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Scharf Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Scharf Fund
SUMMARY SECTION
Investment Objective
The Scharf Fund (the "Fund") seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold

shares of the Fund.
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Scharf Fund
Investor Class
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for 60 days or less) 2.00%
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Scharf Fund
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.99%
Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee 0.10%
Other Expenses (including Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee) [1] 1.60%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 2.59%
Less: Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement (1.34%)
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses [2] 1.25%
[1] Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[2] Scharf Investments, LLC (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive a portion or all of its management fees and pay Fund expenses in order to limit the Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses ("AFFE"), interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to 1.25% of average daily net assets of the Fund (the "Expense Cap"). The Expense Cap will remain in effect through at least January 28, 2013, and may be terminated only by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Trust. The Adviser may request recoupment of previously waived fees and expenses from the Fund for three years from the date they were waived or paid, subject to the Expense Cap.
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund

with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you

invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of

your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your

investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses

remain the same (taking into account the Expense Cap only in the first

year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these

assumptions, your costs would be:
Expense Example (USD $)
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years
Scharf Fund Investor Class
127 678
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells

securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may

indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund

shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in

annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, the Fund primarily invests in equity securities

that the Adviser believes have significantly more appreciation potential than

downside risk over the long term. Equity securities in which the Fund may invest

include, but are not limited to, common and preferred stock of companies of all

market capitalizations, convertible securities, rights and warrants. The Fund

may invest up to 50% of its total assets in securities of foreign issuers,

including up to 25% of its total assets in issuers in emerging markets. Such

foreign securities may be listed on foreign exchanges as well as in the form of

depositary receipts, such as American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European

Depositary Receipts ("EDRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"). The Fund

may also invest up to 30% of its total assets in other investment companies,

including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). In addition, the Fund may invest up to

30% of its total assets in fixed income securities. Fixed income securities in

which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, those of domestic and

foreign governments, government agencies, inflation-protected securities,

asset-backed securities, municipalities and companies across a wide range of

industries, market capitalizations and maturities and may include those that are

rated below investment grade (i.e., "junk bonds").



Through a proprietary screening process, the Adviser seeks to identify

investments with low valuations combined with growing earnings, cash flow and/or

book value which the Adviser describes as "growth stocks at value prices." The

Fund may also invest in "special situations", which may occur when the

securities of a company are affected by circumstances, including, but not

limited to, hidden assets, spinoffs, liquidations, reorganizations,

recapitalizations, mergers, management changes and technological changes.



When selling securities, the Adviser considers the same factors it uses in

evaluating a security for purchase and generally sells securities that no longer

have sufficient upside potential.



The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a greater percentage

of its assets in any one issuer than a diversified fund. Investing in fewer

issuers makes a fund more susceptible to financial, economic or market events

impacting such issuers and may cause the Fund's share price to be more volatile

than the share price of a diversified fund.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Losing all or a portion of your investment is a risk of investing in the

Fund. The following additional risks could affect the value of your investment:



o  Market Risk. The prices of the securities in which the Fund invests may

   decline for a number of reasons. These reasons may include changing economic

   circumstances and/or perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual

   issuers.





o  Management Risk. The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an

   actively managed portfolio. The Adviser's management practices and investment

   strategies might not produce the desired results. The Adviser may be incorrect

   in its assessment of a stock's appreciation potential.



o  Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is non-diversified under the Investment

   Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). To the extent that the Fund

   invests its assets in fewer securities, the Fund is subject to greater risk of

   loss if any of those securities become permanently impaired.



o  Foreign and Emerging Market Securities Risk. The risks of investing in the

   securities of foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies,

   foreign currency exchange controls, political and economic instability,

   differences in securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation

   issues. These risks are greater in emerging markets.



o  Foreign Currency Risk. Currency movements may negatively impact value even

   when there is no change in value of the security in the issuer's home

   country. Currency management strategies may substantially change the Fund's

   exposure to currency exchange rates and could result in losses to the Fund if

   currencies do not perform as the Adviser expects.



o  Small- and Medium-Sized Company Risk.  Small- and medium-sized companies often

   have less predictable earnings, more limited product lines, markets,

   distribution channels or financial resources and the management of such

   companies may be dependent upon one or few key people. The market movements of

   equity securities of small- and medium-sized companies may be more abrupt and

   volatile than the market movements of equity securities of larger, more

   established companies or the stock market in general and small-sized companies

   in particular, are generally less liquid than the equity securities of larger

   companies.



o  Investment Style Risk. The Adviser follows an investing style that favors

   relatively low valuations. At times when this style is out of favor, the Fund

   may underperform funds that use different investing styles.



o  Investment Company Risk. When the Fund invests in an ETF or mutual fund, it

   will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of the ETF's or

   mutual fund's operating expenses, including the potential duplication of

   management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or mutual fund generally reflects

   the risks of owning the underlying securities the ETF or mutual fund

   holds. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs.



o  Fixed Income Securities Risk. The following risks are associated with the

   Fund's investment in fixed income securities.





  o  Prepayment and Extension Risk. The risk that the securities may be paid off

     earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause securities to

     pay lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt the Fund's yield or

     share price.



  o  Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the risk that bond prices

     generally fall as interest rates risk; conversely, bond prices generally rise

     as interest rates fall.



  o  Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk of loss on an investment due to the

     deterioration of an issuer's financial health. Such a deterioration of

     financial health may result in a reduction of the credit rating of the

     issuer's securities and may lead to the issuer's inability to honor its

     contractual obligations including making timely payment of interest and

     principal.



  o  High-Yield Securities Risk. Fixed income securities that are rated below

     investment grade (i.e., "junk bonds") are subject to additional risk factors

     due to the speculative nature of these securities, such as increased

     possibility of default liquidation of the security, and changes in value

     based on public perception of the issuer.



o  Special Situations Risk. There is a risk that the special situation (i.e.,

   spin-off, liquidation, merger, etc.) might not occur, which could have a

   negative impact on the price of the issuer's securities and fail to produce

   gains or produce a loss for the Fund.



o  New Fund Risk. The Fund is new with no operating history and there can be no

   assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size,

   in which case the Board may determine to liquidate the Fund.
Performance
When the Fund has been in operation for a full calendar year, performance

information will be shown here. Updated performance information is available on

the Fund's website at www.scharffunds.com or by calling the Fund toll-free at

866-5SCHARF.