond ETF   2,084,600 
 50,145   iShares® Trust iShares® 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF   2,515,775 
 47,093   iShares® Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF   4,612,759 
           
TOTAL BROAD DOMESTIC FIXED INCOME   19,300,625 
           
COMMODITIES-11.1%     
 114,537   Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF   1,558,276 
 17,726   SPDR® Gold Shares(1)   3,160,014 
           
TOTAL COMMODITIES   4,718,290 
           
INTERNATIONAL (EX. U.S.) EQUITY-2.0%     
 16,946   iShares® MSCI ACWI ex US ETF   834,082 
           
TOTAL INTERNATIONAL (EX. U.S.) EQUITY   834,082 
           
U.S. SECTOR FOCUSED EQUITY-9.9%     
 14,252   Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund   1,057,071 
 7,906   Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund   1,049,363 
 10,326   Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Fund   1,108,186 
 15,306   Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund   1,001,625 
           
TOTAL U.S. SECTOR FOCUSED EQUITY   4,216,245 
           
U.S. SMALL AND MID CAP EQUITY-4.8%     
 10,893   iShares® Russell 2000® ETF   2,039,932 

 

Shares/Principal Amount  Value 
         
TOTAL U.S. SMALL AND MID CAP EQUITY  $2,039,932 
           
 U.S. VALUE COMPANY FOCUSED EQUITY-10.3%     
     42,341 Vanguard® Mega Cap Value ETF   4,393,302 
           
 TOTAL U.S. VALUE COMPANY FOCUSED EQUITY   4,393,302 
           
 TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS     
 (Cost $36,482,368)   39,160,423 
           
 SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS-7.2%     
     Mutual Funds-7.2%     
 3,045,019   Federated Hermes Government     
     Obligations Fund, Premier Class, 7-     
     Day Yield 4.670% (at net asset     
     value)   3,045,019 
           
 TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS     
 (Cost $3,045,019)   3,045,019 
           
 TOTAL INVESTMENTS-99.4%     
 (Cost $39,527,387)   42,205,442 
 OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-NET(2)-0.6%   261,424 
 NET ASSETS-100.0%  $42,466,866 

 

(1) Non-income producing security.  
(2) Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.

 

Note - The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of
  net assets as of June 30, 2023.  
     
Investment Abbreviations:  
SPDR - Standard and Poor’s Depository Receipt  
     
See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

   WesMark Small Company Fund   WesMark Large Company Fund   WesMark Balanced Fund   WesMark Government Bond Fund   WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund   WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund 
ASSETS:                        
                         
Investments in securities, at value                        
(cost - see below)  $102,067,683   $311,708,635   $100,254,820   $179,904,034   $93,970,538   $42,205,442 
Cash   33,745    120,512    20,645             
                               
RECEIVABLE FOR:                              
Dividends and interest   98,425    193,235    346,602    1,097,426    672,887    25,791 
Investments sold           20,548             
Fund shares sold   167,233    367,107    1,037,134    2,061,266    51,020    348,287 
Prepaid expenses   1,308    12,231    11,487    12,133    8,942    15,612 
Total Assets   102,368,394    312,401,720    101,691,236    183,074,859    94,703,387    42,595,132 
                               
LIABILITIES:                              
                               
PAYABLE FOR:                              
Investments purchased   364,403        1,716,872        1,500,000     
Fund shares redeemed   598,543    3,600,780    202,260    146,006    10    82,475 
Income distribution payable               506,426    115,694     
Investment advisory fees   32    34    4             
Fund Accounting and Administration fees   24,055    31,784    42,685    89,472    75,757    18,729 
Audit, Tax, and Legal expenses   18,586    19,237    18,586    18,586    5,852    18,584 
Shareholder services fee (Note 5)   694    6,016    1,371    2,806    713    614 
Transfer agency expenses   7,166    12,688    8,849    7,990    5,651    4,280 
Registration expenses   1,791                     
Printing and Postage expenses   2,793    2,507    2,819    2,554    3,024    2,834 
Trustees’ fees and expenses   371    175    582    645    493    468 
Chief compliance officer fees   282    282    282    282    282    282 
Total Liabilities   1,018,716    3,673,503    1,994,310    774,767    1,707,476    128,266 
Net Assets  $101,349,678   $308,728,217   $99,696,926   $182,300,092   $92,995,911   $42,466,866 
                               
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:                              
                               
Paid-in capital  $67,095,583   $121,871,379   $72,176,307   $231,825,435   $98,685,060   $41,590,968 
Total distributable earnings   34,254,095    186,856,838    27,520,619    (49,525,343)   (5,689,149)   875,898 
Net Assets  $101,349,678   $308,728,217   $99,696,926   $182,300,092   $92,995,911   $42,466,866 
                               
Shares Outstanding, No Par Value, Unlimited Shares Authorized   8,134,309    14,468,562    7,579,393    23,132,825    9,594,824    4,001,315 
Net asset value, offering price & redemption price per share  $12.46   $21.34   $13.15   $7.88   $9.69   $10.61 
Investments, at identified cost  $74,410,701   $143,671,059   $75,887,302   $192,547,075   $99,670,823   $39,527,387 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Operations  
  For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

   WesMark Small Company Fund   WesMark Large Company Fund   WesMark Balanced Fund   WesMark Government Bond Fund   WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund   WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund 
INVESTMENT INCOME:                 
Dividends, net of foreign taxes*  $612,990   $2,220,601   $888,872   $53,617   $   $429,871 
Interest   189,376    300,371    640,498    3,756,505    1,454,234    40,575 
Total Investment Income   802,366    2,520,972    1,529,370    3,810,122    1,454,234    470,446 
EXPENSES:                      
Investment adviser fee (Note 5)   364,634    1,106,857    367,423    551,632    282,974    154,986 
Fund Accounting and                              
Administration fees (Note 5)   56,554    108,269    61,213    94,124    67,817    41,860 
Custodian fees (Note 5)   9,860    19,262    8,118    14,890    8,025    6,070 
Transfer agency expenses (Note                              
5)   14,651    23,933    18,004    15,052    11,383    9,441 
Trustees’ fees and expenses                              
(Note 8)   12,933    23,089    13,265    17,986    13,006    10,091 
Audit and tax expenses   10,599    10,278    10,599    10,599    10,599    10,596 
Chief compliance officer fees   69    69    69    69    69    69 
Legal expenses   7,064    7,064    7,064    7,064    10,147    7,064 
Shareholder services fee (Note 5)   101,658    310,827    102,875    192,958    99,445    43,688 
Registration expenses   5,367    3,371    4,960    5,069    2,245    3,710 
Printing and Postage expenses   2,367    2,575    2,389    2,414    2,400    2,251 
Insurance premiums   2,570    8,147    2,682    5,282    2,567    1,102 
Miscellaneous fees   2,025    6,239    1,967    3,708    1,821    809 
Net Expenses   590,351    1,629,980    600,628    920,847    512,498    291,737 
Net Investment Income   212,015    890,992    928,742    2,889,275    941,736    178,709 
REALIZED & UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:       
Net realized gain (loss) on                              
investments   6,309,703    18,997,782    2,527,422    (19,901,823)   (10,681)   (68,880)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments   (256,155)   13,975,723    (2,339,165)   17,380,139    228,051    1,056,259 
Net realized and unrealized gain                              
(loss) on investments   6,053,548    32,973,505    188,257    (2,521,684)   217,370    987,379 
Net Increase in Net Assets                              
Resulting from Operations  $6,265,563   $33,864,497   $1,116,999   $367,591   $1,159,106   $1,166,088 
*Foreign tax withholding  $   $13,780   $   $   $   $ 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

   WesMark Small Company Fund   WesMark Large Company Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)    For the Year Ended December 31, 2022   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)    For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:             
OPERATIONS                
                 
Net investment income (loss)  $212,015   $(45,024)  $890,992   $1,093,149 
Net realized gain   6,309,703    1,351,070    18,997,782    25,054,442 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (256,155)   (25,939,505)   13,975,723    (111,212,475)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from                    
operations   6,265,563    (24,633,459)   33,864,497    (85,064,884)
                     
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (NOTE 4)                
                     
From distributable earnings   (201,479)   (5,747,960)   (894,783)   (34,280,806)
From tax return of capital               (206,360)
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders   (201,479)   (5,747,960)   (894,783)   (34,487,166)
                     
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 3)                
                     
Proceeds from sale of shares   5,534,013    14,506,618    4,923,160    26,967,402 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   42,597    1,264,805    260,971    9,666,123 
Cost of shares redeemed   (5,217,141)   (10,200,963)   (18,054,464)   (31,225,912)
Net increase (decrease) resulting from beneficial interest transactions   359,469    5,570,460    (12,870,333)   5,407,613 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   6,423,553    (24,810,959)   20,099,381    (114,144,437)
                     
NET ASSETS:                    
Beginning of Period   94,926,125    119,737,084    288,628,836    402,773,273 
End of Period  $101,349,678   $94,926,125   $308,728,217   $288,628,836 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

   WesMark Balanced Fund   WesMark Government Bond Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)    For the Year Ended December 31, 2022   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)    For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:             
OPERATIONS                
                 
Net investment income  $928,742   $1,472,965   $2,889,275   $3,203,653 
Net realized gain (loss)   2,527,422    948,209    (19,901,823)   (13,548,640)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (2,339,165)   (10,951,819)   17,380,139    (30,213,726)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   1,116,999    (8,530,645)   367,591    (40,558,713)
                     
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (NOTE 4)                
                     
From distributable earnings   (938,537)   (3,806,929)   (2,935,221)   (3,641,903)
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders   (938,537)   (3,806,929)   (2,935,221)   (3,641,903)
                     
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 3)                
                     
Proceeds from sale of shares   4,837,981    6,615,483    9,676,980    20,202,558 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   162,743    663,944    225,541    295,564 
Cost of shares redeemed   (4,952,475)   (17,324,069)   (12,535,865)   (31,529,222)
Net increase (decrease) resulting from beneficial interest transactions   48,249    (10,044,643)   (2,633,344)   (11,031,100)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   226,711    (22,382,216)   (5,200,974)   (55,231,716)
                     
NET ASSETS:                    
Beginning of Period   99,470,215    121,852,431    187,501,066    242,732,782 
End of Period  $99,696,926   $99,470,215   $182,300,092   $187,501,066 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

   WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund   WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)    For the Year Ended December 31, 2022   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)    For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:             
OPERATIONS                
                 
Net investment income  $941,736   $1,855,445   $178,709   $573,986 
Net realized gain (loss)   (10,681)   18,884    (68,880)   (1,782,542)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   228,051    (10,726,622)   1,056,259    (4,801,450)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   1,159,106    (8,852,293)   1,166,088    (6,010,006)
                     
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (NOTE 4)                
                     
From distributable earnings   (920,433)   (1,873,967)   (215,190)   (1,148,896)
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders   (920,433)   (1,873,967)   (215,190)   (1,148,896)
                     
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 3)                
                     
Proceeds from sale of shares   1,643,877    4,643,330    2,495,369    4,455,499 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   117,913    254,666    2,684    15,188 
Cost of shares redeemed   (4,601,807)   (13,272,479)   (2,114,277)   (4,158,682)
Net increase (decrease) resulting from beneficial interest transactions   (2,840,017)   (8,374,483)   383,776    312,005 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   (2,601,344)   (19,100,743)   1,334,674    (6,846,897)
                     
NET ASSETS:                    
Beginning of Period   95,597,255    114,697,998    41,132,192    47,979,089 
End of Period  $92,995,911   $95,597,255   $42,466,866   $41,132,192 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights
WesMark Small Company Fund

 

         

For the

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023(Unaudited)

          For the Year Ended December 31,2022           For the Year Ended December 31,2021           For the Year Ended December 31,2020           For the Year Ended December 31,2019           For the Year Ended December 31,2018     
PER COMMON SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE         
                         
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year  $11.71   $15.66   $16.12   $12.79   $10.63   $13.90 
Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:                              
Net Investment Income (Loss)   0.03    (0.00)(1)   (0.07)   (1.36)   (0.05)   (0.05)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments   0.74    (3.22)   3.64    6.01    2.21    (1.89)
Total from Investment Operations   0.77    (3.22)   3.57    4.65    2.16    (1.94)
                               
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS               
                               
From Net Investment Income   (0.02)                    
From Net Realized Gain on Investments       (0.73)   (4.03)   (1.32)       (1.33)
Total Distributions   (0.02)   (0.73)   (4.03)   (1.32)       (1.33)
Net Asset Value, End of Period  $12.46   $11.71   $15.66   $16.12   $12.79   $10.63 
                               
Total Return   6.62%(2)   (20.56)%   23.23%   36.61%   20.32%   (13.72)%
                               
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS                     
                               
Net Expenses   1.21%(3)   1.24%   1.23%   1.27%   1.26%   1.25%
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   0.44%(3)   (0.04)%   (0.47)%   (0.37)%   (0.46)%   (0.43)%
Net Assets Value End of Period (000 omitted)  $101,350   $94,926   $119,737   $116,105   $96,185   $81,439 
Portfolio Turnover Rate   26%(4)   52%   42%   52%   50%   88%

 

(1) Less than $0.005 per share.
(2) Total return not annualized for periods less than one full year.
(3) Ratios for periods of less than a year are annualized.
(4) Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights
WesMark Large Company Fund

 

          For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023(Unaudited)           For the Year Ended December 31,2022           For the Year Ended December 31,2021           For the Year Ended December 31,2020           For the Year Ended December 31,2019           For the Year Ended December 31,2018     
PER COMMON SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE            
                         
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year  $19.12   $27.41   $23.41   $19.95   $16.80   $20.00 
Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:                              
Net Investment Income(Loss)   0.06    0.09    (0.02)   (1.66)   0.04    0.04 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments   2.22    (5.93)   6.08    6.89    4.40    (1.32)
Total from Investment Operations   2.28    (5.84)   6.06    5.23    4.44    (1.28)
                               
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS               
                               
From Net Investment Income   (0.06)   (0.09)   (0.00)(1)   (0.02)   (0.04)   (0.04)
From Net Realized Gain on Investments       (2.35)   (2.06)   (1.75)   (1.25)   (1.88)
From Tax Return of Capital       (0.01)                
Total Distributions   (0.06)   (2.45)   (2.06)   (1.77)   (1.29)   (1.92)
Net Asset Value, End of Period  $21.34   $19.12   $27.41   $23.41   $19.95   $16.80 
                               
Total Return   11.95%(2)   (21.42)%   26.06%   26.31%   26.53%   (6.19)%
                               
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS               
                               
Net Expenses   1.10%(3)   1.13%   1.12%   1.14%   1.14%   1.13%
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   0.60%(3)   0.33%   (0.09)%   0.07%   0.23%   0.19%
Net Assets Value End of Period                              
(000 omitted)  $308,728   $288,629   $402,773   $364,086   $331,238   $287,441 
Portfolio Turnover Rate   14%(4)   34%   14%   27%   55%   37%

 

(1) Less than $0.005 per share.
(2) Total return not annualized for periods less than one full year.
(3) Ratios for periods of less than a year are annualized.
(4) Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights
WesMark Balanced Fund

 

          For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023(Unaudited)           For the Year Ended December 31,2022           For the Year Ended December 31,2021           For the Year Ended December 31,2020           For the Year Ended December 31,2019           For the Year Ended December 31,2018     
PER COMMON SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE             
                         
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year  $13.13   $14.68   $13.45   $13.31   $11.77   $13.05 
Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:                              
Net Investment Income(Loss)   0.12    0.19    0.16    (0.08)   0.23    0.23 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments   0.02    (1.24)   1.96    0.72    2.14    (0.82)
Total from Investment Operations   0.14    (1.05)   2.12    0.64    2.37    (0.59)
                               
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS                
                               
From Net Investment Income   (0.12)   (0.22)   (0.17)   (0.22)   (0.23)   (0.23)
From Net Realized Gain on Investments       (0.28)   (0.72)   (0.28)   (0.60)   (0.46)
From Tax Return of Capital                        
Total Distributions   (0.12)   (0.50)   (0.89)   (0.50)   (0.83)   (0.69)
Net Asset Value, End of Period  $13.15   $13.13   $14.68   $13.45   $13.31   $11.77 
                               
Total Return   1.10%(1)   (7.19)%   15.85%   5.05%   20.30%   (4.58)%
                               
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS                   
                               
Net Expenses   1.23%(2)   1.24%   1.25%   1.27%   1.25%   1.24%
Net Investment Income   1.89%(2)   1.36%   1.03%   1.66%   1.74%   1.69%
Net Assets Value End of Period (000 omitted)  $99,697   $99,470   $121,852   $114,766   $112,171   $101,893 
Portfolio Turnover Rate   12%(3)   18%   23%   29%   31%   35%

 

(1) Total return not annualized for periods less than one full year.
(2) Ratios for periods of less than a year are annualized.
(3) Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights
WesMark Government Bond Fund

 

          For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023(Unaudited)           For the Year Ended December 31,2022           For the Year Ended December 31,2021           For the Year Ended December 31,2020           For the Year Ended December 31,2019           For the Year Ended December 31,2018     
PER COMMON SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE            
                         
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year  $7.99   $9.81   $10.08   $9.93   $9.68   $9.77 
Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:                              
Net Investment Income   0.12    0.13    0.07    0.11    0.19    0.17 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments   (0.10)   (1.80)   (0.21)   0.23    0.27    (0.06)
Total from Investment Operations   0.02    (1.67)   (0.14)   0.34    0.46    0.11 
                               
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS               
                               
From Net Investment Income   (0.13)   (0.15)   (0.13)   (0.19)   (0.21)   (0.20)
Total Distributions   (0.13)   (0.15)   (0.13)   (0.19)   (0.21)   (0.20)
Net Asset Value, End of Period  $7.88   $7.99   $9.81   $10.08   $9.93   $9.68 
                               
Total Return   0.20%(1)   (17.11)%   (1.35)%   3.46%   4.75%   1.15%
                               
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS                   
                               
Net Expenses   1.00%(2)   1.01%   1.02%   1.03%   1.01%   1.01%
Net Investment Income   3.14%(2)   1.51%   0.72%   1.09%   1.72%   1.81%
Net Assets Value End of Period (000 omitted)  $182,300   $187,501   $242,733   $232,565   $231,959   $230,250 
Portfolio Turnover Rate   60%(3)   56%   40%   51%   37%   17%

 

(1) Total return not annualized for periods less than one full year.
(2) Ratios for periods of less than a year are annualized.
(3) Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights
WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
 

 

          For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023(Unaudited)           For the Year Ended December 31,2022           For the Year Ended December 31,2021           For the Year Ended December 31,2020           For the Year Ended December 31,2019           For the Year Ended December 31,2018     
PER COMMON SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE             
                         
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year  $9.67   $10.69   $10.84   $10.67   $10.38   $10.54 
Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:                              
Net Investment Income   0.09    0.18    0.17    0.18    0.20    0.21 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments   0.02    (1.02)   (0.13)   0.18    0.30    (0.16)
Total from Investment Operations   0.11    (0.84)   0.04    0.36    0.50    0.05 
                               
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS               
                               
From Net Investment Income   (0.09)   (0.18)   (0.17)   (0.19)   (0.21)   (0.21)
From Net Realized Gain on Investments       (0.00)(1)   (0.02)   (0.00)(1)   (0.00)(1)    
Total Distributions   (0.09)   (0.18)   (0.19)   (0.19)   (0.21)   (0.21)
Net Asset Value, End of Period  $9.69   $9.67   $10.69   $10.84   $10.67   $10.38 
                               
Total Return   1.18%(2)   (7.84)%   0.43%   3.48%   4.83%   0.47%
                               
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS                   
                               
Net Expenses   1.09%(3)   1.10%   1.11%   1.10%   1.08%   1.09%
Net Investment Income   2.00%(3)   1.84%   1.61%   1.81%   1.94%   2.00%
Net Assets Value End of Period (000 omitted)  $92,996   $95,597   $114,698   $119,454   $117,868   $114,345 
Portfolio Turnover Rate   6%(4)   9%   15%   10%   9%   10%

 

(1) Less than $0.005 per share.
(2) Total return not annualized for periods less than one full year.
(3) Ratios for periods of less than a year are annualized.
(4) Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights
WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund

 

   For the
Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)
  

For the

Year Ended

December 31,

2022

  

For the

Year Ended

December 31,

2021

  

For the

Year Ended

December 31,

2020

  

For the

Year Ended

December 31,

2019

  

For the

Year Ended

December 31,

2018

 
PER COMMON SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE                    
                         
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year  $10.37   $12.16   $11.95   $11.25   $10.01   $10.62 
Income (Loss) from Investment Operations:                              
Net Investment Income   0.05    0.14    0.19    0.04    0.10    0.05 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments   0.24    (1.64)   1.45    0.91    1.56    (0.60)
Total from Investment Operations   0.29    (1.50)   1.64    0.95    1.66    (0.55)
                               
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS                              
                               
From Net Investment Income   (0.05)   (0.22)   (0.13)   (0.04)   (0.11)   (0.04)
From Net Realized Gain on Investments       (0.07)   (1.30)   (0.21)   (0.31)   (0.02)
Total Distributions   (0.05)   (0.29)   (1.43)   (0.25)   (0.42)   (0.06)
Net Asset Value, End of Period  $10.61   $10.37   $12.16   $11.95   $11.25   $10.01 
                               
Total Return   2.85%(1)   (12.38)%   13.94%   8.48%   16.61%   (5.20)%
                               
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS                              
                               
Net Expenses(2)   1.41%(3)   1.43%   1.44%   1.50%   1.46%   1.56%
Net Investment Income(2)(4)   0.86%(3)   1.29%   1.45%   0.36%   0.91%   0.55%
Net Assets Value End of Period (000 omitted)  $42,467   $41,132   $47,979   $45,762   $41,452   $35,734 
Portfolio Turnover Rate   20%(5)   85%   78%   169%   152%   145%

 

(1) Total return not annualized for periods less than one full year.
(2) The ratios shown do not include the Fund’s proportionate shares of the expenses of the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.
(3) Ratios for periods of less than a year are annualized.
(4) Recognition of net investment income is affected by the timing and declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.
(5) Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

 

WesMark Funds (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust consists of six portfolios (individually referred to as the “Fund”, or collectively as the “Funds”), which are presented herein:

 

Portfolio Name Diversification Investment Objective
WesMark Small Company Fund (“Small Company Fund”) Diversified To achieve capital appreciation
WesMark Large Company Fund (“Large Company Fund”) Diversified To achieve capital appreciation
WesMark Balanced Fund (“Balanced Fund”) Diversified To achieve capital appreciation and income
WesMark Government Bond Fund (“Government Bond Fund”) Diversified To achieve high current income consistent with preservation of capital
WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund (“West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund”) Non-diversified To achieve current income which is exempt from federal income tax and income taxes imposed by the State of West Virginia
WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund (“Tactical Opportunity Fund”) Diversified To achieve capital appreciation

 

The assets of each Fund are segregated and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the Fund in which shares are held.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP in the United States, which require the use of estimates made by management of the Funds. Actual results could differ from those estimates 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 increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codifications Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies.

 

Investment Valuation – In calculating their net asset value (NAV), the Funds generally value investments as follows:

 

››Equity securities listed on an exchange or traded through a regulated market system are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price on their principal exchange or market.
››Fixed-income securities acquired with remaining maturities greater than 60 days are valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).
›› Fixed-income securities acquired with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees. They may also be valued at their cost (adjusted for the accretion of any discount or amortization of any premium), which approximates value.
›› Options are generally valued at market values established by the exchanges on which they are traded at the close of trading on such exchanges.

›› Shares of other mutual funds are valued based upon their reported NAVs.

 

If the Funds cannot obtain a price or price evaluation from a pricing service for an investment, the Funds may attempt to value the investment based upon the mean of bid and asked quotations or fair value the investment based on price evaluations, from one or more dealers. If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, the Funds use the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Funds could purchase or sell an investment at the price used to calculate the Funds’ NAVs.

 

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June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures – The Trustees have authorized the use of pricing services to provide evaluations of the current fair value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers, and general market conditions. The Funds normally use mean evaluations (a price evaluation indicative of a price between the bid and asked prices for an investment) for fixed-income securities. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees.

 

The Trustees also have adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Adviser determines that a significant event affecting the value of the investment has occurred between the time as of which the price of the investment would otherwise be determined and the time as of which the NAV is computed. An event is considered significant if there is both an affirmative expectation that the investment’s value will change in response to the event and a reasonable basis for quantifying the resulting change in value. Examples of significant events that may occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, or after the time of a price evaluation provided by a pricing service or a dealer, include:

 

››With respect to securities traded in foreign markets, significant trends in U.S. equity markets or in the trading of foreign securities index futures or options contracts;
›› With respect to price evaluations of fixed-income securities determined before the close of regular trading on the NYSE, actions by the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee and other significant trends in U.S. fixed-income markets; and
›› Corporate announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations, litigation developments, a natural disaster affecting the issuer’s operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer’s industry.

 

The Funds may seek to obtain more current quotations or price evaluations from alternative pricing sources. If a reliable alternative pricing source is not available, the Funds will determine the fair value of the investment using another method approved by the Trustees.

 

A three-tier hierarchy has been established to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation approach used to measure fair value including such a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation approach. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

 

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

 

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date.
   
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
   
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of June 30, 2023 in valuing the Funds’ investments carried at fair value:

 

Small Company Fund

 

Investments in Securities at Value* 

Level 1 -

Quoted Prices

  

Level 2 -

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

  

Level 3 -

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

   Total 
Common Stocks  $89,157,743   $   $   $89,157,743 
Exchange Traded Funds   4,830,633            4,830,633 
Short Term Investments   8,079,307            8,079,307 
Total  $102,067,683   $   $   $102,067,683 

 

Large Company Fund

 

Investments in Securities at Value* 

Level 1 -

Quoted Prices

  

Level 2 -

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

  

Level 3 -

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

   Total 
Common Stocks  $300,944,427   $   $   $300,944,427 
Short Term Investments   10,764,208            10,764,208 
Total  $311,708,635   $   $   $311,708,635 

 

Balanced Fund

 

Investments in Securities at Value* 

Level 1 -

Quoted Prices

  

Level 2 -

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

  

Level 3 -

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

     Total 
Common Stocks  $57,536,760   $   $   $57,536,760 
Corporate Bonds       21,778,815        21,778,815 
U.S. Government Agency - Collateralized Mortgage Obligations       593,607        593,607 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities       1,409,834        1,409,834 
U.S. Government Agency - Mortgage- Backed Securities       3,115,933        3,115,933 
U.S. Treasury Securities       6,723,856        6,723,856 
Taxable Municipal Bonds       2,444,127        2,444,127 
Short Term Investments   6,651,888            6,651,888 
Total  $64,188,648   $36,066,172   $   $100,254,820 

 

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June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

Government Bond Fund

 

Investments in Securities at Value* 

Level 1 -

Quoted Prices

  

Level 2 -

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

  

Level 3 -

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

     Total 
Exchange Traded Funds  $3,655,641   $   $   $3,655,641 
Corporate Bonds       21,405,080        21,405,080 
U.S. Government Agency - Collateralized Mortgage Obligations       37,958,178        37,958,178 
U.S. Government Agency - Mortgage- Backed Securities       68,256,012        68,256,012 
U.S. Treasury Securities       28,762,492        28,762,492 
Taxable Municipal Bonds       12,960,522        12,960,522 
Short Term Investments   6,906,109            6,906,109 
Total  $10,561,750   $169,342,284   $   $179,904,034 

 

West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund

 

Investments in Securities at Value* 

Level 1 -

Quoted Prices

  

Level 2 -

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

  

Level 3 -

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

   Total 
Non-Taxable Municipal Bonds  $   $93,668,362   $   $93,668,362 
Short Term Investments   302,176            302,176 
Total  $302,176   $93,668,362   $   $93,970,538 

 

Tactical Opportunity Fund

 

Investments in Securities at Value* 

Level 1 -

Quoted Prices

  

Level 2 -

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

  

Level 3 -

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

   Total 
Exchange Traded Funds  $39,160,423   $   $   $39,160,423 
Short Term Investments   3,045,019            3,045,019 
Total  $42,205,442   $   $   $42,205,442 

 

All securities of the Funds were valued using either Level 1 or Level 2 inputs during the six months ended June 30, 2023. Thus, a reconciliation of assets in which unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used is not applicable for the Funds.

 

*For detailed descriptions of sector and/or geography classifications, see the accompanying Portfolios of Investments.

 

Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions – Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis. Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at fair value. Foreign dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date or when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Trust level expenses are allocated to each Fund based on net assets, equally across all Funds, or to a specific Fund, whichever is deemed most appropriate for a particular expense. Each Fund pays its own expenses.

 

Distributions of net investment income, if any, for the Small Company Fund, Large Company Fund, and Tactical Opportunity Fund are declared and paid quarterly. Distributions of net investment income for the Balanced Fund are declared and paid monthly, and distributions of net investment income for the Government Bond Fund and West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains, if any, for Small Company Fund, Large Company Fund, Balanced Fund, Government Bond Fund, West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund, and Tactical Opportunity Fund are declared and paid annually.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Premium and Discount Amortization/Paydown Gains and Losses – All premiums and discounts on fixed-income securities are amortized/accreted over the estimated lives of such securities for financial statement purposes using the effective interest method. Gains and losses realized on principal payments of mortgage-backed securities (paydown gains and losses) are classified as part of investment income.

 

Federal Taxes – It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. As of and during the period ended June 30, 2023, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to tax liabilities as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. The Funds file U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The Funds’ tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return for federal purposes and four years for most state returns. Tax returns for open years have not incorporated uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes and federal and state taxing authorities.

 

The Funds may be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which they invest. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Funds accrue and apply such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized gains as income is earned.

 

Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.

 

When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions – The Funds may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Funds record when-issued securities on the trade date and maintain security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.

 

Restricted Securities – Restricted securities are securities that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) are subject to contractual restrictions on public sales. In some cases, when a security cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, the issuer of the restricted security has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer’s expense, either upon demand by the Funds or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many such restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Trustees. The Funds will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. The Funds’ restricted securities are valued at the price provided by dealers in the secondary market or, if no market prices are available, at the fair value as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees.

 

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – The following discloses the Funds’ use of derivative instruments and hedging activities.

 

The Funds’ exposure to derivative contracts and hybrid instruments, either directly or indirectly through another investment company, may involve risks different from or possibly greater than the risk associated with investing directly in a security instead of the derivative. Risks include: 1) the value of the derivative may not correlate with the value of the underlying security or may correlate inversely; 2) any potential risk reduction may be offset with gain limitations; 3) derivatives may be difficult to price; 4) possible adverse tax consequences; and 5) other risks, such as but not limited to, stock market, interest rate, credit, currency, liquidity, and leverage risks.

 

Market Risk Factors: In pursuit of their investment objectives, certain Funds may use derivatives that increase or decrease a Fund’s exposure to the following market risk factors:

 

Equity Risk: Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

 

Interest Rate Risk: Changes in interest rates will affect the value of a Fund’s investments. In general, as interest rates rise, bond prices fall, and as interest rates fall, bond prices rise. Interest rate risk is generally greater for funds that invest a significant portion of their assets in high yield securities.

 

Writing Covered Call Options and Purchasing Put Options

 

The Funds will not write call options on securities unless the securities are held in the Fund’s portfolio or unless the Fund is entitled to them in deliverable forms without further payment or after segregating cash in the amount of any further payment.

 

The Funds will not purchase put options on securities unless the securities are held in the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

Option contracts (options) - are rights to buy or sell a security for a specified price within a specified period. The seller of the option receives a payment, or premium, from the buyer, which the seller keeps regardless of whether the buyer uses (or exercises) the option. Options can trade on exchanges or in the over the counter (OTC) market and may be bought or sold on a wide variety of securities. There were no options held as of June 30, 2023.

 

A Fund may buy and/or sell the following types of options:

 

Call Options A call option gives the holder (buyer) the right to buy the underlying security from the seller (writer) of the option. A Fund may use call options in the following ways:

 

››Buy call options on a security in anticipation of an increase in the value of the security; or

››Sell call options on a security to generate income from premiums, and in anticipation of a decrease or only limited increase in the value of the underlying security. If a Fund writes a call option on a security that it owns and that call option is exercised, a Fund must deliver the security to the buyer and foregoes any possible profit from an increase in the market price of the security over the exercise price plus the premium received.

 

Put Options A put option gives the holder the right to sell the security to the writer of the option. A Fund may use put options in the following ways:

 

››Buy put options on a security in anticipation of a decrease in the value of the security; or

››Write put options on a security to generate income from premiums, and in anticipation of an increase or only limited decrease in the value of the security. In writing puts, there is a risk that a Fund may be required to take delivery of the security when its current market price is lower than the exercise price.

 

A Fund may also buy or write options, as needed, to close out existing option positions. Finally, a Fund may enter into combinations of options contracts in an attempt to benefit from changes in the prices of those options contracts (without regard to changes in the value of the security).

 

Market Risk – The Funds may incur losses due to political, regulatory, market, economic or social developments affecting the market(s) generally. Local, regional or global events such as terrorism, war, natural disasters, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics or other public health crises, recessions, depressions or other events – or the potential for such events – could have a significant negative impact on economic and market conditions.

 

The public health crisis caused by the novel coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 has become a pandemic that has resulted in, and may continue to result in, significant global economic and market volatility. COVID-19 has caused, and may continue to cause, societal disruptions such as quarantines, travel restrictions, workforce displacement and loss of resources. There is significant uncertainty surrounding the magnitude, duration, reach, costs and other effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including actions that have been or could be taken by governmental authorities or other third parties. The impacts, as well as the uncertainty over impacts yet to unfold, of COVID-19 – and any other infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics or other public health crises that may arise in the future – could negatively affect economies and markets in ways that cannot be foreseen.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

3. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

 

 

The following tables summarize share activity:

 

   For the Six Month Ended
June 30, 2023
   For the Year Ended
December 31, 2022
 
Small Company Fund        
Shares sold   456,752    1,093,038 
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared   3,518    108,103 
Shares redeemed   (429,204)   (746,313)
Net increase resulting from share transactions   31,066    454,828 
Common shares outstanding, end of period   8,134,309    8,103,243 

 

   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023   For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 
Large Company Fund        
Shares sold   246,119    1,265,300 
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared   12,994    499,686 
Shares redeemed   (890,127)   (1,360,580)
Net increase/(decrease) resulting from share transactions   (631,014)   404,406 
Common shares outstanding, end of period   14,468,562    15,099,576 

 

   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023   For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 
Balanced Fund        
Shares sold   369,187    487,554 
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared   12,425    49,827 
Shares redeemed   (378,484)   (1,261,719)
Net increase/(decrease) resulting from share transactions   3,128    (724,338)
Common shares outstanding, end of period   7,579,393    7,576,264 

 

   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023   For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 
Government Bond Fund        
Shares sold   1,216,938    2,314,038 
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared   28,241    34,517 
Shares redeemed   (1,570,037)   (3,644,043)
Net increase/(decrease) resulting from share transactions   (324,858)   (1,295,488)
Common shares outstanding, end of period   23,132,825    23,457,683 

 

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For the Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023

  

For the Year Ended

December 31, 2022

 
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund        
Shares sold   169,598    467,846 
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared   12,097    25,998 
Shares redeemed   (472,151)   (1,336,265)
Net decrease resulting from share transactions   (290,456)   (842,421)
Common shares outstanding, end of period   9,594,824    9,885,279 

 

   For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023   For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 
Tactical Opportunity Fund        
Shares sold   236,817    403,019 
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared   256    1,427 
Shares redeemed   (200,802)   (384,362)
Net increase resulting from share transactions   36,271    20,084 
Common shares outstanding, end of period   4,001,315    3,965,044 

 

4. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION AND TAX BASIS

 

 

The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences were primarily attributable to non-deductible excise taxes paid. For the Funds’ most recent period ended June 30, 2023, permanent differences identified and reclassified among the components of net assets were as follows:

 

Fund Name  Paid-in Capital   Total Distributable earnings 
Small Company Fund  $(276,874)  $276,874 
Large Company Fund  $   $ 
Balanced Fund  $   $ 
Government Bond Fund  $   $ 
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund  $(514)  $514 
Tactical Opportunity Fund  $(3,679)  $3,679 

 

For federal income tax purposes, the following amounts apply as of June 30, 2023:

 

Fund Name  Gross Appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)   Gross Depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)   Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)   Cost of Investments for Income Tax Purposes (includes cost of derivatives) 
Small Company Fund  $29,876,912   $(2,244,847)  $27,632,065   $74,435,618 
Large Company Fund  $169,967,808   $(2,083,392)  $167,884,416   $143,824,219 
Balanced Fund  $26,867,966   $(2,500,449)  $24,367,517   $75,887,303 
Government Bond Fund  $224,789   $(13,009,559)  $(12,784,770)  $192,688,805 
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund  $193,639   $(5,893,924)  $(5,700,285)  $99,670,823 
Tactical Opportunity Fund  $3,572,757   $(892,958)  $2,679,799   $39,525,643 

 

The difference between book and tax basis for unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for the Funds is attributable to wash sales, deferred dividends, and certain other investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

       For Year Ended December 31, 2022 
Fund Name  Tax-Exempt Income   Ordinary Income   Long-Term Capital Gain   Return of Capital   Total 
Small Company Fund  $   $   $5,747,960   $   $5,747,960 
Large Company Fund  $   $1,093,149   $33,187,657   $206,360   $34,487,166 
Balanced Fund  $   $1.684,615   $2,122,314   $   $3,806,929 
Government Bond Fund  $   $3,641,903   $   $   $3,641,903 
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund  $1,862,599   $3,899   $7,469   $   $1,873,967 
Tactical Opportunity Fund  $   $866,192   $282,704   $   $1,148,896 

 

   For Year Ended December 31, 2021 
Fund Name  Tax-Exempt Income   Ordinary Income   Long-Term Capital Gain   Total 
Small Company Fund  $   $2,835,651   $24,705,833   $27,541,484 
Large Company Fund  $   $2,672,193   $26,842,011   $29,514,204 
Balanced Fund  $   $2,414,119   $4,772,404   $7,186,523 
Government Bond Fund  $   $3,221,768   $   $3,221,768 
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund  $1,853,582   $33,405   $250,493   $2,137,480 
Tactical Opportunity Fund  $   $3,174,726   $2,254,947   $5,429,673 

 

As of December 31, 2022, the Funds’ most recent year end, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Fund Name  Undistributed net investment income   Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments   Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   Total 
Small Company Fund  $   $   $27,913,137   $27,913,137 
Large Company Fund  $   $(21,569)  $153,908,693   $153,887,124 
Balanced Fund  $19,971   $633,134   $26,689,053   $27,342,158 
Government Bond Fund  $154,599   $(17,089,132)  $(30,023,180)  $(46,957,713)
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund  $   $   $(5,928,336)  $(5,928,336)
Tactical Opportunity Fund  $56,747   $(1,770,456)  $1,635,030   $(78,679)

 

Under current law, capital losses maintain their character as short-term or long-term and are carried forward to the next tax year without expiration. As of December 31, 2022, the following amounts are available as carry forwards to the next tax year:

 

   Non expiring 
Fund Name  ST   LT 
Government Bond Fund  $3,493,360   $4,349,990 
Tactical Opportunity Fund  $1,625,743   $69,309 

 

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  Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

The Funds elect to defer to the year ending December 31, 2023, capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 in the amount of:

 

Fund Name  Capital Losses 
Large Company Fund  $(21,569)
Balanced Fund  $(28,482)
Government Bond Fund  $(9,245,782)
Tactical Opportunity Fund  $(75,404)

 

Capital losses arising in the post-October period of the current fiscal year may be deferred to the next fiscal year if the fund elects to defer the recognition of these losses. When this election is made any losses recognized during the period are treated as having occurred on the first day of the next fiscal year separate from and in addition to the application of normal capital loss carryovers as described above.

 

5. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

 

 

Investment Adviser Fee – WesBanco Investment Department is the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”). The Advisory Agreement between the Funds and the Adviser provides for an annual fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to the percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

Fund Name Investment Adviser Fee Percentage
Small Company Fund 0.75%
Large Company Fund 0.75%
Balanced Fund 0.75%
Government Bond Fund 0.60%
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund 0.60%
Tactical Opportunity Fund 0.75%

 

The Adviser is contractually obligated to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse other expenses until February 28, 2024 in amounts necessary to limit the Tactical Opportunity Fund’s operating expenses (including the organizational expenses of the Fund, but excluding interest expense, fees on borrowings and expenses associated with the Fund’s investment in other investment companies, if any, extraordinary expenses, tax reclaim recovery expenses and proxy-related expenses) to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.75%. This expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Adviser prior to such date unless such termination is approved by the Trustees. The Adviser is not entitled to recoup any of the fees or expenses waived or reimbursed within this expense limitation arrangement.

 

For the period ended June 30, 2023, the Adviser did not waive any fees due to expenses being under the limit.

 

Administrative Fee – ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) provides the Funds with certain administrative personnel and services. The fees paid to ALPS are based on the daily average aggregate net assets of the Trust for the period, subject to an annual minimum (on the Trust level). The annual minimum fee will be allocated among the Funds using an equal per-Fund allocation. Any remaining amounts of the minimum fee after the per-Fund allocation will be allocated among the Funds based upon the relative net assets of each Fund.

 

Transfer Agent Fee – ALPS is the Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent for the Funds. ALPS receives an annual base fee per Fund in addition to certain out-of-pocket expenses.

 

Distribution (12b-1) Fee – ALPS Distributors, Inc. (“ADI”), an affiliate of ALPS, serves as the Funds’ distributor. The Funds currently have no active distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act.

 

Shareholder Services Fee – Under the terms of Shareholder Services Agreements with WesBanco Bank (“WesBanco”, an affiliate of the Adviser) and other financial institutions, the Funds may pay WesBanco as well as other financial institutions, up to 0.25% of average daily net assets. The fee is used to finance certain services for shareholders and to maintain shareholder accounts. WesBanco and other financial institutions may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of their fee, which arrangement they can modify or terminate at any time at their sole discretion.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Recordkeeping Fee – The Funds may pay recordkeeping fees on an average net assets basis or on a per account per year basis to financial intermediaries for providing recordkeeping services to the Funds and shareholders.

 

Custodian Fees – WesBanco is the Funds’ custodian. The custodian fee paid to WesBanco is based on the level of each Fund’s average daily net assets for the period, plus out-of-pocket expenses. WesBanco may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. WesBanco can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion.

 

General – Certain Officers and Trustees of the Funds are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.

 

6. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

 

 

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding long-term U.S. government securities and short-term obligations, for the period ended June 30, 2023 were as follows:

 

Fund  Purchases   Sales 
Small Company Fund  $23,554,251   $27,457,235 
Large Company Fund   41,465,113    50,851,251 
Balanced Fund   11,699,802    16,880,327 
Government Bond Fund   108,476,616    106,585,370 
West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund   5,279,170    6,678,338 
Tactical Opportunity Fund   7,830,128    9,136,663 

 

Purchases and Sales of U.S. Government Securities, other than short-term securities, for the year ended June 30, 2023 were as follows:

 

Fund  Purchases   Sales 
Balanced Fund  $3,173,316   $ 
Government Bond Fund   32,923,084    7,448,281 

 

7. CONCENTRATION OF RISK

 

 

Since the West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in issuers located in one state, it is more susceptible to factors adversely affecting issuers of that state than would be a comparable tax-exempt mutual fund that invests nationally. In order to reduce the credit risk associated with such factors, as of June 30, 2023, 30% of the securities in the portfolio were backed by letters of credit, bond insurance of various financial institutions, or financial guaranty assurance agencies.

 

Additionally, the Funds may invest a portion of their assets in securities of companies that are deemed by the Funds’ management to be classified in similar business sectors. The economic developments within a particular sector may have an adverse effect on the ability of issuers to meet their obligations. Additionally, economic developments may have an effect on the liquidity and volatility of portfolio securities.

 

8. COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES

 

 

None of the Trustees are entitled to receive any retirement, pension plan or deferred compensation benefits from the Trust. Interested Trustees receive the same compensation as Independent Trustees. No officers of the Funds are compensated by the Funds, but officers may be reimbursed by the Funds for travel and related expenses incurred in performing their duties.

 

9. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

 

 

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” ASU 2020-04 provides optional guidance to ease the potential accounting burden due to the discontinuation of the LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates. ASU 2020-04 is effective as of March 12, 2020 and can be applied through December 31, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04. FASB has deferred the sunset date to December 31,2024. At this time, management believes the adoption of ASU 2020-04 will not have a material impact to the financial statements.

 

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  Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

 

In preparing these financial statements, the Funds’ management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

 

Shareholder Distributions for the Balanced Fund: On July 31, 2023, the Balanced Fund paid a monthly distribution of $0.03106 per share to common shareholders of record as of July 20, 2023.

 

Shareholder Distributions for Government Bond Fund and West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund: On August 1, 2023, the Government Bond Fund and the West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund paid daily distributions declared from July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023 totaling $0.00068 and $0.00051 per share, respectively, to common shareholders.

 

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Shareholder Expense Example  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including managdement fees and to the extent applicable, shareholder services fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023.

 

ACTUAL EXPENSES

 

The first line of the table below (“Actual Fund Return”) provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred 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 section under the heading “Expense Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.

 

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

 

The second line under each fund of the table below (“Hypothetical Fund Return”) provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second line of the table below (“Hypothetical Fund Return”) is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

  

Beginning Account Value January 1, 2023

   Ending Account Value June 30, 2023   Expense Paid During Period(1)   Net Expense Ratios(2) 
WesMark Small Company Fund                    
Actual Fund Return  $1,000.00   $1,066.20   $6.20    1.21%
Hypothetical Fund Return (assuming a 5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00   $1,018.79   $6.06    1.21%
WesMark Balanced Fund                    
Actual Fund Return  $1,000.00   $1,011.00   $6.13    1.23%
Hypothetical Fund Return (assuming a 5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00   $1,018.70   $6.16    1.23%
WesMark Government Bond Fund                    
Actual Fund Return  $1,000.00   $1,002.00   $4.96    1.00%
Hypothetical Fund Return (assuming a 5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00   $1,019.84   $5.01    1.00%
WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund                    
Actual Fund Return  $1,000.00   $1,011.80   $5.44    1.09%
Hypothetical Fund Return (assuming a 5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00   $1,019.39   $5.46    1.09%
WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund                    
Actual Fund Return  $1,000.00   $1,028.50   $7.09    1.41%
Hypothetical Fund Return (assuming a 5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00   $1,017.80   $7.05    1.41%
WesMark Large Company Fund                    
Actual Fund Return  $1,000.00   $1,119.50   $5.78    1.10%
Hypothetical Fund Return (assuming a 5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00   $1,019.34   $5.51    1.10%

 

(1) Expenses are equal to the Funds’ annualized net expense ratios, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the six month period).
(2) Annualized, based on the Fund’s most recent fiscal half-year expenses.

 

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  Board of Trustees and Trust Officers
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

The Board is responsible for managing the Trust’s business affairs and for exercising all the Trust’s powers except those reserved for the shareholders. The following tables give information about each Board member and the senior officers of the Funds. Where required, the tables separately list Board members who are “interested persons” of the Funds (i.e., “Interested” Board members) and those who are not (i.e., “Independent” Board members). The WesMark Fund Complex consists of one Investment Company (comprising six portfolios). Unless otherwise noted, each Officer is elected annually; each Board member oversees all portfolios in the WesMark Fund Complex; and serves for an indefinite term.

 

Name, Year of Birth, Address* and
Date Service Began
Principal Occupations in Past Five Years, other Directorships Held and Previous Positions
Independent Trustees  

Lawrence E. Bandi (1954)

 

TRUSTEE

Began serving September 2004

Principal Occupations: Retired 

 

Other Directorships: Welty Corporation, St. Vincent’s de Paul Parish School.

 

Previous Positions: President, Central Catholic High School (Education); President and Chief Executive Officer, Valley National Gases, Inc. (Gas Supplier); Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, West Virginia Northern Community College (Education); VP & CFO MPD Corporation (Hospitality).

Jordan A. Miller, Jr.

(1951)

 

TRUSTEE

Began serving March 2021

Principal Occupation: Retired

 

Previous Positions and Directorships: Regional Chairman Fifth Third Bank Central Ohio (National Bank); Regional CEO and President Fifth Third Bank Central Ohio (Commercial, Consumer, and Private banking); Managing Director of Fifth Third Advisor Services (Investment Management); CEO Fifth Third Bank Investments a FINRA registered broker dealer (Investment Management).

Gary J. Madich

(1955)

 

TRUSTEE

Began serving November 2020

Principal Occupation: Retired

 

Other Directorships: Managing Director/CEO Global Fixed Income and previously Managing Director/Global CIO Fixed Income, JPMorgan Investment Management (Investment Management); Senior Managing Director/ CIO Fixed Income, Banc One Investment Advisors (Investment Management); Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager Fixed Income, Federated Investors (Investment Management).

Interested Trustees  

J. Christopher Gardill**

(1976)

 

CHAIRMAN AND TRUSTEE

Began serving August 2015

Principal Occupations: Member, Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser & Altmeyer, PLLC (private law firm).

 

Other Directorships: Board Member, Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta (Private Organization).  

 

*All Trustees may be reached via the Funds at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, CO, 80203.
**Mr. Gardill has served as Chairman since February 1, 2022. Mr. Gardill is an interested person due to his affiliation with Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser & Altmeyer, PLLC who serves as legal counsel to WesBanco Inc. and WesBanco Bank. The Funds’ investment adviser, WesBanco Investment Department, is a division of WesBanco Bank, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WesBanco, Inc. Mr. Gardill was also an independent consultant to the Trust Committee of WesBanco Bank, Inc.

 

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Board of Trustees and Trust Officers  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

The name, address, age and principal occupations for the past five years of the officers of the Trust are listed below. Each officer serves as an officer of the six fund portfolios that comprise the Trust.

 

Name, Year of Birth and Address* Positions Held with Fund
Date Service Began
 Principal Occupation(s) and Previous Position(s)
Officers    

Scott Love

(1976)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,

PRESIDENT

Began Serving: March 2020

Principal Occupations: Co-Portfolio Manager of the WesMark Funds; Executive Vice President, WesBanco Trust and Investment Services.

 

Previous Positions: Vice President of the WesMark Funds.

Jennifer S. Roth

(1975)

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Began Serving: August 2019

Principal Occupations: Chief Compliance Officer of the WesMark Funds; Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President of WesBanco Investment Department and WesBanco Trust and Investment Services; Registered Principal WesBanco Securities, Inc.

 

Previous Positions: Chief Compliance Officer/Compliance Manager, Global Alternative Investment Services, Inc., 2015 to August 2019.

Steven Kellas

(1966) 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,

TREASURER

Began Serving: January 2013

Principal Occupation: Co-Portfolio Manager, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the WesMark Funds, Executive Vice President WesBanco Trust and Investment Services.

Todd P. Zerega

(1974)

SECRETARY

Began Serving: September 2004

Principal Occupations: Partner, Perkins Coie LLP. 

Ian Kilgour

(1994)

VICE PRESIDENT

Began serving February 2023

Principal Occupation: Senior Investment Officer - Funds of the WesMark Funds

 

Previous Positions: Investment Officer/Securities Trader, WesMark Funds, from February 2020 to February 2023; Associate, Sector Trader, Jefferies, LLC. from July 2017 to February 2020.

Nicholas Adams

(1983)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Began Serving: March 2022

Principal Occupation: Principal Legal Counsel SS&C ALPS since 2022.

 

Previous Positions:  Associate Attorney, Arnold, Newbold, Sollars & Hollins; P.C. from 2020 to 2021; Case Manager/Attorney, Stanziola Estate Law from 2019 to 2020; Compliance Analyst, Empower Retirement from 2014 to 2018.

Scott Fuchs

(1969)

ASSISTANT TREASURER

Began Serving: August 2022

Principal Occupation: Fund Controller, SS&C ALPS since May 2022.

 

Previous Positions: Vice President at GAMCO Investors, Inc. from May 2016 –April 2021.

 

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  Board Review of Advisory Contract
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

As required by the 1940 Act, the Board of Trustees (“Board” or “Trustees”) of the WesMark Funds (“Funds”) has reviewed, at its May 2023 meeting, the Funds’ investment advisory contract with WesBanco Investment Department (“Adviser”). Prior to the May meeting the Board considered the materials to be requested from the Adviser in connection with their consideration of the renewal of the investment advisory agreement. Following a review and approval by the Funds’ Independent Trustees in executive session at the May meeting, the Board reviewed and approved the continuation of the Funds’ investment advisory agreement with the Adviser for the one-year period commencing on May 31, 2023. The Board’s decision to approve the investment advisory agreement reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements.

 

The Board is aware that various courts, including the United States Supreme Court, have interpreted provisions of the 1940 Act and have indicated in their decisions that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser’s fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation: the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, including the investment performance of a Fund; the Adviser’s cost of providing the services; the extent to which the Adviser may realize “economies of scale” as a Fund grows larger and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale; any profits or indirect benefits that may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of the Adviser’s relationship with a Fund; performance and expenses of comparable funds; and the extent to which the independent Board members are fully informed about all facts bearing on the Adviser’s services and fees. The Funds’ Board is aware of these factors and is guided by them in its review of the Funds’ advisory contract to the extent they are appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.

 

In connection with its review, the Board requests and receives a significant amount of detailed information about the Funds and the WesBanco organization. The Adviser and other service providers of the Funds provide much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnish additional reports in connection with the particular meeting at which the Board’s formal review of the advisory contract occurs. In between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board receives additional information on particular matters as the need arises. Thus, the Board’s evaluation of an advisory contract is informed by reports covering such matters as: the Adviser’s investment philosophy, personnel, and processes; a Fund’s short-and long-term performance (in absolute terms, and when compared to certain competitor or “peer group” funds and/or other market benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; a Fund’s expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of a Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for any expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading a Fund’s portfolio securities; the nature and extent of the advisory and other services provided to a Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates; compliance and audit reports concerning the Funds and, to the extent applicable, the primary service providers to the Funds; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Funds and/or the Adviser are responding to them. The evaluation process is evolutionary, reflecting continually developing considerations. Changing circumstances drive the criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria.

 

With respect to the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board received and considered information concerning the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds. The Trustees considered the background and experience of the members of the portfolio management teams responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds and considered the functioning of the portfolio management teams for the Funds. In addition, the Board received and considered information concerning the research function of the Adviser that supports its portfolio management teams and discussed the Adviser’s commitment to add additional investment resources. The Board discussed the Funds’ positioning in the marketplace and the Adviser’s execution on the investment strategy for each Fund. The Board concluded it was satisfied with the capabilities and commitment of the Adviser to provide high quality service to the Funds.

 

With respect to a Fund’s performance and expenses in particular, the Board has found the use of comparisons to other mutual funds with comparable investment programs to be useful, given the high degree of competition within the mutual fund business. While mindful that courts have cautioned against giving such comparisons too much weight, the Board focuses on comparisons with other similar mutual funds (rather than non-mutual fund products or services) because it is believed that they are more relevant. For example, other mutual funds are the products most like the Funds, and they are readily available as alternative investment vehicles. The range of their fees and expenses therefore appears to be a generally reliable indication of what consumers have found to be reasonable in the precise marketplace in which the Funds compete. A Fund’s ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its peer group may, depending upon the Fund’s investment strategy and positioning in the marketplace, be a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing on the Fund’s investment program. The Funds are the only advisory clients of the Adviser. However, personnel of the Adviser assist in the provision of asset management services for clients of affiliates of the Adviser. The Board is aware of these arrangements and is briefed on any material changes to these arrangements.

 

The Board reviewed the one-year and three-year periods of each Fund in comparison to the performance of the average of each Fund’s respective peer group. For the one-year period, the performance of the WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund was above the average of its respective peer group. The performance of the WesMark Balanced Fund, the WesMark Government Bond Fund, the WesMark Large Company Fund, the WesMark Small Company Fund and the WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund was below each respective peer group average for the one-year period. For the three-year period, the performance of the WesMark Large Company Fund, the WesMark Small Company Fund and the WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund was above the average of each respective peer group. The performance of the WesMark Balanced Fund, the WesMark Government Bond Fund and the WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund was below each respective peer group average for the three-year period. The Board also reviewed the performance of the Funds for the first quarter of 2023. The Board also noted that the peer performance comparisons for the WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund were of limited value because of the unique nature of the West Virginia municipal bond market and the limited number of municipal bond funds dedicated to West Virginia. Overall the Board concluded that it was satisfied with the Advisor’s capabilities, undertakings and the commitment of the Adviser to provide high quality services to the Funds. The Board will continue to monitor these efforts and performance of the Funds.

 

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Board Review of Advisory Contract  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

The Board requested and reviewed a report prepared by an independent rating organization which compared each of the Fund’s fees, including gross advisory fees, for the calendar year ending December 31, 2022, to a peer group including the applicable WesMark Fund compiled by the independent rating organization. The report indicated the gross investment advisory fee for the WesMark Government Bond Fund, WesMark Large Company Fund and the WesMark West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund was above the median for each respective peer group. The gross investment advisory fee for the WesMark Balanced Fund and the WesMark Tactical Opportunity Fund were at the median for each respective peer group, and the gross investment advisory fee for the WesMark Small Company Fund was below the median for its respective peer group. The Board also reviewed the other information provided in the report such as the Funds’ total expense ratios verses those of the selected peer groups. Based on the review of the report, the Board concluded it was satisfied that the advisory fees and overall expense structure of the Funds remained competitive and was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services. The Board will continue to monitor advisory fees and other expenses borne by the Funds.

 

The Board also considered whether “economies of scale” may exist and whether the Funds benefit from any such economies. The Board noted each of the Funds is of relatively small size relative to many of its peers and had not experienced meaningful asset growth over the past year. Under these circumstances, the Board concluded there were no meaningful “economies of scale” enjoyed by the Adviser in managing the Funds. However, the Board noted shareholders of a Fund may benefit from an increase in size of the Fund due to the fixed expenses of the Fund being spread over a larger asset base potentially resulting in lower expense ratios for the Funds.

 

The Board also receives financial information about the Adviser, including information on the profitability of the Adviser on a fund-by-fund basis. Although the Board considered the profitability of the Adviser on a fund-by-fund basis, in the Board’s view, the cost of performing advisory services on a fund-specific basis is difficult to estimate satisfactorily as it involves making certain assumptions in the allocation of expenses and is a relatively minor consideration in its overall evaluation. The Board therefore determined that, although the Adviser’s profitability did not seem excessive, the profitability analysis was of limited value.

 

The Board considered, in addition to the advisory fees, the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds. This included fees received for services, such as custody and shareholder servicing, provided to the Funds by other entities in the WesBanco organization and research and trading services received by the Adviser from brokers (or from third parties with which these broker-dealers have arrangements) that execute fund trades (“soft dollar arrangements”). The Trustees considered the benefit to the Adviser and its affiliates from such soft dollar arrangements, including that the services received are of value to the Adviser in advising the Funds and that the Adviser might otherwise be required to separately purchase such services. The Trustees concluded that the “soft dollar” arrangements appeared to benefit the Funds and did not seem unreasonable. The Board also concluded that the amounts received by the Advisor or its affiliates for the provision of custody and shareholder servicing did not appear unreasonable.

 

In assessing the Adviser’s performance of its obligations, the Board also considers whether a circumstance or event has occurred that would constitute a reason for it to not renew an advisory contract. In this regard, the Board is mindful of the potential disruptions of the Funds’ operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an advisory contract. Thus, the Board’s “selection” or approval of the Adviser must reflect the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Funds. The Board concluded that, in light of the factors discussed above, including the nature, extent, quality and scope of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates, continuation of the advisory contract was appropriate.

 

The Board based its decision to renew the advisory contracts on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. The Board does not consider any one factor to be determinative and based its decision to approve the Funds’ investment advisory contract with the Adviser on the totality of the circumstances and with a view of past and future long-term considerations. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board’s decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that the Adviser’s performance and actions provide a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangements.

 

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  Additional Information
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank, and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal.

 

This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the funds’ prospectus which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses and other information.

 

VOTING PROXIES ON FUND PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

 

 

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in a Fund’s portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-864-1013. A report on Form N-PX of how the Funds voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge and upon request by calling the Funds toll-free at 1-800-864-1013. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.

 

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE

 

 

The Funds file with the SEC a complete schedule of their portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on Form N-PORT. These filings are also available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room). You may also access this information on the WesMark Funds website at www.wesmarkfunds.com by clicking on “Quarterly Reports”, then selecting the name of the Fund.

 

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2022, 99.39% of the distributions from net investment income for West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund are exempt from federal income tax.

 

Of the ordinary income (including short-term capital gain) distributions made by the Funds during the year ended December 31, 2022, the percentages qualifying for the dividend received deduction available to corporate shareholders are as follows:

 

Fund Name Percentage
Small Company Fund 42.71%
Large Company Fund 58.81%
Balanced Fund 82.15%
Tactical Opportunity Fund 7.62%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the following percentages of total ordinary dividends paid by the Funds are qualifying dividends which may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 15%, as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Act of 2003. Complete information will be reported in conjunction with the reporting of your distributions on Form 1099-DIV. The percentages were as follows:

 

Fund Name Percentage
Small Company Fund 42.63%
Large Company Fund 59.95%
Balanced Fund 83.46%
Tactical Opportunity Fund 14.10%

 

Pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, Small Company Fund, West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund, Large Company Fund, Balanced Fund, and Tactical Opportunity Fund designated $24,705,833, $250,493, $26,842,011, $4,772,404, and $2,254,947, respectively as long-term capital gain dividends.

 

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Glossary of Terms  
  June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Basis points – a unit that is equal to 1/100th of 1% and is used to denote the change in a financial instrument.

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligation – complex mortgage backed securities that allocate payments and prepayments from an underlying mortgage pools among holders of different classes or tranches of the CMO.

 

Commercial Mortgage Securities (CMBS) – fixed-income investment products that are backed by mortgages on commercial properties rather than residential real estate.

 

Consumer Price Index (CPI) – a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.

 

Covered call – an options strategy where an investor holds a long position in an asset and writes (sells) call options on that same asset to generate an income stream.

 

Duration – a measure of a security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Securities with longer durations are more sensitive to changes in interest rates than securities of shorter durations.

 

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – government sponsored entities that receive support through federal subsidies, loan or other benefits.

 

Floating rate debt – a debt instrument with a variable interest rate.

 

HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index – The Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFRI) Fund of Funds Composite Index is an equal weighted index that consists of over 800 constituent hedge funds, including both domestic and offshore funds.

 

LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate – a benchmark interest rate at which major global banks lend to one another in the international interbank market for short-term loans.

 

Maturity – maturity date refers to the final payment date of a loan or other financial instrument, at which point the principal (and all remaining interest) is due to be paid.

 

Mortgage Backed Securities – a type of asset-backed security that is secured by a mortgage or collection of mortgages.

 

Mortgage Pool – a group of mortgages with similar interest rates and maturity dates “pooled together” for the issuance of a mortgage-backed security. Some mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae are known as “pools” themselves. These are the simplest form of mortgage-backed security.

 

MSCI All World index – The MSCI All World Index captures large and mid-c stocks across 23 developed and 27 emerging markets.

 

MSCI EAFA Index – The MSCI EAFE Index is an equity index which captures large and mid cap representation across 21 Developed Markets countries around the world, excluding the US and Canada.

 

MSCI Emerging Markets Index – The MSCI Emerging Markets Index captures large and mid cap representation across 27 Emerging Markets (EM) countries.

 

Options – a contract which offers the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call option) or sell (put option) the underlying asset at an agreed-upon price during a certain period of time or on a specific date.

 

Russell 2000 Index – an index measuring the performance of approximately 2,000 small-cap companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. The Russell 2000 serves as a benchmark for small-cap stocks in the United States.

 

S&P 500 – a market-capitalization-weighted index of the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the U.S.

 

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  Glossary of Terms
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  

 

S&P 600 – An index of small-cap stocks managed by Standard and Poor’s. The S&P 600 SmallCap Index covers a broad range of small cap stocks in the United States. The index is weighted according to market capitalization and covers about 3-4% of the total market for equities in the United States.

 

VIX Index – The Volatility Index, or VIX, is a real-time market index created by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) that represents the market’s expectation of 30-day forward-looking volatility. Derived from the price inputs of the S&P 500 index options, it provides a measure of market risk and investors’ sentiments.

 

Yield – the income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received from holding a particular security.

 

Yield curve – a line that plots the interest rates, at a set point in time, of bonds having equal credit quality but differing maturity dates.

 

Yield spread – the difference between yields on differing debt instruments of varying maturities, credit ratings and risk, calculated by deducting the yield of one instrument from another.

 

Investment Ratings:

 

Description Standard and Poor’s Long-Term Debt Rating Moody’s Investors Service Long-Term Bond Rating
Highest rating available. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely strong. Carry smallest degree of investment risk. AAA Aaa
Very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Differ from AAA rated securities by very small degree. Still considered high grade obligation. AA Aa
Strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal although is somewhat more susceptible to adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than those rated higher. Considered upper medium grade obligation. A A
Regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Any adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay vs. those rated higher. Considered medium grade obligation. BBB Baa
Judged to have speculative elements, but has less near-term vulnerability to default than other speculative=e issues. Faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments. BB Ba
Has greater vulnerability to default but currently has capacity to meet interest payments and principal repayments. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair capacity or willingness to pay interest or principal. Generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. B B
Currently identifiable vulnerability to default and is dependent upon favorable business,financial, and economic conditions to meet timely payment of interest and repayment of principal. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest. CCC Caa
Typically applied to debt subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied CCC debt rating (by S&P). Represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. CC Ca
Typically applied to debt subordinated to senior debt which has been assigned an actual or implied CCC-debt rating (by S&P). Represents the lowest rated class of bonds. C C

 

Credit rating firms, such as Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, use different designations consisting of upper- and lower-case letters ‘A’ and ‘B’ to identify a bond’s credit quality rating. ‘AAA’ and ‘AA’ (high credit quality) and ‘A’ and ‘BBB’ (medium credit quality) are considered investment grade. Credit ratings for bonds below these designations (‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CCC’, etc.) are considered low credit quality, and are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.”

 

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(b)Not Applicable.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)The Registrant’s “Schedule I – Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers” (as set forth in 17 CFR 210.12-12) is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b)Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

No changes to report.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))), are effective in design and operation and are sufficient to form the basis of the certifications required by Rule 30a-(2) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR.

   

 

(b)There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)Not applicable.

 

(a)(2)The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Ex.99.Cert.

 

(a)(3)Not applicable.

 

(b)A certification of the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, is attached as Ex.99.906.Cert.

 

 

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.

 

Registrant WesMark Funds  
     
By /s/ Scott Love  
 

Scott Love

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 
Date September 5, 2023  

 

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/Scott Love  
 

Scott Love

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 
Date September 5, 2023  
     
By /s/ Steven Kellas         
 

Steven Kellas

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 
Date September 5, 2023