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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2015

1933 Act Registration No. 333-133691
1940 Act Registration No. 811-21897
 


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment [   ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 [X]

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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THE ROXBURY FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(800) 497-2960
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Jon R. Foust
Roxbury Capital Management, LLC
6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

COPY TO:
Ellen Drought, Esq.
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
780 North Water Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202-3590

 
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(ROXBURY FUNDS)

PROSPECTUS

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund

Institutional Shares
Ticker: HRSMX

Investor Shares
Ticker: HRSRX

Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund

Institutional Shares
Ticker: MVSGX

Telephone: (800) 497-2960

www.RoxburyFunds.com

This prospectus contains important information about these mutual funds, including information on their investment policies, risks, and fees.  For your own benefit and protection, please read it before you invest, and keep it on hand for future reference.

Like all mutual fund shares, these securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission determined whether this prospectus is accurate or complete.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 

  
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY SECTION – Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund
1
Investment Objective
1
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
1
Example
2
Portfolio Turnover
3
Principal Investment Strategies
3
Principal Risks
4
Performance Information
5
Investment Adviser
6
Portfolio Managers
6
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
6
Tax Information
6
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
7
SUMMARY SECTION – Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund
8
Investment Objective
8
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
8
Example
9
Portfolio Turnover
9
Principal Investment Strategies
9
Principal Risks
9
Performance Information
10
Investment Adviser
11
Portfolio Managers
11
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
12
Tax Information
12
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
14
Details about the goals, strategies, risks and financial history of the Funds.
Investment Objectives
14
Additional Information about Principal Investment Strategies
14
Additional Principal Risk Information
15
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
16
 
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS
17
Details about the service providers.
Investment Advisers
17
Advisory Fees
17
Portfolio Managers of the Funds
18
Prior Related Performance Information of Mar Vista
19
Service Providers
20
DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICE (12B-1) FEES 21
Rule 12b-1 Plan 21
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
21
Policies and instructions for opening, maintaining, and closing an account in the Funds.
Pricing of Shares
21
Purchase of Shares
22
Redemption of Shares
23
Exchange of Shares
25
Distributions
26
Taxes
26
DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
29
GLOSSARY
31
 
For information about key terms and concepts, please refer to the “Glossary.”
 
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SUMMARY SECTION – Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund (the “Small-Cap Growth Fund” or the “Fund”) seeks superior long-term growth of capital.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund.
 
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment):
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
None
None
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends  (and Other Distributions)
None
None
Redemption Fee (as a Percentage of Amounts Redeemed Within 60 Days of Purchase)
1.00%
1.00%
Exchange Fee (as a Percentage of Amounts Exchanged Within 60 Days of Purchase)
1.00%
1.00%
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Management Fees
1.00%
1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) and/or Service Fees
None
0.25%
Other Expenses
0.48%
0.48%1
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
0.01%2
0.01%2
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.49%
1.74%
Fee Waivers/Expense Reimbursements
(0.39)%3
(0.39)%3
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers/Expense Reimbursements
1.10%3
1.35%3
 
1 Because Investor Shares are new, Other Expenses are estimated based on other expenses for Institutional Shares of the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015.
 
2 “Acquired Fund” means any investment company in which the Fund invests or has invested during the period.  The “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” will not correlate to the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets in the Fund’s Financial Highlights, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.”
 
3 Hood River Capital Management LLC (“Hood River”), the Fund’s investment adviser, has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse certain expenses for the Fund to limit the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, extraordinary expenses, brokerage commissions, interest and acquired fund fees and expenses (collectively, “Excludable Expenses”)) to 1.09% and 1.34% for Institutional Shares and Investor Shares, respectively.  To the extent the Fund incurs Excludable Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers/Expense Reimbursements may be greater than 1.09% for Institutional Shares and 1.34% for Investor Shares, respectively.  The waivers and reimbursements will remain in effect through December 31, 2020 unless terminated sooner by mutual agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and Hood River.
 
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EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual fee waiver/expense reimbursement through December 31, 2020). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
 
 1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Institutional Shares
$112
$350
$606
$1,591
 
 
1 Year
3 Years
   
Investor Shares
$137
$428
   
 
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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may generate a greater amount of taxable capital gains. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 142% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Small-Cap Growth Fund, under normal market conditions, invests at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in the following equity (or equity-related) securities:

●       Common stocks of U.S. corporations that are judged by Hood River to have strong growth characteristics or to be undervalued in the marketplace relative to underlying profitability and have a market capitalization which, at the time of purchase, is consistent with the capitalization ranges of the S&P SmallCap 600® and Russell 2000® Growth Indices (“small-cap companies”);
 
●      Options on, or securities convertible into, the common stock of small-cap companies (such as convertible preferred stock, convertible bonds, warrants, and debentures);
 
●     Options on indices of the common stock of small-cap companies; and
 
●      Contracts for either the future delivery, or payment in respect of the future market value, of certain indices of common stock of small-cap companies, and options upon such futures contracts.
 
As a non-fundamental policy, no more than 15% of the Fund’s total assets may at any time be committed or exposed to derivative strategies, which includes options and futures contracts.  The value of such derivative instruments will be counted toward the Fund’s 80% policy discussed above to the extent they have economic characteristics similar to the securities included within that policy.  For purposes of the Fund’s 80% policy discussed above, (1) options held by the Fund will be calculated based on the most recent sale price rather than the notional value of such options and (2) futures contracts will be calculated based on the most recent settlement price. The Fund may invest in such instruments for a number of reasons, including for hedging purposes, risk management or other fund management purposes consistent with the Fund’s objective.

The Fund may purchase securities of companies engaged in initial public offerings (“IPOs”).

The Fund may from time to time invest in foreign securities including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), and in convertible securities, including preferred stock, warrants and debentures.

In selecting securities, the research process utilized by Hood River begins by screening a universe of stocks with market capitalizations of generally less than $3 billion which exhibit strong growth characteristics and attractive valuation relative to underlying profitability.  Hood River then performs fundamental and valuation analysis and additional research to select stocks for the Fund.

The Fund maintains a portfolio of approximately 60-120 stocks, which is constructed with the overall goal of mitigating risk.  However, the actual amount of the portfolio holdings may vary due to market conditions.

Hood River periodically engages in active trading of Fund securities.

Hood River generally sells stocks when it believes they have become overvalued, when the fundamentals weaken or if poor relative price performance persists.

As of September 30, 2015, the range of market capitalizations represented by companies in the Russell 2000® Growth Index was between $44.0 million and $5.2 billion and, as of September 30, 2015, the range of market capitalizations represented by companies in the S&P SmallCap 600® Index was between $37.99 million and $3.9 billion.  Due to market price adjustments or other events after the time of purchase, it is possible that a company’s market capitalization may drift above or below this range.  Nevertheless, a company whose capitalization no longer meets this definition after purchase continues to be considered to have a small market capitalization for purposes of the 80% policy.  The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in stocks of companies in other capitalization ranges.
 
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PRINCIPAL RISKS

An investment in the Fund is subject to the principal risks summarized below, which are further described under “Additional Principal Risk Information.”

It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.  There is no guarantee that stocks in general or the specific securities that the Fund buys will increase in value.
 
The Fund’s share price will fluctuate in response to changes in market value of the Fund’s underlying investments.  Market value changes result from business developments affecting an issuer as well as general market and economic conditions.
 
The Fund is subject to greater volatility than funds that invest in large-cap companies.  Small-cap companies may be more vulnerable than large-cap companies to adverse business or economic developments, their securities may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of larger companies, and they may suffer significant losses.  Small-cap companies may also be more difficult to value than large-cap companies.
 
Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like.  While the markets in securities of small companies have grown rapidly in recent years, such securities may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than more widely held securities.  The values of these securities may fluctuate more sharply than those of other securities, and the Fund may experience some difficulty in establishing or closing out positions in these securities at prevailing market prices.
 
Growth stocks are typically priced higher than other stocks, in relation to earnings and other measures, because investors believe they have more growth potential. Growth prices tend to fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market.
 
Investments in a foreign market are subject to foreign security risk. A change in value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S. dollar value of securities denominated in that foreign currency.  Additionally, the value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, expropriation or nationalization of a company’s assets, foreign taxes, higher transaction and other costs, delays in settlement of transactions, changes in economic or monetary policy in the U.S. or abroad, or other political and economic factors.
 
American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer.  These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the U.S. or elsewhere.  The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution.  The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions.  ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies.  However, ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.  These risks include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the underlying issuer’s country.

The use of derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in securities underlying those derivatives.  Derivatives can be volatile, illiquid and difficult to value, and an imperfect correlation may exist between changes in the value of a derivative held by the Fund and the Fund’s other investments.  These risks may cause the Fund to experience higher losses than a fund that does not use derivatives.  Future contracts and options may not always be successful hedges and using them could lower the Fund’s total return.  The potential loss from the use of futures can exceed the Fund’s initial investment in such contracts.
 
An IPO presents the risk that the market value of IPO shares will fluctuate considerably due to factors such as the absence of a prior public market, unseasoned trading, the small number of shares available for trading and limited information about the issuer. The purchase of IPO shares may involve high transaction costs. IPO shares are subject to market risk and liquidity risk. Because of the price volatility of IPO shares, the Fund may choose to hold IPO shares for a very short period of time. This may increase the turnover of a portfolio and may lead to increased expenses to the Fund, such as commissions and transaction costs. The Fund’s investments in IPO shares may include the securities of “unseasoned” companies (companies with less than three years of continuous operations), which present risks considerably greater than common stocks of more established companies. These companies may have limited operating histories and their prospects for profitability may be uncertain.
 
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The Fund engages in active and frequent trading, resulting in high portfolio turnover.  The higher the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate in a year, the greater the trading costs and the greater the chance of a shareholder receiving distributions of taxable gains in the year.
 
The performance of the Fund will depend on whether or not Hood River is successful in pursuing the Fund’s investment strategies.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The bar chart and performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the Fund from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five years, ten years and since inception compared with those of the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which is a broad measure of market performance.  This performance information includes performance of the Fund’s predecessor, the Roxbury Small-Cap Growth Fund (a series of WT Mutual Fund) (the “Predecessor Fund”), for periods prior to February 2, 2007.  From inception (January 2, 2003) to May 30, 2013, the Fund was managed by the Small-Cap Growth Investment Team of Roxbury Capital Management, LLC (“Roxbury”), the Fund’s predecessor investment adviser.  In 2013, Roxbury’s Small-Cap Growth Investment Team formed Hood River and Hood River became the Fund’s sub-adviser effective May 30, 2013.  Effective January 20, 2015, Hood River replaced Roxbury as the primary investment adviser to the Fund. As of the date of this Prospectus, Investor Shares did not have a full year of performance; therefore, no performance information is provided for Investor Shares. The returns for Investor Shares may be lower than the returns of Institutional Shares because expenses of the classes differ. The Fund’s past performance, both before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.  More recent performance information is available by calling (800) 497-2960.

Average Annual Total Returns for Institutional Shares for the Calendar Years Since Inception*
 
 
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
7.68%
11.97%
(0.12)%
(39.86)%
42.42%
24.58%
(5.24)%
23.06%
43.94%
8.56%
 
Best Quarter
Worst Quarter
22.35%
(25.90)%
June 30, 2009
December 31, 2008
 
*
The year-to-date return for the Fund is (3.97)% as of September 30, 2015.
 
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Average Annual Total Returns - Institutional Shares
 as of December 31, 2014
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
Since Inception
(1/2/03)
Return Before Taxes
8.56%
17.82%
8.88%
12.69%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
8.56%
17.82%
8.30%
12.04%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund Shares
4.85%
14.50%
7.08%
10.53%
Russell 2000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
 
5.60%
 
16.80%
 
8.54%
 
11.90%
 
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.  Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown, and are not relevant if you hold your shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).

INVESTMENT ADVISER

Hood River Capital Management LLC

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
 
Robert C. Marvin
CFA, CPA
Managing the Predecessor Fund from January 2003 to
February 2007 and the Fund since February 2007
Brian P. Smoluch
CFA
Managing the Predecessor Fund from January 2003 to
February 2007 and the Fund since February 2007
David G. Swank
CFA
Managing the Fund since April 2009
 
 
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

The minimum initial investment for Institutional Shares of the Fund is $25,000 and the minimum initial investment for Investor Shares of the Fund is $1,000.  Additional investments may be made in any amount.

A shareholder may sell (redeem) shares on any Business Day.  Shares may be redeemed in one of the following ways:
 
By Regular Mail- Send A Written Request To:
The Roxbury Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
P.O. Box 9814
Providence, RI  02940
By Wire:
Call BNY Mellon at (800) 497-2960
 
 
TAX INFORMATION

The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, long-term capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account.  Distributions may be taxable upon withdrawal from a tax-deferred account.
 
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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 service. 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.
 
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SUMMARY SECTION – Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund (the “Strategic Growth Fund” or the “Fund”) seeks superior long-term growth of capital.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Strategic Growth Fund.
 
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment):
 
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a Percentage of Offering Price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
None
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (and Other Distributions)
None
Redemption Fee (as a Percentage of Amounts Redeemed Within 60 Days of Purchase)
0.75%
Exchange Fee (as a Percentage of Amounts Exchanged Within 60 Days of Purchase)
0.75%
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Management Fees
0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) and/or Service Fees
None
Other Expenses
1.48%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses1
0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2
2.24%
Fee Waivers/Expense Reimbursements2
(1.33)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers/Expense Reimbursements2
0.91%
 
1 “Acquired Fund” means any investment company in which the Fund invests or has invested during the period.  The “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” will not correlate to the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets in the Fund’s Financial Highlights, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.”

2 Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC (“Mar Vista”), the Fund’s investment adviser, has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse certain expenses for the Fund to limit the total annual fund operating expenses, (excluding taxes, extraordinary expenses, brokerage commissions, interest and acquired fund fees and expenses (collectively, “Excludable Expenses”)) to 0.90%. To the extent the Fund incurs Excludable Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers/Expense Reimbursements may be greater than 0.90%. The waivers and reimbursements will remain in effect through November 1, 2020 unless terminated sooner by mutual agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and Mar Vista.
 
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EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual fee waiver/expense reimbursement through November 1, 2020). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$93
$290
$504
$1,970
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may generate a greater amount of taxable capital gains. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 33% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Strategic Growth Fund invests in equity securities that are judged by  Mar Vista to have strong growth characteristics and that are undervalued in the marketplace.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily (at least 65% of its net assets) in the equity securities of large capitalization companies with a market capitalization at the time of purchase that  is consistent with the capitalization ranges of the Russell 1000® Growth Index and S&P 500® Index (“large-cap companies”).  The Fund may also invest up to 35% of its total assets in the equity securities of companies in other capitalization ranges, including small and mid-capitalization stocks.

In selecting securities, Mar Vista seeks to invest in large-cap businesses that it believes can grow excess returns on capital into the future and which Mar Vista believes trade at a discount to the value of the companies.  Mar Vista utilizes a bottom-up stock selection process to identify growth businesses with a sustainable competitive advantage.

Mar Vista generally sells stocks when it believes the risk/reward characteristics turn negative, the fundamentals deteriorate, a more attractive investment is identified, or it achieves Mar Vista’s estimate of fair value.

The Fund maintains a portfolio of approximately 30-50 stocks.  However, the actual amount of the portfolio holdings may vary due to market conditions.  Holdings are generally spread across a number of industries/sectors but may have a higher percentage in sectors that Mar Vista believes have greater investment opportunities.

The Fund may purchase securities of companies engaged in initial public offerings (“IPOs”).

The Fund may from time to time invest in foreign securities including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”).

As of September 30, 2015, the range of market capitalizations represented by companies in the Russell 1000® Growth Index was between $0.9 billion and $629.3 billion and, as of September 30, 2015, the range of market capitalization represented by companies in the S&P 500® Index was between $1.5 billion and. $629.0 billion. Due to market price adjustments or other events after the time of purchase, it is possible that a company’s market capitalization may drift above or below this range.  Nevertheless, a company whose capitalization no longer meets this definition after purchase continues to be considered to have a large capitalization for purposes of the 65% policy.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

An investment in the Fund is subject to the principal risks summarized below, which are further described under “Additional Risk Information.”

It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.  There is no guarantee that stocks in general or the specific securities that the Fund buys will increase in value.
 
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The Fund’s share price will fluctuate in response to changes in market value of the Fund’s underlying investments.  Market value changes result from business developments affecting an issuer as well as general market and economic conditions.
 
Growth stocks are typically priced higher than other stocks, in relation to earnings and other measures, because investors believe they have more growth potential.  Growth stock prices tend to fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market.
 
Small-cap and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable than large-cap companies to adverse business or economic developments, their securities may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of larger companies, and they may suffer significant losses.  Small-cap and mid-cap companies may also be more difficult to value than large-cap companies.
 
Investments in a foreign market are subject to foreign security risk. A change in value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S. dollar value of securities denominated in that foreign currency.  Additionally, the value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, expropriation or nationalization of a company’s assets, foreign taxes, higher transaction and other costs, delays in settlement of transactions, changes in economic or monetary policy in the U.S. or abroad, or other political and economic factors.
 
Small- and mid-cap securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like.  Small- and mid-cap securities may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than more widely held securities.  The values of small- and mid-cap securities may fluctuate more sharply than those of other securities, and the Fund may experience some difficulty in establishing or closing out positions in these securities at prevailing market prices.
 
American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer.  These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the U.S. or elsewhere.  The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution.  The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions.   ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies.  However, ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.  These risks include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the underlying issuer’s country.
 
An IPO presents the risk that the market value of IPO shares will fluctuate considerably due to factors such as the absence of a prior public market, unseasoned trading, the small number of shares available for trading and limited information about the issuer. The purchase of IPO shares may involve high transaction costs. IPO shares are subject to market risk and liquidity risk. Because of the price volatility of IPO shares, the Fund may choose to hold IPO shares for a very short period of time. This may increase the turnover of a portfolio and may lead to increased expenses to the Fund, such as commissions and transaction costs. The Fund’s investments in IPO shares may include the securities of “unseasoned” companies (companies with less than three years of continuous operations), which present risks considerably greater than common stocks of more established companies. These companies may have limited operating histories and their prospects for profitability may be uncertain.

The performance of the Fund will depend on whether or not Mar Vista is successful in pursuing the Fund’s investment strategies.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The bar chart and performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the Fund from calendar year to calendar year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year and since inception compared with those of the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which is a broad measure of market performance.  From inception (November 1, 2011) to January 20, 2015, Mar Vista served as the Fund’s sub-adviser and Roxbury served as the adviser. Effective January 20, 2015, Mar Vista replaced Roxbury as the primary investment adviser to the Fund. The Fund’s past performance, both before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.  More recent performance information is available by calling (800) 497-2960.
 
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Average Annual Total Returns for the Calendar Years Since Inception*

2012
2013
2014
   14.76%
31.02%
15.08%
 
Best Quarter
Worst Quarter
12.94%
(3.76)%
March 31, 2012
June 30, 2012
 
*
The year-to-date return for the Fund is (2.86)% as of September 30, 2015.
 
Average Annual Total Returns
 as of December 31, 2014
1 Year
Since Inception (11/1/11)
Return Before Taxes
15.08%
19.37%
Return After Taxes on Distributions
12.95%
17.94%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund Shares
10.02%
15.16%
Russell 1000® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
13.05%
18.97%
 
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.  Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown, and are not relevant if you hold your shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).

INVESTMENT ADVISER

Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
 
Silas A. Myers
CFA
Portfolio manager since November 2011
Brian L. Massey
CFA
Portfolio manager since November 2011
 
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $25,000.  Additional investments may be made in any amount.

A shareholder may sell (redeem) shares on any Business Day.  Shares may be redeemed in one of the following ways:
 
By Regular Mail- Send A Written Request To:
The Roxbury Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
P.O. Box 9814
Providence, RI  02940
By Wire:
Call BNY Mellon at (800) 497-2960
 
 
TAX INFORMATION
 
The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account.  Distributions may be taxable upon withdrawal from a tax-deferred account.
 
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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 service. 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.
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES

The Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund seeks superior long-term growth of capital.  The Fund’s investment objective may not be changed without shareholder approval.

The Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund seeks superior long-term growth of capital.  The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days’ notice to shareholders.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund.  Hood River’s research process for the Fund begins by screening a universe of stocks with market capitalizations of less than $3 billion which exhibit strong growth characteristics and attractive valuation relative to underlying profitability.  Hood River then performs fundamental analysis to identify companies with the following characteristics: growing revenues; stable or expanding margins; low debt levels; solid cash flows; and high or potentially high returns on capital.  Hood River performs additional research of the most promising stocks to uncover those companies with solid management that have executed well over time, strengthening competitive positions, and positive business and market trends.  A valuation analysis is then performed to see whether the stock is attractively priced relative to its industry, historical range, and the overall market.  The policy of the Small-Cap Growth Fund to invest at least 80% of its net assets in certain equity and equity-related securities may be changed upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.

The Small-Cap Growth Fund may invest in options, futures contracts and similar investments (known as derivatives) that may be used in hedging, risk management or other fund management purposes consistent with the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s objectives.

The frequency of Fund transactions and the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s turnover rate will vary from year to year depending on the market.  A higher turnover rate increases transaction costs (i.e., brokerage commissions) and may create adverse tax consequences for the Fund’s shareholders.  With frequent trading activity, a greater proportion of any distributions paid out by the Small-Cap Growth Fund will be characterized as ordinary income, which is taxed at higher rates than long-term capital gains.  Such factors may have the effect of lowering the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and overall performance.

Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund.  Mar Vista seeks to invest in companies, particularly large-cap companies, with the potential to grow excess returns on capital into the future and trade at a discount to Mar Vista’s estimate of the value of the companies.  Mar Visa also seeks to invest in companies with management teams that have a proven track record to allocate capital in a way that maximizes the companies’ value.  Mar Vista uses a bottom-up process to identify growth businesses that it believes offer a sustainable competitive advantage and opportunities to grow and reinvest capital.  Some of the factors Mar Vista considers in selecting holdings include:  dominant or rapidly growing market shares; commitments to investing in productivity and innovation; sustainable or expanding profit margins; and well capitalized balance sheets.

Both Funds.  The Funds may invest in foreign securities, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”).  ADRs are negotiable certificates held in a U.S. bank representing a specific number of shares of a foreign stock traded on a U.S. stock exchange.  ADRs make it easier for U.S. citizens to invest in foreign companies due to the widespread availability of dollar-denominated price information, lower transaction costs, and timely dividend distributions.  An American Depositary Share is the share issued under an American Depositary Receipt agreement which is actually traded.

The Funds may invest in the securities of other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and the rules thereunder. As a shareholder in an investment company, a Fund would bear its pro rata portion of the investment company’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to its own expenses.  Although the 1940 Act restricts investments by registered investment companies in the securities of other investment companies, including ETFs, registered investment companies may be permitted to invest in certain ETFs beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act provided such ETF is granted an exemptive order by the SEC subject to certain terms and conditions imposed by such exemptive order.  It is possible that a Fund will enter into an agreement with an ETF pursuant to an exemptive order to allow the Fund to invest in such ETF beyond the Section 12(d)(1) limitations.
 
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At the time of purchase, individual stock holdings may represent up to 5% of a Fund’s value.  However, due to market price fluctuations, individual stock holdings may exceed 5% of a Fund’s value.  The Funds may overweight or underweight certain industries and sectors based on the investment adviser’s opinion of the relative attractiveness of companies within those industries and sectors.  The Funds may not invest in more than 10% of the outstanding voting shares of a company.

In order to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, the Funds may assume a temporary defensive position and invest without limit in commercial paper and other money market instruments that are rated investment grade by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or determined by the investment adviser to be of comparable quality.  The result of this action may be that a Fund will be unable to achieve its investment objective.

The Funds also may use other strategies and engage in other investment practices, which are more fully described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

ADDITIONAL PRINCIPAL RISK INFORMATION

The following is a list of certain risks that may apply to your investment in a Fund.  Further information about investment risks is available in the Funds’ SAI.

Market Risk: The risk that the market value of a security may go up or down in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.  Price changes may be temporary or last for extended periods.

Small Company Risk: Companies in which the Funds invest (particularly the Small-Cap Growth Fund) may be more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments.  Small-cap companies may also have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources, may be dependent on relatively small or inexperienced management groups, and may operate in industries characterized by rapid technological obsolescence.  Securities of such companies may be less liquid, more volatile and more difficult to value than securities of larger companies and therefore may involve greater risk than investing in larger companies.

Growth Investing Risk: The risk that an investment in a growth-oriented fund may be more volatile than the rest of the U.S. market as a whole. If the investment adviser’s assessment of a company’s prospects for earnings growth or how other investors will value the company’s earnings growth is incorrect, the process of the stock may fail to reach the value that the adviser has placed on it.  Growth stock prices tend to fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market.

Derivatives Risk: Some of the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s investments may be referred to as “derivatives” because their value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate, or index.  Derivative instruments may be highly volatile. Investing in derivatives involves special risks including liquidity, operational, counterparty, accounting and tax risks.  The use of derivatives is a highly specialized investment activity.  Derivatives may be illiquid and difficult to price. In addition, there is a risk that the Fund may be unable to terminate or sell a derivative position.  These risks may cause the Fund to experience higher losses than a fund that does not use derivatives.  Futures contracts and options may not always be successful hedges and using them could lower the Fund’s total return.  Futures contracts and options are also subject to the risk that changes in the value of the investment will not correlate to changes in the value of the underlying security.

Foreign Security Risk: Foreign investments involve risks relating to political, economic, regulatory, or social instability, military action or unrest, or diplomatic developments and may be affected by actions of foreign governments adverse to the interest of U.S. investors.

Currency Risk: The risk related to investments denominated in foreign currencies.  Foreign securities are usually denominated in foreign currency; therefore, changes in foreign currency exchange rates affect the net asset value of a Fund.

IPO Risk: The Funds may purchase securities of companies engaged in initial public offerings (“IPOs”).  The price of securities purchased in IPOs can be very volatile. The Fund’s investments in IPO shares may include the securities of “unseasoned” companies (companies with less than three years of continuous operations), which present risks considerably greater than common stocks of more established companies. These companies may be involved in new and evolving businesses and may be vulnerable to competition and changes in technology, markets and economic conditions. They may be more dependent on key managers and third parties and may have limited product lines.  The effect of IPO investments on a Fund’s performance depends on a variety of factors, including the number of IPOs the Fund invests in relative to the size of the Fund, and whether and to what extent a security purchased in an IPO appreciates or depreciates in value.  When the Fund’s asset base is small, a significant portion of the Fund’s performance could be attributable to investments in IPOs because such investments would have a magnified impact on the Fund. As the Fund’s assets grow, the effect of the Fund’s investments in IPOs on the Fund’s performance probably will decline, which could reduce the Fund’s performance.
 
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ADR Risk:  ADRs are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer.  These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the U.S. or elsewhere.  The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution.  The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions.  ADRs may be available through “sponsored” or “unsponsored” facilities.  A sponsored facility is established jointly by the issuer of the security underlying the receipt and a depositary.  An unsponsored facility may be established by a depositary without participation by the issuer of the underlying security.  Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs of the unsponsored facility.  The depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through, to the holders of the receipts, voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.  ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies.  However, ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.  These risks include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the underlying issuer’s country.

Portfolio Turnover Risk: If a Fund frequently trades its portfolio securities, the Fund will incur higher brokerage commissions and transaction costs, which could lower the Fund’s performance. In addition to lower performance, high portfolio turnover could result in a higher amount of taxable capital gains.

Liquidity Risk: The risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the seller would like.  While the markets in securities of small companies have grown rapidly in recent years, such securities may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than more widely held securities.  The values of these securities may fluctuate more sharply than those of other securities, and the Funds (particularly the Small-Cap Growth Fund) may experience some difficulty in establishing or closing out positions in these securities at prevailing market prices.  There may be less publicly available information about the issuers of these securities or less market interest in such securities than in the case of larger companies, and it may take a longer period of time for the prices of such securities to reflect the full value of their issuers’ underlying earnings potential or assets.

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

A complete list of each Fund’s portfolio holdings is publicly available on a quarterly basis through filings with the SEC on Forms N-CSR and N-Q.  In addition, the Funds’ top ten holdings are posted at www.RoxburyFunds.com 45 days after each calendar quarter end.  Further description of the Funds’ policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio holdings is provided in the Funds’ SAI.
 
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS

INVESTMENT ADVISERS

Hood River Capital Management LLC (“Hood River”), 1 SW Columbia Street, Suite 630, Portland, Oregon 97258, serves as the adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees of The Roxbury Funds (the “Trust”).  Hood River was established in January 2013 and offers investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutional accounts and individual investors.  As of September 30, 2015, Hood River had assets under management of approximately $755 million.

Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC (“Mar Vista”), 11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 320, Los Angeles, California 90025, serves as the adviser to the Strategic Growth Fund, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Trust.  Mar Vista was established in November 2007.  Mar Vista provides investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutional accounts and individual investors.  As of September 30, 2015, Mar Vista had assets under management of approximately $1.754 billion.

ADVISORY FEES

The Small-Cap Growth Fund pays Hood River a monthly advisory fee at the annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s first $1 billion of average daily net assets; 0.95% of the next $1 billion of average daily net assets; and 0.90% of average daily net assets in excess of $2 billion.  Prior to January 20, 2015, Roxbury served as investment adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund and Hood River served as sub-adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund.  The Fund paid Roxbury a monthly advisory fee based on the same schedule currently payable to Hood River.  For the fiscal period of July 1, 2014 through January 19, 2015, Roxbury received, after waivers and reimbursements, an advisory fee of 0.45% of the average daily net assets of the Small-Cap Growth Fund. For the fiscal period January 20, 2015 through June 30, 2015, Hood River received, after waivers and reimbursements, an advisory fee of 0.29% of the average daily net assets of the Small-Cap Growth Fund.

The Strategic Growth Fund pays Mar Vista a monthly advisory fee at the annual rate of 0.75% of the Strategic Growth Fund’s average daily net assets, computed daily and payable monthly. Prior to January 20, 2015, Roxbury served as investment adviser to the Strategic Growth Fund and Mar Vista served as sub-adviser to the Fund.  The Strategic Growth Fund paid Roxbury a monthly advisory fee based on the same schedule currently payable to Mar Vista.  For the fiscal period of July 1, 2014 through January 19, 2015, after waivers and reimbursements, Roxbury did not retain any advisory fee from the Strategic Growth Fund. For the fiscal period January 20, 2015 through June 30, 2015, after waivers and reimbursements, Mar Vista did not retain any advisory fee from the Strategic Growth Fund.  Hood River and Mar Vista acquired controlling interests in Roxbury effective January 20, 2015 and accordingly, Roxbury is affiliated with each of Hood River and Mar Vista.

Hood River has contractually agreed to limit the total annual fund operating expenses of the Small-Cap Growth Fund, excluding taxes and certain other expenses, to 1.09% for Institutional Shares and 1.34% for Investor Shares, respectively.  The waivers and reimbursements will remain in effect through December 31, 2020 unless sooner terminated by mutual agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and Hood River.

Mar Vista has contractually agreed to limit the total annual fund operating expenses of the Strategic Growth Fund, excluding taxes and certain other expenses, to 0.90%.  The waivers and reimbursements will remain in effect through November 1, 2020 unless sooner terminated by mutual agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and Mar Vista.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the investment advisory agreements for the Funds is available in the Funds’ Annual Report to shareholders dated June 30, 2015.
 
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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF THE FUNDS  

The business experience and educational background of the Funds’ managers is provided below.  The Funds’ SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers’ ownership of securities in the Funds.

Small-Cap Growth Fund.  The day-to-day management of the Small-Cap Growth Fund is the responsibility of Hood River’s Small-Cap Growth Investment Team, which includes the individuals listed below.  The Investment Team meets regularly to make investment decisions for the Fund.

Robert C. Marvin, CFA, CPA co-founded Hood River in January 2013 and has twenty-two years of investment management experience.  From July 2002 to June 2013, Mr. Marvin was with Roxbury where he was a portfolio manager on the Small-Cap Growth Investment Team.  From 1998 to July 2002, Mr. Marvin was with Columbia Management Group (“Columbia”) where he was a portfolio manager on the Small/Mid-Cap Investment Team as well as an Equity Analyst focusing on small/mid-cap securities.  Prior to joining Columbia, he was Vice President and Consumer Analyst for The Seidler Companies, a Los Angeles based boutique research and brokerage firm.  Mr. Marvin began his career at Deloitte & Touche where he earned his CPA and became a Senior Consultant.  He has a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from UCLA.

Brian P. Smoluch, CFA co-founded Hood River in January 2013 and has sixteen years of investment management experience.  From July 2002 to June 2013, Mr. Smoluch was with Roxbury where he was a portfolio manager on the Small-Cap Growth Investment Team.  From 1998 to July 2002, Mr. Smoluch was with Columbia where he was a portfolio manager on the Small/Mid-Cap Investment Team, as well as an Equity Analyst focusing on small/mid-cap securities.  From July 1994 to June 1996, he was a Financial Analyst at Salomon Brothers Investment Banking in New York City.  He has a B.S. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

David G. Swank, CFA co-founded Hood River in January 2013 and has seventeen years of investment experience. His responsibilities include portfolio management as well as equity analysis focusing exclusively on small-cap securities. From April 2009 to June 2013, Mr. Swank was with Roxbury where he was a portfolio manager on the Small-Cap Growth Investment Team.  From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Swank was a Vice President and Healthcare Sector Head with GMT Capital Corporation, an investment management firm.  From 2000 to 2008, he was employed with Morgan Stanley Management/Frontpoint, Durus Capital and Perseus-Soros Management.  Mr. Swank has a B.S. with distinction from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

Strategic Growth Fund.  The day-to-day management of the Strategic Growth Fund is the responsibility of Mar Vista’s Strategic Growth Investment Team, which includes the individuals listed below.  The Investment Team meets regularly to make investment decisions for the Fund.

Silas A. Myers, CFA is a co-founder and controlling shareholder of Mar Vista. He serves as a portfolio manager for the firm’s Strategic Growth and Focus strategies and has more than twenty-five years of investment experience. His analytical emphasis is on industrial and basic materials stocks. Before starting Mar Vista in 2007, Mr. Myers spent seven years as a portfolio manager and analyst at Roxbury. He was also an equity analyst and product specialist at Hotchkis and Wiley, where he performed in-depth industry and company analysis. He began his career as a vice president and portfolio manager at Utendahl Capital Management. He has a B.A. in psychology and an M.B.A., both from Harvard University. He is also a Robert A. Toigo Foundation alumnus.

Brian L. Massey, CFA is a co-founder of Mar Vista. He serves as a portfolio manager for the firm’s Strategic Growth, Focus and Global Equity strategies and has more than twenty-four years of investment experience. His analytical emphasis is on healthcare and financial stocks. Prior to starting Mar Vista in 2007, Mr. Massey spent 10 years as both a portfolio manager and analyst, and was Director of Research at Roxbury. Before joining Roxbury, Mr. Massey was a management consultant in KPMG Peat Marwick’s Corporate Finance and Strategic Consulting Group. He has a B.S. in economics from Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from The Anderson School of Business at the University of California, Los Angeles.
 
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PRIOR RELATED PERFORMANCE INFORMATION OF MAR VISTA

Shown below is performance information for a composite of separate accounts (the “Composite”) managed by Mar Vista using a Strategic Growth strategy with substantially similar investment objectives, policies and strategies as the Strategic Growth Fund.  As of September 30, 2015, the Composite consisted of 97 accounts and $804 million in assets.  The results presented are not intended to predict or suggest the return to be experienced by the Strategic Growth Fund or the return you might achieve by investing in the Strategic Growth Fund.

You should not rely on the following performance data as an indication of future performance of Roxbury, Mar Vista or of the Strategic Growth Fund.

Among other reasons, the Strategic Growth Fund’s results may be different because of differences in fees and expenses, as the accounts in the Composite are not subject to the same type of expenses to which the Strategic Growth Fund is subject, nor to the diversification requirements, specific tax restrictions and investment limitations imposed on the Strategic Growth Fund by the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.  The performance of the accounts in the Composite may have been adversely affected had they been subject to the same expenses, restrictions and limitations.

TOTAL RETURN OF COMPOSITE
 
Periods ending
September 30, 2015
Gross Composite
Performance Results
Net Composite
Performance Results
Russell 1000®
Growth Index
S&P 500®
 Index
One Year
3.33%
3.06%
3.17%
-0.62%
Three Years
14.54%
14.24%
13.61%
12.40%
Five Years
14.05%
13.73%
14.47%
13.34%
Since inception December 31, 2003
8.45%
8.02%
7.60%
6.94%
 
Please read the following important notes concerning the Composite:

1. The results shown above (1) represent a composite of all discretionary, fee paying, separate accounts managed using the Strategic Growth strategy for at least one month, (2) reflect the reinvestment of any dividends or capital gains, and (3) with respect to the “Net Composite Performance Results,” are shown after the deduction of advisory, brokerage and all other expenses (excluding fees such as custody fees which are paid separately by the investor).

2. All returns are based in U.S. dollars and are computed using a time-weighted total rate of return.

3. If the Strategic Growth Fund’s expenses were reflected in the performance of the Composite, such performance would be lower than shown.  The composite’s results were calculated by Mar Vista in accordance with the CFA Institute’s Global Investment Performance Standards (“GIPS”).  The CFA Institute has not been involved in the preparation or review of this information.  Also, Mar Vista’s performance measurement processes have not been subject to independent third-party verification.  You should note that the Strategic Growth Fund’s performance history is computed using the standard formula set forth in rules promulgated by the SEC, which differs in certain respects from the methods used to compute total return for the Composite.  Results may have been different if the SEC methodology had been used instead of the GIPS methodology.

4. The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe of stocks.  The S&P 500® Index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries in the U.S. economy.  The Russell 1000® Growth Index and S&P 500® Index reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect fee, brokerage commissions or other expenses of investing.  You cannot invest in an index.

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SERVICE PROVIDERS

The chart below provides information on the primary service providers of The Roxbury Funds.
 
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Investment Adviser
 
Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC
11150 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 320
Los Angeles, CA 90025
 
Advises the Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund

Investment Adviser

Hood River Capital Management LLC
1 SW Columbia Street, Suite 630
Portland, OR 97258

Advises the Hood River
Small-Cap Growth Fund

THE ROXBURY FUNDS

Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund
Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund
 
FUND OPERATIONS
Administrator & Accounting Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

Provides facilities, equipment and
personnel to carry out administrative services
related to the Funds and calculates
a Fund’s NAV and distributions.

Subadministrator

Roxbury Capital Management, LLC
6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
 
Provides compliance and administration services to the Funds
 
ASSET SAFEKEEPING
Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon
225 Liberty Street
New York, NY  10286

Holds each Fund’s assets, settles all Fund
trades, and collects most of the valuation
data required for calculating a Fund’s
NAV per share.
 
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
760 Moore Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406

Handles shareholder services, including
recordkeeping and statements, payment
of distribution, and processing of buy and sell requests.
 
DISTRIBUTION
Distributor
 
Foreside Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101

Assists with the distribution of the Funds’ shares.
 
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DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICE (12b-1) FEES
 
DISTRIBUTOR
 
Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”) is the Fund’s principal underwriter and serves as the Fund’s distributor in connection with the offering of the Fund’s shares.  The Distributor may enter into arrangements with banks, broker-dealers and other financial institutions through which investors may purchase or redeem Fund shares.
 
RULE 12b-1 PLAN
 
The Small-Cap Growth Fund has adopted a distribution and shareholder servicing plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Rule 12b-1 Plan”).  Under the Rule 12b-1 Plan, Investor Shares pay the Distributor and other authorized recipients a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of their average daily net asset value.  The Distributor uses this fee primarily to finance activities that promote the sale of Investor Shares.  Such activities include, but are not necessarily limited to, compensating brokers, dealers, financial intermediaries and sales personnel for distribution and shareholder services, printing and mailing prospectuses to persons other than current shareholders, printing and mailing sales literature, and advertising.  Because 12b-1 fees are ongoing, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
 
SALES AND MARKETING PROGRAMS
 
Hood River, Mar Vista and/or their affiliates may pay financial intermediaries for distribution, marketing, servicing, and sales support out of their profits or other sources available to them (and not an additional charge to the Funds).  These payments may include amounts that are sometimes referred to as “revenue sharing” payments and are in addition to or in lieu of any amounts payable to financial intermediaries under the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s Rule 12b-1 Plan.
 
DESCRIPTION OF CLASSES
 
The Small-Cap Growth Fund offers Investor Shares and Institutional Shares. The Strategic Growth Fund offers Institutional Shares.  The classes differ with respect to their minimum investments.  In addition, expenses of the classes differ.   The Small-Cap Growth Fund’s Investor Shares impose a Rule 12b-1 fee that is assessed against the assets of the Fund attributable to that class.  Accordingly, the performance for Small-Cap Growth Fund’s Investor Shares will be lower than the performance for its Institutional Shares.
 
The Distributor or the Small-Cap Growth Fund may select financial institutions, such as banks, fiduciaries, custodians, investment advisers and broker-dealers, as agents to provide sales or administrative services for their clients or customers who beneficially own Investor Shares.  Financial institutions will receive 12b-1 fees from the Distributor based upon shares owned by their clients or customers.  
 
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

PRICING OF SHARES

The price of each Fund’s shares is based on its net asset value (“NAV”).  Each Fund values its assets based on current market values when such values are available.  These prices normally are supplied by an independent pricing service.  Securities held by the Funds which are listed on a securities exchange and for which market quotations are available are valued at the last quoted sale price of the day, or, if there is no such reported sale securities are valued at the mean between the most recent quoted bid and ask prices.  Securities traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”) are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sale price.
 
Securities that do not have a readily available current market value are valued in good faith using procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees.  When a Fund uses fair value pricing to determine NAV, securities will not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded, but rather may be priced by another method that the Board of Trustees believes accurately reflects fair value.  The Funds’ policy is intended to result in a calculation of a Fund’s NAV that fairly reflects security values as of the time of pricing.  However, fair values determined pursuant to the Funds’ procedures may not accurately reflect the price that a Fund could obtain for a security if it were to dispose of that security as of the time of pricing.
 
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BNY Mellon determines the NAV per share of the Funds as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange”) (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the Exchange and the transfer agent are open for business (each, a “Business Day”).  The NAV is calculated by adding the value of all securities and other assets in a Fund, deducting its liabilities, and dividing the balance by the number of outstanding shares in a Fund.  The price at which a purchase or redemption is effected is based on the next calculation of NAV after the order is received by an authorized financial institution or the transfer agent and, under no circumstances will any order be accepted for purchase or redemption after the NAV calculation.  Shares will only be priced on Business Days.  In addition, foreign securities held by a Fund may trade on weekends or other days when a Fund does not calculate NAV.  As a result, the market value of these investments may change on days when shares of the Funds cannot be bought or sold.

PURCHASE OF SHARES

Each Fund’s shares are offered on a continuous basis and are sold without any sales charges.  The minimum initial investment for Institutional Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund and Strategic Growth Fund  is $25,000.  The minimum investment for Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund is $1,000.  Additional investments may be in any amount.  You may purchase shares as specified below.

Investors may purchase shares of a Fund through financial intermediaries such as financial consultants, securities brokers, dealers, or benefit plan administrators.  Investors should contact their financial intermediary directly for appropriate instructions, as well as for information pertaining to account and any servicing or transaction fees that may be charged.  Some financial intermediaries may appoint subagents.

The Trust, Roxbury and/or the Distributor may enter into agreements with financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping, transaction processing and other administrative services for customers who own Fund shares.  Hood River, Mar Vista and/or their affiliates may pay financial intermediaries for such services.  The fee charged by financial intermediaries may be based on the number of accounts or may be a percentage of the average value of accounts for which the financial intermediary provides services.  As noted above under “Sales and Marketing Programs,” Hood River, Mar Vista and/or their affiliates may also make payments for distribution and marketing services.

The Funds reserve the right to change the criteria for eligible investors and investment minimum.

By Mail:  You may purchase shares by sending a check drawn on a U.S. bank payable to The Roxbury Funds, indicating the name and class of the Fund, along with a completed application.  If a subsequent investment is being made, the check should also indicate your Fund account number.  When you make purchases by check, the Funds may withhold payment on redemptions until it is reasonably satisfied that the funds are collected (which can take up to 10 days).  If you purchase shares with a check that does not clear, your purchase will be canceled and you will be responsible for any losses or fees incurred in that transaction.  Send the check and application to:

Regular mail:
The Roxbury Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
P.O. Box 9814
Providence, RI  02940

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Overnight mail:
The Roxbury Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
4400 Computer Drive
Westborough, MA 01581-1722
 
By Wire: You may purchase shares by wiring federal funds readily available.  Please call BNY Mellon at (800) 497-2960 for instructions.

Additional Information Regarding Purchases: Purchase orders received by the transfer agent before the close of regular trading on the Exchange on any Business Day will be priced at the NAV that is determined as of the close of trading.  Purchase orders received after the close of regular trading on the Exchange will be priced as of the close of regular trading on the following Business Day.

Any purchase order may be rejected if a Fund determines that accepting the order would not be in the best interest of the Fund or its shareholders.

It is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to transmit orders for the purchase of shares by its customers to the transfer agent and to deliver required funds on a timely basis, in accordance with the procedures stated above.

For information on other ways to purchase shares, including through an IRA, an Automatic Investment Plan, or a Payroll Investment Plan, please refer to the Fund’s SAI.

REDEMPTION OF SHARES

You may sell (redeem) your shares on any Business Day. Redemptions are effected at the NAV next determined after the transfer agent has received your redemption request. If held for more than 60 days, there is no fee when Fund shares are redeemed. If shares are redeemed within 60 days of purchase, a redemption fee of 1.00% and 0.75% on the redemption amount of the Small-Cap Growth Fund and Strategic Growth Fund, respectively, may be charged (see “Redemption Fees” below). It is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to transmit redemption orders and credit their customers’ accounts with redemption proceeds on a timely basis. Redemption checks normally are mailed on the next Business Day following receipt by the transfer agent of redemption instructions, but never later than 7 days following such receipt. Amounts redeemed by wire normally are wired on the next Business Day following receipt of redemption instructions (if received by the transfer agent before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) or on the second Business Day following receipt of redemption instructions (if received after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time or on a non-Business Day), but never later than 7 days following such receipt. If you purchased your shares through a financial intermediary you should contact the financial intermediary for information relating to redemptions. The Fund’s name and your account number should accompany any redemption requests.

In-Kind Redemptions:  Each Fund reserves the right to honor redemption requests by making payment in whole or in part with readily marketable securities chosen by the Fund and valued in the same way as they would be valued for purposes of calculating the net asset value of the Fund.  Redemptions in kind are taxable in the same manner as redemptions paid in cash for federal income tax purposes.

Redemption Fees:  A redemption fee of 1.00% and 0.75% of the total redemption amount (calculated at market value) of the Small-Cap Growth Fund and Strategic Growth Fund, respectively, may be imposed if you sell your shares within 60 days (the “Holding Period”) of your purchase of such shares.  This fee will apply to redemptions processed for the purpose of receiving redemption proceeds or processing an exchange between the Funds.  This fee is paid directly to the respective Fund and is designed to offset brokerage commissions, market impact and other costs associated with short-term trading.  For purposes of determining whether this fee applies, the shares that you have held the longest will be redeemed or exchanged first.  However, shares purchased through the reinvestment of net investment income or net capital gain distributions or shares purchased with retirement plan contributions (e.g., payroll contributions) will not be matched with redemptions or exchanges for purposes of calculating the Holding Period.  This fee will not apply in certain circumstances, including shares redeemed (a) via a systematic withdrawal plan; (b) through an automatic, nondiscretionary rebalancing or asset reallocation program; (c) as part of a retirement plan participant-directed distribution, including but not limited to, death distributions, hardship withdrawals, loan withdrawals, and qualified domestic relations orders; (d) as part of a retirement plan termination or restructuring; (e) to effect a transfer from one retirement plan to another retirement plan in the same Fund; (f) through a conversion of shares from one share class to another of the same Fund; or (g) by a Fund to cover various fees. In addition to the circumstances noted above, a Fund’s investment adviser and the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer may exempt a redemption or exchange from the redemption fee upon a determination that it is not reasonably likely to negatively affect the Fund.  The Funds may be limited in their ability to assess or collect the redemption fee on all shares redeemed by financial intermediaries on behalf of their customers.  Accordingly, the Trust may waive the redemption fee for redemptions from omnibus accounts maintained by financial intermediaries that are unable to impose a redemption fee on their underlying accounts when the Trust determines that the imposition of the redemption fee is not necessary to protect the Funds from the effect of short term trading.

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Frequent Purchases and Redemptions:  The Funds are intended to be long-term investment vehicles and are not designed to provide investors with a means of speculating on short-term market movements (market timing).  Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares can disrupt the management of a Fund, negatively affect a Fund’s performance, and increase expenses for all of a Fund’s shareholders.  In particular, frequent trading can: (i) force a Fund’s portfolio managers to hold larger cash positions than desired instead of fully investing the Fund, which can result in lost investment opportunities; (ii) cause unplanned and inopportune portfolio turnover in order to meet redemption requests; (iii) increase broker-dealer commissions and other transaction costs as well as administrative costs for a Fund; and (iv) trigger taxable gains for other shareholders.  Also, some frequent traders engage in arbitrage strategies, by which these traders seek to exploit pricing anomalies that can occur when a Fund invests in securities that are thinly traded (some small-capitalization stocks, for example) or are traded primarily in markets outside of the U.S.  Frequent traders using arbitrage strategies can dilute a Fund’s NAV for long-term shareholders.

If you intend to trade frequently or use market timing investment strategies, you should not purchase shares of the Funds.

The Board of Trustees has adopted policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares.  The Funds’ policy is intended to discourage excessive trading in a Fund’s shares that may harm long-term investors and to make reasonable efforts to detect and deter excessive trading.  The Funds reserve the right to reject any purchase or exchange request order at any time and for any reason, without prior written notice.  The Funds may, in certain circumstances, reverse a transaction determined to be abusive.

The Funds will generally monitor trading activity within a 90 day period.  The Funds may consider trading activity over a longer period than 90 days and may take into account market conditions, the number of trades, and the amount of the trades in making such determinations.  In applying these policies, the Funds consider the information available at the time and may consider trading activity in multiple accounts under common ownership, control, or influence.

When excessive or short-term trading is detected, the party involved may be banned from future trading in a Fund.  Judgments related to the rejection of purchase and the banning of future trades are inherently subjective and involve some selectivity in their application.  The Funds will seek to make judgments and applications that are consistent with the interests of the affected Fund’s shareholders.

The Funds’ policies for deterring excessive trading in Fund shares are intended to be applied uniformly to all Fund shareholders to the extent practicable.  Some intermediaries, however, maintain omnibus accounts in which they aggregate orders of multiple investors and forward the aggregated orders to the Fund.  Because the Funds receive these orders on an aggregated basis and because these omnibus accounts may trade with numerous fund families with differing market timing policies, a Fund is substantially limited in its ability to identify or deter excessive traders or other abusive traders.  The transfer agent for the Funds will use its best efforts to obtain the cooperation of intermediaries to identify excessive traders and to prevent or limit abusive trading activity to the extent practicable.  Nonetheless, a Fund’s ability to identify and deter frequent purchases and redemptions of a Fund’s shares through omnibus accounts is limited.  A Fund’s success in accomplishing the objectives of the policies concerning excessive trading in Fund shares in this context depends significantly upon the cooperation of the intermediaries, which may have adopted their own policies regarding excessive trading which are different than those of the Funds. In some cases, the Funds may rely on the excessive trading policies of the financial intermediaries in lieu of applying the Funds’ policies when the Funds believe that the policies are reasonably designed to prevent excessive trading practices that are detrimental to the Funds .

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By Mail:  If you redeem your shares by mail, you must submit written instructions accompanied by a medallion signature guarantee by a guarantor institution that is acceptable to the transfer agent, such as a domestic bank or trust company, broker, dealer, clearing agency or savings association, participating in a recognized signature guarantee program such as the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”), Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (“SEMP”) and New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (“MSP”).  Signature guarantees that are not part of these programs will not be accepted.  You must indicate the Fund name and class, your account number and your name.  The written instructions and signature guarantee should be mailed to:
 
Regular mail:
The Roxbury Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
P.O. Box 9814
Providence, RI  02940
 
Overnight mail:
The Roxbury Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
4400 Computer Drive
Westborough, MA 01581-1722

By Telephone:  If you prefer to redeem your shares by telephone you may elect to do so.  However, there are risks with this option.  The Funds have safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers and to confirm that the instructions communicated are genuine.  If such procedures are not followed, you will bear the risk of any losses.

Additional Information Regarding Redemptions:  Redemption proceeds may be wired to your predesignated bank account in any commercial bank in the U.S. if the amount is $1,000 or more.  The receiving bank may charge a fee for this service.  For amounts exceeding $10,000, proceeds may be mailed to your bank.

In order to authorize the transfer agent to mail redemption proceeds to your account address of record, complete the appropriate section of the Application for Telephone Redemptions or include your account address of record when you submit written instructions.  You may change the account that you have designated to receive amounts redeemed at any time.  Any request to change the account designated to receive redemption proceeds should be accompanied by a signature guarantee.  A signature and a signature guarantee are required for each person in whose name the account is registered.  Further documentation will be required to change the designated account when a corporation, other organization, trust, fiduciary, or other institutional investor holds the Fund shares.

If shares to be redeemed represent a recent investment made by check, the Funds reserve the right to withhold the redemption proceeds available until they believe that the check has been collected (which could take up to 10 days).

Small Accounts:  If the value of your account falls below the investment minimum, the Funds may ask you to increase your balance.  If the account value is still below the investment minimum after 60 days, the Funds may close your account and send you the proceeds.  The Funds will not close your account if it falls below the investment minimum solely as a result of a reduction in your account’s market value.

For additional information on other ways to redeem shares, please refer to the Funds’ SAI.

EXCHANGE OF SHARES

You may exchange all or a portion of your Institutional Shares in a Fund for Institutional Shares of another Fund. You may exchange Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund for Institutional Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund or Strategic Growth Fund if you meet the investment minimum for Institutional Shares

Redemption of shares through an exchange will be effected at the NAV per share next determined after the transfer agent receives your request.  A purchase of shares through an exchange will be effected at the NAV determined at that time or as next determined thereafter.  An exchange from one Fund to another is treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a sale of the shares to be exchanged at their NAV and a subsequent use of the proceeds to purchase the replacement shares, and will result in the realization of a capital gain or loss determined by reference to your adjusted basis in the shares to be exchanged and the NAV of those shares on the date of the exchange.  A conversion from one class to another within the same Fund will not be a taxable transaction. See “Taxes” for a discussion of the tax effect on an exchange of shares.

Exchange transactions will be subject to the minimum initial investment and other requirements of a Fund into which the exchange is made.  An exchange may not be made if the exchange would leave a balance in a shareholder’s account of less than $25,000 for Institutional Shares and $1,000 for Investor Shares.

Fees on Exchanges:  If held for more than 60 days, there is no fee when Fund shares are redeemed to process an exchange for your account.  If shares are redeemed within 60 days of purchase, a redemption fee of 1.00% and 0.75% on the redemption amount necessary for the exchange of the Small-Cap Growth Fund and Strategic Growth Fund, respectively, may be charged.  See “Redemption of Shares” for additional information regarding redemptions and this fee.
 
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To obtain more information about exchanges, or to place exchange orders, contact the transfer agent, or, if your shares are held in an account with a financial intermediary, contact the financial intermediary.  Your financial intermediary may impose conditions on exchange in addition to those disclosed in this prospectus . The Funds may terminate or modify the exchange offer described here and will give you 60 days’ notice of such termination or modification.  This exchange offer is valid only in those jurisdictions where the sale of a Fund’s shares to be acquired through such exchange may be legally made.

Purchase and Redemption Information For Lost Accounts:  If the transfer agent cannot locate an investor for a period of time specified by appropriate state law, the investor’s account may be deemed legally abandoned and then escheated (transferred) to the state’s unclaimed property administrator in accordance with statutory requirements.

Customer Identification Program: Federal regulations may require the Funds to obtain certain personal information from you, including your social security number or other government-issued identification when you open an account.  Additional information may be required in certain circumstances.  Applications without such information may not be accepted.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Funds reserve the right to (i) place limits on transactions in an investor’s account until the investor’s identity is verified; (ii) refuse an investment in the Funds; or (iii) involuntarily redeem an investor’s shares and close an account in the event that an investor’s identity is not verified.

DISTRIBUTIONS

Distributions from the net investment income, if any, of a Fund are declared and paid annually.  Any net capital gain realized by a Fund also will be distributed annually.

Distributions are payable to the shareholders of record at the time the distributions are declared (including holders of shares being redeemed, but excluding holders of shares being purchased).  All distributions are reinvested in additional shares, unless you elect to receive the distributions in cash.  Shares become entitled to receive distributions on the day after the shares are issued.

TAXES

The following is a summary of certain U.S. tax considerations that may be relevant to an investor in a Fund.  Except where otherwise indicated, the discussion relates to investors who are individual U.S. citizens or residents and is based on current tax law, which may be subject to change in the future.  You should consult your tax adviser for further information regarding federal, state, local, and/or foreign tax consequences relevant to your specific situation.

Distributions: Each Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company for federal tax purposes and to distribute to shareholders all or substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain each year. Except as otherwise noted below, you will generally be subject to federal income tax on a Fund’s distributions to you, regardless of whether they are paid in cash or reinvested in Fund shares unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement such as a  401(k) plan or an IRA.  For federal income tax purposes, Fund distributions of  investment company taxable income (which includes net short-term capital gains) are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.  Distributions attributable to net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) of a Fund generally are taxable to you as long-term capital gains, regardless of  how long you have owned your shares. The maximum federal long-term capital gain rate applicable to individuals, estates and trusts is currently 20%. U.S. unmarried individuals with modified adjusted gross income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples filing joint federal income tax returns) are also subject to the Medicare Contribution Tax on their net investment income, which includes interest, dividends and capital gains, at a rate of 3.8%.  Trusts and estates are also subject to the Medicare Contribution Tax.  You will be notified annually of the tax status of distributions to you.

Distributions of “qualified dividends” will also generally be taxable to you at long-term capital gain rates, as long as certain requirements are met.  In general, if 95% or more of the gross income of a Fund (other than net capital gain) consists of dividends received from domestic corporations or “qualified” foreign corporations (“qualified dividends”), then all distributions of investment company taxable income paid by that Fund to non-corporate  shareholders will be taxed at long-term capital gains rates.  But if less than 95% of the gross income of a Fund (other than net capital gain) consists of qualified dividends, then distributions paid by that Fund to individual shareholders will be qualified dividends only to the extent they are derived from qualified dividends earned by the Fund.  For the lower rates to apply, you must have owned your Fund shares for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date that is 60 days before a Fund’s ex-dividend date (and a Fund will need to have met a similar holding period requirement with respect to the shares of the corporation paying the qualified dividend).  The amount of a Fund’s distributions that qualify for this favorable treatment may be reduced as a result of the Fund’s securities lending activities (if any), a high portfolio turnover rate, or investments in debt securities or “non-qualified” foreign corporations.
 
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A portion of distributions paid by a Fund to shareholders who are corporations will also qualify for the dividends-received deduction for corporations, subject to certain holding period requirements and debt financing limitations.  The amount of the dividends qualifying for this deduction may, however, be reduced as a result of a Fund’s securities lending activities (if any), by a high portfolio turnover rate, or by investments in debt securities or foreign corporations.

Distributions from each Fund will generally be taxable to you in the year in which they are paid, with one exception.  Distributions declared by a Fund in October, November, or December and paid in January of the following year are taxed as though they were paid on December 31.

You should note that if you buy shares of a Fund shortly before it makes a distribution, the distribution will be fully taxable to you even though, as an economic matter, it simply represents a return of a portion of your investment.  This is known as “buying into a dividend.”

Sales and Exchanges:  The sale (also known as a redemption) or exchange of Fund shares is a taxable event on which a gain or loss may be recognized.  The amount of the gain or loss is based on the difference between your tax basis in the Fund shares and the amount you receive for them upon disposition.  Generally, you will recognize a long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Fund shares for over twelve months at the time you sell or exchange them.  Gains and losses on shares held for twelve months or less will generally constitute short-term capital gains or losses, except that a loss on shares held six months or less will be recharacterized as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any net capital gains distributions that you have received on the shares.  A loss realized on a sale or exchange of Fund shares may be disallowed under the so-called “wash sale” rules to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced with other shares of that same Fund within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the shares are disposed of, such as pursuant to a dividend reinvestment in shares of a Fund.  If disallowed, the loss will be reflected in an upward adjustment to the basis of the shares acquired.

IRAs and Other Tax-Qualified Plans: Distributions on, and sales and exchanges of shares held in an IRA or other tax-qualified plan will not be currently taxable unless debt was incurred to purchase the shares.

Backup Withholding: The Funds may be required in certain cases to withhold and remit to the Internal Revenue Service a percentage of taxable distributions  or gross proceeds realized upon sale payable to shareholders who have failed to provide a correct tax identification number in the manner required, or who are subject to withholding by the Internal Revenue Service for failure to properly include on their return payments of taxable interest or dividends, or who have failed to certify to a Fund when required to do so that they are not subject to backup withholding or that they are “exempt recipients.”  The withholding rate is currently 28%.

U.S. Tax Treatment of Foreign Shareholders: Generally, nonresident aliens, foreign corporations and other foreign investors are subject to a 30% withholding tax on dividends paid by a U.S. corporation, although the rate may be reduced for an investor that is a qualified resident of a foreign country with an applicable tax treaty with the United States.  In the case of regulated investment companies such as the Funds, however, distributions attributable to the Funds’ net capital gains (the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital loss) are generally exempt from the 30% withholding tax.

Foreign shareholders will generally not be subject to the 30% U.S. withholding tax on gains realized on sale, exchange or redemption of shares in a Fund. However, the Funds are required to withhold 30% tax on certain payments to foreign entities that do not meet specified information reporting requirements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

In contrast, if a foreign investor conducts a trade or business in the United States and the investment in a Fund is effectively connected with that trade or business, or a foreign individual investor is present in the United States for 183 days or more in a calendar year, then the foreign investor’s income from the Fund will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax at graduated rates in a manner similar to the income of a U.S. citizen or resident.

All foreign investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences in their country of residence of an investment in a Fund.
 
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State and Local Taxes: You may also be subject to state and local taxes on income and gain attributable to your ownership of Fund shares.  State income taxes may not apply, however, to the portions of the Fund’s distributions, if any, that are attributable to interest earned by the Fund on U.S. Government securities.  You should consult your tax adviser regarding the tax status of distributions in your state and locality.

Cost Basis Reporting:  A Fund (or its agent) must report to the IRS and furnish to Fund shareholders cost basis information for Fund shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012, and sold on or after that date.  The Funds have selected “first-in, first out” (FIFO) as the default cost basis method.  Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how cost basis reporting applies to them.  If you wish to select another cost basis method, please contact the Funds for further information.

Your investment in a Fund could have additional tax consequences.  This short summary is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning.  You should consult your tax professional for information regarding all tax consequences applicable to your investments in a Fund.  More tax information relating to the Funds is also provided in the SAI.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand a Fund’s financial performance for the past five years, if available, for Institutional Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund and the Strategic Growth Fund.  Certain information reflects financial results for a single share of the Funds.  The total returns in the tables represent the rate that you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Funds assuming reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions.  Information in the financial highlights table has been audited by BBD, LLP whose report, along with the Funds’ financial statements, is included in the Funds’ Annual Report, which is available, without charge, upon request.  Because Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund have recently commenced operations, there are no financial highlights available for Investor Shares at this time.
 
HOOD RIVER
SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND – Institutional Shares
 
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,
 
 
2015
   
2014
   
2013
   
2012
   
2011
 
 
Net Asset Value – Beginning of Year
$
29.09
   
$
23.31
   
$
17.72
   
$
18.40
   
$
13.24
 
Investment Operations:
Net investment loss1
 
(0.24
)
   
(0.22
)
   
(0.12
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.16
)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments
 
4.58
     
6.00
     
5.71
     
(0.53
)
   
5.32
 
Total from investment operations
 
4.34
     
5.78
     
5.59
     
(0.68
)
   
5.16
 
 
Redemption fees
 
---
2 
   
---
2 
   
---
2 
   
---
2 
   
---
2 
                                       
Net Asset Value – End of Year
$
33.43
   
$
29.09
   
$
23.31
   
$
17.72
   
$
18.40
 
                                       
Total Return
 
14.92
%
   
24.80
%
   
31.55
%
   
(3.70
)%
   
38.97
%
                                       
Ratios (to average net assets)/ Supplemental Data:
                                     
Expenses:
                                     
Including waivers/reimbursements
 
1.20
%
   
1.25
%
   
1.25
%
   
1.25
%
   
1.25
%
Excluding waivers/reimbursements
 
1.45
%
   
1.48
%
   
1.59
%
   
1.57
%
   
1.53
%
Net investment loss
 
(0.79
)%
   
(0.82
)%
   
(0.58
)%
   
(0.88
%)
   
(0.96
)%
Portfolio turnover rate
 
142
%
   
115
%
   
119
%
   
138
%
   
181
%
Net assets at the end of year (000 omitted)
$
97,315
   
$
83,966
   
$
59,893
   
$
57,643
   
$
99,054
 
 
1 The net investment loss per share was calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 Amount is less than $0.01.
 
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MAR VISTA
STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND – Institutional Shares
For the
Year Ended 
June 30,
2015
 
For the
Year Ended 
June 30, 
2014
For the
Year Ended 
June 30, 
2013
   
For the
Period Ended 
June 30
20121
               
Net Asset Value – Beginning of Period
$
15.41
   
$
12.80
   
$
11.00
   
$
10.00
 
 
Investment Operations:
Net investment income2
0.04
0.08
0.10
0.08
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
 
1.11
     
3.35
     
1.92
     
0.92
 
Total from investment operations
 
1.15
     
3.43
     
2.02
     
1.00
 
Distributions:
                             
From net investment income   (0.06 )     (0.15 )     (0.13 )     ----  
From net realized gains   (1.11 )     (0.67 )     (0.09 )     ----  
Total Distributions
 
(1.17
)
   
(0.82
)
   
(0.22
)
   
----
 
Redemption fees
 
---
     
---
3 
   
---
3 
   
---
3 
 
Net Asset Value – End of Period
$
15.39
   
$
15.41
   
$
12.80
   
$
11.00
 
                               
Total Return
 
7.67
%
   
27.71
%
   
18.55
%
   
10.00
%**
                               
Ratios (to average net assets)/Supplemental Data:
                             
 
Expenses:
                             
Including waivers/reimbursements
 
0.90
%
   
0.90
%
   
0.90
%
   
0.90
%*
Excluding waivers/reimbursements
 
2.23
%
   
2.79
%
   
3.99
%
   
4.85
%*
Net investment income
 
0.18
%
   
0.58
%
   
0.82
%
   
1.12
%*
Portfolio turnover rate
 
33
%
   
31
%
   
59
%
   
27
%**
Net assets at end of period (000 omitted)
$
20,540
   
$
13,678
   
$
8,665
   
$
6,483
 
 
* Annualized
** Not Annualized
1 Operations commenced on November 1, 2011.
2 The net investment income per share was calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
3 Amount is less than $0.01.
 
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GLOSSARY

Growth Funds

Growth funds invest in the common stock of growth-oriented companies.  Generally, growth-oriented companies have high relative rates of growth and tend to reinvest more of their profits into the company and pay out less to shareholders in the form of dividends.  As a result, investors in growth funds tend to receive most of their return in the form of capital appreciation.

Investment Adviser

The investment adviser makes investment decisions for a mutual fund and continuously reviews, supervises, and administers the fund’s investment program.  The Board of Trustees supervises the investment adviser and establishes policies that the investment adviser must follow in its management activities.

Mutual Fund

A mutual fund pools shareholders’ money and, using a professional investment manager, invests it in securities like stocks and bonds.  Each of the Funds is a separate mutual fund.

Mutual Fund Expenses

Unlike an index, every mutual fund has operating expenses to pay for professional advisory, shareholder distribution, administration, and custody services.

Net Asset Value or “NAV”

NAV = Assets-Liabilities
Outstanding Shares

Net Investment Income

Net investment income consists of interest and dividends earned by a fund on its investments less accrued expenses.
 
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The
Roxbury Funds

Disciplined Investing. Independent Thinking.™

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For investors wanting more information on the Funds, the following documents are available free upon request:

Annual/Semi-Annual Reports

These reports contain performance data and information on the Funds’ holdings, operating results, and a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Funds’ performance for the most recently completed fiscal year or half-year.

Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”)

The SAI provides additional technical and legal descriptions of the Funds’ policies, investment restrictions, risks, and business structure, including a description of the Funds’ policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio security holdings.  The information in the SAI is incorporated into this prospectus by reference.

Copies of these documents, and answers to questions about the Funds, may be obtained without charge by contacting:

The Roxbury Funds
c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
4400 Computer Drive
Westborough, MA 01581-1722
 (800) 497-2960
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time

The Funds’ SAI, Annual, and Semi-Annual Reports are also available, free of charge, at www.RoxburyFunds.com.

Information about the Funds, including the SAI, can be reviewed and copied at the Public Reference Room of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.  Copies of this information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Public Reference Room of the SEC, Washington, D.C., 20549-1520.  Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090.  Reports and other information about the Funds may be viewed or downloaded from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT,
MAKING CHANGES TO EXISTING ACCOUNTS,
PURCHASING OR REDEEMING SHARES,
OR OTHER INVESTOR SERVICES, PLEASE CALL (800) 497-2960.

The investment company registration number is 811-21897.

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THE ROXBURY FUNDS

Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund
Institutional Shares (HRSMX)
Investor Shares (HRSRX)
 
Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund
Institutional Shares (MVSGX)

6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
 
 
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
November 1, 2015
 
 
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ current prospectus, dated November 1, 2015, as may be amended from time to time.  A copy of the current prospectus and Annual and Semi-Annual Reports may be obtained, without charge, by writing to the Funds at 4400 Computer Drive, Westborough, MA 01581-1722 or by calling (800) 497-2960 or on the website of The Roxbury Funds at www.RoxburyFunds.com.
 
The financial statements of the Funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, included in the Annual Report to shareholders and the report dated August 28, 2015 of BBD, LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds, related thereto are incorporated into this SAI by reference.  No other parts of the Annual Report are incorporated herein by reference.
 

 
GENERAL INFORMATION
FUND HISTORY
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS
DISCLOSURE OF FUND HOLDINGS
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INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS
12 
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
15 
CODES OF ETHICS
20 
PROXY VOTING
21 
CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
22 
INVESTMENT ADVISORYAND OTHER SERVICES
23 
ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES
27 
ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
28 
DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES
28 
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS - SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND
29 
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS - STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND
32 
RULE 12B-1 PLAN
34 
BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES
36 
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES, VOTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES
39 
PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES
41 
DISTRIBUTIONS
44 
TAXATION OF THE FUNDS
44 
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
46 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
46 
APPENDIX A
A-1
APPENDIX B
B-1
 
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GENERAL INFORMATION

The Roxbury Funds (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 4, 2006.  The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees to establish series of shares, each of which constitutes a series separate and distinct from the shares of the other series.  As of the date of this SAI, the Trust offers two series: the Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund (the “Small-Cap Growth Fund”) and the Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund (the “Strategic Growth Fund”) (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”).  The Small-Cap Growth Fund offers Institutional Shares and Investor Shares. The Strategic Growth Fund offers Institutional Shares.  Each Fund is registered as a diversified open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

FUND HISTORY

The Small-Cap Growth Fund began operations as a series of WT Mutual Fund, a separate Delaware statutory trust.  In connection with a reorganization that was completed on February 2, 2007, the Small-Cap Growth Fund received all of the assets and liabilities of the Roxbury Small-Cap Growth Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”), a series of WT Mutual Fund.
 
Institutional Shares of the Predecessor Fund commenced operations on January 2, 2003.  The Institutional Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund have adopted the accounting and performance history of the Predecessor Fund, for periods prior to the completion of the reorganization mentioned above.
 
Prior to July 1, 2005, the Predecessor Fund operated as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure pursuant to which the Predecessor Fund invested in a corresponding “master series” of WT Investment Trust I (the “Master Trust”), which invested directly in investment securities.  The investment objective, strategies, policies, and limitations of the master series were identical to the Small-Cap Growth Fund.
 
Roxbury Capital Management, LLC (“Roxbury”) served as the primary investment adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund from its inception (January 2, 2003) to January 20, 2015.  In 2013, Roxbury’s Small-Cap Growth Investment Team formed Hood River Capital Management LLC (“Hood River”) and Hood River became the Fund’s sub-adviser effective May 30, 2013.  Effective January 20, 2015, Hood River replaced Roxbury as the primary investment adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund.
 
The Strategic Growth Fund commenced operations on November 1, 2011. Roxbury served as the primary investment adviser to the Strategic Growth Fund from its inception (November 1, 2011) to January 20, 2015. Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC (“Mar Vista”) served as the Strategic Growth Fund’s subadviser. Effective January 20, 2015, Mar Vista replaced Roxbury as the primary investment adviser to the Strategic Growth Fund.
 
Effective April 9, 2015, the Small-Cap Growth Fund changed its name from the Roxbury/Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund to the Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund and the Strategic Growth Fund changed its name from the Roxbury/Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund to the Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund.
 
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INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS

The following information supplements the information concerning each Fund’s investment objective, policies and limitations found in the prospectus.  The Small-Cap Growth Fund and the Strategic Growth Fund seek superior long-term growth of capital.  The investment objective of the Small-Cap Growth Fund may not be changed without shareholder approval, while the investment objective of the Strategic Growth Fund may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.

Under normal market conditions, the Small-Cap Growth Fund, invests at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in securities of companies with market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, consistent with the capitalization ranges of companies that make up the S&P SmallCap 600® and Russell 2000® Growth Indices.  The foregoing investment policy may be changed upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.  The Fund may include in its 80% calculation derivative instruments that are tied economically to small-capitalization stocks.
 
The Strategic Growth Fund, under normal market conditions, invests in equity securities that are judged by the Fund’s adviser to have strong growth characteristics and that are undervalued in the marketplace.  Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest primarily (at least 65% of its net assets) in large capitalization securities with a market capitalization which at the time of purchase is consistent with the capitalization ranges of the Russell 1000® Growth Index and S&P 500® Index (“large-cap companies”).  The Fund may also invest up to 35% of its total assets in securities of companies in other capitalization ranges, including small and mid-capitalization stocks.  In addition, the Fund may invest in convertible preferred stock, convertible bonds, warrants or their equivalents and initial public offerings (“IPOs”).
 
Cash Management.  Under normal market conditions, each Fund will, invest no more than 15% of its total assets in cash and cash equivalents including high-quality money market instruments and money market funds in order to manage cash flow.  Certain types of these instruments are described below.

Money Market Funds.  Each Fund may invest in the securities of money market funds, within the limits prescribed by the 1940 Act.
 
U.S. Government Obligations. Each Fund may invest in debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.  Although not all obligations of agencies and instrumentalities are direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Government may provide support for payment of the interest and principal on these obligations directly or indirectly.  This support can range from securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. (for example, securities of the Government National Mortgage Association or “Ginnie Mae” securities), to securities that are supported solely or primarily by the creditworthiness of the issuer, such as securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), the Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Farm Credit Banks and the Federal Home Loan Banks (“FHLBs”).  In the case of obligations not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S., a Fund must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the U.S. itself in the event the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitments.
 
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On September 7, 2008, both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”).
 
Under the plan of conservatorship, the FHFA has assumed control of, and generally has the power to direct, the operations of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and is empowered to take all necessary actions to: (1) put Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in sound and solvent condition; and (2) carry on Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s business and preserve and conserve their assets and property. In addition, in connection with the actions taken by the FHFA, the U.S. Treasury Department (the “Treasury”) has entered into certain preferred stock purchase agreements with each of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae which established the Treasury as the holder of a new class of senior preferred stock in each of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which stock was issued in connection with financial contributions from the Treasury to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
 
The conditions attached to the financial contribution made by the Treasury to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and the issuance of this senior preferred stock place significant restrictions on Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s ability to engage in capital transactions without the Treasury’s consent. In addition, significant restrictions are placed on the maximum size of each of Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s respective portfolios of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities portfolios, and the purchase agreements entered into by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae provide that the maximum size of their portfolios of these assets must decrease by a specified percentage each year.
 
Commercial Paper. Each Fund may invest in commercial paper.  Commercial paper consists of short-term (up to 270 days) unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations in order to finance their current operations.  The Funds may invest only in commercial paper rated A-1 or higher by S&P or Moody’s or if not rated, determined by the investment adviser to be of comparable quality.

 
Bank Obligations.  Each Fund may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of major banks, including certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances of major U.S. and foreign banks and their branches located outside of the U.S., of U.S. branches of foreign banks, of foreign branches of foreign banks, of U.S. agencies of foreign banks and of wholly-owned banking subsidiaries of such foreign banks located in the U.S.  Obligations of foreign branches of U.S. banks and U.S. branches of wholly-owned subsidiaries of foreign banks may be general obligations of the parent bank, or the issuing branch or subsidiary, or both, or may be limited by the terms of a specific obligation or by government regulation.  Because such obligations are issued by foreign entities, they are subject to the risks of foreign investing.  A brief description of some typical types of bank obligations follows:

Bankers’ Acceptances.  Bankers’ acceptances are credit instruments evidencing the obligation of a bank to pay a draft that has been drawn on it by a customer.  These instruments reflect the obligation of both the bank and the drawer to pay the face amount of the instrument upon maturity.
 
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Certificates of Deposit.  Certificates of deposit are certificates evidencing the indebtedness of a commercial bank to repay funds deposited with it for a definite period of time (usually from 14 days to one year) at a stated or variable interest rate.  Variable rate certificates of deposit provide that the interest rate will fluctuate on designated dates based on changes in a designated base rate (such as the composite rate for certificates of deposit established by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York).

Time Deposits.  Time deposits are bank deposits for fixed periods of time.

Convertible Securities.  Convertible securities have characteristics similar to both fixed income and equity securities.  Because of the conversion feature, the market value of convertible securities tends to move together with the market value of the underlying stock.  As a result, a Fund’s selection of convertible securities is based, to a great extent, on the potential for capital appreciation that may exist in the underlying stock.  The value of convertible securities is also affected by prevailing interest rates, the credit quality of the issuers and any call provisions.

The Funds may invest in convertible securities that are rated, at the time of purchase, in the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) such as Moody’s or S&P, or if unrated, are determined by the investment adviser to be of comparable quality. Ratings represent the rating agency’s opinion regarding the quality of the security and are not a guarantee of quality.  Should the rating of a security be downgraded subsequent to a Fund’s purchase of the security, the investment adviser will determine whether it is in the best interest of the Fund to retain the security.
 
Cybersecurity Risk. With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Funds are susceptible to operational, information security and related risks.  In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events.  Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users).  Cyber incidents affecting the Funds or their service providers have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Funds’ ability to calculate its net asset value, impediments to trading, the inability of fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs.  Similar adverse consequences could result from cyber incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, counterparties with which the Funds engage in transactions, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchange and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions (including financial intermediaries and service providers for fund shareholders) and other parties.  In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future.  While the Funds’ service providers have established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent, such cyber incidents, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified.  Furthermore, the Funds cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by its service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect the Fund or its shareholders.  As a result, the Funds and their shareholders could be negatively impacted.
 
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Debt Securities.  Debt securities represent money borrowed that obligates the issuer (e.g., a corporation, municipality, government, government agency) to repay the borrowed amount at maturity (when the obligation is due and payable) and usually to pay the holder interest at specific times. The value of debt securities may be affected significantly by changes in interest rates.  Generally, when interest rates rise, a debt security’s value declines and when interest rates decline, its market value rises.  Generally, the longer a debt security’s maturity, the greater the interest rate risk and the higher its yield.  Conversely, the shorter a debt security’s maturity, the lower the interest rate risk and the lower its yield.  Individual debt securities may be subject to the credit risk of the issuer.  The underlying issuer may experience unanticipated financial problems and may be unable to meet its payment obligations.  Debt securities receiving a lower rating compared to higher rated debt securities, may have a weakened capacity to make principal and interest payments due to changes in economic conditions or other adverse circumstances.  Ratings agencies such as Moody’s, Fitch and S&P provide ratings on debt obligations based on their analyses of information they deem relevant.  Ratings are essentially opinions or judgments of the credit quality of an issuer and may prove to be inaccurate.

Depositary Receipts.  American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) as well as other “hybrid” forms of ADRs, including European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer.  These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the U.S. or elsewhere.  The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution.  The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions.  ADRs may be available through “sponsored” or “unsponsored” facilities.  A sponsored facility is established jointly by the issuer of the security underlying the receipt and a depositary.  An unsponsored facility may be established by a depositary without participation by the issuer of the underlying security.  Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs of the unsponsored facility.  The depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through, to the holders of the receipts, voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.  ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies.  However, ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.  These risks include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the underlying issuer’s country.
 
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Foreign Securities.  Each Fund may invest in foreign securities either directly by purchasing foreign securities or indirectly by purchasing depositary receipts or depositary shares of foreign securities (see “Depositary Receipts” above).  Foreign securities include equity securities issued by issuers that are primarily traded on a non-U.S. exchange, debt securities issued by issuers located outside the U.S., and securities issued in the form of ADRs and EDRs.  Direct investments in foreign securities may be made either on foreign securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter markets.  Investing in foreign securities involves certain special risks and considerations that are not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies, including, but not limited to: (i) generally less liquid and less efficient securities markets; (ii) generally greater price volatility; (iii) exchange rate fluctuations and exchange controls; (iv) the imposition of restrictions on the expatriation of funds or other assets; (v) less publicly available information about issuers; (vi) the imposition of taxes; (vii) higher transaction and custody costs; (viii) settlement delays and risk of loss; (ix) difficulties in enforcing contracts; (x) less liquidity and smaller market capitalizations; (xi) lesser regulation of securities markets; (xii) different accounting and disclosure standards; (xiii) governmental interference; (xiv) higher inflation; (xv) social, economic and political uncertainties; (xvi) the risk of expropriation of assets; and (xvii) the risk of war.

Futures and Options on Futures; Derivatives.  Each Fund may purchase futures and options on futures.  Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific instrument at a specified future time and at a specified price. An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in exchange for a premium, to assume a position in a futures contract at a specified exercise price during the term of the option.  The Funds may use futures contracts and related options for: bona fide hedging; attempting to offset changes in the value of securities held or expected to be acquired or be disposed of; attempting to minimize fluctuations in foreign currencies; attempting to gain exposure to a particular market, index or instrument; or other risk management purposes.
 
An index futures contract is a bilateral agreement pursuant to which two parties agree to take or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to a specified dollar amount multiplied by the difference between the index value at the close of trading of the contract and the price at which the futures contract is originally struck. No physical delivery of the securities comprising the index is made; generally contracts are closed out prior to the expiration date of the contract.

When a Fund purchases or sells a futures contract, or sells an option thereon, the Fund is required to “cover” its position in order to limit leveraging and related risks.  To cover its position, the Fund may segregate (and mark-to-market on a daily basis) cash or liquid securities that, when added to any amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant as margin, are equal to the market value of the futures contract or otherwise “cover” its position in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act or the rules and SEC interpretations thereunder. The segregated account functions as a practical limit on the amount of leverage which a Fund may undertake and on the potential increase in the speculative character of a Fund’s outstanding portfolio securities.  Additionally, such segregated accounts will generally assure the availability of adequate funds to meet the obligations of the Fund arising from such investment activities.
 
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A Fund may also cover its long position in a futures contract by purchasing a put option on the same futures contract with a strike price (i.e., an exercise price) as high or higher than the price of the futures contract.  In the alternative, if the strike price of the put is less than the price of the futures contract, the Fund will segregate cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the put and the price of the futures contract.  Each Fund may also cover its long position in a futures contract by taking a short position in the instruments underlying the futures contract, or by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the futures contract.  A Fund may cover its short position in a futures contract by taking a long position in the instruments underlying the futures contracts, or by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the futures contract.

A Fund may cover its sale of a call option on a futures contract by taking a long position in the underlying futures contract at a price less than or equal to the strike price of the call option.  In the alternative, if the long position in the underlying futures contract is established at a price greater than the strike price of the written (sold) call, each Fund will maintain in a segregated account cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the call and the price of the futures contract.  A Fund may also cover its sale of a call option by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the call option.  A Fund may cover its sale of a put option on a futures contract by taking a short position in the underlying futures contract at a price greater than or equal to the strike price of the put option, or, if the short position in the underlying futures contract is established at a price less than the strike price of the written put, a Fund will maintain in a segregated account cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the put and the price of the futures contract.  A Fund may also cover its sale of a put option by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the put option.

There are significant risks associated with a Fund’s use of futures contracts and related options, including the following: (1) the success of a hedging strategy may depend on the adviser’s ability to predict movements in the prices of individual securities, fluctuations in markets and movements in interest rates; (2) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures and options on futures; (3) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract or option; (4) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (5) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts and options on futures. In addition, some strategies reduce a Fund’s exposure to price fluctuations, while others tend to increase its market exposure.

The Funds may also enter into other derivative investments such as swaps.  Generally derivative securities are investments that derive their value on the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.  All derivative investments are subject to a number risks such as liquidity, operational, counterparty, accounting and tax risks.  The use of derivatives is a highly specialized investment activity.

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Hedging Strategies.  Each Fund may engage in certain hedging strategies that involve options and futures.  The Funds will engage in transactions in futures contracts and related options only to the extent such transactions are consistent with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) for maintaining their qualifications as regulated investment companies for federal income tax purposes. Under rules adopted by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the adviser of an investment company is subject to registration with the CFTC as a “commodity pool operator” (“CPO”) under the Commodity Exchange Act if the investment company is unable to comply with certain trading and marketing limitations. The Trust, on behalf of each Fund, has claimed an exclusion from the definition of CPO under the Commodity Exchange Act, and, therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation as a CPO under that Act with respect to the Funds.  The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, is required to affirm each Fund’s CPO exclusion annually within 60 days of the start of the calendar year.
 
With respect to investments in swap transactions, commodity futures, commodity options or certain other derivatives used for purposes other than bona fide hedging purposes, an investment company must meet one of the following tests under the amended regulations in order to claim an exemption from being considered a “commodity pool” or a CPO. First, the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish an investment company’s positions in such investments may not exceed five percent (5%) of the liquidation value of the investment company’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such investments). Alternatively, the aggregate net notional value of such instruments, determined at the time of the most recent position established, may not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the liquidation value of the investment company’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such positions). In addition to meeting one of the foregoing trading limitations, the investment company may not market itself as a commodity pool or otherwise as a vehicle for trading in the commodity futures, commodity options or swaps and derivatives markets. In the event that an investment adviser was required to register as a CPO, the disclosure and operations of the Fund would need to comply with all applicable CFTC regulations. Compliance with these additional registration and regulatory requirements would increase operational expenses. Other potentially adverse regulatory initiatives could also develop.  If CPO registration is required, the adviser may avail itself of the CFTC’s rules for CPOs which seek to harmonize CFTC reporting, disclosure and recordkeeping obligations with overlapping SEC regulations.
 
Illiquid Securities.  Each Fund may invest no more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities.  Illiquid securities are securities that cannot be disposed of within seven days at approximately the value at which they are being carried on each Fund’s books.  The Board of Trustees has the ultimate responsibility for determining whether specific securities are liquid or illiquid.  The Board has delegated the function of making day-to-day determinations of liquidity to the investment advisers, pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board.  Each investment adviser will monitor the liquidity of securities held by the Funds and report periodically on such decisions to the Board.  If the limitation on illiquid securities is exceeded, other than by a change in market values, the condition will be reported by a Fund’s investment adviser to the Board of Trustees.
 
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Investment Company Securities and Exchange-Traded Funds.  The Funds may invest in investment company securities, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder.  Generally, a Fund may not purchase shares of an investment company if (a) such a purchase would cause a Fund to own in the aggregate more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of the investment company, (b) such a purchase would cause a Fund to have more than 5% of its total assets invested in the investment company, or (c) more than 10% of a Fund’s total assets would be invested in investment companies.  As a shareholder in an investment company, a Fund would bear its pro rata portion of the investment company’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to its own expenses.  Although the 1940 Act restricts investments by registered investment companies in the securities of other investment companies, including ETFs, registered investment companies may be permitted to invest in certain ETFs beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) provided such ETF is granted an exemptive order by the SEC subject to certain terms and conditions imposed by such exemptive order.  It is possible that a Fund will enter into an agreement with an ETF pursuant to an exemptive order to allow the Fund to invest in such ETF beyond the Section 12(d)(1) limitations.

Options on Securities and Securities Indices.  Each Fund may purchase call options on securities that the investment adviser intends to include in a Fund in order to fix the cost of a future purchase or attempt to enhance return by, for example, participating in an anticipated increase in the value of a security.  The Funds may purchase put options to hedge against a decline in the market value of securities held in the Funds or in an attempt to enhance return.  A Fund may write (sell) put and covered call options on securities in which they are authorized to invest.  A Fund may also purchase put and call options, and write put and covered call options on U.S. securities indices.  Stock index options serve to hedge against overall fluctuations in the securities markets rather than anticipated increases or decreases in the value of a particular security.  Of the percentage of the assets of a Fund that is invested in equity (or related) securities, the Fund may not invest more than 10% of such assets in covered call options on securities and/or options on securities indices.
 
Repurchase Agreements.  Each Fund may invest in repurchase agreements.  A repurchase agreement is a transaction in which a Fund purchases a security from a bank or recognized securities dealer and simultaneously commits to resell that security to a bank or dealer at an agreed upon date and price reflecting a market rate of interest, unrelated to the coupon rate or the maturity of the purchased security.  While it is not possible to eliminate all risks from these transactions (particularly the possibility of a decline in the market value of the underlying securities, as well as delays and costs to a Fund if the other party to the repurchase agreement defaults), it is the policy of each Fund to limit repurchase transactions to primary dealers and banks whose creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by the adviser.  Repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days are considered illiquid for purposes of a Fund’s investment limitations.
 
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Restricted Securities.  Restricted securities are securities that may not be sold to the public without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) or an exemption from registration.  Each Fund is subject to investment limitations on the purchase of illiquid securities.  Restricted securities, including securities eligible for re-sale pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, that are determined to be liquid are not subject to this limitation.  This determination is to be made by the investment advisers  pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees.  Under these guidelines, the investment adviser will consider the frequency of trades and quotes for the security, the number of dealers in, and potential purchasers for, the securities, dealer undertakings to make a market in the security, and the nature of the security and of the marketplace trades.  In purchasing such restricted securities, each investment adviser intends to purchase securities that are exempt from registration under Rule 144A.
 
Securities Lending.  Each Fund may lend securities pursuant to agreements that require that the loans be continuously secured by collateral equal to 100% of the market value of the loaned securities.  Such collateral consists of cash, securities of the U.S. Government or its agencies, or any combination of cash and such securities.  Such loans will not be made if, as a result, the aggregate amount of all outstanding securities loans for a Fund exceeds one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets taken at fair market value.  A Fund will earn interest on the investment of the cash collateral in U.S. Government securities, short-term money market instruments or such other approved vehicle.  However, a Fund will normally pay lending fees to such broker-dealers and related expenses from the interest earned on invested collateral.  There may be risks of delay in receiving additional collateral or risks of delay in recovery of the securities and even loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially.  However, loans are made only to borrowers deemed by the adviser to be of good standing and when, in the judgment of the adviser, the consideration that can be earned currently from such securities loans justifies the attendant risk.  Either party upon reasonable notice to the other party may terminate any loan. Currently, neither of the Funds intends to participate in securities lending.

Temporary Defensive Position.  Each Fund may, without limit, invest in commercial paper and other money market instruments rated in one of the two highest rating categories by an NRSRO, in response to adverse market conditions, as a temporary defensive position.  The result of this action may be that a Fund will be unable to achieve its investment objective.

Portfolio Turnover.  The portfolio turnover rate is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities by the average monthly value of a Fund’s portfolio securities.  For purposes of this calculation, portfolio securities exclude all securities having a maturity when purchased of one year or less.  High portfolio turnover may result in increased brokerage costs to the Funds and also adverse tax consequences to the Funds’ shareholders.
 
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DISCLOSURE OF FUND HOLDINGS

The Funds have policies and procedures in place regarding the disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings designed to allow disclosure of Fund holdings information where it is deemed appropriate for a Fund’s operations or it is determined to be useful to a Fund’s shareholders without compromising the integrity or performance of the Fund.  Except when there are legitimate business purposes for selective disclosure of a Fund’s holdings, a Fund will not provide or permit others to provide information about the Fund’s holdings on a selective basis.

The Funds provide Fund holdings information as required in regulatory filings and shareholder reports, disclose Fund holdings information as required by federal or state securities laws, and may disclose Fund holdings information in response to requests by governmental authorities.  Regulatory filings with Fund holdings information are made approximately 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter.

A Fund may, but is not required to, post the Fund’s schedule of investments on a website at regular intervals or from time to time at the discretion of the Fund.  Such schedule of investments must be as of a date at least 30 days prior to its posting on the website.  In addition to its schedule of investments, a Fund may post information on a website about the number of securities the Fund holds, a summary schedule of investments, the Fund’s top ten holdings, and a percentage breakdown of the Fund’s investments by country, sector and industry.  This additional information must be as of a date at least 30 days prior to its posting on a website, provided, however, that a top ten holdings list may be as of a date 7 days prior to its posting on the website.  The day after any Fund holdings information becomes publicly available (by posting on the website or otherwise), it may be mailed, e-mailed or otherwise transmitted to any person.

A Fund may distribute or authorize the distribution of information about the Fund’s holdings that is not publicly available (on a website or otherwise) to the Fund’s or the investment adviser’s employees and affiliates that provide services to the Fund.  A Fund may also distribute or authorize the distribution of information about the Fund’s holdings that is not publicly available (on a website or otherwise) to the Fund’s service providers who require access to the information (i) in order to fulfill their contractual duties relating to the Fund; (ii) to facilitate the transition of a newly hired investment adviser prior to the commencement of its duties; (iii) to facilitate the review of the Fund by a ranking or ratings agency; (iv) for the purpose of due diligence regarding a merger or acquisition; or (iv) for the purpose of effecting in-kind redemption of securities to facilitate orderly redemption of Fund assets and minimal impact on remaining shareholders of an affected Fund.

In order to mitigate conflicts between the interests of Fund shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Funds’ investment advisers, or principal underwriter, or any affiliated person of the Funds, their investment advisers, or principal underwriter, on the other, the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer and the President of the Trust must approve a non-public disclosure of Fund holdings, other than the ongoing arrangements described below, which have been approved by the Trust’s Board.  The Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer must report all such arrangements to disclose Fund holdings information to the Trust’s Board of Trustees on a quarterly basis, which will review such arrangements and terminate them if it determines such disclosure arrangements are not in the best interests of shareholders.  Before any non-public disclosure of information about a Fund’s holdings, the Chief Compliance Officer will require the recipient of such non-public Fund holdings information to agree, or provide proof of an existing duty, to keep the information confidential and to agree not to trade directly or indirectly based on the information or to use the information to form a specific recommendation about whether to invest in the Fund or any other security.  The Trust may request certifications from senior officers of authorized recipients that the recipient is using a Fund’s holdings information only in a manner consistent with the Trust’s policies and procedures and any applicable confidentiality agreement.
 
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Under no circumstances may the Trust or an investment adviser or their affiliates receive any consideration or compensation for disclosing Fund holdings information.

Each of the following third parties have been approved to receive Fund holdings information:  (i) BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., (“BNY Mellon”), the Trust’s administrator and accounting agent; (ii) BBD, LLP, the Trust’s independent public accounting firm, for use in providing audit opinions; (iii) financial printers, solely for the purpose of preparing Trust reports or regulatory filings; (iv) The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trust’s custodian in connection with its custody of the Trust’s assets; (v) Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Trust counsel; (vi) Glass Lewis & Co. and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., the Funds’ proxy voting services; and (vii) the following data aggregators and ranking and ratings services:  Lipper Analytical Services, Inc., Morningstar Inc., and Standard & Poor’s.  Information may be provided to these parties at any time on conditions of confidentiality.  “Conditions of Confidentiality” include confidentiality items included in written agreements, implied by the nature of the relationship or required by fiduciary or regulatory principles.  From time to time, portfolio holding information may be provided to broker-dealers solely in connection with the Trust seeking portfolio securities trading suggestions. The Trust’s investment advisers and other service providers will establish procedures to ensure that the Funds’ portfolio holdings information is only disclosed in accordance with these policies.  Except for the foregoing, the Trust has no ongoing arrangements to provide portfolio holdings information.

INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS

Each Fund has adopted the investment limitations set forth below.  Limitations which are designated as fundamental policies may not be changed without the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the shares of a Fund present at a shareholders meeting if holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of a Fund are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of a Fund.  If any percentage restriction on investment or utilization of assets is adhered to at the time an investment is made, a later change in percentage resulting from a change in the market values of a Fund’s assets or redemptions of shares will not be considered a violation of the limitation.
 
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As a matter of fundamental policy, each Fund will not:

1. purchase the securities of any one issuer, if as a result, more than 5% of a Fund’s total assets would be invested in the securities of such issuer, or a Fund would own or hold 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of that issuer, provided that:  (1) a Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets without regard to these limitations; (2) these limitations do not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; and (3) repurchase agreements fully collateralized by U.S. Government obligations will be treated as U.S. Government obligations;

2. purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, more than 25% of a Fund’s total assets would be invested in the securities of one or more issuers having their principal business activities in the same industry, provided, that this limitation does not apply to debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities;

3. borrow money, provided that a Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investments), and then in an aggregate amount not in excess of 10% of a Fund’s total assets;

4. make loans to other persons, except by:  (1) purchasing debt securities in accordance with its investment objective, policies and limitations; (2) entering into repurchase agreements; or (3) engaging in securities loan transactions;

5. underwrite any issue of securities, except to the extent that a Fund may be considered to be acting as underwriter in connection with the disposition of any portfolio security;

6. purchase or sell real estate, provided that a Fund may invest in obligations secured by real estate or interests therein or obligations issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein, including real estate investment trusts;

7. purchase or sell physical commodities, provided that a Fund may invest in, purchase, sell or enter into financial options and futures, forward and spot currency contracts, swap transactions and other derivative financial instruments; or

8. issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act.
 
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The following non-fundamental investment policies apply to each Fund and may be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.  Each Fund will not:

1. make short sales of securities except short sales against the box;

2. purchase securities on margin except for the use of short-term credit necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities; provided that a Fund may make initial and variation deposits in connection with permitted transactions in options or future; or

3. purchase additional portfolio securities if its outstanding borrowings exceed 5% of the value of its total assets.
 
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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

The business and affairs of the Trust are managed under the oversight of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), subject to the laws of the State of Delaware and the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust.  The Trustees are responsible for deciding matters of overall policy and overseeing the actions of the Trust’s service providers.  Each Trustee is a person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act (also known as an “Independent Trustee”).  The Officers of the Trust conduct and supervise the Trust’s daily business operations.
 
Name, Address
and Age1
Position(s) Held
with Trust
Term of Office and
Length of Time
Served2
Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
Five Years
Number of
Funds in
Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Trustee
Other
Directorships
Held by
Trustee
During Past
Five Years3
 
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
Steven N. Marshman
Age 54
Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Trustee Since December 2014; Chairman Since
May 2015
Owner of Focused Investing LLC since 2013; Retired, January 2010-2013; Portfolio Manager at Roxbury from 2002-2009.
2
None
Gaylord B. Lyman
Age 52
Trustee and Audit Committee Chairman
Trustee Since April
2015
Managing Director of Kohala Capital Partners, LLC, since 2011; Vice President, Becker Capital Management, Inc. from 1997-2011.
2
None
 
1 The address of each Trustee as it relates to the Trust’s business is c/o The Roxbury Funds, Roxbury Capital Management, LLC, 6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200, Minnetonka, MN 55343.

2 Each Trustee serves during the continued lifetime of the Trust until he dies, resigns, is declared bankrupt or incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is removed.

3 Includes directorships of companies required to report to the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (i.e., “public companies”), or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.
 
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As of October 1, 2015, neither of the Independent Trustees nor any of their immediate family members (i.e., spouse or dependent children) serves as an officer or director or is an employee of the Trust’s investment adviser or distributor, or any of their respective affiliates, nor do any of such persons serve as an officer or director or is an employee of any company controlled by or under common control with such entities.
 
OFFICERS
Name, Address and
Age
Position(s) Held
with Trust
Term of Office
and
Length of Time
Served1
Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
Five Years
Jon R. Foust
Roxbury Capital Management, LLC
6001 Shady Oak Road
Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Age: 50
President
President since November 2014
Director of Marketing & Client Service of Roxbury since 2000; President of Roxbury from 2012-2014.
Brooke Clements
Roxbury Capital Management, LLC
6001 Shady Oak Road
Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Age: 39
Treasurer
Treasurer since August 2012
Senior Financial Manager of Roxbury since August 2013; Financial Accounting Manager of Roxbury from 2009-2013; Staff Accountant of Roxbury from 2005-2009.
Becky Krulik
Roxbury Capital Management, LLC
6001 Shady Oak Road
Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Age: 32
Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer
Secretary since September 2014; Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer since December 2014;  Assistant Secretary from February 2013 through September 2014
Compliance Analyst of Roxbury since 2012; Supervising Principal of Thrivent Financial 2011-2012; Business Analyst of Thrivent Financial from 2010-2011; Brokerage Service Professional of Thrivent Financial 2007-2010.
 
1 Each Officer shall serve until his or her resignation is accepted by the Trustees, and his or her successor is chosen, elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies or is removed.  Any Officer may be removed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Trustees at any time, with or without cause.
 
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Leadership Structure and Responsibilities of the Board and the Committee.  The Board is currently composed of two Independent Trustees.  The Board has selected Steven N. Marshman, an Independent Trustee, to act as Chairman.  Mr. Marshman’s duties include presiding at meetings of the Board and interfacing with management to address significant issues that may arise between regularly scheduled Board and Committee meetings.  In the performance of his duties, Mr. Marshman will consult with the other Independent Trustee and the Trust’s Officers and legal counsel, as appropriate.  The Chairman may perform other functions as requested by the Board from time to time.

The Board meets as often as necessary to discharge its responsibilities.  Currently, the Board conducts regular quarterly meetings and may hold special in-person or telephonic meetings as necessary to address specific issues that require attention prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting.  The Board also relies on professionals, such as the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm and legal counsel, to assist the Trustees in performing their oversight responsibilities.  The Board of Trustees held seven meetings during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015.

The Board has established one standing committee - the Audit Committee.  The Board may establish other committees, or nominate one or more Trustees to examine particular issues related to the Board’s oversight responsibilities, from time to time.  The Audit Committee meets twice annually to perform its delegated oversight functions and reports its findings and recommendations to the Board.  For more information on the Committee, see the section “Audit Committee,” below.

The Board has determined that the Trust’s leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to effectively perform its oversight responsibilities.

Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee is comprised of both of the Trustees.  Mr. Lyman serves as the chairman of the Committee.  Pursuant to its charter, the Audit Committee has the responsibility, among others, to (1) select the Trust’s independent auditors; (2) review and approve the scope of the independent auditors’ audit activity; (3) review the financial statements which are the subject of the independent auditors’ certifications; and (4) review with such independent auditors the adequacy of the Trust’s basic accounting system and the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal accounting controls. Mr. Lyman serves as the Audit Committee’s “audit committee financial expert.” The Audit Committee held two meetings during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015.

Trustee Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and/or Skills.  The following is a brief discussion of the experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills that led to the Board of Trustees’ conclusion that each individual identified below is qualified to serve as a Trustee of the Trust.  In determining that a particular Trustee was qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which was controlling. The Board believes that the Trustees’ ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the advisers, other service providers, counsel and independent auditors, and to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties, support the conclusion that each Trustee is qualified to serve as a Trustee of the Trust.  Many Trustee attributes involve intangible elements, such as intelligence, work ethic, the ability to work together, the ability to communicate effectively and the ability to exercise judgment, ask incisive questions, manage people and develop solutions to problems.
 
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Mr. Marshman has been a trustee since December 2014.  Mr. Marshman has over 15 years of experience in the investment management industry and has served as a portfolio manager for two different registered investment advisers.  Mr. Marshman is currently the owner of Focused Investing LLC, a firm which provides strategic guidance to registered investment advisers.  Mr. Marshman served as a portfolio manager of Roxbury from 2002 until 2009.  Prior to that, he served as a portfolio manager of Columbia Funds from 1995 to 2002.  Mr. Marshman has an MBA and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Mr. Lyman has been a trustee since April 2015.  Mr. Lyman has over 15 years of experience in the investment management industry.  He has been the Managing Director and portfolio manager of Kohala Capital Partners, an investment adviser, since 2011.  Prior to that, he served as a vice president and portfolio manager of Becker Capital Management, Inc., an investment adviser.  Mr. Lyman has an MBA and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Risk Oversight.  The Board of Trustees performs its risk oversight function for the Trust through a combination of (1) direct oversight by the Board as a whole and the Board committee and (2) indirect oversight through the investment advisers and other service providers, Trust Officers and the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer.  The Trust is subject to a number of risks, including but not limited to investment risk, compliance risk, operational risk and reputational risk.  Day-to-day risk management with respect to each Fund is the responsibility of the investment advisers or other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk) that carry out the Trust’s investment management and business affairs.  Each of the investment advisers and the other service providers have their own independent interest in risk management and their policies and methods of risk management will depend on their functions and business models and may differ from the Trust’s and each other’s in the setting of priorities, the resources available or the effectiveness of relevant controls.

The Board provides risk oversight by receiving and reviewing on a regular basis reports from the investment advisers and other service providers, receiving and approving compliance policies and procedures, periodic meetings with each Fund’s portfolio managers to review investment policies, strategies and risks, and meeting regularly with the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer to discuss compliance reports, findings and issues.  The Board also relies on the investment advisers and other service providers, with respect to the day-to-day activities of the Trust, to create and maintain procedures and controls to minimize risk and the likelihood of adverse effects on the Trust’s business and reputation.

Board oversight of risk management is also provided by the Board’s Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee meets with the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm to ensure that the Trust’s audit scope includes risk-based considerations as to the Trust’s financial position and operations.
 
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The Board may, at any time and in its discretion, change the manner in which it conducts risk oversight.  The Board’s oversight role does not make the Board a guarantor of the Trust’s investments or activities.

Security and Other Interests.   The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities owned beneficially by each Trustee in each Fund and any registered investment company overseen by the Trustees within the same family of investment companies for the calendar year ended December 31, 2014 stated as one of the following dollar ranges:  None; $1-$10,000; $10,001-$50,000; $50,001-$100,000; or over $100,000.

Name of Trustee
Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Funds
Steven Marshman
$0
Gaylord Lyman
$0

Compensation.  The fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees are paid by the Trust. Except for the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, compensation to officers of the Trust who are affiliated with Roxbury is paid by Roxbury and reimbursed by Hood River and Mar Vista, and not by the Trust. The Trust pays a portion of the compensation paid to Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer.

Effective July 1, 2015, each Independent Trustee receives from the Trust an annual retainer in the amount of $6,000; $2,000 for each Board and Audit Committee  meeting attended in person; $2,000 for each special Board and Audit Committee meeting attended by telephone; and reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at Board or committee meetings.  The Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee Chair each receive an additional $1,000 annual retainer.  Prior to July 1, 2015, each Independent Trustee received from the Trust an annual retainer in the amount of $5,000; $2,000 for each Board and Audit Committee meeting attended in person; $2,000 for each special Board and Audit Committee meeting attended by telephone; and the Chairman of the Board received an additional $1,000 annual retainer.
 
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The following table shows the compensation that the Trust paid to the Independent Trustees and Chief Compliance Officer during the Trust’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2015:
 
Independent Trustee
Aggregate
Compensation
from Fund
Pension or
Retirement
Benefits
Accrued as
Part of Trust
Expenses
Estimated
Annual Benefits
Upon
Retirement
Total
Compensation
from Fund
Paid to:
Steven Marshman1
$9,359
N/A
N/A
$9,359
Gaylord Lyman1
$10,640
N.A
N/A
$10,640
Kenneth Gudorf2
$8,658
N/A
N/A
$8,658
John Otterlei2
$8,215
N/A
N/A
$8,215
         
Chief Compliance Officer
       
Becky Krulik
$4,326
$0
$0
$4,326
Brian C. Beh3
$3,109
$0
$0
$3,109

1
From the period December 10, 2014 to June 30, 2015. The amount paid to Mr. Lyman includes a payment of $5,500 for services rendered to the Trust prior to his election as a Trustee on April 9, 2015.

2
Messrs. Gudorf and Otterlei resigned as Trustees, effective December 10, 2014.

3
Mr. Beh resigned as Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust on November 30, 2014.

CODES OF ETHICS

In accordance with Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, the Trust and the Fund’s investment advisers, Hood River and Mar Vista, have each adopted a Code of Ethics.  Each Code of Ethics is intended to prohibit or restrict transactions that may be deemed to create a conflict of interest between Roxbury and the Trust.  Each Code of Ethics identifies the specific employees, officers or other persons who are subject thereto and all are required to abide by the provisions thereunder.  Persons covered under the Code of Ethics may engage in personal trading for their own accounts, including securities that may also be purchased or held or traded by the Fund under certain circumstances.

Under the Code of Ethics adopted by the Trust, personal trading is subject to specific restrictions, limitations, guidelines and other conditions.  Under the Codes of Ethics adopted by Hood River and Mar Vista, personal trading is subject to pre-clearance and other conditions set forth in the respective Code of Ethics.

On an annual basis or whenever deemed necessary, the Board of Trustees reviews reports regarding the Code of Ethics relative to the Trust, including information about any material violations of the Code of Ethics.  Each Code of Ethics is publicly available as an exhibit to the Trust’s registration statement filed with the SEC.
 
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PROXY VOTING

The Board of Trustees has adopted proxy voting procedures, and thereunder delegated the responsibility for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the Funds, to Hood River and Mar Vista, subject to the Board’s continuing oversight.  In exercising its voting obligations, Hood River and Mar Vista are guided by general fiduciary principles.  Each of Hood River and Mar Vista must act prudently, solely in the interest of the applicable Fund, and for the purpose of providing benefits to the Fund.  Hood River and Mar Vista will consider the factors that could affect the value of the Fund’s investment in its determination on a vote.

Hood River and Mar Vista have identified certain significant contributors to shareholder value with respect to a number of common or routine matters that are often the subject of proxy solicitations for shareholder meetings.

Hood River and Mar Vista’s proxy voting procedures address these considerations and establish a framework for its consideration of a vote that would be appropriate for the Funds.  In particular, the proxy voting procedures outline principles and factors to be considered in the exercise of voting authority for proposals addressing many common or routine matters. Each of Hood River and Mar Vista uses a third party vendor, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., and its ProxyEdge voting service to process proxy votes for the firm’s clients.  The advisers utilize the research and recommendation services of another third party provider, Glass Lewis & Co.

Finally, Hood River and Mar Vista’s proxy voting procedures establish a protocol for voting of proxies in cases in which it may have a potential conflict of interest arising from, among other things, a direct business relationship or financial interest in a company soliciting proxies.  In such instances, Hood River and Mar Vista will submit a separate report to the Board of Trustees indicating the nature of the potential conflict of interest and how the determination of such vote was achieved.  Hood River and Mar Vista’s proxy voting policies and procedures are attached to this SAI as Appendix A and Appendix B.

The Funds’ proxy voting record for the twelve-month period ending June 30 of each year is available by August 31 of the same year (i) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 497-2960 and (ii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
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CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

As of October 1, 2015, the Trustees and Officers of the Trust, as a group, owned less than 1% of the shares of each of the Funds.

As of October 1, 2015, the name, address and percentage ownership of each shareholder that owned of record or is known by the Trust to own beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each of the Funds or a class of the Funds are as follows:
 
SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND – Institutional Shares
   
Name
Shares Held of Record or Beneficially
Percentage Owned
National Financial Services Corp.
499 Washington Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010
Record*
40.45%
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Record*
42.59%
Reliance Trust Company FBO
PO Box 48529
Atlanta, GA 30362
Record*
5.17%
 
SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND – Investor Shares
   
Name
Shares Held of Record or Beneficially
Percentage Owned
Robert C. Marvin
1 South West Columbia Street, Suite 630
Portland, OR 97258
Beneficially**
100%
 
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STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND
   
Name
Shares Held of Record or Beneficially
Percentage Owned
National Financial Services Corp.
499 Washington Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010
Record*
43.09%
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Record*
25.48%
 
*
The Trust believes that this entity, the holder of record of these shares, is not the beneficial owner of such shares.
**
Initial shareholder of the class.  The Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund commenced operations on July 7, 2015.

Under the 1940 Act, a person who beneficially owns more than 25% of the voting securities of a Fund is presumed to control the Fund.  Shareholders with a controlling interest could affect the outcome of proxy voting or the direction of management of the Trust or a Fund.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES

Small-Cap Growth Fund

Hood River Capital Management LLC, located at 1 South West Columbia Street, Suite 630, Portland, Oregon 97258, serves as the adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund. Hood River was established in January 2013 as a Delaware limited liability company and offers investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutional accounts and individual investors. Brian Smoluch, David Swank and Robert Marvin, portfolio managers of the Small-Cap Growth Fund, are control persons of Hood River by virtue of their ownership of Hood River. Pursuant to the advisory agreement (the “Hood River Advisory Agreement”).

Under the terms of the Hood River Advisory Agreement, Hood River, with respect to the Small-Cap Growth Fund, agrees to: (a) direct the investments of the Fund, subject to and in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective, policies and limitations set forth in the prospectus and this SAI; (b) purchase and sell for the Fund securities and other investments consistent with the Fund’s objective and policies; (c) supply office facilities, equipment and personnel necessary for servicing the investments of the Fund; (d) pay the salaries of all personnel of the Fund and Hood River performing services relating to research, statistical and investment activities on behalf of the Fund; (e) make available and provide such information as the Fund and/or their administrator may reasonably request for use in the preparation of its registration statement, reports and other documents required by any applicable federal, foreign or state statutes or regulations; and (f) make its officers and employees available to the Trustees and Officers of the Trust for consultation and discussion regarding the management of the Fund and its investment activities. Additionally, Hood River agrees to create and maintain all necessary records in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the various functions performed by it and not otherwise created and maintained by another party pursuant to a contract with the Fund.
 
The Hood River Advisory Agreement has an initial term of two years and continues in effect from year to year thereafter if such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, casting votes in person at a meeting called for such purpose, or by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Small-Cap Growth Fund.  The Hood River Advisory Agreement may be terminated by the Trust, by vote of the Board of Trustees or shareholders of the Fund, or Hood River on 60 days’ written notice without penalty.  The Hood River Advisory Agreement will also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment as defined in the 1940 Act.  The Hood River Advisory Agreement provides that Hood River shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Small-Cap Growth Fund in connection with the matters to which the agreement relates, except to the extent of a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its obligations and duties under the Agreement.
 
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Pursuant to the Hood River Advisory Agreement, Hood River is entitled to receive from the Small-Cap Growth Fund an annual advisory fee, paid monthly, of 1.00% of the first $1 billion of the Fund’s average daily net assets, 0.95% of the next $1 billion of the Fund’s average daily net assets, and 0.90% of the Fund’s average daily net assets over $2 billion.  Pursuant to an agreement, Hood River has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee or reimburse expenses to the extent the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s total operating expenses, excluding taxes, extraordinary expenses, brokerage commissions, interest and acquired fund fees and expenses, exceed 1.09% for Institutional Shares and 1.34% for Investor Shares.  Unless the Board of Trustees and Hood River mutually agree to its earlier termination, the agreement will remain in place until December 31, 2020 with respect to the Small-Cap Growth Fund.

Hood River has entered into an agreement with Roxbury through which Roxbury provides administrative, operational and business services, including trading, marketing, client services, compliance, information technology, accounting and proxy coordinating services. In addition, Roxbury provides compliance and administrative services to the Small-Cap Growth Fund pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust.

Prior to January 20, 2015, Roxbury served as investment adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund and Hood River served as sub-adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund.  The Fund paid Roxbury a monthly advisory fee based on the same schedule currently payable to Hood River.  Roxbury compensated Hood River out of the advisory fee Roxbury received from the Small-Cap Growth Fund for providing sub-advisory services.

Hood River and/or Roxbury, as the prior investment adviser to the Fund with respect to the period ended January 20, 2015, was entitled to the following fees, before waivers and expense reimbursements, from the Fund for the past three fiscal years:
 
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013
$832,927
$694,154
$587,270
 
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During the last three fiscal years, Hood River and/or Roxbury, as the prior investment adviser to the Fund, waived and reimbursed the following amounts with respect to the Small-Cap Growth Fund under an expense limitation agreement between the respective investment adviser and the Trust:

12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013
$213,922
$160,720
$200,286
 
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Strategic Growth Fund

Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC (“Mar Vista”), located at 11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 320, Los Angeles, California 90025, serves as the adviser to the Strategic Growth Fund.  Mar Vista was founded in November 2007.  Mar Vista provides investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutional accounts and individual investors.  Silas Myers and Brian Massey, portfolio managers of the Strategic Growth Fund, are control persons of Mar Vista by virtue of their ownership of Mar Vista. Pursuant to the advisory agreement (the “Mar Vista Advisory Agreement”).

Under the terms of the Mar Vista Advisory Agreement, Mar Vista, with respect to the Strategic Growth Fund, agrees to: (a) direct the investments of the Fund, subject to and in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective, policies and limitations set forth in the prospectus and this SAI; (b) purchase and sell for the Fund securities and other investments consistent with the Fund’s objective and policies; (c) supply office facilities, equipment and personnel necessary for servicing the investments of the Fund; (d) pay the salaries of all personnel of the Fund and Mar Vista performing services relating to research, statistical and investment activities on behalf of the Fund; (e) make available and provide such information as the Fund and/or their administrator may reasonably request for use in the preparation of its registration statement, reports and other documents required by any applicable federal, foreign or state statutes or regulations; and (f) make its officers and employees available to the Trustees and Officers of the Trust for consultation and discussion regarding the management of the Fund and its investment activities. Additionally, Mar Vista agrees to create and maintain all necessary records in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the various functions performed by it and not otherwise created and maintained by another party pursuant to a contract with the Fund.

The Mar Vista Advisory Agreement has an initial term of two years and continues in effect from year to year thereafter if such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, casting votes in person at a meeting called for such purpose, or by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Funds.  The Mar Vista Advisory Agreement may be terminated by the Trust, by vote of the Board of Trustees or shareholders of the Fund, or Mar Vista on 60 days’ written notice without penalty.  The Mar Vista Advisory Agreement will also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment as defined in the 1940 Act.  The Mar Vista Advisory Agreement provides that Mar Vista shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Strategic Growth Fund in connection with the matters to which the agreement relates, except to the extent of a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its obligations and duties under the Mar Vista Advisory Agreement.

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Pursuant to the Mar Vista Advisory Agreement, Mar Vista is entitled to receive from the Strategic Growth Fund an annual advisory fee, paid monthly, of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.  Pursuant to an agreement, Mar Vista has agreed to waive its advisory fee and reimburse expenses to the extent the Strategic Growth Fund’s total operating expenses, excluding taxes and certain other expenses, exceed 0.90%.  Unless the Board of Trustees and Mar Vista mutually agree to its earlier termination, the agreement will remain in place until November 1, 2020 with respect to the Strategic Growth Fund.

Mar Vista has entered into an agreement with Roxbury through which Roxbury provides various administrative, operational and business services, including trading, marketing, client services, compliance, information technology, accounting and proxy coordinating services. In addition, Roxbury provides compliance and administrative services to the Strategic Growth Fund pursuant to an administration agreement with the Trust.

Prior to January 20, 2015, Roxbury served as investment adviser to the Strategic Growth Fund and Mar Vista served as sub-adviser to the Strategic Growth Fund.  The Fund paid Roxbury a monthly advisory fee based on the same schedule currently payable to Mar Vista.  Roxbury compensated Mar Vista out of the advisory fee Roxbury received from the Strategic Growth Fund for providing sub-advisory services.

Mar Vista and/or Roxbury, as the prior investment adviser to the Fund with respect to the period ended January 20, 2015, was entitled to the following fees, before waivers and expense reimbursements from the Strategic Growth Fund for the past three fiscal years, as applicable:

12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013
$125,342
$79,501
$58,532

During the last three fiscal years, Mar Vista and/or Roxbury, as the prior investment adviser to the Fund, waived and reimbursed the following amounts with respect to the Strategic Growth Fund:

12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015*
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014*
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013*
$222,037
$200,352
$241,299

*
Mar Vista voluntarily reimbursed Roxbury for Roxbury’s amounts during the last three fiscal periods through January 20, 2015, when Roxbury served as investment adviser to the Fund.
 
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ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Pursuant to an Administration and Accounting Services Agreement dated as of February 2, 2007 (the “Administration Agreement”), BNY Mellon provides administration and accounting services for the Funds such as preparing shareholder reports, providing statistical and research data, assisting the Funds in compliance monitoring activities, and preparing and filing federal and state tax returns on behalf of the Funds.  In addition, BNY Mellon prepares and files certain reports with the appropriate regulatory agencies and prepares certain materials required by the SEC or any state securities commission having jurisdiction over the Funds.  The accounting services performed by BNY Mellon include determining the net asset value per share of each Fund and maintaining records relating to the securities transactions of the Funds.

The Administration Agreement had an initial three year term. The Administration Agreement shall continue in effect for successive periods of one year unless terminated by either party on not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the other party.  For its services, BNY Mellon receives an annual fee of 0.07% of each Fund’s average net assets.  BNY Mellon is located at 301 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809.

For the past three fiscal years, the Small-Cap Growth Fund paid the following administrative fees to BNY Mellon:

12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013
$66,372
$80,710
$77,193

For the past three fiscal years or periods, as applicable, the Strategic Growth Fund paid the following administrative fees to BNY Mellon:

12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013
$41,340
$36,978
$40,172

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ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  BBD, LLP serves as the independent registered public accounting firm to the Trust providing services which include (1) auditing the annual financial statements for the Funds; and (2) the review of the annual federal income tax returns filed on behalf of each Fund.  BBD, LLP is located at 1835 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Legal Counsel.  Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., 780 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202, serves as counsel to the Trust and the Independent Trustees.

Custodian.  The Bank of New York Mellon, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as the Funds’ custodian.  The custodian’s services include, in addition to the custody of all cash and securities owned by the Trust, the maintenance of custody accounts in the custodian’s trust department, the segregation of all certificated securities owned by the Trust, the appointment of authorized agents as sub-custodians, disbursement of funds from the custody accounts of the Trust, releasing and delivering securities from the custody accounts of the Trust, maintaining records with respect to such custody accounts, delivering to the Trust a daily and monthly statement with respect to such custody accounts, and causing proxies to be executed.  BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company receives a fee for its services based on the average daily net assets of each Fund and the number of security transactions of each Fund.
 
Transfer Agent.  BNY Mellon, 760 Moore Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, serves as the transfer agent and dividend paying agent.

Subadministrator. Roxbury serves as subadministrator to the Funds pursuant to an administration agreement between Roxbury and the Trust approved by the Board on January 26, 2015.  Roxbury previously served as the investment adviser to the Funds.  Each of Hood River and Mar Vista owns a controlling interest Roxbury.  Under the administration agreement, Roxbury provides compliance and administration services to the Trust.  Roxbury also provides individuals to serve as officers of the Trust, subject to the approval and oversight of the Board.

DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES
 
Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”), Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04101, serves as the underwriter of the Funds’ shares pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement with the Trust.  Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Distributor distributes shares of the Funds as agent for the Trust.  Shares of the Funds are offered continuously.

Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Distributor agrees to use best efforts to distribute shares of the Funds.  The Distributor has no obligation to sell any specific quantity of Fund shares.  The Distributor and its officers have no role in determining the Funds’ investment policies or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Funds.

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The Distributor may enter into agreements with selected broker-dealers, banks or other financial intermediaries for distribution of Fund shares.  With respect to certain financial intermediaries and related fund “supermarket” platform arrangements, the Funds and/or the investment adviser, rather than the Distributor typically enter into such agreements.  These financial intermediaries may charge a fee for their services and may receive shareholder service fees or other fees from parties other than the Distributor.

The Underwriting Agreement became effective July 1, 2012 and had an initial two year term.  The Underwriting Agreement shall continue in effect for successive annual periods provided such continuance is approved at least annually by a majority of the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees.  The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Distributor, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the agreements, will not be liable to the Funds or their shareholders for losses arising in connection with the sale of Fund shares.

The Underwriting Agreement terminates automatically in the event of an assignment.  The Underwriting Agreement is also terminable without payment of any penalty with respect to any Fund (i) by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the applicable Fund on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Distributor; or (ii) by the Distributor on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Fund.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS - SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND
 
Other Accounts Managed.  The following table provides additional information about other accounts managed by portfolio managers and management team members jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund as of June 30, 2015.

Portfolio Manager(s) jointly and primarily responsible for the day to day management of the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s assets
Total number of other accounts managed by Portfolio Manager(s) within each category below and the total assets in the accounts managed within each category below.
For other accounts managed by Portfolio Manager(s) within each category below, number of accounts and the total assets in the accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on the performance of the account.
Registered Investment Companies
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
Registered Investment Companies
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
Hood River Capital Management, LLC
                       
Robert A. Marvin
0
$0
0
$0
24
$745
0
$0
0
$0
6
$74
Brian P. Smoluch
0
$0
0
$0
24
$745
0
$0
0
$0
6
$74
David G. Swank
0
$0
0
$0
24
$745
0
$0
0
$0
6
$74

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Material Conflicts of Interest.  Material conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments and investments of other accounts managed include material conflicts between the investment strategy of the Fund and the investment strategy of the other accounts managed by the portfolio manager and conflicts associated with the allocation of investment opportunities between the Fund and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager.  The table below discusses potential material conflicts of interest identified by Hood River in connection with the management of the Fund.  Additional conflicts of interest may potentially exist or arise that are not discussed below.

Portfolio Managers
Description of any material conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with the Portfolio Manager’s management of the Fund’s investments and the investments of the other accounts managed.
Hood River Capital Management LLC
 
Robert C. Marvin
 
Brian P. Smoluch
 
David G. Swank
Hood River understands that potential material conflicts of interest exist in “side-by-side” management.  As such, Hood River has procedures on the aggregation and allocation of transactions across accounts managed in the same investment strategy.  When possible, Hood River aggregates the same transactions in the same securities for many accounts to enhance execution.  Clients in an aggregated transaction each receive the same price per share or unit, but, if they have directed brokerage to a particular broker, they may pay different commissions or may pay or receive a different price.
 
Certain clients may not be included in certain aggregated transactions because of cash availability, account restrictions, directed brokerage, or tax sensitivity.  Hood River utilizes a trade rotation in these situations.  The allocation is pro-rata basis within each aggregated group unless the size of the fill is such that a pro-rata allocation is not appropriate.
 
Hood River’s Code of Ethics details additional guidelines and procedures to eliminate potential material conflicts of interest.

Compensation.  Following is a description of the structure of, and method used to determine the compensation received by the Fund’s portfolio managers or management team members from the Funds, Hood River or any other source with respect to managing the Fund and any other accounts.

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Portfolio Managers
Structure of, and method used to determine, the compensation of each Portfolio Manager, including the criteria on which compensation is based
Hood River Capital Management LLC
 
Robert C. Marvin
 
Brian P. Smoluch
 
David G. Swank
Hood River’s investment professionals receive a base salary commensurate with their level of experience.  Hood River’s goal is to maintain competitive base salaries through a review of industry standards, market conditions and salary surveys.  Each Portfolio Manager’s compensation includes a combination of base salary, a benefits package, and a profit sharing plan linked directly to the net income of Hood River’s small-cap growth accounts.  Each Portfolio Manager participates in the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s division’s profit growth through annual profit (bonus) distribution.  Compensation is tied to performance in this way.

Ownership of securities.  The following table sets forth the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each portfolio manager in the Small-Cap Growth Fund as of June 30, 2015.

 
Portfolio Managers
Dollar Value of Portfolio
Shares Beneficially Owned
Robert C. Marvin
$500,001-$1,000,000
Brian P. Smoluch
$500,001-$1,000,000
David G. Swank
$100,001-$500,000

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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS - STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND
 
Other Accounts Managed.  The following table provides additional information about other accounts managed by the portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Strategic Growth Fund as of June 30, 2015.

Portfolio Manager(s) jointly and primarily responsible for the day to day management of the Strategic Growth Fund’s assets
Total number of other accounts managed by Portfolio Manager(s) within each category below and the total assets in the accounts managed within each category below.
For other accounts managed by Portfolio Manager(s) within each category below, number of accounts and the total assets in the accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on the performance of the account.
Registered Investment Companies
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
Registered Investment Companies
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
 
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
 
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
 
Number of Accounts
 
Total Assets ($mm)
 
Number of Accounts
 
Total Assets ($mm)
 
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
 
Number of Accounts
Total Assets ($mm)
Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC
                       
Silas A. Myers
2
$780
1
$57
25
$1,542
0
$0
0
$0
0
$0
Brian L. Massey
2
$780
1
$57
25
$1,542
0
$0
0
$0
0
$0

Material Conflicts of Interest.  Material conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments and investments of other accounts managed include material conflicts between the investment strategy of the Fund and the investment strategy of the other accounts managed by the portfolio manager and conflicts associated with the allocation of investment opportunities between the Fund and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager.  The table below discusses potential material conflicts of interest identified by Mar Vista in connection with the management of the Fund.  Additional conflicts of interest may potentially exist or arise that are not discussed below.
 
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Portfolio Managers
Description of any material conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with the Portfolio Manager’s management of the Fund’s investments and the investments of the other accounts managed.
Mar Vista Investment Partners LLC
 
Silas A. Myers
 
Brian L. Massey
Mar Vista understands that potential material conflicts of interest exist in “side-by-side” management.  As such, Mar Vista has always had procedures on the aggregation and allocation of transactions across accounts managed in the same investment strategy.  When possible, Mar Vista aggregates the same transactions in the same securities for many accounts to enhance execution.  Clients in an aggregated transaction each receive the same price per share or unit, but, if they have directed brokerage to a particular broker, they may pay different commissions or may pay or receive a different price.
 
Certain clients may not be included in certain aggregated transactions because of cash availability, account restrictions, directed brokerage, or tax sensitivity.  Mar Vista utilizes a trade rotation in these situations.  The allocation is pro-rata basis within each aggregated group unless the size of the fill is such that a pro rata allocation is not appropriate.
 
Mar Vista’s Code of Ethics details additional guidelines and procedures to eliminate potential material conflicts of interest.
 
Compensation.  Following is a description of the structure of, and method used to determine the compensation received by the Fund’s portfolio managers or management team members from the Fund, Mar Vista or any other source with respect to managing the Fund and any other accounts.
 
Portfolio Managers
Structure of, and method used to determine, the compensation of each Portfolio Manager, including the criteria on which compensation is based
Mar Vista Investment Partners LLC
 
Silas A. Myers
 
Brian L. Massey
Mar Vista’s investment professionals receive a base salary commensurate with their level of experience.  Mar Vista’s goal is to maintain competitive base salaries through a review of industry standards, market conditions and salary surveys.  Each Portfolio Manager’s compensation includes a combination of base salary,  a benefits package, and a profit sharing plan linked directly to the net income of Mar Vista’s strategic growth accounts.  Each Portfolio Manager participates in the Strategic Growth Fund’s division’s profit growth through annual profit (bonus) distribution.  Compensation is tied to performance in this way.
 
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Ownership of securities.  The following table sets forth the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each portfolio manager in the Strategic Growth Fund as of June 30, 2015.
 
Portfolio Managers
Dollar Value of Portfolio
Shares Beneficially Owned
Silas A. Myers
$0
Brian L. Massey
$0
 
RULE 12b-1 PLAN
 
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Plan.  The Small-Cap Growth Fund has adopted a distribution and shareholder service plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Distribution Plan”) on behalf of the Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund.
 
Under the Distribution Plan, the Small-Cap Growth Fund pays a fee to the Distributor and other authorized recipients (the “Distribution Fee”) for distribution and shareholder services on behalf of the Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund.  The Distribution Fee for the Small-Cap Growth Fund is an annual fee at the rate of 0.25% of the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Investor Shares.  The Distribution Plan provides that the Distributor may use all or any portion of such Distribution Fee to finance any activity that is principally intended to result in the sale of the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s shares, subject to the terms of the Distribution Plan, or to provide certain shareholder services.
 
The Distribution Fee is payable to the Distributor regardless of the distribution-related expenses actually incurred on behalf of Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund.  Because the Distribution Fee is not directly tied to expenses, the amount of distribution fees paid by the Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund during any year may be more or less than actual expenses incurred pursuant to the Distribution Plan.  For this reason, this type of distribution fee arrangement is characterized by the staff of the SEC as a “compensation” plan.  The Distributor does not retain any 12b-1 fees for profit.  All 12b-1 fees are held in retention for distribution-related expenses.
 
The Distributor may use the Distribution Fee to pay for services covered by the Distribution Plan including, but not limited to, advertising, compensating underwriters, dealers and selling personnel engaged in the distribution of Investor Shares, the printing and mailing of prospectuses, statements of additional information and reports to other than current Small-Cap Growth Fund shareholders, the printing and mailing of marketing material pertaining to the Small-Cap Growth Fund, and administrative, shareholder services and other support services provided by financial intermediaries.
 
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The Distribution Plan provides that it will continue from year to year upon approval by the majority vote of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operations of the Distribution Plan or in any agreement related to such plan (the “Qualified Trustees”), as required by the 1940 Act, cast in person at a meeting called for that purpose.  The Distribution Plan also required that the Independent Trustees select and nominate all other trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Small-Cap Growth Fund.  The Distribution Plan may not be amended to materially increase the amounts to be spent for distribution expenses without approval of shareholders holding a majority of the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s Investor Shares outstanding.  All material amendments to the Distribution Plan must be approved by a vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees and the Qualified Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on any such amendment.
 
The Distribution Plan requires that the Distributor and/or the Trust’s administrator provide to the Board of Trustees, at least quarterly, a written report on the amounts and purpose of any payment made under the Distribution Plan.  The Distributor and administrator are also required to furnish the Board of Trustees with such other information as may reasonably be requested in order to enable the Board of Trustees to make an informed determination of whether the Distribution Plan should be continued.  With the exception of Hood River in its capacity as investment adviser to the Small-Cap Growth Fund, no “interested person” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, and no Qualified Trustee of the Fund has or had a direct or indirect financial interest in the Distribution Plan or any related agreement.
 
The Distribution Plan provides for the ability to use Investor Shares’ assets to pay financial intermediaries (including those that sponsor mutual fund supermarkets), plan administrators and other service providers to finance any activity that is principally intended to result in the sale of Investor Shares (distribution services) or for the provision of certain shareholder services.  The payments made by the Small-Cap Growth Fund to these financial intermediaries are based primarily on the dollar amount of assets invested in the Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund through the financial intermediaries.  These financial intermediaries may pay a portion of the payments that they receive from the Small-Cap Growth Fund to their investment professionals.  Under the Distribution Plan, the Small-Cap Growth Fund may, from time to time, make payments that help defray the expenses incurred by financial intermediaries for conducting training and educational meetings about various aspects of the Small-Cap Growth Fund for their employees.  In addition, the Small-Cap Growth Fund may make payments under the Distribution Plan for exhibition space and otherwise help defray the expenses these financial intermediaries incur in hosting client seminars where the Small-Cap Growth Fund is discussed.
 
To the extent these asset-based fees and other payments made under the Distribution Plan to these financial intermediaries for the distribution services they provide to the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s Investor Shares shareholders exceed the Distribution Fees available, these payments are made by Hood River from its own resources, which may include its profits from the advisory fee it receives from the Small-Cap Growth Fund.  In addition, the Small-Cap Growth Fund may participate in various “fund supermarkets” in which a mutual fund supermarket sponsor (usually a broker-dealer) offers many mutual funds to the sponsor’s customers without charging the customers a sales charge.  In connection with the Fund’s participation in such platforms, all or a portion of the Distribution Fee may be used to pay one or more supermarket sponsors a negotiated fee for distributing and servicing the Small-Cap Growth Fund’s Investor Shares.  In addition, in its discretion, Hood River may pay additional fees to intermediaries from its own assets for the distribution and servicing of shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund. Mar Vista, at its discretion, may pay fees to financial intermediaries from its own assets for distribution and servicing of the Strategic Growth Fund.
 
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Institutional Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund and the Strategic Growth Fund are not subject to the Distribution Plan and do not pay Rule 12b‑1 distribution or shareholder servicing fees. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, Investor Shares of the Small-Cap Growth Fund did not incur any Distribution Fees.

BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES

Brokerage Transactions.  Hood River or Mar Vista as the case may be, places all portfolio transactions on behalf of the applicable Fund, selects broker-dealers for such transactions, allocates brokerage fees in such transactions and, where applicable, negotiates commissions and spreads on transactions.  Each of Hood River and Mar Vista uses the services of Roxbury to place trades on behalf of the applicable Fund with approved brokers, subject to oversight by Hood River and Mar Vista.  Debt securities purchased and sold by the Funds are generally traded on the dealer market on a net basis (i.e., without commission) through dealers acting for their own account and not as brokers, or otherwise involve transactions directly with the issuer of the instrument.  This means that a dealer (the securities firm or bank dealing with a Fund) makes a market for securities by offering to buy at one price and sell at a slightly higher price.  The difference between the prices is known as a spread.  When securities are purchased in underwritten offerings, they include a fixed amount of compensation to the underwriter.  When buying or selling securities, a Fund may pay commissions to brokers who are affiliated with the investment adviser or the Fund, subject to regulatory restrictions.
 
During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2015, June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, the Small-Cap Growth Fund paid the following brokerage commissions:
 
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013
$231,337
$208,084
$180,177
 
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During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2015, June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, the Strategic Growth Fund paid the following in brokerage commissions:
 
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2015
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2014
12 Months Ended
June 30, 2013
$5,199
$3,543
$4,523
 
Brokerage Selection.  The primary objective of Hood River, with respect to the Small-Cap Growth Fund, and Mar Vista, with respect to the Strategic Growth Fund, in placing orders on behalf of the Funds for the purchase and sale of securities is to obtain best execution at the most favorable prices through responsible brokers or dealers and, where the spread or commission rates are negotiable, at competitive rates.  In selecting and monitoring a broker or dealer, Hood River and Mar Vista consider, among other things, a broker or dealer’s:  (i) general execution capability; (ii) operational ability to clear and settle transactions; (iii) capital positions and risk taking ability; (iv) historical trading experience in a stock; (v) the personnel and their integrity; and (vi)  quality of research and investment information.  Hood River and Mar Vista may also consider any special needs required by trading staff.  Roxbury executes trades on behalf of the Funds from brokers approved by the Trade Committee, which consists of representatives of the applicable adviser and Roxbury.
 
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that an investment adviser, under certain circumstances, lawfully may cause an account to pay a higher commission than the lowest available.  Under Section 28(e), an investment adviser is required to make a good faith determination that the commissions paid are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the investment adviser’s overall responsibilities with respect to accounts as to which it exercises investment discretion.  The services provided by the broker also must lawfully or appropriately assist the investment adviser in the performance of its investment decision-making responsibilities.  Accordingly, in recognition of research services provided to it, a Fund may pay a higher brokerage commission than those available from another broker. Research services that the Funds obtain from a broker-dealer in connection with the payment of brokerage commissions may either be the broker-dealer’s own proprietary research or third party research obtained by the broker-dealer through payment of a portion of their commissions to third parties for research products or services.
 
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Research services received from broker-dealers supplement Hood River’s or Mar Vista’s own research (and the research of any affiliates), and may include the following types of information:  statistical and background information on the U.S. and foreign economies, industry groups and individual companies; forecasts and interpretations with respect to the U.S. and foreign economies, securities, markets, specific industry groups and individual companies; information on federal, state, local and foreign political developments; portfolio management strategies; performance information on securities, indexes and investment accounts; information concerning prices of securities; and information with respect to the performance, investment activities, and fees and expenses of other mutual funds.

Broker-dealers may communicate such information electronically, orally, in written form or on computer software.  Research services may also include the providing of electronic communications of trade information, the arranging of meetings with management of companies, and the providing of access to consultants who supply research information.  The outside research assistance is useful to an adviser since the broker-dealers used by the advisers tend to follow a broad universe of securities and the research provided by such broker-dealers may provide an adviser with a diverse perspective on financial markets.  Research services provided to an adviser by broker-dealers are available for the benefit of all accounts managed or advised by such investment adviser or by its affiliates.  An investment adviser cannot readily determine the extent to which spreads or commission rates or net prices charged by brokers or dealers reflect the value of their research, analysis, advice and similar services.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, the Small-Cap Growth Fund directed transactions and paid brokerage commissions because of research services provided in the following amounts:
 
Commissions Paid
Transactions Directed
$138,620
$118,215,213
 
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, the Strategic Growth Fund directed transactions and paid brokerage commissions because of research services provided in the following amounts:
 
Commissions Paid
Transactions Directed
$2,921
$5,585,103
 
Allocation of Portfolio Transactions.  Some of Hood River’s or Mar Vista’s other clients have investment objectives and programs similar to that of the applicable Fund.  Occasionally, recommendations made to other clients may result in their purchasing or selling securities simultaneously with a Fund.  Consequently, the demand for securities being purchased or the supply of securities being sold may increase, and this could have an adverse effect on the price of those securities.  It is the policy of Hood River and Mar Vista not to favor one client over another in making recommendations or in placing orders.  In the event of a simultaneous transaction, purchases or sales are averaged as to price, transaction costs are allocated between a Fund and other clients participating in the transaction on a pro rata basis and purchases and sales are normally allocated between such Fund and the other clients as to amount according to a formula determined prior to the execution of such transactions.
 
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DESCRIPTION OF SHARES, VOTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES

The Small-Cap Growth Fund offers two classes of shares – Institutional Shares and Investor Shares. The Strategic Growth Fund offers one class of shares – Institutional Shares.  The shares of each Fund, when issued and paid for in accordance with the prospectus, will be fully paid and non-assessable shares, with equal voting rights and no preferences as to conversion, exchange, dividends, redemption or any other feature.

Shares of a Fund entitle holders to one vote per share and fractional votes for fractional shares held.  Shares have non-cumulative voting rights with respect to election of Trustees, do not have preemptive or subscription rights and are transferable.  Each Fund and class takes separate votes on matters affecting only that Fund or class.  For example, a change in the fundamental investment policies for a Fund would be voted upon only by shareholders of that Fund.

The Funds do not hold annual meetings of shareholders.  A meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal of any Trustee may be called upon the demand of shareholders owning not less than 10% of the Trust’s outstanding shares.  Except when a larger quorum is required by the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, forty percent (40%) of the shares entitled to vote on a matter constitutes a quorum at a meeting of shareholders.  Generally, subject to the 1940 Act and the specific provisions of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”), when a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of the shares voted will decide any questions, except only a plurality vote is necessary to elect Trustees.

The Funds may involuntarily redeem a shareholder’s shares: (a) if the shareholder owns shares of any Fund having an aggregate net asset value of less than a minimum value determined from time to time by the Trustees; (b) to the extent that the shareholder owns shares of a Fund equal to or in excess of a maximum percentage of the outstanding shares of such Fund determined from time to time by the Trustees; or (c) to the extent that such shareholder owns shares equal to or in excess of a maximum percentage, determined from time to time by the Trustees, of the outstanding shares of the Trust.  In addition, the Trust may call for the redemption of shares of any shareholder or may refuse to transfer or issue shares to any person to the extent that the same is necessary to comply with applicable law or advisable to further the purpose for which the Trust was established, including circumstances involving frequent or excessive trading in shares of a Fund.  The Declaration of Trust also provides that if an Officer or agent of the Trust has determined that a shareholder has engaged in frequent and excessive trading in shares of a Fund, the Trust may require the shareholder to redeem his or her shares.

The Trust may cause, to the extent consistent with applicable law: (a) the Trust or one or more of its Funds to be merged into or consolidated with another trust, series of another trust or other person; (b) the shares of the Trust or any Fund to be converted into beneficial interests in another trust or series thereof; (c) the shares to be exchanged for assets or property under or pursuant to any state or federal statute to the extent permitted by law; or (d) a sale of assets of the Trust or one or more of its Funds.  Such merger or consolidation, share conversion, share exchange or sale of assets must be authorized by a majority of the shares voted when a quorum is present, provided that in all respects not governed by statute or applicable law, the Trustees have power to prescribe the procedure necessary or appropriate to accomplish a merger or consolidation, share conversion, share exchange, or sale of assets, including the power to create one or more separate trusts to which all or any part of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the Trust may be transferred and to provide for the conversion of shares of the Trust or any Fund into beneficial interests in such separate business trust or trusts or series thereof.
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees may, without the vote or consent of shareholders, cause to be organized or assist in organizing a corporation or corporations under the laws of any jurisdiction, or any other trust, partnership, limited liability company, association or other organization, or any series or class of any thereof, to acquire all or a portion of the Trust property (or all or a portion of the Trust property held with respect to a particular Fund or allocable to a particular class) or to carry on any business in which the Trust directly or indirectly has any interest (any of the foregoing, a “Successor Entity”), and to sell, convey and transfer Trust property to any such Successor Entity in exchange for the shares or securities thereof or otherwise, and to lend money to, subscribe for the shares or securities of, and enter into any contracts with any such Successor Entity in which the Trust holds or is about to acquire shares or any other interest.  The Trustees may also, without the vote or consent of shareholders, cause a merger or consolidation between the Trust and any Successor Entity if and to the extent permitted by law.  However, the Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees shall provide written notice to affected shareholders of each such transaction.  Such transactions may be effected through share-for-share exchanges, transfers or sales of assets, in-kind redemptions and purchases, exchange offers, or any other method approved by the Trustees.

The Declaration of Trust provides that no shareholder shall have the right to bring or maintain any court action, proceeding or claim in the right of the Trust or any Fund or class thereof to recover a judgment in its favor unless (a) shareholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of the Trust, Fund or class, as applicable, join in the bringing of such court action, proceeding or claim; and (b) the bringing or maintenance of such court action, proceeding or claim is otherwise in accordance with Section 3816 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, subject to certain additional requirements.

The Declaration of Trust provides that by virtue of becoming a shareholder of a Fund, each shareholder will be held to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, the By-Laws of the Trust and the resolutions of the Board of Trustees.

The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trust will indemnify and hold harmless each Trustee and Officer of the Trust and each former Trustee and Officer of the Trust (each hereinafter referred to as a “Covered Person”) from and against any and all claims, demands, costs, losses, expenses, and damages whatsoever arising out of or related to such Covered Person’s performance of his or her duties as a Trustee or Officer of the Trust or otherwise relating to any act, omission, or obligation of the Trust, if, as to liability to the Trust or its investors, it is finally adjudicated that the Covered Person was not liable by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the Covered Person’s offices.  In the case of settlement, such indemnification will be provided if it has been determined by a court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition, or by a reasonable determination, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial type inquiry), by vote of a majority of disinterested Trustees of the Trust, or in a written opinion of independent counsel, that such Officers or Trustees have not engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of their duties.  Rights to indemnification or insurance cannot be limited retroactively.
 
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The Declaration of Trust further provides that (i) the appointment, designation or identification of a Trustee as chairperson of the Board of Trustees or a member or chairperson of a committee of the Trustees, an expert on any topic or in any area (including an audit committee financial expert), or the lead Independent Trustee, or any other special appointment, designation or identification of a Trustee, shall not impose on that individual any duty, obligation or liability that is greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed on that person as a Trustee in the absence of the appointment, designation or identification (except with respect to duties expressly imposed pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, a committee charter or a Trust policy statement); (ii) no Trustee who has special skills or expertise, or is appointed, designated or identified shall be held to a higher standard of care by virtue thereof; and (iii) no appointment, designation or identification of a Trustee shall effect in any way that Trustee’s rights or entitlement to indemnification.

PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES

Purchase of Shares.  Information regarding the purchase of shares is discussed in the “Purchase of Shares” section of the prospectus.  Additional methods to purchase shares for non-institutional investors are as follows:

Individual Retirement Accounts:  You may purchase shares of the Funds for a tax-deferred retirement plan such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”).  To order an application for an IRA and a brochure describing a Fund IRA, call (800) 497-2960.  BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company, as custodian for each IRA account, receives an annual fee of $12 per Social Security Number, paid directly to BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company by the IRA shareholder.  If the fee is not paid by the due date, the appropriate number of Fund shares owned by the IRA will be redeemed automatically as payment.

Automatic Investment Plan:  You may purchase Fund shares through an Automatic Investment Plan (“AIP”).  Under the AIP, the transfer agent, at regular intervals, will automatically debit your bank checking account in an amount of $50 or more (after the $25,000 minimum for Institutional Shares and $1,000 for Investor Shares).  You may elect to invest the specified amount monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually.  The purchase of Fund shares will be effected at their offering price at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time), on or about the 20th day of the month.  For more information about the Automatic Investment Plan, please call (800) 497-2960.

Payroll Investment Plan:  The Payroll Investment Plan (“PIP”) permits you to make regularly scheduled purchases of Fund shares through payroll deductions.  To open a PIP account, you must submit a completed account application, payroll deduction form and the minimum initial deposit to your employer’s payroll department.  Then, a portion of your paychecks will automatically be transferred to your PIP account for as long as you wish to participate in the plan.  It is the sole responsibility of your employer, not the Funds, the Distributor, the investment advisers, or the transfer agent, to arrange for transactions under the PIP.  The Funds reserve the right to vary their minimum purchase requirements for employees participating in a PIP.  For more information regarding PIP call (800) 497-2960.
 
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Redemption of Shares.  Information regarding the redemption of shares is discussed in the “Redemption of Shares” section of the prospectus.  Additional methods to redeem shares are as follows:

By Wire:  Redemption proceeds may be wired to your pre-designated bank account in any commercial bank in the U.S. if the amount is $1,000 or more.  The receiving bank may charge a fee for this service.  Proceeds also may be mailed to your bank or, for amounts of $10,000 or less, mailed to your Fund account address of record if the address has been established for at least 60 days.  In order to authorize the transfer agent to mail redemption proceeds to your Fund account address of record, complete the appropriate section of the Application for Telephone Redemptions or include your Fund account address of record when you submit written instructions.  You may change the bank account that you have designated to receive amounts redeemed at any time.  Any request to change the bank account designated to receive redemption proceeds should be accompanied by a medallion signature guarantee by a guarantor institution that is acceptable to the transfer agent, such as a domestic bank or trust company, broker, dealer, clearing agency or savings association, participating in a recognized signature guarantee program such as the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”), Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (“SEMP”) and New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (“MSP”). Signature guarantees that are not part of these programs will not be accepted.  A signature and a medallion signature guarantee are required for each person in whose name the bank account is registered.  Further documentation will be required to change the designated bank account when a corporation, other organization, trust, fiduciary or other institutional investor holds Fund shares.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan:  If you are a non-institutional investor and you own shares of the Fund with a value of $10,000 or more, you may participate in the Systematic Withdrawal Plan (“SWP”).  Under the SWP, you may automatically redeem a portion of your account monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually.  The minimum withdrawal available is $100.  The redemption of Fund shares will be effected at the NAV determined on or about the 25th day of the month.  For more information regarding SWP call (800) 497-2960.

Additional Information Regarding Redemptions:  If shares to be redeemed represent a recent investment made by check, the Funds reserve the right not to make the redemption proceeds available until they have reasonable grounds to believe that the check has been collected (which could take up to 10 days).

To ensure proper authorization before redeeming Fund shares, the transfer agent may require additional documents such as, but not restricted to, stock powers, trust instruments, death certificates, appointments as fiduciary, certificates of corporate authority and waivers of tax required in some states when settling estates.
 
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When shares are held in the name of a corporation, other organization, trust, fiduciary or other institutional investor, the transfer agent requires, in addition to the stock power, certified evidence of authority to sign the necessary instruments of transfer.  These procedures are for the protection of shareholders and should be followed to ensure prompt payment.  Redemption requests must not be conditional as to date or price of the redemption.  Proceeds of a redemption will be sent within 7 days of acceptance of shares tendered for redemption.  Delay may result if the purchase check has not yet cleared, but the delay will be no longer than required to verify that the purchase check has cleared, and the Funds will act as quickly as possible to minimize delay.

The value of shares redeemed may be more or less than the shareholder’s cost, depending on the net asset value at the time of redemption.  Redemption of shares may result in tax consequences (gain or loss) to the shareholder, and the proceeds of a redemption may be subject to backup withholding.

A shareholder’s right to redeem shares and to receive payment therefore may be suspended when (a) the exchange is closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings; (b) trading on the Exchange is restricted; (c) an emergency exists as a result of which it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of a Fund’s securities or to determine the value of a Fund’s net assets; or (d) ordered by a governmental body having jurisdiction over a Fund for the protection of the Fund’s shareholders, provided that applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (or any succeeding governmental authority) shall govern as to whether a condition described in (b), (c) or (d) exists.  In case of such suspension, shareholders of the affected Fund may withdraw their requests for redemption or may receive payment based on the net asset value of the Fund next determined after the suspension is lifted.

Each Fund reserves the right, if conditions exist which make cash payments undesirable, to honor any request for redemption by making payment in whole or in part with readily marketable securities (redemption “in-kind”) chosen by the Fund and valued in the same way as they would be valued for purposes of computing the net asset value of the applicable Fund.  If payment is made in securities, a shareholder may incur transaction expenses in converting these securities into cash.  Each Fund has elected, however, to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, as a result of which a Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the applicable Fund for any one shareholder during any 90-day period.  This election is irrevocable unless the SEC permits its withdrawal.

Pricing of Shares.  The net asset value per share of each Fund is determined by dividing the value of the Fund’s net assets by the total number of Fund shares outstanding.  This determination is made by BNY Mellon, as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) each day the Funds are open for business.  The Funds are open for business on days when the Exchange and BNY Mellon are open for business.
 
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In valuing a Fund’s assets, a security listed on the Exchange (and not subject to restrictions against sale by the Fund on the Exchange) will be valued at its last sale price on the Exchange on the day the security is valued.  Lacking any sales on such day, the security will be valued at the mean between the closing ask price and the closing bid price.  Securities listed on other exchanges (and not subject to restriction against sale by the Fund on such exchanges) will be similarly valued, using quotations on the exchange on which the security is traded most extensively.  Securities traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price, which may not be the last sale price.  The value of such securities quoted on NASDAQ, but not listed on the National Market System, shall be valued at the mean between the closing ask price and the closing bid price.  Unlisted securities that are not quoted on NASDAQ and for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available will be valued at the mean between the current bid and ask price for such security in the over-the-counter market.  Other unlisted securities (and listed securities subject to restriction on sale) will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Board of Trustees although the actual calculation may be done by others. The Board has delegated to a Valuation Committee the day-to-day functions of determining the value of securities not otherwise valued by a pricing service.  Short-term investments with remaining maturities of less than 61 days may be valued at amortized cost or at fair value.

DISTRIBUTIONS

Distributions, if any, from a Fund’s investment company taxable income and net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over the short-term capital loss) realized by each Fund, after deducting any available capital loss carryovers, are declared and paid to its shareholders annually.

TAXATION OF THE FUNDS

General.  The following summarizes certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the Funds and their shareholders that are not described in the prospectus. No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Funds or their shareholders, and the discussions here and in the prospectus are not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Potential investors should consult their tax advisers with specific reference to their own tax situations.

The discussions of the federal tax consequences in the prospectus and this SAI are based on the Code and the regulations issued under it, and court decisions and administrative interpretations as in effect on the date of this SAI.  Future legislative or administrative changes or court decisions may significantly change the statements included herein, and any such changes or decisions may be retroactive.

Each Fund qualified during its last taxable year and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of Subtitle A, Chapter 1, of the Code.  As a regulated investment company, each Fund generally is exempt from federal income tax on its investment company taxable income and net capital gain that it distributes to shareholders.  To qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company, each Fund must meet three important tests each year.
 
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First, each Fund must derive with respect to each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies, other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities, or currencies, or net income derived from interests in qualified publicly-traded partnerships.

Second, generally, at the close of each quarter of each Fund’s taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund’s assets must consist of cash and cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies and securities of other issuers (as to which the Fund has not invested more than 5% of the value of its total assets in securities of any such issuer and as to which the Fund does not hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any such issuer); and no more than 25% of the value of each Fund’s total assets may be invested in the securities of (1) any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies); (2) two or more issuers that the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses; or (3) one or more qualified publicly-traded partnerships.

Third, each Fund must distribute an amount equal to at least the sum of 90% of the Fund’s investment company taxable income (net investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss) and 90% of its tax-exempt income, if any, for the year.

Each Fund intends to comply with these requirements.  If a Fund were to fail to make sufficient distributions, it could be liable for corporate income tax and for excise tax in respect of the shortfall or, if the shortfall is large enough, the Fund could be disqualified as a regulated investment company.  If for any taxable year a Fund were not to qualify as a regulated investment company, all its taxable income would be subject to tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders.  In that event, shareholders would recognize dividend income on distributions to the extent of a Fund’s then-current and accumulated earnings and profits, and corporate shareholders could be eligible for the dividends-received deduction.

The Code imposes a nondeductible 4% excise tax on regulated investment companies that fail to distribute each year an amount equal to specified percentages of their ordinary taxable income and capital gain net income (excess of capital gains over capital losses).  Each Fund intends to make sufficient distributions or deemed distributions each year to avoid liability for this excise tax.

Capital Loss Carryforwards.  As of June 30, 2015, the Small-Cap Growth Fund and the Strategic Growth Fund had no capital loss carryforwards.

Capital loss carryforwards can be carried forward indefinitely and will retain their character as short-term or long-term capital losses.
 
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State and Local Taxes.  Although each Fund expects to qualify as a regulated investment company and to be relieved of all or substantially all federal income taxes, depending upon the extent of its activities in states and localities in which its offices are maintained, in which its agents or independent contractors are located or in which it is otherwise deemed to be conducting business, a Fund may be subject to the tax laws of such states or localities.

Taxation of Certain Investments.  The tax principles applicable to transactions in certain financial instruments such as futures contracts and options that may be engaged in by a Fund, and investments in passive foreign investment companies (“PFICs”), are complex and, in some cases, uncertain.  Such transactions and investments may cause a Fund to recognize taxable income prior to the receipt of cash, thereby requiring the Fund to liquidate other positions, or to borrow money, so as to make sufficient distributions to shareholders to avoid corporate-level tax.  Moreover, some or all of the taxable income recognized may be ordinary income or short-term capital gain, so that the distributions may be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.

In addition, in the case of any shares of a PFIC in which a Fund invests, the Fund may be liable for corporate-level tax on any ultimate gain or distributions on the shares if the Fund fails to make an election to recognize income annually during the period of its ownership of the shares.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Each Fund may from time to time quote or otherwise use yield and total return information in advertisements, shareholder reports or sales literature.  Average annual total return and yield are computed pursuant to formulas specified by the SEC.
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements of the Small-Cap Growth Fund and the Strategic Growth Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 are included in the Annual Report to shareholders and the report dated August 27, 2015 of BBD, LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds, related thereto are incorporated herein by reference.  No other parts of the Annual Report are incorporated herein by reference.
 
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APPENDIX A

HOOD RIVER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

General Principles

Hood River Capital Management LLC (“Hood River”) recognizes its responsibility to vote proxies with respect to securities owned by a client in the economic best interests of its client and without regard to the interests of Hood River or any other client of Hood River.

These Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (“Policies”) apply to securities held in client accounts in which Hood River has direct voting authority.  In some cases, the client has requested that Hood River not vote proxies for a particular account.  Unless specifically addressed in the investment advisory agreement, Hood River will vote proxies consistent with its fiduciary obligation.  The Policies are subject to any proxy voting guideline or direction of a client as long as following the proxy voting guideline or direction is prudent under the circumstances.

Hood River’s policy is to exercise its proxy voting discretion absent special circumstances and in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Proxy Voting Guidelines (“Guidelines”).  Any changes to the Guidelines must be pre-approved in writing by the Proxy Voting Committee (“Committee”).

Voting Process

Hood River votes all proxies on behalf of a client’s portfolio in fundamentally driven strategies unless: a) the client requests in writing that Hood River not vote; b) the proxies are associated with unsupervised securities; c) the proxies are associated with securities transferred to Hood River’s management then liquidated; d) the costs of voting the proxies outweigh the benefits; or e) the proxy ballot is not received.

The Portfolio Accounting Department (“Portfolio Accounting”) is responsible for coordinating the voting of proxies received by Hood River. Portfolio Accounting will forward proxy proposals to the appropriate portfolio manager.

The portfolio manager will review the issues to be voted upon, related information, and the research provided by a proxy research service.  The proxy research service also provides customized proxy research consistent with Hood River’s policies for accounts with special vote sensitivities, including Taft Hartley accounts.  The portfolio manager will make a recommendation as to how the proxy issues should be voted.
 
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Roxbury Capital Management LLC (“Roxbury”) provides proxy coordination services to Hood River. To help facilitate this process, the Committee was created to provide centralized management of the proxy voting process and makes all proxy voting decisions except under special circumstances as noted below.  The Committee is comprised of the Portfolio Accounting Manager, the CCO and at least one Hood River portfolio manager.  The Committee provides centralized management of the proxy voting process and makes all proxy voting decisions except under special circumstances as noted below. The Committee:

a) Supervises the proxy voting process, including the identification and review of potential material conflicts of interest involving Hood River and the proxy voting process with respect to securities owned by a client;

b) Determines how to vote proxies relating to issues not covered by these Policies; and

c) Determines when Hood River may deviate from these Policies.

The Committee will review the portfolio manager’s recommendation if it differs from the proxy research firm’s recommendation per the Guidelines.  Following the review of the recommendation, the proxy will be voted according to the majority vote of the Committee.  If a Committee member disagrees with the recommendation of the portfolio manager, the reasons for the disagreement will be documented.  Portfolio Accounting will keep documents of proxy decisions made by the Committee.  Since Hood River generally considers the quality of a company’s management in making investment decisions, Hood River regularly votes proxies in accordance with the recommendations of a company’s management if there is no conflict with shareholder value.

Hood River may determine not to vote proxies with respect to securities of any issuer if it determines it would be in its clients’ overall best interests not to vote.  Such determination may apply with respect to all client holdings of the securities or only certain specified clients, as Hood River deems appropriate under the circumstances.  As an example, the Committee may determine not to vote certain securities positions if, in its judgment, the expense and administrative inconvenience of voting the securities outweigh the benefits to clients.

Hood River uses a proxy-voting agent to ensure that, as much as possible, eligible shares are voted and timely reporting is provided to Hood River and its clients. Portfolio Accounting submits proxy votes for a portfolio to the proxy-voting agent if the custodian of the portfolio’s assets has a relationship with the agent, the custodian sets up the distribution of ballots properly for Hood River to vote, and the portfolio is set up properly in the proxy-voting agent’s system.  If Hood River receives ballots from a source other than the proxy-voting agent, Hood River will try to vote them using other means.

Conflicts of Interest

Potential or actual conflicts of interest relating to a particular proxy proposal may be handled in various ways depending on the type and materiality. Depending upon the facts and circumstances of each situation and the requirements of applicable law, options include:

a) Voting the proxy in accordance with the voting recommendation of an unaffiliated, third-party vendor; or

b) Voting the proxy pursuant to client direction.
 
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Voting the securities of an issuer in which the following relationships or circumstances exist is deemed to give rise to a material conflict of interest for purposes of these Policies:

a) The issuer is a client of Hood River and Hood River manages its portfolio or its retirement plan.  In such a case, Hood River will obtain an independent, third-party opinion and will follow the recommendation of the third party;

b) The issuer is an entity in which Hood River or portfolio manager assigned to review the proxy has a relative1 in management of the issuer or an acquiring company.  In such a case, the portfolio manager will not make any vote recommendations and another analyst or portfolio manager will review the proxy.  Although the proxy will be re-assigned, the portfolio manager will still be available to answer questions about the issuer from other Committee members;

c) The issuer is an entity in which a Committee member has a relative in management of the issuer or an acquiring company.  In such a case, the Committee member with the conflict will not vote on the proxy and the alternate member of the Committee will vote instead;

d) The issuer is an entity in which an officer or director of Hood River or a relative of any such person is or was an officer, director or employee, or such person or relative otherwise has received more than $500 annually during Hood River’s last three fiscal years.  In such a case, Hood River will obtain an independent, third-party opinion and will follow the recommendation of the third party;

e) Another client or prospective client of Hood River, directly or indirectly, conditions future engagement of Hood River on voting proxies with respect to any client’s securities on a particular matter in a particular way;

f) Conflict exists between the interests of an employee benefit plan’s portfolio and the plan sponsor’s interests.  In such a case, Hood River will resolve in favor of the plan’s portfolio; or

g) Any other circumstance in which Hood River’s duty to serve its clients’ interests, typically referred to as its “duty of loyalty,” could be compromised.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a conflict of interest described above shall not be considered material for the purposes of these Policies with respect to a specific vote or circumstance if:

a) The securities with respect to which Hood River  has the power to vote account for less than 1% of the issuer’s outstanding voting securities, but only if:  (i) such securities do not represent one of the 10 largest holdings of such issuer’s outstanding voting securities; and (ii) such securities do not represent more than 2% of the client’s holdings with Hood River; and/or

b) The matter to be voted on relates to a restructuring of the terms of existing securities or the issuance of new securities or a similar matter arising out of the holding of securities, other than common equity, in the context of a bankruptcy or threatened bankruptcy of the issuer.
 

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For clients that are registered investment companies (“Funds”), in which a material conflict of interest has been identified and the matter is not covered by the Policies, Hood River will disclose the conflict and the Committee’s determination of the manner in which to vote to the Fund’s Board or committee of the Board.  The Committee’s determination will take into account only the interests of the Fund, and the Committee will document the basis for the decision and furnish the documentation to the Fund’s Board or committee of the Board.
 
For clients other than Funds, in which a material conflict of interest has been identified and the matter is not covered by the Policies, the Committee will disclose the conflict to the client and advise the client that its securities will be voted only upon the recommendations of an independent third party.
 
Recordkeeping and Retention

Hood River retains records relating to the voting of proxies, including:

a) A copy of these Policies and any amendments thereto;

b) A record of each vote cast by Hood River on behalf of clients;

c) A copy of any document created by Hood River that was material to making a decision on how to vote or that memorialized the basis for that decision; and

d) A copy of each written request for information on how Hood River voted proxies on behalf of the client, and a copy of any written response by Hood River to any oral or written request for information on how Hood River voted.

Hood River will maintain and preserve these records for such a period of time as required to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Hood River may rely on proxy statements filed on the SEC’s EDGAR system or on proxy statements and records of votes cast by Hood River maintained by a third party, such as a proxy voting service (provided Hood River had obtained an understanding from the third party to provide a copy of the proxy statement or record promptly upon request).

Client Disclosure

Hood River will provide a report of how proxies were voted and a copy of its specific guidelines to those clients who request such information.  Requests for proxy information may be sent to the attention of the Proxy Department, Hood River Capital Management LLC, 6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200, Minnetonka, MN 55343.
 
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APPENDIX B
 
MAR VISTA INVESTMENT PARNTERS, LLC
 
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
 
General Principals
 
Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC (“Mar Vista”) recognizes its responsibility to vote proxies with respect to securities owned by a client in the economic best interests of its client and without regard to the interests of Mar Vista or any other client of Mar Vista.
 
These Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (“Policies”) apply to securities held in client accounts in which Mar Vista has direct voting authority.  In some cases, the client has requested that Mar Vista not vote proxies for a particular account.  Unless specifically addressed in the investment advisory agreement, Mar Vista will vote proxies consistent with its fiduciary obligation.  The Policies are subject to any proxy voting guideline or direction of a client as long as following the proxy voting guideline or direction is prudent under the circumstances.
 
Mar Vista’s policy is to exercise its proxy voting discretion absent special circumstances and in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Proxy Voting Guidelines (“Guidelines”).  Any changes to the Guidelines must be pre-approved in writing by the Proxy Voting Committee (“The Committee”).
 
Voting Process
 
Mar Vista votes all proxies on behalf of a client’s portfolio in fundamentally driven strategies unless: a) the client requests in writing that Mar Vista not vote; b) the proxies are associated with unsupervised securities; c) the proxies are associated with securities transferred to Mar Vista’s management then liquidated; d) the costs of voting the proxies outweigh the benefits; or e) the proxy ballot is not received.
 
In addition, Mar Vista does not vote proxies for some accounts that it manages under agreements it has with certain brokerage consultant firms whereby clients pay a single fee based on a percentage of assets under management for brokerage, custody and Mar Vista’s investment management services (“wrap agreement”).  If Mar Vista does not vote the proxies, it may make proxy-voting recommendations to the brokerage consultant firm with whom it has a wrap agreement and that firm votes the proxies.
 
The Portfolio Accounting Department (“Portfolio Accounting”) is responsible for coordinating the voting of proxies received by Mar Vista. Portfolio Accounting will forward proxy proposals to the appropriate industry analyst or portfolio manager.
 
The analyst or portfolio manager will review the issues to be voted upon, related information, and the research provided by a proxy research service.  The proxy research service also provides customized proxy research consistent with Mar Vista’s policies for accounts with special vote sensitivities, including Taft Hartley accounts.  The analyst or portfolio manager will make a recommendation as to how the proxy issues should be voted.
 
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Roxbury Capital Management LLC (“Roxbury”) provides proxy coordination services to Mar Vista.  To help facilitate this process, the Committee was created. The Committee is comprised of the Portfolio Accounting Manager, the CCO and at least on Mar Vista portfolio manager.  The Committee provides centralized management of the proxy voting process and makes all proxy voting decisions except under special circumstances as noted below. The Committee:
 
a) Supervises the proxy voting process, including the identification and review of potential material conflicts of interest involving Mar Vista and the proxy voting process with respect to securities owned by a client;
 
b) Determines how to vote proxies relating to issues not covered by these Policies; and
 
c) Determines when Mar Vista may deviate from these Policies.
 
The Committee will review the analyst or portfolio manager’s recommendation if it differs from the proxy research firm’s recommendation per the Guidelines.  Following the review of the recommendation, the proxy will be voted according to the majority vote of the Committee.  If a Committee member disagrees with the recommendation of the analyst or portfolio manager, the reasons for the disagreement will be documented.  Portfolio Accounting will keep documents of proxy decisions made by the Committee.  Since Mar Vista generally considers the quality of a company’s management in making investment decisions, Mar Vista regularly votes proxies in accordance with the recommendations of a company’s management if there is no conflict with shareholder value.
 
Mar Vista may determine not to vote proxies with respect to securities of any issuer if it determines it would be in its clients’ overall best interests not to vote.  Such determination may apply with respect to all client holdings of the securities or only certain specified clients, as Mar Vista deems appropriate under the circumstances.  As an example, the Committee may determine not to vote certain securities positions if, in its judgment, the expense and administrative inconvenience of voting the securities outweigh the benefits to clients.
 
Mar Vista uses a proxy-voting agent to ensure that, as much as possible, eligible shares are voted and timely reporting is provided to Mar Vista and its clients.  Portfolio Accounting submits proxy votes for a portfolio to the proxy-voting agent if the custodian of the portfolio’s assets has a relationship with the agent, the custodian sets up the distribution of ballots properly for Mar Vista to vote, and the portfolio is set up properly in the proxy-voting agent’s system.  If Mar Vista receives ballots from a source other than the proxy-voting agent, Mar Vista will try to vote them using other means.
 
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Conflicts of Interest
 
Potential or actual conflicts of interest relating to a particular proxy proposal may be handled in various ways depending on the type and materiality.  Depending upon the facts and circumstances of each situation and the requirements of applicable law, options include:
 
a) Voting the proxy in accordance with the voting recommendation of an unaffiliated, third-party vendor; or
 
b) Voting the proxy pursuant to client direction.
 
Voting the securities of an issuer in which the following relationships or circumstances exist is deemed to give rise to a material conflict of interest for purposes of these Policies:
 
a) The issuer is a client of Mar Vista and Mar Vista manages its portfolio or its retirement plan.  In such a case, Mar Vista will obtain an independent, third-party opinion and will follow the recommendation of the third party;
 
b) The issuer is an entity in which the Mar Vista industry analyst or portfolio manager assigned to review the proxy has a relative2 in management of the issuer or an acquiring company.  In such a case, the analyst or portfolio manager will not make any vote recommendations and another analyst or portfolio manager will review the proxy.  Although the proxy will be re-assigned, the industry analyst or portfolio manager will still be available to answer questions about the issuer from other Committee members;
 
c) The issuer is an entity in which a Committee member has a relative in management of the issuer or an acquiring company.  In such a case, the Committee member with the conflict will not vote on the proxy and the alternate member of the Committee will vote instead;
 
d) The issuer is an entity in which an officer or director of Mar Vista or a relative of any such person is or was an officer, director or employee, or such person or relative otherwise has received more than $500 annually during Mar Vista’s last three fiscal years.  In such a case, Mar Vista will obtain an independent, third-party opinion and will follow the recommendation of the third party;
 
e) Another client or prospective client of Mar Vista, directly or indirectly, conditions future engagement of Mar Vista on voting proxies with respect to any client’s securities on a particular matter in a particular way;
 
f) Conflict exists between the interests of an employee benefit plan’s portfolio and the plan sponsor’s interests.  In such a case, Mar Vista will resolve in favor of the plan’s portfolio; or
 
g) Any other circumstance in which Mar Vista’s duty to serve its clients’ interests, typically referred to as its “duty of loyalty,” could be compromised.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a conflict of interest described above shall not be considered material for the purposes of these Policies with respect to a specific vote or circumstance if:
 
a) The securities with respect to which Mar Vista has the power to vote account for less than 1% of the issuer’s outstanding voting securities, but only if:  (i) such securities do not represent one of the 10 largest holdings of such issuer’s outstanding voting securities; and

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For the purposes of these Policies, “relative” includes the following family members:  spouse, minor children, stepchildren, or children or stepchildren sharing the person’s home.
 
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(ii) such securities do not represent more than 2% of the client’s holdings with Mar Vista; and/or
 
b) The matter to be voted on relates to a restructuring of the terms of existing securities or the issuance of new securities or a similar matter arising out of the holding of securities, other than common equity, in the context of a bankruptcy or threatened bankruptcy of the issuer.
 
For clients that are registered investment companies (“Funds”), in which a material conflict of interest has been identified and the matter is not covered by the Policies, Mar Vista will disclose the conflict and the Committee’s determination of the manner in which to vote to the Fund’s Board or committee of the Board.  The Committee’s determination will take into account only the interests of the Fund, and the Committee will document the basis for the decision and furnish the documentation to the Fund’s Board or committee of the Board.
 
For clients other than Funds, in which a material conflict of interest has been identified and the matter is not covered by the Policies, the Committee will disclose the conflict to the client and advise the client that its securities will be voted only upon the recommendations of an independent third party.
 
Recordkeeping and Retention
 
Mar Vista retains records relating to the voting of proxies, including:
 
a) A copy of these Policies and any amendments thereto;
 
b) A record of each vote cast by Mar Vista on behalf of clients;
 
c) A copy of any document created by Mar Vista that was material to making a decision on how to vote or that memorialized the basis for that decision; and
 
d) A copy of each written request for information on how Mar Vista voted proxies on behalf of the client, and a copy of any written response by Mar Vista to any oral or written request for information on how Mar Vista voted.
 
Mar Vista will maintain and preserve these records for such a period of time as required to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
 
Mar Vista may rely on proxy statements filed on the SEC’s EDGAR system or on proxy statements and records of votes cast by Mar Vista maintained by a third party, such as a proxy voting service (provided Mar Vista had obtained an understanding from the third party to provide a copy of the proxy statement or record promptly upon request).
 
Client Disclosure
 
Mar Vista will provide a report of how proxies were voted and a copy of its specific guidelines to those clients who request such information.  Requests for proxy information may be sent to the attention of the Proxy Department, Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC, 6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200, Minnetonka, MN 55343.
 
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FORM N-lA

PART C:  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 28. EXHIBITS.

(a)(1) Certificate of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(1) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on May 1, 2006.

(a)(2) Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 26, 2007.

(a)(3) Schedule A to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(3) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on July 6, 2015.

(b) By-laws are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on May 1, 2006.

(c)(1) Article 3 and Article 7 of Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust are incorporated herein by reference to Item 23(a)(3) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 26, 2007.

(c)(2) Article 3, Article 8 and Article 9 of By-laws are incorporated herein by reference to Item 23(b) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on May 1, 2006.

(d)(1) Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC, dated April 9, 2015, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(1) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

(d)(2) Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Hood River Capital Management LLC, dated April 9, 2015, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

(d)(3) Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC, dated January 20, 2015, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(3) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

(d)(4) Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and Hood River Capital Management LLC, dated May 18, 2015, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(4) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

(d)(5) Amended and Restated Exhibit A to Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and Hood River Capital Management is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (d)(5) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed July 6, 2015.

(e)(1) Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Professional Funds Distributor, LLC (n/k/a Foreside Fund Services, LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 26, 2007.

(e)(2) Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Foreside Fund Services, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(3) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed October 26, 2012.
 
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(e)(3) Form of Amended Exhibit A to Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Foreside Fund Services, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed October 28, 2011.

(e)(4) Form of Dealer Agreement between the Registrant and Foreside Fund Services, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(4) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed October 26, 2012

(f) None

(g) Custodian Services Agreement between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to PFPC Trust Company) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (g) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 28, 2009.

(h)(1) Transfer Agency Services Agreement between the Registrant and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (as successor to PFPC, Inc.) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(1) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 28, 2009.

(h)(2) Amended Exhibit A to the Transfer Agency Services Agreement between the Registrant and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(3) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed October 26, 2012.

(h)(3) Administration and Accounting Services Agreement between the Registrant and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (as successor to PFPC, Inc.) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 28, 2009.

(h)(4) Amended Exhibit A to the Administration and Accounting Services Agreement between the Registrant and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(4) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed October 26, 2012.

(h)(5) Power of Attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (h)(5) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

(i)(1) Opinion of Counsel with respect to Institutional Shares of the Hood River Small Cap Growth Fund and Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (i) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 28, 2014.

(i)(2) Opinion of Counsel with respect to Investor Shares of the Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (i)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on July 6, 2015.

(i)(3) Consent of Counsel is filed herewith.

(j) Consent of BBD, LLP, Independent Registered Accounting Firm is filed herewith.

(k) None.

(l)(1) Share Purchase Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (l) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 26, 2007.

(l)(2) Share Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund (f/k/a Roxbury/Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund) dated October 31, 2011 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (l)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed October 26, 2012.
 
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(m) Rule 12b-1 Plan and form of dealer agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (m) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed July 6, 2015.

(n) Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (n) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed July 6, 2015.

(p)(1) Code of Ethics for Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(1) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

(p)(2) Code of Ethics for Hood River Capital Management LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

(p)(3) Code of Ethics for Registrant is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(3) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed May 22, 2015.

Item 29. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH TRUST.

None.
 
Item 30. INDEMNIFICATION.
 
Article 9 of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”) provides for indemnification of the Trustees, officers and agents of the Trust, subject to certain limitations.  The Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 23(a)(2) of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed on October 26, 2007.

The Trust’s trustees and officers are insured under a policy of insurance maintained by the Trust against certain liabilities that might be imposed as a result of actions, suits or proceedings to which they are a party by reason of having been such trustees or officers.

The Trust and Roxbury Capital Management, LLC (“Roxbury”), the previous investment adviser to the Trust, entered into supplemental liability insurance and indemnification agreements with two former trustees of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) pursuant to which, among other provisions, the Trust and Roxbury agreed that (a) all rights of indemnification existing in favor of the trustees of the Board under the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust in effect as of December 10, 2014 shall survive as contractual obligations of Roxbury and the Trust and (b) the Trust shall maintain the levels of trustee liability insurance with the same or better terms and conditions as the insurance policies in force as of December 10, 2014.

The Trust is party to investment advisory agreements with Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC and Hood River Capital Management LLC (the “Advisers”).  Section 8 of the investment advisory agreements provides that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of obligations or duties under the agreement, the Advisers shall not be subject to liability to the Trust or a Fund, any Portfolio of the Trust or any of its shareholders for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services under the agreement or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security or the making of any investment for or on behalf of the Trust or a Fund.

The Trust is party to an underwriting agreement with Foreside Fund Services, LLC (formerly Professional Funds Distributor, LLC) (the “Distributor”).  Section 9 of the underwriting agreement provides that the Trust will indemnify and hold harmless the Distributor and its affiliates from all taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims and liabilities (including, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and liabilities arising under the federal securities laws and any state and foreign securities and blue sky laws) arising directly or indirectly from any action or omission to act which the Distributor takes in connection with the provision of services to the Trust.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Distributor, nor any of its affiliates, shall be indemnified against any liability (or any expenses incident to such liability) caused by the Distributor’s or its affiliates’ own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under the underwriting agreement or any material breach by the Distributor of the underwriting agreement or any other agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.
 
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The Trust also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Distributor, its officers, directors, and employees, and any person who controls the Distributor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), free and harmless (a) from and against any and all claims, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) losses, damages, charges, payments and liabilities of any sort or kind which the Distributor, its officers, directors, employees or any such controlling person may incur under the 1933 Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise, arising out of or based upon:  (i) any untrue statement, or alleged untrue statement, of a material fact contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement, Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, or sales literature (including amendments and supplements thereto), or (ii) any omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact required to be stated in the Trust’s Registration Statement, Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information or sales literature (including amendments or supplements thereto), necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided, however, that insofar as losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished to the Trust by the Distributor or its affiliated persons for use in the Trust’s Registration Statement, Prospectus, or Statement of Additional Information or sales literature (including amendments or supplements thereto), such indemnification is not applicable; and (b) from and against any and all such claims, demands, liabilities and expenses (including such costs and counsel fees) which the Trust, its officers and trustees, or such controlling person, may incur in connection with the underwriting agreement or the Distributor’s performance thereunder (but excluding such claims, demands, liabilities and expenses (including such costs and counsel fees) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement, or alleged untrue statement, of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or arising out of or based upon any omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact required to be stated in either any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in either thereof not misleading), unless such claims, demands, liabilities and expenses (including such costs and counsel fees) arise by reason of the Distributor’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of the Distributor’s duties under the underwriting agreement.  The Trust acknowledges and agrees that in the event that the Distributor, at the request of the Trust, is required to give indemnification comparable to that set forth in this paragraph to any broker-dealer selling shares of the Trust or servicing agent servicing the shareholders of the Trust and such broker-dealer or servicing agent shall make a claim for indemnification against the Distributor, the Distributor shall make a similar claim for indemnification against the Trust.
 
Item 31. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER.
 
Hood River Capital Management LLC (“Hood River”) is the investment adviser to the Hood River Small-Cap Growth Fund.  Set forth below is a list of principal officers and directors, together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by such officers and directors during the past two years.
 
Name
Position with Hood River
Other Substantial Business, Profession,
Vocation or Employment
Brian P. Smoluch
Board Member, Chief Executive Officer
None
Robert C. Marvin
Board Member, Chairman and Secretary
None
David G. Swank
Board Member, President and Chief Investment Officer
None
Robert A. Schmaltz
Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Roxbury Capital Management, LLC
 
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Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC (“Mar Vista”) is the investment adviser to the Mar Vista Strategic Growth Fund.  Set forth below is a list of the principal officers and directors of Mar Vista, together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by such officers and directors during the past two years.
 
Name
Position with Mar Vista
Other Substantial Business, Profession,
Vocation or Employment
Silas A. Myers
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Manager
None
Brian L. Massey
President, Manager
None
Josh J. Honeycutt
Manager
None
Robert A. Schmaltz
Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Compliance Officer, Roxbury Capital
Management, LLC
 
Item 32. Foreside Fund Services, LLC

Item 32(a) Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”) serves as principal underwriter for the following investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended:
 
1. Absolute Shares Trust
2. AdvisorShares Trust
3. ALTMFX Trust
4. American Beacon Funds
5. American Beacon Select Funds
6.
Archstone Alternative Solutions Fund
7. Ark ETF Trust
8. Avenue Mutual Funds Trust
9. BP Capital TwinLine Energy Fund, Series of Professionally Managed Portfolios
10. BP Capital TwinLine MLP Fund, Series of Professionally Managed Portfolios
11. Bridgeway Funds, Inc.
12. Calamos ETF Trust
13. Cane Alternative Strategies Fund, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust III
14. Capital Innovations Global Agri, Timber, Infrastructure Fund, Series of Investment Managers Series Trust
15. Center Coast MLP Focus Fund, Series of Investment Managers Series Trust
16. Context Capital Funds
17. CornerCap Group of Funds
18. Corsair Opportunity Fund
19. Direxion Shares ETF Trust
20. Evanston Alternative Opportunities Fund
21. Exchange Traded Concepts Trust II
22. FlexShares Trust
23. Forum Funds
24. Forum Funds II
25. FQF Trust
26. FSI Low Beta Absolute Return Fund
27. Gottex Trust
28. Henderson Global Funds
29. Horizon Spin-off and Corporate Restructuring Fund, Series of Investment Managers Series Trust (f/k/a Liberty Street Horizon Fund)
30. Horizons ETF Trust
31. Infinity Core Alternative Fund
32. Ironwood Institutional Multi-Strategy Fund LLC
33. Ironwood Multi-Strategy Fund LLC
 
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34. John Hancock Exchange Traded Fund Trust
35. Little Harbor Multistrategy Fund
36. Manor Investment Funds
37. Montage Managers Trust
38. Outlook Funds Trust
39. Palmer Square Opportunistic Income Fund
40. Performance Trust Mutual Funds, Series of Trust for Professional Managers
41. Pine Grove Alternative Fund
42. Pine Grove Alternative Institutional Fund
43. Plan Investment Fund, Inc.
44. PMC Funds, Series of Trust for Professional Managers
45. Precidian ETFs Trust
46. Quaker Investment Trust
47. Recon Capital Series Trust
48. Renaissance Capital Greenwich Funds
49. RevenueShares ETF Trust
50. Robinson Tax Advantaged Income Fund, Series of Investment Managers Series Trust
51. Salient MF Trust
52. SharesPost 100 Fund
53. Sound Shore Fund, Inc.
54. Steben Alternative Investment Funds
55. Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund
56. The 504 Fund
57. The Roxbury Funds
58. TIFF Investment Program
59. Toroso Newfound Tactical Allocation Fund, Series of Investment Managers Series Trust
60. TrimTabs ETF Trust
61. Turner Funds
62. West Loop Realty Fund, Series of Investment Managers Series Trust (f/k/a Chilton Realty Income & Growth Fund)
63. Wintergreen Fund, Inc.
64. WisdomTree Trust

Item 32(b) The following are the Officers and Manager of the Distributor, the Registrant’s principal underwriter.  The Distributor’s main business address is Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101.
 
Name
Address
Position with Underwriter
Position with Registrant
Mark A. Fairbanks
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME  04101
President
None
Richard J. Berthy
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME  04101
Vice President, Treasurer and Manager
None
Jennifer E. Hoopes
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME  04101
Secretary
None
Nanette K. Chern
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME  04101
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
None
Paula R. Watson
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME  04101
Assistant Secretary
None
 
Item 32(c)         Not applicable.
 
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Item 33. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS.
 
(1) The Bank of New York Mellon, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286 (records relating to its functions as custodian).

(2) Foreside Fund Services, LLC, Three Canal Plaza Suite 100 Portland, Maine 04101 (records relating to its functions as distributor).

(3) BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., 301 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809 (records relating to its functions as administrator and accounting agent and with respect to minute books).

(4) BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., 760 Moore Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 (records relating to its function as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent).

(5) Roxbury Capital Management, LLC, 6001 Shady Oak Road, Suite 200, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343 (records relating to its functions as subadministrator and predecessor investment adviser).

(6) Hood River Capital Management LLC, 1 South West Columbia Street, Suite 630, Portland, Oregon 97258 (records relating to its function as investment adviser).

(7) Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC, 11150 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 320, Los Angeles, California 90025 (records relating to its function as investment adviser).
 
Item 34. MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

There are no management-related service contracts not discussed in Part A or Part B.
 
Item 35. UNDERTAKINGS.

None.
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 (“Amendment”) to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Minnetonka, and State of Minnesota, on the 26th  day of October, 2015.
 
 
THE ROXBURY FUNDS
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Jon R. Foust
 
Name:
Jon R. Foust
 
Title:
President
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
SIGNATURE
TITLE
 
DATE
       
* Steven N. Marshman
 
Steven N. Marshman 
Trustee and Chairman
 
October 26, 2015
   
* Gaylord B. Lyman
 
Gaylord B. Lyman
Trustee
 
October 26, 2015
   
/s/ Jon R. Foust
 
Jon R. Foust 
 President (Principal Executive Officer)  
October 26, 2015
   
/s/ Brooke Clements  
Brooke Clements
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and  
October 26, 2015
   
Principal Accounting Officer)
   
 
*By:
/s/ Jon R. Foust
 
Jon R. Foust
 
Attorney-In-Fact (pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed)
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description

(i)(2) Consent of Counsel

(j) Consent of BBD, LLP, Independent Registered Accounting Firm
 
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