485BPOS 1 fusion485bpos.htm GOBAL FUSION FUNDS GemCom, LLC

Securities Act File No. 333-122917

ICA No. 811- 21720


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2011


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549


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Northern Lights Fund Trust

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4020 South 147th Street

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Thompson Hine LLP

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Emile R. Molineaux,

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Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund


GFTEX


Global Fusion Long/Short Fund


GFLSX


Prospectus

May 23, 2011










Advised by:

Fusion Investment Group, LLC

Corporate Drive, Suite 255

Canonsburg, PA 15317



www.globalfusionfunds.com                                                                                                                  1- 855-344-1927


This Prospectus provides important information about each Fund that you should know before investing. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.


These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.




 

 





TABLE OF CONTENTS

FUND SUMMARY- Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

 

FUND SUMMARY- Global Fusion Long/Short Fund

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

AND RELATED RISKS

 

Investment Objectives

 

Principal Investment Strategies

 

Principal Investment Risks

 

Temporary Investments

 

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Investment Adviser

 

Portfolio Manager

 

HOW SHARES ARE PRICED

 

HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES

 

HOW TO REDEEM SHARES

 

FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTION OF FUND SHARES

 

TAX STATUS, DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES

 

Distributor

 

Distribution Fees

 

Additional Compensation to Financial Intermediaries

 

Householding

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Notice of Privacy Policy & Practices

 




 

 





FUND SUMMARY - Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund


Investment Objectives: The Fund seeks to provide 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)

 

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases

(as a % of offering price)

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

(as a % of original purchase price)

None

Maximum Sales Charge (Load)

Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions

None

Redemption Fee (1)

(as a % of amount redeemed, if sold within 60 days)

2.00%

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Management Fees

0.75%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

None

Other Expenses (2)

0.44 %

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (2)(3)

0.35%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.54 %

Fee Waiver and/or Reimbursement (4)

( 0.09 )%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After
Fee Waiver and/or Reimbursement

1.45%


(1)

  The Fund's transfer agent charges a $15 wire fee for redemptions sent by wire transfer.

(2)

 Estimated for the current fiscal year.

(3)

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.  The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund.  

(4)

The Fund's adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and to reimburse expenses, at least until July 31, 2014, to ensure that t otal annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or reimbursement  (exclusive of any taxes, leverage interest, borrowing interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividend expense on securities sold short, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation) will not exceed 1.10% of average daily net assets.  These fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years on a rolling three year basis (within the three years after the fees have been waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the foregoing expense limits.  This agreement may be terminated only by the Fund's Board of Trustees, on 60 days written notice to the adviser.


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 upon these assumptions your costs would be:


1 Year

3 Years

$148

$4 78


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 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: The Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser") seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by investing primarily in exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that each invest primarily in equity securities (common stocks).  This form of investing is referred to as a fund-of-funds style.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests, through ETFs, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities and at least 40% of its assets in non-U.S. companies from at least three foreign countries.  The Adviser selects ETFs without restriction as to country (including emerging markets), capitalization or currency of the common stock issuers held by each ETF.  


The Adviser allocates assets and selects individual ETFs using its Fusion Process® strategy which combines long-term fundamental analysis, short-term tactical and behavioral finance analysis (a psychology-based theory of investor actions that seeks to explain, at least in-part, security returns) techniques and applies them to investment opportunities throughout the globe.  Fundamental valuation and behavioral finance are often viewed as divergent approaches, however, the Adviser's research suggests important connections:


§

Value style investing success largely depends on the time it takes for asset prices to revert to the mean.  For example, a value stock selected because of its low price-to-earnings ratios (P/E) may quickly revert to the peer-group mean P/E ratio, while another stock may take months to revert to the mean, or it may never revert to the mean.  The Adviser believes this creates short-term opportunities.


§

Behavioral finance can provide information about the changes in an asset’s perceived fundamental value and short-term price swings.


The Fusion Process® strategy proceeds through the following stages:


(1) Fundamental Valuation


The Adviser runs fundamental data on the securities within each ETF through proprietary multifactor model screens.  Among others, these screens include:  price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book value ratio, earnings growth, dividend yield, and historical risk (return volatility)/return relationship.


(2) Behavioral Finance


The Adviser conducts an analysis of behavioral factors it believes are influencing an ETF's price, such as relative strength of an ETF and moving averages describing price patterns.  


(3) Global Economic Analysis


The Adviser reviews macroeconomic conditions across the world.  The review focuses on economic indicators, business cycles, and industry/sector trends to generate an investment outlook.  Next, investment themes for countries and regions are ranked in order of greatest expected return.


The adviser selects ETFs with a high attractiveness score from Steps 1 and 2 and then cross-references them with what it believes to be top-ranked global themes from Step 3.  The adviser expects this process will result in the selection of roughly 15 ETFs as investments.  The Adviser sells ETFs when their attractiveness score and/or thesis for the position significantly changes, to replace an ETF with one with a higher attractiveness score, or to attempt to avoid further losses.  The Adviser believes that the combination of these investment selection and risk management techniques will provide the Fund with long-term capital appreciation. The Adviser may engage in frequent buying and selling of portfolio securities to achieve the Fund's investment objectives.


Principal Investment Risks: As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund.  Although the Fund will seek to meet its investment objective, there is no assurance that it will do so.


The following describes the risks the Fund may bear indirectly through its investments in ETFs.


·

Emerging Market Risk:  Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments, weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer security holder rights.  Emerging market economies may be based on only a few industries and security issuers may be more susceptible to economic weakness and more likely to default.  Emerging market securities also tend to be less liquid.

·

ETF Risk:  ETFs are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund.  As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks.  ETFs are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the fund.

·

Foreign Risk:  Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies.  The value of foreign securities is also affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. There may also be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in non-uniform accounting practices and less publicly available information.  The values of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad) or changed circumstances in dealings between nations.

·

Management Risk:  The Adviser's dependence on its Fusion Process® strategy process and judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular ETFs in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results.  Additionally, the Adviser has not previously managed a mutual fund.

·

Market Risk:  Stock prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time, and tend to be more volatile than other investment choices.  Market prices of common stocks in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer’s failure to meet the market’s expectations.

·

Portfolio Turnover Risk:  Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs and may result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in a Fund’s performance.


·

Smaller and Medium Capitalization Securities Risk:  Direct investments in individual smaller and medium capitalization companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments.  In particular, smaller capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets, and financial resources and may be dependent upon a relatively small management group.  


Is the Fund Right for You?


The Fund is intended for investors who want to participate in the global stock market and can tolerate global stock market volatility.


Performance:  Because the Fund has less than a full calendar year of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time.  In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus.  Also, shareholder reports containing financial and performance information will be mailed to shareholders semi-annually. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by visiting www.globalfusionfunds.com or by calling 1-855-344-1927.


Investment Adviser:  Fusion Investment Group, LLC


Portfolio Manager:  Scott Dooley, CFA, Managing Director of the Adviser, has served the Fund as its portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2011.  


Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares:  You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.  The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $2,500 for regular accounts ($1,000 for retirement plans and automatic investment plans).  The minimum subsequent investment is $100 for all accounts.  Redemption requests may be made in writing, by telephone, or through a financial intermediary and will be paid by ACH, check or wire transfer.


Tax Information: Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.  However, these dividend and capital gain distributions may be taxable upon their eventual withdrawal from tax-deferred plans.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries:  If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

FUND SUMMARY - Global Fusion Long/Short Fund


Investment Objectives:  The Fund primarily seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.  A secondary objective of the Fund is to protect capital during unfavorable market conditions.


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)

 

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases

(as a % of offering price)

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

(as a % of original purchase price)

None

Maximum Sales Charge (Load)

Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions

None

Redemption Fee (1)

(as a % of amount redeemed, if sold within 60 days)

2.00%

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Management Fees

0.75%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

None

Other Expenses (2)

0.44 %

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (2)(3)

0.35%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.54 %

Fee Waiver and/or Reimbursement (4)

( 0.09 )%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After
Fee Waiver and/or Reimbursement

1.45 %


(1)

The Fund's transfer agent charges a $15 wire fee for redemptions sent by wire transfer.

(2)

Estimated for the current fiscal year.

(3)

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.  The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund.  

(4)

The Fund's adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and to reimburse expenses, at least until July 31, 2014, to ensure that t otal annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or reimbursement  (exclusive of any taxes, leverage interest, borrowing interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividend expense on securities sold short, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation) will not exceed 1.10% of average daily net assets.  These fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years on a rolling three year basis (within the three years after the fees have been waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the foregoing expense limits.  This agreement may be terminated only by the Fund's Board of Trustees, on 60 days written notice to the adviser.


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 upon these assumptions your costs would be:


1 Year

3 Years

$148

$4 78


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 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: The Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser") seeks to achieve the Fund's primary investment objective by investing, long or short, primarily in exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that each invest primarily in common stocks.  This form of investing is referred to as a fund-of-funds style.  The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's secondary objective by reducing the Fund's net market exposure, as measured by combined long and short positions during unfavorable market conditions, and by reevaluating Fund positions after a drop in price during unfavorable market conditions.  The Adviser selects ETFs without restriction as to country (including emerging markets), capitalization or currency of the common stock issuers held by each ETF.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests through ETFs at least 40% of its assets in non-U.S. companies from at least three foreign countries.


The Adviser allocates assets and selects individual ETFs using its Fusion Process® strategy which combines long-term fundamental analysis, short-term tactical and behavioral finance analysis (a psychology-based theory of investor actions that seeks to explain, at least in-part, security returns) techniques and applies them to investment opportunities throughout the globe.  Fundamental valuation and behavioral finance are often viewed as divergent approaches, however, the Adviser's research suggests important connections:


§

Value style investing success largely depends on the time it takes for asset prices to revert to the mean.  For example, a value stock selected because of its low price-to-earnings ratios (P/E) may quickly revert to the peer-group mean P/E ratio, while another stock may take months to revert to the mean, or it may never revert to the mean.  The Adviser believes this creates short-term opportunities.


§

Behavioral finance can provide information about the changes in an asset’s perceived fundamental value and short-term price swings.


The Fusion Process® strategy proceeds through the following stages:


(1) Fundamental Valuation


The Adviser runs fundamental data on the securities within each ETF through proprietary multifactor model screens.  Among others, these screens include:  price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book value ratio, earnings growth, dividend yield, and historical risk (return volatility)/return relationship.


(2) Behavioral Finance


The Adviser conducts an analysis of behavioral factors it believes are influencing an ETF's price, such as relative strength of an ETF and moving averages describing price patterns.  


(3) Global Economic Analysis


The Adviser reviews macroeconomic conditions across the world.  The review focuses on economic indicators, business cycles, and industry/sector trends to generate an investment outlook.  Next, investment themes for countries and regions are ranked in order of greatest expected return.


The adviser selects ETFs with a high attractiveness score from Steps 1 and 2 and then cross-references them with what it believes to be top-ranked global themes from Step 3.  The adviser expects this process will result in the selection of roughly 15 ETFs as long-side investments.  ETFs with low attractiveness scores score from Steps 1 and 2 are considered for a short position and approximately 5 ETFs will be shorted at any given time.  Generally, the Adviser anticipates that the Fund’s typical net market exposure will be between 30%-70%.


The Adviser sells ETFs when their attractiveness score and/or thesis for the position significantly changes, to replace an ETF with one with a higher attractiveness score, or to attempt to avoid further losses.  The Adviser covers (buys back) short positions when their price target has been reached or when their price outlook is no longer negative.


The Adviser believes that the combination of these investment selection and risk management techniques will provide the Fund with long-term capital appreciation and protect capital during unfavorable market conditions. The Adviser may engage in frequent buying and selling of portfolio securities to achieve the Fund's investment objectives.


Principal Investment Risks: As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund.  Although the Fund will seek to meet its investment objective, there is no assurance that it will do so.


The following describes the risks the Fund may bear indirectly through its long and short investments in ETFs.


·

Emerging Market Risk:  Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments, weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer security holder rights.  Emerging market economies may be based on only a few industries and security issuers may be more susceptible to economic weakness and more likely to default.  Emerging market securities also tend to be less liquid.

·

ETF Risk:  ETFs are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund.  As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks.  ETFs are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the fund.

·

Foreign Risk:  Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies.  The value of foreign securities is also affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. There may also be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in non-uniform accounting practices and less publicly available information.  The values of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad) or changed circumstances in dealings between nations.

·

Management Risk:  The Adviser's dependence on its Fusion Process® strategy process and judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular ETFs in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results.  Additionally, the Adviser has not previously managed a mutual fund.

·

Market Risk:  Stock prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time, and tend to be more volatile than other investment choices.  Market prices of common stocks in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer’s failure to meet the market’s expectations.

·

Portfolio Turnover Risk:  Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs and may result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in a Fund’s performance.


·

Short Sale Risk:  Positions in shorted securities are speculative and more risky than "long" positions (purchases) and potentially unlimited.  Short selling will also result in higher transaction costs (such as interest and dividends), which reduce the Fund’s return, and may result in higher taxes.


·

Smaller and Medium Capitalization Securities Risk:  Direct investments in individual smaller and medium capitalization companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments.  In particular, smaller capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets, and financial resources and may be dependent upon a relatively small management group.  


Is the Fund Right for You?


The Fund is intended for investors who want to participate in the global stock market and can tolerate global stock market volatility, but also want to protect capital in periods when markets are falling in value.


Performance:  Because the Fund has less than a full calendar year of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time.  In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus.  Also, shareholder reports containing financial and performance information will be mailed to shareholders semi-annually. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by visiting www.globalfusionfunds.com or by calling 1-855-344-1927.


Investment Adviser:  Fusion Investment Group, LLC


Portfolio Manager:  Scott Dooley, CFA, Managing Director of the Adviser, has served the Fund as its portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2011.  


Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares:  You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.  The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $2,500 for regular accounts ($1,000 for retirement plans and automatic investment plans).  The minimum subsequent investment is $100 for all accounts.  Redemption requests may be made in writing, by telephone, or through a financial intermediary and will be paid by ACH, check or wire transfer.


Tax Information: Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.  However, these dividend and capital gain distributions may be taxable upon their eventual withdrawal from tax-deferred plans.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries:  If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RELATED RISKS


Investment Objectives


Fund

Investment Objective(s)

Global Fusion Tactical Equity

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Global Fusion Long/Short

The Fund primarily seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.  A secondary objective of the Fund is to protect capital during unfavorable market conditions.


Each Fund’s investment objective(s) and its 40% global investment policy, and the Tactical Equity Fund's 80% equity investment policy may be changed without shareholder approval by the Fund's Board of Trustees upon 60 days written notice to shareholders.


Principal Investment Strategies


The following provides additional information about the Adviser's strategy that it applies to both Funds, except with respect to short selling, which applies only to the Global Fusion Long/Short Fund.  The Adviser allocates assets and selects individual ETFs using its Fusion Process® strategy which combines long-term fundamental analysis and short-term tactical/behavioral analysis techniques and applies them to investment opportunities throughout the globe.


Fundamental valuation and behavioral finance are often viewed as divergent approaches; however, the Adviser's research suggests important connections:


§

Value style investing success largely depends on the time it takes for asset prices to revert to the mean.  For example, a value stock selected because of its low price-to-earnings ratios (P/E) may quickly revert to the peer-group mean P/E ratio, while another stock may take months to revert to the mean, or it may never revert to the mean.  The Adviser believes this creates inefficiencies in the market that can be exploited in the near-term.


§

Behavioral finance can provide important clues about the transitional dynamics between an asset’s fundamental value and short-term price swings.


The Fusion Process® strategy proceeds through the following stages:


(1) Fundamental Valuation


The Adviser runs proprietary multifactor model screens through fundamental data on the securities with each ETF.  Among others, these screens include:  price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book value ratio, earnings growth, dividend yield, and historical risk (return volatility)/return relationship.


(2) Behavioral Finance


The Adviser conducts an analysis of behavioral factors, involving the use of technical research and investor sentiment readings.  These measures focus on historical measures of an ETF's price movement relative strength, money flow into an ETF, and other moving averages describing price patterns.  


(3) Global Economic Analysis


The Adviser reviews macroeconomic conditions across the world.  The review focuses on economic indicators, business cycles, and industry/sector trends to generate an investment outlook for both developed and emerging economies.  Next, investment themes for these economies are ranked in order of greatest expected return.


The adviser selects ETFs with a high attractiveness score from Steps 1 and 2 and then cross-references them with what it believes to be top-ranked global themes from Step 3.  The adviser expects this process will result in the selection of roughly 15 ETFs as long-side investments.  ETFs with low attractiveness scores from Steps 1 and 2 are considered for a short position; approximately 5 ETFs will be shorted at any given time.  The Adviser sells ETFs when their attractiveness score and/or thesis for the position significantly changes, to replace an ETF with one with a higher attractiveness score, or to attempt to avoid further losses.  Loss reviews are trigged by an 8% price decline or a decline representing 2 standard deviations below the security’s mean return.  The Adviser's loss risk management technique is not an absolute sell mandate but an internal review that may or may not result in exiting a position.  The Adviser covers (buys back) short positions when their price target has been reached or when their price outlook is no longer negative.


Principal Investment Risks


The following risks apply to each Fund, except as noted, through investments in ETFs.


Emerging Market Risk:  The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in countries with newly organized or less developed securities markets.  There are typically greater risks involved in investing in emerging markets securities.  Generally, economic structures in these countries are less diverse and mature than those in developed countries and their political systems tend to be less stable.  Emerging market economies may be based on only a few industries, therefore security issuers, including governments, may be more susceptible to economic weakness and more likely to default.  Emerging market countries also may have relatively unstable governments, weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer security holder rights.  Investments in emerging markets countries may be affected by government policies that restrict foreign investment in certain issuers or industries.  The potentially smaller size of their securities markets and lower trading volumes can make investments relatively illiquid and potentially more volatile than investments in developed countries, and such securities may be subject to abrupt and severe price declines.  Due to this relative lack of liquidity, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell a portfolio security at all.  An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from being able to meet cash obligations or take advantage of other investment opportunities.


ETF Risk:  Your cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks.  You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETFs in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses.  Investment in the Fund should be made with the understanding that the ETFs in which the Fund invests will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices, if any, they track because the total return generated by the securities will be reduced by transaction costs incurred in adjusting the actual balance of the securities. In addition, the ETFs in which the Fund invests will incur expenses not incurred by their applicable indices. Certain securities comprising the indices tracked by the ETFs may, from time to time, temporarily be unavailable, which may further impede the ETFs' ability to track their applicable indices.  Investment advisers of ETFs may make investment decisions that are detrimental to the performance of the Fund.  The market value of ETF shares may differ from their net asset value. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for fund shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may be times when shares trade at a premium or discount to net asset value.  Each ETF is subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the fund. These risks could include liquidity risk, sector risk, and foreign currency risk.


Foreign Risk:  To the extent the Fund invests in foreign securities, the Fund could be subject to greater risks because the Fund’s performance may depend on issues other than the performance of a particular company or U.S. market sector.  Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies.  The value of foreign securities is also affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar.  There may also be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in non-uniform accounting practices and less publicly available information.  The values of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad) or changed circumstances in dealings between nations.  In addition, foreign brokerage commissions, custody fees and other costs of investing in foreign securities are generally higher than in the United States.  Investments in foreign issues could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, armed conflict, confiscatory taxation, and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations.  As a result, the Fund may be exposed to greater risk and will be more dependent on the Adviser's ability to assess such risk than if the Fund invested solely in more developed countries.


Management Risk:  The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the Adviser's Fusion Process® strategy.  The Adviser's assessment of the attractiveness and potential appreciation of particular investments in which the Fund invests, long (or short in the case of the Global Fusion Long/Short Fund), may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the Adviser's investment strategy will produce the desired results.  Additionally, the Adviser has not previously managed a mutual fund.


Market Risk:  The net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate based on changes in the value of the securities in which the Fund invests.  The price of ETF securities may rise or fall because of economic or political changes.  Stock prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time, and tend to be more volatile than other investment choices.  Market prices of equity securities in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer’s failure to meet the market’s expectations with respect to new products or services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the issuer, such as changes in interest rates.


Portfolio Turnover Risk: The frequency of a Fund’s transactions will vary from year to year. Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs and may result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in a Fund’s performance.  The Fund’s portfolio turnover is expected to be over 100% annually, as the Fund is actively traded.


Short Sale Risk:  (Global Fusion Long/Short Fund only) The Fund engages in short selling activities, which are significantly different from the investment activities commonly associated with conservative stock funds.  Positions in shorted securities are speculative and more risky than "long" positions (purchases).  You should be aware that any strategy that includes selling securities short could suffer significant losses.  Short selling will also result in higher transaction costs (such as interest and dividends), which reduce the Fund’s return, and may result in higher taxes.


Smaller and Medium Capitalization Securities Risk:  Direct investments in individual smaller and medium capitalization companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments.  In particular, smaller capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets, and financial resources and may be dependent upon a relatively small management group.  These securities may trade over-the-counter or listed on an exchange and may or may not pay dividends.


Temporary Investments: To respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, the Fund may invest 100% of its total assets, without limitation, in high-quality short-term debt securities and money market instruments.  These short-term debt securities and money market instruments include shares of other mutual funds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, U.S. Government securities and repurchase agreements. While the Fund is in a defensive position, the opportunity to achieve its investment objective will be limited. Furthermore, to the extent that a Fund invests in money market mutual funds for its cash position, there will be some duplication of expenses because the Fund would bear its pro-rata portion of such money market funds’ advisory fees and operational fees.  The Fund may also invest a substantial portion of its assets in such instruments at any time to maintain liquidity or pending selection of investments in accordance with its policies.


Portfolio Holdings Disclosure: A description of the Fund’s policies and regarding the release of portfolio holdings information is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.  The Fund may, from time to time, make available end of quarter portfolio holdings information on the website at www.globalfusionfunds.co m.  Quarterly portfolio holdings are generally posted to the website within 10 days of the end of each quarter and remain available until new information for the next quarter is posted.


MANAGEMENT


Investment Adviser:  Fusion Investment Group LLC, 1001 Corporate Drive, Suite 255, Canonsburg, PA 15317, serves as investment adviser to the Funds.  Subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for the overall management of each Fund’s investment portfolio.  The Adviser is responsible for selecting each Fund's investments according to the Fund’s investment objective, polices, and restrictions.  The Adviser provides investment advisory services to individuals and pooled investment vehicles such as the Fund.  As of January 31, 2011, it had approximately $355 million in assets under management.


Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement, each Fund pays the Adviser, on a monthly basis, an annual advisory fee of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.   The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and to reimburse expenses, at least until July 31, 2014, to ensure that each Fund's t otal annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or reimbursement  (exclusive of any taxes, leverage interest, borrowing interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividend expense on securities sold short, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation) will not exceed 1.10% of average daily net assets.  These fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment from a Fund in future years on a rolling three year basis (within the three years after the fees have been waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the foregoing expense limits.  This agreement may be terminated only by the Funds' Board of Trustees, on 60 days written notice to the Adviser.  Fee waiver and reimbursement arrangements can decrease each Fund’s expenses and boost its performance.


A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement will be available in the Fund’s next semi-annual or annual shareholder report.


Portfolio Manager

Scott Dooley, CFA

Managing Director

Mr. Dooley has served as Managing Director of the Adviser since October 2006.  Previously, Mr. Dooley served as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer for Blue Vase Capital Management from June 2000 to September 2006.  Mr. Dooley holds a BS degree with Honors in Finance from Grove City College and an MBA from the University of Chicago - Booth School of Business.  Mr. Dooley has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of Pittsburgh.


The Funds' Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio manager’s compensation structure, other accounts managed by the portfolio manager, and the portfolio manager’s ownership of each Fund's shares.


Portfolio Manager's Prior Performance Information – Global Fusion Tactical Equity


Mr. Dooley is responsible for managing other accounts for clients of the Adviser, a portion of which are invested using the "Global Fusion Tactical Equity" methodology.  Specifically, Mr. Dooley manages separate accounts, which employ the same features of the Fund’s principal investment strategies including investing primarily in ETFs that each invest primarily in common stocks using the Adviser’s investment principals.  Consequently, these "Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts" are managed in a manner substantially similar to the strategy employed by the Fund.  Mr. Dooley has full discretionary authority over the selection of investments for the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts and intends to use substantially the same goals and style of investment management in managing the Fund.  The Fund will have substantially the same investment objective, policies and strategies as the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts.


The information for the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts, which include all the accounts of the Adviser and portfolio manager that are substantially similar to the Fund, is provided to show the past performance of the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts as measured against two specified benchmark indexes. The performance of the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts does not represent the historical performance of the Fund, and should not be considered indicative of future performance of the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts or the Fund.  Future results will differ from past results because of differences in future behavior of the various investment markets, in brokerage commissions, account expenses, the size of positions taken in relation to account size and diversification of securities, and the timing of purchases and sales, among other things.  In addition, the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts are not subject to certain investment limitations and other restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code which, if applicable, might have adversely affected the performance of the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts during the periods shown. Performance of the Fund for future periods will definitely vary, and some months and some quarters will result in negative performance; indeed, some future years may have negative performance.


The Adviser provided the information shown below and calculated the performance information.  The return information is derived from information that has been verified by Ashland Partners & Company LLP and is compliant with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) promulgated by the CFA Institute (GIPS® standards are similar to, but not identical to the method approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission for investment company financial reports).  The Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts' returns shown include realized and unrealized gains plus income, including accrued income.  The performance is shown net of actual management fees.  Returns from cash and cash equivalents in the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts are included in the performance calculations, and the cash and cash equivalents are included in the total assets on which the performance is calculated.  The Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts were valued on a daily basis.  Fund expenses are projected to be lower than the expenses included in the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts.  If estimated Fund expenses had been used to calculate historical returns, the returns presented would be higher.


Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts

Average Annual Total Returns

For the periods ended December 31


 

2005*

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts1

10.77%

15.02%

3.65%

-32.90%

26.51%

18.58%

Standard & Poor’s 500 Index2

7.53%

15.79%

5.49%

-37.00%

26.46%

15.06%

MSCI World Index3

12.54%

20.65%

9.57%%

-40.33%

30.79%

12.34%

* Partial year January 31, 2005 to December 31, 2005 (non-annualized).

1. As of December 31, 2010, the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Accounts totaled $1.9 million.  

2. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is an unmanaged index consisting of 500 stocks chosen for their market size, liquidity and industry group representation, and is considered to be representative of the U.S. equity market.  Unlike a mutual fund, it also does not reflect any trading costs or management fees.

3. The MSCI World Index is a stock market index of 1,500 "world" stocks. It is maintained by MSCI Inc., formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International, and is often used as a common benchmark for world or global stock funds.  The index includes a collection of stocks of all the developed markets in the world, as defined by MSCI. The index includes securities from 24 countries but excludes stocks from emerging and frontier economies.  Unlike a mutual fund, it also does not reflect any trading costs or management fees.


Portfolio Manager's Prior Performance Information – Global Fusion Long/Short


Mr. Dooley is responsible for managing other accounts for clients of the Adviser, a portion of which are invested using the "Global Fusion Long/Short" methodology.  Specifically, Mr. Dooley manages a pooled investment vehicle (commonly referred to as a hedge fund), which employs the same features of the Fund’s principal investment strategies including investing, long or short, primarily in ETFs that each invest primarily in common stocks, using the Adviser’s investment principals.  Consequently, this "Global Fusion Long/Short Account" is managed in a manner substantially similar to the strategy employed by the Global Fusion Long/Short Fund.  Mr. Dooley has full discretionary authority over the selection of investments for the Global Fusion Long/Short Account and intends to use substantially the same goals and style of investment management in managing the Fund.  The Fund will have substantially the same investment objective, policies and strategies as the Global Fusion Long/Short Account.


The information for the Global Fusion Long/Short Account, which represents all the accounts of the portfolio manager that are substantially similar to the Fund, is provided to show the past performance of the Global Fusion Long/Short Account as measured against the specified benchmark index. The performance of the Global Fusion Long/Short Account does not represent the historical performance of the Fund, and should not be considered indicative of future performance of the Global Fusion Long/Short Account or the Fund.  Future results will differ from past results because of differences in future behavior of the various investment markets, in brokerage commissions, account expenses, the size of positions taken in relation to account size and diversification of securities, and the timing of purchases and sales, among other things.  In addition, the Global Fusion Long/Short Account is not subject to certain investment limitations and other restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code which, if applicable, might have adversely affected the performance of the Global Fusion Long/Short Account during the periods shown.  Performance of the Fund for future periods will definitely vary, and some months and some quarters will result in negative performance; indeed, some future years may have negative performance.


The Adviser provided the information shown below and calculated the performance information, which was derived, in part, from 2010 financial statements audited by Spicer Jeffries, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.  The return calculation method is similar to, but not identical to the method approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission for investment company financial reports.  Returns from cash and cash equivalents in the Global Fusion Long/Short Account are included in the performance calculations, and the cash and cash equivalents are included in the total assets on which the performance is calculated.  The Global Fusion Long/Short Account was valued on a monthly basis.  The Global Fusion Long/Short Account's returns shown include realized and unrealized gains plus income, including accrued income.  Additionally, performance is shown net of actual operating expenses and net of a performance fee.  If the Global Fusion Long/Short Account's performance fee were not included, returns would be higher.  The Fund pays no performance fee.  


Global Fusion Long/Short Account

Total Returns


 

1 Year

Ended

12/31/10

3 Months

Ended

3/31/11

Global Fusion Long/Short Account1

10.14%

0.17%

HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index2

5.19%

0.40%

1. As of March 31, 2011, the Global Fusion Long/Short Account totaled $3.5 million.  

2. The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, maintained by Hedge Fund Research, Inc., is designed to be representative of the overall composition of the hedge fund universe. It is comprised of all eligible hedge fund strategies including but not limited to convertible arbitrage, distressed securities, equity hedge, equity market neutral, event driven, macro, merger arbitrage, and relative value arbitrage.  


HOW SHARES ARE PRICED


The net asset value ("NAV") of each Fund's shares is determined at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on each day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business.  NAV is computed by determining, on a per Fund basis, the aggregate market value of all assets of the Fund, less its liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding ((assets-liabilities)/number of shares = NAV).  The NYSE is closed on weekends and New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The NAV takes into account, on a per Fund basis, the expenses and fees of the Fund, including management and administration fees, which are accrued daily. The determination of NAV for shares for a particular day is applicable to all applications for the purchase of shares, as well as all requests for the redemption of shares, received by a Fund (or an authorized broker or agent, or its authorized designee) before the close of trading on the NYSE on that day.

Generally, each Fund's securities are valued each day at the last quoted sales price on each security's primary exchange. Securities traded or dealt in upon one or more securities exchanges (whether domestic or foreign) for which market quotations are readily available and not subject to restrictions against resale shall be valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, in the absence of a sale on the primary exchange, at the last bid on the primary exchange. Securities primarily traded in the National Association of Securities Dealers' Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") National Market System for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price.  If market quotations are not readily available, securities will be valued at their fair market value as determined in good faith by the Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by the Board and evaluated by the Board as to the reliability of the fair value method used.  In these cases, a Fund's NAV will reflect certain portfolio securities' fair value rather than their market price.  Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security is materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security. The fair value prices can differ from market prices when they become available or when a price becomes available.

Each Fund may use independent pricing services to assist in calculating the value of the Fund's securities.  In addition, market prices for foreign securities are not determined at the same time of day as the NAV for a Fund.  Because a Fund may invest in underlying ETFs which hold portfolio securities primarily listed on foreign exchanges, and these exchanges may trade on weekends or other days when the underlying ETFs do not price their shares, the value of some of the Fund's portfolio securities may change on days when you may not be able to buy or sell Fund shares.  In computing the NAV, each Fund values foreign securities held by the Fund at the latest closing price on the exchange in which they are traded immediately prior to closing of the NYSE.  Prices of foreign securities quoted in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at current rates.  If events materially affecting the value of a security in a Fund's portfolio, particularly foreign securities, occur after the close of trading on a foreign market but before the Fund prices its shares, the security will be valued at fair value.  For example, if trading in a portfolio security is halted and does not resume before a Fund calculates its NAV, the Adviser may need to price the security using the Fund's fair value pricing guidelines.  Without a fair value price, short-term traders could take advantage of the arbitrage opportunity and dilute the NAV of long-term investors. Fair valuation of a Fund's portfolio securities can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing policies will prevent dilution of the Fund's NAV by short term traders.  The determination of fair value involves subjective judgments.  As a result, using fair value to price a security may result in a price materially different from the prices used by other mutual funds to determine net asset value, or from the price that may be realized upon the actual sale of the security.

With respect to any portion of each Fund's assets that are invested in one or more open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, each Fund's net asset value is calculated based upon the net asset values of those open-end management investment companies, and the prospectuses for these companies explain the circumstances under which those companies will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.


HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES  


You may purchase shares of the Fund by sending a completed application form to the following address:


Regular/Express/Overnight Mail


Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

or

Global Fusion Long/Short Fund


c/o Gemini Fund Services, LLC  

4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2

Omaha, Nebraska 68137


The USA PATRIOT Act requires financial institutions, including the Funds, to adopt certain policies and programs to prevent money-laundering activities, including procedures to verify the identity of customers opening new accounts. As requested on the Application, you should supply your full name, date of birth, social security number and permanent street address. Mailing addresses containing a P.O. Box will not be accepted. This information will assist each Fund in verifying your identity. Until such verification is made, each Fund may temporarily limit additional share purchases. In addition, each Fund may limit additional share purchases or close an account if it is unable to verify a shareholder's identity. As required by law, the Funds may employ various procedures, such as comparing the information to fraud databases or requesting additional information or documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct.  


Purchase through Brokers: You may invest in the Funds through brokers or agents who have entered into selling agreements with the Funds' distributor. The brokers and agents are authorized to receive purchase and redemption orders on behalf of the Funds. The Funds will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order when an authorized broker or its designee receives the order. The broker or agent may set their own initial and subsequent investment minimums. You may be charged a fee if you use a broker or agent to buy or redeem shares of the Funds. Finally, various servicing agents use procedures and impose restrictions that may be in addition to, or different from those applicable to investors purchasing shares directly from the Funds. You should carefully read the program materials provided to you by your servicing agent.


Purchase by Wire: If you wish to wire money to make an investment in the Funds, please call the Funds at 1- 855-344-1927 for wiring instructions and to notify a Fund that a wire transfer is coming. Any commercial bank can transfer same-day funds via wire. The Funds will normally accept wired funds for investment on the day received if they are received by the Funds' designated bank before the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Your bank may charge you a fee for wiring same-day funds.  


Automatic Investment Plan: You may participate in the Funds' Automatic Investment Plan, an investment plan that automatically moves money from your bank account and invests it in the Funds through the use of electronic funds transfers or automatic bank drafts. You may elect to make subsequent investments by transfers of a minimum of $100 on specified days of each month into your established Fund(s) account. Please contact the Funds at 1- 855-344-1927  for more information about the Funds' Automatic Investment Plan.


The Funds, however, reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to reject any application to purchase shares. Applications will not be accepted unless they are accompanied by a check drawn on a U.S. bank, thrift institutions, or credit union in U.S. funds for the full amount of the shares to be purchased. After you open an account, you may purchase additional shares by sending a check together with written instructions stating the name(s) on the account and the account number, to the above address. Make all checks payable to the Fund(s). The Funds will not accept payment in cash, including cashier's checks or money orders. Also, to prevent check fraud, the Funds will not accept third-party checks, U.S. Treasury checks, credit card checks or starter checks for the purchase of shares.  


Note: Gemini Fund Services, LLC, the Funds' transfer agent, will charge a $25 fee against a shareholder's account, in addition to any loss sustained by the Funds, for any check returned to the transfer agent for insufficient funds.  


Minimum and Additional Investment Amounts: The minimum initial investment in each Fund's shares is $2,500 for regular accounts and $1,000 for retirement plans, and the minimum subsequent investment is $100.  There is no minimum investment requirement when you are buying shares by reinvesting dividends and distributions from a Fund.  The Funds reserves the right to waive any investment minimum requirement.


When Order is Processed: All shares will be purchased at the NAV per share (plus applicable sales charges, if any) next determined after a Fund receives your application or request in good order. All requests received in good order by a Fund before 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) will be processed on that same day. Requests received after 4:00 p.m. will be processed on the next business day.  


Good Order: When making a purchase request, make sure your request is in good order.


"Good order" means your purchase request includes:  


·

the name of the Fund

·

the dollar amount of shares to be purchased

·

a completed purchase application or investment stub  

·

check payable to the "Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund" or "Global Fusion Long/Short Fund"


Retirement Plans: You may purchase shares of each Fund for your individual retirement plans. Please call the Funds at 1- 855-344-1927  for the most current listing and appropriate disclosure documentation on how to open a retirement account.  

HOW TO REDEEM SHARES


Redeeming Shares:  You may redeem all or any portion of the shares credited to your account by submitting a written request for redemption to:  


Regular/Express/Overnight Mail

Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

or

Global Fusion Long/Short Fund


c/o Gemini Fund Services, LLC

4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2

Omaha, Nebraska 68137


Redemptions by Telephone:  The telephone redemption privilege is automatically available to all new accounts except retirement accounts.  If you do not want the telephone redemption privilege, you must indicate this in the appropriate area on your account application or you must write to a Fund and instruct it to remove this privilege from your account.  


The proceeds will be sent by mail to the address designated on your account or wired directly to your existing account in a bank or brokerage firm in the United States as designated on your application.  To redeem by telephone, call 1- 855-344-1927. The redemption proceeds normally will be sent by mail or by wire within three business days after receipt of your telephone instructions.  IRA accounts are not redeemable by telephone.


The Funds reserve the right to suspend the telephone redemption privileges with respect to your account if the name(s) or the address on the account has been changed within the previous 30 days.  Neither the Funds, the transfer agent, nor their respective affiliates will be liable for complying with telephone instructions they reasonably believe to be genuine or for any loss, damage, cost or expenses in acting on such telephone instructions and you will be required to bear the risk of any such loss.  The Funds or the transfer agent, or both, will employ reasonable procedures to determine that telephone instructions are genuine.  If the Funds and/or the transfer agent do not employ these procedures, they may be liable to you for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions.  These procedures may include, among others, requiring forms of personal identification prior to acting upon telephone instructions, providing written confirmation of the transactions and/or tape recording telephone instructions.


Redemptions through Broker:  If shares of a Fund are held by a broker-dealer, financial institution or other servicing agent, you must contact that servicing agent to redeem shares of the Fund.  The servicing agent may charge a fee for this service.


Redemptions by Wire:  You may request that your redemption proceeds be wired directly to your bank account. The Funds' transfer agent imposes a $15 fee for each wire redemption and deducts the fee directly from your account. Your bank may also impose a fee for the incoming wire.


Automatic Withdrawal Plan:  If your individual accounts, IRA or other qualified plan account have a current account value of at least $ 10,000, you may participate in the Funds' Automatic Withdrawal Plan, an investment plan that automatically moves money to your bank account from a Fund through the use of electronic funds transfers.  You may elect to make subsequent withdrawals by transfers of a minimum of $250 on specified days of each month into your established bank account.  Please contact the Funds at 1- 855-344-1927 for more information about the Funds' Automatic Withdrawal Plan.


Redemptions in Kind:  The Funds reserve the right to honor requests for redemption or repurchase orders made by a shareholder during any 90-day period by making payment in whole or in part in portfolio securities ("redemption in kind") if the amount of such a request is large enough to affect operations (if the request is greater than the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of a Fund's net assets at the beginning of the 90-day period).  The securities will be chosen by a Fund and valued using the same procedures as used in calculating the Fund's NAV. A shareholder may incur transaction expenses in converting these securities to cash.


When Redemptions are Sent:  Once a Fund receives your redemption request in "good order" as described below, it will issue a check based on the next determined NAV following your redemption request.  The redemption proceeds normally will be sent by mail or by wire within three business days after receipt of a request in "good order."  If you purchase shares using a check and soon after request a redemption, your redemption proceeds will not be sent until the check used for your purchase has cleared your bank (usually within 10 days of the purchase date).


Good Order:  Your redemption request will be processed if it is in "good order."  To be in good order, the following conditions must be satisfied:  

·

The request should be in writing, unless redeeming by telephone, indicating the number of shares or dollar amount to be redeemed;

·

The request must identify your account number;

·

The request should be signed by you and any other person listed on the account, exactly as the shares are registered; and

·

If you request that the redemption proceeds be sent to a person, bank or an address other than that of record or paid to someone other than the record owner(s), or if the address was changed within the last 30 days, or if the proceeds of a requested redemption exceed $50,000, the signature(s) on the request must be medallion signature guaranteed by an eligible signature guarantor.


When You Need Medallion Signature Guarantees:  If you wish to change the bank or brokerage account that you have designated on your account, you may do so at any time by writing to the Fund(s) with your signature guaranteed.  A medallion signature guarantee assures that a signature is genuine and protects you from unauthorized account transfers.  You will need your signature guaranteed if:


·

you request a redemption to be made payable to a person not on record with the Fund;

·

you request that a redemption be mailed to an address other than that on record with the Fund;

·

the proceeds of a requested redemption exceed $50,000;

·

any redemption is transmitted by federal wire transfer to a bank other than the bank of record; or

·

your address was changed within 30 days of your redemption request.


Signatures may be guaranteed by any eligible guarantor institution (including banks, brokers and dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing agencies and savings associations).  Further documentation will be required to change the designated account if shares are held by a corporation, fiduciary or other organization.  A notary public cannot guarantee signatures.


Retirement Plans:  If you own an IRA or other retirement plan, you must indicate on your redemption request whether a Fund should withhold federal income tax.  Unless you elect in your redemption request that you do not want to have federal tax withheld, the redemption will be subject to withholding. Please call the Funds at 1- 855-344-1927  for the most current listing and appropriate disclosure documentation on how to open a retirement account.


Low Balances:  If at any time your Fund balance falls below $2,500 for regular accounts or $1,000 for retirement accounts, the Fund may notify you that, unless the account is brought up to at least $2,500 or $1,000, respectively, within 30 days of the notice, your account could be closed.  After the notice period, the Fund may redeem all of your shares and close your account by sending you a check to the address of record.  Your account will not be closed if the account balance drops below required minimums due to a decline in NAV. The Funds will not charge any redemption fee on involuntary redemptions.


FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF FUND SHARES


Each Fund discourages and does not accommodate market timing. Frequent trading into and out of a Fund can harm all Fund shareholders by disrupting the Fund's investment strategies, increasing Fund expenses, decreasing tax efficiency and diluting the value of shares held by long-term shareholders.  Each Fund is designed for long-term investors and is not intended for market timing or other disruptive trading activities. Accordingly, the Funds' Board has approved policies that seek to curb these disruptive activities while recognizing that shareholders may have a legitimate need to adjust their Fund investments as their financial needs or circumstances change. The Funds currently uses several methods to reduce the risk of market timing. These methods include:

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Committing staff to review, on a continuing basis, recent trading activity in order to identify trading activity that may be contrary to the Funds' "Market Timing Trading Policy;"

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Rejecting or limiting specific purchase requests;

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Rejecting purchase requests from certain investors; and

·

Charging a redemption fee.

Though these methods involve judgments that are inherently subjective and involve some selectivity in their application, the Funds seek to make judgments and applications that are consistent with the interests of each Fund's shareholders.

Based on the frequency of redemptions in your account, the Adviser or transfer agent may in its sole discretion determine that your trading activity is detrimental to a Fund as described in the Funds' Market Timing Trading Policy and elect to (i) reject or limit the amount, number, frequency or method for requesting future purchases into the Funds and/or (ii) reject or limit the amount, number, frequency or method for requesting future exchanges or redemptions out of a Fund.

The Funds reserve the right to reject or restrict purchase requests for any reason, particularly when the shareholder's trading activity suggests that the shareholder may be engaged in market timing or other disruptive trading activities. Neither the Funds nor the Adviser will be liable for any losses resulting from rejected purchase orders. The Adviser may also bar an investor who has violated these policies (and the investor's financial advisor) from opening new accounts with the Funds.

Although the Funds attempt to limit disruptive trading activities, some investors use a variety of strategies to hide their identities and their trading practices. There can be no guarantee that the Funds will be able to identify or limit these activities. Omnibus account arrangements are common forms of holding shares of a Fund.  While the Funds will encourage financial intermediaries to apply the Funds' Market Timing Trading Policy to their customers who invest indirectly in the Funds, each Fund is limited in its ability to monitor the trading activity or enforce the Funds' Market Timing Trading Policy with respect to customers of financial intermediaries. For example, should it occur, the Funds may not be able to detect market timing that may be facilitated by financial intermediaries or made difficult to identify in the omnibus accounts used by those intermediaries for aggregated purchases, exchanges and redemptions on behalf of all their customers. More specifically, unless the financial intermediaries have the ability to apply the Funds' Market Timing Trading Policy to their customers through such methods as implementing short-term trading limitations or restrictions and monitoring trading activity for what might be market timing, the Funds may not be able to determine whether trading by customers of financial intermediaries is contrary to the Funds' Market Timing Trading Policy. Brokers maintaining omnibus accounts with the Funds have agreed to provide shareholder transaction information to the extent known to the broker to the Funds upon request. If the Funds or the transfer agent or shareholder servicing agent suspects there is market timing activity in the account, a Fund will seek full cooperation from the service provider maintaining the account to identify the underlying participant. At the request of the Adviser, the service providers may take immediate action to stop any further short-term trading by such participants.


The USA PATRIOT Act requires financial institutions, including the Funds, to adopt certain policies and programs to prevent money-laundering activities, including procedures to verify the identity of customers opening new accounts.  As requested on the application, you should supply your full name, date of birth, social security number and permanent street address.  Mailing addresses containing a P.O. Box will not be accepted.  This information will assist the Fund in verifying your identity.  Until such verification is made, the Funds may temporarily limit additional share purchases.  In addition, the Funds may limit additional share purchases or close an account if it is unable to verify a shareholder’s identity.  As required by law, the Funds may employ various procedures, such as comparing the information to fraud databases or requesting additional information or documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct.


TAX STATUS, DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS


Any sale or exchange of each Fund’s shares may generate tax liability (unless you are a tax-exempt investor or your investment is in a qualified retirement account).  When you redeem your shares you may realize a taxable gain or loss.  This is measured by the difference between the proceeds of the sale and the tax basis for the shares you sold.  (To aid in computing your tax basis, you generally should retain your account statements for the period that you hold shares in a Fund.)


Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income at least annually and net capital gain annually, typically in December.  The distributions from a Fund will be reinvested in shares of the Fund unless you elect to receive cash.  Dividends from net investment income (including any excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss) are taxable to investors as ordinary income, while distributions of net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) are generally taxable as long-term capital gain, regardless of your holding period for the shares.  Any dividends or capital gain distributions you receive from a Fund will normally be taxable to you when made, regardless of whether you reinvest dividends or capital gain distributions or receive them in cash.  Certain dividends or distributions declared in October, November, or December will be taxed to shareholders as if received in December if they are paid during the following January.  Each year the Funds will inform you of the amount and type of your distributions.  IRAs and other qualified retirement plans are exempt from federal income taxation.


Your redemptions, including exchanges, may result in a capital gain or loss for federal tax purposes.  A capital gain or loss on your investment is the difference between the cost of your shares, including any sales charges, and the amount you receive when you sell them.


On the account application, you will be asked to certify that your social security number or taxpayer identification number is correct and that you are not subject to backup withholding for failing to report income to the IRS.  If you are subject to backup withholding or you did not certify your taxpayer identification number, the IRS requires each Fund to withhold a percentage of any dividend, redemption or exchange proceeds.  The Funds reserve the right to reject any application that does not include a certified social security or taxpayer identification number.  If you do not have a social security number, you should indicate on the purchase form that your application to obtain a number is pending.  Each Fund is required to withhold taxes if a number is not delivered to the Fund within seven days.


This summary is not intended to be and should not be construed to be legal or tax advice to any current holder of a Fund’s shares.  You should consult your own tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of owning a Fund’s shares.


DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES


Distributor:  Northern Lights Distributors, LLC, 4020 South 147th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68137, is the distributor for the shares of the Funds.  Northern Lights Distributors, LLC is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA").  Shares of the Funds are offered on a continuous basis.


Additional Compensation to Financial Intermediaries:  The Funds' distributor, its affiliates, and the Funds' Adviser and its affiliates may, at their own expense and out of their own assets including their legitimate profits from Fund-related activities, provide cash payments to financial intermediaries who sell shares of the Funds.  Financial intermediaries include brokers, financial planners, banks, insurance companies, retirement or 401(k) plan administrators and others.  These payments are generally made to financial intermediaries that provide shareholder or administrative services, or marketing support.  Marketing support may include access to sales meetings, sales representatives and financial intermediary management representatives, inclusion of the Funds on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list, or other sales programs.  These payments also may be made as an expense reimbursement in cases where the financial intermediary provides shareholder services to Fund shareholders.  The distributor may, from time to time, provide promotional incentives to certain investment firms.  Such incentives may, at the distributor's discretion, be limited to investment firms who allow their individual selling representatives to participate in such additional compensation.

Householding:  To reduce expenses, each Fund mails only one copy of the prospectus and each annual and semi-annual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive individual copies of these documents, please call the Fund at 1- 855-344-1927 on days the Funds are open for business or contact your financial institution.  Each Fund will begin sending you individual copies thirty days after receiving your request.





 

 





FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS


Because the Fund has only recently commenced investment operations, no financial highlights are available for the Fund at this time.  In the future, financial highlights will be presented in this section of the Prospectus.






 

 





NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY & PRACTICES


Your privacy is important to us.  The Funds are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of your personal information.  When you provide personal information, each Fund believes that you should be aware of policies to protect the confidentiality of that information.  


A Fund collects the following nonpublic personal information about you:


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Information we receive from you on or in applications or other forms, correspondence, or conversations, including, but not limited to, your name, address, phone number, social security number, assets, income, and date of birth; and


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Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others, including, but not limited to, your account number and balance, payments history, parties to transactions, cost basis information, and other financial information.


The Funds do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our current or former shareholders to affiliated or nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by law.  For example, the Funds are permitted by law to disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to our transfer agent to process your transactions.


Furthermore, the Funds restrict access to your nonpublic personal information to those persons who require such information to provide products or services to you.  The Funds maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable federal and state standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.


In the event that you hold shares of a Fund through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your nonpublic personal information would be shared with affiliated or non-affiliated third parties.














 

 





Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

Global Fusion Long/Short Fund


Adviser

Fusion Investment Group LLC

1001 Corporate Drive, Suite 255

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania PA 15317

Distributor

Northern Lights Distributors, LLC

4020 South 147th Street

Omaha, NE  68137

Independent Registered Public Accountant

BBD, LLP

1835 Market Street, 26 th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Legal
Counsel

Thompson Hine LLP

312 Walnut Street, 14th floor

Cincinnati, OH  45202

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Transfer
Agent

Gemini Fund Services, LLC
4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2

Omaha, NE  68137


Additional information about the Funds, including the Funds' policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of the Funds' portfolio holdings, is included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information dated May 23, 2011 (the "SAI").  The SAI is incorporated into this Prospectus by reference (i.e., legally made a part of this Prospectus).  The SAI provides more details about the Funds' policies and management.  Additional information about the Funds' investments is also available in the Funds' Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders.  In the Funds' Annual Report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected a Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.


To obtain a free copy of the SAI or other information about the Funds, or to make shareholder inquiries about the Funds, please call 1- 855-344-1927 or visit www.globalfusionfunds.com.  You may also write to:

Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

or

Global Fusion Long/Short Fund


c/o Gemini Fund Services, LLC

4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2

Omaha, Nebraska 68137

You may review and obtain copies of the Funds' information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.  Please call 1-202-551-8090 for information relating to the operation of the Public Reference Room.  Reports and other information about the Funds are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.  Copies of the information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.


Investment Company Act File #811-21720





 

 




GLOBAL FUSION TACTICAL EQUITY FUND

GLOBAL FUSION LONG/SHORT FUND


each a Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust


STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

May 23, 2011


 

This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus of Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and Global Fusion Long/Short Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) dated May 23, 2011. You can obtain copies of the Funds’ Prospectus without charge by contacting the Funds’ Transfer Agent, Gemini Fund Services, LLC, 4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2, Omaha, Nebraska 68137, by calling 1- 855-344-1927. You may also obtain a prospectus or shareholder report by visiting our website at www.fusioninv.com.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE FUNDS

TYPES OF INVESTMENTS

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

MANAGEMENT

CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS

INVESTMENT ADVISER

THE DISTRIBUTOR

PORTFOLIO MANAGER

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM

PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES

TAX STATUS

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

LEGAL COUNSEL

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

APPENDIX A –PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES






 THE FUNDS


     

  The Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and the Global Fusion Long/Short Fund are each a series of Northern Lights Fund Trust, a Delaware statutory trust organized on January 19, 2005 (the "Trust"). Fusion Investment Group, LLC (the "Adviser") serves as investment advisor to the Funds. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is governed by its Board of Trustees (the "Board" or "Trustees"). The Funds may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. All shares of the Funds have equal rights and privileges. Each share of the Funds is entitled to one vote on all matters as to which shares are entitled to vote. In addition, each share of the Funds are entitled to participate equally with other shares (i) in dividends and distributions declared by the Funds and (ii) on liquidation to its proportionate share of the assets remaining after satisfaction of outstanding liabilities. Shares of the Funds are fully paid, non-assessable and fully transferable when issued and have no pre-emptive, conversion or exchange rights. Fractional shares have proportionately the same rights, including voting rights, as are provided for a full share.


The Funds are a diversified series consisting of one class of shares. The Funds’ investment objective, restrictions and policies are more fully described here and in the Prospectus. The Board may start other series and offer shares of a new Fund under the Trust at any time.


Under the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his/her earlier death, incapacity, resignation or removal. Shareholders can remove a Trustee to the extent provided by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Vacancies may be filled by a majority of the remaining Trustees, except insofar as the 1940 Act may require the election by shareholders. As a result, normally no annual or regular meetings of shareholders will be held unless matters arise requiring a vote of shareholders under the Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act.

 


TYPES OF INVESTMENTS


 

The investment objective of the Funds and a description of its principal investment strategies are set forth under "Risk/Return Summary" in the Prospectus. The Funds’ investment objectives are not fundamental and may be changed without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust.


The following pages contain more detailed information in which the Adviser may employ in pursuit of the Funds’ investment objectives and a summary of related risks.


Asset-Backed Securities and Collateralized Debt Obligations

The Funds may invest in asset-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations ("CDOs").  Asset-backed securities and CDOs are created by the grouping of certain governmental, government related and private loans, receivables and other non-mortgage lender assets/collateral into pools.  A sponsoring organization establishes a special purpose vehicle to hold the assets/collateral and issue securities.  Interests in these pools are sold as individual securities.  Payments of principal and interest are passed through to investors and are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guaranty or senior/subordination.  Payments from the asset pools may be divided into several different tranches of debt securities, offering investors various maturity and credit risk characteristics.  Some tranches entitled to receive regular installments of principal and interest, other tranches entitled to receive regular installments of interest, with principal payable at maturity or upon specified call dates, and other tranches only entitled to receive payments of principal and accrued interest at maturity or upon specified call dates.  Different tranches of securities will bear different interest rates, which may be fixed or floating.

Investors in asset-backed securities and CDOs bear the credit risk of the assets/collateral. Tranches are categorized as senior, mezzanine, and subordinated/equity, according to their degree of credit risk.  If there are defaults or the CDOs collateral otherwise underperforms, scheduled payments to senior tranches take precedence over those of mezzanine tranches, and scheduled payments to mezzanine tranches take precedence over those to subordinated/equity tranches.  Senior and mezzanine tranches are typically rated, with the former receiving ratings of A to AAA and the latter receiving ratings of B to BBB.  The ratings reflect both the credit quality of underlying collateral as well as how much protection a given tranche is afforded by tranches that are subordinate to it.

Because the loans held in the pool often may be prepaid without penalty or premium, asset-backed securities and CDOs can be subject to higher prepayment risks than most other types of debt instruments.  Prepayments may result in a capital loss to the Funds to the extent that the prepaid securities purchased at a market discount from their stated principal amount will accelerate the recognition of interest income by the Funds, which would be taxed as ordinary income when distributed to the shareholders.

The credit characteristics of asset-backed securities and CDOs also differ in a number of respects from those of traditional debt securities.  The credit quality of most asset-backed securities and CDOs depends primarily upon the credit quality of the assets/collateral underlying such securities, how well the entity issuing the securities is insulated from the credit risk of the originator or any other affiliated entities, and the amount and quality of any credit enhancement to such securities.

Brady Bonds

Brady bonds are securities created through the exchange of existing commercial bank loans to public and private entities in certain emerging markets for new bonds in connection with debt restructurings. Brady bonds have been issued since 1989 and do not have a long payment history.  In light of the history of defaults of countries issuing Brady bonds on their commercial bank loans, investments in Brady bonds may be viewed as speculative.  Brady bonds may be fully or partially collateralized or uncollateralized, are issued in various currencies (but primarily the dollar) and are actively traded in over-the-counter secondary markets. Incomplete collateralization of interest or principal payment obligations results in increased credit risk. Dollar-denominated collateralized Brady bonds, which may be fixed-rate bonds or floating-rate bonds, are generally collateralized by U.S. Treasury zero coupon bonds having the same maturity as the Brady bonds.

Certificates of Deposit and Bankers’ Acceptances

Certificates of deposit are receipts issued by a depository institution in exchange for the deposit of funds. The issuer agrees to pay the amount deposited plus interest to the bearer of the receipt on the date specified on the certificate. The certificate usually can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity. Bankers’ acceptances typically arise from short-term credit arrangements designed to enable businesses to obtain funds to finance commercial transactions. Generally, an acceptance is a time draft drawn on a bank by an exporter or an importer to obtain a stated amount of funds to pay for specific merchandise. The draft is then “accepted” by a bank that, in effect, unconditionally guarantees to pay the face value of the instrument on its maturity date. The acceptance may then be held by the accepting bank as an earning asset or it may be sold in the secondary market at the going rate of discount for a specific maturity. Although maturities for acceptances can be as long as 270 days, most acceptances have maturities of six months or less.

Closed-End Investment Companies

The Funds may invest in closed-end investment companies.  Shares of closed-end funds are typically offered to the public in a one-time initial public offering by a group of underwriters who retain a spread or underwriting commission of between 4% or 6% of the initial public offering price. Such securities are then listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (commonly known as "NASDAQ") and, in some cases, may be traded in other over-the-counter markets. Because the shares of closed-end funds cannot be redeemed upon demand to the issuer like the shares of an open-end investment company (such as the Funds), investors seek to buy and sell shares of closed-end funds in the secondary market.

The Funds generally will purchase shares of closed-end funds only in the secondary market. The Funds will incur normal brokerage costs on such purchases similar to the expenses the Funds would incur for the purchase of securities of any other type of issuer in the secondary market. The Funds may, however, also purchase securities of a closed-end fund in an initial public offering when, in the opinion of the Adviser, based on a consideration of the nature of the closed-end Fund's proposed investments, the prevailing market conditions and the level of demand for such securities, they represent an attractive opportunity for growth of capital. The initial offering price typically will include a dealer spread, which may be higher than the applicable brokerage cost if the Funds purchased such securities in the secondary market.

The shares of many closed-end funds, after their initial public offering, frequently trade at a price per share that is less than the net asset value per share, the difference representing the "market discount" of such shares. This market discount may be due in part to the investment objective of long-term appreciation, which is sought by many closed-end funds, as well as to the fact that the shares of closed-end funds are not redeemable by the holder upon demand to the issuer at the next determined net asset value, but rather, are subject to supply and demand in the secondary market. A relative lack of secondary market purchasers of closed-end fund shares also may contribute to such shares trading at a discount to their net asset value.

The Funds may invest in shares of closed-end funds that are trading at a discount to net asset value or at a premium to net asset value. There can be no assurance that the market discount on shares of any closed-end fund purchased by the Funds will ever decrease. In fact, it is possible that this market discount may increase and the Funds may suffer realized or unrealized capital losses due to further decline in the market price of the securities of such closed-end funds, thereby adversely affecting the net asset value of the Funds' shares. Similarly, there can be no assurance that any shares of a closed-end fund purchased by the Funds at a premium will continue to trade at a premium or that the premium will not decrease subsequent to a purchase of such shares by the Funds.

Closed-end funds may issue senior securities (including preferred stock and debt obligations) for the purpose of leveraging the closed-end Fund's common shares in an attempt to enhance the current return to such closed-end Fund's common shareholders. The Funds' investment in the common shares of closed-end funds that are financially leveraged may create an opportunity for greater total return on its investment, but at the same time may be expected to exhibit more volatility in market price and net asset value than an investment in shares of investment companies without a leveraged capital structure.

Collateralized Debt Obligations

CDOs are interests in pools of non-mortgage assets.  Assets—called collateral—usually comprise loans or debt instruments.  A CDO may be called a collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) or collateralized bond obligation (“CBO”) if it holds only loans or bonds, respectively.  Multiple tranches of securities are issued by the CDO, offering investors various maturity and credit risk characteristics.  Tranches are categorized as senior, mezzanine, and subordinated/equity, according to their degree of credit risk.  Investors bear the credit risk of the collateral.  If there are defaults or the CDOs collateral otherwise underperforms, scheduled payments to senior tranches take precedence over those of mezzanine tranches, and scheduled payments to mezzanine tranches take precedence over those to subordinated/equity tranches.  Senior and mezzanine tranches are typically rated, with the former receiving ratings of A to AAA and the latter receiving ratings of B to BBB.  The ratings reflect both the credit quality of underlying collateral as well as how much protection a given tranche is afforded by tranches that are subordinate to it.

A CDO has a sponsoring organization, which establishes a special purpose vehicle to hold collateral and issue securities. Sponsors can include banks, other financial institutions or investment managers, as described below. Expenses associated with running the special purpose vehicle are subtracted from cash flows to investors. Often, the sponsoring organization retains the most subordinate equity tranche of a CDO.

Commercial Paper

The Funds may purchase commercial paper. Commercial paper consists of short-term (usually from 1 to 270 days) unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations in order to finance current operations.

Convertible Securities

Convertible securities include fixed income securities that may be exchanged or converted into a predetermined number of shares of the issuer's underlying common stock at the option of the holder during a specified period. Convertible securities may take the form of convertible preferred stock, convertible bonds or debentures, units consisting of "usable" bonds and warrants or a combination of the features of several of these securities. Convertible securities are senior to common stocks in an issuer’s capital structure, but are usually subordinated to similar non-convertible securities. While providing a fixed-income stream (generally higher in yield than the income derivable from common stock but lower than that afforded by a similar nonconvertible security), a convertible security also gives an investor the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation of the issuing company depending upon a market price advance in the convertible security’s underlying common stock.

Corporate Debt

Corporate debt securities are long and short-term debt obligations issued by companies (such as publicly issued and privately placed bonds, notes and commercial paper).  The Adviser considers corporate debt securities to be of investment grade quality if they are rated BBB or higher by S&P or Baa or higher by Moody's, or if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality.  Investment grade debt securities generally have adequate to strong protection of principal and interest payments.  In the lower end of this category, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal than in higher rated categories.  The Funds may invest in both secured and unsecured corporate bonds. A secured bond is backed by collateral and an unsecured bond is not. Therefore an unsecured bond may have a lower recovery value than a secured bond in the event of a default by its issuer. The Adviser may incorrectly analyze the risks inherent in corporate bonds, such as the issuer's ability to meet interest and principal payments, resulting in a loss to the Funds.

Depositary Receipts

The Funds may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), which are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in sponsored form, are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. A sponsoring company provides financial information to the bank and may subsidize administration of the ADR.  Unsponsored ADRs may be created by a broker-dealer or depository bank without the participation of the foreign issuer. Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to pass through voting rights. Unsponsored ADRs may carry more risk than sponsored ADRs because of the absence of financial information provided by the underlying company.  Many of the risks described below regarding foreign securities apply to investments in ADRs.

Emerging Markets Securities

The Funds may invest directly in and purchase ADRs, Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”), and closed-end funds that invest in emerging market securities. Investing in emerging market securities imposes risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed countries.  These risks include (i) the smaller market capitalization of securities markets, which may suffer periods of relative illiquidity, (ii) significant price volatility, (iii) restrictions on foreign investment, and (iv) possible repatriation of investment income and capital. In addition, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales, and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or the creation of government monopolies. The currencies of emerging market countries may experience significant declines against the U.S. dollar, and devaluation may occur subsequent to investments in these currencies by the Funds.  Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging market countries.  

Certain emerging markets limit, or require governmental approval prior to, investments by foreign persons. Repatriation of investment income and capital from certain emerging markets is subject to certain governmental consents. Even where there is no outright restriction on repatriation of capital, the mechanics of repatriation may affect the operation of the Funds.

Additional risks of emerging markets securities may include (i) greater social, economic and political uncertainty and instability, (ii) more substantial governmental involvement in the economy, (iii) less governmental supervision and regulation, (iv) the unavailability of currency hedging technique, (v) companies that are newly organized and small, (vi) differences in auditing and financial reporting standards, which may result in unavailability of material information about issuers, and (vii) less developed legal systems. In addition, emerging securities markets may have different clearance and settlement procedures, which may be unable to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions or otherwise make it difficult to engage in such transactions. Settlement problems may cause the Underlying Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities, hold a portion of its assets in cash pending investment, or be delayed in disposing of a portfolio security. Such a delay could result in possible liability to a purchaser of the security.

Equity Securities

The Funds will invest in equity securities, with a particular emphasis upon investments in common stock. Equity securities consist of common stock, convertible preferred stock, rights and warrants.  Common stocks, the most familiar type, represent an equity (ownership) interest in a corporation.  Warrants are options to purchase equity securities at a specified price for a specific time period.  Rights are similar to warrants, but normally have a short duration and are distributed by the issuer to its shareholders.  Although equity securities have a history of long term growth in value, their prices fluctuate based on changes in a company’s financial condition and on overall market and economic conditions.

Investments in equity securities are subject to inherent market risks and fluctuations in value due to earnings, economic conditions and other factors beyond the control of the Adviser.  As a result, the return and net asset value of the Funds will fluctuate.  Securities in the Funds' portfolio may not increase as much as the market as a whole and some undervalued securities may continue to be undervalued for long periods of time.  Although profits in some Fund holdings may be realized quickly, it is not expected that most investments will appreciate rapidly.

Exchange Traded Funds  

The Funds may invest in a range of ETFs.  ETFs may include, but are not limited to, Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts ("SPDRs"), DIAMONDS,SM  Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock ("QQQs"), iShares, HOLDRs, Fidelity Select Portfolios, Select Sector SPDRs, Fortune e-50, Fortune 50 and streetTRACKS.  Additionally, the Funds may invest in new exchange traded shares as they become available.

SPDRs represent ownership in the SPDR Trust, a unit investment trust that holds a portfolio of common stocks designed to closely track the price performance and dividend yield of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price IndexTM ("S&P 500 Index").  SPDRs trade on the American Stock Exchange ("AMEX") under the symbol SPY.  The value of SPDRs fluctuates in relation to changes in the value of the underlying portfolio of common stocks.  A MidCap SPDR is similar to a SPDR except that it tracks the performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index and trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol MDY.  DIAMONDS represent an investment in the DIAMONDS Trust, a unit investment trust that serves as an index to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the “Dow”) in that its holding consists of the 30 component stocks of the Dow.  The DIAMONDS Trust is structured so that its shares trade at approximately 1/100 (one one-hundredth) of the value of the Dow Index.  The DIAMONDS Trust’s shares trade on the AMEX under the symbol DIA.  QQQs represent ownership in the Nasdaq-100 Trust, a unit investment trust that holds a portfolio of common stocks designed to track the price performance and dividend yield of the Nasadaq 100 Index by holding shares of all the companies on the Index.  Shares trade on the AMEX under the symbol QQQ.  The iShares are managed by Barclays Global Investors, N.A. ("Barlcays").  They track 80 different indexes, including sector/industry indexes (such as the S&P Financial Sector Index), bond indexes (such as the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index and the Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Index) and international indexes (such as the S&P Europe 500 Index). Each iShares international ETF represents a broad portfolio of publicly traded stocks in a selected country.  Each iShares international ETF seeks to generate investment results that generally correspond to the market yield performance of a given Morgan Stanley Capital International ("MSCI") Index.  Barclays, the sole U.S. provider of fixed income ETFs, offers six iShares fixed income ETFs that track a particular Barclays' bond index.  ETFS (both stock and fixed income) are subject to all of the common stock risks, and the international iShares are subject to all of the foreign securities risks described above.  Investments in SPDRs, DIAMONDS, QQQs and iShares are considered to be investment companies, see "Investments in Other Investment Companies" below.  

When the Funds invest in sector ETFs, there is a risk that securities within the same group of industries will decline in price due to sector-specific market or economic developments.  If the Funds invest more heavily in a particular sector, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect that sector.  As a result, the Funds' share price may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of industries.  Additionally, some sectors could be subject to greater government regulation than other sectors.  Therefore, changes in regulatory policies for those sectors may have a material effect on the value of securities issued by companies in those sectors.  The sectors in which the Funds may be more heavily invested will vary.

The shares of an ETF may be assembled in a block (typically 50,000 shares) known as a creation unit and redeemed in-kind for a portfolio of the underlying securities (based on the ETF's net asset value) together with a cash payment generally equal to accumulated dividends as of the date of redemption.  Conversely, a creation unit may be purchased from the ETF by depositing a specified portfolio of the ETF's underlying securities, as well as a cash payment generally equal to accumulated dividends of the securities (net of expenses) up to the time of deposit.  A fund may redeem creation units for the underlying  securities (and any applicable cash), and may assemble a portfolio of the underlying securities and use it (and any required cash) to purchase creation units, if a fund's Adviser believes it is in the Funds' interest to do so.  A Funds ability to redeem creation units may be limited by the 1940 Act, which provides that the ETFs will not be obligated to redeem shares held by a fund in an amount exceeding one percent of their total outstanding securities during any period of less than 30 days.  

There is a risk that the underlying ETFs in which the Funds invest may terminate due to extraordinary events that may cause any of the service providers to the ETFs, such as the trustee or sponsor, to close or otherwise fail to perform their obligations to the ETF. Also, because the ETFs in which the Funds intend to invest may be granted licenses by agreement to use the indices as a basis for determining their compositions and/or otherwise to use certain trade names, the ETFs may terminate if such license agreements are terminated.  In addition, an ETF may terminate if its entire net asset value falls below a certain amount.  Although the Funds believes that, in the event of the termination of an underlying ETF they will be able to invest instead in shares of an alternate ETF tracking the same market index or another market index with the same general market, there is no guarantee that shares of an alternate ETF would be available for investment at that time.  To the extent the Funds invest in a sector product, the Funds will be subject to the risks associated with that sector.

Foreign Currency Exchange Transactions

The Funds may, directly or through investments in Underlying Funds, engage in foreign currency exchange transactions. The Funds or the Underlying Funds enter into these transactions either on a spot (i.e. cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market or uses forward contracts to purchase or sell foreign currencies. The cost of the spot currency exchange transactions is generally the difference between the bid and offer spot rate of the currency being purchased or sold.

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an obligation by the Funds or an Underlying Fund to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts establish an exchange rate at a future date. These contracts are derivative instruments, as their value derives from the spot exchange rates of the currencies underlying the contract.  These contracts are entered into in the interbank market directly between currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. A forward foreign currency exchange contract generally has no deposit requirement and is traded at a net price without commission. Neither spot transactions nor forward foreign currency exchange contracts eliminate fluctuations in the prices of the Funds or an Underlying Fund's securities or in foreign exchange rates, or prevent loss if the prices of these securities should decline.

The Funds or an Underlying Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions in an attempt to protect against changes in foreign currency exchange rates between the trade and settlement dates of specific securities transactions or anticipated securities transactions.  The Funds or an Underlying Fund also may enter into forward contracts to hedge against a change in foreign currency exchange rates that would cause a decline in the value of existing investments denominated or principally traded in a foreign currency. To do this, the Funds or an Underlying Fund would enter into a forward contract to sell the foreign currency in which the investment is denominated or principally traded in exchange for U.S. dollars or in exchange for another foreign currency.  

Although these transactions are intended to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they limit any potential gain that might be realized should the value of the hedged currency increase.  In addition, forward contracts that convert a foreign currency into another foreign currency will cause the Funds or an Underlying Fund to assume the risk of fluctuations in the value of the currency purchased against the hedged currency and the U.S. dollar.  The precise matching of the forward contract amounts and the value of the securities involved will not generally be possible because the future value of such securities in foreign currencies will change as a consequence of market movements in the value of such securities between the date the forward contract is entered into and the date it matures.  The projection of currency market movements is extremely difficult, and the successful execution of a hedging strategy is highly uncertain.

Foreign Securities

The Funds will invest directly in foreign securities, including foreign treasuries and ADRs, and in ETFs and other investment companies that hold a portfolio of foreign securities. Investing in securities of foreign companies and countries involves certain considerations and risks that are not typically associated with investing in U.S. government securities and securities of domestic companies. There may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than a domestic one, and foreign companies are not generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial standards and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. There may also be less government supervision and regulation of foreign securities exchanges, brokers and listed companies than exists in the United States. Interest and dividends paid by foreign issuers may be subject to withholding and other foreign taxes, which may decrease the net return on such investments as compared to dividends and interest paid to the Funds by domestic companies or the U.S. government. There may be the possibility of expropriations, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits, confiscatory taxation, political, economic or social instability or diplomatic developments that could affect assets of the Funds held in foreign countries. Finally, the establishment of exchange controls or other foreign governmental laws or restrictions could adversely affect the payment of obligations.

To the extent the Funds’ currency exchange transactions do not fully protect the Funds against adverse changes in currency exchange rates, decreases in the value of currencies of the foreign countries in which the Funds will invest relative to the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding decrease in the U.S. dollar value of the Funds’ assets denominated in those currencies (and possibly a corresponding increase in the amount of securities required to be liquidated to meet distribution requirements). Conversely, increases in the value of currencies of the foreign countries in which the Funds invest relative to the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding increase in the U.S. dollar value of the Funds’ assets (and possibly a corresponding decrease in the amount of securities to be liquidated).


Futures Contracts

Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific security, class of securities, or an index at a specified future time and at a specified price. Futures contracts may be issued with respect to fixed-income securities, foreign currencies, single stocks or financial indices, including indices of U.S. government securities, foreign government securities, and equity or fixed-income securities.  U.S. futures contracts are traded on exchanges that have been designated "contract markets" by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") and must be executed through a futures commission merchant ("FCM"), or brokerage firm, which is a member of the relevant contract market. Through their clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the contracts between the clearing members of the exchange. The Funds and Underlying unds may invest in futures contracts only to the extent it could invest in the underlying instrument directly.

The Funds may engage in futures transactions, but primarily for hedging purposes.  This means that the Funds’ primary purpose in entering into futures contracts is to protect the Funds from fluctuations in the value of securities or interest rates without actually buying or selling the underlying debt or equity security. For example, if the Funds anticipate an increase in the price of stocks, and it intends to purchase stocks at a later time, the Funds could enter into a futures contract to purchase a stock index as a temporary substitute for stock purchases. If an increase in the market occurs that influences the stock index as anticipated, the value of the futures contracts will increase, thereby serving as a hedge against the Funds not participating in a market advance. This technique is sometimes known as an anticipatory hedge. Conversely, if the Funds hold stocks and seeks to protect itself from a decrease in stock prices, the Funds might sell stock index futures contracts, thereby hoping to offset the potential decline in the value of its portfolio securities by a corresponding increase in the value of the futures contract position. The Funds could protect against a decline in stock prices by selling portfolio securities and investing in money market instruments, but the use of futures contracts enables it to maintain a defensive position without having to sell portfolio securities.

If the Funds own Treasury bonds and the portfolio manager expects interest rates to increase, the Funds may take a short position in interest rate futures contracts. Taking such a position would have much the same effect as the Funds selling Treasury bonds in its portfolio. If interest rates increase as anticipated, the value of the Treasury bonds would decline, but the value of the Funds' interest rate futures contract will increase, thereby keeping the net asset value of the Funds from declining as much as it may have otherwise. If, on the other hand, a portfolio manager expects interest rates to decline, the Funds may take a long position in interest rate futures contracts in anticipation of later closing out the futures position and purchasing the bonds. Although the Funds can accomplish similar results by buying securities with long maturities and selling securities with short maturities, given the greater liquidity of the futures market than the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish the same result more easily and more quickly by using futures contracts as an investment tool to reduce risk.

Risk Factors in Futures Transactions

Liquidity Risk.  Because futures contracts are generally settled within a day from the date they are closed out, compared with a settlement period of three days for some types of securities, the futures markets can provide superior liquidity to the securities markets. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time. In addition, futures exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts and may halt trading if a contract's price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit is reached, it may be impossible for the Funds to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If the secondary market for a futures contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or otherwise, the Funds may not be able to promptly liquidate unfavorable futures positions and potentially could be required to continue to hold a futures position until the delivery date, regardless of changes in its value. As a result, the Funds access to other assets held to cover its futures positions also could be impaired.

Risk of Loss.  Although the Funds may believe that the use of such contracts will benefit the Funds, the Funds' overall performance could be worse than if the Funds had not entered into futures contracts if the Adviser's investment judgment proves incorrect. For example, if the Funds have hedged against the effects of a possible decrease in prices of securities held in its portfolio and prices increase instead, the Funds will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of these securities because of offsetting losses in its futures positions. In addition, if the Funds have insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements. Those sales may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices that reflect the   rising market and may occur at a time when the sales are disadvantageous to the Funds.

The risk of loss in trading futures contracts in some strategies can be substantial, due both to the low margin deposits required, and the extremely high degree of leverage involved in futures pricing. Because the deposit requirements in the futures markets are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market, there may be increased participation by speculators in the futures market that may also cause temporary price distortions. A relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in immediate and substantial loss (as well as gain) to the investor. For example, if at the time of purchase, 10% of the value of the futures contract is deposited as margin, a subsequent 10% decrease in the value of the futures contract would result in a total loss of the margin deposit, before any deduction for the transaction costs, if the account were then closed out. Thus, a purchase or sale of a futures contract may result in losses in excess of the amount invested in the contract. The Funds will only engage in futures transactions when it is believed these risks are justified and will engage in futures transactions primarily for hedging purposes.

Correlation Risk.  The prices of futures contracts depend primarily on the value of their underlying instruments. Because there are a limited number of types of futures contracts, it is possible that the standardized futures contracts available to the Funds will not match exactly the Funds' current or potential investments. The Funds may buy and sell futures contracts based on underlying instruments with different characteristics from the securities in which it typically invests for example, by hedging investments in portfolio securities with a futures contract based on a broad index of securities, which involves a risk that the futures position will not correlate precisely with the performance of the Funds' investments.

Futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments closely correlate with the Funds' investments. Futures prices are affected by factors such as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instruments and the time remaining until expiration of the contract. Those factors may affect securities prices differently from futures prices. Imperfect correlations between the Funds' investments and its futures positions also may result from differing levels of demand in the futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how futures and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits for futures contracts. The Funds may buy or sell futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the securities it wishes to hedge or is considering purchasing in order to attempt to compensate for differences in historical volatility between the futures contract and the securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price changes in the Funds' futures positions are poorly correlated with its other investments, its futures positions may fail to produce desired gains or result in losses that are not offset by the gains in the Funds' other investments.

Margin Requirements

The buyer or seller of a futures contract is not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the contract is held until the delivery date. However, both the buyer and seller are required to deposit "initial margin" for the benefit of the FCM when the contract is entered into. Initial margin deposits:

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Are equal to a percentage of the contract's value, as set by the exchange on which the contract is traded; and

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Are similar to good faith deposits or performance bonds.

Unlike margin extended by a securities broker, initial margin payments do not constitute purchasing securities on margin for purposes of the Funds' investment limitations. If  the value of either party's position declines, that party will be required to make additional "variation margin" payments for the benefit of the FCM to settle the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain may be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. In the event of the bankruptcy of the FCM that holds margin on behalf of the Funds, the Funds may be entitled to return of margin owed to the Funds only in proportion to the amount received by the FCM's other customers. The Trust will attempt to minimize this risk by careful monitoring of the creditworthiness of the FCMs with which it does business and by depositing margin payments in a segregated account with the Trust's custodian.

SEC Segregation Requirements

In addition to the margin restrictions discussed above, transactions in futures contracts may involve the segregation of funds pursuant to requirements imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Under those requirements, where the Funds have a long position in a futures contract, it may be required to establish a segregated account (not with a futures commission merchant or broker) containing cash or certain liquid assets equal to the purchase price of the contract (less any margin on deposit). For a short position in futures or forward contracts held by the Funds, those requirements may mandate the establishment of a segregated account (not with a futures commission merchant or broker) with cash or certain liquid assets that, when added to the amounts deposited as margin, equal the market value of the instruments underlying the futures contracts.

Liquidity Impact of Margin and SEC Segregation Requirements

Although the Funds will segregate cash and liquid assets in an amount sufficient to cover its open futures obligations, the segregated assets will be available to the Funds immediately upon closing out the futures position, while settlement of securities transactions could take several days. However, because the Funds' cash that may otherwise be invested would be held uninvested or invested in other liquid assets so long as the futures position remains open, the Funds' return could be diminished due to the opportunity losses of foregoing other potential investments.

Regulation as a Commodity Pool Operator

The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has filed with the National Futures Association, a notice claiming an exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules of the CFTC promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Funds' operations.  Accordingly, the Funds are not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator.

High Yield Securities

The Funds and the Underlying Funds may invest in high yield securities.  High yield, high risk bonds are securities that are generally rated below investment grade by the primary rating agencies (BB+ or lower by S&P and Ba1 or lower by Moody’s). Other terms used to describe such securities include “lower rated bonds,” “non-investment grade bonds,” “below investment grade bonds,” and “junk bonds.” These securities are considered to be high-risk investments. The risks include the following:

Greater Risk of Loss.  These securities are regarded as predominately speculative. There is a greater risk that issuers of lower rated securities will default than issuers of higher rated securities. Issuers of lower rated securities generally are less creditworthy and may be highly indebted, financially distressed, or bankrupt. These issuers are more vulnerable to real or perceived economic changes, political changes or adverse industry developments. In addition, high yield securities are frequently subordinated to the prior payment of senior indebtedness. If an issuer fails to pay principal or interest, the Funds would experience a decrease in income and a decline in the market value of its investments. An Underlying Fund also may incur additional expenses in seeking recovery from the issuer.

Sensitivity to Interest Rate and Economic Changes.  The income and market value of lower-rated securities may fluctuate more than higher rated securities. Although non-investment grade securities tend to be less sensitive to interest rate changes than investment grade securities, non-investment grade securities are more sensitive to short-term corporate, economic and market developments. During periods of economic uncertainty and change, the market price of the investments in lower-rated securities may be volatile. The default rate for high yield bonds tends to be cyclical, with defaults rising in periods of economic downturn. For example, in 2000, 2001 and 2002, the default rate for high yield securities was significantly higher than in the prior or subsequent years.

Valuation Difficulties.  It is often more difficult to value lower rated securities than higher rated securities. If an issuer’s financial condition deteriorates, accurate financial and business information may be limited or unavailable. In addition, the lower rated investments may be thinly traded and there may be no established secondary market. Because of the lack of market pricing and current information for investments in lower rated securities, valuation of such investments is much more dependent on judgment than is the case with higher rated securities.

Liquidity.  There may be no established secondary or public market for investments in lower rated securities. Such securities are frequently traded in markets that may be relatively less liquid than the market for higher rated securities. In addition, relatively few institutional purchasers may hold a major portion of an issue of lower-rated securities at times. As a result, an Underlying Fund that invests in lower rated securities may be required to sell investments at substantial losses or retain them indefinitely even where an issuer’s financial condition is deteriorating.

Credit Quality.  Credit quality of non-investment grade securities can change suddenly and unexpectedly, and even recently-issued credit ratings may not fully reflect the actual risks posed by a particular high-yield security.

New Legislation.  Future legislation may have a possible negative impact on the market for high yield, high risk bonds. As an example, in the late 1980’s, legislation required federally-insured savings and loan associations to divest their investments in high yield, high risk bonds. New legislation, if enacted, could have a material negative effect on an Underlying Fund’s investments in lower rated securities.

High yield, high risk investments may include the following:

Straight fixed-income debt securities. These include bonds and other debt obligations that bear a fixed or variable rate of interest payable at regular intervals and have a fixed or resettable maturity date. The particular terms of such securities vary and may include features such as call provisions and sinking funds.

Zero-coupon debt securities. These bear no interest obligation but are issued at a discount from their value at maturity. When held to maturity, their entire return equals the difference between their issue price and their maturity value.

Zero-fixed-coupon debt securities. These are zero-coupon debt securities that convert on a specified date to interest-bearing debt securities.

Pay-in-kind bonds. These are bonds which allow the issuer, at its option, to make current interest payments on the bonds either in cash or in additional bonds.

These are bonds sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), usually to a relatively small number of institutional investors.

Convertible Securities. These are bonds or preferred stock that may be converted to common stock.

Preferred Stock. These are stocks that generally pay a dividend at a specified rate and have preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and in liquidation.

Loan Participations and Assignments. These are participations in, or assignments of all or a portion of loans to corporations or to governments, including governments of less developed countries (“LDCs”).

Securities issued in connection with Reorganizations and Corporate Restructurings. In connection with reorganizing or restructuring of an issuer, an issuer may issue common stock or other securities to holders of its debt securities.  An Underlying Fund may hold such common stock and other securities even if they do not invest in such securities.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities

The Funds may invest up to 15% of their net assets in illiquid securities, including limited partnerships. Illiquid securities include securities subject to contractual or legal restrictions on resale (e.g., because they have not been registered under the 1933 Act) and securities that are otherwise not readily marketable (e.g., because trading in the security is suspended or because market makers do not exist or will not entertain bids or offers).  Securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act are referred to as private placements or restricted securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the secondary market.  Foreign securities that are freely tradable in their principal markets are not considered to be illiquid.

Restricted and other illiquid securities may be subject to the potential for delays on resale and uncertainty in valuation. The Funds might be unable to dispose of illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices and might thereby experience difficulty in satisfying redemption requests from shareholders. The Funds might have to register restricted securities in order to dispose of them, resulting in additional expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could impede such a public offering of securities.

A large institutional market exists for certain securities that are not registered under the Securities Act, including foreign securities. The fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions on resale to the general public or to certain institutions may not be indicative of the liquidity of such investments. Rule 144A under the Securities Act allows such a broader institutional trading market for securities otherwise subject to restrictions on resale to the general public. Rule 144A establishes a "safe harbor" from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for resale of certain securities to qualified institutional buyers. Rule 144A has produced enhanced liquidity for many restricted securities, and market liquidity for such securities may continue to expand as a result of this regulation and the consequent existence of the PORTAL system, which is an automated system for the trading, clearance and settlement of unregistered securities of domestic and foreign issuers sponsored by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).

Under guidelines adopted by the Trust's Board, the Funds' Adviser may determine that particular Rule 144A securities, and commercial paper issued in reliance on the private placement exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, are liquid even though they are not registered. A determination of whether such a security is liquid or not is a question of fact. In making this determination, the Adviser will consider, as it deems appropriate under the circumstances and among other factors: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the security; (2) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security; (3) the number of other potential purchasers of the security; (4) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security; (5) the nature of the security (e.g., debt or equity, date of maturity, terms of dividend or interest payments, and other material terms) and the nature of the marketplace trades (e.g., the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers, and the mechanics of transfer); and (6) the rating of the security and the financial condition and prospects of the issuer. In the case of commercial paper, the Adviser will also determine that the paper (1) is not traded flat or in default as to principal and interest, and (2) is rated in one of the two highest rating categories by at least two National Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) or, if only one NRSRO rates the security, by that NRSRO, or, if the security is unrated, the Adviser determines that it is of equivalent quality.  

Rule 144A securities and Section 4(2) commercial paper that have been deemed liquid as described above will continue to be monitored by the Adviser to determine if the security is no longer liquid as the result of changed conditions. Investing in Rule 144A securities or Section 4(2) commercial paper could have the effect of increasing the amount of the Funds' assets invested in illiquid securities if institutional buyers are unwilling to purchase such securities.

Indexed Securities


The Funds may purchase indexed securities consistent with their investment objectives.  Indexed securities are those, the value of which varies positively or negatively in relation to the value of other securities, securities indices or other financial indicators.  Indexed securities may be debt securities or deposits whose value at maturity or coupon rate is determined by reference to a specific instrument or statistic.  Recent issuers of indexed securities have included banks, corporations and certain U.S. Government agencies.  

The performance of indexed securities depends to a great extent on the performance of the security or other instrument to which they are indexed and also may be influenced by interest rate changes in the United States and abroad.  Indexed securities are subject to the credit risks associated with the issuer of the security, and their values may decline substantially if the issuer’s creditworthiness deteriorates.  Indexed securities may be more volatile than the underlying instruments.  Certain indexed securities that are not traded on an established market may be deemed illiquid.

Insured Bank Obligations

The Funds may invest in insured bank obligations. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insures the deposits of federally insured banks and savings and loan associations (collectively referred to as “banks”) up to $100,000 ($250,000 until December 31, 2013). The Funds may purchase bank obligations which are fully insured as to principal by the FDIC. Currently, to remain fully insured as to principal, these investments must be limited to $100,000 ($250,000 until December 31, 2013) per bank; if the principal amount and accrued interest together exceed $100,000 ($250,000 until December 31, 2013), the excess principal and accrued interest will not be insured. Insured bank obligations may have limited marketability.

Investment Company Securities  


The Funds may invest in the securities of other investment companies to the extent that such an investment would be consistent with the requirements of the 1940 Act and the Funds' investment objectives.  Investments in the securities of other investment companies may involve duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses.  By investing in another investment company, the Funds become a shareholder of that investment company.  As a result, the Funds' shareholders indirectly will bear the Funds' proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by shareholders of the other investment company, in addition to the fees and expenses the Funds' shareholders directly bear in connection with the Funds' own operations.


Under Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, the Funds may invest only up to 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one investment company (ETF or other mutual funds), but may not own more than 3% of the outstanding voting stock of any one investment company (the "3% Limitation") or invest more than 10% of its total assets in the securities of other investment companies. However, Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 1940 Act provides that the provisions of paragraph 12(d)(1) shall not apply to securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the Funds if (i) immediately after such purchase or acquisition not more than 3% of the total outstanding stock of such registered investment company is owned by the Funds and all affiliated persons of the Funds; and (ii) the Funds have not offered or sold after January 1, 1971, and is not proposing to offer or sell any security issued by it through a principal underwriter or otherwise at a public or offering price which includes a sales load of more than 1 ½% percent. An investment company that issues shares to the Funds pursuant to paragraph 12(d)(1)(F) shall not be required to redeem its shares in an amount exceeding 1% of such investment company’s total outstanding shares in any period of less than thirty days. The Funds (or the Adviser acting on behalf of the Funds) must comply with the following voting restrictions:  when the Funds exercise voting rights, by proxy or otherwise, with respect to investment companies owned by the Funds, the Funds will either seek instruction from the Funds' shareholders with regard to the voting of all proxies and vote in accordance with such instructions, or vote the share s held by the Funds in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of such security. Because other investment companies employ an investment adviser, such investments by the Funds may cause shareholders to bear duplicate fees.

In addition, the Funds are subject to the 3% Limitation unless (i) the ETF or the Funds has received an order for exemptive relief from the 3% limitation from the SEC that is applicable to the Funds; and (ii) the ETF and the Funds take appropriate steps to comply with any conditions in such order. In the alternative, the Funds may rely on Rule 12d1-3, which allows unaffiliated mutual Funds to exceed the 5% Limitation and the 10% Limitation, provided the aggregate sales loads any investor pays (i.e., the combined distribution expenses of both the acquiring Funds and the acquired Funds) does not exceed the limits on sales loads established by the FINRA for funds of funds.


Mortgage-Backed Securities


The Funds may invest in mortgage-backed securities.  Mortgage-backed securities represent participation interests in pools of one-to-four family residential mortgage loans originated by private mortgage originators.  Traditionally, residential mortgage-backed securities have been issued by governmental agencies such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”).  The Funds do not intend to invest in commercial mortgage-backed securities.  Non-governmental entities that have issued or sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities offerings include savings and loan associations, mortgage banks, insurance companies, investment banks and special purpose subsidiaries of the foregoing.


While residential loans do not typically have prepayment penalties or restrictions, they are often structured so that subordinated classes may be locked out of prepayments for a period of time.  However, in a period of extremely rapid prepayments, during which senior classes may be retired faster than expected, the subordinated classes may receive unscheduled payments of principal and would have average lives that, while longer than the average lives of the senior classes, would be shorter than originally expected.  The types of residential mortgage-backed securities in which the Funds may invest may include the following:

Guaranteed Mortgage Pass-Through Securities.  The Funds may invest in mortgage pass-through securities representing participation interests in pools of residential mortgage loans originated by the U.S. government and guaranteed, to the extent provided in such securities, by the U.S. government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities.  Such securities, which are ownership interests in the underlying mortgage loans, differ from conventional debt securities, which provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts (usually semi-annually) and principal payments at maturity or on specified call dates.  Mortgage pass-through securities provide for monthly payments that are a “pass-through” of the monthly interest and principal payments (including any prepayments) made by the individual borrowers on the pooled mortgage loans, net of any fees paid to the guarantor of such securities and the servicer of the underlying mortgage loans.  The guaranteed mortgage pass-through securities in which the Funds may invest are those issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Private Mortgage Pass-Through Securities.   Private mortgage pass-through securities (“Private Pass-Throughs”) are structured similarly to the Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage pass-through securities described above and are issued by originators of and investors in mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, mortgage banks, commercial banks, investment banks and special purpose subsidiaries of the foregoing.  Private Pass-Throughs are usually backed by a pool of conventional fixed rate or adjustable rate mortgage loans.

Since Private Pass-Throughs typically are not guaranteed by an entity having the credit status of Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, such securities generally are structured with one or more types of credit enhancement. On September 7, 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Authority (the “FHFA”) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had been placed into conservatorship, a statutory process designed to stabilize a troubled institution with the objective of returning the entity to normal business operations.  The U.S. Treasury Department and the FHFA at the same time established a secured lending facility and a Secured Stock Purchase Agreement with both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ensure that each entity had the ability to fulfill its financial obligations.  The FHFA announced that it does not anticipate any disruption in pattern of payments or ongoing business operations of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.  CMOs are debt obligations collateralized by mortgage loans or mortgage pass-through securities.  Typically, CMOs are collateralized by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac Certificates, but also may be collateralized by whole loans or Private Pass-Throughs (such collateral collectively hereinafter referred to as “Mortgage Assets”).

Multi-class pass-through securities are equity interests in a pool of Mortgage Assets.  Unless the context indicates otherwise, all references herein to CMOs include multi-class pass-through securities.  Payments of principal of and interest on the Mortgage Assets, and any reinvestment income thereon, provide the Funds to pay debt service on the CMOs or make scheduled distributions on the multi-class pass-through securities.  CMOs may be sponsored by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government, or by private originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, mortgage banks, commercial banks, investment banks and special purpose subsidiaries of the foregoing.  Under current law, every newly created CMO issuer must elect to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (a “REMIC”).

In a CMO, a series of bonds or certificates is issued in multiple classes.  Each class of CMOs, often referred to as a “tranche,” is issued at a specific fixed or floating coupon rate and has a stated maturity or final distribution date.  Principal prepayments on the Mortgage Assets may cause the CMOs to be retired substantially earlier than their stated maturities or final distribution dates.  Interest is paid or accrues on all classes of the CMOs on a monthly, quarterly or semi-annual basis.  The principal of and interest on the Mortgage Assets may be allocated among the several classes of a series of a CMO in innumerable ways.  In one structure, payments of principal, including any principal prepayments, on the Mortgage Assets are applied to the classes of a CMO in the order of their respective stated maturities or final distribution dates, so that no payment of principal will be made on any class of CMOs until all other classes having an earlier stated maturity or final distribution date have been paid in full.

The Funds may also invest in, among others, parallel pay CMOs and Planned Amortization Class CMOs (PAC Bonds).  Parallel pay CMOs are structured to provide payments of principal on each payment date to more than one class.  These simultaneous payments are taken into account in calculating the stated maturity date or final distribution date of each class, which, as with other CMO structures, must be retired by its payments of a specified amount of principal on each payment date.

Ginnie Mae Certificates.  Ginnie Mae is a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the U.S. government within the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The National Housing Act of 1934, as amended (the “Housing Act”), authorizes Ginnie Mae to guarantee the timely payment of the principal of and interest on certificates that are based on and backed by a pool of mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration under the Housing Act, or Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (“FHA Loans”), or guaranteed by the Veterans’ Administration under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (“VA Loans”), or by pools of other eligible mortgage loans.  The Housing Act provides that the full faith and credit of the U.S. government is pledged to the payment of all amounts that may be required to be paid under any guarantee.  

The Ginnie Mae Certificates will represent a pro rata interest in one or more pools of the following types of mortgage loans:  (i) fixed rate level payment mortgage loans; (ii) fixed rate graduated payment mortgage loans; (iii) fixed rate growing equity mortgage loans; (iv) fixed rate mortgage loans secured by manufactured (mobile) homes; (v) mortgage loans on multifamily residential properties under construction; (vi) mortgage loans on completed multifamily projects; (vii) fixed rate mortgage loans as to which escrowed Funds are used to reduce the borrower’s monthly payments during the early years of the mortgage loans (“buydown” mortgage loans); (viii) mortgage loans that provide for adjustments in payments based on periodic changes in interest rates or in other payment terms of the mortgage loans; and (ix) mortgage-backed serial notes.  All of these mortgage loans will be FHA Loans or VA Loans and, except as otherwise specified above, will be fully-amortizing loans secured by first liens on one-to-four family housing units.

Fannie Mae Certificates.   Fannie Mae is a federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act.  Fannie Mae was originally established in 1938 as a U.S. government agency to provide supplemental liquidity to the mortgage market and was transformed into a stockholder owned and privately managed corporation by legislation enacted in 1968.  Fannie Mae provides funds to the mortgage market primarily by purchasing home mortgage loans from local lenders, thereby replenishing their funds for additional lending.  Fannie Mae acquires funds to purchase home mortgage loans from many capital market investors that may not ordinarily invest in mortgage loans directly, thereby expanding the total amount of funds available for housing.

Each Fannie Mae Certificate entitles the registered holder thereof to receive amounts representing such holder’s pro rata interest in scheduled principal payments and interest payments (at such Fannie Mae Certificate’s pass-through rate, which is net of any servicing and guarantee fees on the underlying mortgage loans), and any principal prepayments on the mortgage loans in the pool represented by such Fannie Mae Certificate and such holder’s proportionate interest in the full principal amount of any foreclosed or otherwise finally liquidated mortgage loan.  The full and timely payment of principal of and interest on each Fannie Mae Certificate will be guaranteed by Fannie Mae, which guarantee is not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.  In order to meet its obligations under such guarantee, Ginnie Mae is authorized to borrow from the U.S. Treasury with no limitations as to amount.

Each Fannie Mae Certificate will represent a pro rata interest in one or more pools of FHA Loans, VA Loans or conventional mortgage loans (i.e., mortgage loans that are not insured or guaranteed by any governmental agency) of the following types:  (i) fixed rate level payment mortgage loans; (ii) fixed rate growing equity mortgage loans; (iii) fixed rate graduated payment mortgage loans; (iv) variable rate California mortgage loans; (v) other adjustable rate mortgage loans; and (vi) fixed rate mortgage loans secured by multifamily projects.

Freddie Mac Certificates.   Freddie Mac is a corporate instrumentality of the U.S. government created pursuant to the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended (the “FHLMC Act”).  Freddie Mac was established primarily for the purpose of increasing the availability of mortgage credit for the financing of needed housing.  The principal activity of Freddie Mac currently consists of the purchase of first lien, conventional, residential mortgage loans and participation interests in such mortgage loans and the resale of the mortgage loans so purchased in the form of mortgage securities, primarily Freddie Mac Certificates.

Freddie Mac guarantees to each registered holder of a Freddie Mac Certificate the timely payment of interest at the rate provided for by such Freddie Mac Certificate, whether or not received.  Freddie Mac also guarantees to each registered holder of a Freddie Mac Certificate ultimate collection of all principal of the related mortgage loans, without any offset or deduction, but does not generally guarantee the timely payment of scheduled principal.  Freddie Mac may remit the amount due on account of its guarantee of collection of principal at any time after default on an underlying mortgage loan, but not later than 30 days following (i) foreclosure sale, (ii) payment of a claim by any mortgage insurer, or (iii) the expiration of any right of redemption, whichever occurs later, but in any event no later than one year after demand has been made upon the mortgagor for acceleration of payment of principal.  The obligations of Freddie Mac under its guarantee are obligations solely of Freddie Mac and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

Freddie Mac Certificates represent a pro rata interest in a group of mortgage loans (a “Freddie Mac Certificate group”) purchased by Freddie Mac.  The mortgage loans underlying the Freddie Mac Certificates will consist of fixed rate or adjustable rate mortgage loans with original terms to maturity of between ten and thirty years, substantially all of which are secured by first liens on one-to-four family residential properties or multifamily projects.  Each mortgage loan must meet the applicable standards set forth in the FHLMC Act.  A Freddie Mac Certificate group may include whole loans, participation interests in whole loans and undivided interests in whole loans and participations comprising another Freddie Mac Certificate group.

Federal Home Loan Bank Securities.  The Federal Home Loan Bank system (“FHLB”) was created in 1932 pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.  The FHLB was created to support residential mortgage lending and community investment. The FHLB consists of 12 member banks which are owned by over 8,000 member community financial institutions.  The FHLB provides liquidity for housing finance and community development by making direct loans to these community financial institutions, and through two FHLB mortgage programs, which help expand home ownership by giving lenders an alternative option for mortgage funding.  Each member financial institution (typically a bank or savings and loan) is a shareholder in one or more of 12 regional FHLB banks, which are privately capitalized, separate corporate entities. Federal oversight, in conjunction with normal bank regulation and shareholder vigilance, assures that the 12 regional Banks will remain conservatively managed and well capitalized. The FHLB banks are among the largest providers of mortgage credit in the U.S.

The FHLB is also one of the world’s largest private issuers of fixed-income debt securities, and the Office of Finance  serves as the FHLB’s central debt issuance facility. Debt is issued in the global capital markets and the Fund is channeled to member financial institutions to fund mortgages, community development, and affordable housing.

Securities issued by the FHLB are not obligations of the U.S. government and are not guaranteed by the U. S. government.  The FHLB may issue either bonds or discount notes. The securities, issued pursuant to the Act, are joint and several unsecured general obligations of the FHLB banks. The bonds or discount notes will not limit other indebtedness that the FHLB banks may incur and they will not contain any financial or similar restrictions on the FHLB banks or any restrictions on their ability to secure other indebtedness. Under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, the FHLB banks may incur other indebtedness such as secured joint and several obligations of the FHLB banks and unsecured joint and several obligations of the FHL Banks, as well as obligations of individual FHLB banks (although current Federal Housing Finance Board rules prohibit their issuance).

Municipal Securities

The Funds may invest in securities issued by states, municipalities and other political subdivisions, agencies, authorities and instrumentalities of states and multi-state agencies or authorities.  Although the interest earned on many municipal securities is exempt from federal income tax, the Funds may invest in taxable municipal securities.

Municipal securities share the attributes of a debt/fixed income securities in general, but are generally issued by states, municipalities and other political subdivisions, agencies, authorities and instrumentalities of states and multi-state agencies or authorities. The municipal securities which the Funds may purchase include general obligation bonds and limited obligation bonds (or revenue bonds), including industrial development bonds issued pursuant to former federal tax law. General obligation bonds are obligations involving the credit of an issuer possessing taxing power and are payable from such issuer's general revenues and not from any particular source. Limited obligation bonds are payable only from the revenues derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source. Tax-exempt private activity bonds and industrial development bonds generally are also revenue bonds and thus are not payable from the issuer's general revenues. The credit and quality of private activity bonds and industrial development bonds are usually related to the credit of the corporate user of the facilities. Payment of interest on and repayment of principal of such bonds is the responsibility of the corporate user (and/or any guarantor).

Under the Code, certain limited obligation bonds are considered “private activity bonds” and interest paid on such bonds is treated as an item of tax preference for purposes of calculating federal alternative minimum tax liability.

Obligations of Supranational Entities (Underlying Funds Only)

The Funds may invest in an Underlying Fund that invests in obligations of supranational entities designated or supported by governmental entities to promote economic reconstruction or development and of international banking institutions and related government agencies.  Examples include the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the "World Bank"), the European Coal and Steel Community, the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Each supranational entity's lending activities are limited to a percentage of its total capital (including "callable capital" contributed by its governmental members at the entity's call), reserves and net income.  There is no assurance that participating governments will be able or willing to honor their commitments to make capital contributions to a supranational entity.

Options

The Funds may utilize call and put options to attempt to protect against possible changes in the market value of securities held in or to be purchased for the Funds’ portfolio and to generate income or gain for the Funds.  The ability of the Funds to successfully utilize options will depend on the Adviser’s ability to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured.  The Funds will comply with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing these techniques and instruments.  

The Funds may write (sell) covered call options and covered put options and purchase call and put options.  The purpose of engaging in options transactions is to reduce the effect of price fluctuations of the securities owned by the Funds (and involved in the options) on the Funds' net asset value per share and to generate additional revenues.  

A covered call option is an option sold on a security owned by the seller of the option in exchange for a premium.  A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy the underlying securities at the exercise price during the option period.  If the option is exercised by the purchaser during the option period, the seller is required to deliver the underlying security against payment of the exercise price. The seller's obligation terminates upon expiration of the option period or when the seller executes a closing purchase transaction with respect to such option.  Call options on securities which the Funds write (sells) will be covered or secured, which means that the Funds will own the underlying security or, to the extent it does not hold such a security, will maintain a segregated account with the Funds’ custodian consisting of  liquid debt obligations equal to the market value of the option, marked to market daily.  When the Funds write a covered call option, it profits from the premium paid by the buyer but gives up the opportunity to profit from an increase in the value of the underlying security above the exercise price.  At the same time, the seller retains the risk of loss from a decline in the value of the underlying security during the option period.  Although the seller may terminate its obligation by executing a closing purchase transaction, the cost of effecting such a transaction may be greater than the premium received upon its sale, resulting in a loss to the seller.  If such an option expires unexercised, the seller realizes a gain equal to the premium received.  Such a gain may be offset or exceeded by a decline in the market value of the underlying security during the option period.  If an option is exercised, the exercise price, the premium received and the market value of the underlying security determine the gain or loss realized by the seller.

When the Funds sell a covered put option, it has the obligation to buy, and the purchaser of the put the right to sell, the underlying security at the exercise price during the option period.  To cover a put option, the Funds deposit U. S. government securities (or other high-grade debt obligations) in a segregated account at its custodian.  The value of the deposited securities is equal to or greater than the exercise price of the underlying security. The value of the deposited securities is marked to market daily and, if necessary, additional assets are placed in the segregated account to maintain a value equal to or greater than the exercise price. The Funds maintain the segregated account so long as it is obligated as the seller. The obligation of the Funds is terminated when the purchaser exercises the put option, when the option expires or when a closing purchase transaction is effected by the Funds.  The Funds' gain on the sale of a put option is limited to the premium received plus interest earned on its segregated account. The Funds' potential loss on a put option is determined by taking into consideration the exercise price of the option, the market price of the underlying security when the put is exercised, the premium received and the interest earned on its segregated account. Although the Funds risk a substantial loss if the price of the security on which it has sold a put option drops suddenly, it can protect itself against serious loss by entering into a closing purchase transaction. The degree of loss will depend upon the Funds' ability to detect the movement in the security's price and to execute a closing transaction at the appropriate time.

The Funds will write options on such portion of its portfolio as management determines is appropriate in seeking to attain the Funds’ objective.  The Funds will write options when management believes that a liquid secondary market will exist on a national securities exchange for options of the same series so that the Funds can effect a closing purchase transaction if it desires to close out its position.  Consistent with the investment policies of the Funds, a closing purchase transaction will ordinarily be effected to realize a profit on an outstanding option, to prevent an underlying security from being called or to permit the sale of the underlying security.  Effecting a closing purchase transaction will permit the Funds to write another option on the underlying security with either a different exercise price or expiration date or both.

The Funds may purchase put options to protect against declines in the market value of portfolio securities or to attempt to retain unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities. Put options might also be purchased to facilitate the sale of portfolio securities.  The Funds may purchase call options as a temporary substitute for the purchase of individual securities, which then could be purchased in orderly fashion. Upon the purchase of the securities, the Funds would normally terminate the call position.  The purchase of both put and call options involves the risk of loss of all or part of the premium paid.  If the price of the underlying security does not rise (in the case of a call) or drop (in the case of a put) by an amount at least equal to the premium paid for the option contract, the Funds will experience a loss on the option contract equal to the deficiency.

Preferred Stock

Preferred stocks are securities that have characteristics of both common stocks and corporate bonds. Preferred stocks may receive dividends but payment is not guaranteed as with a bond. These securities may be undervalued because of a lack of analyst coverage resulting in a high dividend yield or yield to maturity.  The risks of preferred stocks are a lack of voting rights and the Adviser may incorrectly analyze the security, resulting in a loss to the Funds.  Furthermore, preferred stock dividends are not guaranteed and management can elect to forego the preferred dividend, resulting in a loss to the Funds.

Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs")

The Funds may invest in equity interests or debt obligations issued by REITs.  REITs are pooled investment vehicles which invest primarily in income producing real estate or real estate related loans or interest.  REITs are generally classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs or a combination of equity and mortgage REITs.  Equity REITs invest the majority of their assets directly in real property and derive income primarily from the collection of rents.  Equity REITs can also realize capital gains by selling property that has appreciated in value. Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages and derive income from the collection of interest payments.  Similar to investment companies, REITs are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several requirements of the Code. The Funds will indirectly bear its proportionate share of expenses incurred by REITs in which the Funds invest in addition to the expenses incurred directly by the Funds.

Investing in REITs involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general.  Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. REITs are dependent upon management skills, are not diversified, are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and self-liquidation.  REITs are also subject to the possibilities of failing to qualify for tax free pass-through of income under the Code and failing to maintain their exemption from registration under the 1940 Act.

REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are also subject to interest rate risks. When interest rates decline, the value of a REIT’s investment in fixed rate obligations can be expected to rise. Conversely, when interest rates rise, the value of a REIT’s investment in fixed rate obligations can be expected to decline. In contrast, as interest rates on adjustable rate mortgage loans are reset periodically, yields on a REIT’s investment in such loans will gradually align themselves to fluctuate less dramatically in response to interest rate fluctuations than would investments in fixed rate obligations.

Investment in REITs involves risks similar to those associated with investing in small capitalization companies. These risks include:

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limited financial resources;

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infrequent or limited trading; and

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more abrupt or erratic price movements than larger company securities.

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In addition, small capitalization stocks, such as REITs, historically have been more volatile in price than the larger capitalization stocks included in the S&P 500 Index.

Repurchase Agreements  

The Funds may invest up to 25% of the Funds' net assets in fully collateralized repurchase agreements.  A repurchase agreement is a short term investment in which the purchaser (i.e., the Funds) acquires ownership of a security and the seller agrees to repurchase the obligation at a future time at a set price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period (usually not more than 7 days from the date of purchase).  Any repurchase transaction in which the Funds engage will require full collateralization of the seller’s obligation during the entire term of the repurchase agreement.  In the event of a bankruptcy or other default of the seller, the Funds could experience both delays in liquidating the underlying security and losses in value.  However, the Funds intend to enter into repurchase agreements only with its custodian, other banks with assets of $1 billion or more and registered securities dealers determined by the adviser to be creditworthy.  The Adviser monitors the creditworthiness of the banks and securities dealers with which the Funds engage in repurchase transactions.  The Funds may not enter into a repurchase agreement with a term of more than seven days if, as a result, more than 15% of the value of its net assets would then be invested in such repurchase agreements and other illiquid investments.

Reverse Repurchase Transactions

The Funds may enter into reverse repurchase transactions.  In a reverse repurchase transaction, the Funds concurrently agrees to sell portfolio securities to financial institutions such as banks and broker-dealers, and to repurchase the same securities at a later date at a mutually agreed upon price.  The repurchase price generally is equal to the original sales price plus interest.  The Funds retains record ownership of the securities and the right to receive interest and principal payments.  The Funds may enter into a reverse repurchase transaction in order to obtain Funds to pursue additional investment opportunities with a return in excess of the cost of the reverse repurchase transaction.  Such transactions may increase fluctuations in the market value of Fund assets and may be viewed as a form of leverage.  Reverse purchase transactions also involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by the Funds may decline below the price at which the Funds are obligated to repurchase the securities.  In the event of bankruptcy or other default by the purchaser, the Funds could experience both delays in repurchasing the portfolio securities and losses.  The Funds will enter into reverse purchase transactions only with parties whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by the adviser.

Reverse purchase transactions are considered by the SEC to be borrowings by the Funds under the 1940 Act.  At the time the Funds enters into a reverse purchase transaction, it will direct its custodian to place in a segregated account assets (such as cash or liquid securities consistent with the Funds' investment restrictions) having a value equal to the repurchase price (including accrued interest).  The Funds will monitor the account to ensure that the market value of the account equals the amount of the Funds' commitments to repurchase securities.

Rights

Rights are usually granted to existing shareholders of a corporation to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is issued to the public. The right entitles its holder to buy common stock at a specified price.  Rights have similar features to warrants, except that the life of a right is typically much shorter, usually a few weeks. The Adviser believes rights may become underpriced if they are sold without regard to value and if analysts do not include them in their research. The risk in investing in rights is that the Adviser might miscalculate their value resulting in a loss to the Funds. Another risk is the underlying common stock may not reach the Adviser's anticipated price within the life of the right.

Short Sales

The Funds may seek to realize additional gains or hedge investments by selling a security short.  A short sale is a transaction in which the Funds sell a security that it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market price of the security.  To complete the short sale, the Funds must arrange through a broker to borrow the security in order to deliver it to the buyer.  The Funds is obligated to replace the borrowed security by purchasing it at a market price at or prior to the time it must be returned to the lender.  The price at which the Funds are required to replace the borrowed security may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Funds.  Until the security is replaced, the Funds are required to repay the lender any dividends or interest attributable to the borrowed security that may accrue during the period of the loan.  To borrow the security, the Funds may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold.  Until the short position is closed out, the Funds also will incur transaction costs.

The net proceeds of the short sale plus any additional cash collateral will be retained by the broker to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements and provide a collateral cushion in the event that the value of the security sold short increases.  The Funds will receive the net proceeds after it closes out the short position by replacing the borrowed security.  Until the Funds close the short position, the Funds also must maintain a segregated account with its custodian consisting of cash or other liquid securities in an amount at least equal to (i) the current market value of the security sold short, (ii) less any collateral deposited with the broker (not including the proceeds of the short sale).  The assets in the segregated account are marked to market daily.  The collateral held by the broker and the segregated account with the custodian will not necessarily limit the Funds' potential loss on a short sale, which is unlimited.

The Funds will incur a loss if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Funds replace the borrowed security.  The Funds will realize a gain if the price of the security declines between those dates.  The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss increased, by the amount of any premium, dividend, interest or expenses the Funds may be required to pay in connection with the short sale.   There can be no assurance that the Funds will be able to close out a short position at any particular time or at an acceptable price.

Sovereign Obligations

The Funds may invest in sovereign debt obligations.  Investment in sovereign debt obligations involves special risks not present in corporate debt obligations.  The issuer of the sovereign debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due, and the Funds may have limited recourse in the event of a default.  During periods of economic uncertainty, the market prices of sovereign debt, and the Funds' net asset value, may be more volatile than prices of U.S. debt obligations.  In the past, certain emerging markets have encountered difficulties in servicing their debt obligations, withheld payments of principal and interest and declared moratoria on the payment of principal and interest on their sovereign debts.

A sovereign debtor's willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a timely manner may be affected by, among other factors, its cash flow situation, the extent of its foreign currency reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign exchange, the relative size of the debt service burden, the sovereign debtor's policy toward principal international lenders and local political constraints. Sovereign debtors may also be dependent on expected disbursements from foreign governments, multilateral agencies and other entities to reduce principal and interest arrearages on their debt.  The failure of a sovereign debtor to implement economic reforms, achieve specified levels of economic performance or repay principal or interest when due may result in the cancellation of third-party commitments to lend Funds to the sovereign debtor, which may further impair such debtor's ability or willingness to service its debts.

STRIPS

The Federal Reserve creates STRIPS (Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities) by separating the coupon payments and the principal payment from an outstanding Treasury security and selling them as individual securities.  To the extent the Funds purchase the principal portion of the STRIP, the Funds will not receive regular interest payments.  Instead they are sold at a deep discount from their face value.  The Funds will accrue income on such STRIPS for tax and accounting purposes, in accordance with applicable law, which income is distributable to shareholders.  Because no cash is received at the time such income is accrued, the Funds may be required to liquidate other Funds securities to satisfy its distribution obligations.  Because the principal portion of the STRIP does not pay current income, its price can be very volatile when interest rates change.  In calculating its dividend, the Funds take into account as income a portion of the difference between the principal portion of the STRIP’s purchase price and its face value.

Time Deposits and Variable Rate Notes

The Funds may invest in fixed time deposits, whether or not subject to withdrawal penalties.

The commercial paper obligations which the Funds may buy are unsecured and may include variable rate notes. The nature and terms of a variable rate note (i.e., a “Master Note”) permit the Funds to invest fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest pursuant to a direct arrangement between the Funds as Lender, and the issuer, as borrower. It permits daily changes in the amounts borrowed. The Funds have the right at any time to increase, up to the full amount stated in the note agreement, or to decrease the amount outstanding under the note. The issuer may prepay at any time and without penalty any part of or the full amount of the note. The note may or may not be backed by one or more bank letters of credit. Because these notes are direct lending arrangements between the Funds and the issuer, it is not generally contemplated that they will be traded; moreover, there is currently no secondary market for them. Except as specifically provided in the Prospectus, there is no limitation on the type of issuer from whom these notes may be purchased; however, in connection with such purchase and on an ongoing basis, the Funds' Adviser will consider the earning power, cash flow and other liquidity ratios of the issuer, and its ability to pay principal and interest on demand, including a situation in which all holders of such notes made demand simultaneously. Variable rate notes are subject to the Funds' investment restriction on illiquid securities unless such notes can be put back to the issuer on demand within seven days.

U.S. Government Securities

The Funds may invest in U.S. government securities.  These securities may be backed by the credit of the government as a whole or only by the issuing agency.  U.S. Treasury bonds, notes, and bills and some agency securities, such as those issued by the Federal Housing Administration and the Ginnie Mae, are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government as to payment of principal and interest and are the highest quality government securities.  Other securities issued by U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities, such as securities issued by the FHLB and Freddie Mac, are supported only by the credit of the agency that issued them, and not by the U.S. government.  Securities issued by the Federal Farm Credit System, the Federal Land Banks, and the Fannie Mae are supported by the agency’s right to borrow money from the U.S. Treasury under certain circumstances, but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

The Funds' investments in U.S. Government securities may include agency step-up obligations.  These obligations are structured with a coupon rate that "steps-up" periodically over the life of the obligation.  Step-up obligations typically contain a call option, permitting the issuer to buy back the obligation upon exercise of the option.  Step-up obligations are designed for investors who are unwilling to invest in a long-term security in a low interest rate environment.  Step-up obligations are used in an attempt to reduce the risk of a price decline should interest rates rise significantly at any time during the life of the obligation.  However, step-up obligations also carry the risk that market interest rates may be significantly below the new, stepped-up coupon rate.  If this occurs, the issuer of the obligation likely will exercise the call option, leaving investors with cash to reinvest.  As a result, these obligations may expose the Funds to the risk that proceeds from a called security may be reinvested in another security paying a lower rate of interest.

Warrants

Warrants are securities that are usually issued with a bond or preferred stock but may trade separately in the market. A warrant allows its holder to purchase a specified amount of common stock at a specified price for a specified time.  The risk in investing in warrants is the Adviser might miscalculate their value, resulting in a loss to the Funds.  Another risk is the warrants will not realize their value because the underlying common stock does reach the Adviser's anticipated price within the life of the warrant.

When-Issued, Forward Commitments and Delayed Settlements

The Funds may purchase and sell securities on a when-issued, forward commitment or delayed settlement basis. In this event, the Funds' custodian will segregate liquid assets equal to the amount of the commitment in a separate account. Normally, the custodian will set aside portfolio securities to satisfy a purchase commitment. In such a case, the Funds subsequently may be required to segregate additional assets in order to assure that the value of the account remains equal to the amount of the Funds' commitment. It may be expected that the Funds' net assets will fluctuate to a greater degree when it sets aside portfolio securities to cover such purchase commitments than when it sets aside cash.

The Funds does not intend to engage in these transactions for speculative purposes but only in furtherance of its investment objectives. Because the Funds will segregate liquid assets to satisfy its purchase commitments in the manner described, the Funds' liquidity and the ability of the Adviser to manage them may be affected in the event the Funds' forward commitments, commitments to purchase when-issued securities and delayed settlements ever exceeded 15% of the value of its net assets.

The Funds will purchase securities on a when-issued, forward commitment or delayed settlement basis only with the intention of completing the transaction. If deemed advisable as a matter of investment strategy, however, the Funds may dispose of or renegotiate a commitment after it is entered into, and may sell securities it has committed to purchase before those securities are delivered to the Funds on the settlement date. In these cases the Funds may realize a taxable capital gain or loss. When the Funds engage in when-issued, forward commitment and delayed settlement transactions, it relies on the other party to consummate the trade. Failure of such party to do so may result in the Funds incurring a loss or missing an opportunity to obtain a price credited to be advantageous.

The market value of the securities underlying a when-issued purchase, forward commitment to purchase securities, or a delayed settlement and any subsequent fluctuations in their market value is taken into account when determining the market value of the Funds starting on the day the Funds agree to purchase the securities. The Funds do not earn interest on the securities it has committed to purchase until it has paid for and delivered on the settlement date.


INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS


  

The Funds have adopted the following investment restrictions that may not be changed without approval by a "majority of the outstanding shares" of the Funds which, as used in this SAI, means the vote of the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the shares of the Funds represented at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Funds are present or represented by proxy, or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Funds.


1. Borrowing Money. The Funds will not borrow money, except: (a) from a bank, provided that immediately after such borrowing there is an asset coverage of 300% for all borrowings of the Funds; or (b) from a bank or other persons for temporary purposes only, provided that such temporary borrowings are in an amount not exceeding 5% of the Funds’ total assets at the time when the borrowing is made.


2. Senior Securities. The Funds will not issue senior securities. This limitation is not applicable to activities that may be deemed to involve the issuance or sale of a senior security by the Funds, provided that the Funds’ engagement in such activities is consistent with or permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or interpretations of the SEC or its staff.


3. Underwriting. The Funds will not act as underwriter of securities issued by other persons. This limitation is not applicable to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities (including restricted securities), the Funds may be deemed an underwriter under certain federal securities laws.


4. Real Estate. The Funds will not purchase or sell real estate. This limitation is not applicable to investments in marketable securities that are secured by or represent interests in real estate. This limitation does not preclude the Funds from investing in mortgage-related securities or investing in companies engaged in the real estate business or that have a significant portion of their assets in real estate (including real estate investment trusts).


5. Commodities. The Funds will not purchase or sell commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other investments. This limitation does not preclude the Funds from purchasing or selling options or futures contracts, from investing in securities or other instruments backed by commodities or from investing in companies, which are engaged in a commodities business or have a significant portion of their assets in commodities.


6. Loans. The Funds will not make loans to other persons, except: (a) by loaning portfolio securities; (b) by engaging in repurchase agreements; or (c) by purchasing nonpublicly offered debt securities. For purposes of this limitation, the term "loans" shall not include the purchase of a portion of an issue of publicly distributed bonds, debentures or other securities.


7. Concentration. The Funds will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in a particular industry or group of industries. The Funds will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in any investment company that concentrates. This limitation is not applicable to investments in obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities or repurchase agreements with respect thereto.


8. Diversification. The Funds will invest in the securities of any issuer only if, immediately after such investment, at least 75% of the value of the total assets of the Funds will be invested in cash and cash items (including receivables), Government securities, securities of other investment companies, and other securities for the purposes of this calculation limited in respect of any one issuer to an amount (determined immediately after the latest acquisition of securities of the issuer) not greater in value than 5% of the value of the total assets of the Funds and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer.



THE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS OF THE FUNDS. THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS ARE DESIGNATED AS NON-FUNDAMENTAL AND MAY BE CHANGED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF SHAREHOLDERS.


1. Pledging. The Funds will not mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or in any manner transfer, as security for indebtedness, any assets of the Funds except as may be necessary in connection with borrowings described in limitation (1) above. Margin deposits, security interests, liens and collateral arrangements with respect to transactions involving options, futures contracts, short sales and other permitted investments and techniques are not deemed to be a mortgage, pledge or hypothecation of assets for purposes of this limitation.


2. Borrowing. The Funds will not purchase any security while borrowings representing more than one third of its total assets are outstanding.


3. Margin Purchases. The Funds will not purchase securities or evidences of interest thereon on "margin." This limitation is not applicable to short-term credit obtained by the Funds for the clearance of purchases and sales or redemption of securities, or to arrangements with respect to transactions involving options, futures contracts, short sales and other permitted investment techniques.


4. Illiquid Investments. The Funds will not invest 15% or more of its net assets in securities for which there are legal or contractual restrictions on resale and other illiquid securities.


If a restriction on the Funds’ investments is adhered to at the time an investment is made, a subsequent change in the percentage of Fund assets invested in certain securities or other instruments, or change in average duration of the Funds’ investment portfolio, resulting from changes in the value of the Funds’ total assets, will not be considered a violation of the restriction; provided, however, that the asset coverage requirement applicable to borrowings shall be maintained in the manner contemplated by applicable law.



POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS



The Trust has adopted policies and procedures that govern the disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio holdings. These policies and procedures are designed to ensure that such disclosure is in the best interests of Funds shareholders.


It is the Trust’s policy to: (1) ensure that any disclosure of portfolio holdings information is in the best interest of Trust shareholders; (2) protect the confidentiality of portfolio holdings information; (3) have procedures in place to guard against personal trading based on the information; and (4) ensure that the disclosure of portfolio holdings information does not create conflicts between the interests of the Trust’s shareholders and those of the Trust’s affiliates.


The Funds disclose its portfolio holdings by mailing its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders approximately two months after the end of the fiscal year and semi-annual period.  In addition, the Funds may, from time to time, make available end of quarter portfolio holdings information on its website at www.fusioninv.com.  Quarterly portfolio holdings are generally posted to the website within 10 days of the end of each quarter and remain available until new information for the next quarter is posted.


The Funds may choose to make portfolio holdings information available to rating agencies such as Lipper, Morningstar or Bloomberg more frequently on a confidential basis.


Under limited circumstances, as described below, the Funds’ portfolio holdings may be disclosed to, or known by, certain third parties in advance of their filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR or Form N-Q.  In each case, a determination has been made that such advance disclosure is supported by a legitimate business purpose and that the recipient is subject to a duty to keep the information confidential.  

·

The Adviser.  Personnel of the Adviser, including personnel responsible for managing the Funds’ portfolio, may have full daily access to Funds portfolio holdings since that information is necessary in order for the Adviser to provide their management, administrative, and investment services to the Funds.  As required for purposes of analyzing the impact of existing and future market changes on the prices, availability, demand and liquidity of such securities, as well as for the assistance of portfolio managers in the trading of such securities, Adviser personnel may also release and discuss certain portfolio holdings with various broker-dealers.

 

·

Gemini Funds Services, LLC.  Gemini Funds Services, LLC is the transfer agent, fund accountant, administrator and custody administrator for the Funds; therefore, its personnel have full daily access to the Funds’ portfolio holdings since that information is necessary in order for them to provide the agreed-upon services for the Trust.

 

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The Bank of New York Mellon.  The Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian for the Funds; therefore, its personnel have full daily access to the Funds’ portfolio holdings since that information is necessary in order for them to provide the agreed-upon services for the Trust.

 

·

BBD, LLP. BBD, LLP is the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm; therefore, its personnel have access to the Funds’ portfolio holdings in connection with auditing of the Funds’ annual financial statements and providing assistance and consultation in connection with SEC filings.  

 

·

Thompson Hine LLP.  Thompson Hine LLP is counsel to the Funds; therefore, its personnel have access to the Funds’ portfolio holdings in connection with review of the Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports and SEC filings.


Additions to List of Approved Recipients.  The Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer is the person responsible, and whose prior approval is required, for any disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio securities at any time or to any persons other than those described above.  In such cases, the recipient must have a legitimate business need for the information and must be subject to a duty to keep the information confidential. There are no ongoing arrangements in place with respect to the disclosure of portfolio holdings. In no event shall the Funds, the Adviser or any other party receive any direct or indirect compensation in connection with the disclosure of information about the Funds’ portfolio holdings.


Compliance With Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Procedures.  The Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer will report periodically to the Board with respect to compliance with the Funds’ portfolio holdings disclosure procedures, and from time to time will provide the Board any updates to the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures.


There is no assurance that the Trust’s policies on disclosure of portfolio holdings will protect the Funds from the potential misuse of holdings information by individuals or firms in possession of that information.



MANAGEMENT


 

The business of the Trust is managed under the direction of the Board in accordance with the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the Trust’s By-laws (the “Governing Documents”), which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available upon request. The Board consists of five (5) individuals, four (4) of whom are not “interested persons” (as defined under the 1940 Act) of the Trust and the Adviser (“Independent Trustees”). Pursuant to the Governing Documents of the Trust, the Trustees shall elect officers including a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Principal Executive Officer and a Principal Accounting Officer. The Board retains the power to conduct, operate and carry on the business of the Trust and has the power to incur and pay any expenses, which, in the opinion of the Board, are necessary or incidental to carry out any of the Trust’s purposes. The Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the Trust, when acting in such capacities, shall not be subject to any personal liability except for his or her own bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties. Following is a list of the Trustees and executive officers of the Trust and their principal occupation over the last five years.


Board Leadership Structure

The Trust is led by Mr. Michael Miola, who has served as the Chairman of the Board since the Trust was organized in 2005.  Mr. Miola is an interested person by virtue of his indirect controlling interest in Northern Lights Distributors, LLC (the Trust's distributor for the majority of the series of the Trust).  The Board of Trustees is comprised of Mr. Miola and four (4) Independent Trustees.  The Independent Trustees have selected Mr. Anthony J. Hertl as Lead Independent Trustee.  Additionally, under certain 1940 Act governance guidelines that apply to the Trust, the Independent Trustees will meet in executive session, at least quarterly.  Under the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, the Chairman of the Board is responsible for (a) presiding at board meetings, (b) calling special meetings on an as-needed basis, (c) execution and administration of Trust policies including (i) setting the agendas for board meetings and (ii) providing information to board members in advance of each board meeting and between board meetings.  Generally, the Trust believes it best to have a non-executive Chairman of the Board, who together with the President (principal executive officer), are seen by our shareholders, business partners and other stakeholders as providing strong leadership.  The Trust believes that its Chairman, the independent chair of the Audit Committee, the Independent Lead Trustee, and, as an entity, the full Board of Trustees, provide effective leadership that is in the best interests of the Trust, its Funds and each shareholder.


Board Risk Oversight

The Board of Trustees is comprised of Mr. Miola and four (4) Independent Trustees with a standing independent Audit Committee with a separate chair. The Board is responsible for overseeing risk management, and the full Board regularly engages in discussions of risk management and receives compliance reports that inform its oversight of risk management from its Chief Compliance Officer at quarterly meetings and on an ad hoc basis, when and if necessary.  The Audit Committee considers financial and reporting risk within its area of responsibilities.  Generally, the Board believes that its oversight of material risks is adequately maintained through the compliance-reporting chain where the Chief Compliance Officer is the primary recipient and communicator of such risk-related information.


Trustee Qualifications.


Generally, the Trust believes that each Trustee is competent to serve because of their individual overall merits including: (i) experience, (ii) qualifications, (iii) attributes and (iv) skills.  Mr. Miola has over 20 years of business experience in the investment management and brokerage business, serves as a member of another mutual fund board outside of the Fund Complex and possesses a strong understanding of the regulatory framework under which investment companies must operate based on his years of service to this Board and another fund board.  Mr. Gary W. Lanzen has over 20 years of business experience in the financial services industry, holds a Masters in Education Administration degree, is a Certified Financial Planner ("CFP") and serves as a member of another mutual fund board outside of the Fund Complex and possesses a strong understanding of the regulatory framework under which investment companies must operate based on his years of service to this Board and another fund board.  Mr. L. Merill Bryan has over 40 years of business experience in the transportation field, serving as an executive with Union Pacific Corporation, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, serves as a member of another mutual fund board outside of the Fund Complex and possesses a strong understanding of the regulatory framework under which investment companies must operate based on his years of service to this Board and another fund board.  Mr. Anthony J. Hertl has over 20 years of business experience in financial services industry and related fields including serving as chair of the finance committee for the Borough of Interlaken, New Jersey and Vice President-Finance and Administration of Marymount College, holds a holds Certified Public Accountant designation and serves as a member of 4 other mutual fund boards outside of the Fund Complex and possesses a strong understanding of the regulatory framework under which investment companies must operate based on his years of service to this Board and other fund boards.  Mark H. Taylor, Ph.D., CPA, CFE, has over two decades of academic experience in the accounting and auditing areas, has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Accounting, holds Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner designations, is Professor of Accountancy at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, serves as a member of another mutual fund board outside of the Fund Complex, currently serves on the AICPA Auditing Standards Board, and like the other Board members, also possesses a strong understanding of the regulatory framework under which investment companies must operate based on his years of service to this Board and another fund board.  The Trust does not believe any one factor is determinative in assessing a Trustee's qualifications, but that the collective experience of each Trustee makes them each highly qualified.


Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee and Officer is 4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2, Omaha, Nebraska 68137.


Independent Trustees

Name, Address and Age

Position/Term of Office*

Principal Occupation

During the Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex**

 Overseen by Trustee

Other Directorships held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

L. Merill Bryan

Age: 66

Trustee

Since 2005

Retired.  Formerly, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Union Pacific Corporation (a railroad company) (1966-2005).

86

AdvisorOne Funds (10 portfolios); Ladenburg Thalmann Alternative Strategies Fund

Anthony J. Hertl

Age: 61

Trustee

Since 2005

Consultant to small and emerging businesses (since 2000).

86

AdvisorOne Funds (10 portfolios); Ladenburg Thalmann Alternative Strategies Fund; Satuit Capital Management Trust; The Z-Seven Fund, Inc. (2007 – May, 2010), Greenwich Advisors Trust (2007-2011) and Global Real Estate Fund

Gary W. Lanzen

Age: 57

Trustee

Since 2005

Chief Investment Officer (since 2006); President, Orizon Investment Counsel, LLC (2000-2006); Partner, Orizon Group, Inc. (a financial services company) (2002-2006).

86

AdvisorOne Funds (10 portfolios);

Ladenburg Thalmann Alternative Strategies Fund

Mark H. Taylor

Age: 47

Trustee

Since 2007

Professor, Department of Accountancy, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University (since 2009); John P. Begley Endowed Chair in Accounting, Creighton University (2002 – 2009); Member Auditing Standards Board, AICPA (since 2008). 

86

Ladenburg Thalmann Alternative Strategies Fund; Lifetime Achievement Mutual Fund (LFTAX) (Director and Audit Committee Chairman)


Interested Trustees and Officers

Name, Address and Age

Position/Term of Office*

Principal Occupation

During the Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex **

Overseen by Trustee

Other Directorships held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

Michael Miola***

Age: 58

Trustee

Since 2005

Co-Owner and Co-Managing Member of NorthStar Financial Services Group, LLC; Manager of Gemini Fund Services, LLC; Orion Advisor Services, LLC, CLS Investments, LLC, Gemcom, LLC and Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC (since 2003).

86

AdvisorOne Funds (10 portfolios); Ladenburg Thalmann Alternative Strategies Fund ; Constellation Trust Co.

Andrew Rogers

450 Wireless Blvd.

Hauppauge, NY  11788

Age: 42

President

Since2006

President and Manager, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (since 2006), formerly Senior Vice President and Director of Administration (2001 - 2005); Formerly Manager, Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC (2006 – 2008); Manager (since 2006) and President (since 2004), GemCom LLC.

N/A

N/A

Kevin E. Wolf

450 Wireless Blvd.

Hauppauge, NY  11788

Age: 41

Treasurer

Since 2006

Director of Fund Administration, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (since 2006); Vice President, Fund Administration, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (2004 - 2006); Vice-President, GemCom, LLC (since 2004); Senior Fund Administrator, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (2001-2004).

N/A

N/A

James P. Ash

450 Wireless Blvd.

Hauppauge, NY  11788

Age: 34

Secretary

Since 2011

Director of Legal Administration, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (since 2009); Assistant Vice President of Legal Administration, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (2006 - 2008).

N/A

N/A

Lynn Bowley

Age: 52

Chief Compliance Officer

Since 2007

Compliance Officer of Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC (since 2007); Vice President of Investment Support Services for Mutual of Omaha Companies (2002 – 2006).

N/A

N/A

James Colantino

450 Wireless Blvd.

Hauppauge, NY  11788

Age: 41

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2006

Vice President (2004 - Present); Senior Fund Administrator (1999-2004), Gemini Fund Services, LLC.

N/A

N/A

Erik Naviloff

450 Wireless Blvd.

Hauppauge, NY  11788

Age: 42

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2009

Assistant Vice President, Gemini Fund Services, LLC, since 2007; Senior Accounting Manager, Fixed Income, Dreyfus Corporation, 2002 to 2007.

N/A

N/A

Richard Gleason

450 Wireless Blvd.

Hauppauge, NY  11788

Age: 33

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2010

Manager of Fund Administration, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (since 2008);

Senior Fund Administrator, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (2005-2008). 

N/A

N/A

Dawn Borelli

450 Wireless Blvd.

Hauppauge, NY  11788

Age: 38

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2010

Assistant Vice President, Fund Administration, Gemini Fund Services, LLC (since 2010), Assistant Vice President, Global Fund Administration, Legg Mason & Co. LLC (2003 – 2010).

N/A

N/A

* The term of office for each Trustee and officer listed above will continue indefinitely.

** The term “Fund Complex” refers to the Northern Lights Fund Trust and the Northern Lights Variable Trust.

*** Michael Miola is an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined under the 1940 Act, because of his affiliation with Gemini Fund Services, LLC, (the Trust’s Administrator, Fund Accountant, Transfer Agent) and Northern Lights Distributors, LLC (the Funds’ Distributor).


Board Committees


Audit Committee


The Board has an Audit Committee that consists of all the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include: (i) recommending to the Board the selection, retention or termination of the Trust’s independent auditors; (ii) reviewing with the independent auditors the scope, performance and anticipated cost of their audit; (iii) discussing with the independent auditors certain matters relating to the Trust’s financial statements, including any adjustment to such financial statements recommended by such independent auditors, or any other results of any audit; (iv) reviewing on a periodic basis a formal written statement from the independent auditors with respect to their independence, discussing with the independent auditors any relationships or services disclosed in the statement that may impact the objectivity and independence of the Trust’s independent auditors and recommending that the Board take appropriate action in response thereto to satisfy itself of the auditor’s independence; and (v) considering the comments of the independent auditors and management’s responses thereto with respect to the quality and adequacy of the Trust’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and internal controls.  The Audit Committee operates pursuant to an Audit Committee Charter. The Audit Committee is responsible for seeking and reviewing nominee candidates for consideration as Independent Trustees as is from time to time considered necessary or appropriate. The Audit Committee generally will not consider shareholder nominees. The Audit Committee is also responsible for reviewing and setting Independent Trustee compensation from time to time when considered necessary or appropriate. During the past fiscal year, the Audit Committee held eleven meetings.


 Compensation


Each Trustee who is not affiliated with the Trust or Adviser will receive a quarterly fee of $1 2, 5 00, as well as reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred attending the meetings. The Audit Committee Chairman receives $2,000 additional annual fee. The “interested persons” who serve as Trustees of the Trust receive no compensation for their services as Trustees. None of the executive officers receive compensation from the Trust.   The table below details the amount of compensation the Trustees received from the Trust during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011.  Each Trustee has attended all quarterly meetings.  The Trust does not have a bonus, profit sharing, pension or retirement plan.

 

Name and Position

Aggregate Compensation From Trust **

Pension or Retirement Benefits Accrued as Part of Funds Expenses

Estimated Annual Benefits Upon Retirement

Total Compensation From Trust and Fund Complex*** Paid to Trustees

L. Merill Bryan

$47,500

None

None

$57,500

Anthony J. Hertl

$55,500

None

None

$67,500

Gary Lanzen

$47,500

None

None

$57,500

Mark Taylor

$47,500

None

None

$57,500

Michael Miola*

None

None

None

None

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* This Trustee is deemed to be an "interested person" as defined in the 1940 Act as a result of his affiliation with Gemini Fund Services, LLC (the Trust’s Administrator, Transfer Agent and Fund Accountant) and Northern Lights Distributors, LLC (the Fund ’s Distributor).

**

There are currently several series comprising the Trust.  Trustees’ fees will be allocated equally to each series in the Trust.

***

The term "Fund Complex" refers to the Northern Lights Fund Trust and the Northern Lights Variable Trust.


Trustee Ownership


The following table indicates the dollar range of equity securities that each Trustee beneficially owned in the Funds as of December 31, 2010.


Name of Trustee

Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds

Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Family of Investment Companies

L. Merill Bryan

None

None

Anthony J. Hertl

None

None

Gary Lanzen

None

None

Michael Miola*

None

None

Mark Taylor

None

None

* This Trustee is deemed to be an ‘interested person’ as defined in the 1940 Act as a result of his affiliation with Gemini Fund Services, LLC (the Trust’s Administrator, Transfer Agent and Fund Accountant), Northern Lights Distributors, LLC (the Fund’s Distributor) and Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC (the Trust’s compliance service provider).


Management Ownership


As of the date of this SAI, the Trustees and officers, as a group, owned no shares of the Fund (because it had not yet commenced operations) and less than 1.00% of the Fund Complex's outstanding shares.


CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS



A control person is one who owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a company or acknowledged the existence of control.  As of the date of this SAI, the Fund could be deemed to be under control of the Adviser, which had voting authority with respect to approximately 100% of the value of the outstanding interests in the Fund on such date.  However, it is expected that once the Fund commences investment operations and its shares are sold to the public that the Adviser's control will be diluted until such time as the Fund is controlled by its unaffiliated shareholders.  


As of the date of this Statement of Additional Information, other than the Adviser and its affiliates, no shareholders of record owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund.  



INVESTMENT ADVISER



Investment Adviser and Advisory Agreement


Fusion Investment Group, LLC (the "Adviser"), located at 1001 Corporate Drive, Suite 255, Canonsburg, PA 15317 is investment adviser to the Funds.  Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, on behalf of the Funds (the "Advisory Agreement"), the Adviser, subject to the supervision of the Board of the Trust, and in conformity with the stated policies of the Funds, manages the operations of the Funds.   Scott Dooley, Cliff McNary and Scott Umstead are the controlling shareholders of the Adviser.


Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser, under the supervision of the Board, agrees to invest the assets of the Funds in accordance with applicable law and the investment objective, policies and restrictions set forth in the Funds’ current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such further limitations as the Trust may from time to time impose by written notice to the Adviser. The Adviser shall act as the investment advisor to the Funds and, as such shall (i) obtain and evaluate such information relating to the economy, industries, business, securities markets and securities as it may deem necessary or useful in discharging its responsibilities here under; (ii) formulate a continuing program for the investment of the assets of the Funds in a manner consistent with its investment objective, policies and restrictions; and (iii) determine from time to time securities to be purchased, sold, retained or lent by the Funds, and implement those decisions, including the selection of entities with or through which such purchases, sales or loans are to be effected; provided, however, that the Adviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations either directly with the  issuer or with a broker or dealer, and if with a broker or dealer, (a) will attempt to obtain the best price and execution of its orders, and (b) may nevertheless in its discretion purchase and sell portfolio securities from and  to brokers who provide the Adviser with research, analysis, advice and similar services and pay such brokers in return a higher commission or spread than may be charged by other brokers. The Adviser also provides the Funds with all necessary office facilities and personnel for servicing the Funds’ investments, compensates all officers, Trustees and employees of the Trust who are officers, directors or employees of the Adviser, and all personnel of the Funds or the Adviser performing services relating to research, statistical and investment activities.


The following table sets forth the annual management fee rate payable by the Funds to Fusion Investment Group, LLC pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, expressed as a percentage of the Funds’ average daily net assets, computed daily and payable monthly:


FUNDS

TOTAL
MANAGEMENT FEE

Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

0.75%

Global Fusion Long/Short Fund

0.75%


The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and to reimburse expenses, at least until July 31, 2014, to ensure that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses (exclusive of any front-end or contingent deferred loads, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, indirect expenses such as dividend expense on securities sold short, expenses of other investment companies in which the Funds may invest, or extraordinary expenses such as litigation) of the Funds do not exceed the percentages in the table below.  Fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment from the Funds in future years on a rolling three year basis (within the three years after the fees have been waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the foregoing expense limits.


FUND


Minimum Duration

Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

1.10%

July 31, 2014

Global Fusion Long/Short Fund

1.10%

July 31, 2014


Expenses not expressly assumed by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement are paid by the Funds.  Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Funds are responsible for the payment of the following expenses among others: (a) the fees payable to the Adviser; (b) the fees and expenses of Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Adviser or Distributor (as defined under the section entitled ("The Distributor"); (c) the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian (as defined under the section entitled "Custodian") and Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent (as defined under the section entitled "Transfer Agent"), including the cost of maintaining certain required records of the Funds and of pricing the Funds’ shares; (d) the charges and expenses of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Funds; (e) brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Funds in connection with its securities transactions; (f) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Funds to governmental agencies; (g) the fees of any trade association of which the Trust may be a member; (h) the cost of share certificates representing shares of the Funds; (i) the cost of fidelity and liability insurance; (j) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Funds and of its shares with the SEC, qualifying its shares under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Funds’ registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes; (k) all expenses of shareholders and Trustees’ meetings (including travel expenses of trustees and officers of the Trust who are directors, officers or employees of the Adviser) and of preparing, printing and mailing reports, proxy statements and prospectuses to shareholders in the amount necessary for distribution to the shareholders; and (l) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not paid in the ordinary course of the Funds’ business.


The Advisory Agreement will continue in effect for two (2) years initially and thereafter shall continue from year to year provided such continuance is approved at least annually by (a) a vote of the majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval and by (b) the majority vote of either all of the Trustees or the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Funds. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated without penalty on 60 days’ written notice by a vote of a majority of the Trustees or by the Adviser, or by holders of a majority of the Funds’ outstanding shares. The Advisory Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.


Codes of Ethics


The Trust, the Adviser and the Distributor each have adopted codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act that governs the personal securities transactions of their board members, officers and employees who may have access to current trading information of the Trust. Under the code of ethics adopted by the Trust (the “Code”), the Trustees are permitted to invest in securities that may also be purchased by the Funds.


In addition, the Code, which applies only to the Trust’s executive officers to ensure that these officers promote professional conduct in the practice of corporate governance and management. The purpose behind these guidelines is to promote i) honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; ii) full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by the Funds; iii) compliance with applicable governmental laws, rule and regulations; iv) the prompt internal reporting of violations of this Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and v) accountability for adherence to the Code.


Proxy Voting Policies


The Board has adopted Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures ("Policies") on behalf of the Trust, which delegate the responsibility for voting proxies to the Adviser, subject to the Board’s continuing oversight. The Policies require that the Adviser vote proxies received in a manner consistent with the best interests of the Funds and its shareholders.  The Policies also require the Adviser to present to the Board, at least annually, the Adviser’s Proxy Policies and a record of each proxy voted by the Adviser on behalf of a Fund, including a report on the resolution of all proxies identified by the Adviser as involving a conflict of interest. A copy of the Adviser's proxy voting policies is attached hereto as Appendix A.


More information. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds at 1- 855-344-1927 and (2) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov and will be sent within three business days of receipt of a request.



THE DISTRIBUTOR


  

Northern Lights Distributors, LLC (the "Distributor") located at 4020 South 147th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68137 serves as the principal underwriter and national distributor for the shares of the Trust pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement with the Trust (the "Underwriting Agreement"). The Distributor is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and each state’s securities laws and is a member of FINRA. The offering of the Funds’ shares is continuous. The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Distributor, as agent in connection with the distribution of Fund shares, will use its best efforts to distribute the Funds’ shares. Michael Miola is an affiliated person of the Trust and the Distributor.


The Underwriting Agreement provides that, unless sooner terminated, it will continue in effect for two years initially and thereafter shall continue from year to year, subject to annual approval by (a) the Board or a vote of a majority of the outstanding shares, and (b) by a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or of the Distributor by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

 

The Underwriting Agreement may be terminated by the Funds at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the entire Board of the Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Funds on 60 days' written notice to the Distributor, or by the Distributor at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on 60 days' written notice to the Funds. The Underwriting Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment.


PORTFOLIO MANAGER


Scott Dooley is the Portfolio Manager of the Funds, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. As of April 30, 2011, he was responsible for the management of the following types of accounts in addition to the Funds:

Account Type

Number of Accounts by Account Type

Total Assets By Account Type

Number of Accounts by Type Subject to a Performance Fee

Total Assets By Account Type Subject to a Performance Fee


Scott Dooley

 

 

 

 

Registered Investment Cos.

N/A

0

N/A

0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

12

$3.7 million

9

$3.3 million

Other Accounts

29

$8.2 million

N/A

0

Conflicts of Interest


As indicated in the table above, the portfolio manager may manage numerous accounts for multiple clients.  These accounts may include registered investment companies, other types of pooled accounts (e.g., collective investment funds), and separate accounts (i.e., accounts managed on behalf of individuals or public or private institutions).  The portfolio manager makes investment decisions for each account based on the investment objectives and policies and other relevant investment considerations applicable to that portfolio.


When a portfolio manager has responsibility for managing more than one account, potential conflicts of interest may arise.  Those conflicts could include preferential treatment of one account over others in terms of allocation of resources or of investment opportunities. For instance, the Adviser may receive fees from certain accounts that are higher than the fee it receives from the Funds, or it may receive a performance-based fee on certain accounts. In those instances, the portfolio manager may have an incentive to favor the higher and/or performance-based fee accounts over the Funds.


When allocating investments among client accounts, the portfolio manager has the fiduciary obligation to treat each client equally, regardless of account size or fees paid.  All clients at the same custodian (or trading desk) receive the same average price for each transaction.  When multiple trading desks or custodians are used to execute transactions, the portfolio manager executes the trades in such a fashion as to ensure no client grouping consistently receives preferential treatment.  When trades in the same security must be executed over multiple days, the portfolio manager executes the trades in a random order to ensure no client grouping consistently receives preferential treatment.


Compensation.

  

The Adviser receives 100% of the revenue from its Separate Accounts management fees and the Funds' management fees.


Ownership of Securities.


The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by the Portfolio Manager in the Funds as of April 30, 2011:  



Name of Portfolio Manger

Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

Scott Dooley

$0



Name of Portfolio Manger

Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Global Fusion Long/Short Fund

Scott Dooley

$ 0


ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE


  

Specific decisions to purchase or sell securities for the Funds are made by the portfolio manager who is an employee of the Adviser. The Adviser is authorized by the Trustees to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the Funds to brokers or dealers who may, but need not, provide research or statistical material or other services to the Funds or the Adviser for the Funds’ use. Such allocation is to be in such amounts and proportions as the Adviser may determine.


In selecting a broker or dealer to execute each particular transaction, the Adviser will take the following into consideration:

·

the best net price available;

·

the reliability, integrity and financial condition of the broker or dealer;

·

the size of and difficulty in executing the order; and

·

the value of the expected contribution of the broker or dealer to the investment performance of the Funds on a continuing basis.

Brokers or dealers executing a portfolio transaction on behalf of the Funds may receive a commission in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for executing the transaction if the Adviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage, research and other services provided to the Funds. In allocating portfolio brokerage, the Adviser may select brokers or dealers who also provide brokerage, research and other services to other accounts over which the Adviser exercises investment discretion. Some of the services received as the result of Fund transactions may primarily benefit accounts other than the Funds’, while services received as the result of portfolio transactions effected on behalf of those other accounts may primarily benefit the Funds.


PORTFOLIO TURNOVER


  

The Funds’ portfolio turnover rate is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the fiscal year by the monthly average of the value of the portfolio securities owned by the Funds during the fiscal year. The calculation excludes from both the numerator and the denominator securities with maturities at the time of acquisition of one year or less. High portfolio turnover involves correspondingly greater brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, which will be borne directly by the Funds. A 100% turnover rate would occur if all of the Funds’ portfolio securities were replaced once within a one-year period.


OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS


  

Fund Administration


The Administrator for the Funds is Gemini Fund Services, LLC, ("GFS"), which has its principal office at 450 Wireless Blvd., Hauppauge, New York 11788 and is primarily in the business of providing administrative, fund accounting and transfer agent services to retail and institutional mutual funds.


Pursuant to an Administration Service Agreement with the Funds, GFS provides administrative services to the Funds, subject to the supervision of the Board. GFS may provide persons to serve as officers of the Funds. Such officers may be directors, officers or employees of GFS or its affiliates.


The Administration Service Agreement was initially approved by the Board at a meeting held on September 25, 2006.  The Agreement shall remain in effect for three years from the date of its initial approval, and subject to annual approval of the Board for one-year periods thereafter.  The Administration Service Agreement is terminable by the Board or GFS on ninety days’ written notice and may be assigned provided the non-assigning party provides prior written consent. This Agreement provides that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of GFS or reckless disregard of its obligations thereunder, GFS shall not be liable for any action or failure to act in accordance with its duties thereunder.


Under the Administration Service Agreement, GFS provides facilitating administrative services, including:  (i) providing services of persons competent to perform such administrative and clerical functions as are necessary to provide effective administration of the Funds; (ii) facilitating the performance of administrative and professional services to the Funds by others, including the Funds’ Custodian; (iii) preparing, but not paying for, the periodic updating of the Funds’ Registration Statement, Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information in conjunction with Fund counsel, including the printing of such documents for the purpose of filings with the SEC and state securities administrators, and preparing reports to the Funds’ shareholders and the SEC; (iv) preparing in conjunction with Fund counsel, but not paying for, all filings under the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such states or countries as are designated by the Distributor, which may be required to register or qualify, or continue the registration or qualification, of the Funds and/or its shares under such laws; (v) preparing notices and agendas for meetings of the Board and minutes of such meetings in all matters required by the 1940 Act to be acted upon by the Board; and (vi) monitoring daily and periodic compliance with respect to all requirements and restrictions of the 1940 Act, the Internal Revenue Code and the Prospectuses.


For the services rendered to the Funds by GFS, the Funds pay GFS a fund administration fee equal to the greater of a minimum fee of $ 36, 000 or 0.10% on the first $100 million of net assets, 0.08% on the next $150 million of net assets and 0.06% on net assets greater than $250 million. The Funds also pays GFS for any out-of-pocket expenses.


Fund Accounting

  

GFS, pursuant to the Fund Accounting Service Agreement, provide the Funds with accounting services, including:  (i) daily computation of net asset value; (ii) maintenance of security ledgers and books and records as required by the 1940 Act; (iii) production of the Funds’ listing of portfolio securities and general ledger reports; (iv) reconciliation of accounting records; (v) calculation of yield and total return for the Funds; (vi) maintaining certain books and records described in Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act, and reconciling account information and balances among the Funds’ custodian and Adviser; and (vii) monitoring and evaluating daily income and expense accruals, and sales and redemptions of shares of the Funds.


For the services rendered to the Funds by the Fund Accounting Service Agreement, the Funds pay GFS an annual fee of $ 27, 000 plus $6,000 for each share class above one, plus 0.02% on net assets of $25 million to $100 million and 0.01% on net assets greater than $100 million.  The Funds also pay GFS for any out-of-pocket expenses.


Transfer Agent


GFS, 4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2, Omaha, Nebraska 68137, acts as transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent for the Funds pursuant to written agreement with the Funds. Under the agreement, GFS is responsible for administering and performing transfer agent functions, dividend distribution, shareholder administration, and maintaining necessary records in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.


For the services rendered to the Funds under the Transfer Agency Service Agreement, the Funds pay the Administrator a transfer agency fee equal to a minimum fee of $1 6, 2 00 per class or $16 per account. The Funds also pay the Administrator for any out-of-pocket expenses.  


Custodian

  

Bank of New York Mellon ("BONY" or the "Custodian"), One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286 serves as the custodian of the Funds’ assets pursuant to a Custody Agreement by and between BONY and the Trust on behalf of the Funds.  BONY responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the Funds’ cash and securities, handling the receipt and delivery of securities, and collecting interest and dividends on the Funds’ investments. Pursuant to the Custody Agreement, BONY also maintains original entry documents and books of record and general ledgers; posts cash receipts and disbursements; and records purchases and sales based upon communications from the Adviser. The Funds may employ foreign sub-custodians that are approved by the Board to hold foreign assets.


GFS serves as “Custody Administrator” under the Funds’ Custody Agreement with Bank of New York Mellon, and receives a share of the fees paid to the Custodian for performing certain administrative tasks normally performed by the Custodian, as well as certain enhanced reporting in connection with these functions.  For these services, GFS receives a share of the asset-based custody fee as well as a portion of certain transaction fees paid under the Custody Agreement.


Compliance Officer


Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC (“NLCS”), 4020 South 147th Street Omaha, NE 68137, an affiliate of GFS and the Distributor, provides a Chief Compliance Officer to the Trust as well as related compliance services pursuant to a consulting agreement between NLCS and the Trust.  


DESCRIPTION OF SHARES


  

Each share of beneficial interest of the Trust has one vote in the election of Trustees. Cumulative voting is not authorized for the Trust. This means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees if they choose to do so, and, in that event, the holders of the remaining shares will be unable to elect any Trustees.


Shareholders of the Trust and any other future series of the Trust will vote in the aggregate and not by series except as otherwise required by law or when the Board determines that the matter to be voted upon affects only the interest of the shareholders of a particular series. Matters such as ratification of the independent public accountants and election of Trustees are not subject to separate voting requirements and may be acted upon by shareholders of the Trust voting without regard to series.


The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest.  Each share has equal dividend, distribution and liquidation rights. There are no conversion or preemptive rights applicable to any shares of the Funds. All shares issued are fully paid and non-assessable.



ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM


  

The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (the "Program") as required by Section 352 the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 ("USA PATRIOT Act"). To ensure compliance with this law, the Trust's Program is written and has been approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees.  The program provides for the development of policies, procedures and internal controls reasonably designed to prevent money laundering, the designation of an anti-money laundering compliance officers who is responsible for implementing and monitoring the Program, ongoing training for appropriate persons and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.


Procedures to implement the Program include, but are not limited to, determining that the Fund's Distributor, and Transfer Agent have established reasonable anti-money laundering procedures, have reported suspicious and/or fraudulent activity and have completed thorough reviews of all new opening account applications. The Trust will not transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.


As a result of the Program, the Trust may be required to "freeze" the account of a shareholder if the shareholder appears to be involved in suspicious activity or if certain account information matches information on government lists of known terrorists or other suspicious persons, or the Trust may be required to transfer the account or proceeds of the account to a governmental agency.



PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES


  

Calculation of Share Price


As indicated in the Prospectus under the heading "Net Asset Value," NAV of the Funds' shares is determined by dividing the total value of the Funds' portfolio investments and other assets, less any liabilities, by the total number of shares outstanding of the Funds.


For purposes of calculating the NAV, portfolio securities and other assets for which market quotes are available are stated at market value. Market value is generally determined on the basis of last reported sales prices, or if no sales are reported, based on quotes obtained from a quotation reporting system, established market makers, or pricing services. Securities primarily traded in the NASDAQ National Market System for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"). If the NOCP is not available, such securities shall be valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation, or if there has been no sale on such day, at the last bid price. Certain securities or investments for which daily market quotes are not readily available may be valued, pursuant to guidelines established by the Board, with reference to other securities or indices. Short-term investments having a maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost. Exchange traded options; futures and options on futures are valued at the settlement price determined by the exchange. Other securities for which market quotes are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board or persons acting at their direction.


Investments initially valued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from pricing services. As a result, the NAV of the Funds' shares may be affected by changes in the value of currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar. The value of securities traded in markets outside the United States or denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar may be affected significantly on a day that the New York Stock Exchange is closed and an investor is not able to purchase, redeem or exchange shares.


Fund shares are valued at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) (the "NYSE Close") on each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. For purposes of calculating the NAV, the Funds normally use pricing data for domestic equity securities received shortly after the NYSE Close and do not normally take into account trading, clearances or settlements that take place after the NYSE Close. Domestic fixed income and foreign securities are normally priced using data reflecting the earlier closing of the principal markets for those securities. Information that becomes known to the Funds or its agents after the NAV has been calculated on a particular day will not generally be used to retroactively adjust the price of the security or the NAV determined earlier that day.


In unusual circumstances, instead of valuing securities in the usual manner, the Funds may value securities at fair value or estimate their value as determined in good faith by the Board or their designees, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. Fair valuation may also be used by the Board if extraordinary events occur after the close of the relevant market but prior to the NYSE Close.


The Trust expects that the holidays upon which the Exchange will be closed are as follows: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.


Purchase of Shares


Orders for shares received by the Funds in good order prior to the close of business on the NYSE on each day during such periods that the NYSE is open for trading are priced at net asset value per share computed as of the close of the regular session of trading on the NYSE. Orders received in good order after the close of the NYSE, or on a day it is not open for trading, are priced at the close of such NYSE on the next day on which it is open for trading at the next determined net asset value per share.


Redemption of Shares


The Funds will redeem all or any portion of a shareholder's shares of the Funds when requested in accordance with the procedures set forth in the "Redemptions" section of the Prospectus. Under the 1940 Act, a shareholder’s right to redeem shares and to receive payment therefore may be suspended at times:

 

(a) when the NYSE is closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closings;

(b) when trading on that exchange is restricted for any reason;

(c) when an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Funds of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Funds fairly to determine the value of its net assets, provided that applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (or any succeeding governmental authority) will govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (b) or (c) exist; or

(d) when the SEC by order permits a suspension of the right to redemption or a postponement of the date of payment on redemption.

 

In case of suspension of the right of redemption, payment of a redemption request will be made based on the net asset value next determined after the termination of the suspension.


Supporting documents in addition to those listed under "Redemptions" in the Prospectus will be required from executors, administrators, Trustees, or if redemption is requested by someone other than the shareholder of record. Such documents include, but are not restricted to, stock powers, Trust instruments, certificates of death, appointments as executor, certificates of corporate authority and waiver of tax required in some states when settling estates.


TAX STATUS


  

The following discussion is general in nature and should not be regarded as an exhaustive presentation of all possible tax ramifications. All shareholders should consult a qualified tax adviser regarding their investment in the Funds.


The Funds have qualified and intends to continue to qualify as, and elects to be treated as, a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which requires compliance with certain requirements concerning the sources of its income, diversification of its assets, and the amount and timing of its distributions to shareholders. Such qualification does not involve supervision of management or investment practices or policies by any government agency or bureau. By so qualifying, the Funds should not be subject to federal income or excise tax on its net investment income or net capital gain, which are distributed to shareholders in accordance with the applicable timing requirements. Net investment income and net capital gain of the Funds will be computed in accordance with Section 852 of the Code.  


Net investment income is made up of dividends and interest less expenses. Net capital gain for a fiscal year is computed by taking into account any capital loss carryforward of the Funds.


The Funds intend to distribute all of its net investment income, any excess of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses, and any excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses in accordance with the timing requirements imposed by the Code and therefore should not be required to pay any federal income or excise taxes. Distributions of net investment income and net capital gain will be made after the end of each fiscal year, and no later than December 31 of each year. Both types of distributions will be in shares of the Funds unless a shareholder elects to receive cash.


To be treated as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code, the Funds must also (a) derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, net income from certain publicly traded partnerships and gains from the sale or other disposition of securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to the business of investing in such securities or currencies, and (b) diversify its holding so that, at the end of each fiscal quarter, (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Funds’ assets is represented by cash, U.S. government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies, and other securities (for purposes of this calculation, generally limited in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the market value of the Funds’ assets and 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer) and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its assets is invested in the securities of (other than U.S. government securities or the securities of other regulated investment companies) any one issuer, two or more issuers which the Funds controls and which are determined to be engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses, or the securities of certain publicly traded partnerships.


If the Funds fail to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M in any fiscal year, it will be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. As such the Funds would be required to pay income taxes on its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, at the rates generally applicable to corporations. Shareholders of the Funds generally would not be liable for income tax on the Funds’ net investment income or net realized capital gains in their individual capacities. Distributions to shareholders, whether from the Funds’ net investment income or net realized capital gains, would be treated as taxable dividends to the extent of current or accumulated earnings and profits of the Funds.


The Funds are subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on certain undistributed amounts of ordinary income and capital gain under a prescribed formula contained in Section 4982 of the Code. The formula requires payment to shareholders during a calendar year of distributions representing at least 98% of the Funds’ ordinary income for the calendar year and at least 98% of its capital gain net income (i.e., the excess of its capital gains over capital losses) realized during the one-year period ending October 31 during such year plus 100% of any income that was neither distributed nor taxed to the Funds during the preceding calendar year. Under ordinary circumstances, the Funds expect to time its distributions so as to avoid liability for this tax.


The following discussion of tax consequences is for the general information of shareholders that are subject to tax. Shareholders that are IRAs or other qualified retirement plans are exempt from income taxation under the Code.


Distributions of taxable net investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.


Distributions of net capital gain ("capital gain dividends") generally are taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain; regardless of the length of time the shares of the Trust have been held by such shareholders.


Redemption of Fund shares by a shareholder will result in the recognition of taxable gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized and the shareholder’s tax basis in his or her Fund shares. Such gain or loss is treated as a capital gain or loss if the shares are held as capital assets However, any loss realized upon the redemption of shares within six months from the date of their purchase will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any amounts treated as capital gain dividends during such six-month period. All or a portion of any loss realized upon the redemption of shares may be disallowed to the extent shares are purchased (including shares acquired by means of reinvested dividends) within 30 days before or after such redemption.  


Distributions of taxable net investment income and net capital gain will be taxable as described above, whether received in additional cash or shares. Shareholders electing to receive distributions in the form of additional shares will have a cost basis for federal income tax purposes in each share so received equal to the net asset value of a share on the reinvestment date.


All distributions of taxable net investment income and net capital gain, whether received in shares or in cash, must be reported by each taxable shareholder on his or her federal income tax return. Dividends or distributions declared in October, November or December as of a record date in such a month, if any, will be deemed to have been received by shareholders on December 31, if paid during January of the following year. Redemptions of shares may result in tax consequences (gain or loss) to the shareholder and are also subject to these reporting requirements.


Under the Code, the Funds will be required to report to the Internal Revenue Service all distributions of taxable income and capital gains as well as gross proceeds from the redemption or exchange of nd shares, except in the case of certain exempt shareholders. Under the backup withholding provisions of Section 3406 of the Code, distributions of taxable net investment income and net capital gain and proceeds from the redemption or exchange of the shares of a regulated investment company may be subject to withholding of federal income tax in the case of non-exempt shareholders who fail to furnish the investment company with their taxpayer identification numbers and with required certifications regarding their status under the federal income tax law, or if the Funds  are notified by the IRS or a broker that withholding is required due to an incorrect TIN or a previous failure to report taxable interest or dividends. If the withholding provisions are applicable, any such distributions and proceeds, whether taken in cash or reinvested in additional shares, will be reduced by the amounts required to be withheld.


Options, Futures, Forward Contracts and Swap Agreements


To the extent such investments are permissible for the Funds, the Funds' transactions in options, futures contracts, hedging transactions, forward contracts, straddles and foreign currencies will be subject to special tax rules (including mark-to-market, constructive sale, straddle, wash sale and short sale rules), the effect of which may be to accelerate income to the Funds, defer losses to the Funds, cause adjustments in the holding periods of the Funds' securities, convert long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains and convert short-term capital losses into long-term capital losses. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing and character of distributions to shareholders.


To the extent such investments are permissible, certain of the Funds' hedging activities (including its transactions, if any, in foreign currencies or foreign currency-denominated instruments) are likely to produce a difference between its book income and its taxable income. If the Funds' book income exceeds its taxable income, the distribution (if any) of such excess book income will be treated as (i) a dividend to the extent of the Funds' remaining earnings and profits (including earnings and profits arising from tax-exempt income), (ii) thereafter, as a return of capital to the extent of the recipient’s basis in the shares, and (iii) thereafter, as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset. If the Funds' book income is less than taxable income, the Funds could be required to make distributions exceeding book income to qualify as a regular investment company that is accorded special tax treatment.


Passive Foreign Investment Companies


Investment by the Funds in certain "passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs") could subject the Funds to a U.S. federal income tax (including interest charges) on distributions received from the company or on proceeds received from the disposition of shares in the company, which tax cannot be eliminated by making distributions to Funds shareholders. However, the Funds may elect to treat a PFIC as a "qualified electing fund" ("QEF"), in which case the Funds will be required to include its share of the company's income and net capital gains annually, regardless of whether it receives any distribution from the company.


The Funds also may make an election to mark the gains (and to a limited extent losses) in such holdings "to the market" as though it had sold and repurchased its holdings in those PFICs on the last day of the Funds' taxable year. Such gains and losses are treated as ordinary income and loss. The QEF and mark-to-market elections may accelerate the recognition of income (without the receipt of cash) and increase the amount required to be distributed for the Funds to avoid taxation. Making either of these elections therefore may require the Funds to liquidate other investments (including when it is not advantageous to do so) to meet its distribution requirement, which also may accelerate the recognition of gain and affect the Funds' total return.


Foreign Currency Transactions


The Funds' transactions in foreign currencies, foreign currency-denominated debt securities and certain foreign currency options, futures contracts and forward contracts (and similar instruments) may give rise to ordinary income or loss to the extent such income or loss results from fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency concerned.


Foreign Taxation


Income received by the Funds from sources within foreign countries may be subject to withholding and other taxes imposed by such countries. Tax treaties and conventions between certain countries and the U.S. may reduce or eliminate such taxes. If more than 50% of the value of the Funds' total assets at the close of its taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations, the Funds may be able to elect to "pass through" to the Funds' shareholders the amount of eligible foreign income and similar taxes paid by the Funds. If this election is made, a shareholder generally subject to tax will be required to include in gross income (in addition to taxable dividends actually received) his or her pro rata share of the foreign taxes paid by the Funds, and may be entitled either to deduct (as an itemized deduction) his or her pro rata share of foreign taxes in computing his or her taxable income or to use it as a foreign tax credit against his or her U.S. federal income tax liability, subject to certain limitations. In particular, a shareholder must hold his or her shares (without protection from risk of loss) on the ex-dividend date and for at least 15 more days during the 30-day period surrounding the ex-dividend date to be eligible to claim a foreign tax credit with respect to a gain dividend. No deduction for foreign taxes may be claimed by a shareholder who does not itemize deductions. Each shareholder will be notified within 60 days after the close of the Funds' taxable year whether the foreign taxes paid by the Funds will "pass through" for that year.


Generally, a credit for foreign taxes is subject to the limitation that it may not exceed the shareholder's U.S. tax attributable to his or her total foreign source taxable income. For this purpose, if the pass-through election is made, the source of the Funds' income will flow through to shareholders of the Funds. With respect to the Funds, gains from the sale of securities will be treated as derived from U.S. sources and certain currency fluctuation gains, including fluctuation gains from foreign currency-denominated debt securities, receivables and payables will be treated as ordinary income derived from U.S. sources. The limitation on the foreign tax credit is applied separately to foreign source passive income, and to certain other types of income. A shareholder may be unable to claim a credit for the full amount of his or her proportionate share of the foreign taxes paid by the Funds. The foreign tax credit can be used to offset only 90% of the revised alternative minimum tax imposed on corporations and individuals and foreign taxes generally are not deductible in computing alternative minimum taxable income.


Original Issue Discount and Pay-In-Kind Securities


Current federal tax law requires the holder of a U.S. Treasury or other fixed income zero coupon security to accrue as income each year a portion of the discount at which the security was purchased, even though the holder receives no interest payment in cash on the security during the year. In addition, pay-in-kind securities will give rise to income, which is required to be distributed and is taxable even though the Funds holding the security receive no interest payment in cash on the security during the year.


Some of the debt securities (with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance) that may be acquired by the Funds may be treated as debt securities that are issued originally at a discount. Generally, the amount of the original issue discount ("OID") is treated as interest income and is included in income over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, usually when the debt security matures. A portion of the OID includable in income with respect to certain high-yield corporate debt securities (including certain pay-in-kind securities) may be treated as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes.


Some of the debt securities (with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance) that may be acquired by the Funds in the secondary market may be treated as having market discount. Generally, any gain recognized on the disposition of, and any partial payment of principal on, a debt security having market discount is treated as ordinary income to the extent the gain, or principal payment, does not exceed the "accrued market discount" on such debt security. Market discount generally accrues in equal daily installments. The Funds may make one or more of the elections applicable to debt securities having market discount, which could affect the character and timing of recognition of income.


Some debt securities (with a fixed maturity date of one year or less from the date of issuance) that may be acquired by the Funds may be treated as having acquisition discount, or OID in the case of certain types of debt securities. Generally, the Funds will be required to include the acquisition discount, or OID, in income over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, usually when the debt security matures. The Funds may make one or more of the elections applicable to debt securities having acquisition discount, or OID, which could affect the character and timing of recognition of income.


The Funds that hold the foregoing kinds of securities may be required to pay out as an income distribution each year an amount that is greater than the total amount of cash interest the Funds actually received. Such distributions may be made from the cash assets of the Funds or by liquidation of portfolio securities, if necessary (including when it is not advantageous to do so). The Funds may realize gains or losses from such liquidations. In the event the Funds realize net capital gains from such transactions, its shareholders may receive a larger capital gain distribution, if any, than they would in the absence of such transactions.


Shareholders of the Funds may be subject to state and local taxes on distributions received from the Funds and on redemptions of the Funds’ shares.


A brief explanation of the form and character of the distribution accompany each distribution. In January of each year the Funds issue to each shareholder a statement of the federal income tax status of all distributions.


Shareholders should consult their tax advisors about the application of federal, state and local and foreign tax law in light of their particular situation.


INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


  

BBD, LLP, located at 1835 Market Street, 26th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103, serves as the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm providing services including (1) audit of annual financial statements, and (2) assistance and consultation in connection with SEC filings.



LEGAL COUNSEL


 

Thompson Hine LLP, 312 Walnut Street, 14th Floor Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4089 serves as the Trust's legal counsel.









APPENDIX A

PROXY VOTING POLICES AND PROCEDURES


Fusion Investment Group, LLC


PROXY VOTING, TENDER OFFERS AND CLASS ACTIONS

Policy

Fusion Investment Group, LLC (ADVISER), as a matter of policy and as a fiduciary, has responsibility for voting proxies for portfolio securities consistent with the best economic interests of the Funds, Portfolios and clients. Our firm maintains written policies and procedures as to the handling, research, voting and reporting of proxy voting and makes appropriate disclosures about our firm’s proxy policies and practices. Our policy and practice includes the responsibility to monitor corporate actions, receive and vote client proxies and disclose any potential conflicts of interest as well as making information available to clients about the voting of proxies for their portfolio securities and maintaining relevant and required records.

Background

Proxy voting is an important right of shareholders and reasonable care and diligence must be undertaken to ensure that such rights are properly and timely exercised.

Investment advisers registered with the SEC, and which exercise voting authority with respect to client securities, are required by Rule 206(4)-6 of the Advisers Act to (a) adopt and implement written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that client securities are voted in the best interests of clients, which must include how an adviser addresses material conflicts that may arise between an adviser's interests and those of its Funds, Portfolios and clients; (b) to disclose to Funds, Portfolios and clients how they may obtain information from the adviser with respect to the voting of proxies for their securities; (c) to describe to clients a summary of its proxy voting policies and procedures and, upon request, furnish a copy to its clients; and (d) maintain certain records relating to the adviser's proxy voting activities when the adviser does have proxy voting authority.

Responsibility

Cliff McNary has the responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of our proxy voting policy, practices, disclosures and record keeping, including outlining our voting guidelines in our procedures.

Procedure

ADVISER has adopted procedures to implement the firm’s policy and reviews to monitor and insure the firm’s policy is observed, implemented properly and amended or updated, as appropriate, which include the following:

Voting Procedures

I.

INTRODUCTION

ADVISER has adopted proxy voting policies and procedures as required by Rule 206(4)-6 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  These policies and procedures are effective on May 20, 2011.

II.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Non-Routine Proxy Proposals shall mean:

·

Proxy proposals that are to be considered on a case-by-case basis,

·

Proxy proposals that Advisor generally abstains from voting on, and

·

Proxy proposals that are not addressed by the Principles and Guidelines section of the Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures.

Proxy Manager shall be Cliff McNary, Managing Director.

Routine Proxy Proposals

shall mean proxy proposals that the Proxy Manager shall cast either yes or no votes in accordance with the Principles and Guidelines noted below.

III.

PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINE

A.

Principles

ADVISER’s primary purpose and fiduciary responsibility is to maximize shareholder value, which is defined as share price and dividend appreciation.  ADVISER will vote proxies in the best interests of our Funds, Portfolios and clients and will generally vote for, against, consider on a case-by-case basis, or abstain from voting as indicated below. Because of the extenuating circumstances associated with specific proxy issues, ADVISER’s votes may differ from time to time from the indications noted.  In addition, the list may not include all proxies on which ADVISER votes.  ADVISER will also act, in our best judgment, on behalf of our Funds, Portfolios and clients on certain corporate actions that impact shareholder value, such as tender offers and bankruptcy proceedings.

B.

Voting Guidelines

1.

Routine Business Decisions and Director Related Proposals

Advisor votes for:

a)

Name changes

b)

Directors in uncontested elections

c)

Elimination/limitation of directors’ liability

d)

Indemnification of directors

e)

Reincorporation that is not a takeover defense

Advisor considers on a case-by-case basis:

f)

Directors in contested elections

g)

Approval of auditors

2.

Corporate Governance

Advisor votes for:

Majority independent board

Audit, compensation & nominating committees that are comprised exclusively of independent director’s Minimum director share ownership

Separate offices of chairperson and CEO

Limitation on number of other board seats

Confidential voting

Shareholders’ ability to remove directors

Shareholder right to call special meetings


Advisor votes against:

a)

Supermajority vote requirements

b)

Limiting directors ’ tenure

c)

Restrictions on shareholders to act by written consent

Advisor considers on a case-by-case basis:

d)

Shareholder proposals

e)

Dissident proxy battle


3.

Director and Executive Compensation

Advisor votes for:

a)

Disclosure of executive compensation

Advisor votes against:

b)

Golden and tin parachutes

Advisor considers on a case-by-case basis:

c)

Restricting executive compensation

d)

Executive compensation plans

e)

Establish/Increase share option plans for directors and executives


4.

Take-Over Defense

Advisor votes against:

a)

Reincorporation to prevent takeover

b)

Issue new class of common stock with unequal voting rights

c)

Adoption of fair price amendments

d)

Establish a classified (or “staggered”) board of directors

e)

Eliminating cumulative voting

f)

Poison pills

g)

Blank check preferred stock

5.

Capital Structure

Advisor votes for:

a)

Increase authorized common stock (unless additional stock is a takeover defense, i.e., poison pill).

b)

Share repurchase programs (when all shareholders may participate on equal terms)

Advisor votes against:

c)

Unequal voting rights, such as dual class of stock

d)

Pre-emptive rights

Advisor considers on a case-by-case basis:

e)

Increase preferred stock

f)

Blank check preferred stock (not for takeover defense)

g)

Restructuring plans

6.

Other Shareholder Value Issues Advisor votes for:

a)

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)

b)

Employee stock purchase plans

c)

401(k) plans

Advisor votes against:

d)

Greenmail

Advisor considers on a case-by-case basis:

e)

Mergers and acquisitions

a)

Spin-offs and asset sales

7.

Corporate, Social and Environmental Policy Proposals

As noted above, ADVISER’s fiduciary responsibility is the maintenance and growth of our clients’ assets.  Accordingly, ADVISER will typically vote in accordance with management’s recommendations or abstain from voting on proposals concerning corporate policy and social and environmental issues.  When such proposals impact shareholder value, Advisor may vote on a case-by-case basis.


8.           Proposals Specific to Mutual Funds

ADVISER serves as investment adviser to certain investment companies under the Northern Lights Fund Trust.  These funds invest in other investment companies that are not affiliated (“Underlying Funds”) and are required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) Act to handle proxies received from Underlying Funds in a certain manner.  Notwithstanding the guidelines provided in these procedures, it is the policy of ADVISER to vote all proxies received from the Underlying Funds in the same proportion that all shares of the Underlying Funds are voted, or in accordance with instructions received from fund shareholders, pursuant to Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 1940 Act.  After properly voted, the proxy materials are placed in a file maintained by the Chief Compliance Officer for future reference.  


IV.

Conflicts of Interest

On occasion, a conflict of interest may exist between ADVISER and Funds, Portfolios and clients regarding the outcome of certain proxy votes. In such cases, ADVISER is committed to resolving the conflict in the best interest of our Funds, Portfolios and clients before we vote the proxy in question.

If the proxy proposal is a Routine Proxy Proposal, ADVISER will typically adhere to the standard procedure of referring to the principles and guidelines described herein in deciding how to vote.  Alternatively, ADVISER may disclose the conflict to our clients and obtain their consent before voting or seek the recommendation of an independent third party in deciding how to vote.

If the proxy proposal is a Non-Routine Proxy Proposal, ADVISER will take any of the following courses of action to resolve the conflict:

1)

Disclose the conflict to our Funds, Portfolios and clients and obtain consent before voting;

2)

Suggest that our Funds, Portfolios and clients  engage another party to determine how the proxy should be voted; or

3)

Vote according to the recommendation of an independent third party, such as a:

·

proxy consultant;

·

research analyst;

·

proxy voting department of a mutual fund or pension fund; or

·

compliance consultant.


V.

Obtaining More Information

Funds, Portfolios and clients may obtain a record of Advisor’s proxy voting, free of charge, by calling (800) 516-1165.

These policies and procedures may also be found in ADVISER’s Form ADV, Part II and supporting schedules.

Procedures

 When the mail arrives, the person responsible for separating the mail gives any proxy materials to the person who handles compliance issues.  The proxy materials are then opened by the Compliance person.  The ticker symbol for the security noted on the proxy is located.  A Security Cross Reference report is run as of the record date, as stated on the proxy.  This report tells how many shares were owned by Funds, Portfolios and clients as of the record date, and can be printed in detail so that the exact clients who held the security on the record date are listed.   An email is sent to the Receptionist about the arrival of the proxy.  In the email is listed the name of the security, ticker symbol, arrival date, custodian and number of shares.

 Once the Security Cross Reference report has been run, the number of shares on the report is compared to the number of shares to be voted on the proxy.

 If the number of shares between the two reports matches, then the Security Cross Reference report is attached to the proxy materials and forwarded to the Portfolio Manager to be voted according to ADVISER’s proxy voting policies.

 If the number of shares does not match, then reasonable efforts will be made to resolve the difference, such as:

·

Rerunning the Security Cross Reference report for other dates around the record date of the proxy to see if the security transferred into ADVISER after the record date, even though the client owned it as of the record date.

·

Calling the custodian to confirm the clients per their records that are included in the proxy count, and then verifying that information to the Security Cross Reference report. There may be differences due to clients having made the decision to vote their proxies, in which case, the proxies would go directly to the clients.


 If the difference still cannot be resolved, the matter is reviewed with the Portfolio Manager as to the next action to be taken.  If the difference is determined to be immaterial and is approved by the Portfolio Manager, then the proxy will stand as is.


 Once the shares have been reconciled, then the proxy materials and the Security Cross Reference report are then given to the Portfolio Manager to vote.


 The Portfolio Manager will generally vote the routine proxies in accordance with the principles and guidelines described in ADVISER’s Proxy Voting Policy and sign the proxy.  For Non-Routine Proxy Proposals, the Portfolio Manager will vote them on a case-by-case basis. The vote and the rationale will be noted as documentation for the vote.

Once the Portfolio Manager has voted the proxies, they will be given to the Receptionist for processing. If the proxy is to be mailed, then a copy of the proxy is made, attached to the proxy materials that support the vote and Security Cross Reference report and filed in chronological order. This file is maintained by year.

If the proxy was voted electronically, the original proxy with the notes on it is as to how the proxy was voted, are maintained and attached to the proxy materials that support the vote and Security Cross Reference report, and filed in chronological order, just like proxies that are mailed.

The Receptionist then enters the necessary information in the Proxy Voting Database. The following information is entered:

·

Name of Company

·

Proxy Proposal

·

Management’s recommendation

·

ADVISER’s Action

·

Rationale for the vote

·

List of clients to whom the proxy vote applies.


 Should ADVISER receive any requests from clients regarding proxy voting, the Receptionist will maintain a record of the requests from the specific clients, which will include:

·

Name of the Client

·

Date that the request was received

·

Whether the request was for a complete or partial record of proxy votes

·

The documents provided

·

Date that the information was sent to the client

A copy of the information sent to the client will be retained in a chronological file, maintained by year.

Disclosure

The ADVISER will provide conspicuously displayed information in its Form ADV Part II in the Supporting Schedules, summarizing this proxy voting policy and procedures, including a statement that clients may request information regarding how ADVISER voted a client’s proxies, and that clients may request a copy of these policies and procedures.


Under Section 206 of the Advisers Act, an investment adviser has a fiduciary duty to vote proxies in the best interests of the client and to treat clients fairly.  The U.S. Department of Labor takes the position that an investment adviser must vote the proxies of its managed accounts which are covered by ERISA unless the governing plan document provides otherwise.  Each portfolio manager exercising discretion on behalf on an account is responsible for determining whether to tender securities pursuant to a tender offer.  The decision as to whether to participate in a class action will be made by such portfolio manager in consultation with the Compliance Officer. All such actions should be done in accordance with the client’s best interests and with the terms of the client’s advisory contract and Fusion’s fiduciary duties.  







Northern Lights Fund Trust

PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 28.

EXHIBITS.


(a)(1)

Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated January 19, 2005, as amended December 14, 2009 previously filed on March 24, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 133, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(a)(2)

Certificate of Trust as filed with the State of Delaware on January 19, 2005. Previously filed on February 18, 2005 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(b)

By-Laws, effective as of January 19, 2005, as amended December 14, 2009, previously filed on March 24, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 133, and hereby incorporated by reference

(c)

Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders. See Article III, “Shares” and Article V “Shareholders’ Voting Powers and Meetings” of the Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust. See also, Article II, “Meetings of Shareholders” of the Registrant’s By-Laws.

(d)(1)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Adaptive Allocation Fund (previously known as Critical Math Fund), and Critical Math Advisors LLC, previously filed on January 30, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 8, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(2)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to The Biondo Growth Fund, and Biondo Investment Advisors, LLC, previously filed on April 24, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 11, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(3)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to the Arrow DWA Balanced Fund and Arrow DWA Tactical Fund, previously filed on June 2, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 45, and hereby incorporated by reference. Updated Investment Advisory Agreement to include Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(4)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC and Dorsey, Wright & Associates, Inc., with respect to Arrow DWA Balanced Fund, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 2, 2007.  

(d)(5)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Autopilot Managed Growth Fund, and Rhoads Lucca Capital Partners, LP, previously filed on January 12, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(6)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Changing Parameters Fund, and Changing Parameters, LLC, previously filed on January 12, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(7)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Pacific Financial Core Equity Fund, the Pacific Financial Explorer Fund, the Pacific Financial International Fund, the Pacific Financial Strategic Conservative Fund and the Pacific Financial Tactical Fund, and The Pacific Financial Group, Inc., previously filed on May 10, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(8)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Gratio Values Fund, and Sherwood Advisors, LLC (D.B.A. Gratio Capital) previously filed on October 20, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 109, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(9)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Arrow Alternative Solutions Fund, and Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC, previously filed on July 31, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 27, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(10)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Sierra Core Retirement Fund and Wright Fund Management, LLC, previously filed on December 17, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 35, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(11)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Wintrust Capital Management Company, LLC (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Asset Management Company), with respect to Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Large Cap Core Fund), Wayne Hummer Real Estate 130/30 Fund and Wintrust Capital Small Cap Opportunity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Small Cap Core Fund) previously filed on November 28, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 72, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(12)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC and Dorsey, Wright & Associates, Inc., with respect to Arrow DWA Tactical Fund, previously filed on April 18, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 41, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(13)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to EAS Genesis Fund, EAS Global Cycle Fund and Emerald Asset Advisors, LLC, previously filed on March 7, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 229, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(14)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to KCM Macro Trends Fund and Kerns Capital Management, Inc., previously filed on April 18, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 41, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(15)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to EM Capital India Gateway Fund and EM Capital Management, LLC, previously filed on September 8, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 61, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(16)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the MutualHedge Event Driven Legends Fund and MutualHedge Long-Short Legends Fund, and Equinox Fund Management, LLC, previously filed on October 10, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 65, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(17)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund and Three G Financial, LLC, previously filed on August 21, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 58, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(18)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Wade Core Destination Fund and Wade Financial Group, previously filed on August 21, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 58, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(19)

Investment Advisory Agreement between SouthernSun Asset Management, Inc. and the Registrant, on behalf of SouthernSun Small Cap Fund and SouthernSun Mid Cap Fund, previously filed on October 31, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(20)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Toews Hedged Emerging Markets Fund and Toews Corporation previously filed on May 14, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 87, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(21)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Leader Short Term Bond Fund and Leader Capital Corp., previously filed on October 20, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 66, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(22)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC and Dorsey, Wright & Associates, Inc., with respect to Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(23)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund and CMG Capital Management Group, Inc., previously filed on March 9, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 80, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(24)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. and Anchor Capital Management Group, LLC, with respect to CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(25)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. and Traub Capital Management, LLC, with respect to CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(26)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. and Heritage Capital, LLC, with respect to CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(27)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. and Scotia Partners, Ltd., with respect to CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(28)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Incline Capital Smart Switch Fund and Incline Asset Management, LLC previously filed on January 14, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 121, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(29)

Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to The Currency Strategies Fund and Sarasota Capital Partners, LLC previously filed on April 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(30)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Bull Path Capital Management LLC and the Registrant, with respect to The Long-Short Fund and Bull Path Mid-Cap Growth Fund previously filed on April 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(31)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Summit Portfolio Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to The Collar Fund previously filed on May 11, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 85, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(32)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Montebello Partners, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to the GMG Defensive Beta Fund previously filed on June 24, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(33)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Chariot Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to the Chariot Absolute Return Currency Fund previously filed on July 10, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 93, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(34)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Wintrust Capital Management Company, LLC (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Asset Management Company, LLC) and Advanced Investment Partners, LLC, with respect to Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Large Cap Core Fund) previously filed on June 24, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(35)

Investment Advisory Agreement between BTS Asset Management, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to the BTS Bond Asset Allocation Fund previously filed on July 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 94, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(36)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Astor Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to the Astor Long/Short Fund previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(37)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Rady Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to the Rady Opportunistic Value Fund and Rady Contrarian Long/Short Fund (formerly known as Rady Opportunistic Fund and Rady Contrarian Fund) previously filed on September 25, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 106, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(38)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Lacerte Capital Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to The Lacerte Guardian Fund previously filed on September 25, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 106, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(39)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Equinox Fund Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund previously filed on January 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(40)

Interim Investment Advisory Agreement between Winans International Investment Management, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to Winans Long/Short Fund (known previously as Biltmore Momentum/Dynamic ETF Fund) previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(d)(41)

Investment Advisory Agreement between WI Mutual Funds, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Winans Long/Short Fund previously filed on November 20, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 113, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(42)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between WI Mutual Funds, LLC and Winans International, Inc., with respect to Winans Long/Short Fund previously filed on November 20, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 113, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(43)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Investment Partners Asset Management, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to Investment Partners Opportunities Fund previously filed on October 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 111, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(44)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund and FocusPoint Solutions, Inc. previously filed on January 14, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 121, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(45)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Biondo Investment Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to The Biondo Focus Fund previously filed on January 14, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 121, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(46)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Toews Corporation and the Registrant, with respect to Toews Hedged International Fund, Toews Hedged High Yield Fund, Toews Hedged Large-Cap Fund and Toews Hedged Small & Mid Cap Fund previously filed on June 4, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 156, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(47)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Strategic Investing Funds, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to the Strategic Investing Long/Short Fund previously filed on January 28, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 124, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(48)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Arrow Managed Futures Trend Fund previously filed on April 28, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 146, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(49)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund previously filed on March 24, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 133, and hereby incorporated by reference

(d)(50)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc and Dunn Warren Investment Advisors, LLC, with respect to the CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund previously filed on March 24, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 133, and hereby incorporated by reference

(d)(51)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Mount Yale Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Princeton Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on July 8, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 164, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(52)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Mount Yale Asset Management, LLC and 6800 Capital, LLC, with respect to the Princeton Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on June 15, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 161, and hereby incorporated by reference

(d)(53)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Mount Yale Asset Management, LLC and Congress Asset Management Company, LLP, with respect to the Princeton Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on June 15, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 161, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(54)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Chadwick & D’Amato, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Chadwick & D’Amato Fund previously filed on June 10, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 157, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(55)

Investment Advisory Agreement between 13D Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to 13D Activist Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(56)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to CIFG MaxOppSM Fund previously filed on July 14, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 165, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(57)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc and Dunn Warren Investment Advisors, LLC, with respect to the CIFG MaxOppSM Fund previously filed on July 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 167, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(d)(58)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Leader Capital Corp. and the Registrant, with respect to Leader Total Return Fund previously filed on June 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(59)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Altegris Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(60)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Altegris Advisors, LLC and Rodney Square Management Corporation, with respect to Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference

(d)(61)

Investment Advisory Agreement between W.E. Donoghue & Co., Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to Power Income Fund previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(62)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Portfolio Strategies, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to PSI Market Neutral Fund, PSI Total Return Fund, PSI Strategic Growth Fund and PSI Tactical Growth Fund previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(63)

Investment Advisory Agreement between RAM Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to RAM Risk-Managed Growth Fund previously filed on July 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 166, and hereby incorporated by reference

(d)(64)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Gratio Capital, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to GoalMine Fixed Income Fund and GoalMine Balanced Growth Fund previously filed on July 8, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 164, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(65)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Bishop Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Bishop Volatility Flex Fund is previously filed on October 7, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 180, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(66)

Investment Advisory Agreement between CWC Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to CWC Small Cap Aggressive Value Fund previously filed on November 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 186, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(67)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Traub Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to The FX Strategy Fund previously filed on January 20, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 201, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(68)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Arrow Commodity Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(69)

Investment Advisory Agreement between BBW Capital Advisors and the Registrant, with respect to TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund previously filed on December 2, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 187, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(70)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between BBW Capital Advisors and Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P., with respect to TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund previously filed on December 2, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 187, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(d)(71)

Investment Advisory Agreement between 7Twelve Advisors, LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to 7Twelve Balanced Fund previously filed on February 3, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 207, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(72)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Bandon Capital Management, LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund previously filed on December 3, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 189, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(73)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Bandon Capital Management, LLC and Dix Hills Partners, LLC, with respect to the Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund previously filed on December 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 193, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(74)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Bandon Capital Management, LLC and Logan Circle Partners, L.P. with respect to the Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund previously filed on December 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 193, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(75)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Beech Hill Advisors, Inc., and the Registrant, with respect to Beech Hill Total Return Fund previously filed on January 5, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 196, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(76)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Clark Capital Management Group, Inc., and the Registrant, with respect to Navigator Equity Hedged Fund previously filed on November 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 186, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(77)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Tatro Capital, LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to Tatro Capital Tactical Appreciation Fund previously filed on February 3, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 207, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(78)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Knollwood Investment Advisors, LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to Grant Park Managed Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on March 1, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 226, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(79)

Investment Advisory Agreement between GPS Capital Management, LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to GPS Multiple Strategy Fund previously filed on April 21, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 240, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(d)(80)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Risk Paradigm Group, LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to Diversified Risk Parity Fund previously filed on April 21, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 240, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(81)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Genesis Capital LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to SCA Absolute Return Fund and SCA Directional Fund previously filed on April 21, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 240, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(82)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Avant Capital Management, LLC, and the Registrant, with respect to Avant II Tracking Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(83)

Sub-Advisory Agreement between Emerald Asset Advisors, LLC and CWM, LLC with respect to the EAS Funds to be filed by amendment.

(d)(84)

Form of Investment Advisory Agreement between Altegris Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Altegris Macro Strategy Fund previously filed on May 16, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 251, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(85)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Zeo Capital Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Zeo Strategic Income Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(86)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Brinton Eaton Associates, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to The Giralda Fund previously filed on May 4, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 245, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(87)

Form of Investment Advisory Agreement between Van Hulzen Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Iron Horse Fund previously filed on May 11, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 249, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(88)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Mosaic Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Mosaic Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(89)

Form of Investment Advisory Agreement between Fusion Investment Group, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and Global Fusion Long/Short Fund is filed herewith .

(d)(90)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Astor Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Astor Active Income ETF Fund and Astor Style Preferred Growth ETF Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(91)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. and American Independence Financial Services, LLC, with respect to CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund previously filed on March 14, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 230, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(92)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. and Howard Capital Management, Inc. with respect to CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund previously filed on March 14, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 230, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(d)(93)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Altrius Institutional Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Altrius Small Cap Value Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(94)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Ascendant Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Ascendant Balanced Fund, Ascendant Natural Resources Fund and Ascendant MultiCap Equity Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(95)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Winch Advisory Services, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Ginkgo Multi-Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(96)

Investment Advisory Agreement between Absolute Private Wealth Management LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(d)(97)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Absolute Private Wealth Management LLC and Horizon Cash Management LLC, with respect to Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(e)(1)

Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Northern Lights Distributors LLC, previously filed on January 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(e)(2)

Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Foreside Distribution Services, LP with respect to The Leader Short-Term Bond Fund, previously filed on October 20, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 66, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(f)

Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts -  NONE

(g)(1)

Custody Agreement between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon, previously filed on October 3, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29, and hereby incorporated by reference.   

(g)(2)

Custody Agreement between the Registrant and the First National Bank of Omaha is hereby incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 2, 2007.  

(g)(3)

Custody Agreement between the Registrant and Union Bank, N.A., previously filed on October 20, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 66, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(g)(4)

Custody Agreement between the Registrant and Fifth Third Bank, previously filed on October 20, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 66, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(1)

Fund Accounting Service Agreement between the Registrant and Gemini Fund Services, LLC, previously filed on October 3, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(2)

Administration Service Agreement between the Registrant and Gemini Fund Services, LLC, previously filed on October 3, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(3)

Transfer Agency Service Agreement between the Registrant and Gemini Fund Services, LLC, previously filed on October 3, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(4)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Adaptive Allocation Fund (previously known as Critical Math Fund), and Critical Math Advisors LLC, previously filed on January 30, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 8, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(5)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to The Biondo Growth Fund, and Biondo Investment Advisors, LLC, previously filed on April 24, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 11, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(6)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Winans Long/Short Fund (known previously as Biltmore Momentum/Dynamic ETF Fund) and Capital Group, Inc. (D.B.A. Biltmore Investment Group), previously filed on May 31, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 13, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(7)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Arrow DWA Balanced Fund, Arrow DWA Tactical Fund and Arrow Alternative Solutions Fund, previously filed on May 30, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 45, and hereby incorporated by reference. Updated Expense Limitation Agreement to include Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund previously filed on January 28, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 124, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(8)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Autopilot Managed Growth Fund, and Rhoads Lucca Capital Partners, LP previously filed on January 12, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(9)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Pacific Financial Core Equity Fund, the Pacific Financial Explorer Fund, the Pacific Financial International Fund, the Pacific Financial Strategic Conservative Fund and the Pacific Financial Tactical Fund, and The Pacific Financial Group, Inc. previously filed on May 10, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(10)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to The Gratio Values Fund, and Sherwood Advisors, LLC (D.B.A. Gratio Capital) previously filed on October 20, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 109, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(11)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Sierra Core Retirement Fund and Wright Fund Management, LLC, previously filed on December 17, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 35, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(12)

Custody Administration Agreement between Registrant and the Administrator, with respect to certain Funds of the Trust that use First National Bank of Omaha as Custodian, is hereby incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 2, 2007.

(h)(13)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and Wintrust Capital Management Company, LLC (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Asset Management Company), with respect to Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Large Cap Core Fund), Wayne Hummer Real Estate 130/30 Fund and Wintrust Capital Small Cap Opportunity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Small Cap Core Fund)  previously filed on June 24, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(14)

Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement between the Registrant and Wintrust Capital Management Company, LLC (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Asset Management Company), with respect to Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Large Cap Core Fund) was previously filed on June 24, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(15)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect EAS Genesis Fund and Emerald Asset Advisors, LLC, previously filed on April 18, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 41, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(16)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to KCM Macro Trends Fund and Kerns Capital Management, Inc., previously filed on April 18, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 41, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(17)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to EM Capital India Gateway Fund and EM Capital Management, LLC, previously filed on September 8, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 61, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(18)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the MutualHedge Funds and Equinox Fund Management, LLC, previously filed on October 10, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 65, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(19)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund and Three G Financial, LLC, previously filed on December 4, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 119, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(20)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with to the Wade Core Destination Fund and Wade Financial Group previously filed on August 21, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 58, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(21)

Expense Limitation Agreement between SouthernSun Asset Management, Inc. and the Registrant, on behalf of SouthernSun Small Cap Fund and SouthernSun Mid Cap Fund previously filed on October 31, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(22)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Toews Hedged Emerging Markets Fund and Toews Corporation previously filed on May 14, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 87, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(23)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Leader Short-Term Bond Fund and Leader Capital Corp., previously filed on October 20, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 66, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(24)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund and CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. previously filed on March 9, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 80, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(25)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Incline Capital Smart Switch Fund and Incline Asset Management, LLC previously filed on March 9, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 80, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(26)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to The Currency Strategies Fund and Sarasota Capital Partners, LLC previously filed on January 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(27)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Bull Path Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to The Long-Short Fund and Bull Path Mid-Cap Growth Fund previously filed on April 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(28)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the GMG Defensive Beta Fund and Montebello Partners, LLC previously filed on June 24, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(29)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Chariot Absolute Return Currency Fund and Chariot Advisors, LLC previously filed on July 10, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 93, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(30)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Astor Long/Short Fund and Astor Asset Management, LLC previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by       reference.

(h)(31)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect Rady Opportunistic Value Fund and Rady Contrarian Long/Short Fund (formerly known as Rady Opportunistic Fund and Rady Contrarian Fund) and Rady Asset Management, LLC previously filed on August 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 98, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(32)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to The Lacerte Guardian Fund and Lacerte Capital Advisors, LLC previously filed on September 25, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 106, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(33)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund and Equinox Fund Management, LLC previously filed on January 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(34)

Interim Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Winans Long/Short Fund (known previously as Biltmore Momentum/Dynamic ETF Fund) previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(35)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Investment Partners Opportunities Fund and Investment Partners Asset Management, Inc. previously filed on January 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(36)

Fund Services Agreement between the Registrant and Gemini Fund Services, LLC previously filed on October 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 111, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(37)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Toews Hedged International Fund, Toews Hedged High Yield Fund, Toews Hedged Large-Cap Fund and Toews Hedged Small & Mid Cap Fund and Toews Corporation previously filed on June 4, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 156, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(h)(38)

Interim Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the Incline Capital Smart Switch Fund and Incline Asset Management, LLC, previously filed on December 4, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 119, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(39)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Strategic Investing Long/Short Fund and Strategic Investing Funds, LLC previously filed on January 28, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 124, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(h)(40)

Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement between the Registrant and Summit Portfolio Advisors, LLC with respect to The Collar Fund previously filed on January 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(41)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund and Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc previously filed on April 7, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 137, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(42)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Princeton Futures Strategy Fund and Mount Yale Asset Management, LLC previously filed on June 15, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 161, and hereby incorporated by reference

(h)(43)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to CIFG MaxOppSM Fund and Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc. previously filed on July 14, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 165, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(44)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Leader Total Return Fund and Leader Capital Corp. previously filed on June 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(45)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Altegris Advisors, LLC previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(46)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Power Income Fund and W.E. Donoghue & Co., Inc. previously filed on August 31, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 171, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(47)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to PSI Market Neutral Fund, PSI Total Return Fund, PSI Strategic Growth Fund and PSI Tactical Growth Power Income Fund previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(48)

Interim Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to the SouthernSun Small Cap Fund and SouthernSun Asset Management, Inc., previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(49)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to RAM Risk-Managed Growth Fund previously filed on July 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 166, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(50)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to GoalMine Fixed Income Fund and GoalMine Balanced Growth Fund previously filed on July 14, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 165, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(51)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Bishop Volatility Flex Fund previously filed on November 1, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 185, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(52)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to CWC Small Cap Aggressive Value Fund previously filed on November 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 186, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(53)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to Arrow Commodity Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(54)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(55)

Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant, with respect to 7Twelve Balanced Fund previously filed on February 3, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 207, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(56)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Bandon Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund previously filed on January 5, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 196, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(57)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Beech Hill Advisors, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to Beech Hill Total Return Fund previously filed on January 20, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 201, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(h)(58)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to Navigator Equity Hedged Fund previously filed on January 5, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 197, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(h)(59)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Tatro Capital, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Tatro Capital Tactical Appreciation Fund previously filed on February 3, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 207, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(60)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Knollwood Investment Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Grant Park Managed Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on March 9, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 229, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(61)

Expense Limitation Agreement between GPS Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to GPS Multiple Strategy Fund previously filed on April 21, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 240, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(62)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Risk Paradigm Group, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Diversified Risk Parity Fund previously filed on April 21, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 240, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(63)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Genesis Capital LLC and the Registrant, with respect to SCA Absolute Return Fund and SCA Directional Fund previously filed on May 6, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 246, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(h)(64)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Avant Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Avant II Tracking Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(65)

Form of Expense Limitation Agreement between Altegris Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Altegris Macro Strategy Fund previously filed on May 16, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 251, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(66)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Zeo Capital Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Zeo Strategic Income Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(67)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Brinton Eaton Associates, Inc. and the Registrant, with respect to The Giralda Fund previously filed on May 4, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 245, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(68)

Form of Expense Limitation Agreement between Van Hulzen Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Iron Horse Fund previously filed on May 11, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 249, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(h)(69)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Mosaic Capital Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Mosaic Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(70)

Form of Expense Limitation Agreement between Fusion Investment Group, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and Global Fusion Long/Short Fund is filed herewith .

(h)(71)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Astor Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Astor Active Income ETF Fund and Astor Style Preferred Growth ETF Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(72)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Altrius Institutional Asset Management, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Altrius Small Cap Value Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(73)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Ascendant Advisors, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Ascendant Balanced Fund, Ascendant Natural Resources Fund and Ascendant MultiCap Equity Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(74)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Winch Advisory Services, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Ginkgo Multi-Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(h)(75)

Expense Limitation Agreement between Absolute Private Wealth Management LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(i)(1)

Opinion previously filed on May 16, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 250, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(i)(2)

Consent of Counsel is filed herewith.

(j)(1)

Consent of Independent Auditor s is filed herewith.

(j)(2)

Powers of Attorney of Andrew Rogers and Kevin Wolf previously filed on March 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 81, and hereby incorporated by reference.  Powers of Attorney of Anthony J. Hertl, Michael Miola, L. Merill Bryan, Gary W. Lanzen, Mark Taylor previously filed on April 1, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 234, and hereby incorporated by reference.  .

(k)

Omitted Financial Statements - Not Applicable.

(l)

Initial Capital Agreements - Not Applicable.

(m)(1)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of the Adaptive Allocation Fund (previously known as Critical Math Fund), previously filed on January 30, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 8, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(2)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of The Biondo Growth Fund, previously filed on April 24, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 11, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(3)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of the Winans Long/Short Fund (known previously as Biltmore Momentum/Dynamic ETF Fund), previously filed on May 31, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 13, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(4)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of the Arrow DWA Balanced Fund previously filed on July 19, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 15, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(5)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of the Autopilot Managed Growth Fund previously filed on January 12, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(6)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of the Pacific Financial Core Equity Fund, the Pacific Financial Explorer Fund, the Pacific Financial International Fund, the Pacific Financial Strategic Conservative Fund and the Pacific Financial Tactical Fund previously filed on May 10, 2007 in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(7)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Gratio Values Fund, previously filed on May 6, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 43, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(8)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Investor Class Shares of The Biondo Growth Fund, previously filed on February 1, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 36, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(9)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Arrow Alternative Solutions Fund, previously filed on October 3, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(10)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Sierra Core Retirement Fund, previously filed on December 17, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 35, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(11)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Arrow DWA Tactical Fund, previously filed on May 6, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 43, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(12)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of EAS Genesis Fund, previously filed on May 6, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 43, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(13)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of KCM Macro Trends Fund, previously filed on May 6, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 43, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(14)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of EM Capital India Gateway Fund, previously filed on September 8, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 61, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(15)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Large Cap Core Fund), previously filed on May 22, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 44, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(16)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of MutualHedge Funds previously filed on October 31, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(17)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Wade Core Destination Fund previously filed on October 10, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 65, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(18)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of SouthernSun Small Cap Fund previously filed on October 31, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(19)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Leader Short-Term Bond Fund previously filed on October 31, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(20)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(21)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Wayne Hummer Real Estate 130/30 Fund and Wintrust Capital Small Cap Opportunity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Small Cap Core Fund) previously filed on November 28, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 72, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(22)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of SouthernSun Mid Cap Fund previously filed on October 31, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(23)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund previously filed on March 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 81, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(24)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Incline Capital Smart Switch Fund previously filed on March 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 81, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(25)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of The Currency Strategies Fund previously filed on April 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(26)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of The Long-Short Fund and Bull Path Mid-Cap Growth Fund previously filed on April 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(27)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of GMG Defensive Beta Fund previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(28)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Chariot Absolute Return Currency Fund previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(29)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of BTS Bond Asset Allocation Fund previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(30)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Astor Long/Short Fund previously filed on August 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(31)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Rady Opportunistic Value Fund and Rady Contrarian Long/Short Fund (formerly known as Rady Opportunistic Fund and Rady Contrarian Fund) previously filed on October 20, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 109 and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(32)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of The Lacerte Guardian Fund previously filed on October 20, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 109, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(33)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund previously filed on January 28, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 124, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(34)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Investment Partners Opportunities Fund previously filed on November 16, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 112, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(35)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of The Biondo Focus Fund previously filed on January 28, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 124, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(36)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Generations Multi-Strategy Fund, previously filed on December 4, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 119, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(37)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Strategic Investing Long/Short Fund previously filed on April 7, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 137, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(38)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Arrow Managed Futures Trend Fund previously filed on April 29, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 148 and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(39)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund previously filed on April 7, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 137, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(40)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Princeton Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on July 8, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 164, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(41)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Chadwick & D’Amato Fund previously filed on June 10, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 157, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(42)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of 13D Activist Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(43)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of CIFG MaxOppSM Fund previously filed on July 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 167, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(44)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Leader Total Return Fund previously filed on June 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(45)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on August 31, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 171, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(46)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Power Income Fund previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(47)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of PSI Market Neutral Fund, PSI Total Return Fund, PSI Strategic Growth Fund and PSI Tactical Growth Power Income Fund previously filed on August 27, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 170, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(48)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of RAM Risk-Managed Growth Fund previously filed on September 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 179, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(49)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of GoalMine Fixed Income Fund and GoalMine Balanced Growth Fund previously filed on July 14, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 165, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(50)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Bishop Volatility Flex Fund previously filed on November 1, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 185, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(51)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of CWC Small Cap Aggressive Value Fund previously filed on December 3, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 189, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(52)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of The FX Strategy Fund previously filed on January 28, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 204, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(53)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Arrow Commodity Strategy Fund previously filed on January 5, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 196, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(54)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(55)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of 7Twelve Balanced Fund previously filed on February 11, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 210, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(56)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund previously filed on December 22, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 193, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(57)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Beech Hill Total Return Fund previously filed on January 5, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 197, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(58)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Navigator Equity Hedged Fund previously filed on January 13, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 199, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(59)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Tatro Capital Tactical Appreciation Fund previously filed on February 11, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 210, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(60)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Grant Park Managed Futures Strategy Fund previously filed on March 3, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 227, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(61)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of GPS Multiple Strategy Fund previously filed on May 16, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 251, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(62)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Diversified Risk Parity Fund previously filed on May 23, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 254, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(63)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of SCA Absolute Return Fund and SCA Directional Fund previously filed on May 23, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 254, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(64)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Avant II Tracking Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(65)

Form of Rule 12b-1 Plan of Altegris Macro Strategy Fund previously filed on May 16, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 251, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(66)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Zeo Strategic Income Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(67)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of The Giralda Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(68)

Form of Rule 12b-1 Plan of Iron Horse Fund previously filed on May 11, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 249, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(m)(69)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Mosaic Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(70)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Astor Active Income ETF Fund and Astor Style Preferred Growth ETF Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(71)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Altrius Small Cap Value Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(72)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Ascendant Balanced Fund, Ascendant Natural Resources Fund and Ascendant MultiCap Equity Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(73)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Ginkgo Multi-Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(74)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(m)(75)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Global Fusion Long/Short Fund and Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund is filed herewith.

(n)

Rule 18f-3 Plan previously filed on March 29, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 232, and hereby incorporated by reference.  Updated Rule 18f-3 Plan to add Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund to be filed by amendment.

(p)(1)

Code of Ethics of Northern Lights Distributors, LLC, previously filed on October 30, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 32, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(2)

Code of Ethics of Critical Math Advisors LLC, previously filed on January 30, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 8, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(3)

Code of Ethics of Biondo Investment Advisors, LLC, previously filed on April 24, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 11, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(4)

Code of Ethics of Capital Group, Inc. (D.B.A. Biltmore Investment Group) previously filed on May 31, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 13, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(5)

Code of Ethics of Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC previously filed on July 19, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 15, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(6)

Code of Ethics of Dorsey, Wright & Associates, Inc previously filed on July 19, 2006 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 15, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(7)

Code of Ethics of Rhoads Lucca Capital Partners, LP previously filed on January 12, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(8)

Code of Ethics of Changing Parameters, LLC previously filed on January 12, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(10)

Code of Ethics of The Pacific Financial Group, Inc. previously filed on May 10, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(11)

Code of Ethics of Sherwood Advisors, LLC (D.B.A. Gratio Capital) previously filed on May 10, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(12)

Code of Ethics of Wright Fund Management, LLC, previously filed on December 17, 2007 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 35, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(13)

Code of Ethics of Anchor Capital Management Group, Inc., previously filed on February 12, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 37, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(14)

Code of Ethics of Wintrust Capital Management Company, LLC (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Asset Management Company), previously filed on March 20, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 40, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(15)

Code of Ethics of Emerald Asset Advisors, LLC, previously filed on April 18, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 41, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(16)

Code of Ethics of Kerns Capital Management, Inc., previously filed on April 18, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 41, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(17)

Code of Ethics of EM Capital Management, LLC previously filed on October 31, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(18)

Code of Ethics of Equinox Fund Management, LLC, previously filed on July 9, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 51, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(19)

Code of Ethics of Three G Financial, LLC, previously filed on August 21, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 58, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(20)

Code of Ethics of Wade Financial Group, previously filed on August 21, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 58, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(21)

Code of Ethics of SouthernSun Asset Management, Inc. previously filed on August 21, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 58, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(22)

Code of Ethics of Toews Corporation, previously filed on November 7, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 70, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(23)

Code of Ethics of Leader Capital Corp., previously filed on October 20, 2008 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 66, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(24)

Code of Ethics of CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(25)


(p)(26)


(p)(27)


(p)(28)


(p)(29)

Code of Ethics of Traub Capital Management, LLC previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Bandon Capital Management, LLC previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Heritage Capital, LLC previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Schreiner Capital Management, Inc. previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Scotia Partners, Ltd. previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference. .

(p)(30)


(p)(31)


(p)(32)

Code of Ethics of Incline Asset Management, LLC previously filed on March 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 81, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Sarasota Capital Partners, LLC previously filed on April 21, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Bull Path Capital Management, LLC previously filed on April 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 84, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(33)


(p)(34)


(p)(35)

Code of Ethics of Summit Portfolios Advisors, LLC previously filed on June 24, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Montebello Partners, LLC previously filed on September 14, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 104, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Chariot Advisors, LLC previously filed on June 24, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 91, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(36)


(p)(37)


(p)(38)


(p)(39)

Code of Ethics of BTS Asset Management, LLC previously filed on August 28, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 99, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Astor Asset Management, LLC previously filed on August 28, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 99, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Rady Asset Management, LLC previously filed on August 28, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 99, and hereby incorporated by reference.

Code of Ethics of Lacerte Capital Advisors, LLC previously filed on October 30, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 111, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(40)

Code of Ethics of Barclays Capital Fund Services-Americas previously filed on September 14, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 104, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(41)

Code of Ethics of Winans International Investment Management, Inc. previously filed on August 28, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 99, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(42)

Code of Ethics of Investment Partners Asset Management, Inc. previously filed on October 2, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 107, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(43)

Code of Ethics of FocusPoint Solutions, Inc. previously filed on February 12, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 127, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(44)

Code of Ethics of Strategic Investing Funds, LLC previously filed on April 7, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 137, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(45)

Code of Ethics of Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc previously filed on April 29, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 147, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(46)

Code of Ethics of Dunn Warren Investment Advisors, LLC previously filed on April 7, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 137, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(47)

Code of Ethics of Mount Yale Asset Management, LLC previously filed on June 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(48)

Code of Ethics of 6800 Capital, LLC previously filed on June 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(49)

Code of Ethics of Congress Asset Management Company, LLP previously filed on June 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(50)

Code of Ethics of Chadwick & D’Amato, LLC previously filed on June 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 162, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(51)

Code of Ethics of 13D Management, LLC previously filed on July 8, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 164, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(52)

Code of Ethics of Altegris Advisors, LLC previously filed on August 31, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 171, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(53)

Code of Ethics of Rodney Square Management Corporation, previously filed on September 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 179, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(54)

Code of Ethics of W.E. Donoghue & Co., Inc. previously filed on August 31, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 171, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(55)

Code of Ethics of Portfolio Strategies, Inc. previously filed on August 31, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 171, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(56)

Code of Ethics of RAM Capital Management, LLC previously filed on July 2, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 163, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(57)

Code of Ethics of Bishop Asset Management, LLC previously filed on November 1, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 185, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(58)

Code of Ethics of CWC Advisors, LLC previously filed on March 14, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 230, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(59)

Code of Ethics of BBW Capital Advisors previously filed on November 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 186, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(60)

Code of Ethics of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. previously filed on March 29, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 232, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(p)(61)

Code of Ethics of 7Twelve Advisors, LLC previously filed on November 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 186, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(62)

Code of Ethics of Beech Hill Advisors, Inc. previously filed on November 30, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 186, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(63)

Code of Ethics of Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. previously filed on December 2, 2010 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 187, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(64)

Code of Ethics of Tatro Capital, LLC previously filed on February 11, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 210, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(65)

Code of Ethics of Knollwood Investment Advisors, LLC previously filed on March 14, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 230, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(66)

Code of Ethics of GPS Capital Management, LLC previously filed on February 11, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 210, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(67)

Code of Ethics of Risk Paradigm Group, LLC previously filed on March 14, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 230, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(68)

Code of Ethics of Genesis Capital, LLC previously filed on March 29, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 232, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(69)

Code of Ethics of Avant Capital Management, LLC previously filed on May 16, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 251, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(70)

Code of Ethics of CWM, LLC previously filed on May 6, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 246, and hereby incorporated by reference..

(p)(71)

Code of Ethics of Zeo Capital Advisors, LLC to be filed by amendment.

(p)(72)

Code of Ethics of Brinton Eaton Associates, Inc. previously filed on March 29, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 232, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(73)

Code of Ethics of Van Hulzen Asset Management, LLC previously filed on May 6, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 246, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(74)

Code of Ethics of Mosaic Capital Management, LLC previously filed on May 6, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 246, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(75)

Code of Ethics of Fusion Investment Group, LLC previously filed on May 6, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 246, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(76)

Code of Ethics of Altrius Institutional Asset Management, LLC previously filed on May 16, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 251, and hereby incorporated by reference.

(p)(77)

Code of Ethics of Ascendant Advisors, LLC to be filed by amendment.

(p)(78)

Code of Ethics of Winch Advisory Services, LLC to be filed by amendment.

(p)(79)

Code of Ethics of Absolute Private Wealth Management, LLC to be filed by amendment.

(p)(80)

Code of Ethics of Horizon Cash Management LLC to be filed by amendment.


ITEM 29.

PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE REGISTRANT.


None.



ITEM 30.

INDEMNIFICATION.


Article VIII, Section 2(a) of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust provides that to the fullest extent that limitations on the liability of Trustees and officers are permitted by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act of 2002, the officers and Trustees shall not be responsible or liable in any event for any act or omission of:  any agent or employee of the Trust; any investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Trust; or with respect to each Trustee and officer, the act or omission of any other Trustee or officer, respectively.  The Trust, out of the Trust Property, is required to indemnify and hold harmless each and every officer and Trustee from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever arising out of or related to such officer’s or Trustee’s performance of his or her duties as an officer or Trustee of the Trust.  This limitation on liability applies to events occurring at the time a person serves as a Trustee or officer of the Trust whether or not such person is a Trustee or officer at the time of any proceeding in which liability is asserted.  Nothing contained in the Agreement and Declaration of Trust indemnifies, holds harmless or protects any officer or Trustee from or against any liability to the Trust or any shareholder to which such person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such person’s office.


Article VIII, Section 2(b) provides that every note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking and every other act or document whatsoever issued, executed or done by or on behalf of the Trust, the officers or the Trustees or any of them in connection with the Trust shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued, executed or done only in such Person’s capacity as Trustee and/or as officer, and such Trustee or officer, as applicable, shall not be personally liable therefore, except as described in the last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 2 of Article VIII.


Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions of Delaware law and the Agreement and Declaration of the Registrant or the By-Laws of the Registrant, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Trust in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Registrant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Northern Lights Distributors (NLD), its several officers and directors, and any person who controls NLD within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act free and harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses (including the reasonable cost of investigating or defending such claims, demands or liabilities and any reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) which NLD, its officers and directors, or any such controlling persons, may incur under the Securities Act, the 1940 Act, or common law or otherwise, arising out of or based upon: (i) any untrue statement, or alleged untrue statement, of a material fact required to be stated in either any Registration Statement or any Prospectus, (ii) any omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact required to be stated in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in any of them not misleading, (iii) the Registrant’s  failure to maintain an effective Registration statement and Prospectus with respect to Shares of the Funds that are the subject of the claim or demand, or (iv)  the Registrant’s failure to provide NLD with advertising or sales materials to be filed with the FINRA on a timely basis.


The Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency and Administration Service Agreements with Gemini Fund Services (GFS) provides that the Registrant agrees to indemnify and hold GFS harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to the Registrant’s refusal or failure to comply with the terms of the Agreement, or which arise out of the Registrant’s lack of good faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Registrant’s performance under or in connection with this Agreement.


The Consulting Agreement with Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC (NLCS) provides that the Registrant agree to indemnify and hold NLCS harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to the Trust’s refusal or failure to comply with the terms of the Agreement, or which arise out of the Trust’s lack of good faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Trust’s performance under or in connection with the Agreement.  NLCS shall not be liable for, and shall be entitled to rely upon, and may act upon information, records and reports generated by the Trust, advice of the Trust, or of counsel for the Trust and upon statements of the Trust’s independent accountants, and shall be without liability for any action reasonably taken or omitted pursuant to such records and reports


ITEM 31.

BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISER.

  

Certain information pertaining to the business and other connections of each Advisor of each series of the Trust is hereby incorporated herein by reference to the section of the respective Prospectus captioned “Investment Advisor” and to the section of the respective Statement of Additional Information captioned “Investment Advisory and Other Services.”  The information required by this Item 26 with respect to each director, officer or partner of each Advisor is incorporated by reference to the Advisor’s Uniform Application for Investment Adviser Registration (Form ADV) on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  Each Advisor’s Form ADV may be obtained, free of charge, at the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov, and may be requested by File No. as follows:

Critical Math Advisors LLC, the Adviser to the Adaptive Allocation Fund -- File No. 801 - 65306

Biondo Investment Advisors, LLC, the Adviser to The Biondo Growth Fund and The Biondo Focus Fund-- File No. 801 - 62775

Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC, the Adviser to the Arrow DWA Balanced Fund, Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund, Arrow DWA Tactical Fund, Arrow Alternative Solutions Fund, Arrow Managed Futures Trend Fund and Arrow Commodity Strategy Fund-- File No. 801 - 66595

Dorsey, Wright & Associates, Inc., the Sub-Adviser to the Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund, Arrow DWA Balanced Fund and Arrow DWA Tactical Fund -- File No. 801 - 29045

Rhoads Lucca Capital Partners, LP, the Adviser to Autopilot Managed Growth Fund -- File No. 801 - 64590


Changing Parameters, LLC, the Adviser to Changing Parameters Fund -- File No. 801-63495

The Pacific Financial Group, Inc., the Adviser to the Pacific Financial Core Equity Fund, the Pacific Financial Explorer Fund, the Pacific Financial International Fund, the Pacific Financial Strategic Conservative Fund and the Pacific Financial Tactical Fund -- File No. 801 - 18151

Gratio Capital, Inc., the Adviser to the Gratio Values Fund, GoalMine Fixed Income Fund and GoalMine Balanced Growth Fund -- File No. 801 - 68764

Wright Fund Management, LLC, the Adviser of Sierra Core Retirement Fund – File No. 801- 68554

Wintrust Capital Management Company, LLC (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Asset Management Company0, the Adviser of Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Large Cap Core Fund0, Wayne Hummer Real Estate 130/30 Fund and Wintrust Capital Small Cap Opportunity Fund (formerly known as Wayne Hummer Small Cap Core Fund0 – File No. 801 – 16937

Emerald Asset Advisors, LLC, the Adviser of EAS Genesis Fund – File No. 801 – 56946

Kerns Capital Management, Inc., the Adviser of the KCM Macro Trends Fund – File No. 801 – 57482

EM Capital Management, LLC, the Adviser of the EM Capital India Gateway Fund – File No. 801 – 65860

Equinox Fund Management, LLC, the Adviser of the MutualHedge Funds – File No. 801- 67852


Three G Financial, LLC, the Adviser of the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund – File No. 801- 69579


Wade Financial Group, the Adviser of the Wade Core Destination Fund – File No. 801-47676 


SouthernSun Asset Management, Inc., the Adviser of the SouthernSun Small Cap Fund and SouthernSun U.S. Equity Fund – File No. 801- 34451


Toews Corporation, the Adviser of the Toews Hedged Emerging Markets Fund, Toews Hedged International Fund, Toews Hedged High Yield Fund, Toews Hedged Large-Cap Fund and Toews Hedged Small & Mid Cap Fund – File No. 801- 47765


Leader Capital Corp., the Adviser of the Leader Short Term Bond Fund and Leader Total Return Fund – File No. 801- 56684 


CMG Capital Management Group, Inc, the Adviser of the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund – File No. 801-43455 


Anchor Capital Management Group, LLC, Sub-Adviser of the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund – File No. - 801-69345

Traub Capital Management, LLC, the Sub-Adviser to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund and Adviser to The FX Strategy Fund- File No. 801-70068.

Bandon Capital Management, LLC, the Adviser of the Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund - File No. 801-68367 

Heritage Capital, LLC, the Sub-Adviser to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund - File No. 801-70050.

Scotia Partners, Ltd., the Sub-Adviser to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund - File No. 801-69997.

Incline Asset Management, LLC, the Adviser of the Incline Capital Smart Swtich Fund – File No. 801-69747 

Sarasota Capital Partners, LLC, the Adviser of The Currency Strategies Fund – File No. 801-68409 

Bull Path Capital Management, LLC, the Adviser of The Long-Short Fund and Bull Path Mid-Cap Growth Fund – File No. 801- 65532

Summit Portfolio Advisors, LLC, the Adviser of The Collar Fund – File No. 801-70098 

Montebello Partners, LLC, the Adviser of the GMG Defensive Beta Fund – File No. 801-70164 


Barclays Capital Fund Services, the Sub-Adviser of the GMG Defensive Beta Fund – File No. 801-69700    


Chariot Advisors, LLC, the Adviser of the Chariot Absolute Currency Fund – File No. 801-69623. 


BTS Asset Management, Inc., the Adviser of the BTS Bond Asset Allocation Fund – File No.

801-14895. 


Astor Asset Management, LLC, the Adviser of the Astor Long/Short Fund, Astor Active Income ETF Fund and Astor Style Preferred Growth ETF Fund – File No. 801-61526. 


Rady Asset Management, LLC, the Adviser of the Rady Opportunistic Value Fund and Rady Contrarian Long/Short Fund – File No. 801-70446.


Lacerte Capital Advisors, LLC, the Adviser of The Lacerte Guardian Fund – File No. 801-68358. 


Winans International Investment Management Inc., the Adviser of the Winans Long/Short Fund (known previously as Biltmore Momentum/Dynamic ETF Fund) – File No.801-43327.


Investment Partners Asset Management, Inc., the Adviser of the Investment Partners Opportunities Fund – File No. 801-61906.


FocusPoint Solutions, Inc., the Sub-Adviser of the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund – File No. 801-63028.


Strategic Investing Funds, LLC, the Adviser of Strategic Investing Long/Short Fund – File No. 801-71055.


Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc, the Adviser of CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund and CIFG MaxOppSM Fund – File No. 801-70403.


Dunn Warren Investment Advisors, LLC, the Sub-Adviser of the CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund and CIFG MaxOppSM Fund – File No. 801-67699.


Mount Yale Asset Management, LLC, the Adviser of Princeton Futures Strategy Fund – File No. 801-63221.


6800 Capital, LLC, the Sub-Adviser of Princeton Futures Strategy Fund – File No. 801-69750.


Congress Asset Management Company, LLP the Sub-Adviser of Princeton Futures Strategy Fund – File No. 801-69845.


Chadwick & D’Amato, LLC, the Adviser of Chadwick & D’Amato Fund – File No. 801-62604. 


13D Management, LLC, the Adviser of 13D Activist Fund – File No. 801-71577.

Altegris Advisors, LLC, the Adviser of Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Altegris Macro Strategy Fund– File No. 801-71496.

 

Rodney Square Management Corporation, the Sub-Adviser of Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund – File No. 801-22071.


W.E. Donoghue & Co., Inc., the Adviser of Power Income Fund – File No. 801-27959.


Portfolio Strategies, Inc., the Adviser of PSI Market Neutral Fund, PSI Total Return Fund, PSI Strategic Growth Fund and PSI Tactical Growth Power Income Fund – File No. 801-18475. 


Howard Capital Management, Inc., the Sub-Adviser of the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund – File No. 801-69763 


Avant Capital Management I, LLC, the Adviser of Avant II Tracking Fund – File No. 801-68387.


RAM Capital Management LLC, the Adviser of the RAM Risk-Managed Growth Fund – File No. 801-71664.

 

Bishop Asset Management LLC, the Adviser of the Bishop Volatility Flex Fund – File No. 801-71810.

 

CWC Advisors, LLC, the Adviser of the CWC Small Cap Aggressive Value Fund – File No. 801-62369. 


BBW Capital Advisors, the Adviser of the TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund – File No. 801-67113. 


Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P., the Sub-Adviser of the TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund – File No. 801-170.


7Twelve Advisors, LLC, the Adviser of the 7Twelve Balanced Fund – File No. 801-71758.


Beech Hill Advisors, Inc., the Adviser of the Beech Hill Total Return Fund – File No. 801-31503.


Clark Capital Management Group Inc., the Adviser of the Navigator Equity Hedged Fund – File No. 801-28445.


Tatro Capital, LLC, the Adviser of the Tatro Capital Tactical Appreciation Fund – File No. 801-72224.

 

Knollwood Investment Advisors, LLC, the Advisor of the Grant Park Managed Futures Strategy Fund – File No. 801-72068.

 

GPS Capital Management, LLC, the Advisor of the GPS Multiple Strategy Fund – File No. 801-64685.


Fusion Investment Group, LLC, the Advisor of the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and Global Fusion Long/Short Fund – File No. 801-70495 


Risk Paradigm Group, LLC, the Advisor of the Diversified Risk Parity Fund – File No. 801-72141.

  

Genesis Capital LLC, the Advisor of the SCA Absolute Return Fund and SCA Directional Fund – File No. 801-62613. 


CWM, LLC, the Sub-Advisor of the EAS Genesis Fund and EAS Global Cycle Fund – File No. 801-72037. 


Zeo Capital Advisors, LLC, the Advisor of the Zeo Strategic Income Fund – File No. 801-72287.


Brinton Eaton Associates, Inc., the Advisors of The Giralda Fund – File No. 801-35421. 


Van Hulzen Asset Management, LLC, the Advisor of Iron Horse Fund – File No. 801-61884.


Mosaic Capital Management, LLC, the Advisor of Mosaic Managed Futures Strategy Fund – File No. to be filed by amendment.


Altrius Institutional Asset Management, LLC, the Advisor of Altrius Small Cap Value Fund – File No. 801-72306.

  

Ascendant Advisors, LLC, the Advisor of Ascendant Balanced Fund, Ascendant Natural Resources Fund and Ascendant MultiCap Equity Fund – File No. 801-72278.

  

Winch Advisory Services LLC, the Advisor of Ginkgo Multi-Strategy Fund – File No. 801-55488.


Absolute Private Wealth Management LLC, the Advisor of Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund – File No. to be filed by amendment


Horizon Cash Management LLC, the Sub-Advisor of Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund – File No. to be filed by amendment.


ITEM 32.

PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER.


(a)

Northern Lights Distributors, LLC (“NLD”), is the principal underwriter for all series of Northern Lights Fund Trust, except Leader Short-Term Bond Fund and Leader Total Return Fund. NLD also acts as principal underwriter for the following:  


AdvisorOne Funds, Bryce Capital Funds, Copeland Trust, Epiphany Funds, Ladenburg Thalmann Alternative Strategies Fund, Miller Investment Trust, Nile Capital Investment Trust, North Country Funds, Northern Lights Variable Trust, Roge Partners Funds and The Saratoga Advantage Trust.


Foreside Distribution Services, LP (“Foreside”) serves as the underwriter to Leader Short-Term Bond Fund and Leader Total Return Fund and also acts as principal underwriter for the following:


American Independence Funds Trust, The Bjurman, Barry Funds, Capital One Funds, Commonwealth International Series Trust, The Coventry Group, Coventry Funds Trust, First Focus Funds, Inc., HSBC Advisor Funds Trust, HSBC Investor Funds, Lou Holland Trust, Pacific Capital Funds (including CATS and Hawaiian Trust), PNC Funds, RMR Series Trust, STI Classic Funds, STI Classic Variable Trust, The 3800 Fund, The Blue Fund Group and Vintage Mutual Funds, Inc..


(b)

NLD is registered with Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.  The principal business address of NLD is 4020 South 147th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68137.  NLD is an affiliate of Gemini Fund Services, LLC.  To the best of Registrant’s knowledge, the following are the members and officers of NLD:

  

Name

Positions and Offices

with Underwriter

Positions and Offices

with the Fund

W. Patrick Clarke

Manager

None

Brian Nielsen

Manager, President, Secretary

None

Daniel Applegarth

Treasurer

None

Mike Nielsen

Chief Compliance Officer and AML Compliance Officer

None


Foreside Distribution Services, LP is registered with Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.  The principal business address of Foreside is 10 High Street, Suite 302, Boston, MA 02110.  To the best of Registrant’s knowledge, the following are the members and officers of NLD:

  

Name

Positions and Offices

with Underwriter

Positions and Offices

with the Fund

Mark S. Redman

President and Director

None

Elliott Dobin

Secretary

None

Wayne A. Rose

Co-Chief Compliance Officer

None

Linda C. Carley

Chief Compliance Officer

None

James E. (Ed) Pike

Financial and Operations Principal

None


(c)

Not Applicable.


ITEM 33.

LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS.


The following entities prepare, maintain and preserve the records required by Section 31 (a) of the 1940 Act for the Registrant.  These services are provided to the Registrant for such periods prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchanged Commission under the 1940 Act and such records are the property of the entity required to maintain and preserve such records and will be surrendered promptly on request.


Bank of New York Mellon (“BONY”), located at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286, provides custodian services to The Biondo Growth Fund, Winans Long/Short Fund (known previously as Biltmore Momentum/Dynamic ETF Fund), Changing Parameters Fund, Gratio Values Fund, Pacific Financial Core Equity Fund, Pacific Financial Explorer Fund, Pacific Financial International Fund, Pacific Financial Strategic Conservative Fund, Pacific Financial Tactical Fund, The Biondo Focus Fund,  Arrow Managed Futures Trend Fund, GoalMine Fixed Income Fund and GoalMine Balanced Growth Fund pursuant to a Custody Agreement between BONY and the Trust.  


First National Bank of Omaha (“FNBO”), located at 1620 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68197, provides custodian services to the Adaptive Allocation Fund, the Autopilot Managed Growth Fund, Sierra Core Retirement Fund, Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund, EAS Genesis Fund, Wade Core Destination Fund, SouthernSun Small Cap Fund, SouthernSun U.S. Equity Fund, Wayne Hummer Real Estate 130/30 Fund, Wintrust Capital Small Cap Opportunity Fund and Incline Capital Smart Switch Fund pursuant to a Custody Agreement between FNBO and the Trust.  


Union Bank, National Association, 350 California Street 6th Floor, San Francisco, California  94104 (Union), provides custodian services to the Arrow DWA Balanced Fund, Arrow DWA Tactical Fund, Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund, Arrow Alternative Solutions Fund, MutualHedge Funds, The Long-Short Fund, The Collar Fund, BTS Bond Asset Allocation Fund, Astor Long/Short Fund, Rady Opportunistic Value Fund, Rady Contrarian Long/Short Fund, The Lacerte Guardian Fund, GMG Defensive Beta Fund, Winans Long/Short Fund, Investment Partners Opportunities Fund, Strategic Investing Long/Short Fund. Arrow Managed Futures Trend Fund, CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund, Princeton Futures Strategy Fund Power Income Fund, PSI Market Neutral Fund, PSI Total Return Fund, PSI Strategic Growth Fund, PSI Tactical Growth, CIFG MaxOppSM Fund CWC Small Cap Aggressive Value Fund, Bandon Isolated Alpha-Fixed Income Fund, Chadwick & D’Amato Fund, Arrow Commodity Strategy Fund, RAM Risk managed-Growth Fund, TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund, Bishop Volatility Flex Fund. 7Twelve Balanced Fund, 13D Activist Fund, Beech Hill Total Return Fund, Navigator Equity Hedged Fund, GPS Multiple Strategy Fund, Diversified Risk Parity Fund, Peregrine Gold Silver, Tatro Capital Appreciation Fund,  Avant II Tracking Fund and Ginkgo Multi-Strategy Fund pursuant to a Custody Agreement between Union and the Trust.


Fifth Third Bank (“Fifth Third”), 38 Fountain Square Plaza Cincinnati, Ohio 45263, provides custodian services to KCM Macro Trends Fund, Generations Multi-Strategy Fund, the Leader Short-Term Bond Fund, Leader Total Return Fund, Toews Hedged Emerging Markets Fund, CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund, The Currency Strategies Fund, Chariot Absolute Return Currency Fund, Toews Hedged International Fund, Toews Hedged High Yield Fund, Toews Hedged Large-Cap Fund and Toews Hedged Small & Mid Cap Fund pursuant to a Custody Agreement between Fifth Third and the Trust.


Wilmington Trust Company (“Wilmington”), 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware19890, provides custodian services to Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund pursuant to a Custody Agreement between Wilmington and the Trust.


JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPMorgan”), 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017, provides custodian services to Altegris Macro Strategy Fund pursuant to a Custody Agreement between JPMorgan and the Trust.


Gemini Fund Services, LLC (“GFS”), located at 4020 South 147th Street, Suite 2, Omaha, Nebraska 68137, provides transfer agent and dividend disbursing services pursuant to a Transfer Agency and Service Agreements between GFS and the Trust.  In such capacities, GFS provides pricing for each Fund’s portfolio securities, keeps records regarding securities and other assets in custody and in transfer, bank statements, canceled checks, financial books and records, and keeps records of each shareholder’s account and all disbursement made to shareholders.  GFS also maintains all records required pursuant to Administrative Service Agreements with the Trust.  


NLD, located at 4020 South 147th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68137, serves as principal underwriter for all series of Northern Lights Fund Trust, except Leader Short-Term Bond Fund and Leader Total Return Fund. NLD maintains all records required to be maintained pursuant to each Fund’s Distribution Plan and Agreement adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act.  

Foreside Distribution Services, LP, located at 10 High Street, Suite 302, Boston, MA 02110, serves as principal underwriter for Leader Short-Term Bond Fund and Leader Total Return Fund and maintains all records required to be maintained pursuant to the Fund’s Distribution Plan and Agreements adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act.  


Critical Math Advisors LLC, located at 29 Emmons Drive, Suite A-20, Princeton, NJ  08540, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Adaptive Allocation Fund.


Biondo Investment Advisors, LLC, located at 544 Routes 6 & 209, PO Box 909, Milford, Pennsylvania 18337, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The Biondo Growth Fund and The Biondo Focus Fund.


Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC, located at 2943 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Suite A, Olney, Maryland 20832, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Arrow DWA Balanced Fund, Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund, Arrow DWA Tactical Fund, Arrow Alternative Solutions Fund, Arrow Managed Futures Trend Fund and Arrow Commodity Strategy Fund.


Dorsey, Wright & Associates, Inc., located at with offices at 8014 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia 23235 and 595 East Colorado Blvd., Suite 307, Pasadena, CA  91101, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Arrow DWA Systematic RS Fund, Arrow DWA Balanced Fund and Arrow DWA Tactical Fund.


Rhoads Lucca Capital Partners, LP, located at 14911 Quorum Drive, Suite 380, Dallas Texas 75254, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Autopilot Managed Growth Fund.

  

Changing Parameters, LLC, located at 250 Oak Grove Avenue, Suite A, Menlo Park, California 94025, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Changing Parameters Fund.

  

The Pacific Financial Group, Inc., located at 10900 NE 8th Street, Suite 1523, Bellevue, WA 98004, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Pacific Financial Core Equity Fund, the Pacific Financial Explorer Fund, the Pacific Financial International Fund, the Pacific Financial Strategic Conservative Fund and the Pacific Financial Tactical Fund.


Gratio Capital, Inc., located at 155 Water Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Gratio Values Fund, GoalMine Fixed Income Fund and GoalMine Balanced Growth Fund.


Wright Fund Management, LLC, located at 3420 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA  90405, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Sierra Core Retirement Fund.


Wintrust Asset Management Company, located at 222 South Riverside Plaza, 28th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Wintrust Capital Disciplined Equity Fund, Wayne Hummer Real Estate 130/30 Fund and Wintrust Capital Small Cap Opportunity Fund.


Emerald Asset Advisors, LLC, located at 2843 Executive Park Drive, Weston, Florida 33331, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to EAS Genesis Fund.


Kerns Capital Management, Inc., located at Galleria Financial Center, 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 1177, Houston, Texas 77056, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the KCM Macro Trends Fund.


EM Capital Management, LLC, located at 920 Country Club Drive, Suite 1-E, Moraga, CA 94556, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to EM Capital India Gateway Fund.


Equinox Fund Management, LLC, 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 100, Denver, CO 80264, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the MutualHedge Funds.


Three G Financial, LLC, 5940 South Rainbow Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89118, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund.


Wade Financial Group, 5500 Wayzata Blvd, STE 200, Minneapolis, MN 55416, pursuant to the Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records, required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Wade Core Destination Fund.


SouthernSun Asset Management, LLC, 6000 Poplar Avenue, Suite 220, Memphis, Tennessee  38119, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the SouthernSun Small Cap Fund and SouthernSun U.S. Equity Fund.


Toews Corporation, Cornerstone Commerce Center, 1201 New Road, Suite 111, Linwood, NJ  08221, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Toews Hedged Emerging Markets Fund, Toews Hedged International Fund, Toews Hedged High Yield Fund, Toews Hedged Large-Cap Fund and Toews Hedged Small & Mid Cap Fund.


Leader Capital Corp., 121 SW Morrison St., Suite 425, Portland, OR 97204, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Leader Short-Term Bond Fund and Leader Total Return Fund.


CMG Capital Management Group, LLC, 150 North Radnor-Chester Road, Suite A150, Radnor, PA 19087, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund.


Anchor Capital Management Group, LLC, 16140 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine, CA 92618, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with CMG Capital Management Group, LLC, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund.


Traub Capital Management, LLC 97 Chapel Street 3rd Floor, Needham, MA 02492, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with CMG Capital Management Group, LLC, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund. Also pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The FX Strategy Fund.


Bandon Capital Management, LLC, 818 SW 3rd Ave. #240, Portland OR 97204-2405, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund.


Heritage Capital, LLC, 1 Bradley Road, Suite 202 Woodbridge CT 06525, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with CMG Capital Management Group, LLC, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund.


Scotia Partners, Ltd., 436 Ridge Road, Spring City, PA 19475, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with CMG Capital Management Group, LLC, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund.


Incline Asset Management, LLC, 4741 Caughlin Parkway, Suite 2, Reno, NV  89519, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Incline Capital Smart Switch Fund.


Sarasota Capital Partners, LLC, 460 South Tamiami Trail, Osprey, Florida 34229, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The Currency Strategies Fund.


Bull Path Capital Management, LLC, 335 Madison Avenue, New York, NY  10017, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The Long-Short Fund and Bull Path Mid-Cap Growth Fund.


Summit Portfolio Advisors, LLC 12606 Julian Street, Broomfield, Colorado 80020, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The Collar Fund.


Montebello Partners, LLC, 75 Montebello Road, Suffern, New York 10901, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the GMG Defensive Beta Fund.


Barclays Capital Fund Services, 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10021, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with Montebello Partners, LLC, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the GMG Defensive Beta Fund.


Chariot Advisors, LLC located at 8010 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 175, Raleigh, North Carolina 27617, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Chariot Absolute Return Currency Fund.


BTS Asset Management, Inc. located at 420 Bedford Street, Suite 340, Lexington, MA  02420, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the BTS Bond Asset Allocation Fund.  


Astor Asset Management, LLC located at 111 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3950, Chicago, IL 60606, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Astor Long/Short Fund, Astor Active Income ETF Fund and Astor Style Preferred Growth ETF Fund.


Rady Asset Management, LLC located at 6001 La Jolla Scenic Drive South, La Jolla, CA 92037 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Rady Opportunistic Value Fund and Rady Contrarian Long/Short Fund.


Lacerte Capital Advisors, LLC located at 2811 McKinney Avenue, Suite 206, Dallas, TX 75204, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The Lacerte Guardian Fund.


Winans International Investment Management, Inc. located at 330 Ignacio Boulevard, Suite 203, Novato, CA 94949, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Winans Long/Short Fund (known previously as Biltmore Momentum/Dynamic ETF Fund).


Investment Partners Asset Management, Inc. located at 1 Highland Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The Investment Partners Opportunities Fund.


FocusPoint Solutions, Inc., 3395 SW Gardenview Ave, Portland, OR 97225, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Generations Multi-Strategy Fund.


Strategic Investing Funds, LLC, 2435 N. Central Expressway, Suite 888, Richardson, TX 75080, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records requires pursuant to such agreement with respect to Strategic Investing Long/Short Fund.


Capstone Investment Financial Group, Inc., 615 N. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund and CIFG MaxOppSM Fund.


Dunn Warren Investment Advisors, LLC, 6143 S. Willow Drive, Suite 102, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CIFG MaxBalancedSM Fund and CIFG MaxOppSM Fund.


Mount Yale Asset Management, LLC, 1125 17th Street, Suite 1400, Denver, CO 80202, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Princeton Futures Strategy Fund.


6800 Capital, LLC, One Palmer Square, Suite 530, Princeton, NJ 08542, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Princeton Futures Strategy Fund.


Congress Asset Management Company, LLP, 2 Seaport Lane, Floor 5, Boston, MA 02210-2001, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Princeton Futures Strategy Fund.


Chadwick & D’Amato, LLC, 224 Main Street, PO Box 1978, New London, NH 03257, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Chadwick & D’Amato Fund.


13D Management, LLC, 200 East 61 Street, Suite 17C, New York, NY 10065, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the 13D Activist Fund.


Altegris Advisors, LLC, 1200 Prospect Street, Suite 400, La Jolla, CA 92037, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Altegris Macro Strategy Fund.


Rodney Square Management Corporation, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19890, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund.


W. E. Donoghue & Inc., 629 Washington Street, Norwood, MA 02062 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Power Income Fund.


Portfolio Strategies, Inc., 1724 W Union Avenue, Suite 200, Tacoma, WA 98405 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the PSI Market Neutral Fund, PSI Total Return Fund, PSI Strategic Growth Fund and PSI Tactical Growth Power Income Fund.


Avant Capital Management I, LLC, 401 E. Las Olas Blvd, #130, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Avant II Tracking Fund.


RAM Capital Management LLC, 12 Larkspur Lane, Rye, NY 10580, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the RAM Risk-Managed Growth Fund.


Bishop Asset Management LLC, One Stamford Plaza, 263 Tresser Blvd, 9th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Bishop Volatility Flex Fund.


CWC Advisors, LLC, 5800 SW Meadows Road, Suite 230, Lake Oswego, OR 97035, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the CWC Small Cap Aggressive Value Fund.


BBW Capital Advisors, 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 250, Denver, CO 80202, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund.


Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P., One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111, pursuant to the Sub- Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the TransWestern Institutional Short Duration Government Bond Fund.


7Twelve Advisors, LLC, 1720 West End Ave., Suite 540 Nashville, TN 37203 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the 7Twelve Balanced Fund.


Bandon Capital Management, LLC, 317 SW Alder Street, Suite 1110, Portland, OR 97204 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund.


Beech Hill Advisors, Inc, 880 third Ave., 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Beech Hill Total Return Fund.


Clark Capital Management Group, Inc., 1650 Market Street, 53rd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Navigator Equity Hedged Fund.


Tatro Capital, LLC, 104 Richmond Ave., Nicholasville, KY 40356 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Tatro Capital Tactical Appreciation Fund.


Knollwood Investment Advisors, LLC, 626 W. Jackson Street, Chicago, IL 60661 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Grant Park Managed Futures Strategy Fund.


GPS Capital Management, LLC, 2410 Camino Ramon, Suite 128, San Ramon, CA 94583 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the GPS Multiple Strategy Fund.


Fusion Investment Group, LLC, 1001 Corporate Drive, Suite 255, Canonsburg, PA 15317 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and the Global Fusion Long/Short Fund.


Risk Paradigm Group, LLC, 5900 Southwest Parkway, Building 5, Suite 500, Austin, TX 78735 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Diversified Risk Parity Fund.


Genesis Capital LLC, 7191 Wagner Way NW, Suite 302, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the SCA Absolute Return Fund and SCA Directional Fund.


CWM, LLC, Dodge Plaza, 13321 California Street, Omaha, NE 68154, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the EAS Genesis Fund and EAS Global Cycle Fund.


Zeo Capital Advisors, LLC, 555 California Street, Suite 5180 San Francisco, CA 94104, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Zeo Strategic Income Fund.


Brinton Eaton Associates, Inc., One Giralda Farms, Suite 130, Madison, NJ 07940, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to The Giralda Fund.


Van Hulzen Asset Management, LLC, 950 Iron Point Road, Suite 290, Folsom, CA 95630, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Iron Horse Fund.


Mosaic Capital Management, LLC, 7535 Windsor Drive, Suite A205, Allentown PA, 18195, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Mosaic Managed Futures Strategy Fund.


Altrius Institutional Asset Management, LLC, 1323 Commerce Drive, New Bern, NC, 28562, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Altrius Small Cap Value Fund.


Ascendant Advisors, LLC, Four Oaks Place, 1330 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1550, Houston, TX, 77056, pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Ascendant Balanced Fund, Ascendant Natural Resources Fund and Ascendant MultiCap Equity Fund.


Winch Advisory Services, LLC, 424 East Wisconsin Avenue, Appleton, WI 54911 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Ginkgo Multi-Strategy Fund.


Absolute Private Wealth Management LLC, 1001 West Loop South, Suite 811, Houston, TX 77027 pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund.


Horizon Cash Management LLC, 325 W. Huron Street, Suite 808, Chicago, IL 60654 pursuant to the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to Quantitative Managed Futures Strategy Fund.


J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc., 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10036, pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, maintains all records required pursuant to such agreement with respect to the Altegris Macro Strategy Fund.



ITEM 34.

MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

Not applicable.  


ITEM 35.

UNDERTAKINGS. See Item 30 above, second paragraph.


One or more of the Registrant’s series may invest up to 25% of its respective total assets in a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively the “Subsidiaries”).  Each Subsidiary will operate under the supervision of the Registrant.  The Registrant hereby undertakes that the Subsidiaries will submit to inspection by the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Signatures


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 5 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Hauppauge, State of New York on the 24th day of May, 2011.


                                                                NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST

                                      (Registrant)


/s/ Andrew Rogers

By: Andrew Rogers,

President and Principal Executive Officer



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



Michael Miola*


Trustee & Chairman


May 24, 2011


L. Merill Bryan*


Trustee


May 24, 2011


Gary Lanzen*


Trustee


May 24, 2011

 

Anthony Hertl*


Trustee


May 24, 2011

 

Mark Taylor*


Trustee


May 24, 2011


/s/ Andrew Rogers

Andrew Rogers


President and Principal Executive Officer


May 24, 2011


Kevin Wolf*


Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer


May 24, 2011


By:                                     Date:

/s/ James Ash                 May 24, 2011

James Ash

*Attorney-in-Fact – Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed on April 1, 2011 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 234, and hereby incorporated by reference.





EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit

Exhibit No.

Form of Investment Advisory Agreement between Fusion Investment Group, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and Global Fusion Long/Short Fund

(d)(89)

Form of Expense Limitation Agreement between Fusion Investment Group, LLC and the Registrant, with respect to Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund and Global Fusion Long/Short Fund

(h)(70)

Consent of Counsel

(i)(2)

Consent of Independent Auditor s

(j)(1)

Rule 12b-1 Plan of Global Fusion Long/Short Fund and Global Fusion Tactical Equity Fund

(m)(75)