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Buffalo High Yield Fund
Buffalo High Yield Fund
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The investment objective of the Buffalo High Yield Fund (“High Yield Fund” or the “Fund”) is current income,
with long-term growth of capital as a secondary objective.
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
Buffalo High Yield Fund
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed within 180 days of purchase) 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
Buffalo High Yield Fund
Management Fees 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.01%
Acquired Fund Fees & Expenses 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.02%
[1] Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses represent the indirect costs of the Fund's investments in other investment companies. The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Fund do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets listed in the Fund's financial highlights, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include the amount of the Fund's proportionate share of the fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests.
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.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Buffalo High Yield Fund
104 325 563 1,248
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.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The High Yield Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in higher-yielding, higher-risk debt securities rated below investment grade by the major rating agencies (or in similar unrated securities), commonly known as “junk bonds”.  Debt securities can include fixed and floating rate bonds as well as bank debt and convertible debt securities.  While the Fund maintains flexibility to invest in bonds of varying maturities, the Fund generally holds bonds with intermediate-term maturities.  With respect to the remaining 20% of the Fund’s net assets, the High Yield Fund may invest in securities such as investment grade debt securities, U.S. Treasury Securities (typically with maturities of 60 days or less) and equity investments, including dividend paying stocks and convertible preferred stocks.

The Fund maintains a flexible investment policy which allows it to invest in debt securities with varying maturities.  However, it is anticipated that the dollar-weighted average maturity of debt securities that the Fund purchases will not exceed 15 years and that the average maturity of all securities that the Fund holds at any given time will be 10 years or less.  The lowest rated debt security that the Fund will hold is D quality (defaulted securities).  Although the Fund will not purchase D quality debt securities, the Fund may continue to hold these securities and will sell them at the Advisor’s discretion.  The Fund has no limitation on principal, interest or reset terms on debt securities held in the Fund.

The Advisor performs extensive fundamental investment research to identify investment opportunities for the Fund.  When evaluating investments and the credit quality of rated and unrated securities, the Advisor looks at a number of past, present and estimated future factors, including: (1) financial strength of the issuer; (2) cash flow; (3) management; (4) borrowing requirements; (5) sensitivity to changes in interest rates and business conditions; and (6) relative value.  The Buffalo High Yield Fund relies on the Advisor to undertake a careful analysis to determine the creditworthiness of the issuers of rated debt (on debt ratings by Moody’s or S&P, as well as the issuers of debt not rated by Moody’s or S&P.  The Advisor may sell the High Yield Fund’s investments to secure gains, limit losses or reinvest in more promising investment opportunities.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
The High Yield Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective.  As with any mutual fund, the value of the High Yield Fund’s investments may fluctuate.  If the value of the High Yield Fund’s investments decreases, the value of the Fund’s shares will also decrease and you may lose money.  The risks associated with the High Yield Fund’s principal investment strategies are:

High Yield Risk – The High Yield Fund invests in higher-yielding, high-risk bonds commonly known as junk bonds.  These lower-rated bonds have a greater degree of default risk.  Lower-rated securities may be issued by companies that are restructuring, are smaller and less credit worthy or are highly indebted, and tend to be less liquid and react more poorly to adverse economic and political changes, unfavorable investor perceptions and negative corporate developments.

Market Risk – The value of the High Yield Fund’s shares will fluctuate as a result of the movement of the overall stock or credit markets or of the value of the individual securities held by the High Yield Fund, and you could lose money.

Management Risk – Management risk means that your investment in the High Yield Fund varies with the success and failure of the Advisor’s investment strategies and the Advisor’s research, analysis and determination of portfolio securities.

Debt Securities Risk – Interest rates may go up resulting in a decrease in the value of the debt securities held by the Fund.  Investments in debt securities include credit risk, which is the risk that an issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest.  There is also the risk that a bond issuer may “call,” or repay, its high yielding bonds before their maturity dates.  Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.  Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.

Bank Loan Risk - The High Yield Fund’s investments in secured and unsecured participations in bank loans and assignments of such loans may create substantial risk.  In making investments in such loans, which banks or other financial intermediaries make to borrowers, the Fund will depend primarily upon the creditworthiness of the borrower for payment of principal and interest.  If the Fund does not receive scheduled interest or principal payments on such indebtedness, the Fund’s share price could be adversely affected.  The High Yield Fund may invest in loan participations that are rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or are unrated, and may invest in loan participations of any credit quality, including loans to “distressed” companies with respect to which there is a substantial risk of losing the entire amount invested.  In addition, certain bank loans in which the Fund may invest may be illiquid and, therefore, difficult to value and/or sell at a price that is beneficial to the Fund.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk - The Fund may invest in securities issued, sponsored or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities.  However, no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will provide financial support to U.S. government-sponsored agencies or instrumentalities where it is not obligated to do so by law.

U.S. Treasury Securities Risk – A security backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States is guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity, but the market prices for such securities are not guaranteed and will fluctuate.

Money Market Funds Risk – An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by any bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.  Although money market funds seek to preserve the value of investments at $1.00 per share, it is possible for the High Yield Fund to lose money if shares of money market funds in which it invests fall below $1.00 per share.

Common Stock Risk – Common Stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change.  Common stock is generally subject to greater risk than preferred stocks and debt obligations because holders of common stock generally have inferior rights to receive payments from issuers in comparison with the rights of the holders of other securities, bondholders and other creditors.

Preferred Stock Risk – Equity securities may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value due to general stock market fluctuations, increases in production costs, decisions by management or related factors.  Preferred stock, specifically, is subject to the risk that the dividend on the stock may be changed or omitted by the issuer, and that participation in the growth of an issuer may be limited.

Convertible Securities Risk – Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible debt securities of similar quality.  The value of a convertible security is influenced by changes in interest rates, with investment value declining as interest rates increase and increasing as interest rates decline.  The credit standing of the company and other factors also may have an effect on a convertible security’s investment value.

Foreign Risk – Investing in securities of foreign corporations involves additional risks relating to: political, social, religious and economic developments abroad; market instability; fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; different regulatory requirements, market practices, accounting standards and practices; and less publicly available information about foreign issuers.  Additionally, these investments may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, may be less liquid, carry higher brokerage commissions and other fees, and procedures and regulations governing transactions and custody in foreign markets also may involve delays in payment, delivery or recovery of money or investments.  Investments in common stocks of U.S. companies with international operations, and the purchase of sponsored or unsponsored ADRs carry similar risks.

American Depositary Receipts – Unsponsored ADRs held by the Fund are frequently under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the underlying issuer.  For this and other reasons, there is less information available about unsponsored ADRs than sponsored ADRs.  Unsponsored ADRs are also not obligated to pass through voting rights to the Fund.  Investing in foreign companies, even indirectly through ADRs, may involve the same inherent risks as investing in securities of foreign issuers, as described above.
PERFORMANCE
The performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the High Yield Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one, five and ten years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance and the returns of additional indexes of securities with characteristics similar to those that the Fund typically holds. The performance information, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.  Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at http://www.buffalofunds.com/performance.html, or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-49-BUFFALO (1-800-492-8332).

After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes.  Actual after-tax returns depend on each investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table.  The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who own the High Yield Fund in a tax-deferred arrangement, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan.
HIGH YIELD FUND Annual Total Return as of December 31 of Each Year
Bar Chart
Calendar Year-to-Date Return (through March 31, 2014) = 1.14%

Best Quarter through December 31, 2013: June 30, 2009 = 16.98%

Worst Quarter through December 31, 2013: December 31, 2008 = (15.56%)
Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended December 31, 2013
Average Annual Returns
Label
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
Buffalo High Yield Fund
Return Before Taxes 9.40% 15.15% 6.79%
Buffalo High Yield Fund After Taxes on Distributions
Return After Taxes on Distributions 6.97% 12.77% 4.66%
Buffalo High Yield Fund After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 5.60% 11.19% 4.48%
Buffalo High Yield Fund Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 7.42% 18.65% 8.46%
Buffalo High Yield Fund Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 7.63% 17.03% 7.16%