EX-99.N 4 rule18f-3_agrmt.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTIPLE CLASS PLAN Unassociated Document

 
ADVISORS SERIES TRUST

on behalf of the Funds managed by
Logan Capital Management, Inc.

AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTIPLE CLASS PLAN

Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), this Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan (the “Plan”) is adopted by the series listed on Appendix A attached hereto, which may be amended from time to time, each a series of Advisors Series Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, with respect to the classes of shares (individually a “Class” and together the “Classes”) of the series of the Trust set forth in the exhibits hereto.

1.  
Purpose

This Plan sets forth the method for allocating fees and expenses among each class of shares of the Funds in reliance on Rule 18f-3 of the 1940 Act and allows the Trust to make payments as contemplated herein.

2.           Separate Arrangements/Class Differences

a)  
Designation of Classes:  The Funds set forth in Exhibit A offer two or more Classes of shares.

b)  
Class Arrangements: The following summarizes the maximum initial sales charges, contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSCs”), Rule 12b-1 distribution and servicing fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, conversion features, exchange privileges and other shareholder services applicable to a particular class of shares of each Fund.  Exhibit A sets forth the actual sales charges, Rule 12b-1 fees and shareholder servicing fees of each class of shares of the Funds.  Additional details and restrictions regarding such fees and services are set forth in each Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.  Each Fund may offer any or all of the following Classes of shares:

i.  
Investor Class.
A.  
Maximum Initial Sales Charge:  None.
B.  
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge:  None.
C.  
Maximum Annual Rule 12b-1 Distribution Fee:  0.25%.
D.  
Maximum Annual Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee:  0.10%.
E.  
Conversion Features:  Yes.
F.  
Redemption Fees:  1.00% on shares held 180 days or less.

ii.  
Institutional Class.
A.  
Maximum Initial Sales Charge:  None.
B.  
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge:  None.
C.  
Maximum Annual Rule 12b-1 Distribution Fee:  None.
D.  
Maximum Annual Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee:  0.10%.
E.  
Conversion Features:  None.
F.  
Redemption Fees:  1.00% on shares held 180 days or less.
 
 
 
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c)  
Distribution of Shares:  Investor Class shares are sold primarily to retail investors through approved financial supermarkets, investment advisors and consultants, financial planners, brokers, dealers and other investment professionals and their agents.  The Fund’s shares are also offered directly through their distributor.  Institutional Class shares are offered primarily for direct investments by investors such as pension and profit-sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, endowments, foundations, corporations and high net worth individuals.

d)  
Minimum Investment Amounts:  The minimum initial investment in Investor Class shares is $5,000 for all accounts except that retirement accounts have an investment minimum of $2,000.  The minimum initial investment in Institutional Class shares is $100,000 for all accounts.  Once an account is established, subsequent investments in the amount of $50 may be made in Investor Class and Institutional Class shares.

e)  
Voting Rights:  Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each share held on the record date for any action requiring a vote by the shareholders and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional vote held.  Shareholders of the Trust will vote in the aggregate and not by Fund or Class except as otherwise expressly required by law or when the Trustees determine that the matter to be voted upon affects only the interests of the shareholders of a particular Fund or Class.

3.           Expense Allocations

The expenses incurred pursuant to the Rule 12b-1 Plan will be borne by Investor Class shareholders, and constitute an expense allocated to that specific Class.

4.           Exchange Features

Shares of each Fund may be exchanged for shares of the same Class of any other Fund, subject to minimum purchase requirements.

5.  
Conversion Features

A shareholder of Investor Class shares may request or be allowed to convert their Investor Class shares to Institutional Class shares if they are eligible for investment in that class in accordance with the Funds’ current registration statement.  Any implementation of a conversion feature is subject to the continuing availability of a ruling or regulations of the Internal Revenue Service, or of an opinion of counsel or tax adviser, stating that the conversion of one Class of shares to another Class of shares in the same Fund does not constitute a taxable event under federal income tax law.  The conversion feature may be suspended if such a ruling, regulation or opinion is not available.

6.  
Board Review

The Board of Trustees of the Trust shall review the Plan as it deems necessary.  Prior to any material amendment(s) to the Plan with respect to any of a Fund’s shares, the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees that are not interested persons of the Trust, shall find that the Plan, as proposed to be amended (including any proposed amendments to the method of allocating class and/or fund expenses), is in the best interest of each class of shares of a Fund individually and the Fund as a whole.  In considering whether to approve any proposed amendment(s) to the Plan, the Trustees of the Trust shall request and evaluate such information as they consider reasonably necessary to evaluate the proposed amendment(s) to the Plan.

 
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7.           Effectiveness

This Plan shall become effective with respect to each Class (a) to the extent required by Rule 18f-3, after approval by a majority vote of: (i) the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”); (ii) the members of the Board who are not interested persons of the Trust and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Trust’s Plan, and (b) upon execution of an exhibit adopting this Plan with respect to such Class.

This Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan is adopted by Advisors Series Trust with respect to the Classes of the Funds, series of Advisors Series Trust, as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

WITNESS the due execution hereof this 28th day of August, 2015.
 
 
ADVISORS SERIES TRUST
 
By: /s/ Douglas G. Hess
Title: President
Date: August 28, 2015
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT A

AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTIPLE CLASS PLAN

ADVISORS SERIES TRUST
on behalf of the funds managed by
Logan Capital Management, Inc.
 

Fund Name:

Logan Capital Large Cap Growth Fund
Logan Capital International Fund
Logan Capital Small Cap Growth Fund
Logan Capital Large Cap Core Fund
Logan Capital Long/Short Fund

Share Class
Minimum Investment1
Maximum
Initial
Sales Charge
Maximum CDSC
Maximum 12b-1 Fee
Maximum
Shareholder
Servicing Fee
Redemption Fee
Investor Class
$5,000
($2,000 for retirement accounts)
None
None
0.25%
0.10%
1.00%2
Institutional Class
$100,000
None
None
None
0.10%
1.00%2
 
1 The Advisor may waive the minimum initial investment in certain circumstances; please see the Funds’ Prospectus.
2 A redemption fee of 1.00% is assessed on shares redeemed within 180 days of purchase (i.e., held 180 days or less) except for the Long/Short Fund which assesses its redemption fee on shares redeemed within 60 days or less.



ADVISORS SERIES TRUST                                                                                                
on behalf of the Funds listed on Schedule A

By:           /s/Douglas G. Hess                                           
Name:      Douglas G. Hess
Title:        President