N-CSR 1 ff-ncsra.htm FRONTEGRA FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT 6-30-10 ff-ncsra.htm
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number 811-07685
 
Frontegra Funds, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
400 Skokie Blvd.
Suite 500
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
William D. Forsyth III
400 Skokie Blvd., Suite 500
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
(847) 509-9860
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 
Date of fiscal year end: June 30
 
Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2010

 
 

 
 
 
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.



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ANNUAL REPORT

Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund











Frontegra Asset Management, Inc.

June 30, 2010


 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Shareholder Letter
1
Expense Example
2
Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
 
Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
 
Report from Reams Asset Management Company, LLC
5
Investment Highlights
8
Schedule of Investments
9
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
16
Statement of Operations
17
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
18
Financial Highlights
19
Investment Highlights
21
Schedule of Investments
22
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
28
Statement of Operations
29
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
30
Financial Highlights
31
Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
 
Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
 
Report from IronBridge Capital Management, L.P.
33
Investment Highlights
36
Schedule of Investments
37
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
41
Statement of Operations
42
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
43
Financial Highlights
44
Investment Highlights
45
Schedule of Investments
46
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
50
Statement of Operations
51
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
52
Financial Highlights
53

 
 

   
 
Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
 
Report from IronBridge Capital Management, L.P.
55
Investment Highlights
57
Schedule of Investments
58
Portfolio Diversification
60
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
61
Statement of Operations
62
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
63
Financial Highlights
64
Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
 
Report from Mastholm Asset Management, LLC
66
Investment Highlights
68
Schedule of Investments
69
Portfolio Diversification
71
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
72
Statement of Operations
73
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
74
Financial Highlights
75
Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
 
Report from Netols Asset Management, Inc.
77
Investment Highlights
78
Schedule of Investments
79
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
82
Statement of Operations
83
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
84
Financial Highlights
85
Notes to Financial Statements
87
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
101
Board of Directors’ Approval of Interim and New Subadvisory Agreements and Advisory Agreement
102
Voting Results of Special Meetings of Shareholders
107
Additional Information
 
Directors and Officers
108
Foreign Tax Credit
111
Qualified Dividend Income/Dividends Received Deduction
111
Additional Information Applicable to Foreign Shareholders Only
112

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Funds. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless accompanied or preceded by an effective Prospectus for the applicable Fund. The Prospectus may be obtained by calling 1-888-825-2100. Each Prospectus includes more complete information about management fees and expenses, investment objectives, risks and operating policies of the applicable Fund. Please read the Prospectus carefully.
 
Frontegra Funds, Inc. are distributed by Frontegra Strategies, LLC, 400 Skokie Blvd., Suite 500, Northbrook, IL 60062.  Frontegra Strategies, LLC, member of FINRA and SIPC, is an affiliate of Frontegra Asset Management, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser.

 
 

 












 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 




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DEAR FELLOW SHAREHOLDERS:
 
We are pleased to report on the progress of the Frontegra Funds over the past twelve months ending June 30, 2010.  The past twelve months have seen a general rebound following the volatile markets of late 2008 and early 2009.  The S&P 500 Index was up 14.43%, and small capitalization stocks advanced strongly, with the Russell 2000 Index returning 21.48%.  International stocks, as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index, returned 6.38% over the twelve-month period.  The U.S. bond market, as measured by the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, was up 9.50% for the year.
 
Fund Results
 
For the twelve month period ending June 30, 2010, the Funds generated the following net (i.e. after fee) returns:
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund - Institutional Class, managed by Reams Asset Management Company, returned 19.12% versus the 9.50% return of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index; the Frontegra Columbus Core Fund, also managed by Reams Asset Management Company, returned 15.60%.
 
The Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, managed by IronBridge Capital Management, returned 16.72% versus the 21.48% return for the Russell 2000 Index; the Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund returned 15.88% versus the Russell 2500 Index return of 24.03%.
 
The Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund, managed by Mastholm Asset Management since mid-October 2009, returned 0.52% versus the benchmark return of 6.38% for the MSCI EAFE Index.
 
The Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund - Institutional Class, managed by Netols Asset Management, returned 11.76% versus the Russell 2000 Value Index return of 25.07%.
 
For the period from September 18, 2009, through June 30, 2010, the Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, also managed by IronBridge Capital Management, returned -8.60% versus the MSCI World Index Net return of -7.10%.
 
Outlook
 
While markets have rebounded from their lows, they remain tentative and volatile.  As we embark on a new fiscal year, we will endeavor to navigate these turbulent waters with agility and skill.
 
We will continue to oversee the investment management of the Frontegra Funds with the care and diligence that have served our shareholders well in the past.  As always, we appreciate your investment and continued confidence in the Frontegra Funds.
 
Best regards,

 

William D. Forsyth, CFA
President
Frontegra Funds, Inc.

 
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Frontegra Funds
EXPENSE EXAMPLE
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
 
As a shareholder of a mutual fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other fund expenses.  Although the Funds charge no sales loads, you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ transfer agent.  If you request that a redemption be made by wire transfer, currently the Funds’ transfer agent charges a $15.00 fee.  A redemption fee of 2.00% of the then current value of the shares redeemed may be imposed on certain redemptions of shares made within 30 days of purchase for the Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus and Mastholm International Equity Funds.
 
This Example is intended to help you 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.  The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (1/1/10 – 6/30/10).
 
Actual Expenses
 
The first line of the table on the following page for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. The Example includes management fees, registration fees, fee waivers/reimbursements and other expenses.  However, the Example does not include portfolio trading commissions and related expenses and other extraordinary expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting principles.  You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.  Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period’’ to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
 
The second line of the table for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each of the Fund’s actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return.  The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in each of the Funds and 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 and do not reflect any transactional costs.  Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.  In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs could have been higher.

 
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Frontegra Funds
EXPENSE EXAMPLE (continued)
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
 
 
Beginning Account
Ending Account
Annualized
Expenses Paid
Frontegra Fund
Value 1/1/2010
Value 6/30/2010
Expense Ratio*
During the Period*
         
Columbus Core Plus
       
  Fund – Institutional Class
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,073.00
0.35%
$1.80
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,023.00
0.35%
$1.76
         
Columbus Core Plus
       
  Fund – Class Y
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,070.80
0.75%
$3.85
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,021.08
0.75%
$3.76
         
Columbus Core Fund
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,057.00
0.35%
$1.79
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,023.00
0.35%
$1.76
         
IronBridge Small Cap Fund
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$   974.00
1.07%
$5.24
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,019.00
1.07%
$5.36
         
IronBridge SMID Fund
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$   980.00
0.95%
$4.66
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,020.00
0.95%
$4.76
         
IronBridge Global Focus Fund
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$   902.20
1.00%
$4.72
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,019.84
1.00%
$5.01
         
Mastholm International Equity Fund
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$   859.00
0.75%
$3.46
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,021.00
0.75%
$3.76
         
Netols Small Cap Value
       
  Fund – Institutional Class
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$   948.00
1.10%
$5.31
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,019.00
1.10%
$5.51
         
Netols Small Cap
       
  Value Fund – Class Y
       
Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$   946.00
1.50%
$7.24
Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,017.00
1.50%
$7.50
 
*
Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 to reflect the one-half year period.

 
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FRONTEGRA
COLUMBUS CORE PLUS FUND
 

 
FRONTEGRA
COLUMBUS CORE FUND
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

REPORT FROM REAMS ASSET
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC:
 
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund strives to achieve a high level of total return consistent with the preservation of capital by investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities of varying maturities.  This objective is relative to and measured against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Fund strives to achieve a high level of total return consistent with the preservation of capital by investing in a diversified portfolio of investment grade bonds of varying maturities.  This objective is relative to and measured against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
 
Performance Review
 
For the 12 month fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund, Institutional Class, had a net return of 19.12% compared to a return of 9.50% for the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.  Macro factors were positive, with duration strategy adding 26 basis points and the yield curve strategy adding 7 basis points.  Sector decisions added 481 basis points while security selection added 483 basis points.  Within these categories, investment grade credit added 400 basis points and high yield added 271 basis points as spreads tightened in these overweighted sectors particularly in the last two quarters of 2009.  An overweight position in asset backed securities (“ABS”) and commercial mortgage backed securities (“CMBS”) added 215 and 115 basis points to performance, respectively.  Non-dollar added 2 basis points to performance.  Government related subtracted 21 basis points and mortgage backed securities (“MBS”) subtracted 18 basis points as the portfolio was underweight in these two outperforming sectors.
 
For the 12 month fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Columbus Core Fund had a net return of 15.60% compared to a return of 9.50% for the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.  Macro factors were positive, with duration strategy adding 48 basis points and the yield curve strategy neither adding to nor subtracting from performance.  Sector decisions added 340 basis points while security selection added 257 basis points.  Within these categories, investment grade credit added 460 basis points due to an overweight position in this outperforming sector as well as superior issue selection.  An overweight position in CMBS and ABS added 70 and 47 basis points, respectively.  MBS added 41 basis points to performance.  Government related subtracted 21 basis points as the portfolio was underweight in this outperforming sector.  For both Funds, outperformance for the fiscal year was largely attributable to sector and security selection and the portfolios’ defensive positioning in the second half of the year.
 
Fixed Income Outlook
 
During the second quarter, global capital markets weathered multiple storms.  The largest and most far reaching of these storms has been sovereign debt problems in Europe, with Greece being the hardest hit.  In a desperate attempt to find a solution to the crisis, government officials presented a series of small bailout plans.  When these failed to pacify investor concerns, a massive €750 billion bailout package was approved by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.  In addition to the bailout proposals, Germany announced a ban on short selling of sovereign debt and financial equities in an attempt to settle the volatile markets.
 
All of the proposed government bailout packages focused on liquidity in hopes that the crises could be averted.  Despite the massive size of the final bailout, investors were unsatisfied as they arrived at the sobering conclusion that abundant liquidity cannot rectify a problem rooted in inadequate solvency.  A not-unexpected chain reaction to investors’ displeasure has been a pummeling of the Euro currency (approximately a 9.3% decline vs. the U.S. dollar in the second quarter), as the bailout compromises the credibility of the European Union.

 
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Domestically, the oil spill tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico cast a pall over the capital markets after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank.  Each mitigation attempt initially inspired hope, but quickly faded to frustration as oil continued to flow.  While oil washed up on shores, estimates of the flow-rate of the spill crept higher, the scope of liabilities broadened, and the nation’s patience grew increasingly thin, BP was persuaded by the Obama administration to contribute $20 billion to a claims fund.  Relief well drilling is currently underway but not expected to be operational until August at the earliest.
 
The announcement that Goldman Sachs was being sued by the SEC and the shock of the “flash crash” provided added momentum for passage of the financial reform legislation.  The “flash crash” occurred when an already jittery market (a result of the social unrest in Greece) saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average suddenly fall nearly 1,000 points intra-day before recovering almost 700 points in approximately 20 minutes.  Lawmakers seized the moment and passed separate bills in both the House and the Senate.  An agreement in a House-Senate conference committee was announced, but the passing of Senator Byrd and a last minute addition of a $19 billion charge to banks for the government bailout left the Democratic members uncertain of securing the 60 votes necessary for passage of the final bill in the Senate.
 
Concerns rose late in the quarter that unemployment and personal debt continue to weigh down many U.S. consumers, impeding their ability to assist in the nation’s economic recovery.  Consumer spending is now needed to replace government spending; however, anemic housing numbers, retail sales, and the consumer confidence index all paint a picture that consumer strength may be weaker than most economists expected.  The U.S. government has provided abundant deficit spending, but pressure from record outstanding debt and budget deficits is mounting.  When government spending declines and if consumers remain weak, economic growth will be disappointing and market volatility is likely to remain elevated.
 
In regard to market performance during the second quarter, nearly all risk sectors underperformed.  High yield option-adjusted spreads widened 129 basis points, as initial strength gave way to selling pressure (a result of heightened investors’ concern over the European debt crisis).  CMBS widened 51 basis points.  Investment grade credit and ABS option-adjusted spreads widened 44 and 14 basis points, respectively.  The MBS sector witnessed modest positive excess returns during the second quarter.  The historically steep Treasury yield curve flattened and yields declined in a flight to quality rally.  The 30-year Treasury rate declined 82 basis points, but the 2-year Treasury declined only 41 basis points.
 
Columbus Core Plus Portfolio Strategy
 
As spreads widened in May and June, we increased our allocation to the corporate sector.  The portfolio is overweight in the credit sector with holdings focused on bank, insurance and utility issues that we expect to outperform.
 
Our weighting in Treasury securities declined during the quarter to make room in the portfolio for the additions in the corporate sector.
 
We maintain a “barbell” positioning to take advantage of the historically steep yield curve.  If the yield curve flattens further, as we anticipate it might, the portfolio should outperform.
 
The portfolio is defensively positioned in MBS and, as a result, we are underweight the sector.  Our focus is on 10-year amortization, low coupon, agency mortgage securities.  We believe these shorter maturity securities have attractive spreads and a lower risk profile relative to other agency securities in the MBS sector.
 
We maintain our overweight position in the ABS sector.  The holdings in this sector are focused on auto finance, which is backed by solid collateral.
 
Columbus Core Portfolio Strategy
 
The portfolio remains overweight in Treasury securities as we maintain a lower risk profile and also as a result of our “barbell” positioning to take advantage of the historically steep yield curve.  If the yield curve flattens further, as we anticipate it might, the portfolio should outperform.

 
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After initially reducing some positions in April, we increased our allocation to the corporate sector as spreads widened in May and June.  The portfolio is focused on bank, insurance and utility issues that we expect to outperform.
 
The portfolio is defensively positioned in MBS and, as a result, we are underweight the sector.  Our focus is on 10-year amortization, low coupon, agency mortgage securities.  We believe these shorter maturity securities have attractive spreads and a lower risk profile relative to other agency securities in the MBS sector.
 
We maintain our overweight position in the ABS sector.  The holdings in this sector are focused on auto finance, which is backed by solid collateral.
 
We appreciate your continued support as fellow shareholders in the Funds.
 
Regards,
 
Mark M. Egan, CFA, CPA
Thomas M. Fink, CFA
Reams Asset Management Company, LLC
Reams Asset Management Company, LLC

 
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 
Growth of a $100,000 Investment (Unaudited)


 
         
 
Portfolio Total Return*
     
 
FOR PERIODS ENDED 6/30/10
FUND
INDEX
 
         
 
SIX MONTHS
 7.30%
5.33%
 
         
 
ONE YEAR
19.12%
9.50%
 
         
 
FIVE YEAR
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
 8.72%
5.54%
 
         
 
TEN YEAR
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
 8.04%
6.47%
 
         

This chart assumes an initial gross investment of $100,000 made on 6/30/00. Returns shown include the reinvestment of all distributions. Past performance is not predictive of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. In the absence of existing fee waivers, total return would be reduced.  The recent growth rate in the fixed income market has helped to produce short-term returns for some asset classes that are not typical and may not continue in the future.  Because of ongoing market volatility, Fund performance may be subject to substantial short-term changes.  To receive current to the most recent month-end performance, please call 1-888-825-2100.
 
The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index) is an unmanaged market value-weighted performance benchmark for investment-grade fixed-rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset backed and mortgage backed securities, with maturities of at least one year.  The Index does not reflect investment management fees, brokerage commissions and other expenses associated with investing in fixed income securities.  A direct investment in the index is not possible.
 
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
The above graph relates to Institutional Class shares of the Fund.  Performance for Class Y shares will vary from the performance of the Institutional Class shares shown above due to differences in expenses.
 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES 10.3%
     
   
Americredit Automobile
     
   
  Receivables Trust
     
$ 1,630,000  
  Series 2008-AF, Class A4,
     
     
  6.960%, 10/14/2014
  $ 1,741,994  
     
Capital One Multi-Asset
       
     
  Execution Trust
       
  1,395,000  
  Series 2006-9A, Class A9,
       
     
  0.365%, 05/15/2013
    1,394,893  
     
Chase Issuance Trust
       
  1,545,000  
  Series 2009-A7, Class A7,
       
     
  0.8000%, 09/17/2012
    1,546,025  
  1,570,000  
  Series 2005-A13, Class A13,
       
     
  0.390%, 02/15/2013
    1,569,129  
     
Chrysler Financial Auto
       
     
  Securitization Trust
       
  2,225,000  
  Series 2009-B, Class A-2,
       
     
  1.150%, 11/08/2011
    2,228,554  
     
Chrysler Financial Automobile TALF
       
  1,010,000  
  Series 2009-AF, Class A3,
       
     
  2.820%, 01/15/2016
    1,030,068  
     
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates
       
  3,630,588  
  Series 2006-S2, Class A3,
       
     
  5.841%, 07/25/2027
    1,185,430  
  1,558,244  
  Series 2006-S2, Class A4,
       
     
  6.091%, 07/25/2027
    314,531  
  850,409  
  Series 2006-S5, Class A3,
       
     
  5.762%, 06/25/2035
    242,722  
  1,444,276  
  Series 2007-S2, Class A6,
       
     
  5.779%, 05/25/2037
    818,445  
     
Credit Suisse Mortgage
       
     
  Capital Certificates
       
  1,865,756  
  Series 2009-12R, Class 41A1,
       
     
  5.250%, 03/27/2037
       
     
  (Acquired 10/06/2009,
       
     
  Cost $1,858,760) (b)
    1,865,756  
     
Fifth Third Auto Trust
       
  1,602,632  
  Series 2008-1, Class A3A,
       
     
  4.070%, 01/17/2012
    1,611,395  
     
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
       
  4,025,000  
  Series 2009-A, Class A3B,
       
     
  2.850%, 05/15/2013
    4,102,633  
  2,355,000  
  Series 2009-D, Class A3,
       
     
  2.170%, 10/15/2013
    2,386,859  
     
GE Capital Credit Card
       
     
  Master Note Trust
       
  2,450,000  
  Series 2009-3, Class A,
       
     
  2.540%, 09/15/2014
    2,478,999  
     
GMAC Mortgage
       
     
  Corporation Loan Trust
       
  1,921,232  
  Series 2006-HE3, Class A3,
       
     
  5.805%, 10/25/2036
    1,000,528  
     
GSAA Home Equity Trust
       
  1,246,229  
  Series 2006-S1, Class 1A1,
       
     
  0.507%, 01/25/2037
    159,125  
     
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC
       
  595,833  
  Series 2005-1A, Class A4,
       
     
  0.597%, 11/25/2011
       
     
  (Acquired 08/21/2008 and
       
     
  12/10/2008, Cost $575,908) (a)(b)
    594,393  
  733,333  
  Series 2005-2A, Class A5,
       
     
  0.597%, 11/25/2011
       
     
  (Acquired 08/01/2008 and
       
     
  12/10/2008, Cost $713,583) (a)(b)
    731,561  
  1,825,000  
  Series 2009-2A, Class A1,
       
     
  4.260%, 03/25/2014
       
     
  (Acquired 10/16/2009,
       
     
  Cost $1,824,891) (a)(b)
    1,901,780  
     
Home Equity Mortgage Trust
       
  4,384,619  
  Series 2006-5, Class A1,
       
     
  5.500%, 01/25/2037
    569,115  
     
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust
       
  4,140,000  
  Series 2009-A, Class A3,
       
     
  2.030%, 08/15/2013
    4,195,854  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES 10.3% (continued)
     
   
Keystone Owner Trust
     
$ 6,224  
  Series 1998-P1, Class M1,
     
     
  7.530%, 05/25/2025
     
     
  (Acquired 12/10/2008,
     
     
  Cost $5,734)(b)
  $ 6,074  
     
Mid-State Trust
       
  900,398  
  Series 11, Class A1,
       
     
  4.864%, 07/15/2038
    865,537  
     
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities
       
  129,137  
  Series 2005-HS1, Class AI2,
       
     
  4.660%, 09/25/2035
    122,096  
  470,582  
  Series 2003-HS1, Class AI6,
       
     
  3.830%, 02/25/2033
    412,248  
  630,000  
  Series 2005-HS1, Class AI4,
       
     
  5.110%, 09/25/2035
    151,034  
  1,677,901  
  Series 2006-HSA1, Class A3,
       
     
  5.230%, 02/25/2036
    742,213  
  1,360,964  
  Series 2006-HSA1, Class A4,
       
     
  5.490%, 02/25/2036
    232,776  
  1,867,874  
  Series 2006-HSA1, Class A5,
       
     
  5.310%, 02/25/2036
    889,351  
  472,445  
  Series 2006-HSA2, Class AI2,
       
     
  5.500%, 03/25/2036
    426,161  
  1,160,000  
  Series 2006-HSA2, Class AI3,
       
     
  5.543%, 03/25/2036
    539,094  
  820,000  
  Series 2006-HSA2, Class AI4,
       
     
  5.810%, 03/25/2036
    164,609  
     
SACO I Trust
       
  973,649  
  Series 2006-9, Class A1,
       
     
  0.497%, 08/25/2036
    169,518  
     
SLM Student Loan Trust
       
  1,220,594  
  Series 2008-1, Class A1,
       
     
   0.511%, 07/25/2013
    1,221,347  
  3,479,380  
  Series 2008-2, Class A1,
       
     
  0.613%, 01/25/2015
    3,480,907  
     
Total Asset Backed Securities
       
     
  (Cost $47,423,273)
    43,092,754  
         
CORPORATE BONDS 24.5%
       
               
     
Airlines 1.2%
       
     
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
       
  3,261,371  
  7.027%, 11/01/2019
    3,098,303  
     
United Airlines
       
  1,899,132  
  6.636%, 07/02/2022
    1,747,202  
            4,845,505  
     
Commercial Banks 1.2%
       
     
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
       
  1,860,000  
  5.629%, 12/01/2021
    1,758,163  
     
Marshall & Ilsley Bank
       
  3,405,000  
  0.808%, 12/04/2012 (a)
    3,071,092  
            4,829,255  
     
Consumer Finance 1.6%
       
     
Ford Motor Credit Co.
       
  1,540,000  
  8.000%, 12/15/2016
    1,574,790  
  1,605,000  
  8.125%, 01/15/2020
    1,638,211  
     
GMAC, Inc.
       
  1,767,000  
  6.750%, 12/01/2014
    1,709,573  
  1,955,000  
  8.300%, 02/12/2015
       
     
  (Acquired 02/09/2010 and
       
     
  03/04/2010, Cost $1,945,313) (b)
    1,979,437  
            6,902,011  
     
Diversified Financial Services 7.1%
       
     
Bank of America Corp.
       
  1,730,000  
  5.750%, 12/01/2017
    1,794,150  
  4,270,000  
  7.625%, 06/01/2019
    4,891,319  
  1,630,000  
  5.625%, 07/01/2020
    1,642,947  
     
Capital One Bank
       
  1,260,000  
  8.800%, 07/15/2019
    1,572,998  
     
Citigroup, Inc.
       
  5,875,000  
  8.500%, 05/22/2019
    7,003,728  
     
Credit Suisse AG
       
  1,605,000  
  5.400%, 01/14/2020
    1,595,794  
     
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. / The
       
  3,290,000  
  6.000%, 06/15/2020
    3,392,427  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
CORPORATE BONDS 24.5% (continued)
     
           
   
Diversified Financial
     
   
  Services 7.1% (continued)
     
   
Lehman Brothers Holdings
     
$ 7,000,000  
  6.875%, 05/02/2018
     
     
  (Acquired 09/16/2008,
     
     
  Cost $2,343,205) (d)
  $ 1,426,250  
     
Lloyds TSB Bank PLC
       
  2,525,000  
  5.800%, 01/13/2020
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $2,452,897) (b)(c)
    2,383,335  
     
Morgan Stanley
       
  4,170,000  
  5.500%, 01/26/2020
    4,034,058  
            29,737,006  
     
Diversified Telecommunication
       
     
  Services 0.3%
       
     
Qwest Corp.
       
  1,515,000  
  7.125%, 11/15/2043
    1,306,688  
               
     
Electric Utilities 5.0%
       
     
AES Eastern Energy
       
  1,235,524  
  9.000%, 01/02/2017
    1,272,590  
  3,020,000  
  9.670%, 01/02/2029
    3,261,600  
     
AES Red Oak LLC
       
  253,485  
  8.540%, 11/30/2019
    250,317  
     
Borger Energy Funding
       
  2,413,025  
  7.260%, 12/31/2022
       
     
  (Acquired 08/14/2008 and
       
     
  12/10/2008, Cost $2,330,242) (b)
    2,250,146  
     
Bruce Mansfield Unit
       
  843,751  
  6.850%, 06/01/2034
    881,432  
     
Homer City Funding LLC
       
  4,060,060  
  8.734%, 10/01/2026
    3,735,255  
     
Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
       
  1,100,000  
  6.050%, 10/01/2036
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $1,061,374) (b)
    1,173,199  
     
Indiantown Cogeneration LP
       
  2,680,000  
  9.770%, 12/15/2020
    2,962,392  
     
Kiowa Power Partners LLC
       
  584,512  
  4.811%, 12/30/2013
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $582,248) (b)
    594,255  
     
Mackinaw Power LLC
       
  1,147,297  
  6.296%, 10/31/2023
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $1,109,805) (b)
    1,175,613  
     
Selkirk Cogen Funding Corp.
       
  723,577  
  8.980%, 06/26/2012
    768,793  
     
Tenaska Gateway Partners Ltd.
       
  539,477  
  6.052%, 12/30/2023
       
     
  (Acquired 05/31/2007 and
       
     
  08/03/2007, Cost $539,477) (b)
    554,442  
     
Windsor Financing LLC
       
  1,811,892  
  5.881%, 07/15/2017
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $1,633,223) (b)
    1,697,399  
            20,577,433  
     
Industrial Consumer Services 0.3%
       
     
ERAC USA Finance Company
       
  975,000  
  6.375%, 10/15/2017
       
     
  (Acquired 10/23/2008 and
       
     
  12/10/2008, Cost $744,635) (b)
    1,097,537  
               
     
Insurance 6.7%
       
     
AIG, Inc.
       
  2,020,000  
  4.250%, 05/15/2013
    1,949,300  
     
AIG Sunamerica
       
  280,000  
  0.000%, 07/26/2010
    278,600  
     
AIG Sunamerica Global Financial
       
  3,760,000  
  6.300%, 05/10/2011
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $3,640,140) (b)
    3,797,600  
  1,090,000  
  6.900%, 03/15/2032
       
     
  (Acquired 02/23/2010,
       
     
  Cost $1,014,310) (b)
    1,008,250  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
CORPORATE BONDS 24.5% (continued)
     
           
   
Insurance 6.7% (continued)
     
   
ASIF Global Financing XIX
     
$ 3,945,000  
  4.900%, 01/17/2013
     
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
     
     
  Cost $3,878,206) (b)
  $ 3,866,100  
     
Genworth Global Funding
       
  430,000  
  5.250%, 05/15/2012
    442,427  
  2,590,000  
  5.875%, 05/03/2013
       
     
  (Acquired 02/10/2010,
       
     
  Cost $2,604,096) (b)
    2,677,902  
     
Hartford Financial
       
     
  Services Group, Inc.
       
  965,000  
  4.000%, 03/30/2015
    947,421  
  560,000  
  8.125%, 06/15/2038
    508,200  
  1,350,000  
  6.625%, 03/30/2040
    1,253,572  
     
Jackson National Life Global Funding
       
  830,000  
  5.375%, 05/08/2013
       
     
  (Acquired 05/01/2008 and
       
     
  12/10/2008, Cost $825,359) (b)
    891,671  
     
Lincoln National Corp.
       
  1,270,000  
  6.250%, 02/15/2020
    1,360,575  
  1,315,000  
  7.000%, 06/15/2040
    1,385,017  
     
Monumental Global Funding
       
  1,605,000  
  5.500%, 04/22/2013
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $1,603,546) (b)
    1,716,698  
  885,000  
  5.250%, 01/15/2014
       
     
  (Acquired 05/06/2009 and
       
     
  06/10/2009, Cost $835,130) (b)
    963,386  
     
Nationwide Life Global Fund
       
  795,000  
  5.450%, 10/02/2012
       
     
  (Acquired 09/25/2007 and
       
     
  12/10/2008, Cost $793,225) (b)
    824,856  
     
Prudential Financial, Inc.
       
  1,080,000  
  5.375%, 06/21/2020
    1,093,798  
  1,295,000  
  6.625%, 06/21/2040
    1,317,910  
     
Prudential Holdings LLC
       
  1,045,000  
  7.245%, 12/18/2023
       
     
  (Acquired 02/11/2010 and
       
     
  04/08/2010, Cost $1,137,154) (b)
    1,171,905  
  490,000  
  8.695%, 12/18/2023
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $570,568) (b)
    585,241  
            28,040,429  
     
Oil and Gas 0.4%
       
     
Shell International Finance BV
       
  1,885,000  
  3.100%, 06/28/2015
    1,914,170  
               
     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.8%
       
     
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
       
  905,000  
  6.200%, 03/15/2040
    716,019  
     
El Paso Corp.
       
  1,355,000  
  7.000%, 06/15/2017
    1,347,370  
     
Valero Energy Corp.
       
  1,430,000  
  6.125%, 02/01/2020
    1,469,462  
            3,532,851  
     
Total Corporate Bonds
       
     
  (Cost $97,423,067)
    102,782,885  
         
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 21.9%
       
     
Bank of America
       
     
  Commercial Mortgage, Inc.
       
  3,935,000  
  Series 2006-3, Class A4,
       
     
  5.889%, 07/10/2044
    3,996,971  
  4,440,000  
  Series 2009-UB1, Class A4,
       
     
  5.621%, 06/24/2050
       
     
  (Acquired 06/18/2009 and
       
     
  07/07/2009, Cost $3,670,269) (b)
    4,708,724  
     
CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust
       
  1,858,421  
  Series 2007-A4, Class 2A1,
       
     
  5.500%, 04/25/2022
    1,585,943  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
MORTGAGE BACKED
     
SECURITIES 21.9% (continued)
     
   
Credit Suisse First Boston
     
   
  Mortgage Securities Corp.
     
$ 306,375  
  Pool # 2005-10,
     
     
  5.000%, 09/25/2015
  $ 305,828  
  64,319  
  Pool # 2003-1, 7.000%, 02/25/2033
    69,269  
     
Credit Suisse Mortgage
       
  2,625,000  
  Pool #2009-RR1,
       
     
  5.383%, 11/15/2016
       
     
  (Acquired 07/09/2009 and
       
     
  12/29/2009, Cost $2,154,493) (b)
    2,700,770  
     
FHLMC REMIC (e)
       
  8,559,600  
  Series 3609, 4.000%, 12/15/2024
    8,996,839  
  249,241  
  Series 2750, 4.000%, 05/15/2026
    251,233  
     
FNMA Pool (e)
       
  4,518,873  
  Pool #MA0357, 4.000%, 04/25/2019
    4,778,598  
  4,518,005  
  Pool #931711, 4.000%, 08/01/2019
    4,777,680  
  2,308,865  
  Pool #MA0174, 4.000%, 09/25/2019
    2,441,568  
  5,055,926  
  Pool #MA0235, 4.000%, 09/25/2019
    5,346,518  
  4,629,250  
  Pool #932108, 4.000%, 11/25/2019
    4,895,318  
  15,161,453  
  Pool #MA0298, 4.000%, 06/25/2019
    16,032,864  
  6,781,940  
  Pool #MA0380, 4.000%, 05/25/2020
    7,171,736  
  727,158  
  Pool #464398, 5.970%, 01/25/2040
    807,639  
  562,800  
  Pool #464400, 5.970%, 01/25/2040
    625,090  
     
FNMA REMIC (e)
       
  62,815  
  Series 1994-3, Class PL,
       
     
  5.500%, 01/25/2024
    69,540  
     
FNMA TBA (e)
       
  2,552,637  
  Pool #000TBA, 3.330%, 01/01/2020
    2,598,099  
     
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II
       
  2,445,811  
  Series 2007-EOP, Class A1,
       
     
  0.444%, 03/06/2020
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $2,372,656) (a)(b)
    2,367,455  
  4,405,000  
  Series 2007-GG10, Class A4,
       
     
  5.999%, 08/10/2045 (a)
    4,330,867  
     
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
       
  1,280,000  
  Series 2007-C2, Class A3,
       
     
  5.430%, 02/15/2040
    1,283,869  
     
Master Asset Securitization Trust
       
  207,338  
  Pool # 2004-3, 4.750%, 01/25/2014
    211,569  
     
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust
       
  735,591  
  Series 2006-7, 5.000%, 06/25/2021
    667,944  
     
Morgan Stanley REMIC Trust
       
  4,045,000  
  Series 2009-GG10, Class A4A,
       
     
  5.805%, 08/12/2045
       
     
  (Acquired 01/04/2010 and
       
     
  01/25/2010, Cost $3,784,247) (b)
    4,240,486  
     
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc.
       
  991,855  
  Series 2005-QS3, Class A1,
       
     
  5.000%, 03/25/2020
    924,544  
  1,113,795  
  Series 2004-QS4, Class A1,
       
     
  4.350%, 03/25/2034
    1,096,989  
     
Wachovia Bank
       
     
  Commercial Mortgage Trust
       
  1,220,000  
  Series 2006-C23, Class A4,
       
     
  5.418%, 01/15/2045
    1,272,140  
     
Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust
       
  1,697,613  
  Series 2007-PA3, Class 6A1,
       
     
  5.500%, 07/25/2022
    1,376,109  
     
Wells Fargo Mortgage
       
     
  Backed Securities Trust
       
  1,730,556  
  Pool # 2006-3, 5.500%, 03/25/2036
    1,658,851  
     
Total Mortgage Backed Securities
       
     
  (Cost $87,082,916)
    91,591,050  
         
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY ISSUE 3.6%
       
     
FHLMC (e)
       
  6,995,000  
  0.308%, 09/19/2011 (a)
    6,993,223  
  8,060,000  
  0.270%, 01/11/2012 (a)
    8,049,853  
     
Total U.S. Government
       
     
  Agency Issue
       
     
  (Cost $15,044,328)
    15,043,076  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS 30.4%
     
   
United States Treasury Bonds 1.7%
     
$ 6,645,000  
  4.375%, 05/15/2040
  $ 7,186,966  
               
     
United States Treasury Notes 28.7%
       
  50,635,000  
  1.000%, 09/30/2011
    50,983,116  
  40,685,000  
  0.875%, 02/29/2012
    40,902,665  
  7,255,000  
  3.250%, 03/31/2017
    7,644,956  
  13,430,000  
  3.125%, 04/30/2017
    14,038,540  
  6,265,000  
  2.750%, 05/31/2017
    6,397,154  
            119,966,431  
     
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
       
     
  (Cost $125,778,417)
    127,153,397  
               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 14.0%
       
     
Commercial Paper 13.3%
       
  14,084,000  
Intesa Funding LLC,
       
     
  0.000%, 07/01/2010
    14,084,000  
  41,400,000  
U.S. Bank, N.A.,
       
     
  0.000%, 07/01/2010
    41,400,000  
            55,484,000  
     
Variable Rate Demand Notes 0.7%
       
  3,074,877  
American Family Financial
       
     
  Services, Inc., 0.100% (f)
    3,074,877  
     
Total Short-Term Investments
       
     
  (Cost $58,558,877)
    58,558,877  
               
     
Total Investments 104.7%
       
     
  (Cost $431,310,878)
    438,222,039  
               
     
Liabilities in Excess of
       
     
  Other Assets (4.7)%
    (19,783,417 )
               
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $ 418,438,622  

(a)
Adjustable Rate.
(b)
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.  The total value of  these securities amounted to $49,525,971 (11.8% of net assets) at June 30, 2010.
(c)
U.S. Dollar denominated security of a foreign issuer.
(d)
Security is in default.
(e)
Entity under conservatorship of the federal government.
(f)
Variable rate demand notes are considered short-term obligations and are payable upon demand.  Interest rates change periodically on specified dates.  The rates listed are as of June 30, 2010.

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
At June 30, 2010, the allocation of portfolio holdings as a percentage of the Fund’s total net assets were:
 
Asset-Backed Securities
    10.3 %  
U.S. Treasury Obligations
    30.4  
Corporate Bonds
    24.5    
Short-Term Investments
    14.0  
Mortgage-Backed Securities
    21.9    
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
          (4.7 )  
U.S. Government Agency Issue
 
   
3.6
 
         
100.0
 
%
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Credit Default Swaps
       
Rating of
 
(Pay)/
               
Unrealized
 
 
Reference
Buy/Sell
 
Reference Entity
 
Receive
 
Fixed
 
Expiration
 
Notional
   
Appreciation/
 
Counterparty
Entity
Protection(1)
 
(Moody’s/S&P)
 
Fixed Rate
 
Rate
 
Date
 
Value(2)
   
(Depreciation)
 
JPMorgan
CDX North American
                             
 
  Investment Grade Index
Sell
  B2/B  
Receive
  5.00%  
6/20/15
  $ 4,460,000     $ 68,414  
JPMorgan
CDX North American
                                 
 
  High Yield Index
Sell
 
Baa1/BBB
 
Receive
  1.00%  
6/20/15
    14,150,000       62,411  
JPMorgan
General Electric
                                 
 
  Capital Corp.
Sell
 
Aa2/AA+
 
Receive
  1.00%  
6/20/15
    3,530,000       77,133  
                        $ 22,140,000     $ 207,958  

(1)
If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation of underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
(2)
The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to make as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2010
 
Assets:
     
Investments at value (cost $431,310,878)
  $ 438,222,039  
Interest receivable
    2,226,520  
Deposit with broker and custodian for swaps
    440,055  
Receivable for Fund shares sold
    519,587  
Receivable for investments sold
    273,351  
Unrealized appreciation on swaps
    207,958  
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency contracts
    343,893  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    188,254  
Total assets
    442,421,657  
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
    22,422,239  
Payable for Fund shares purchased
    10,532  
Payable to the custodian
    610,687  
Accrued investment advisory fee
    96,368  
Accrued distribution and shareholder servicing fees
    4,385  
Accrued expenses
    99,363  
Swap payments received
    739,461  
Total liabilities
    23,983,035  
Net Assets
  $ 418,438,622  
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid in capital
  $ 404,328,214  
Undistributed net investment income
    2,076,318  
Accumulated net realized gain on investments sold, swap contracts and foreign currency
    4,571,078  
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
    Investments
    6,911,161  
    Swap contracts
    207,958  
    Foreign currency
    343,893  
Net Assets
  $ 418,438,622  
Capital Stock, $0.01 Par Value
       
Institutional Class Shares Authorized
    100,000,000  
Class Y Shares Authorized
    50,000,000  
Institutional Class:
       
Net Assets
  $ 414,336,584  
Issued and Outstanding
    12,670,375  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 32.70  
Class Y:
       
Net Assets
  $ 4,102,038  
Issued and outstanding
    125,472  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 32.69  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:
     
Interest income
  $ 24,206,207  
Total Investment Income
    24,206,207  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)
    1,660,169  
Fund administration and accounting fees
    117,318  
Custody fees
    41,975  
Federal and state registration fees
    43,430  
Audit fees
    36,316  
Legal fees
    36,034  
Shareholder servicing fees
    33,513  
Reports to shareholders
    13,745  
Directors’ fees and related expenses
    8,395  
Distribution and shareholder servicing fees - Class Y (Note 8)
    6,426  
Compliance related expenses
    553  
Other
    22,162  
Total expenses before waiver and reimbursement
    2,020,036  
Waiver and reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (Note 3)
    (562,186 )
Net expenses
    1,457,850  
Net Investment Income
    22,748,357  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
       
Net realized gain (loss) on :
       
    Investments
    31,203,341  
    Swap contracts
    2,960,659  
    Foreign currency contracts
    (513,824 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
    Investments
    15,416,965  
    Swap contracts
    (214,140 )
    Foreign currency contracts
    343,893  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    49,196,894  
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 71,945,251  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   
For the
   
For the
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2009
 
Operations:
           
Net investment income
  $ 22,748,357     $ 35,153,932  
Net realized gain (loss) on:
               
Investments
    31,203,341       (8,895,311 )
Swap contracts
    2,960,659       2,197,511  
Foreign currency
    (513,824 )      
Futures
          831,878  
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
               
Investments
    15,416,965       354,573  
Swap contracts
    (214,140 )     1,390,660  
Foreign currency contracts
    343,893        
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    71,945,251       31,033,243  
Distributions Paid to Institutional Class Shareholders From:
               
Net investment income
    (23,504,203 )     (33,077,660 )
Net realized gain
    (16,735,772 )     (9,661,730 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (40,239,975 )     (42,739,390 )
Distributions Paid to Class Y Shareholders From:
               
Net investment income
    (99,014 )      
Net realized gain
    (71,341 )      
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (170,355 )      
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Shares sold - Institutional Class
    146,415,967       110,670,953  
Shares sold - Class Y
    4,020,332        
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions - Institutional Class
    33,641,301       33,980,127  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions - Class Y
    170,089        
Shares redeemed - Institutional Class
    (193,952,206 )     (170,148,652 )
Shares redeemed - Class Y
    (102,907 )      
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    (9,807,424 )     (25,497,572 )
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    21,727,497       (37,203,719 )
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Period
    396,711,125       433,914,844  
End of Period (includes undistributed net investment income of $2,076,318 and $1,273,273 respectively)
  $ 418,438,622     $ 396,711,125  
Transactions In Shares – Institutional Class:
               
Shares sold
    4,546,295       4,019,040  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    1,057,362       1,277,512  
Shares redeemed
    (5,981,168 )     (6,367,246 )
Net decrease in shares outstanding
    (377,511 )     (1,070,694 )
Transactions In Shares – Class Y:
               
Shares sold
    123,322        
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    5,351        
Shares redeemed
    (3,201 )      
Net increase in shares outstanding
    125,472        

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
Institutional Class
 
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 30.40     $ 30.73     $ 30.40     $ 29.72     $ 31.50  
                                         
Income (Loss) from
                                       
  Investment Operations:
                                       
Net investment income
    1.84       2.50       1.48       1.54       1.41  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    3.80       0.16       0.61       0.68       (1.30 )
Total Income from Investment Operations
    5.64       2.66       2.09       2.22       0.11  
                                         
Less Distributions:
                                       
From net investment income
    (1.90 )     (2.33 )     (1.49 )     (1.54 )     (1.45 )
From net realized gain on investments
    (1.44 )     (0.66 )     (0.27 )           (0.44 )
Total Distributions
    (3.34 )     (2.99 )     (1.76 )     (1.54 )     (1.89 )
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 32.70     $ 30.40     $ 30.73     $ 30.40     $ 29.72  
                                         
Total Return
    19.12 %     10.52 %     6.92 %     7.52 %     0.36 %
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 414,337     $ 396,711     $ 433,915     $ 276,830     $ 313,880  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.49 %     0.49 %     0.49 %     0.50 %     0.50 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.35 %     0.35 %     0.30 %     0.20 %     0.20 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    5.35 %     8.68 %     4.68 %     4.65 %     4.29 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    5.49 %     8.82 %     4.87 %     4.95 %     4.59 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    1,006 %     424 %     1,093 %     978 %     1,247 %
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
Class Y
 
   
Period
 
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2010(1)
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 33.08  
         
Income (Loss) from
       
  Investment Operations:
       
Net investment income
    0.98  
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
    1.30  
Total Income from Investment Operations
    2.28  
         
Less Distributions:
       
From net investment income
    (1.23 )
From net realized gain on investments
    (1.44 )
Total Distributions
    (2.67 )
         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 32.69  
         
Total Return
    7.33 %(2)
         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 4,102  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.89 %(3)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.75 %(3)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    3.98 %(3)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    4.12 %(3)
Portfolio turnover rate
    1,006 %(2)

(1)
Commenced operations on November 12, 2009.
(2)
Not annualized.
(3)
Annualized.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 

Growth of a $100,000 Investment (Unaudited)


 
* 2/23/01 commencement of operations.
 
         
 
Portfolio Total Return**
     
 
FOR PERIODS ENDED 6/30/10
FUND
INDEX
 
         
 
SIX MONTHS
  5.73%
5.33%
 
         
 
ONE YEAR
15.60%
9.50%
 
         
 
FIVE YEAR
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
 7.54%
5.54%
 
         
 
SINCE COMMENCEMENT
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
 6.68%
5.94%
 
         

This chart assumes an initial gross investment of $100,000 made on 2/23/01 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include the reinvestment of all distributions.  Past performance is not predictive of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. In the absence of existing fee waivers, total return would be reduced.  The recent growth rate in the fixed income market has helped to produce short-term returns for some asset classes that are not typical and may not continue in the future.  Because of ongoing market volatility, Fund performance may be subject to substantial short-term changes.  To receive current to the most recent month-end performance, please call 1-888-825-2100.
 
The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index) is an unmanaged market value-weighted performance benchmark for investment-grade fixed-rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset backed and mortgage backed securities, with maturities of at least one year.  The Index does not reflect investment management fees, brokerage commissions and other expenses associated with investing in fixed income securities.  A direct investment in the index is not possible.
 
** 
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES 9.2%
     
   
Americredit Automobile
     
   
  Receivables Trust
     
$ 355,000  
  Series 2008-AF, Class A4,
     
     
  6.960%, 10/14/2014
  $ 379,391  
     
Capital One Multi-Asset
       
     
  Execution Trust
       
  235,000  
  Series 2006-9A, Class A9,
       
     
  0.365%, 05/15/2013
    234,982  
     
Chase Issuance Trust
       
  230,000  
  Series 2009-A7, Class A7,
       
     
  0.800%, 09/17/2012
    230,153  
  260,000  
  Series 2005-A13, Class A13,
       
     
  0.390%, 02/15/2013
    259,856  
     
Chrysler Financial Auto
       
     
  Securitization Trust
       
  360,000  
  Series 2009-B, Class A-2,
       
     
  1.150%, 11/08/2011
    360,575  
     
Chrysler Financial Automobile TALF
       
  155,000  
  Series 2009-AF, Class A3,
       
     
  2.820%, 01/15/2016
    158,080  
     
Credit Suisse Mortgage
       
     
  Capital Certificates
       
  286,185  
  Series 2009-12R, Class 41A1,
       
     
  5.250%, 03/27/2037
       
     
  (Acquired 10/06/2009,
       
     
  Cost $285,112) (b)
    286,185  
     
Fifth Third Auto Trust
       
  266,781  
  Series 2008-1, Class A3A,
       
     
  4.070%, 01/17/2012
    268,240  
     
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
       
  550,000  
  Series 2009-A, Class A3B,
       
     
  2.850%, 05/15/2013
    560,608  
  375,000  
  Series 2009-D, Class A3,
       
     
  2.170%, 10/15/2013
    380,073  
     
GE Capital Credit Card
       
     
  Master Note Trust
       
  385,000  
  Series 2009-3, Class A,
       
     
  2.540%, 09/15/2014
    389,557  
     
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC
       
  112,500  
  Series 2005-1A, Class A4,
       
     
  0.597%, 11/25/2011
       
     
  (Acquired 08/21/2008,
       
     
  Cost $109,487) (a)(b)
    112,228  
  166,667  
  Series 2005-2A, Class A5,
       
     
  0.597%, 11/25/2011
       
     
  (Acquired 08/01/2008,
       
     
  Cost $163,226) (a)(b)
    166,264  
  280,000  
  Series 2009-2A, Class A1,
       
     
  4.260%, 03/25/2014
       
     
  (Acquired 10/16/2009,
       
     
  Cost $279,983) (a)(b)
    291,780  
     
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust
       
  640,000  
  Series 2009-A, Class A3,
       
     
  2.030%, 08/15/2013
    648,634  
     
Keystone Owner Trust
       
  28,009  
  Series 1998-P1, Class M1,
       
     
  7.530%, 05/25/2025
       
     
  (Acquired 04/22/2003,
       
     
  Cost $28,479) (b)
    27,333  
     
Mid-State Trust
       
  127,230  
  Series 11, Class A1,
       
     
  4.864%, 07/15/2038
    122,304  
     
Sears Credit Account Master Trust
       
  445,000  
  Series 2002-3, Class A,
       
     
  1.000%, 05/17/2016
    441,959  
     
SLM Student Loan Trust
       
  201,969  
  Series 2008-1, Class A1,
       
     
  0.511%, 07/25/2013
    202,093  
  575,061  
  Series 2008-2, Class A1,
       
     
  0.613%, 01/25/2015
    575,313  
     
Total Asset Backed Securities
       
     
  (Cost $6,035,041)
    6,095,608  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
CORPORATE BONDS 20.8%
     
   
Airlines 0.7%
     
   
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
     
$ 505,826  
  7.027%, 11/01/2019
  $ 480,534  
               
     
Commercial Banks 1.2%
       
     
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
       
  285,000  
  5.629%, 12/01/2021
    269,396  
     
Marshall & Ilsley Bank
       
  570,000  
  0.808%, 12/04/2012(a)
    514,103  
            783,499  
     
Construction Materials 0.1%
       
     
Lafarge Coppee SA
       
  70,000  
  6.500%, 07/15/2016
    72,514  
               
     
Diversified Financial Services 7.3%
       
     
Bank of America Corp.
       
  80,000  
  5.750%, 12/01/2017
    82,966  
  660,000  
  7.625%, 06/01/2019
    756,035  
  245,000  
  5.625%, 07/01/2020
    246,946  
     
Capital One Bank
       
  155,000  
  8.800%, 07/15/2019
    193,504  
     
Citigroup, Inc.
       
  905,000  
  8.500%, 05/22/2019
    1,078,872  
     
Credit Suisse AG
       
  245,000  
  5.400%, 01/14/2020
    243,595  
     
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. / The
       
  510,000  
  6.000%, 06/15/2020
    525,878  
     
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
       
  280,000  
  5.150%, 10/01/2015
    299,580  
  230,000  
  4.950%, 03/25/2020
    239,028  
     
Lloyds TSB Bank PLC
       
  370,000  
  5.800%, 01/13/2020
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $361,326) (b)(d)
    349,241  
     
Morgan Stanley
       
  645,000  
  5.500%, 01/26/2020
    623,973  
     
Wachovia Corp.
       
  130,000  
  5.625%, 10/15/2016
    140,305  
            4,779,923  
     
Electric Utilities 2.8%
       
     
Bruce Mansfield Unit
       
  392,443  
  6.850%, 06/01/2034
    409,969  
     
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
       
  175,000  
  5.000%, 07/01/2018
    175,324  
     
Entergy Texas, Inc.
       
  360,000  
  3.600%, 06/01/2015
    365,318  
     
Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
       
  165,000  
  6.050%, 10/01/2036
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $152,372) (b)
    175,980  
     
Kiowa Power Partners LLC
       
  163,859  
  4.811%, 12/30/2013
       
     
  (Acquired 11/22/2004 and
       
     
  08/03/2007, Cost $163,625) (b)
    166,590  
     
Mackinaw Power LLC
       
  279,195  
  6.296%, 10/31/2023
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $268,813) (b)
    286,086  
     
Ohio Power Co.
       
  60,000  
  6.000%, 06/01/2016
    67,952  
     
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC
       
  175,000  
  7.000%, 09/01/2022
    210,970  
            1,858,189  
     
Industrial Consumer Services 0.2%
       
     
ERAC USA Finance Company
       
  135,000  
  6.375%, 10/15/2017
       
     
  (Acquired 10/23/2008,
       
     
  Cost $103,631) (b)
    151,967  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
CORPORATE BONDS 20.8% (continued)
     
   
Insurance 6.8%
     
   
AIG Sunamerica Global Financial
     
$ 250,000  
  6.300%, 05/10/2011
     
     
  (Acquired 09/30/2009,
     
     
  Cost $248,081) (b)
  $ 252,500  
     
ASIF Global Financing XIX
       
  594,000  
  4.900%, 01/17/2013
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $587,401) (b)
    582,120  
  185,000  
  6.900%, 03/15/2032
       
     
  (Acquired 02/23/2010,
       
     
  Cost $172,154) (b)
    171,125  
     
Farmers Insurance Exchange
       
  230,000  
  6.000%, 08/01/2014
       
     
  (Acquired 07/15/2009,
       
     
  Cost $198,841) (b)
    235,832  
     
Genworth Global Funding
       
  450,000  
  5.875%, 05/03/2013
       
     
  (Acquired 11/25/2008 and
       
     
  01/20/2009, Cost $328,962) (b)
    465,273  
     
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
       
  390,000  
  4.000%, 03/30/2015
    382,896  
     
Jackson National Life Global Funding
       
  235,000  
  5.375%, 05/08/2013
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $235,360) (b)
    252,461  
     
Lincoln National Corp.
       
  170,000  
  6.250%, 02/15/2020
    182,124  
  205,000  
  7.000%, 06/15/2040
    215,915  
     
Monumental Global Funding
       
  390,000  
  5.500%, 04/22/2013
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $393,011) (b)
    417,142  
  135,000  
  5.250%, 01/15/2014
       
     
  (Acquired 0/10/2009 and
       
     
  09/30/2009, Cost $130,306) (b)
    146,957  
     
Nationwide Life Global Fund
       
  300,000  
  5.450%, 10/02/2012
       
     
  (Acquired 09/25/2007 and
       
     
  09/30/2009, Cost $298,605) (b)
    311,266  
     
Prudential Financial, Inc.
       
  165,000  
  5.375%, 06/21/2020
    167,108  
  205,000  
  6.625%, 06/21/2040
    208,626  
     
Prudential Holdings LLC
       
  360,000  
  8.695%, 12/18/2023
       
     
  (Acquired 01/06/2010,
       
     
  Cost $421,073) (b)
    429,973  
            4,421,318  
     
Oil and Gas 0.6%
       
     
Merey Sweeny LP
       
  330,260  
  8.850%, 12/18/2019
       
     
  (Acquired 01/19/2010,
       
     
  Cost $378,594) (b)
    391,041  
               
     
Oil and Gas Extraction 0.6%
       
     
Devon OEI Operating, Inc.
       
  345,000  
  7.500%, 09/15/2027
    412,024  
               
     
Support Activities for Mining 0.5%
       
     
Shell International Finance BV
       
  290,000  
  3.100%, 06/28/2015
    294,488  
     
Total Corporate Bonds
       
     
(Cost $12,912,752)
    13,645,497  
         
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 19.8%
       
     
Bank of America
       
     
  Commercial Mortgage, Inc.
       
  385,000  
  Series 2006-3, Class A4,
       
     
  5.889%, 07/10/2044
    391,063  
  725,000  
  Series 2009-UB1, Class A4,
       
     
  5.621%, 06/24/2050
       
     
  (Acquired Multiple Dates,
       
     
  Cost $611,344) (b)
    768,879  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
MORTGAGE BACKED
     
  SECURITIES 19.8% (continued)
     
   
CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust
     
$ 1,037,782  
  Series 2007-A7, Class 3A1,
     
     
  5.750%, 07/25/2022
  $ 880,193  
     
Credit Suisse First Boston
       
     
  Mortgage Securities Corp.
       
  81,099  
  Pool # 2005-10, 5.000%, 09/25/2015
    80,954  
  18,341  
  Pool # 2003-1, 7.000%, 02/25/2033
    19,753  
     
Fannie Mae-Aces (c)
       
  249,249  
  Series 2010-M1, Class A1,
       
     
  3.305%, 06/25/2019
    256,550  
     
FHLMC REMIC (c)
       
  1,470,227  
  Series 3609, 4.000%, 12/15/2024
    1,545,329  
  37,676  
  Series 2750, 4.000%, 05/15/2026
    37,977  
     
FNMA Pool (c)
       
  27,651  
  Pool #735065, 4.498%, 08/25/2013
    29,237  
  624,951  
  Pool #MA0357, 4.000%, 04/25/2019
    660,870  
  596,066  
  Pool #931711, 4.000%, 08/25/2019
    630,325  
  244,417  
  Pool #MA0174, 4.000%, 09/25/2019
    258,465  
  657,462  
  Pool #932108, 4.000%, 11/25/2019
    695,250  
  957,260  
  Pool #MA0235, 4.000%, 09/25/2019
    1,012,279  
  2,195,218  
  Pool #MA0298, 4.000%, 06/25/2019
    2,321,389  
  954,316  
  Pool #MA0380, 4.000%, 05/25/2020
    1,009,166  
  124,513  
  Pool #464398, 5.970%, 01/25/2040
    138,294  
  94,630  
  Pool #464400, 5.970%, 01/25/2040
    105,104  
     
FNMA TBA (c)
       
  396,432  
  Pool #000TBA, 3.330%, 01/01/2020
    403,493  
     
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II
       
  358,477  
  Series 2007-EOP, Class A1,
       
     
  0.444%, 03/06/2020
       
     
  (Acquired 09/17/2007 through
       
     
  04/22/2008, Cost $352,035) (a)(b)
    346,992  
     
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
       
  125,000  
  Series 2007-C2, Class A3,
       
     
  5.430%, 02/15/2040
    125,378  
     
Master Asset Securitization Trust
       
  54,782  
  Pool # 2004-3, 4.750%, 01/25/2014
    55,900  
     
Morgan Stanley REMIC Trust
       
  675,000  
  Series 2009-GG10, Class A4A,
       
     
  5.805%, 08/12/2045
       
     
  (Acquired 01/04/2010 and
       
     
  01/25/2010, Cost $631,056) (b)
    707,621  
     
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc.
       
  233,506  
  Series 2004-QS4, Class A1,
       
     
  4.350%, 03/25/2034
    229,983  
     
Residential Asset Securitization Trust
       
  140,277  
  Series 2003-A6, Class A1,
       
     
  4.500%, 07/25/2033
    137,471  
     
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
       
  205,000  
  Series 2006-C23, Class A4,
       
     
  5.418%, 01/15/2045
    213,761  
     
Total Mortgage Backed Securities
       
     
  (Cost $12,565,616)
    13,061,676  
         
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY ISSUE 3.6%
       
     
FHLMC (c)
       
  1,105,000  
  0.308%, 09/19/2011 (a)
    1,104,719  
  1,275,000  
  0.270%, 01/11/2012 (a)
    1,273,395  
     
Total U.S. Government
       
     
  Agency Issue
       
     
  (Cost $2,378,312)
    2,378,114  
         
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS 37.6%
       
     
United States Treasury Bonds 1.7%
       
  1,050,000  
  4.375%, 05/15/2040
    1,135,638  
               
     
United States Treasury Notes 35.9%
       
  13,810,000  
1.000%, 09/30/2011
    13,904,944  
  5,920,000  
0.875%, 02/29/2012
    5,951,672  
  800,000  
3.250%, 03/31/2017
    843,000  
  1,895,000  
3.125%, 04/30/2017
    1,980,866  
  960,000  
2.750%, 05/31/2017
    980,250  
            23,660,732  
     
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
       
     
  (Cost $24,604,109)
    24,796,370  

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

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Principal Amount
 
Value
 
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 15.0%
     
   
Commercial Paper 15.0%
     
$ 3,290,000  
Intesa Funding LLC,
     
     
  0.000%, 07/01/2010
  $ 3,290,000  
  6,580,000  
U.S. Bank, N.A.,
       
     
  0.000%, 07/01/2010
    6,580,000  
            9,870,000  
     
Total Short-Term Investments
       
     
  (Cost $9,870,000)
    9,870,000  
               
     
Total Investments 106.0%
       
     
  (Cost $68,365,830)
    69,847,265  
               
     
Liabilities in Excess
       
     
  of Other Assets (6.0)%
    (3,928,998 )
               
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $ 65,918,267  

(a)
Adjustable Rate.
(b)
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.  The total value of these securities amounted to $7,492,836 (11.4% of net assets) at June 30, 2010.
(c)
Entity under conservatorship of the federal government.
(d)
U.S. Dollar denominated security of a foreign issuer.

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
At June 30, 2010, the allocation of portfolio holdings as a percentage of the Fund’s total net assets were:
 
Asset-Backed Securities
    9.2 %  
U.S. Treasury Obligations
    37.6  
Corporate Bonds
    20.8    
Short-Term Investments
    15.0  
Mortgage-Backed Securities
    19.8    
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
       (6.0 )  
U.S. Government Agency Issue
 
   
3.6
 
         
100.0
 
%
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Credit Default Swaps
     
Rating of
(Pay)/
           
Unrealized
 
 
Reference
Buy/Sell
Reference Entity
Receive
Fixed
Expiration
 
Notional
   
Appreciation/
 
Counterparty
Entity
Protection(1)
(Moody’s/S&P)
Fixed Rate
Rate
Date
 
Value(2)
   
(Depreciation)
 
JPMorgan
CDX North American
                     
 
  Investment Grade Index
SELL
Baa1/BBB
Receive
1.00%
6/20/15
  $ 2,070,000     $ 9,130  
JPMorgan
General Electric
                         
 
  Capital Corp.
SELL
Aa2/AA+
Receive
1.00%
6/20/15
    510,000       11,144  
                $ 2,580,000     $ 20,274  

(1)
If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation of underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
(2)
The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to make as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2010
 
Assets:
     
Investments at value (cost $68,365,830)
  $ 69,847,265  
Cash
    3,671,961  
Interest receivable
    268,850  
Unrealized gain on swaps
    20,274  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    15,013  
Total assets
    73,823,363  
         
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
    7,775,578  
Accrued investment advisory fee
    2,424  
Accrued expenses
    64,227  
Swap payments received
    62,867  
Total liabilities
    7,905,096  
Net Assets
  $ 65,918,267  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid in capital
  $ 69,131,119  
Undistributed net investment income
    117,332  
Accumulated net realized loss
    (4,831,893 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    1,481,435  
Unrealized appreciation on swaps contracts
    20,274  
Net Assets
  $ 65,918,267  
         
Capital Stock, $0.01 Par Value
       
Authorized
    50,000,000  
Issued and outstanding
    5,691,885  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 11.58  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:
     
Interest income
  $ 2,415,019  
Dividend income
    1,771  
Total Investment Income
    2,416,790  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)
    257,009  
Fund administration and accounting fees
    43,811  
Audit fees
    35,416  
Legal fees
    29,399  
Federal and state registration fees
    24,788  
Custody fees
    21,279  
Shareholder servicing fees
    11,098  
Directors’ fees and related expenses
    8,395  
Reports to shareholders
    2,243  
Compliance related expenses
    462  
Other
    6,495  
Total expenses before waiver and reimbursement
    440,395  
Waiver and reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (Note 3)
    (226,221 )
Net expenses
    214,174  
Net Investment Income
    2,202,616  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments:
       
Net realized gain on:
       
Investments
    4,834,509  
Swap contracts
    127,420  
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    621,327  
Swap contracts
    20,274  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    5,603,530  
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 7,806,146  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
   
For the Year
   
For the Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2009
 
Operations:
           
Net investment income
  $ 2,202,616     $ 5,509,874  
Net realized gain (loss) on:
               
Investments
    4,834,509       (8,876,168 )
Swap contracts
    127,420       71,746  
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
               
Investments
    621,327       1,302,219  
Swap contracts
    20,274       72,889  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    7,806,146       (1,919,440 )
                 
Distributions Paid From:
               
Net investment income
    (2,269,754 )     (5,468,450 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (2,269,754 )     (5,468,450 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Shares sold
    34,674,100       14,029,124  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    2,063,249       4,545,747  
Shares redeemed
    (26,931,737 )     (60,476,919 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    9,805,612       (41,902,048 )
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    15,342,004       (49,289,938 )
                 
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Period
    50,576,263       99,866,201  
End of Period (includes undistributed net investment
               
  income of $117,332 and $118,324 respectively)
  $ 65,918,267     $ 50,576,263  
                 
Transactions in Shares:
               
Shares sold
    3,076,887       1,382,214  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    182,766       484,314  
Shares redeemed
    (2,439,554 )     (6,693,940 )
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding
    820,099       (4,827,412 )
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Columbus Core Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 10.38     $ 10.30     $ 9.99     $ 9.86     $ 10.36  
                                         
Income (Loss) from
                                       
  Investment Operations:
                                       
Net investment income
    0.40 (1)     0.72       0.48       0.48       0.42  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    1.20       0.08       0.30       0.13       (0.43 )
Total Income (Loss) from Investment Operations
    1.60       0.80       0.78       0.61       (0.01 )
                                         
Less Distributions:
                                       
From net investment income
    (0.40 )     (0.72 )     (0.47 )     (0.48 )     (0.43 )
From net realized gain on investments
                            (0.06 )
Total Distributions
    (0.40 )     (0.72 )     (0.47 )     (0.48 )     (0.49 )
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 11.58     $ 10.38     $ 10.30     $ 9.99     $ 9.86  
                                         
Total Return
    15.60 %     8.64 %     7.89 %     6.26 %     (0.11 )%
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 65,918     $ 50,576     $ 99,866     $ 90,771     $ 96,887  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.72 %     0.69 %     0.66 %     0.66 %     0.65 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.35 %     0.35 %     0.30 %     0.20 %     0.20 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    3.23 %     6.38 %     4.29 %     4.31 %     3.75 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    3.60 %     6.72 %     4.65 %     4.77 %     4.20 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    1,063 %     414 %     965 %     980 %     1,121 %

(1)
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.

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

 
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FRONTEGRA
IRONBRIDGE
SMALL CAP FUND
 

 
FRONTEGRA
IRONBRIDGE
SMID FUND
 
 
 

 

 
 

 

REPORT FROM IRONBRIDGE CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT, L.P.
 
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
 
The Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund strives to achieve capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of companies with small market capitalizations.  The objective is relative to, and measured against, the Russell 2000®(1) Index.
 
The Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund strives to achieve capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of companies with small and mid market capitalizations.  The objective is relative to, and measured against, the Russell 2500TM(2) Index.
 
Performance Review
 
For the year ending June 30, 2010, the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund achieved positive absolute returns but trailed the benchmark, returning 16.72% net of fees compared with the Russell 2000 Index return of 21.48% for the same period.
 
Small Cap Fund Best Performers
Return
 
Small Cap Fund Worst Performers
Return
 
Netflix Inc.
162.82%
 
Myriad Genetics Inc.
-58.06%
 
Lubrizol Corp.
72.88%
 
Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
-42.00%
 
Methanex Corp.
65.62%
 
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (Cl A)
-41.77%
 
Tupperware Brands Corp.
56.60%
 
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (Cl A)
-40.18%
 
Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.
48.24%
 
Stewart Information Services Corp.
-36.40%
 
Tractor Supply Co.
48.21%
 
KB Home
-34.03%
 
Unit Corp.
47.23%
 
Tetra Tech Inc.
-31.55%
 
National Instruments Corp.
43.39%
 
Synaptics Inc.
-28.85%
 
Corporate Office Properties Trust
34.09%
 
Atwood Oceanics Inc.
-27.21%
 
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.
32.39%
 
Tekelec
-21.33%
 
 
The stock selection within Energy, Utilities and Materials was a positive contributor to the relative return profile, while exposure amongst the Information Technology, Health Care, Financials, Industrials, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary names detracted from the Fund’s relative performance.  The small allocation to cash was also a significant detractor from the Fund’s relative performance.
 
The Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund achieved positive absolute returns but trailed its benchmark for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010, returning 15.88% net of fees, versus the 24.03% return of the Russell 2500 Index.
 
SMID Fund Best Performers
Return
 
SMID Fund Worst Performers
Return
 
Netflix Inc.
162.82%
 
Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
-41.94%
 
Akamai Technologies Inc.
111.52%
 
Bucyrus International Inc.
-30.90%
 
F5 Networks Inc.
98.12%
 
Atheros Communications Inc.
-29.87%
 
Hasbro Inc.
74.32%
 
McAfee Inc.
-27.19%
 
Lubrizol Corp.
72.88%
 
Greenhill & Co.
-26.05%
 
priceline.com Inc.
58.26%
 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
-24.77%
 
Albemarle Corp.
57.46%
 
Synaptics Inc.
-23.57%
 
Tupperware Brands Corp.
56.60%
 
URS Corp.
-20.54%
 
Corporate Office Properties Trust
34.09%
 
Jefferies Group Inc.
-17.90%
 
Cerner Corp.
21.83%
 
DeVry Inc.
-15.96%
 
 
The stock selection within Consumer Discretionary was a positive contributor to the relative return profile, while exposure amongst all other sectors with the exception of Telecommunication Services detracted from the Fund’s relative performance.  Selection within Telecommunication Services did not have a meaningful impact on the Fund’s relative performance.  The small allocation to cash was also a significant detractor from relative performance.
 

(1)
Russell 2000® Index is either a registered trademark or trade name of Russell Investment Group in the U.S. and/or other countries. Indexes are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly.
(2)
Russell 2500™ Index is either a registered trademark or tradename of Russell Investment Group in the U.S. and/or other countries. Indexes are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly.

 
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Stocks surged in the first three quarters of the Funds’ fiscal year.  Low quality stocks continued to lead higher quality stocks.  Based on a review of our internal pricing equation, we estimate that quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve drove the required return down from 8% to a low of 4%, while government subsidies to consumers in the housing and automotive sectors pulled demand forward and stopped the decline in economic return and reinvestment.  The Federal Reserve’s injection of approximately $1.5 trillion of liquidity into the U.S. financial system resulted in an 89% increase in the Russell 2000 Index of small stocks from the March 9, 2009 lows to March 30, 2010.
 
In the fourth quarter of the Funds’ fiscal year, the Russell 2000 Index fell 9.92% when the Fed wound down its quantitative easing and discount rates increased.  Yet, this quarterly decline does not tell the more dramatic story of the 16.78% decline from the April 23rd intra-quarter peak in the index.  IronBridge has long suspected that volatility might increase as markets struggle to determine the ultimate outcome of the massive sovereign debts that governments had been accumulating.  Sovereign debt has increased due to entitlements as well as the absorption of toxic debt from the 2008 debt crisis, followed by the accompanying increase in government spending required to replace reserves in an insolvent global banking system and to offset the precipitous decline in private investment.
 
We are disappointed to underperform our benchmarks.  We believe our “quality” bias is the main reason for the underperformance as low quality stocks outperformed high quality stocks by approximately 21.67% in the Russell 2000 Index during the fiscal year.  Companies with leverage (defined as Total Debt as a percentage of Total Capital) in the highest quintile returned 37.05% for the fiscal year versus 15.38% for companies with leverage in the lowest quintile of the Russell 2000 Index.
 
Over shorter time periods, there are several reasons why high quality stocks may not outperform.  They might not outperform during periods of artificial stimulants, when government props up the economy in various ways which transfer wealth from taxpayers to targeted industry and company recipients.  Additionally, high quality stocks might not outperform in periods when the investor’s discount rate is the primary driver of value, such as during periods of excess liquidity or periods when rapidly-falling credit spreads reduce the refinance risk of overleveraged companies.  Additionally, they may not outperform during the early stage of an economic recovery as firms with high operating leverage improve economic returns and growth relatively faster than those less dependent on mean reverting cyclical factors.
 
One may very well pose the question, “When do high quality companies outperform if they underperform in so many environments?”  The answer is always the same.  They outperform over the long term, because eventually companies with only operating leverage, but without a long-term wealth creation advantage, “roll over” and investors “give back” excess gains.  Investing this way requires a fine-tuned sense of timing by the manager, which is very difficult to repeat. Eventually, overleveraged companies must either pay down debt or roll it over.  Then they are confronted by the fact that the only way to pay down debt is through appropriate capital allocation decisions.  If managements of highly leveraged low quality companies fail to appropriately allocate capital, they will be at the mercy of the credit markets to continually roll over very risky debt.  One day, in a hostile credit environment, they might try to roll the debt and go bust, losing 100% of their equity.  Examples of low quality stocks that significantly outperformed for a finite period of time include: Countrywide Financial, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Enron, and WorldCom.  The list does not stop there, especially in our small cap universe.  One might argue that a highly skilled trader might be able to buy and sell low quality stocks and make money for their clients and we cannot argue as that is certainly possible, briefly and at high, imminent risk.  However, such strategies require a short-term mindset, and are more akin to the speculator as opposed to an investor tuned to the broader benefits of legitimate long-term wealth creation.
 
Portfolio Outlook
 
We continue to anticipate market volatility as investors try to understand the potential consequences of such huge government deficits and investors vacillate among the potential outcomes of inflation, deflation, and pro wealth creation.
 
We suspect that low quality leadership has run its course.  This is based on several observations. First, the end of quantitative easing means discount rates should start to find their natural level.  Note: the investor’s discount rate in our pricing model has risen from 4.6% (mid April 2010) to 5.5% (end of June 2010).
 
Second, the dismal scorecard of the Stimulus Act (last year’s American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) suggests American voters have no appetite for additional government giveaways in the name of job creation.  Giveaways drive deficits higher without creating real, sustainable, job growth.  The November elections will be an important milestone that will test this thesis.  Further, the staggering government deficits will likely limit any

 
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sort of additional major artificial stimulant going forward.  Therefore, it will be up to true market forces associated with the self-correcting mechanisms of capitalism to heal the economy and set the stage for economic growth and the associated wealth creation that will drive markets higher over the longer term.  These forces take time.  Market forces reward skilled allocators of capital, while punishing the poor ones, who only exist and survive because of artificial stimulants via special interests tied to government handouts.  It is unlikely that lower quality companies can continue to significantly lead for much longer.
 
Underneath this volatile macro environment, high quality companies continue to allocate capital in ways that either drive innovation and/or increase productivity thus increasing wealth creation.  Our strategy is to continue to use this volatility to our advantage to invest in companies that are likely to create long-term, shareholder value and to position the portfolio for outperformance across longer term time horizons.
 
Thank you for your continued support.
 
Christopher C. Faber
Jeffrey B. Madden
IronBridge Capital Management, L.P.
IronBridge Capital Management, L.P.

 
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 

Growth of a $100,000 Investment (Unaudited)



* 8/30/02 commencement of operations.
 
         
 
Portfolio Total Return**
     
 
FOR PERIODS ENDED 6/30/10
FUND
INDEX
 
         
 
SIX MONTHS
(2.56)%
(1.95)%
 
         
 
ONE YEAR
16.72%
21.48%
 
         
 
FIVE YEAR
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
 2.50%
  0.37%
 
         
 
SINCE COMMENCEMENT
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
 9.17%
  7.22%
 
         

This chart assumes an initial gross investment of $100,000 made on 8/30/02 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include the reinvestment of all distributions. Past performance is not predictive of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost.  To receive current to the most recent month-end performance, please call 1-888-825-2100.
 
The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index.  The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.  The Index does not reflect investment management fees, brokerage commissions and other expenses associated with investing in equity securities.  A direct investment in the index is not possible.
 
** 
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 98.0%
     
           
   
Aerospace & Defense  3.6%
     
  82,810  
Esterline Technologies Corp.  (a)
  $ 3,929,334  
  117,543  
Moog, Inc. - Class A  (a)
    3,788,411  
  127,670  
Orbital Sciences Corp.  (a)
    2,013,356  
  58,711  
Triumph Group, Inc.
    3,911,914  
            13,643,015  
     
Apparel Retail  1.0%
       
  110,419  
The Buckle, Inc.
    3,579,784  
               
     
Biotechnology  3.6%
       
  111,989  
Cepheid, Inc. (a)
    1,794,064  
  354,861  
Exelixis, Inc. (a)
    1,231,368  
  167,182  
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
    1,599,932  
  183,192  
Luminex Corp. (a)
    2,971,374  
  117,612  
Martek Biosciences Corp. (a)
    2,788,580  
  107,476  
Metabolix, Inc. (a)
    1,537,982  
  44,050  
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)
    658,547  
  43,045  
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
    929,342  
            13,511,189  
     
Building Products  1.2%
       
  224,568  
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
    2,432,072  
  74,881  
Universal Forest Products, Inc.
    2,269,643  
            4,701,715  
     
Capital Markets  3.0%
       
  163,654  
Jefferies Group, Inc.
    3,449,826  
  211,212  
Knight Capital Group,
       
     
  Inc. - Class A (a)
    2,912,613  
  64,602  
Stifel Financial Corp. (a)
    2,803,081  
  87,379  
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.
    1,911,853  
            11,077,373  
     
Chemicals  4.6%
       
  64,447  
Arch Chemicals, Inc.
    1,981,101  
  89,819  
Cabot Corp.
    2,165,536  
  72,076  
FMC Corp.
    4,139,325  
  53,519  
Lubrizol Corp.
    4,298,111  
  142,637  
Methanex Corp.  (b)
    2,808,522  
  39,152  
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
    1,861,286  
            17,253,881  
     
Commercial Banks  5.6%
       
  134,972  
Columbia Banking System, Inc.
    2,464,588  
  110,277  
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
    5,668,238  
  243,910  
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
    2,965,946  
  71,130  
IBERIABANK Corp.
    3,661,772  
  472,955  
National Penn Bancshares, Inc.
    2,842,460  
  210,656  
TCF Financial Corp.
    3,498,996  
            21,102,000  
     
Commercial Services & Supplies  3.1%
       
  39,910  
American Public Education, Inc. (a)
    1,744,067  
  51,022  
Blackboard, Inc. (a)
    1,904,651  
  330,790  
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (a)
    1,329,776  
  49,719  
PICO Holdings, Inc. (a)
    1,490,078  
  14,135  
Strayer Education, Inc.
    2,938,525  
  106,287  
Tetra Tech, Inc. (a)
    2,084,288  
            11,491,385  
     
Communications Equipment  2.1%
       
  72,241  
Polycom, Inc. (a)
    2,152,059  
  85,099  
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)
    2,350,434  
  260,249  
Tekelec (a)
    3,445,697  
            7,948,190  
     
Computers & Peripherals  1.1%
       
  153,151  
Synaptics, Inc. (a)
    4,211,653  
               
     
Construction & Engineering  1.3%
       
  100,722  
Insituform Technologies, Inc. (a)
    2,062,787  
  299,875  
MasTec, Inc. (a)
    2,818,825  
            4,881,612  
     
Consumer Discretionary  0.9%
       
  24,077  
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)
    3,439,881  
               
     
Consumer Electronics  0.5%
       
  108,856  
Universal Electronics, Inc. (a)
    1,810,275  

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2010

Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 98.0% (continued)
     
   
Distributors  0.3%
     
  152,150  
Wausau Paper Corp. (a)
  $ 1,030,056  
               
     
Diversified Financial Services  0.5%
       
  68,659  
GATX Corp.
    1,831,822  
               
     
Electric Utilities  2.1%
       
  209,157  
Black Hills Corp.
    5,954,700  
  39,608  
ITC Holdings Corp.
    2,095,659  
            8,050,359  
     
Electrical Equipment  1.6%
       
  49,208  
American Superconductor Corp. (a)
    1,313,362  
  133,383  
Thomas & Betts Corp. (a)
    4,628,390  
            5,941,752  
     
Electronic Equipment
       
     
  & Instruments  5.1%
       
  28,730  
Dionex Corp. (a)
    2,139,236  
  74,956  
FLIR Systems, Inc. (a)
    2,180,470  
  29,862  
Itron, Inc. (a)
    1,846,069  
  190,791  
National Instruments Corp.
    6,063,338  
  85,477  
Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. (a)
    1,779,631  
  111,800  
ScanSource, Inc. (a)
    2,787,174  
  80,616  
Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)
    2,257,248  
            19,053,166  
     
Energy Equipment & Services  2.2%
       
  86,352  
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (a)
    2,203,703  
  125,210  
Superior Energy Services, Inc. (a)
    2,337,671  
  94,604  
Unit Corp. (a)
    3,839,976  
            8,381,350  
     
Food Products  2.4%
       
  101,530  
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (a)
    3,757,625  
  147,610  
Corn Products International, Inc.
    4,472,583  
  66,680  
Imperial Sugar Co.
    673,468  
            8,903,676  
     
Gas Utilities  3.4%
       
  106,483  
AGL Resources, Inc.
    3,814,221  
  183,161  
Southern Union Co.
    4,003,900  
  194,102  
UGI Corp.
    4,937,955  
            12,756,076  
     
General Merchandise  0.9%
       
  294,566  
Fred’s, Inc. - Class A
    3,257,900  
               
     
Health Care Equipment & Supplies  3.3%
       
  67,845  
Gen-Probe, Inc. (a)
    3,081,520  
  38,227  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)
    2,328,024  
  97,796  
Illumina, Inc. (a)
    4,257,060  
  99,817  
ZOLL Medical Corp. (a)
    2,705,041  
            12,371,645  
     
Health Care Providers & Services  4.8%
       
  47,025  
Cerner Corp. (a)
    3,568,727  
  89,050  
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (a)
    2,796,170  
  49,100  
MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. (a)
    2,467,766  
  252,613  
Owens & Minor, Inc.
    7,169,157  
  56,600  
Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)
    1,971,944  
            17,973,764  
     
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure  0.8%
       
  76,493  
WMS Industries, Inc. (a)
    3,002,350  
               
     
Household Durables  3.8%
       
  164,708  
AptarGroup, Inc.
    6,229,257  
  231,812  
KB Home
    2,549,932  
  46,410  
Snap-On, Inc.
    1,898,633  
  93,050  
Tupperware Brands Corp.
    3,708,042  
            14,385,864  
     
Industrial Conglomerates  2.3%
       
  29,402  
Alleghany Corp. (a)
    8,623,607  
               
     
Insurance  3.0%
       
  147,637  
American Financial Group, Inc.
    4,033,443  
  118,578  
Argo Group International
       
     
  Holdings Ltd. (b)
    3,627,301  
  319,860  
MBIA, Inc. (a)
    1,794,415  

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 98.0% (continued)
     
           
   
Insurance  3.0% (continued)
     
  191,771  
Stewart Information Services Corp.
  $ 1,729,774  
            11,184,933  
     
Internet & Catalog Retail  0.7%
       
  22,505  
Netflix, Inc. (a)
    2,445,168  
               
     
Leisure Equipment & Products  0.4%
       
  249,085  
Callaway Golf Co.
    1,504,473  
               
     
Life Sciences Tools & Services  1.0%
       
  302,823  
Bruker Corp. (a)
    3,682,328  
               
     
Machinery  3.3%
       
  111,726  
Astec Industries, Inc. (a)
    3,098,162  
  66,523  
IDEX Corp.
    1,900,562  
  58,963  
Kaydon Corp.
    1,937,524  
  39,400  
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
    2,009,006  
  45,088  
Valmont Industries, Inc.
    3,276,094  
            12,221,348  
     
Marine  1.3%
       
  164,440  
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
    4,897,023  
               
     
Metals & Mining  2.0%
       
  97,869  
Carpenter Technology Corp.
    3,213,039  
  296,941  
GrafTech International Ltd. (a)
    4,341,277  
            7,554,316  
     
Multiline Retail  1.3%
       
  152,431  
Big Lots, Inc. (a)
    4,891,511  
               
     
Multi-Utilities &
       
     
  Unregulated Power  1.0%
       
  200,196  
Avista Corp.
    3,909,828  
               
     
Nondepository Credit
       
     
  Intermediation  0.5%
       
  165,524  
Fifth Street Finance Corp.
    1,825,730  
     
Oil & Gas  1.7%
       
  158,362  
Swift Energy Co. (a)
    4,261,521  
  183,268  
Tesco Corp. (a)
    2,250,531  
            6,512,052  
     
Real Estate  5.6%
       
  52,370  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
    3,318,687  
  159,265  
Corporate Office Properties Trust
    6,013,846  
  116,305  
Mid-America Apartment
       
     
  Communities, Inc.
    5,986,218  
  86,883  
Potlatch Corp.
    3,104,330  
  182,720  
Redwood Trust, Inc.
    2,675,021  
            21,098,102  
     
Semiconductor & Semiconductor
       
     
  Equipment  4.1%
       
  402,288  
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a)
    4,038,972  
  162,799  
Semtech Corp. (a)
    2,665,020  
  225,770  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a)
    3,790,678  
  132,737  
Standard Microsystems Corp. (a)
    3,090,117  
  59,365  
Varian Semiconductor
       
     
  Equipment Associates, Inc. (a)
    1,701,401  
            15,286,188  
     
Semiconductor & Other Electronic
       
     
  Component Manufacturing  0.7%
       
  302,329  
Celestica, Inc. (a)
    2,436,772  
               
     
Software  2.8%
       
  99,871  
Informatica Corp. (a)
    2,384,919  
  112,331  
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
    2,682,464  
  167,755  
Parametric Technology Corp. (a)
    2,628,721  
  94,397  
Progress Software Corp. (a)
    2,834,742  
            10,530,846  
     
Specialty Stores  1.9%
       
  115,269  
Tractor Supply Co.
    7,027,951  
               
     
Telephone Communications  0.3%
       
  283,481  
TeleCommunication
       
     
  Systems, Inc. (a)
    1,173,612  

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2010

Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 98.0% (continued)
     
           
   
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods  0.6%
     
  81,642  
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
  $ 2,059,011  
               
     
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance  0.7%
       
  231,304  
Provident Financial Services, Inc.
    2,703,944  
     
Total Common Stocks
       
     
  (Cost $349,780,502)
    367,160,476  
         
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 0.5%
       
  31,179  
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
    1,904,413  
     
Total Exchange Traded Funds
       
     
  (Cost $1,417,772)
    1,904,413  
               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.6%
       
               
     
Commercial Paper 1.6%
       
$ 6,094,000  
U.S. Bank, N.A.,
       
     
  0.000%, 07/01/2010
    6,094,000  
     
Total Short-Term Investments
       
     
  (Cost $6,094,000)
    6,094,000  
               
     
Total Investments 100.1%
       
     
  (Cost $357,292,274)
    375,158,889  
               
     
Liabilities in Excess
       
     
  of Other Assets (0.1)%
    (546,673 )
               
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $ 374,612,216  

(a)
Non-Income Producing.
(b)
U.S. Dollar denominated security of foreign issuer.

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
At June 30, 2010, the allocation of portfolio holdings as a percentage of the Fund’s total net assets were:
 
Common Stocks
    98.0 %
Exchange Traded Funds
    0.5  
Short-Term Investments
    1.6  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
       (0.1 )  
     
100.0
 
%
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2010
 
Assets:
     
Investments at value (cost $357,292,274)
  $ 375,158,889  
Cash
    20,094  
Interest receivable
    320,147  
Receivable for Fund shares sold
    126,806  
Total assets
    375,625,936  
         
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
    470,716  
Payable for Fund shares purchased
    150,957  
Accrued investment advisory fee
    322,512  
Accrued expenses
    69,535  
Total liabilities
    1,013,720  
Net Assets
  $ 374,612,216  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid in capital
  $ 389,102,347  
Undistributed net investment income
    515,859  
Accumulated net realized loss
    (32,872,605 )
Unrealized appreciation on investments
    17,866,615  
Net Assets
  $ 374,612,216  
         
Capital Stock, $0.01 Par Value
       
Authorized
    50,000,000  
Issued and outstanding
    27,274,817  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 13.73  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:
     
Dividend income(1)
  $ 4,575,154  
Interest income
    169,578  
Total Investment Income
    4,744,732  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)
    3,763,829  
Fund administration and accounting fees
    94,888  
Audit fees
    34,263  
Legal fees
    31,757  
Shareholder servicing fees
    28,505  
Custody fees
    27,447  
Federal and state registration fees
    26,192  
Reports to shareholders
    18,622  
Directors’ fees and related expenses
    9,271  
Compliance related expenses
    462  
Other
    17,827  
Total expenses
    4,053,063  
Net Investment Income
    691,669  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments:
       
Net realized gain on:
       
Investments
    17,903,367  
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    32,545,807  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    50,449,174  
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 51,140,843  

(1)
Net of $14,743 in foreign withholding taxes.

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   
For the Year
   
For the Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2009
 
Operations:
           
Net investment income
  $ 691,669     $ 1,213,981  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
    17,903,367       (50,963,550 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments
    32,545,807       (50,588,011 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    51,140,843       (100,337,580 )
                 
Distributions Paid From:
               
Net investment income
    (1,187,053 )     (189,366 )
Net realized gain
          (16,024,635 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (1,187,053 )     (16,214,001 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Shares sold
    76,401,484       54,279,666  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    1,116,870       15,455,049  
Shares redeemed
    (49,304,620 )     (56,770,624 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    28,213,734       12,964,091  
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    78,167,524       (103,587,490 )
                 
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Period
    296,444,692       400,032,182  
End of Period (includes undistributed net investment
               
  income of $515,859 and $1,187,053 respectively)
  $ 374,612,216     $ 296,444,692  
                 
Transactions in Shares:
               
Shares sold
    5,508,155       4,728,426  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    80,991       1,412,710  
Shares redeemed
    (3,426,203 )     (4,512,723 )
Net increase in shares outstanding
    2,162,943       1,628,413  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010(1)
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 11.80     $ 17.03     $ 20.35     $ 18.25     $ 16.14  
                                         
Income (Loss) from
                                       
  Investment Operations:
                                       
Net investment income
    0.04 (2)     0.05       0.02             0.03  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    1.93       (4.53 )     (1.16 )     3.82       2.25  
Total Income (Loss) from Investment Operations
    1.97       (4.48 )     (1.14 )     3.82       2.28  
                                         
Less Distributions:
                                       
From net investment income
    (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )      
From net realized gain on investments
          (0.74 )     (2.17 )     (1.70 )     (0.17 )
Total Distributions
    (0.04 )     (0.75 )     (2.18 )     (1.72 )     (0.17 )
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 13.73     $ 11.80     $ 17.03     $ 20.35     $ 18.25  
                                         
Total Return
    16.72 %     (26.00 )%     (6.07 )%     22.11 %     14.20 %
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 374,612     $ 296,445     $ 400,032     $ 432,403     $ 404,219  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    1.08 %     1.09 %     1.07 %     1.07 %     1.08 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    1.08 %     1.09 %     1.08 %     1.10 %     1.10 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.27 %     0.40 %     0.10 %     (0.01 )%     0.17 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.27 %     0.40 %     0.09 %     (0.08 )%     0.15 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    44 %     39 %     53 %     34 %     60 %

(1)
Effective March 1, 2010, IronBridge Capital Management, L.P. became investment adviser to the Fund.
(2)
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.

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

 
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 

Growth of a $100,000 Investment (Unaudited)



* 12/31/04 commencement of operations.
 
         
 
Portfolio Total Return**
     
 
FOR PERIODS ENDED 6/30/10
FUND
INDEX
 
         
 
SIX MONTHS
(1.96)%
(1.69)%
 
         
 
ONE YEAR
15.88%
24.03%
 
         
 
FIVE YEAR
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
  1.55%
  0.98%
 
         
 
SINCE COMMENCEMENT
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
  1.41%
  1.12%
 
         

This chart assumes an initial gross investment of $100,000 made on 12/31/04 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include the reinvestment of all distributions. Past performance is not predictive of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. In the absence of existing fee waivers, total return would be reduced.  To receive current to the most recent month-end performance, please call 1-888-825-2100.
 
The Russell 2500 Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index.  The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.  The Index does not reflect investment management fees, brokerage commissions and other expenses associated with investing in equity securities.  A direct investment in the index is not possible.
 
** 
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 98.5%
     
   
Aerospace & Defense  3.0%
     
  103,382  
Esterline Technologies Corp. (a)
  $ 4,905,476  
  131,756  
Parker Hannifin Corp.
    7,307,188  
  92,198  
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)
    3,556,999  
            15,769,663  
     
Apparel Retail  0.9%
       
  150,602  
The Buckle, Inc.
    4,882,517  
               
     
Auto Components  0.7%
       
  191,052  
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
    3,725,514  
               
     
Biotechnology  3.7%
       
  92,295  
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
    4,724,581  
  199,873  
Cepheid, Inc. (a)
    3,201,965  
  185,344  
Luminex Corp. (a)
    3,006,280  
  71,368  
United Therapeutics Corp. (a)
    3,483,472  
  113,058  
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
    4,586,763  
            19,003,061  
     
Capital Markets  2.5%
       
  70,502  
Greenhill & Co., Inc.
    4,309,787  
  222,791  
Jefferies Group, Inc.
    4,696,434  
  169,285  
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.
    3,703,956  
            12,710,177  
     
Chemicals  6.4%
       
  131,354  
Albemarle Corp.
    5,216,067  
  198,716  
Cabot Corp.
    4,791,043  
  191,226  
Calgon Carbon Corp. (a)
    2,531,832  
  138,285  
FMC Corp.
    7,941,708  
  105,944  
Lubrizol Corp.
    8,508,363  
  206,815  
Methanex Corp. (b)
    4,072,187  
            33,061,200  
     
Commercial Banks  4.3%
       
  159,291  
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
    8,187,557  
  300,999  
Fifth Third Bancorp
    3,699,278  
  809,035  
Keycorp
    6,221,479  
  184,443  
Whitney Holding Corp.
    1,706,098  
  117,285  
Zions Bancorporation
    2,529,838  
            22,344,250  
     
Communications Equipment  2.3%
       
  71,860  
F5 Networks, Inc. (a)
    4,927,440  
  211,038  
Tekelec (a)
    2,794,143  
  660,491  
Tellabs, Inc.
    4,220,538  
            11,942,121  
     
Construction & Engineering  3.7%
       
  624,366  
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (a)
    4,177,009  
  193,256  
McDermott International, Inc. (a)
    4,185,925  
  301,675  
Quanta Services, Inc. (a)
    6,229,589  
  112,340  
URS Corp.(a)
    4,420,579  
            19,013,102  
     
Containers & Packaging  1.5%
       
  64,547  
Greif, Inc. - Class A
    3,584,940  
  82,053  
Rock-Tenn Co.
    4,075,573  
            7,660,513  
     
Diversified Consumer Services  1.0%
       
  101,332  
DeVry, Inc.
    5,318,917  
               
     
Diversified Financial Services  0.9%
       
  175,085  
GATX Corp.
    4,671,268  
               
     
Electric Utilities  1.4%
       
  136,119  
ITC Holdings Corp.
    7,202,056  
               
     
Electrical Equipment  2.3%
       
  63,985  
American Superconductor Corp. (a)
    1,707,760  
  115,947  
AMETEK, Inc.
    4,655,272  
  97,512  
Roper Industries, Inc.
    5,456,771  
            11,819,803  
     
Electronic Equipment
       
     
  & Instruments  3.2%
       
  139,088  
Amphenol Corp. - Class A
    5,463,377  

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 98.5% (continued)
     
           
   
Electronic Equipment
     
   
  & Instruments  3.2% (continued)
     
  298,770  
Avnet, Inc. (a)
  $ 7,203,344  
  139,211  
Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)
    3,897,908  
            16,564,629  
     
Energy Equipment & Services  1.6%
       
  119,199  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
    4,353,148  
  174,169  
Pride International, Inc. (a)
    3,890,935  
            8,244,083  
     
Food Products  4.7%
       
  187,928  
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (a)
    6,955,215  
  202,227  
Corn Products International, Inc.
    6,127,478  
  291,144  
McCormick & Co., Inc.
    11,051,826  
            24,134,519  
     
Gas Utilities  3.5%
       
  174,753  
New Jersey Resources Corp.
    6,151,306  
  481,455  
UGI Corp.
    12,248,215  
            18,399,521  
     
Health Care Equipment & Supplies  3.4%
       
  51,721  
C.R. Bard, Inc.
    4,009,929  
  206,518  
Illumina, Inc. (a)
    8,989,728  
  231,725  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    4,789,756  
            17,789,413  
     
Health Care Providers & Services  3.6%
       
  63,442  
Cerner Corp. (a)
    4,814,613  
  277,449  
Owens & Minor, Inc.
    7,874,003  
  155,443  
Universal Healthcare Services, Inc.
    5,930,150  
            18,618,766  
     
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure  1.2%
       
  64,421  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
    2,502,756  
  94,660  
WMS Industries, Inc. (a)
    3,715,405  
            6,218,161  
     
Household Durables  1.6%
       
  5,252  
NVR, Inc. (a)
    3,440,217  
  126,681  
Tupperware Brands Corp.
    5,048,238  
            8,488,455  
     
Industrial Conglomerates  1.3%
       
  22,183  
Alleghany Corp. (a)
    6,506,274  
               
     
Insurance  4.4%
       
  213,057  
American Financial Group, Inc.
    5,820,717  
  201,032  
Genworth Financial, Inc. (a)
    2,627,488  
  451,670  
MBIA, Inc. (a)
    2,533,869  
  19,882  
Markel Corp. (a)
    6,759,880  
  101,824  
RLI Corp.
    5,346,779  
            23,088,733  
     
Internet & Catalog Retail  1.5%
       
  42,528  
Netflix, Inc. (a)
    4,620,667  
  19,118  
priceline.com, Inc. (a)
    3,375,092  
            7,995,759  
     
Internet Software & Services  1.2%
       
  149,281  
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)
    6,056,330  
               
     
Leisure Equipment & Products  1.7%
       
  210,473  
Hasbro, Inc.
    8,650,440  
               
     
Life Science Tools & Services  1.0%
       
  110,700  
Life Technologies Corp. (a)
    5,230,575  
               
     
Machinery  2.2%
       
  88,342  
Bucyrus International, Inc.
    4,191,828  
  172,277  
Dover Corp.
    7,199,456  
            11,391,284  
     
Marine  1.4%
       
  244,641  
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
    7,285,409  
               
     
Metals & Mining  2.0%
       
  137,216  
Arch Coal, Inc.
    2,718,249  
  278,520  
GrafTech International Ltd. (a)
    4,071,962  

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 98.5% (continued)
     
           
   
Metals & Mining  2.0% (continued)
     
  104,145  
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
  $ 3,764,842  
            10,555,053  
     
Multiline Retail  1.5%
       
  244,266  
Big Lots, Inc. (a)
    7,838,496  
               
     
Multi-Utilities &
       
     
  Unregulated Power  1.4%
       
  167,996  
Energen Corp.
    7,447,263  
               
     
Oil & Gas  2.4%
       
  109,635  
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
    3,433,768  
  201,089  
Questar Corp.
    9,147,539  
            12,581,307  
     
Paper & Forest Products  1.1%
       
  126,192  
Rayonier, Inc.
    5,554,972  
               
     
Real Estate  4.9%
       
  229,663  
Corporate Office Properties Trust
    8,672,075  
  129,734  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
    7,483,057  
  114,111  
Mid-America Apartment
       
     
  Communities, Inc.
    5,873,293  
  140,167  
The St. Joe Co. (a)
    3,246,268  
            25,274,693  
     
Semiconductor &
       
     
  Semiconductor Equipment  3.9%
       
  167,266  
Altera Corp.
    4,149,870  
  119,394  
Atheros Communications, Inc. (a)
    3,288,111  
  660,155  
Atmel Corp. (a)
    3,168,744  
  545,823  
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a)
    5,480,063  
  152,011  
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (a)
    4,134,699  
            20,221,487  
     
Software  2.9%
       
  94,083  
Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)
    3,973,125  
  152,982  
Informatica Corp. (a)
    3,653,210  
  108,309  
McAfee, Inc. (a)
    3,327,253  
  130,000  
Progress Software Corp. (a)
    3,903,900  
            14,857,488  
     
Specialty Retail  1.7%
       
  182,176  
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)
    8,664,290  
               
     
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods  1.2%
       
  88,174  
VF Corp.
    6,276,225  
               
     
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance  2.4%
       
  508,055  
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
    6,218,593  
  473,211  
People’s United Financial, Inc.
    6,388,348  
            12,606,941  
     
Trading Companies & Distributors  1.0%
       
  52,929  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    5,263,789  
     
Total Common Stocks
       
     
  (Cost $486,603,327)
    510,928,517  
               
Principal Amount
       
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.8%
       
     
Commercial Paper 0.8%
       
$ 3,991,000  
U.S. Bank, N.A., 0.000%, 07/01/2010
    3,991,000  
     
Total Short-Term Investments
       
     
  (Cost $3,991,000)
    3,991,000  
               
     
Total Investments 99.3%
       
     
  (Cost $490,594,327)
    514,919,517  
               
     
Other Assets in Excess
       
     
  of Liabilities 0.7%
    3,456,682  
               
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $ 518,376,199  

(a)
Non-Income Producing.
(b)
U.S. Dollar denominated security of foreign issuer.

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
At June 30, 2010, the allocation of portfolio holdings as a percentage of the Fund’s total net assets were:
 
Common Stocks
    98.5 %
Short-Term Investments
    0.8  
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities
        0.7     
     
100.0
 
%
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2010
 
Assets:
     
Investments at value (cost $490,594,327)
  $ 514,919,517  
Cash
    28,094  
Interest receivable
    441,926  
Receivable for Fund shares sold
    514,570  
Receivable for investments sold
    3,037,027  
Total assets
    518,941,134  
         
Liabilities:
       
Payable for Fund shares purchased
    95,051  
Accrued investment advisory fee
    383,982  
Accrued expenses
    85,902  
Total liabilities
    564,935  
Net Assets
  $ 518,376,199  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid in capital
  $ 540,527,174  
Undistributed net investment income
    1,449,567  
Accumulated net realized loss
    (47,925,732 )
Unrealized appreciation on investments
    24,325,190  
Net Assets
  $ 518,376,199  
         
Capital Stock, $0.01 Par Value
       
Authorized
    100,000,000  
Issued and outstanding
    54,439,247  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 9.52  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:
     
Dividend income(1)
  $ 5,596,013  
Interest income
    23,695  
Total Investment Income
    5,619,708  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)
    3,778,426  
Fund administration and accounting fees
    109,564  
Custody fees
    45,661  
Audit fees
    34,634  
Shareholder servicing fees
    30,842  
Legal fees
    29,625  
Federal and state registration fees
    29,487  
Reports to shareholders
    23,031  
Directors’ fees and related expenses
    9,508  
Compliance related expenses
    491  
Other
    21,851  
Total expenses before recapture
    4,113,120  
Expenses recaptured by Adviser (Note 3)
    64,646  
Net expenses
    4,177,766  
Net Investment Income
    1,441,942  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments:
       
Net realized gain on:
       
Investments
    836,101  
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    41,778,510  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    42,614,611  
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 44,056,553  

(1)
Net of $17,149 in foreign withholding taxes.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   
For the Year
   
For the Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2009
 
Operations:
           
Net investment income
  $ 1,441,942     $ 1,331,924  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
    836,101       (48,731,590 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments
    41,778,510       (21,178,183 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    44,056,553       (68,577,849 )
                 
Distributions Paid From:
               
Net investment income
    (1,315,023 )     (259,686 )
Net realized gain
          (2,364,348 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (1,315,023 )     (2,624,034 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Shares sold
    242,121,127       179,601,797  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    1,153,134       2,451,437  
Shares redeemed
    (75,612,671 )     (36,257,970 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    167,661,590       145,795,264  
Total Increase in Net Assets
    210,403,120       74,593,381  
                 
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Period
    307,973,079       233,379,698  
End of Period (includes undistributed net investment
               
  income of $1,449,567 and $1,315,023 respectively)
  $ 518,376,199     $ 307,973,079  
                 
Transactions in Shares:
               
Shares sold
    24,708,177       20,791,374  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    120,874       328,171  
Shares redeemed
    (7,784,307 )     (4,509,587 )
Net increase in shares outstanding
    17,044,744       16,609,958  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010(1)
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 8.24     $ 11.23     $ 13.36     $ 11.07     $ 10.00  
                                         
Income (Loss) from
                                       
  Investment Operations:
                                       
Net investment income
    0.03 (2)     0.03       0.02       0.01       0.06 (2)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    1.28       (2.93 )     (0.98 )     2.43       1.04  
Total Income (Loss) from Investment Operations
    1.31       (2.90 )     (0.96 )     2.44       1.10  
                                         
Less Distributions:
                                       
From net investment income
    (0.03 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (3)     (0.03 )
From net realized gain on investments
          (0.08 )     (1.15 )     (0.15 )      
Total Distributions
    (0.03 )     (0.09 )     (1.17 )     (0.15 )     (0.03 )
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 9.52     $ 8.24     $ 11.23     $ 13.36     $ 11.07  
                                         
Total Return
    15.88 %     (25.78 )%     (7.48 )%     22.25 %     11.02 %
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 518,376     $ 307,973     $ 233,380     $ 193,424     $ 133,058  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.93 %     0.96 %     0.96 %     0.98 %     1.08 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.94 %     0.95 %     0.95 %     0.95 %     0.95 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.43 %     0.54 %     0.19 %     0.08 %     0.15 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.42 %     0.55 %     0.20 %     0.10 %     0.28 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    45 %     46 %     71 %     71 %     91 %

(1)
Effective March 1, 2010, IronBridge Capital Management, L.P. became investment adviser to the Fund.
(2)
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.
(3)
Less than one cent per share.

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

 
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FRONTEGRA
IRONBRIDGE GLOBAL
FOCUS FUND
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

 

REPORT FROM IRONBRIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
 
Dear Shareholders:
 
The Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund strives to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies traded in developed markets throughout the world, including the United States.
 
Performance Review
 
Since inception on September 18, 2009, the Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund returned -8.60%, net of fees, versus the MSCI World Index Net return of -7.10%.
 
The stock selection within Financials, Industrials, Energy, Consumer Staples and Telecommunications was a positive contributor to the relative return profile, while selection amongst the Health Care, Utilities, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology and Materials detracted from the Fund’s relative performance.
 
The strong recovery from the lows of March 2009 came to a halt in the fourth quarter of the Fund’s fiscal year.  Absent further stimulus packages, equity markets responded with a sharp decline in response either to concerns over sovereign debt levels or to signs of slowdown in early cycle parts of the global economy.
 
Corporate results released during the fourth quarter of the Fund’s fiscal year were characterized by margins holding up or improving, but sales growth was generally disappointing.  The revisions ratio which had peaked in October 2009 at over 2.1x and had stabilized at 1.3x in the first three month of 2010, is now running at just over 1x according to the latest data from Merrill Lynch.
 
The short-term consequence of money printing, fiscal stimuli and intervention was the “Reflation” of risk assets in general from the Fund’s inception through March 2010.  Authorities managed to force discount rates down and all risky assets rose, especially those of the most highly levered companies.  Beginning around October 2009 and continuing through March 2010, the real economy showed very positive signs in response to the various massive fiscal and monetary stimuli.  This was evident in an improvement in a number of lead indicators that subsequently ushered in a period of stability in income and employment.
 
The fourth quarter of the Fund’s year may signal a return of deflationary tendencies, with private sector de-leveraging, many government bond yields hitting new lows and lead indicators decelerating.  While short term fiscal deficits and money printing are prerequisites to help the private sector repair balance sheets, they cannot by themselves raise living standards.  Productivity and innovation raise living standards.  The consequences of all this debt accumulation and deficit funding are likely higher volatility and lower growth.
 
Portfolio Outlook
 
It is all too easy to put too much of the emphasis on short-term predictions for GDP, consumer expenditure, employment or indeed, the scale of future money printing.  Instead, from our perspective, the outlook for economies and markets in general should be viewed as part of a major longer term “re-balancing” phase.  We anticipate that this “re-balancing” phase will be volatile for equity markets, bond markets and currency markets alike, as a large scale tug of war develops between debtors trying to deleverage and the authorities trying to get them to start borrowing and spending again.  The various asset markets currently sit in-between, trying to predict who will win this tug of war.
 
Continued deleveraging could lead to sustained bouts of deflation like that experienced in Japan. That has serious consequences for highly leveraged government and financial sectors.  On the other hand, successful reflation could lead to another round of major asset price bubbles.  Unfortunately, because centrally directed liquidity can never be allocated fairly and equally across the economy as a whole, that could easily result in mis-allocation of capital like we have seen in the past.  The most obvious recent example stemmed from the highly damaging trifecta of poor tax policy, lax lending practices and inappropriate monetary policy which drove house prices in many regions of the world to unsustainable highs and trapped financial capital in a non-productive asset.
 
Reflecting on this current macro environment, the biggest short run challenge for all investors is likely that the consequences of further government and central bank intervention will frame returns from markets for the foreseeable future.

 
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The consensus generated around the G20 summit at the height of the financial crisis ensured all risk assets rose in tandem.  This regime lasted a few short months and quarters but has now been replaced by the longer term re-balancing phase; a phase where all members of the G20 face up to their own specific challenges.  These challenges are in turn driven by wide differences in budget deficits, current accounts, private debt accumulation, savings rates, currency regimes and even straightforward demographics.
 
In Europe, by way of example, the challenge is that when governments try to cut their budget deficits, the critical question is the extent to which the negative impact on aggregate demand can be offset by a reduction in private sector saving and/or an improvement in net exports.  The problem is that the private sector in much of Europe is trying to increase saving rates following the boom of the 2000s that ultimately went bust.  At the same time, the fixed exchange rate regime restricts the ability of many peripheral European countries from improving their external position.  So the Eurozone will face the re-balancing phase with a tough choice between sustaining fiscal transfers from core to peripheral Europe or the unwinding of the currency union.
 
Might there be the potential for other offsets to emerge?  For example, could there be a reduction in private sector savings in the rest of the world to mop up the products and services made more affordable by a weakening Euro currency?  This outcome seems unlikely given the fact that U.K., U.S. and Japanese households are probably going to have to remain prudent themselves.  At the same time, the combined consumer spending power of the developing countries is unlikely to be sufficient to plug a consumption gap that according to the IMF would occur if developed economy governments chose to reduce their deficits to 3% of GDP.  That action alone would withdraw roughly $2.2trn of demand from the global economy.
 
However, before we conclude that the re-balancing phase is doomed to fail, it is possible to turn to evidence from our own framework that points towards a more positive long-term path and a more successful outcome.  A better bet for offsetting fiscal austerity can be found in the financial conditions in the corporate sector.
 
The data from our own framework reveals that the corporate sector aggregate ROIs have troughed at levels higher than in any previous recession.  In addition, corporate sector balance sheets, with the exception of those with significantly underfunded pension funds, have rarely been in better shape. Companies have been in capital preservation mode and are emerging from the liquidity crisis with record levels of cash.
 
Aggregate asset growth charts for the major developed economies illustrate the degree to which investment has lagged economic growth for a number of years.  Investment share of GDP in the developed world is at all time lows and the gap between ROI and asset growth at the corporate level in the U.S. alone, is higher than at any time since the early 1990’s.  Given the challenges posed by the need to upgrade technology, support aging populations and tackle the threats from an over reliance on carbon consumption, it is clear that an investment boom could be both necessary and highly productive.
 
In addition, many parts of the developed world have the exchange rate flexibility to improve net exports via currency depreciation rather than via deflation. This could further accelerate a more productive re-balancing. At the same time, it is possible that it is deemed more politically expedient to re-balance long-term Western living standards via currency debasement than via nominal wage cuts.
 
As we have identified, we anticipate further volatility ahead as this re-balancing phase unfolds.  However, because our economic-based risk controls work, we can put our forward looking focus firmly on picking better stocks.  We can continue to monitor our long-term milestones and search for attractive stock opportunities across the globe, opportunities where managements are undertaking the correct capital allocation decisions, appropriate for their position in the corporate Life Cycle.  We can look for attractive pay-off structures and continue to manage portfolios with Life Cycle diversification and diversification by source of Net Cash Receipts, our primary tools for risk control.
 
Best regards,
 
Stephen Barrow
Matt Halkyard, CFA
   
James Clarke, CFA
Peter Rutter, CFA

 
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 

Growth of a $100,000 Investment (Unaudited)



* 9/18/09 commencement of operations.
 
         
 
Portfolio Total Return**
     
 
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 6/30/10
FUND
INDEX
 
         
 
SINCE INCEPTION
(8.60)%
(7.10)%
 
         

This chart assumes an initial gross investment of $100,000 made on 9/18/09.  Returns shown include the reinvestment of all distributions.  Past performance is not predictive of future results.  Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost.  In the absence of existing fee waivers, total return would be reduced.  To receive current to the most recent month-end performance, please call 1-888-825-2100.
 
The MSCI World Index Net is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. As of June 2007 the MSCI World Index consisted of the following 23 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  The Index does not reflect investment management fees, brokerage commissions and other expenses associated with investing in equity securities.  A direct investment in an index is not possible.
 
** 
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 99.0%
     
   
Australia 1.0%
     
  22,380  
Westpac Banking Corp.
  $ 394,481  
               
     
Canada 9.7%
       
  19,578  
Barrick Gold Corp.
    889,037  
  49,794  
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc.
    1,126,340  
  19,714  
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
    655,097  
  11,141  
Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd. (a)
    391,931  
  13,528  
TD Bank Financial Group
    876,578  
            3,938,983  
     
Finland 1.5%
       
  29,271  
Sampo Oyj
    617,141  
               
     
France 2.8%
       
  6,520  
Compagnie Generale des
       
     
  Etablissements Michelin - Class B
    454,264  
  23,260  
Legrand SA
    689,453  
            1,143,717  
     
Germany 3.4%
       
  15,260  
Bayer AG
    852,752  
  19,199  
E.ON AG
    516,228  
            1,368,980  
     
Hong Kong 1.9%
       
  207,100  
Hang Lung Properties Ltd.
    792,147  
               
     
Ireland 1.9%
       
  38,421  
CRH PLC
    791,594  
               
     
Japan 10.3%
       
  19,820  
Canon, Inc.
    738,681  
  16,460  
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group
    352,299  
  38,700  
Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.
    886,666  
  14,300  
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.
    664,881  
  17,500  
Softbank Corp.
    464,157  
  23,000  
Sony Corp.
    613,479  
  24,500  
Suzuki Motor Corp.
    480,823  
            4,200,986  
     
Netherlands 0.9%
       
  7,673  
Fugro N.V.
    354,474  
               
     
Spain 1.2%
       
  44,950  
Banco Santander SA
    471,355  
               
     
Sweden 1.7%
       
  28,720  
Svenska Handelsbanken AB
    702,603  
               
     
Switzerland 7.4%
       
  7,522  
Lonza Group AG
    500,810  
  37,086  
Nestle SA
    1,788,244  
  5,259  
Roche Holding AG
    723,858  
            3,012,912  
     
United Kingdom 5.9%
       
  37,811  
BHP Billiton PLC
    980,383  
  22,099  
Standard Chartered PLC
    538,119  
  159,443  
Tesco PLC
    899,483  
            2,417,985  
     
United States 49.4%
       
  4,010  
Apple, Inc. (a)
    1,008,635  
  11,761  
Avnet, Inc. (a)
    283,558  
  12,910  
BB&T Corp.
    339,662  
  3,089  
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    186,236  
  23,804  
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    1,609,626  
  12,260  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)
    976,999  
  21,790  
Best Buy Co., Inc.
    737,809  
  19,720  
Costco Wholesale Corp.
    1,081,248  
  9,677  
Exelon Corp.
    367,436  
  16,700  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    953,069  
  4,747  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    623,139  
  7,224  
International Business Machines Corp.
    892,020  
  15,505  
Johnson & Johnson
    915,725  
  20,792  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    761,195  
  3,181  
Lubrizol Corp.
    255,466  
  46,260  
Microsoft Corp.
    1,064,442  
  16,119  
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
    533,055  

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 99.0% (continued)
     
           
   
United States 49.4% (continued)
     
  12,688  
Northern Trust Corp.
  $ 592,530  
  20,791  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
    1,604,026  
  46,713  
Oracle Corp.
    1,002,461  
  15,470  
Ross Stores, Inc.
    824,396  
  22,241  
Union Pacific Corp.
    1,545,972  
  19,996  
United Technologies Corp.
    1,297,940  
  25,810  
W.R. Berkley Corp.
    682,933  
            20,139,578  
     
Total Common Stocks
       
     
  (Cost $44,221,165)
    40,346,936  
               
               
Principal Amount
       
               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.1%
       
     
Commercial Paper 1.1%
       
$ 472,000  
U.S. Bank, N.A.,
       
     
  0.000%, 07/01/2010
    472,000  
     
Total Short-Term Investments
       
     
  (Cost $472,000)
    472,000  
               
     
Total Investments 100.1%
       
     
  (Cost $44,693,165)
    40,818,936  
               
     
Liabilities in Excess
       
     
  of Other Assets (0.1)%
    (54,512 )
               
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $ 40,764,424  

(a) 
Non-Income Producing.

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
At June 30, 2010, the allocation of portfolio holdings as a percentage of the Fund’s total net assets were:
 
Common Stock
    99.0 %
Short-Term Investments
    1.1  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
       (0.1 )  
     
100.0
 
%
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
June 30, 2010
 
   
Value
   
Percentage
 
Consumer Discretionary
  $ 3,110,771       7.6 %  
Consumer Staples
    4,655,641       11.4    
Energy
    4,491,652       11.0    
Financials
    9,847,521       24.2    
Health Care
    4,789,007       11.8    
Industrials
    3,533,365       8.7    
Information Technology
    4,989,797       12.2    
Materials
    3,581,361       8.8    
Telecomm Service
    464,157       1.1    
Utilities
    883,664       2.2    
Total Common Stocks
    40,346,936       99.0    
Total Short-Term Investments
    472,000       1.1    
Total Investments
    40,818,936       100.1    
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
    (54,512 )     (0.1 )  
Total Net Assets
  $ 40,764,424       100.0 %  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2010
 
Assets:
     
Investments at value (cost $44,693,165)
  $ 40,818,936  
Cash
    38,765  
Interest and dividends receivable
    97,815  
Receivable for Fund shares sold
    825  
Receivable for investments sold
    86,081  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    2,576  
Total assets
    41,044,998  
         
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
    194,218  
Accrued investment advisory fee
    16,117  
Accrued expenses
    70,239  
Total liabilities
    280,574  
Net Assets
  $ 40,764,424  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid in capital
  $ 43,782,585  
Undistributed net investment income
    344,498  
Accumulated net realized gain
    512,640  
Net unrealized depreciation on:
       
Investments
    (3,874,229 )
Foreign currency
    (1,070 )
Net Assets
  $ 40,764,424  
         
Capital Stock, $0.01 Par Value
       
Authorized
    50,000,000  
Issued and outstanding
    4,466,843  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 9.13  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   
For the period
 
   
September 18, 2009(1)
 
   
through
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:
     
Dividend income(2)
  $ 725,805  
Interest income
    470  
Total Investment Income
    726,275  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)
    280,795  
Legal fees
    35,890  
Audit fees
    34,944  
Fund administration and accounting fees
    26,857  
Custody fees
    25,160  
Sub-administration fees (Note 3)
    16,491  
Shareholder servicing fees
    9,145  
Reports to shareholders
    7,342  
Directors’ fees and related expenses
    5,443  
Federal and state registration fees
    4,616  
Compliance related expenses
    422  
Other
    3,322  
Total expenses before waiver and reimbursement
    450,427  
Waiver and reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (Note 3)
    (126,432 )
Net expenses
    323,995  
Net Investment Income
    402,280  
         
Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments:
       
Net realized loss on:
       
Investments
    (374,892 )
Foreign currency transactions
    (12,404 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    (3,874,229 )
Foreign currency transactions
    (1,070 )
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments
    (4,262,595 )
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (3,860,315 )

(1)
Commencement of operations
(2)
Net of $56,043 in foreign withholding taxes

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   
For the period
 
   
September 18, 2009(1)
 
   
through
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Operations:
     
Net investment income
  $ 402,280  
Net realized loss on:
       
Investments
    (374,892 )
Foreign currency transactions
    (12,404 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    (3,874,229 )
Foreign currency transactions
    (1,070 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations
    (3,860,315 )
         
Distributions Paid From:
       
Net investment income
    (45,378 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (45,378 )
         
Capital Share Transactions:
       
Shares sold
    45,459,527  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    33,135  
Shares redeemed
    (822,545 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    44,670,117  
Total Increase in Net Assets
    40,764,424  
         
Net Assets:
       
Beginning of Period
     
End of Period (includes undistributed net investment income of $344,498)
  $ 40,764,424  
         
Transactions In Shares:
       
Shares sold
    4,543,097  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    3,347  
Shares redeemed
    (79,601 )
Net increase in shares outstanding
    4,466,843  

(1)
Commencement of operations

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

 
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Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
For the Period
 
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2010(1)
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 10.00  
         
Income (Loss) from
       
  Investment Operations:
       
Net investment income
    0.09  
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments
    (0.95 )
Total Loss from Investment Operations
    (0.86 )
         
Less Distributions:
       
From net investment income
    (0.01 )
Total Distributions
    (0.01 )
         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 9.13  
         
Total Return
    (8.60 )%(2)
         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 40,764  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    1.36 %(3)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    1.00 %(1)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.86 %(3)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    1.22 %(3)
Portfolio turnover rate
    41 %(2)

(1)
Commenced operations on September 18, 2009.
(2)
Not annualized.
(3)
Annualized.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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FRONTEGRA
MASTHOLM INTERNATIONAL
EQUITY FUND
 

 
 
 

 

 
 

 

REPORT FROM MASTHOLM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC:
 
Dear Shareholders:
 
The Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund (formerly, the Frontegra New Star International Equity Fund) strives to achieve capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of securities of large- and mid-cap companies located outside the United States.  The objective is relative to and measured against the Morgan Stanley EAFE Index.
 
Performance Review
 
The Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund returned 0.52%, net of fees, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.  The Fund’s return underperformed the 6.38% return of its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index.  Effective October 12, 2009, Mastholm Asset Management replaced New Star Institutional Managers, Ltd. as subadviser to the Fund and the Fund was renamed the Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund.
 
Portfolio Outlook and Strategy
 
The global equity recovery which began in March of 2009 was based on investor expectations that a global depression had been averted.  The massive amounts of government stimulus enacted during the credit crisis fueled a rally among lower quality, higher risk stocks, particularly banks that were decimated during the credit crisis.  Corporate earnings did improve in the second half of 2009, which led investors to concentrate investments in cyclical recovery stocks, materials, and emerging markets on the basis that early stage signs of economic recovery would lead to higher levels of economic growth.
 
The market rally stalled in January 2010 as the Greek debt crisis took center stage.  A series of political missteps among European leaders trying to figure out how to solve the crisis of confidence drove the euro down about 20% from its November 2009 high, and led investors to speculate about the impact of potentially slower growth in the Eurozone on Chinese exports to Europe, their major export market.  Recent strong economic activity in Germany due to a lower euro may offset some of the economic growth hurdles facing the Mediterranean countries of Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, which will suffer from recent austerity measures.  During this difficult time in Europe, the Fund had virtually no exposure to any stocks in these countries.
 
While stock markets were relatively flat in the first quarter of 2010, markets fell sharply in the second quarter due to the ongoing sovereign debt crisis and deteriorating expectations about the strength of the global recovery.  Corporate earnings have been quite strong in calendar year 2010 and the vast majority of Fund holdings have met or exceeded analyst expectations.
 
The direction of capital markets in this tepid environment continues to be driven by investor fears of a slowdown led by negative consumption trends in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as periphery states in Continental Europe.  Although corporate profits have been surprisingly strong, investors are concerned about the impact of slower economic growth in the second half of 2010 and what impact that might have on the ability of corporations to pass along higher input costs.
 
The portfolio remains underweighted in the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan, while overweighted in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany.  Emerging market exposure was about 9% at the end of the fiscal year, primarily in South Korea, which was additive during 2010 due to a strong currency and outperformance among carmakers such as Hyundai.
 
From a sector perspective, the portfolio has been underweighted in financials throughout the period from October when Mastholm began to manage the portfolio.  In addition, our financial exposure has been concentrated in higher quality names which lagged the rally in riskier stocks.
 
The portfolio remains overweighted in technology stocks, particularly in the LED space, which has experienced above expectations growth for televisions and street lighting.  Consumer discretionary stocks have also been overweighted due to a rebound in consumer spending.  Telecom, utilities and health care remain slightly below market weight.

 
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If investor expectations for continued global growth do not materialize, companies with demonstrated top and bottom line earnings growth should be quite competitive in a difficult environment.  The Mastholm investment process is designed to identify companies with accelerating top and bottom line growth, regardless of the economic environment.
 
Thank you for your continued support.
 

Thomas M. Garr
Mastholm Asset Management, LLC

 
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 

Growth of a $100,000 Investment (Unaudited)



* 1/08/04 commencement of operations.
 
         
 
Portfolio Total Return**
     
 
FOR PERIODS ENDED 6/30/10
FUND
INDEX
 
         
 
SIX MONTHS
(14.11)%
(12.93)%
 
         
 
ONE YEAR
     0.52%
    6.38%
 
         
 
FIVE YEAR
  (2.21)%
    1.35%
 
         
 
SINCE COMMENCEMENT
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
  (0.08)%
    3.44%
 
         

This chart assumes an initial gross investment of $100,000 made on 1/08/04 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include the reinvestment of all distributions. Past performance is not predictive of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. In the absence of existing fee waivers, total return would be reduced.  Effective October 12, 2009, Mastholm Asset Management, LLC became subadviser to the Fund.  To receive current to the most recent month-end performance, please call 1-888-825-2100.
 
The Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index measures the overall performance of stock markets in 21 countries within Europe, Australasia and the Far East.  The Index does not reflect investment management fees, brokerage commissions and other expenses associated with investing in equity securities.  A direct investment in the index is not possible.
 
** 
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 
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Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 94.3%
     
           
   
Australia 1.5%
     
  11,400  
BHP Billiton Ltd.
  $ 354,649  
  15,800  
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.
    239,750  
            594,399  
     
Belgium 1.6%
       
  12,600  
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
    605,825  
               
     
Brazil 0.8%
       
  22,900  
Hypermarcas SA (a)
    293,704  
               
     
Canada 4.2%
       
  129,200  
Cline Mining Corp. (a)
    129,862  
  8,800  
Niko Resources Ltd.
    818,456  
  9,500  
Open Text Corp. (a)
    356,630  
  22,700  
Sino-Forest Corp. (a)
    322,625  
            1,627,573  
     
China 2.5%
       
  12,600  
Ctrip.com International
       
     
  Ltd. - ADR (a)
    473,256  
  39,000  
Lianhua Supermarket
       
     
  Holdings, Co. Ltd.
    142,857  
  10,000  
Sina Corp. (a)
    352,600  
            968,713  
     
France 6.0%
       
  16,497  
BNP Paribas
    887,554  
  4,200  
EDF SA
    159,796  
  94,100  
Natixis (a)
    408,625  
  30,800  
Valeo SA (a)
    837,654  
            2,293,629  
     
Germany 8.0%
       
  7,100  
Adidas AG
    343,746  
  19,800  
Aixtron AG
    468,098  
  3,400  
Allianz SE
    336,510  
  6,097  
Bayer AG
    340,710  
  18,500  
Daimler AG
    935,834  
  9,700  
Fresenius Medical Care AG
    640,708  
            3,065,606  
     
Hong Kong 2.2%
       
  25,800  
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.
    200,433  
  801,000  
SJM Holdings Ltd.
    670,843  
            871,276  
     
Japan 20.9%
       
  10,300  
Canon, Inc.
    383,878  
  8,300  
Eisai Co. Ltd.
    275,401  
  9,000  
Fanuc Ltd.
    1,016,303  
  2,100  
Fast Retailing, Co. Ltd.
    317,760  
  4,000  
Keyence Corp.
    924,970  
  27,700  
Komatsu Ltd.
    498,770  
  19,100  
Mitsubishi Corp.
    395,149  
  85,700  
Mitsubishi Tokyo
       
     
  Financial Group, Inc.
    389,139  
  35,000  
Nabtesco Corp.
    539,510  
  30,600  
Nikon Corp.
    527,355  
  6,900  
ORIX Corp.
    499,869  
  291  
Rakuten, Inc.
    210,258  
  49,800  
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.
    715,359  
  27,500  
Softbank Corp.
    729,390  
  11,500  
Tokyo Electron Ltd.
    619,473  
            8,042,584  
     
Netherlands 9.9%
       
  6,400  
ArcelorMittal
    171,660  
  14,553  
ASML Holding NV
    400,498  
  10,300  
European Aeronautic Defense
       
     
  and Space Co. NV
    210,201  
  49,200  
ING Groep NV (a)
    364,106  
  45,100  
Koninklijke Ahold NV
    557,883  
  38,800  
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
    1,158,651  
  22,300  
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
    560,571  
  15,500  
TNT NV
    390,401  
            3,813,971  
     
Norway 1.9%
       
  142,100  
Storebrand ASA (a)
    730,594  

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

 
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Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010

Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 94.3% (continued)
     
           
   
South Korea 4.3%
     
  4,200  
Hyundai Motor Co.
  $ 491,437  
  9,900  
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (a)
    657,761  
  4,100  
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.
    512,704  
            1,661,902  
     
Sweden 1.8%
       
  7,600  
Modern Times Group AB
    416,050  
  26,800  
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
    297,271  
            713,321  
     
Switzerland 13.6%
       
  19,300  
Adecco SA
    920,742  
  78,000  
Clariant AG (a)
    987,668  
  21,948  
Credit Suisse Group AG
    825,184  
  21,700  
Nestle SA
    1,046,348  
  4,100  
Novartis AG
    198,699  
  4,500  
Roche Holdings AG
    619,388  
  5,100  
Sonova Holding AG
    625,859  
            5,223,888  
     
United Kingdom 15.1%
       
  86,400  
Barclays PLC
    344,866  
  40,520  
BG Group PLC
    602,647  
  147,700  
Electrocomponents PLC
    475,611  
  41,900  
HSBC Holdings PLC
    382,785  
  23,916  
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
    668,229  
  179,900  
Kingfisher PLC
    563,548  
  249,900  
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
    200,797  
  51,500  
Tesco PLC
    292,865  
  12,564  
Unilever PLC
    335,861  
  203,655  
Vodafone Group PLC
    419,629  
  65,200  
WPP PLC
    614,215  
  68,700  
Xstrata PLC
    899,602  
            5,800,655  
     
Total Common Stocks
       
     
  (Cost $36,580,664)
    36,307,640  
         
PREFERRED STOCKS 1.1%
       
     
Brazil 1.1%
       
  4,400  
Companhia de Bebidas das Americas
    437,806  
     
Total Preferred Stocks
       
     
  (Cost $430,868)
    437,806  
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.4%
       
               
     
Investment Company 3.4%
       
  1,296,248  
Fidelity Institutional
       
     
  Money Market Portfolio
    1,296,248  
     
Total Short-Term Investments
       
     
  (Cost $1,296,248)
    1,296,248  
               
     
Total Investments 98.8%
       
     
  (Cost $38,307,780)
    38,041,694  
               
     
Other Assets in Excess
       
     
  of Liabilities 1.2%
    474,821  
               
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $ 38,516,515  

(a)
Non-Income Producing.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
At June 30, 2010, the allocation of portfolio holdings as a percentage of the Fund’s total net assets were:
 
Common Stocks
    94.3 %
Preferred Stocks
    1.1  
Short-Term Investments
    3.4  
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities
        1.2     
     
100.0
 
%
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
June 30, 2010
 
   
Value
   
Percentage
 
Consumer Discretionary
  $ 7,117,315       18.5 %  
Consumer Staples
    3,943,572       10.2    
Energy
    1,981,674       5.1    
Financials
    5,609,779       14.6    
Health Care
    2,700,765       7.0    
Industrials
    5,787,488       15.0    
Information Technology
    4,992,166       13.0    
Materials
    2,866,066       7.5    
Telecomm Service
    1,149,019       3.0    
Utilities
    159,796       0.4    
Total Common Stocks
    36,307,640       94.3    
Preferred Stocks
    437,806       1.1    
Total Short-Term Investments
    1,296,248       3.4    
Total Investments
    38,041,694       98.8    
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities
    474,821       1.2    
Total Net Assets
  $ 38,516,515       100.0 %  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2010
 
Assets:
     
Investments at value (cost $38,307,780)
  $ 38,041,694  
Foreign currency at value (cost $50,392)
    50,372  
Cash
    46,110  
Interest and dividends receivable
    481,371  
Receivable for investments sold
    720,918  
Receivable from Adviser
    2,109  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    8,496  
Total assets
    39,351,070  
         
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
  $ 751,941  
Accrued expenses
    82,614  
Total liabilities
    834,555  
Net Assets
  $ 38,516,515  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid in capital
  $ 145,668,084  
Undistributed net investment income
    590,856  
Accumulated net realized loss
    (107,514,190 )
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    (266,086 )
Foreign currency
    37,851  
Net Assets
  $ 38,516,515  
         
Capital Stock, $0.01 Par Value
       
Authorized
    100,000,000  
Issued and outstanding
    5,102,947  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 7.55  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:
     
Dividend income(1)
  $ 1,931,248  
Interest income
    7,860  
Total Investment Income
    1,939,108  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)
    1,306,126  
Custody fees
    284,388  
Fund administration and accounting fees
    73,370  
Legal fees
    53,086  
Audit fees
    43,840  
Federal and state registration fees
    25,815  
Shareholder servicing fees
    15,613  
Reports to shareholders
    15,405  
Directors’ fees and related expenses
    8,545  
Interest expense
    1,185  
Compliance related expenses
    512  
Other
    16,088  
Total expenses before waiver and reimbursement
    1,843,973  
Waiver and reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (Note 3)
    (811,681 )
Net expenses
    1,032,292  
Net Investment Income
    906,816  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments
    16,444,788  
Foreign currency transactions
    (104,437 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    6,049,436  
Foreign currency transactions
    36,238  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    22,426,025  
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 23,332,841  

(1)
Net of $140,672 in foreign withholding taxes

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

 
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Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   
For the Year
   
For the Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2009
 
Operations:
           
Net investment income
  $ 906,816     $ 5,652,381  
Net realized gain (loss) on:
               
Investments
    16,444,788       (120,490,311 )
Foreign currency transactions
    (104,437 )     (167,107 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
               
Investments
    6,049,436       (49,838,040 )
Foreign currency translation
    36,238       77,733  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    23,332,841       (164,765,344 )
                 
Distributions Paid From:
               
Net investment income
    (5,738,700 )     (10,274,560 )
Net realized gain on investments
          (11,287,593 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (5,738,700 )     (21,562,153 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Shares sold
    12,774,821       32,708,631  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    5,738,700       17,427,623  
Shares redeemed
    (197,476,360 )     (138,012,420 )
Redemption fees
    1,445        
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    (178,961,394 )     (87,876,166 )
Total Decrease in Net Assets
    (161,367,253 )     (274,203,663 )
                 
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Period
    199,883,768       474,087,431  
End of Period (includes undistributed net investment
               
  income of $590,856 and $5,474,041 respectively)
  $ 38,516,515     $ 199,883,768  
                 
Transactions in Shares:
               
Shares sold
    1,454,683       3,543,690  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    664,201       2,311,356  
Shares redeemed
    (22,584,239 )     (16,095,020 )
Net decrease in shares outstanding
    (20,465,355 )     (10,239,974 )
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010(1)
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 7.82     $ 13.24     $ 16.11     $ 13.08     $ 11.07  
                                         
Income (Loss) from
                                       
  Investment Operations:
                                       
Net investment income
    0.27       0.29       0.31       0.25       0.31 (2)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    (0.18 )     (4.97 )     (1.75 )     3.25       1.81  
Total Income (Loss) from Investment Operations
    0.09       (4.68 )     (1.44 )     3.50       2.12  
                                         
Less Distributions:
                                       
From net investment income
    (0.36 )     (0.35 )     (0.25 )     (0.22 )     (0.07 )
From net realized gain on investments
          (0.39 )     (1.18 )     (0.25 )     (0.04 )
Total Distributions
    (0.36 )     (0.74 )     (1.43 )     (0.47 )     (0.11 )
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 7.55     $ 7.82     $ 13.24     $ 16.11     $ 13.08  
                                         
Total Return
    0.52 %     (35.13 )%     (9.60 )%     27.12 %     19.27 %
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 38,517     $ 199,884     $ 474,087     $ 712,620     $ 531,321  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    1.34 %     1.16 %     1.06 %     1.07 %     1.09 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.75 %     0.75 %     0.75 %     0.75 %     0.75 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.07 %     1.78 %     1.44 %     1.30 %     1.60 %
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.66 %     2.19 %     1.75 %     1.62 %     1.94 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    268 %     57 %     54 %     62 %     35 %

(1)
Effective October 12, 2009, Mastholm Asset Management, LLC became subadviser to the Fund.
(2)
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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FRONTEGRA
NETOLS SMALL CAP
VALUE FUND
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

 

REPORT FROM NETOLS ASSET MANAGEMENT:
 
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
 
Since its inception on December 16, 2005, the Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund (Institutional Class) has outperformed the benchmark, returning 0.66% annualized, net of fees, compared to -1.69% annualized for the Russell 2000 Value Index.
 
Performance Review
 
For the year ended June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund (Institutional Class) has returned 11.76%, net of fees, compared to 25.07% for the Russell 2000 Value Index.
 
Portfolio Review
 
The impact of stimulus spending has been the dominant market factor during the past 12 months.  The injection of low cost capital into the financial system re-inflated paper assets and once again fueled investor appetites for risk.  Corporations also used this opportunity to raise fresh capital to solidify their balance sheets.  However, as China announced plans to slow its economy and sovereign debt issues hit Europe, investors questioned the strength of the economy and began to price risk back into the market.  With national debt levels rising and tax receipts falling, the focus changed from stimulus programs to potential austerity programs, increased government regulation, and tax law changes.
 
Our market outlook remains conflicted.  Most companies continue to see favorable trends in their businesses.  However, questions remain regarding the trajectory of the economic recovery.  China’s attempt to slow growth, European credit issues, and domestic debt levels combined with new government spending may drive increased corporate and personal tax burdens.  This could potentially dampen the current recovery.  Mid-term elections may provide some relief to equity markets with enough change in Congress to place some checks and balances on the current administration’s reform efforts.
 
Positive Contributions to Relative Performance July 2009 through June 2010
 
Stock Selection – Energy, Financials and Consumer Staples
 
Underweight – Telecom Services and Utilities
 
Best Performing Stocks – Kansas City Southern, Whiting Petroleum, Sun Communities, Tenneco and Forest Oil
 
Negative Contributions to Relative Performance July 2009 through June 2010
 
Stock Selection – Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology and Health Care
 
Overweight – Health Care
 
Worst Performing Stocks – Champion Enterprises, Corinthian Colleges, ENGlobal, General Maritime and Gibraltar Industries
 
Thank you for your continued support.
 

Jeff Netols
Netols Asset Management

 
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 

Growth of a $100,000 Investment (Unaudited)



* 12/16/05 commencement of operations.
 
         
 
Portfolio Total Return**
     
 
FOR PERIODS ENDED 6/30/10
FUND
INDEX
 
         
 
SIX MONTHS
(5.17)%
(1.64)%
 
         
 
ONE YEAR
11.76%
25.07%
 
         
 
THREE YEAR
(7.33)%
(9.85)%
 
         
 
SINCE COMMENCEMENT
     
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL
0.66%
(1.69)%
 
         

This chart assumes an initial gross investment of $100,000 made on 12/16/05 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include the reinvestment of all distributions. Past performance is not predictive of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. In the absence of existing fee waivers, total return would be reduced.  To receive current to the most recent month-end performance, please call 1-888-825-2100.
 
The Russell 2000 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.  The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index.  The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.  The Index does not reflect investment management fees, brokerage commissions and other expenses associated with investing in equity securities.  A direct investment in the index is not possible.
 
** 
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
The above graph relates to Institutional Class shares of the Fund.  Performance for Class Y shares will vary from the performance of the Institutional Class shares shown above due to differences in expenses.

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 97.7%
     
           
   
Advertising  0.9%
     
  49,587  
Arbitron, Inc.
  $ 1,270,915  
               
     
Aerospace & Defense  1.2%
       
  21,609  
American Science &
       
     
  Engineering, Inc.
    1,646,822  
               
     
Apparel & Accessories  1.9%
       
  98,156  
Carter’s, Inc. (a)
    2,576,595  
               
     
Application Software  1.7%
       
  107,609  
Fair Isaac Corp.
    2,344,800  
               
     
Auto Parts & Equipment  2.4%
       
  168,373  
Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)
    1,293,105  
  94,322  
Tenneco, Inc. (a)
    1,986,421  
            3,279,526  
     
Building Products  0.7%
       
  99,614  
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)
    1,006,101  
               
     
Chemicals - Commodity  1.4%
       
  191,425  
Spartech Corp. (a)
    1,962,106  
               
     
Communications Equipment
       
     
  Manufacturing  1.0%
       
  238,357  
Harmonic, Inc. (a)
    1,296,662  
               
     
Construction & Engineering  1.0%
       
  79,032  
Tutor Perini Corp. (a)
    1,302,447  
               
     
Diversified Metals & Mining  2.3%
       
  45,271  
Compass Minerals
       
     
  International, Inc.
    3,181,646  
               
     
Educational Services  1.1%
       
  146,290  
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (a)
    1,440,956  
               
     
Food Distributors  1.8%
       
  80,023  
United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)
    2,391,087  
               
     
Health Care - Distributors  2.2%
       
  138,764  
PSS World Medical, Inc. (a)
    2,934,859  
               
     
Health Care - Facility  2.9%
       
  61,184  
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (a)
    1,921,178  
  123,862  
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (a)
    344,336  
  95,474  
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (a)
    1,611,601  
            3,877,115  
     
Health Care - Managed Care  1.2%
       
  46,671  
Magellan Health Services, Inc. (a)
    1,695,091  
               
     
Health Care - Services  3.3%
       
  89,795  
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (a)
    2,425,363  
  94,881  
Rehabcare Group, Inc. (a)
    2,066,508  
            4,491,871  
     
Health Care - Supplies  4.3%
       
  34,408  
Haemonetics Corp. (a)
    1,841,516  
  101,983  
Medical Action Industries, Inc. (a)
    1,222,776  
  172,965  
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)
    2,779,548  
            5,843,840  
     
Industrial REITS  0.8%
       
  212,475  
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (a)
    1,024,130  
               
     
Insurance - Property/Casualty  1.7%
       
  52,233  
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
    2,272,136  
               
     
IT Consulting & Services  3.5%
       
  58,398  
CACI International,
       
     
  Inc. - Class A (a)
    2,480,747  
  51,986  
ManTech International
       
     
  Corp. - Class A (a)
    2,213,044  
            4,693,791  
     
Machinery - Construction / Farm  2.8%
       
  180,516  
Titan International, Inc.
    1,799,745  

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

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 97.7% (continued)
     
           
   
Machinery - Construction /
     
   
  Farm  2.8% (continued)
     
  51,259  
Westinghouse Air Brake
     
     
  Technologies Corp.
  $ 2,044,721  
            3,844,466  
     
Machinery - Industrial  6.3%
       
  48,874  
Gardner Denver, Inc.
    2,179,292  
  55,799  
IDEX Corp.
    1,594,178  
  50,705  
Kaydon Corp.
    1,666,166  
  25,297  
Nordson Corp.
    1,418,656  
  78,114  
Robbins & Myers, Inc.
    1,698,198  
            8,556,490  
     
Marine  2.6%
       
  62,986  
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
    1,875,723  
  395,370  
Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (a)
    1,668,461  
            3,544,184  
     
Movies and Entertainment  1.4%
       
  67,144  
DreamWorks
       
     
  Animation SKG, Inc. (a)
    1,916,961  
               
     
Oil & Gas - Equipment/Services  3.2%
       
  318,605  
ION Geophysical Corp. (a)
    1,108,745  
  180,682  
North American Energy
       
     
  Partners, Inc. (a)(b)
    1,595,422  
  90,400  
Superior Energy Services, Inc. (a)
    1,687,768  
            4,391,935  
     
Oil & Gas - Exploration/Products  4.5%
       
  103,210  
Forest Oil Corp. (a)
    2,823,826  
  41,967  
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)
    3,291,052  
            6,114,878  
     
Oil & Gas - Storage  1.3%
       
  286,339  
General Maritime Corp. (b)
    1,729,488  
               
     
Packaged Foods/Meats  3.0%
       
  56,237  
Lance, Inc.
    927,348  
  67,109  
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)
    3,064,197  
            3,991,545  
     
Railroads  3.1%
       
  59,656  
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (a)
    2,225,765  
  55,907  
Kansas City Southern (a)
    2,032,220  
            4,257,985  
     
Regional Banks  9.8%
       
  41,319  
Bank of Hawaii Corp.
    1,997,774  
  55,284  
Community Bank System, Inc.
    1,217,906  
  140,597  
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
    1,709,659  
  133,661  
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
    1,960,807  
  185,369  
Old National Bancorp
    1,920,423  
  51,635  
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
    1,794,316  
  49,532  
Westamerica Bancorporation
    2,601,421  
            13,202,306  
     
Residential REITS  4.2%
       
  49,597  
Mid-America Apartment
       
     
  Communities, Inc.
    2,552,757  
  118,004  
Sun Communities, Inc.
    3,063,384  
            5,616,141  
     
Restaurants  3.1%
       
  180,846  
Dominos Pizza, Inc. (a)
    2,043,560  
  98,614  
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (a)
    2,195,147  
            4,238,707  
     
Retail - Apparel  1.8%
       
  146,489  
AnnTaylor Stores Corp. (a)
    2,383,376  
               
     
Retail - Catalog  1.5%
       
  82,387  
HSN, Inc. (a)
    1,977,288  
               
     
Retail REITS  1.0%
       
  226,233  
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
    1,361,923  
               
     
Semiconductor Equipment  2.3%
       
  125,706  
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)
    1,544,927  

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

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2010
 
Number of Shares
 
Value
 
           
COMMON STOCKS 97.7% (continued)
     
           
   
Semiconductor
     
   
  Equipment  2.3% (continued)
     
  389,901  
Entegris, Inc. (a)
  $ 1,547,907  
            3,092,834  
     
Semiconductors  1.4%
       
  226,512  
Fairchild Semiconductor
       
     
  International, Inc. (a)
    1,904,966  
               
     
Services - Environmental  1.0%
       
  69,493  
Tetra Tech, Inc. (a)
    1,362,758  
               
     
Specialty Stores  1.9%
       
  41,290  
Tractor Supply Co.
    2,517,452  
               
     
Steel  1.7%
       
  68,999  
Carpenter Technology Corp.
    2,265,237  
               
     
Technology Distributions  0.1%
       
  23,625  
GTSI Corp. (a)
    128,992  
               
     
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance  2.4%
       
  144,409  
Astoria Financial Corp.
    1,987,068  
  175,088  
MGIC Investment Corp. (a)
    1,206,356  
            3,193,424  
     
Total Common Stocks
       
     
  (Cost $131,086,334)
    132,125,832  
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.0%
       
               
     
Investment Company  2.0%
       
  2,750,925  
Fidelity Money Market Portfolio
    2,750,925  
     
Total Short-Term Investments
       
     
  (Cost $2,750,925)
    2,750,925  
               
     
Total Investments 99.7%
       
     
  (Cost $133,837,259)
    134,876,757  
               
     
Other Assets in Excess
       
     
  of Liabilities 0.3%
    340,608  
               
     
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $ 135,217,365  


(a)
Non-Income Producing.
(b)
U.S. Dollar denominated security of foreign issuer.

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
At June 30, 2010, the allocation of portfolio holdings as a percentage of the Fund’s total net assets were:
 
Common Stocks
    97.7 %
Short-Term Investments
    2.0  
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities
        0.3    
     
100.0
 
%
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2010
 
Assets:
     
Investments at value (cost $133,837,259)
  $ 134,876,757  
Interest receivable
    37,176  
Receivable for Fund shares sold
    125,204  
Receivable for investments sold
    1,331,635  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    4,454  
Total assets
    136,375,226  
         
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
    960,587  
Accrued investment advisory fee
    111,038  
Accrued distribution and shareholder servicing fees
    27,533  
Accrued expenses
    58,703  
Total liabilities
    1,157,861  
Net Assets
  $ 135,217,365  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid in capital
  $ 141,162,063  
Accumulated net realized loss
    (6,984,196 )
Unrealized appreciation on investments
    1,039,498  
Net Assets
  $ 135,217,365  
         
Capital Stock, $0.01 Par Value
       
Institutional Class Shares Authorized
    50,000,000  
Class Y Shares Authorized
    50,000,000  
         
Institutional Class:
       
Net Assets
  $ 119,657,408  
Issued and Outstanding
    11,870,037  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 10.08  
         
Class Y:
       
Net Assets
  $ 15,559,957  
Issued and Outstanding
    1,556,061  
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 10.00  

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

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:
     
Dividend income
  $ 1,153,216  
Interest income
    8,735  
Total Investment Income
    1,161,951  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 3)
    969,735  
Fund administration and accounting fees
    39,316  
Distribution and shareholder servicing fees - Class Y (Note 8)
    30,905  
Legal fees
    30,484  
Audit fees
    25,187  
Custody fees
    23,704  
Shareholder servicing fees
    15,537  
Federal and state registration fees
    15,144  
Directors’ fees and related expenses
    8,195  
Reports to shareholders
    5,553  
Compliance related expenses
    507  
Other
    8,474  
Total expenses before waiver and reimbursement
    1,172,741  
Waiver and reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (Note 3)
    (75,253 )
Net expenses
    1,097,488  
Net Investment Income
    64,463  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
       
Net realized loss on:
       
Investments
    (2,816,578 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
       
Investments
    4,527,457  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    1,710,879  
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 1,775,342  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   
For the
   
For the
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
June 30, 2009
 
Operations:
           
Net investment income
  $ 64,463     $ 65,463  
Net realized loss on investments:
    (2,816,578 )     (3,424,284 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments
    4,527,457       (4,798,290 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    1,775,342       (8,157,111 )
                 
Distributions Paid to Institutional Class Shareholders From:
               
Net investment income
    (105,774 )     (12,872 )
Net realized gain
           
Return of capital
    (34,387 )      
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
    (140,161 )     (12,872 )
                 
Distributions Paid to Class Y Shareholders From:
               
Net investment income
           
Net realized gain
           
Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid
           
                 
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Shares sold - Institutional Class
    87,906,355       25,776,914  
Shares sold - Class Y
    17,583,054       172,350  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions - Institutional Class
    100,276       11,142  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions - Class Y
           
Shares redeemed - Institutional Class
    (13,668,980 )     (5,704,581 )
Shares redeemed - Class Y
    (2,737,389 )     (66,608 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    89,183,316       20,189,217  
Total Increase in Net Assets
    90,818,497       12,019,234  
                 
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Period
    44,398,868       32,379,634  
End of Period (includes undistributed net investment
               
  income of $0 and $64,517 respectively)
  $ 135,217,365     $ 44,398,868  
                 
Transactions In Shares – Institutional Class:
               
Shares sold
    8,334,941       2,834,988  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
    9,764       1,297  
Shares redeemed
    (1,291,419 )     (674,248 )
Net increase in shares outstanding
    7,053,286       2,162,037  
                 
Transactions In Shares – Class Y:
               
Shares sold
    1,709,218       18,620  
Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of distributions
           
Shares redeemed
    (252,817 )     (6,746 )
Net increase in shares outstanding
    1,456,401       11,874  

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

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
    Institutional Class  
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Period
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006(1)
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 9.03     $ 11.81     $ 12.88     $ 10.29     $ 10.00  
                                         
Income (Loss) from
                                       
  Investment Operations:
                                       
Net investment income
    0.02 (2)     0.01       (3)     0.03       (3)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    1.05       (2.79 )     (0.90 )     2.62       0.29  
Total Income (Loss) from Investment Operations
    1.07       (2.78 )     (0.90 )     2.65       0.29  
                                         
Less Distributions:
                                       
From net investment income
    (0.02 )     (3)     (0.02 )            
From net realized gain on investments
                (0.15 )     (0.06 )      
From return of capital
    (0.00 )(6)                        
Total Distributions
    (0.02 )           (0.17 )     (0.06 )      
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 10.08     $ 9.03     $ 11.81     $ 12.88     $ 10.29  
                                         
Total Return
    11.76 %     (23.42 )%     (7.01 )%     25.81 %     2.90 %(4)
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 119,657     $ 43,504     $ 31,346     $ 17,368     $ 7,728  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    1.18 %     1.45 %     1.59 %     2.10 %     4.59 %(5)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    1.10 %     1.10 %     1.10 %     1.10 %     1.10 %(5)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
                                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    0.17 %     (0.13 )%     (0.40 )%     (0.70 )%     (3.44 )%(5)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    0.25 %     0.22 %     0.09 %     0.30 %     0.05 %(5)
Portfolio turnover rate
    41 %     36 %     32 %     49 %     41 %(4)

(1)
Commenced operations on December 16, 2005.
(2)
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.
(3)
Less than one cent per share.
(4)
Not annualized.
(5)
Annualized.
(6)
Less than one cent per share.

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

 
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Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
    Class Y  
   
Year
   
Year
   
Period
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008(1)
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 8.98     $ 11.78     $ 12.54  
                         
Income (Loss) from
                       
  Investment Operations:
                       
Net investment loss
    0.00       (0.02 )     (0.02 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    1.02       (2.78 )     (0.57 )
Total Income (Loss) from Investment Operations
    1.02       (2.80 )     (0.59 )
                         
Less Distributions:
                       
From net investment income
                (0.02 )
From net realized gain on investments
                (0.15 )
Total Distributions
                (0.17 )
                         
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 10.00     $ 8.98     $ 11.78  
                         
Total Return
    11.36 %     (23.77 )%     (4.76 )%(2)
                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 15,560     $ 895     $ 1,034  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    1.58 %     1.85 %     2.01 %(3)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    1.50 %     1.50 %     1.55 %(3)
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
                       
Before waivers and reimbursements
    (0.23 )%     (0.53 )%     (0.80 )%(3)
Net of waivers and reimbursements
    (0.15 )%     (0.18 )%     (0.34 )%(3)
Portfolio turnover rate
    41 %     36 %     32 %(2)

(1)
Commenced operations on November 1, 2007.
(2)
Not annualized.
(3)
Annualized.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2010
 
(1)       Organization
Frontegra Funds, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on May 24, 1996 as a Maryland corporation and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end investment company issuing shares in series, each series representing a distinct portfolio with its own investment objectives and policies.  The Company consists of seven series:  the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund (formerly Frontegra Total Return Bond Fund), the Frontegra Columbus Core Fund (formerly Frontegra Investment Grade Bond Fund), the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, the Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund, the Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, the Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund (formerly Frontegra New Star International Equity Fund) and the Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund (the “Funds”).  The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus and Columbus Core Funds seek a high level of total return, consistent with the preservation of capital.  The investment objective of the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund, Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund and the Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund is capital appreciation.  The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus and Columbus Core Funds are sub-advised by Reams Asset Management Company, LLC (“Reams”).  The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund – Institutional Class and the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund – Class Y commenced operations on November 25, 1996 and  November 12, 2009, respectively.  The Frontegra Columbus Core Fund commenced operations on February 23, 2001.  The Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap, IronBridge SMID and IronBridge Global Focus Funds advised by IronBridge Capital Management, L.P. (“IronBridge”), commenced operations on August 30, 2002, December 31, 2004 and September 18, 2009, respectively.  Prior to March 1, 2010, IronBridge served as investment subadviser to each of these Funds.  The Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund, sub-advised by Mastholm Asset Management, LLC (“Mastholm”), commenced operations on January 8, 2004.  Mastholm began managing the Fund on October 12, 2009.  The Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund – Institutional Class and the Netols Small Cap Value Fund – Class Y, sub-advised by Netols Asset Management, Inc. (“Netols”), commenced operations on December 16, 2005 and November 1, 2007, respectively.
 
(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.
 
(a)       Investment Valuation
 
Debt securities (other than short-term instruments) are valued by an independent pricing service, which uses valuation methods such as matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and evaluated dealer bid quotations. Debt securities, such as term loans, when not priced by an independent pricing service, are priced by an independent dealer based on the current closing bid price.  Credit default swaps are valued by a third party pricing service.  Equity securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sale price on the national securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded.  Equity securities for which there were no transactions on a given day or securities not listed on a national securities exchange are valued at the most recent sale price. Equity securities that are traded using the National Association of Securities Dealers’ Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”).  Shares of underlying mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.  Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges generally are valued at the last sale price of such securities on their respective exchange.  In certain countries, market maker prices, usually the mean between the bid and ask prices, are used.  In certain circumstances, such as when a significant event occurs in a foreign market so that the last sale price no longer reflects actual value, the fair value of these securities may be determined using fair valuation procedures approved by the Board of Directors. The Directors have retained an independent fair value pricing service to assist in valuing foreign securities held by the Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus and Mastholm International Equity Funds.  In valuing assets, prices denominated in foreign curren-

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
cies are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents at the current exchange rate, which approximates market value.  Securities maturing within 60 days or less when purchased are valued by the amortized cost method.  Any securities or other assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by Reams, IronBridge, Mastholm and Netols pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Directors.
 
On January 21, 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.  ASU 2010-06 amends ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, (formerly FASB Statement No. 157), to require additional disclosures regarding fair value measurements.  Specifically, the amendment requires reporting entities to disclose i) the input and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements, for Level 2 or Level 3 positions, ii) transfers between all levels (including Level 1 and Level 2) will be required to be disclosed on a gross basis (i.e. transfers out must be disclosed separately from transfers in) as well as the reason(s) for the transfers and iii) purchases, sales, issuances and settlements must be shown on a gross basis in the Level 3 rollforward rather than as one net number.  Examples of inputs used in valuing Level 2 securities are current yields, current discount rates, credit quality, yields for comparable securities and trading volume.
 
The effective date of this guidance is for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009; however, the requirement to provide the Level 3 activity for purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010.  The Funds have disclosed the applicable requirements of this accounting standard in their financial statements.
 
The Funds follow a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Funds’ own market assumptions (unobservable inputs).  These inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:
 
 
Level 1 —
Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
 
Level 2 —
Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, current yields, credit quality, prepayment speeds for mortgage related securities, collateral for asset backed securities, foreign security indices, foreign exchange rates, and fair value estimates for foreign securities, and changes in benchmark securities indices, interest rates and credit quality of issuers/counterparties for credit default swaps).
 
Level 3 —
Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments)

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets as of June 30, 2010:
 
  Columbus Core Plus Fund                        
     
Level 1 - Quoted
   
Level 2 -
             
     
prices in active markets
   
Significant other
   
Level 3 - Significant
       
 
Description
 
for identical assets
   
observable inputs
   
unobservable inputs
   
Total
 
 
Fixed Income
                       
 
   U.S. Treasury Obligations
  $     $ 127,153,397     $     $ 127,153,397  
 
   Corporate Bonds
          102,782,855             102,782,855  
 
   U.S. Government Agency Issues
          15,043,076             15,043,076  
 
   Asset Backed Securities
          43,092,754             43,092,754  
 
   Mortgage Backed Securities
          91,591,050             91,591,050  
 
      Total Equity
          379,663,162             379,663,162  
 
Short-Term Investments
          58,558,877             58,558,877  
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $     $ 438,222,039     $     $ 438,222,039  
 
Other Financial instruments*
                               
 
   Foreign currency contracts
  $     $ 343,893     $     $ 343,893  
 
   Swap contracts
  $     $ 207,958     $     $ 207,958  
 
Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards, swaps contracts, and written options.  Futures, forwards, and swap contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument while written options are valued at market value.
 
  Columbus Core Fund                        
     
Level 1 - Quoted
   
Level 2 -
             
     
prices in active markets
   
Significant other
   
Level 3 - Significant
       
 
Description
 
for identical assets
   
observable inputs
   
unobservable inputs
   
Total
 
 
Fixed Income
                       
 
   U.S. Treasury Obligations
  $     $ 24,796,370     $     $ 24,796,370  
 
   Corporate Bonds
          13,645,497             13,645,497  
 
   U.S. Government Agency Issues
          2,378,114             2,378,114  
 
   Asset Backed Securities
          6,095,608             6,095,608  
 
   Mortgage Backed Securities
          13,061,676             13,061,676  
 
      Total Fixed Income
          59,977,265             59,977,265  
 
Short-Term Investments
          9,870,000             9,870,000  
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $     $ 69,847,265     $     $ 69,847,265  
 
Other Financial instruments*
  $     $ 20,274     $     $ 20,274  
 
Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards, swaps contracts, and written options.  Futures, forwards, and swap contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument while written options are valued at market value.

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
 
IronBridge Small Cap Fund
                       
     
Level 1 - Quoted
   
Level 2 -
             
     
prices in active markets
   
Significant other
   
Level 3 - Significant
       
 
Description
 
for identical assets
   
observable inputs
   
unobservable inputs
   
Total
 
 
Equity
                       
 
   Common Stocks
  $ 367,160,476     $     $     $ 367,160,476  
 
   Exchange Traded Funds
    1,904,413                   1,904,413  
 
      Total Equity
    369,064,889                   369,064,889  
 
Short-Term Investments
          6,094,000             6,094,000  
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 369,064,889     $ 6,094,000     $     $ 375,158,889  
 
  IronBridge SMID Fund                        
     
Level 1 - Quoted
   
Level 2 -
             
     
prices in active markets
   
Significant other
   
Level 3 - Significant
       
 
Description
 
for identical assets
   
observable inputs
   
unobservable inputs
   
Total
 
 
Equity
                       
 
   Common Stocks
  $ 510,928,517     $     $     $ 510,928,517  
 
      Total Equity
    510,928,517                   510,928,517  
 
Short-Term Investments
          3,991,000             3,991,000  
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 510,928,517     $ 3,991,000     $     $ 514,919,517  
 
  IronBridge Global Focus Fund                        
     
Level 1 - Quoted
   
Level 2 -
             
     
prices in active markets
   
Significant other
   
Level 3 - Significant
       
 
Description
 
for identical assets
   
observable inputs
   
unobservable inputs
   
Total
 
 
Equity
                       
 
   Common Stocks
  $ 24,078,562     $ 16,268,374     $     $ 40,346,936  
 
      Total Equity
    24,078,562       16,268,374             40,346,936  
 
Short-Term Investments
          472,000             472,000  
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 24,078,562     $ 16,740,374     $     $ 40,818,936  

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
  Mastholm International Equity Fund                        
     
Level 1 - Quoted
   
Level 2 -
             
     
prices in active markets
   
Significant other
   
Level 3 - Significant
       
 
Description
 
for identical assets
   
observable inputs
   
unobservable inputs
   
Total
 
 
Equity
                       
 
   Preferred Stocks
  $ 437,806     $     $     $ 437,806  
 
   Common Stocks
    2,422,338       33,885,302             36,307,640  
 
      Total Equity
          33,885,302             36,745,446  
 
Short-Term Investments
    1,296,248                   1,296,248  
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 4,156,392     $ 33,885,302     $     $ 38,041,694  
 
  Netols Small Cap Value Fund                        
     
Level 1 - Quoted
   
Level 2 -
             
     
prices in active markets
   
Significant other
   
Level 3 - Significant
       
 
Description
 
for identical assets
   
observable inputs
   
unobservable inputs
   
Total
 
 
Equity
                       
 
   Common Stocks
  $ 132,125,832     $     $     $ 132,125,832  
 
Total Equity
    132,125,832                   132,125,832  
 
Short-Term Investments
    2,750,925                   2,750,925  
 
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 134,876,757     $     $     $ 134,876,757  

For the year ended June 30, 2010, there were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.
 
(b)      Off-Balance Sheet Risk
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, primarily forward contracts, in order to hedge the impact of adverse changes in the relationships between the U.S. dollar and various foreign currencies.  These instruments involve market risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.  Risks also arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts, future adverse movement in currency values and contract positions that are not exact offsets.  The contract amount indicates the extent of the Fund’s involvement in such currencies.
 
A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to exchange different currencies at a specified rate at an agreed upon future date.  Forward contracts are reported in the financial statements as unrealized gain (loss) as measured by the difference between the forward exchange rate at the reporting date and the forward exchange rate on the date that a Fund entered into the contract.  At June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund had entered into strategic forward currency contracts that obligated the Fund to deliver and receive specified amounts of currencies at a specified future date.  The terms of the open contracts are as follows:
 
  Columbus Core Plus Fund                            
                             
Asset
   
Liability
 
                             
Derivatives
   
Derivatives
 
   
Settlement
         
U.S. $ Value at
 
Currency to
 
U.S. $ Value at
   
Unrealized
   
Unrealized
 
 
Counterparty
Date
 
Currency to be Delivered
 
June 30, 2010
 
be Received
 
June 30, 2010
   
Appreciation
   
Depreciation
 
 
Goldman Sachs
11/29/10
    5,242,522  
Australian Dollar
  $ 4,536,338  
U.S. Dollar
  $ 4,333,263     $ 203,075     $  
 
Goldman Sachs
11/29/10
    5,242,522  
Australian Dollar
    4,192,445  
U.S. Dollar
    4,333,263       140,818        
                  $ 8,728,783  
 
  $ 8,666,526     $ 343,893     $  

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund had net unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts of $343,893 as of June 30, 2010.
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Fund, Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund, Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund and Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund held no forward contracts at June 30, 2010.
 
(c)      Federal Income Taxes
 
Each Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to make the requisite distributions of income and capital gains to its shareholders sufficient to relieve it from all or substantially all federal income taxes.  Therefore, no federal income tax provision has been provided.
 
The Funds have adopted financial reporting rules regarding recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Funds have reviewed all open tax years and concluded that there is no effect to any of the Fund’s financial positions or results of operations and no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax position taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Open tax years are those years that are open for examination by the relevant income taxing authority. As of June 30, 2010, open Federal and state income tax years include the tax years ended June 30, 2007, June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009.  The Funds have no examinations in progress. The Funds are also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax expense will significantly change in twelve months.
 
(d)      Distributions to Shareholders
 
Dividends from net investment income are usually declared and paid quarterly for the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus and Frontegra Columbus Core Funds and at least annually for the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund, Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund and the Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually for all Funds.
 
All short-term capital gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009 were as follows:
 
     
Year Ended June 30, 2010
   
Year Ended June 30, 2009
 
     
Ordinary
   
Long-Term
   
Return
   
Total
   
Ordinary
   
Long-Term
   
Total
 
     
Income
   
Capital Gains
   
of Capital
   
Distributions
   
Income
   
Capital Gains
   
Distributions
 
 
Columbus Core Plus
  $ 40,410,331     $     $     $ 40,410,331     $ 42,290,396     $ 448,994     $ 42,739,390  
 
Columbus Core
    2,269,754                   2,269,754       5,468,450             5,468,450  
 
IronBridge Small Cap
    1,187,053                   1,187,053       1,863,120       14,358,247       16,221,367  
 
IronBridge SMID
    1,315,023                   1,315,023       1,319,242       1,306,867       2,626,109  
 
IronBridge Global Focus
    45,378                   45,378                    
 
Mastholm
  International Equity
    5,738,700                   5,738,700       10,274,811       11,287,342       21,562,153  
 
Netols Small Cap Value
    105,774             34,387       140,161       12,995             12,995  

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
At June 30, 2010 the components of accumulated earnings/losses on a tax basis were as follows:
 
     
Columbus
   
Columbus
   
IronBridge
   
IronBridge
   
IronBridge
   
Mastholm
   
Netols Small
 
     
Core Plus
   
Core
   
Small Cap
   
SMID
   
Global Focus
   
International
   
Cap Value
 
 
Cost of investments
  $ 432,078,515     $ 68,402,748     $ 358,340,147     $ 495,439,166     $ 43,338,797     $ 39,332,123     $ 135,931,321  
 
Gross unrealized
                                                       
 
  appreciation
  $ 12,712,356     $ 1,577,337     $ 55,402,700     $ 63,263,651     $ 2,358,266     $ 2,326,521     $ 13,569,425  
 
Gross unrealized
                                                       
 
  depreciation
    (6,568,832 )     (132,820 )     (38,583,958 )     (43,783,300 )     (4,878,127 )     (3,616,950 )     (14,623,989 )
 
Net unrealized
                                                       
 
  appreciation/depreciation
    6,143,524       1,444,517       16,818,742       19,480,351       (2,519,861 )     (1,290,429 )     (1,054,564 )
 
Undistributed
                                                       
 
  ordinary income
    13,588,602       137,606       515,859       1,449,567       351,753       628,090        
 
Total
  distributable earnings
    13,588,602       137,606       515,859       1,449,567       351,753       628,090        
 
Other accumulated losses
    (5,621,718 )     (4,794,975 )     (31,824,732 )     (43,080,893 )     (850,053 )     (106,489,230 )     (4,890,134 )
 
Total accumulated
                                                       
 
  earnings/(losses)
  $ 14,110,408     $ (3,212,852 )   $ (14,490,131 )   $ (22,150,975 )   $ (3,018,161 )   $ (107,151,569 )   $ (5,944,698 )
 
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and swaps.
 
The Funds intend to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws, which allow them to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the year of loss and offset such losses against any future realized capital gains. At June 30, 2010, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforward available:
 
     
Expiring
       
     
6/30/15
   
6/30/16
   
6/30/17
   
6/30/18
   
Total
 
 
Columbus Core
  $ 452,904     $     $     $ 4,294,089     $ 4,746,993  
 
IronBridge Small Cap
                9,341,207       22,483,525       31,824,732  
 
IronBridge SMID
                7,523,419       32,363,479       39,886,898  
 
IronBridge Global Focus
                      477,401       477,401  
 
Mastholm International
                18,645,962       85,177,200       103,823,162  
 
Netols Small Cap Value
          119,331       351,558       4,419,245       4,890,134  
 
In order to meet certain excise tax requirements, the Funds are required to measure and distribute annually, net capital gains realized during the twelve month period ending October 31st. In connection with this requirement, the Funds are permitted, for tax purposes, to defer into their next fiscal year any net capital losses incurred from November 1st through the end of the fiscal year.  As of June 30, 2010, the following funds deferred, on a tax basis, post October losses of:
 
     
Post-October
   
Post October
 
     
Capital Loss Deferred
   
Currency Loss Deferred
 
 
Columbus Core Plus
  $ 4,236,454     $ 169,779  
 
IronBridge SMID
    3,182,601        
 
IronBridge Global Focus
    364,327       7,255  
 
Mastholm International
    2,703,919        

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
(e)       When-Issued Securities
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus and Columbus Core Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued basis. The price of securities purchased on a when-issued basis is fixed at the time the commitment to purchase is made, but delivery and payment for the securities take place at a later date, normally within 45 days of the purchase. At the time of purchase, the Funds will record the transaction and reflect the value of the security and related liability in determining their net asset value. During the period between the purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the Funds to the issuer and no interest is accrued. The Funds maintain segregated cash, U.S. government securities and liquid securities equal in value to commitments for when-issued securities.
 
(f)        Mortgage Dollar Rolls
 
The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus and Columbus Core Funds may enter into mortgage dollar rolls, in which a Fund would sell mortgage backed securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contract to purchase similar securities on a specified future date. While a Fund would forego principal and interest paid on the mortgage-backed securities during the roll period, it would be compensated by the difference between the current sale price and the lower price for the future purchase as well as by any interest earned on the proceeds of the initial sale. A Fund also could be compensated through the receipt of fee income equivalent to a lower forward price.  For financial reporting and tax purposes, the Funds treat mortgage dollar rolls as two separate transactions; one involving the purchase of a security and a separate transaction involving the sale.
 
(g)      Futures Contracts
 
Each Fund may enter into futures contracts, including index and interest rate futures contracts. Upon entering into a contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains and losses. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. As collateral for futures contracts, the Fund is required under the 1940 Act to maintain assets consisting of cash, cash equivalents or other liquid securities. This collateral is required to be adjusted daily to reflect the market value of the purchase obligation for long futures contracts or the market value of the instrument underlying the contract, but not less than the market price at which the futures contract was established, for short futures contracts.
 
The risks inherent in the use of futures contracts include 1) adverse changes in the value of such instruments; and 2) the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument at any time. There were no futures contracts open at June 30, 2010.
 
(h)      Credit Default Swaps
 
The Columbus Core Plus and Columbus Core Funds may enter into credit default swap agreements.  The credit default swap agreement may have as a reference obligation one or more securities that are or are not currently held by a Fund.  The buyer in a credit default swap agreement is obligated to pay the seller a periodic fee, typically expressed in basis points on the principal amount of the underlying obligation (the “notional” amount), over the term of the agreement in return for a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event with respect to the underlying reference obligation.  A credit event is typically a default.
 
A Fund may be either the buyer or seller of protection in the transaction.  As a seller, a Fund accrues for and receives a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the agreement, which typically is between one month and five years, provided that no credit event occurs.  If a credit event occurs, the maximum payout amount for a sale contract is limited to the notional amount of the swap contract (“Maximum Payout Amount”).  At June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus and Columbus Core Funds had sale contracts out-

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
standing with Maximum Payout Amounts aggregating $22,140,000 and $2,580,000, respectively, with net unrealized appreciation of $207,958 and $20,274, respectively.  If a Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund may lose its investment and recover nothing.  However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer typically receives full notional value for a reference obligation that may have little or no value.
 
Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly.  Credit default swaps are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty credit risk and credit risk of the issuer.  As noted above, if a Fund is a buyer in a credit default swap agreement and no credit event occurs, it will lose its investment.  In addition, the value of the reference obligation received by a Fund as a seller if a credit event occurs, coupled with the periodic payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the Fund.
 
(i)       Foreign Currency Translation
 
Values of investments denominated in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars using a spot market rate of exchange each day. Purchases and sales of investments and dividend and interest income are translated to U.S. dollars using a spot market rate of exchange prevailing on the dates of such transactions.  The portion of security gains or losses resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates are included with net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments, as appropriate, for both financial reporting and tax purposes.
 
Each Fund, respectively, bears the risk of changes in the foreign currency exchange rates and their impact on the value of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency.  Each Fund also bears the risk of a counterparty failing to fulfill its obligation under a foreign currency contract.
 
(j)       Indemnifications
 
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, their officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds.  In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties.  The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred.  However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
(k)       Subsequent Events
 
In preparing the financial statements as of June 30, 2010, management considered the impact of subsequent events through the date of issuance for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
 
The IronBridge Small Cap Fund, IronBridge SMID Fund and IronBridge Global Focus Fund (collectively, the “Frontegra IronBridge Funds”) were reorganized into corresponding series of IronBridge Funds, Inc., a newly formed open-end management investment company organized as a Maryland corporation, effective July 23, 2010.  As a result, the Frontegra IronBridge Funds are no longer series of the Company.
 
(l)       Other
 
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. The Funds determine the gain or loss realized from investment transactions by comparing the original cost of the specifically identified security lot sold with the net sale proceeds. Dividend income, less foreign taxes withheld, is recognized on the ex-dividend date, except that certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the information becomes available to the Funds. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis.  All discounts/premiums are accreted/amortized using the effective interest method and are included in interest income.

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments attributable to the Funds are generally allocated to each respective class in proportion to the relative net assets of each class.
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Net investment income and realized gains and losses for federal income tax purposes may differ from that reported on the financial statements because of permanent book-to-tax differences.  GAAP requires that permanent differences in net investment income and realized gains and losses due to differences between financial reporting and tax reporting be reclassified between various components of net assets.  These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.  For the year ended June 30, 2010, the following table shows the reclassifications made:
 
     
Columbus
   
Columbus
   
IronBridge
   
IronBridge
   
IronBridge
   
Mastholm
   
Netols Small
 
     
Core Plus
   
Core
   
Small Cap
   
SMID
   
Global Focus
   
International
   
Cap Value
 
 
Paid in capital
  $     $     $ 7,510     $     $ (887,532 )   $ 8,464     $  
 
Accumulated net
                                                       
 
  investment income (loss)
    1,657,905       66,146       (175,810 )     7,625       (12,404 )     (51,301 )     (23,206 )
 
Accumulated net
                                                       
 
  realized gain (loss)
    (1,657,905 )     (66,146 )     168,300       (7,625 )     899,936       42,837       23,206  
 
The permanent differences primarily relate to foreign currency, paydown, swap and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) adjustments with differing book and tax methods.
 
(3)       Investment Advisers and Related Parties
The Frontegra Columbus Core Plus, Columbus Core, Mastholm International Equity and Netols Small Cap Value Funds have entered into an agreement with Frontegra, with whom certain officers and a director of the Funds are affiliated, to furnish investment advisory services to the Funds.  IronBridge provides investment advisory services to the IronBridge Small Cap, IronBridge SMID and IronBridge Global Focus Funds.  Fees are calculated daily and payable monthly, at annual rates set forth in the following table (expressed as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets).  Pursuant to expense cap agreements, Frontegra and IronBridge have agreed to waive their respective management fees and/or reimburse each Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to ensure that each Fund’s operating expenses do not exceed the expense limitation listed below.  Expenses waived are netted with advisory fees on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.  On a monthly basis, these accounts are settled by each Fund making payment to the respective adviser or the respective adviser reimbursing the Fund if the reimbursement amount exceeds the advisory fee.  If the amount of fees waived exceeds the advisory fee earned, this is shown on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable from the respective adviser.  The expense cap agreements will continue in effect until October 31, 2010 with successive renewal terms of one year unless terminated by an adviser or a Fund prior to any such renewal.

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
 
Frontegra Fund
Annual Advisory Fees
Expense Limitation
 
Columbus Core Plus - Institutional Class
0.40%
0.35%
 
Columbus Core Plus - Class Y
0.40%
0.75%
 
Columbus Core
0.42%
0.35%
 
IronBridge Small Cap
1.00%
1.10%
 
IronBridge SMID
0.85%
0.95%
 
IronBridge Global Focus
0.85%
1.00%
 
Mastholm International Equity
0.95%
0.75%
 
Netols Small Cap Value - Institutional Class
1.00%
1.10%
 
Netols Small Cap Value - Class Y
1.00%
1.50%
 
Any waivers or reimbursements are subject to later adjustment to allow the advisers to recoup amounts waived or reimbursed to the extent actual fees and expenses for a fiscal period are less than each Fund’s expense limitation cap, provided, however, that an adviser shall only be entitled to recoup such amounts for a period of three years from the date such amount was waived or reimbursed.  Expenses attributable to a specific class may only be recouped with respect to that class.
 
The following table shows the waived or reimbursed expenses subject to potential recovery expiring in:
 
                       
Mastholm
   
Netols
 
     
Columbus
   
Columbus
   
IronBridge
   
International
   
Small Cap
 
     
Core Plus
   
Core
   
Global Focus
   
Equity
   
Value
 
 
2011
  $ 802,439     $ 341,113     $     $ 2,007,759     $ 110,227  
 
2012
    542,331       276,351             1,057,926       111,209  
 
2013
    562,186       226,221       126,432       811,681       75,253  
      $ 1,906,956     $ 843,685     $ 126,432     $ 3,877,366     $ 296,689  

There are currently no available expenses subject to recapture with respect to the IronBridge Small Cap Fund. During the year ended June 30, 2010, Frontegra recovered $64,646 of previously waived expenses from the IronBridge SMID Fund.
 
The Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund has entered into an agreement with Frontegra under which Frontegra will provide sub-administration services, including general management of the Fund, Board reporting and oversight, the provision of certain officers of the Funds including the Fund’s President, Treasurer and Chief Compliance Officer, oversight of the Fund’s contracts, supervision of the Fund’s service providers, and oversight of other regulatory matters for the Fund.  For its services, Frontegra, with whom certain officers and a director of the Fund are affiliated, receives an annual fee of 0.05% on the first $200 million of net assets, 0.04% on the next $200 million of assets, and 0.03% on any assets in excess of $400 million.  This fee is calculated daily and payable monthly based on the Fund’s average net assets.
 
(4)       Investment Transactions
The aggregate purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term investments for the Funds for the year ended June 30, 2010 are summarized below:
 
             
Mastholm
Netols
   
Columbus
Columbus
IronBridge
IronBridge
IronBridge
International
Small Cap
   
Core Plus
Core
Small Cap
SMID
Global Focus
Equity
Value
 
Purchases
$3,926,649,038
$611,324,265
$185,497,962
$363,909,766
$61,351,221
$338,322,081
$133,496,121
 
Sales
$3,995,361,303
$612,193,830
$157,714,514
$187,754,142
$16,791,873
$521,164,682
$  38,027,856

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
Purchases and sales of long-term U.S. Government securities for the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund were $3,009,054,850 and $2,956,068,955, respectively. Purchases and sales of long-term U.S. Government securities for the Frontegra Columbus Core Fund were $459,991,011 and $449,349,035, respectively.
 
There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities for the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, the Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund, the Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, the Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund or the Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund.
 
(5)       Directors Fees
The Independent Directors of the Funds were paid $58,000 in director fees during the year ended June 30, 2010.  The Interested Director did not receive any remuneration from the Funds.
 
(6)       Formation of the IronBridge Global Focus Fund
On September 18, 2009, all of the assets and liabilities of the IronBridge Global Focus Fund, L.P. (the “Partnership”) were transferred to the Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, a newly formed series of the Company.  The market value of assets on the day of transfer of $29,100,861 for the Global Focus Fund became the cost basis for financial reporting purposes of the Fund.  The Global Focus Fund retains the basis and holding periods of the assets transferred from the Partnership for tax purposes.  On the date of the transfer, the tax basis of securities held for the Global Focus Fund was $887,532 lower than their basis for financial reporting purposes.  On June 30, 2010, the tax basis of the remaining securities held by the Global Focus Fund was $1,501,936 lower than the basis for financial reporting purposes.
 
(7)       Line of Credit
The Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund has a $20 million unsecured line of credit with U.S. Bank, N.A., intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions, in connection with shareholder redemptions.  Borrowings under this arrangement bear interest at the bank’s prime rate.  At June 30, 2010, the Fund had no balance outstanding.  Based upon balances outstanding during the year, the weighted average interest rate was 3.25% and the weighted average amount outstanding was $371,507.
 
(8)       Distribution Plan and Shareholder Servicing Fee
Frontegra, on behalf of the Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund and the Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund (collectively, the “Funds”), has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for each Fund’s Class Y shares (the “12b-1 Plan”).  Pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan, each Fund pays an annual fee of up to 0.25% to Frontegra Strategies, LLC (the “Distributor”) for payments to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries who perform activities or incur expenses intended to result in the sale of Class Y shares of the Funds.  For the year ended June 30, 2010, the Columbus Core Plus and Netols Small Cap Value Funds incurred $4,016 and $19,316, respectively, under the 12b-1 Plan.
 
Class Y shares of the Funds also pay an annual shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.15% per year to the Distributor for payments to brokers, dealers, and other financial intermediaries who provide on-going account services to shareholders.  Those services include establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts, mailing prospectuses, account statements and other Fund documents to shareholders, processing shareholder transactions, and providing other recordkeeping and administrative services.  For the year ended June 30, 2010, the Columbus Core Plus and Netols Small Cap Value Funds incurred $2,410 and $11,589, respectively, in shareholder servicing expenses.

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
(9)       Other Derivative Information
At June 30, 2010, the Funds have invested in derivative contracts which are reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
 
  Columbus Core Plus Fund      
   
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
   
Statement of Assets
 
Fair Value
 
Statement of Assets
 
Fair Value
 
   
and Liabilities Location
 
Amount
 
and Liabilities Location
 
Amount
 
 
Foreign exchange contracts
Unrealized appreciation on
     
Unrealized depreciation on
     
   
forward exchange contracts
  $ 343,893  
forward exchange contracts
  $  
 
Credit default swap contracts
Unrealized appreciation on
       
Unrealized depreciation on
       
   
credit default contracts
    207,958  
credit default contracts
     
 
Total
    $ 551,851  
Total
  $  

 
  Columbus Core Fund              
   
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
   
Statement of Assets
 
Fair Value
 
Statement of Assets
 
Fair Value
 
   
and Liabilities Location
 
Amount
 
and Liabilities Location
 
Amount
 
 
Credit default swap contracts
Unrealized appreciation on
     
Unrealized depreciation on
     
   
credit default contracts
  $ 20,274  
credit default contracts
  $  
 
Total
    $ 20,274  
Total
  $  

The Columbus Core Plus Fund held foreign exchange contracts during the current fiscal year with an average notional value of $13,579,001 for the year ended June 30, 2010.  The Columbus Core Plus Fund and Columbus Core Fund were parties to credit default swap contracts during the current fiscal year and had average notional values of $5,535,000 and $645,000, respectively for the year ended June 30, 2010.  With respect to the IronBridge Small Cap Fund, IronBridge SMID Fund, IronBridge Global Focus Fund, Mastholm International Equity Fund, and Netols Small Cap Value Fund, there were no derivative contracts that impacted the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2010.
 
For the year ended June 30, 2010, the effect of derivative contracts on the Funds’ Statement of Operations was as follows:
 
  Columbus Core Plus Fund                
                     
Change in Net Unrealized
 
 
Net Realized Gain on Investments
 
Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments
 
     
Options
   
Contracts
   
Total
     
Options
   
Contracts
   
Total
 
 
Credit Default Swaps
  $     $ 2,960,659     $ 2,960,659  
Credit Default Swaps
  $     $ (214,140 )   $ (214,140 )
 
Equity/Foreign
                       
Equity/Foreign
                       
 
  exchange contracts
            (513,824 )     (513,824 )
  exchange contracts
            343,893       343,893  
 
Total
  $     $ 2,446,835     $ 2,446,835  
Total
  $     $ 129,753     $ 129,753  

 
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Frontegra Funds
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
June 30, 2010
 
  Columbus Core Fund                                  
                     
Change in Net Unrealized
 
 
Net Realized Gain on Investments
 
Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments
 
     
Options
   
Contracts
   
Total
     
Options
   
Contracts
   
Total
 
 
Credit Default Swaps
  $     $ 127,420     $ 127,420  
Credit Default Swaps
  $     $ 20,274     $ 20,274  
 
Total
  $     $ 127,420     $ 127,420  
Total
  $     $ 20,274     $ 20,274  

Credit default swaps are subject to credit risk.  Foreign exchange contracts are subject to foreign exchange risk and counterparty risk.  With respect to the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund, Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund and Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund, there were no derivative contracts that impacted the Statement of Operations during the year ended June 30, 2010.

 
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Frontegra Funds
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
June 30, 2010
 
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Frontegra Funds, Inc.:
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Frontegra Funds, Inc., (comprising, respectively, Frontegra Columbus Core Plus Fund, Frontegra Columbus Core Fund, Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund, Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund, Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund (formerly Frontegra New Star International Equity Fund), and Frontegra Netols Small Cap Value Fund, collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of June 30, 2010, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement.  We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2010, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the respective Funds constituting Frontegra Funds, Inc., at June 30, 2010, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
 
 
Chicago, Illinois
August 30, 2010

 
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ APPROVAL OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS
 
 
Board Approval of Interim and New Advisory Agreements for Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund and Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
 
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Frontegra Funds, Inc. (the “Company”), including a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Company or IronBridge Capital Management, L.P. (“IronBridge”), held a special meeting on February 24, 2010 to consider the restructuring of the advisory agreements for the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund (the “IronBridge Small Cap Fund”) and Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund (the “IronBridge SMID Fund”) (collectively, the “IronBridge Funds”).  Frontegra Asset Management, Inc. (“FAM”), the investment adviser to the IronBridge Funds, had notified the Board that it wished to resign as the investment adviser to the Funds and that IronBridge, the current subadviser to the IronBridge Funds, wished to resign as subadviser to the Funds and become the successor principal investment adviser to the Funds, as mutually agreed to by FAM and IronBridge.
 
In order to avoid disruption of the IronBridge Funds’ investment management program, the Board unanimously approved an interim investment advisory agreement between the Company, on behalf of the IronBridge Funds, and IronBridge (the “Interim Agreement”) in accordance with Rule 15a-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).  Additionally, the Board unanimously approved a new investment advisory agreement between the Company, on behalf of the IronBridge Funds, and IronBridge (the “New Agreement”), subject to approval by shareholders of the IronBridge Funds.  Under the New Agreement, IronBridge would continue to provide investment advisory services to the IronBridge Funds, pending shareholder approval of the New Agreement.  The Board considered substantially the same factors in approving the Interim Agreement as were considered in approving the New Agreement.
 
When the Board reviewed the New Agreement on February 24, 2010, the Board was provided materials relevant to its consideration of the New Agreement, such as IronBridge’s Form ADV and Code of Ethics, information regarding IronBridge’s compliance program, personnel and financial condition and a memorandum prepared by the Company’s legal counsel.  The Board also reviewed a statement from IronBridge regarding the proposed restructuring of the IronBridge Funds’ advisory arrangements.  The Board discussed the proposal with an officer of IronBridge, who attended the meeting and presented additional information to the directors.  The Board reviewed the advisory fees that would be payable by each IronBridge Fund to IronBridge under the New Agreement, the proposed expense cap agreement between the Company and IronBridge on behalf of each IronBridge Fund and comparative fee and expense information provided by an independent third party.  The Board was also provided with IronBridge’s responses to detailed requests submitted by the Company’s legal counsel.  The Board also evaluated the New Agreement in light of the conclusions it reached and information considered in connection with the approval of the previous subadvisory agreement between FAM and IronBridge with respect to the IronBridge Funds on August 18, 2009.
 
In the course of its review, the Board considered its legal responsibilities in approving the New Agreement.  The Board also considered all factors it deemed to be relevant to the IronBridge Funds, including but not limited to the following:  (1) the quality of services provided to the Funds since IronBridge first became the subadviser to the IronBridge Small Cap Fund in 2002 and to the IronBridge SMID Fund in 2004; (2) the performance of each Fund since IronBridge first became the subadviser to the Funds; (3) the fact that IronBridge, as subadviser to the Funds, has been responsible for the stock selection of the Funds’ portfolios and their day-to-day investment management since their inceptions; (4) the fact that the same portfolio managers would continue to manage the Funds under the New Agreement and thus the Funds would benefit from continuity of portfolio management; (5) the fee structure under the New Agreement would be identical to the fee structure under the Prior Agreement; (6) the investment advisory services under the New Agreement and the Prior Agreement are identical; (7) the terms of the transaction agreement (pursuant to which FAM and certain employees of FAM’s affiliate, Frontier Partners, Inc., will be admitted as limited partners of IronBridge pending approval by shareholders of the IronBridge Funds of the reorganization of the IronBridge Funds into corresponding series of IronBridge Funds, Inc.) (the “Transaction Agreement”), including IronBridge’s agreement to use its reasonable best efforts to comply with Section 15(f) of the 1940 Act; and (8) other factors deemed relevant.

 
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The Board considered whether the New Agreement would be in the best interests of each of the IronBridge Funds and their shareholders and the overall fairness of the New Agreement.  Among other things, the Board reviewed information concerning:  (1) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by IronBridge; (2) each Fund’s investment performance; (3) the financial condition of IronBridge; (4) the extent to which economies of scale have been or will be realized as each Fund grows; and (5) the extent to which fee levels reflect the economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of each Fund’s shareholders.  In their deliberations, the Board did not identify any single factor as determinative.
 
IronBridge Small Cap Fund
 
Investment Performance of the IronBridge Small Cap Fund.  The Board reviewed the performance record of the IronBridge Small Cap Fund.  It noted that the IronBridge Small Cap Fund had slightly underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period and outperformed its benchmark index for the three-, five-year and since-inception periods ended June 30, 2009.  The Board also reviewed performance information for the year ended December 31, 2009, noting that the IronBridge Small Cap Fund slightly underperformed its benchmark.  The Board also considered IronBridge’s quarterly portfolio commentary and review of the IronBridge Small Cap Fund’s performance.  The Board compared the IronBridge Small Cap Fund’s performance for the period ended June 30, 2009 to the performance for the corresponding composite of IronBridge’s separate account clients.  It noted that the IronBridge Small Cap Fund slightly underperformed the composite.  The Board concluded that IronBridge would continue to provide a high level of advisory services to the IronBridge Small Cap Fund.
 
Advisory fees for the IronBridge Small Cap Fund.  The Board compared the IronBridge Small Cap Fund’s contractual advisory fee and total expense ratio to the industry data provided by an independent service with respect to other mutual funds in the same peer group.  The Board noted that the Fund’s advisory fees were slightly above the industry average but that the total expense ratio of the Fund, after giving effect to the contractual expense cap agreement, was below the industry average.  The Board noted that overall, the Fund’s total expense ratio compared favorably to industry averages.  The Board also noted that IronBridge’s management fees for separately managed accounts are similar to the fees charged to the IronBridge Small Cap Fund.  The Board concluded that the advisory fee to be paid by the Fund to IronBridge was reasonable in light of the nature and quality of services to be provided and fees paid by comparable funds.
 
Costs and profitability.  The Board reviewed information concerning IronBridge’s financial condition, costs and profitability.  The Board also considered the fact that IronBridge had entered into a contractual expense cap agreement on behalf of the IronBridge Small Cap Fund.  The Board concluded that IronBridge’s current level of profitability was reasonable considering the quality of management and the fact that IronBridge has agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses for the Fund under a new expense cap/reimbursement agreement.  The Board noted that the IronBridge Small Cap Fund’s expenses are below the current expense cap.
 
IronBridge SMID Fund
 
Investment Performance of the IronBridge SMID Fund.  The Board reviewed the performance record of the IronBridge SMID Fund.  It noted that the IronBridge SMID Fund had outperformed its benchmark index for the one-, three-year and since-inception periods ended June 30, 2009.  The Board also reviewed performance information for the year ended December 31, 2009, noting that the IronBridge Small Cap Fund slightly underperformed its benchmark.  The Board also considered IronBridge’s quarterly portfolio commentary and review of the IronBridge SMID Fund’s performance.  The Board compared the IronBridge SMID Fund’s performance for the period ended June 30, 2009 to the performance for the corresponding composite of IronBridge’s separate account clients.  It noted that the IronBridge SMID Fund slightly underperformed the composite.  The Board concluded that IronBridge would continue to provide a high level of advisory services to the IronBridge SMID Fund.
 
Advisory fees for the IronBridge SMID Fund.  The Board compared the IronBridge SMID Fund’s contractual advisory fee and total expense ratio to the industry data provided by an independent service with respect to other mutual funds in the same peer group.  The Board noted that the Fund’s advisory fees were slightly above the industry average.  The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Institutional Class shares of the Fund, after giving effect to the contractual expense cap agreement, was below the industry average.  The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class Y shares of the Fund, after giving effect to the contractual expense cap agreement, was above the industry average. The Board noted that overall, the Fund’s total expense ratios compared favorably to industry averages.  The Board also noted that IronBridge’s management fees for separately

 
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managed accounts are similar to the fees charged to the IronBridge SMID Fund.  The Board concluded that the advisory fee to be paid by the Fund to IronBridge was reasonable in light of the nature and quality of services to be provided and fees paid by comparable funds.
 
Costs and profitability.  The Board reviewed information concerning IronBridge’s financial condition, costs and profitability.  The Board also considered the fact that IronBridge had entered into a contractual expense cap agreement on behalf of the IronBridge SMID Fund.  The Board concluded that IronBridge’s current level of profitability was reasonable considering the quality of management and the fact that IronBridge has agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses for the Fund under a new expense cap/reimbursement agreement.
 
Board Considerations Applicable to both IronBridge Funds
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services to be Provided.  The Board considered IronBridge’s background and services it would provide to the IronBridge Funds and their shareholders under the New Agreement.  The Board’s analysis of the nature, extent and quality of IronBridge’s services to the IronBridge Funds took into account knowledge gained from IronBridge’s presentations to the Board at meetings throughout the year in its previous capacity as subadviser to the Funds and in its capacity as investment adviser to another series of the Company.  The Board reviewed and considered IronBridge’s proprietary investment style, key personnel involved in providing investment management services to the Funds and IronBridge’s financial condition.  The Board also considered services provided by IronBridge under the New Agreement, including the selection of broker-dealers for execution of portfolio transactions, monitoring adherence to the Funds’ investment restrictions and assisting with each Fund’s compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations.  The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by IronBridge to the Funds under the New Agreement was appropriate and that the Funds would likely continue to benefit from services provided by IronBridge under the New Agreement.  The Board concluded that the range of services to be provided by IronBridge was appropriate and that IronBridge was qualified to provide such services.
 
Economies of Scale.  The Board considered whether there may be economies of scale in the management of each IronBridge Fund if its assets were to increase significantly.  However, the Board concluded that the assets of the Funds were not likely to increase to such an extent that breakpoints would be appropriate, particularly in light of the new expense cap/reimbursement agreement to be in place between IronBridge and the Funds.
 
Benefits to IronBridge.  The Board considered information presented regarding any benefits to IronBridge or its affiliates from serving as adviser to the IronBridge Funds (in addition to the advisory fee).  The Board noted that IronBridge utilizes soft dollar arrangements on a limited basis, whereby it would receive brokerage and research services from brokers that execute IronBridge’s portfolio transactions.  The Board noted that FAM would receive compensation from IronBridge for its subadministrative services to the Funds pursuant to a subadministration agreement.  The Board also reviewed the principal terms of the Transaction Agreement between IronBridge and FAM, which provides for certain economic benefits to IronBridge and FAM, their affiliates and personnel.  The Board concluded that the benefits to IronBridge from its relationship with the Funds would be reasonable.
 
On the basis of its review of the foregoing information, the Board found that the terms of the New Agreement were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the shareholders of the IronBridge Small Cap Fund and IronBridge SMID Fund.
 
Board Approval of New Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements for Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund
 
On May 17, 2010, the Board considered the approval of investment advisory and subadvisory agreements in connection with a proposed reorganization of Phocas Small Cap Value Fund, a series of Advisors Series Trust, into Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund, a new portfolio of the Company.  The Board considered the approval of the investment advisory agreement between the Company, on behalf of the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund, and FAM (the “Advisory Agreement”) and a new subadvisory agreement between FAM and Phocas Financial Corporation (“Phocas”) (the “Subadvisory Agreement”).
 
The Board considered materials it had previously received relevant to its consideration of the Advisory Agreement, such as FAM’s Form ADV, Code of Ethics, information regarding FAM’s compliance program, organizational structure and financial condition and responses to an information request submitted on behalf of the Board.  The Board also reviewed the fee that would be payable by the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value

 
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Fund under the Advisory Agreement, the proposed expense caps applicable to each class of the Fund and comparative fee and expense information provided by an independent third party.
 
In approving the Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the following factors and made the following conclusions:
 
Nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided.  The Board considered FAM’s background and services it would provide to the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund and its shareholders.  The Board discussed the fact that Phocas currently serves as investment adviser to the Phocas Small Cap Value Fund and that Phocas would continue to make the day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund under the supervision of FAM following the reorganization.  The Board noted that FAM has 15 years of experience in hiring and supervising subadvisers to other portfolios in the Frontegra family of funds.  The Board discussed FAM’s responsibilities for overseeing Phocas as subadviser to the Fund and for monitoring the Fund’s compliance with applicable requirements under the securities laws.  The Board concluded that the range of services to be provided by FAM was appropriate.
 
Performance record of Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund.  Performance information was not considered because the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund had not commenced operations as a series of the Company.
 
Proposed fees.  The Board compared the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund’s contractual advisory fee and total expense ratios to the industry data provided by an independent service with respect to other mutual funds in the same peer group.  The Board noted that the Fund’s advisory fee was slightly above the industry average and that the Fund’s total expense ratios for both Class L and Class I shares, after giving effect to the proposed expense cap agreement, were below the industry average.  The Board concluded that the advisory fee and total expense ratios are competitive with those of comparable funds.  The Board concluded that the proposed fee to be paid by the Fund to FAM were reasonable in light of the nature and quality of services to be provided and fees paid by comparable funds.
 
Costs and profitability.  FAM did not provide any specific information regarding the costs of services to be provided or the profits they might realize because the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund had not yet commenced operations as a series of the Company.
 
Economies of scale.  Because the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund had not yet commenced operations as a series of the Company, the Board did not consider whether any alternative fee structures, such as breakpoint fees, would be appropriate to reflect any economies of scale that may result from increases in the Fund’s assets.
 
Benefits to FAM.  The Board considered information presented regarding any benefits to FAM or its affiliates from serving as adviser to the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund (in addition to the advisory fee).  The Board noted that Frontier Partners, Inc., an affiliate of FAM, will provide consulting services to, and will be compensated by, Phocas.  However, the Board determined that FAM’s services to the Fund would not be compromised by this potential conflict of interest.  The Board noted that FAM would receive compensation from the Fund for its subadministrative services to the Fund pursuant to a subadministration agreement.  The Board concluded that the benefits to FAM from its relationship to the Fund would be reasonable.
 
On the basis of its review of the foregoing information, the Board found that the terms of the Advisory Agreement were fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund.
 
The Board considered materials previously received relevant to its consideration of the Subadvisory Agreement, such as Phocas’ Form ADV and Code of Ethics and information regarding Phocas’ compliance program, performance track record, investment strategy, trading procedures, personnel and financial condition.  In approving the Subadvisory Agreement between FAM and Phocas regarding the Fund, the Board considered the following factors and made the following conclusions:
 
Nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided.  The Board considered Phocas’ background as an independent manager specializing in small cap value and large cap value equities, real estate investment trusts and income equity strategies.  The Board reviewed information regarding Phocas’ investment program and the investment experience of the proposed portfolio managers for the Fund.  The Board considered the fact that

 
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Phocas, as the investment adviser to the Phocas Small Cap Value Fund, has made the day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund since its inception and that the Fund would benefit from continuity of portfolio management following the reorganization.  The Board determined that the Fund was likely to benefit from the services Phocas would provide to the Fund.
 
Investment performance of Phocas.  The Board reviewed historical performance data for Phocas’ small cap value composite and the performance record of the Phocas Small Cap Value Fund.  The Board concluded that Phocas appeared to have an effective small cap value investment process and that Phocas would provide a high level of subadvisory services to the Fund.
 
Proposed fee.  The Board determined that the proposed subadvisory fee was appropriate in light of the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund’s investment style and in comparison to the fees paid by other advisory clients of Phocas.  In evaluating the subadvisory fee, the Board noted that the fee is paid by FAM and that therefore the overall advisory fee paid by the Fund is not directly affected by the subadvisory fee.
 
Costs and profitability.  Phocas did not provide any specific information regarding the costs of services to be provided or the profits they might realize because the Fund had not yet commenced operations as a portfolio of the Company.
 
Economies of scale. Because the subadvisory fee is not paid by the Fund, the Board did not consider whether the fee should reflect any potential economies of scale that might be realized as Fund assets increase.
 
Benefits to Phocas. The Board considered information presented regarding any benefits to Phocas from serving as subadviser to the Fund (in addition to the subadvisory fee).  The Board noted that Phocas receives consulting services from Frontier Partners, Inc.
 
On the basis of its review of the foregoing information, the Board found that the terms of the Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement were fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the Frontegra Phocas Small Cap Value Fund.

 
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VOTING RESULTS OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
 
A special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) of the Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund (the “Mastholm Fund”) was held on February 26, 2010.  At the Special Meeting, shareholders voted on a proposal to approve a new subadvisory agreement between Mastholm Asset Management, LLC (“Mastholm”) and Frontegra Asset Management, Inc. (“Frontegra”).  Further details regarding the proposal and the Special Meeting are contained in a definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on January 14, 2010.
 
At the Special Meeting held on February 26, 2010, a new subadvisory agreement between Mastholm and Frontegra was approved by the shareholders of the Mastholm Fund as follows:
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
 
16,818,207
0
0
N/A
 
 
A special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) of the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund, Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund and Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund (collectively, the “Funds”) was held on June 29, 2010.  At the Special Meeting, shareholders voted on a proposal to approve a new investment advisory agreement between the Frontegra Funds, Inc. (the “Company”), on behalf of the Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund and the Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund and IronBridge Capital Management, L.P. (“IronBridge”).  Shareholders also voted on a proposal to approve the agreement and plan of reorganization between the Company, on behalf of the Funds, and IronBridge Funds, Inc., on behalf of the IronBridge Frontegra Small Cap Fund, IronBridge Frontegra SMID Fund and IronBridge Frontegra Global Fund.  Further details regarding each proposal and the Special Meeting are contained in a definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on May 20, 2010.
 
At the special meeting held on June 29, 2010, the following actions were taken:
 
(1)
A new investment advisory agreement between the Company, on behalf of each of the following Funds and IronBridge was approved by shareholders of each Fund (voting separately on a Fund-by-Fund basis) as follows:
 
 
Fund
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
 
Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
15,178,710
15,199
3,614
N/A
 
Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
28,513,586
31,460
19,409
N/A
 
(2)
The agreement and plan of reorganization between the Company, on behalf of each of the following Funds, and IronBridge Funds, Inc., on behalf of the IronBridge Frontegra Small Cap Fund, IronBridge Frontegra SMID Fund and IronBridge Frontegra Global Fund was approved by shareholders of each Fund (voting separately on a Fund-by-Fund basis) as follows:
 
 
Fund
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
 
Frontegra IronBridge Small Cap Fund
15,178,710
15,199
3,614
N/A
 
Frontegra IronBridge SMID Fund
28,510,951
31,460
22,044
N/A
 
Frontegra IronBridge Global Focus Fund
2,265,492
0
0
N/A

 
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Frontegra Funds
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(Unaudited)

 
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
 
The business and affairs of the Funds are managed under the direction of the Funds’ Board of Directors.  Information pertaining to the directors and officers of the Funds is set forth below.  The SAI includes additional information about the Funds’ directors and officers and is available without charge, upon request by calling 1-888-825-2100.
 
Interested Director and Officers
         
Number of
 
     
Principal
 
Funds in
Other
 
Position(s)
 
Occupation(s)
 
Complex
Directorships
Name, Address and Age
Held with  
Term of
During Past
 
Overseen
Held by
as of June 30, 2010
Funds
Office
Five Years
 
by Director
Director
William D. Forsyth III*
President and
Elected
Mr. Forsyth received his B.S. in Finance
 
9**
None
Frontegra Asset
Secretary
annually
from the University of Illinois in 1986
     
Management, Inc.
since
by the
and his M.B.A. from the University of
     
400 Skokie Boulevard  
August 2008;
Board of
Chicago in 1988.  Mr. Forsyth has served
     
Suite 500
Co-President,
Directors
as President of the Adviser since August
     
Northbrook, IL 60062
Treasurer and
 
2008 and as Treasurer and a Director of
     
Born 1963
Assistant
 
the Adviser since May 1996.  Mr. Forsyth
     
 
Secretary
 
served as Co-President and Assistant
     
 
from May
 
Secretary of the Adviser from May 1996
     
 
1996 to
 
until August 2008.  Mr. Forsyth has served
     
 
August 2008;
 
as President of Timpani Capital
     
 
Director
Indefinite
Management LLC since August 2008 and
     
 
since
 
served as Co-President from April until
     
 
May 1996
 
August 2008.  Mr. Forsyth has served as
     
     
President of the Distributor since August
     
     
2008 and as Co-President from August
     
     
2007 to August 2008.  From July 1993
     
     
until the present, Mr. Forsyth also served
     
     
as a Partner of Frontier Partners, Inc., a
     
     
consulting/marketing firm.  From April
     
     
1987 until June 1993, Mr. Forsyth served
     
     
as a Partner of Brinson Partners, Inc., an
     
     
investment adviser, and from June 1986
     
     
until April 1987, he served as a product
     
     
marketing representative of Harris Trust
     
     
& Savings Bank.  Mr. Forsyth has earned
     
     
the right to use the Chartered Financial
     
     
Analyst (CFA) designation.
     
 
Mr. Forsyth is an “interested person” of the Funds because he serves as a director and officer of the Adviser and owns 100% of the Adviser.
**
As of June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Funds consist of nine separate series, seven of which are discussed in this Annual Report.  The Frontegra Sky International Value Fund and Frontegra Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund are additional series of Frontegra that are not included in this Annual Report.  As of the date of this Annual Report, such funds had not commenced operations.

 
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Frontegra Funds
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Interested Director and Officers
         
Number of
 
     
Principal
 
Funds in
Other
 
Position(s)
 
Occupation(s)
 
Complex
Directorships
Name, Address and Age
Held with  
Term of
During Past
 
Overseen
Held by
as of June 30, 2010
Funds
Office
Five Years
 
by Director
Director
Elyce D. Dilworth
Chief
Elected
Ms. Dilworth received her B.B.A. in
 
N.A.
N.A.
Frontegra Asset
Compliance
Annually
Finance from the University of Wisconsin –
     
Management, Inc.
Officer
by the
Milwaukee in 1989 and her M.S. in
     
400 Skokie Blvd.,
since
Board of
Accounting from the University of
     
Suite 500
January 2008;
Directors
Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 1991.  
     
Northbrook, IL 60062
Anti-Money
 
Ms. Dilworth has served as Chief
     
Born 1966
Laundering
 
Compliance Officer of the Adviser since
     
 
Compliance
 
January 2008 and as Secretary since
     
 
Officer since
 
August 2008.  Ms. Dilworth has served
     
 
February 2008;
 
as Chief Compliance Officer of Timpani
     
 
Treasurer and
 
Capital Management LLC since April 2008
     
 
Assistant
 
and Chief Financial Officer from April 2008
     
 
Secretary since
 
to March 2010.  Ms. Dilworth has served as
     
 
August 2008
 
Chief Compliance Officer of IronBridge
     
     
Funds, Inc. since May 2010.  Ms. Dilworth
     
     
has served as Chief Compliance Officer of
     
     
the Distributor since August 2008.  From
     
     
June 2004 until May 2007, Ms. Dilworth
     
     
was the Chief Compliance Officer for
     
     
Van Wagoner Funds, Inc. (n/k/a/ Embarcadero
     
     
Funds, Inc.), and the President, Secretary and
     
     
Treasurer from January 2005 until May 2007.  
     
     
From April 1994 until December 2003,
     
     
Ms. Dilworth was employed by UMB Fund
     
     
Services, Inc., a service provider to mutual
     
     
funds and alternative investment products.  
     
     
From January 1992 until April 1994,
     
     
Ms. Dilworth was a Staff Accountant for
     
     
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a public
     
     
accounting firm.
     

 
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Frontegra Funds
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (continued)
(Unaudited)
 

Independent Directors
         
Number of
 
     
Principal
 
Funds in
Other
 
Position(s)
 
Occupation(s)
 
Complex
Directorships
Name, Address and Age
Held with  
Term of
During Past
 
Overseen
Held by
as of June 30, 2010
Funds
Office
Five Years
 
by Director
Director
David L. Heald
Independent
Indefinite
Mr. Heald received his B.A. in English from
 
9**
None
400 Skokie Boulevard
Director
 
Denison University in 1966 and his J.D. from
     
Suite 260
since
 
Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1969.  
     
Northbrook, IL 60062
June
 
Mr. Heald has been a principal and a director
     
Born 1943
1996
 
of Consulting Fiduciaries, Inc. ("CFI"), a
     
     
registered investment adviser, since August of
     
     
1994.  CFI provides professional, independent,
     
     
fiduciary decision making, consultation and
     
     
alternative dispute resolution services to ERISA
     
     
plans, plan sponsors and investment managers.  
     
     
Between April 1994 and August 1994, Mr. Heald
     
     
engaged in the private practice of law.  From
     
     
August 1992 until April 1994, Mr. Heald was a
     
     
managing director and the chief administrative
     
     
officer of Calamos Asset Management, Inc., a
     
     
registered investment adviser specializing in
     
     
convertible securities, and he served as an officer
     
     
and director of CFS Investment Trust, a registered
     
     
investment company comprised of four series.  
     
     
From January 1990 until August 1992, Mr. Heald
     
     
was a partner in the Chicago based law firm of
     
     
Gardner, Carton & Douglas.
     
             
James M. Snyder
Independent
Indefinite
Mr. Snyder received his B.S. in Finance from
 
9**
IronBridge
400 Skokie Boulevard
Director
 
Indiana University in 1969 and his M.B.A. from
   
Funds, Inc.
Suite 500
since May
 
DePaul University in 1973.  Mr. Snyder is a
     
Northbrook, IL 60062
2002
 
private investor and Chairman of The Snyder
     
Born 1947
   
Family Foundation.  Mr. Snyder served as an
     
     
investment professional with Northern Trust
     
     
from June 1969 until his retirement in June 2001.  
     
     
He served in a variety of capacities at Northern
     
     
Trust, most recently as Executive Vice President
     
     
of Northern Trust and Vice Chairman of Northern
     
     
Trust Global Investments.  Mr. Snyder has earned
     
     
the right to use the CFA designation.
     

**
As of June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Funds consist of nine separate series, seven of which are discussed in this Annual Report.  The Frontegra Sky International Value Fund and Frontegra Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund are additional series of Frontegra that are not included in this Annual Report.  As of the date of this Annual Report, such funds had not commenced operations.

 
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Frontegra Funds
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Foreign Tax Credit
 
For the year ended June 30, 2010, the Frontegra Mastholm International Equity Fund earned foreign source income and paid foreign taxes, which it intends to pass through to its shareholders pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code as follows.
 
     
Foreign Source Income Earned
   
Foreign Taxes Paid
 
 
Australia
  $ 230,960     $ 7,831  
 
Belgium
    6,409       961  
 
Bermuda
    96,875        
 
Brazil
    53,453       3,636  
 
Canada
    26,489       3,973  
 
Switzerland
    144,750       21,712  
 
China
    19,507       1,951  
 
Germany
    69,580       10,437  
 
Denmark
    9,427       1,414  
 
Spain
    88,040       13,206  
 
France
    51,621       7,732  
 
United Kingdom
    591,638        
 
Hong Kong
    66,996       7,375  
 
Israel
    4,540       908  
 
Jersey
    39,204        
 
Japan
    378,770       26,514  
 
Korea, Republic Of
    25,187       4,344  
 
Luxembourg
    1,659       253  
 
Mexico
    39,243        
 
Netherlands
    71,871       10,781  
 
Russian Federation
    3,568       778  
 
Sweden
    7,623       1,143  
 
Singapore
    45,279        
 
Total
  $ 2,072,689     $ 124,949  

 
Qualified Dividend Income/Dividends Received Deduction
 
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, certain dividends paid by the Funds may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 15%, as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2004.  The percentage of dividends declared from ordinary income designated as qualified dividend income was as follows:
 
 
IronBridge Small Cap
100.00%
 
IronBridge SMID
100.00%
 
IronBridge Global Focus
100.00%
 
Mastholm International Equity
100.00%
 
Netols Small Cap Value
100.00%

 
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Frontegra Funds
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (continued)
(Unaudited)
 

For corporate shareholders, the percent of ordinary income distributions qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 was as follows:
 
 
IronBridge Small Cap
100.00%
 
IronBridge SMID
100.00%
 
IronBridge Global Focus
69.15%
 
Netols Small Cap Value
100.00%

 
Additional Information Applicable to Foreign Shareholders Only
 
The percent of ordinary income distributions designated as interest related dividends for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 was as follows:
 
 
Columbus Core Plus
47.01%
 
Columbus Core
98.84%
 
IronBridge Small Cap
11.51%
 
IronBridge SMID
9.81%
 
Mastholm International Equity
1.23%
 
Netols Small Cap Value
29.50%

The percent of ordinary income distributions designated as short-term capital gain distributions for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 was as follows:
 
 
Columbus Core Plus
41.59%

 
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A Note on Forward-Looking Statements
 
This report includes forward-looking statements such as adviser, subadviser and/or portfolio manager predictions, opinions, assessments, analyses or outlooks for individual securities, industries, market sectors and/or markets.  These statements involve risks and uncertainties.  In addition to the general risks described for the Funds in the current Prospectuses, other factors bearing on these statements include the accuracy of the adviser’s, subadvisers’ or portfolio manager’s forecasts and predictions, and the appropriateness of the investment programs designed by the adviser, subadviser or portfolio manager to implement their strategies efficiently and effectively.  Any one or more of these factors, as well as other risks affecting the securities markets and investment instruments generally, could cause the actual results of the Funds to differ materially as compared to benchmarks associated with the Funds.
 
In addition, portfolio composition will change due to ongoing management of the Funds.  Specific securities named in this report may not currently be owned by the applicable Fund, or the Fund’s position in the securities may have changed.
 

 
Additional Information
 
Frontegra Funds has adopted proxy voting policies and procedures that delegate to Frontegra Asset Management, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”), the authority to vote proxies.  The proxy voting policies permit the Adviser to delegate its authority to vote proxies to each Fund’s subadviser.  A description of the Frontegra Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds toll free at 1-888-825-2100.  A description of these policies and procedures is also included in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by calling the Funds toll free at 1-888-825-2100.
 
The actual voting records relating to each Fund’s portfolio securities during the most recent twelve months ended June 30 are available without charge by calling the Funds toll free at 1-888-825-2100 or by accessing the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Each Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for its first and third fiscal quarters with the SEC on Form N-Q.  The Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.  The Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.  Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling toll-free 1-800-SEC-0330.

 
 

 


Item 2. Code of Ethics.
 
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer.  The registrant has not made any amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report.  The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.
 
A copy of the registrant’s Code of Ethics is Incorporated by reference. See Item 12(a)(1).
 
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
 
The registrant’s board of directors has determined that it does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.  At this time, the registrant believes that the experience provided by each member of the audit committee together offers the registrant adequate oversight for the registrant’s level of financial complexity.
 
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
The registrant has engaged its principal accountant, Ernst & Young, LLP (“E&Y”), to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years.  In the following table, “Audit Fees” are fees billed for professional services for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or for services that are normally provided by E&Y in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.  “Audit-Related Fees” are fees billed for professional services for assurance and related services by E&Y that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit.  “Tax Fees” are fees billed for professional services rendered by E&Y for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.  There were no other services provided by E&Y.  The Audit-Related Fees for fiscal year 2010 relate to a consent issued by E&Y for a Form N-14 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The following table details the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years by E&Y.
 
 
FYE  6/30/2010
FYE  6/30/2009
Audit Fees
$200,300
$169,400
Audit-Related Fees
$3,000
$0
Tax Fees
$42,000
$34,800
All Other Fees
$0
$0
 
The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services of the registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the registrant with respect to any engagement that directly relates to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.  In accordance with its pre-approval policies and procedures, the audit committee pre-approved all audit and tax services provided by E&Y during fiscal 2010.  During the last two fiscal years, there were no non-audit services rendered by E&Y to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.  All of E&Y’s hours spent on auditing the registrant’s financial statements were attributed to work performed by full-time permanent employees of E&Y.
 
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
 
Not applicable to registrants who are not listed issuers (as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
 
Item 6. Investments.
 
(a)  
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
 
(b)  Not Applicable.
 
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
 
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
 
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
 
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
 
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Not Applicable.
 
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)  
Based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
 
(b)  
There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of 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. Exhibits.
 
(a) 
(1)
Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form N-CSR filed September 8, 2008.
 
 
(2)
A separate certification for each principal executive and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.
 
 
(3)
Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
 
(b)  
Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Furnished herewith.

 
 

 

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.
 
Frontegra Funds, Inc.
 
By:          /s/William D. Forsyth III
William D. Forsyth III, President
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
Date:      September 9, 2010
 
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/William D. Forsyth III
William D. Forsyth III, President and Secretary
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
Date:      September 9, 2010            
 
By:          /s/Elyce  D. Dilworth
Elyce  D. Dilworth, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
Date:      September 9, 2010