N-CSR 1 d560764dncsr.htm FUNDVANTAGE TRUST FundVantage Trust

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number         811-22027                  

                           FundVantage Trust                          

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

301 Bellevue Parkway

                                  Wilmington, DE 19809                                

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joel L. Weiss

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

103 Bellevue Parkway

                                  Wilmington, DE 19809                                

(Name and address of agent for service)

registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  302-791-1851

Date of fiscal year end:  April 30

Date of reporting period:  April 30, 2013

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Reports to Shareholders are attached herewith.


BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

Risk and Return

The Broad Allocation Strategy Fund Class I shares (the “Fund”) returned 4.06%, net of fees, during the twelve months ended April 30, 2013. The Fund’s blended benchmark consisting of 60% S&P 500 Index and 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index returned 11.59%, during the same period.

Review

The theme for the past twelve months was “equities” – specifically, equities of developed nations. Publicly traded shares of US and developed international corporations galloped higher for the period, thanks in large part to the unprecedented liquidity provided by central banks across the globe. “Quantitative easing” was the panacea to equity markets as the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan all continued or introduced large scale asset purchase programs in an effort to stimulate flagging economic growth. The prevalence of cheap money and evidence - however fitful - that the global economy may finally be on the road to recovery combined to produce double digit gains for developed equity markets. The MSCI EAFE Index rose 20.15% for the year, while the S&P 500 rose 16.89%, on a total return basis. Global real estate also performed well; the DJ Global Select Real Estate Index rose 23.39% and outperformed both the MSCI EAFE and S&P 500, as investors were attracted to the high dividend yields and equity structure of real estate investment trusts.

Participation in the rally by other asset classes (as well as other equity markets) was not as strong. Returns in emerging market equities – led primarily by the heralded “BRICs” – were muted, with the MSCI Emerging Markets index rising just 4.35% . High quality bonds struggled to eke out a positive return for the first time in recent memory as the Barlcays Global Aggregate Bond Index returned just 1.46% for the year, in US dollar terms. Commodities posted largely negative returns for the period; the S&P GSCI Precious Metals Total Return index fell 13.71% as gold began to lose some of its luster in the eyes of investors. Energy prices also largely declined, driving the S&P GSCI Energy Total Return Index down 10.43%, while agricultural commodities managed to eke out a positive return, “thanks” to the severe drought that plagued the central US for much of the summer. The S&P GSCI Agricultural Commodities Total Return Index rose 1.81% for the period.

Outlook & Positioning

A distinguishing feature of the market backdrop as developed equities cruised to double-digit gains and new all-time highs for several US indices is the high degree of complacency exhibited by investors. This can be seen in the “extremely optimistic” readings from sentiment indicators like the Investors Intelligence Survey, Put/Call ratios on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the often quoted CBOE Volatility Index (commonly known as the “VIX”), which hovered near record lows throughout the first four months of 2013. At the same time, equity mutual funds showed inflows during early 2013 for the first time in years. That investors are optimistic isn’t surprising; the S&P 500 and MSCI EAFE have averaged 18.80% and 14.36%, respectively, since April 30, 2009, bolstered by a very friendly global central banking system which has driven interest rates to generational lows in many places across the globe. Economic data added further encouragement, as the US housing market recovery appears to have gathered steam early in the 2013 spring selling season.

The question we are asking now is whether or not the current ebullient attitude towards equities is justified. To answer that we turn to our asset allocation models, which continue to show a supportive environment for equity prices.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Market stress remains low and the underlying factors that tend to drive equity prices over time are generally favorable. In a simplified view the combination of growth (neutral), valuation (positive), and interest rates (positive) continues to provide an accommodative backdrop for equity prices.

Applied to Broad Allocation, we see several potential impacts over the course of the year. First, barring any changes from our allocation models, we expect to remain significantly overweight our long term targets for equities and underweight fixed income and other less-risky assets. Return expectations for precious metals and other non-correlated asset classes will continue to rely heavily on global central bank activities – reductions (or perceived reductions) in the amount of monetary support will likely have a negative impact on price levels. Should US equity markets continue their torrid pace throughout the remainder of the year we expect BAS should produce reasonable absolute returns, though these returns will likely lag an all-equity benchmark. However, should the rally falter – even if only for a period of time – we expect the diversification of the strategy will provide its intended steadying effect of a moderate return and risk profile.

Portfolio Review

Global equities drove overall portfolio returns, rising 14.79% and adding 459 bps to total returns on the strength of the US and European markets and a nearly 30% allocation within the fund. Security selection aided overall returns, as decisions to invest in equal weighted and lower volatility funds provided excess returns above the benchmarks for each respective market.

Global real estate was the top performing asset class for the year, rising 26.62% and contributing 135 basis points to total returns. Improved sentiment in Europe and a raging market in Asia sent non-US REITs soaring during the period. The portfolio’s allocation to the non-US REITs rose 33.66% and added 83 bps to total returns.

Selection also aided returns in global fixed income, which rose 8.44% and added 193 basis points to total returns. Returns were led by allocations to emerging market debt, high yield bonds and other credit instruments, each of which were supported by positive fundamentals and investor desire for the higher yield associated with these riskier assets.

Currencies also posted positive returns, rising 2.88% as allocations to the US dollar fell 1.26% and offset much of the 10.59% return from a fund that replicates the “carry trade”. Overall, the allocation to currencies added 20 basis points of total return to the portfolio.

Returns to commodities were negative during the period, falling 7.67% and costing 126 basis points in total returns despite holding a below-target weight in the asset class. Metals were the worst-performing sub-asset class, falling 12.95%, driven largely by the year-long decline in gold prices. Prices for energy also fell, dropping 9.43% and subtracting 15 bps from returns, while agricultural commodities decreased by just 2.37% and subtracted 18 bps from returns. Finally, a portfolio hedge initiated in June 2012 intended to offset a decline in equity prices due to an unforeseen event (known as a “tail risk hedge”), declined 28% for the period and detracted 230 bps from returns as the anticipated risks (the so-called “fiscal cliff” in the US and continued difficulty in Europe) did not materialize.

In terms of overall asset allocation for the strategy, we were actively adjusting the portfolio throughout the period to take advantage of changing market conditions. Significant adjustments occurred throughout the summer of 2012 and again in early 2013 as we added exposure to equities and other risk assets as the market continued to gain traction, especially within non-US equities. As of this writing, our allocation models remained positive on equity investments, thus encouraging us to maintain our current allocations until otherwise indicated.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Boston Advisors, LLC

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the year ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may changes and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

The above commentary is for informational purposes only and does not represent an offer, recommendation or solicitation to buy, hold or sell any security. The specific securities identified and described, if any, do not represent all of the securities purchased or sold and you should not assume that investments in the securities identified and discussed will be profitable.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risk.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Class A Shares of the Fund

vs Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, S&P 500® Index,

and Blend of 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond and 60% S&P 500® Indexes.

LOGO

Class A Shares growth of an assumed $10,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25% . This results in an initial investment of $9,475.

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013

  

      1 Year     Since Inception  

Class A Shares*

      

(without sales charge)

     3.79     1.59

Class A Shares*

      

(with sales charge)

     -1.65     -1.26

60% S&P 500® Index/ 40% Barclays Capital

      

U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

     11.59     11.14 %** 

S&P 500® Index

     16.89     14.93 %** 

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate

      

Bond Index

     3.68     4.97 %** 

 

*

Class A Shares commenced operations on June 8, 2011.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (866) 526-8968.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares of the Fund

vs Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, S&P 500® Index,

and Blend of 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond and 60% S&P 500® Indexes.

 

LOGO

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013

      1 Year   Since Inception

Institutional Class Shares*

       4.06 %       2.69 %

60% S&P 500® Index/ 40% Barclays Capital

          

U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

       11.59 %       10.03 %**

S&P 500® Index

       16.89 %       12.58 %**

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate

          

Bond Index

       3.68 %       5.70 %**

 

*

Institutional Class Shares commenced operations on January 31, 2011.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (866) 526-8968.

The return shown for Class A Shares reflects a deduction for the maximum front-end sales charge of 5.25% . The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 4.95% and 1.67% for Class A Shares and 3.72% and 1.42% for Institutional Class Shares, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

the Fund for the period covered by this report. Boston Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund in order to limit the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) to 0.99% of average daily net assets of the Fund (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust (the “Board”) approves its earlier termination.

A 2.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. The redemption fee is not reflected in the returns above.

The Fund intends to evaluate its performance as compared to that of the unmanaged blended index of 60% S&P 500® Index and 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The S&P 500® is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an intermediate term, broad-based index comprised of most U.S. traded investment grade bonds. It is impossible to directly invest in an index.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund may invest in broad range of asset-classes, including some that entail special risks, such as: small-cap stocks; real estate securities; high-yield debt; commodity-related securities; foreign and emerging-market securities; and currencies. Each of these asset-classes may be adversely affected by particular factors, including — but not limited to — illiquidity, volatility, default, interest rate changes, currency exchange-rate fluctuations, and local economic conditions. The Adviser seeks to reduce risk through a flexible approach to asset allocation, but there can be no guarantee that the Adviser’s strategy will be achieved. The Fund is new, with a limited operating history.

The Adviser may use short sales and derivatives (futures, options, swaps) to enhance return or hedge against market downturns, but these techniques involve their own special risks and could cause a loss to the Fund. A short sale is subject to potential unlimited loss since the price of a security theoretically could increase without limit. Derivatives are subject to potential illiquidity and counter-party default.

The Fund invests mainly in the shares of exchange-traded funds, hence Fund shareholders will bear the indirect expenses of these underlying funds. The Adviser may at times invest more than 25% of the Fund’s assets in one underlying fund or asset-class; consequently the Fund could suffer a loss by being overly-concentrated in an underperforming underlying fund or asset-class. Fund performance also could be adversely affected by transaction costs from high portfolio turnover since the Adviser may engage in active trading.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments (if any), and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (Rule 12b-1) fees (if any), and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period ended April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of each accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of each accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in each accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), if any, or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of each accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

     Boston Advisors Broad Allocation Strategy Fund
     Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
   Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
   Expenses Paid
During Period*

Class A Shares

              

Actual

       $1,000.00           $1,022.70           $6.27   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00           1,018.60          6.26   

Institutional Class Shares

              

Actual

       $1,000.00           $1,023.50           $4.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00           1,019.89          4.96   

 

 

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 for Class A Shares and Institutional Class Shares of 1.24% and 0.99%, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account value on the first line in the table is based on the actual total returns for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 2.27% and 2.35% for Class A and Institutional Class Shares, respectively. The annualized expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with the underlying funds. If such fees and expenses had been included, the expenses would be higher. The range of weighted expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Fund, as stated in their current prospectus were 0.00% to 0.05% .

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by security type of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
  Value

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS:

        

Equity

       56.5 %     $ 19,185,715  

Fixed Income

       18.2         6,205,560  

Commodity

       18.1         6,151,150  

Currency

       2.8         952,781  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       4.4         1,480,118  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 33,975,324  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETF) — 95.6%

  

Commodity — 18.1%

     

ETRACS CMCI Long Platinum Total Return ETN*

     27,496       $         466,057   

iPath Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Subindex Total Return ETN*

     23,104         1,226,822   

PowerShares DB Energy Fund*

     70,459         1,950,305   

PowerShares DB Gold Fund*

     39,154         1,965,531   

RICI - Agriculture ELEMENTS*

     61,085         542,435   
     

 

 

 
        6,151,150   
     

 

 

 

Currency — 2.8%

     

PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund*

     34,735         952,781   
     

 

 

 

Equity — 56.5%

     

Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

     17,380         1,054,097   

iPath S&P 500 Dynamic VIX ETN*

     31,745         1,233,928   

iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Plus Capped Index Fund

     66,188         1,041,799   

iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility Index Fund

     14,642         910,308   

iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Index Fund

     69,958         2,355,487   
     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETF) — (Continued)

  

Equity — (Continued)

     

Powershares S&P Emerging Markets Low Volatility Portfolio

     89,275       $         2,631,827   

Powershares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio

     43,629         1,387,402   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     17,588         2,808,452   

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

     20,677         1,268,120   

Vanguard MSCI EAFE ETF

     36,831         1,411,732   

Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     45,469         1,989,723   

Vanguard REIT ETF

     14,517         1,092,840   
     

 

 

 
        19,185,715   
     

 

 

 

Fixed Income — 18.2%

     

iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond Fund

     9,065         957,173   

iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund

     15,361         1,671,738   

iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund

     8,244         942,866   

iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund

     2,800         313,180   

PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio

     22,232         687,191   

PowerShares International Corporate Bond Portfolio

     21,201         629,458   
 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETF) — (Continued)

  

Fixed Income — (Continued)

     

SPDR Barclays Capital Short
Term High Yield Bond ETF

     32,240       $     1,003,954   
     

 

 

 
        6,205,560   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $30,782,333)

   

     32,495,206   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 95.6%
(Cost $30,782,333)

   

     32,495,206   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 4.4%

        1,480,118   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 33,975,324   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

 

CMCI

  

Constant Maturity Commodity Index

DB

  

Deutsche Bank

EAFE

  

Europe, Australia, and Far East

ETN

  

Exchange Traded Notes

FTSE

  

Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI

  

Morgan Stanley Capital International

NAREIT

  

National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts

REIT

  

Real Estate Investment Trust

RICI

  

Rogers International Commodity Index

S&P

  

Standard & Poor’s

SPDR

  

Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

VIX

  

Volatility Index

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $30,782,333)

   $ 32,495,206   

Cash

     1,493,812   

Receivable from Investment Adviser

     2,070   

Receivable for capital shares sold.

     21,000   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     25,420   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     34,037,508   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for audit fees

     24,000   

Payable for printing fees

     12,499   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     8,231   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     7,580   

Payable for custodian fees

     3,447   

Accrued expenses

     6,427   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     62,184   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 33,975,324   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 32,672   

Paid-in capital

     32,052,327   

Accumulated net investment income

     31,697   

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     145,755   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,712,873   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 33,975,324   
  

 

 

 

Class A:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($51,189 / 4,912)

     $10.42   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.75 of $10.42)

     $11.00   
  

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($33,924,135 / 3,262,282)

     $10.40   
  

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 604,052   

Interest

     1,056   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     605,108   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     254,776   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     92,471   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     75,367   

Legal fees

     34,689   

Registration and filing fees

     33,715   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     32,820   

Audit fees

     24,000   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     18,467   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     17,627   

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

     208   

Other expenses

     10,994   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     595,134   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (279,641
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     315,493   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     289,615   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     388,794   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     642,604   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1,031,398   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 1,321,013   
  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 289,615      $ 186,318   

Net realized gain/(loss) from investments

     388,794        (92,284

Net change in unrealized appreciation from investments

     642,604        1,052,061   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     1,321,013        1,146,095   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:

    

Net investment income:

    

Class A

     (225     (782

Institutional Class

     (325,554     (174,474

Net realized capital gains:

    

Class A

     (173       

Institutional Class

     (112,302       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (438,254     (175,256
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     3,422,292        28,121,712   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     4,305,051        29,092,551   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

    

Beginning of year

     29,670,273        577,722   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 33,975,324      $ 29,670,273   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of year

   $ 31,697      $ 44,146   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class A Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class A
     For the   For the Period
     Year Ended   June 8, 2011*
     April 30, 2013   to April 30, 2012

Per Share Operating Performance

        

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.12       $ 10.25  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.08         0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.31         (0.17 )(2)
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.39         (0.08 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

       (0.05 )       (0.05 )

Net realized capital gains

       (0.04 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.09 )       (0.05 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.42       $ 10.12  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       3.79 %       (0.72 )%

Ratio/Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 51       $ 122  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets(4)

       1.24 %       1.24 %(5)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)(6)

       2.12 %       4.52 %(5)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets(4)

       0.75 %       1.00 %(5)

Portfolio turnover rate

       75.23 %       56.15 %(7)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

The amount shown may not correlate with the change in the aggregate gains and losses presented on the Statement of Operations due to the timing of sales and purchases of the Fund’s shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund’s portfolio.

(3)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total return for periods less than one year are not annualized.

 

Total investment return does not reflect the impact of the maximum front-end sales load of 5.25% . If reflected, the return would be lower. (4) The Fund also will indirectly bear its prorated share of expenses of the underlying funds. Such expenses are not included in the calculation of this ratio.

(5)

Annualized.

(6)

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(7)

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Institutional Class Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Institutional Class
     For the   For the   For the Period
     Year Ended   Year Ended   January 31, 2011* to
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012   April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.13       $ 10.50       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.09         0.13         0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.32         (0.43 )(2)       0.49  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.41         (0.30 )       0.50  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.10 )       (0.07 )        

Net realized capital gains

       (0.04 )                
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.14 )       (0.07 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.40       $ 10.13       $ 10.50  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       4.06 %       (2.86 )%       5.00 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 33,924       $ 29,548       $ 578  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets(4)

       0.99 %       0.99 %       0.99 %(5)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)(6)

       1.87 %       3.29 %       115.64 %(5)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets(4)

       0.91 %       1.31 %       0.26 %(5)

Portfolio turnover rate

       75.23 %       56.15 %       22.69 %(7)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

The amount shown may not correlate with the change in the aggregate gains and losses presented on the Statement of Operations due to the timing of sales and purchases of the Fund’s shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund’s portfolio.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. (4) The Fund also will indirectly bear its prorated share of expenses of the underlying funds. Such expenses are not included in the calculation of this ratio.

(5) 

Annualized.

(6) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(7)

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Boston Advisors Broad Allocation Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on January 31, 2011. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A and Institutional Class Shares. Class A Shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge. Front-end sales charges may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances. A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or net asset value at redemption, of up to 1.00% may be imposed on full or partial redemptions of Class A Shares made within twelve months of purchase where (i) $1 million or more of Class A Shares were purchased without an initial sales charge and (ii) for which the selling broker-dealer received a sales commission for such sale.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

•  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

  •  Level 2 —

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

 

  •  Level 3 —

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

     Total Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1
Quoted
Price
     Level 2 Other
Significant
    Observable    
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Investments in Securities*

   $     32,495,206       $     32,495,206       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Boston Advisors, LLC (“Boston Advisors” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.80% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 0.99% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the amount of fees accrued and waived was $254,776, and the fees reimbursed by the Adviser were $24,865. At April 30, 2013, the amount of the potential recovery was as follows:

 

     Expiration     

April 30, 2014

  

April 30, 2015

  

April 30, 2016

$ 37,733

   $328,461    $279,641

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Shares plan, the Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A Shares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $5,236. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
Investment Securities    $ 28,248,876       $ 22,187,688   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the period from commencement of operations to April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Year/Period Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012*  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     39      $ 399        18,840      $ 193,369   

Reinvestments

     39        399                 

Redemption Fees†

                          5   

Redemptions

     (7,235     (73,880     (6,771     (66,958
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease)

     (7,157   $ (73,082     12,069      $ 126,416   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Institutional Class

        

Sales

     476,436      $ 4,829,032        2,993,350      $ 29,298,028   

Reinvestments

     42,888        436,599        18,080        174,474   

Redemption Fees†

            394               736   

Redemptions

     (173,744     (1,770,651     (149,749     (1,477,942
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     345,580      $ 3,495,374        2,861,681      $ 27,995,296   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Class A Shares commenced operations on June 8, 2011.

 

There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund and are allocated to all classes in the Fund based on relative net assets.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income/(loss) by $23,715 and decrease accumulated net realized gain/(loss) by $23,715. These reclassifications, which have no impact on the NAV of the Fund, are primarily attributable to redesignations of distributions and reclass of investment income to capital gain.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $438,254 of ordinary income dividends. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $175,256 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss

Carryforward

  

Undistributed

Ordinary Income

  

Undistributed

Long-Term Gain

  

Unrealized

Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

  

Qualified

Late-Year

Losses

$ —

   $182,318    $252,341    $1,479,150    $(23,484)

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 31,016,056   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 2,516,149   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (1,036,999
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,479,150   
  

 

 

 

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund had late year ordinary loss deferrals of $23,484.

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2013, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund utilized $118,069 of prior year capital loss carryforwards.

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Boston Advisors Broad Allocation Strategy Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Boston Advisors Broad Allocation Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $438,254 of ordinary income dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 33.39% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 33.39% .

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 0.27% .

The Fund designates 100% of ordinary income distributions as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 526-8968 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement

At an in-person meeting held on December 10-11, 2012, the Board of Trustees ( “Board” or “Trustees”) of FundVantage Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the advisory agreement between Boston Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Boston Advisors”) and the Trust on behalf of the Boston Advisors Broad Allocation Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) (“Agreement”). In determining whether to continue the Agreement, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Trustees considered information that the Adviser provided regarding (i) services performed for the Fund, (ii) the size and qualifications of the Adviser’s portfolio management staff, (iii) any potential or actual material conflicts of interest which may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund, (iv) investment performance, (v) the capitalization and financial condition of the Adviser, (vi) brokerage selection procedures (including soft dollar arrangements, if any), (vii) the procedures for allocating investment opportunities between the Fund and other clients, (viii) results of any regulatory examination, including any recommendations or deficiencies noted, (ix) any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding which may have a material impact on the Adviser’s ability to service the Fund, and (x) compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and practices (including codes of ethics and proxy voting policies), federal securities laws and other regulatory requirements. The Adviser also provided its code of ethics, Form ADV and compliance policies and procedures, including their proxy voting policies and procedures, for the Trustees’ review and consideration. The Trustees noted the reports provided at Board meetings throughout the year covering matters such as the relative performance of the Fund; compliance with the investment objectives, policies, strategies and limitations for the Fund; the compliance of management personnel with the applicable

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Other Information (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

code of ethics; and the adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Trustees also received and reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel regarding the legal standard applicable to their review of the Agreement.

Representatives from Boston Advisors attended the meeting both in person and telephonically and discussed Boston Advisors’ history, performance and investment strategy in connection with the proposed continuation of the Agreement and answered questions from the Board.

The Trustees considered the investment performance for the Fund and the Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the historical performance charts for the Fund, the Fund’s blended benchmark, the 60% S&P 500 / 40% Barclay’s Aggregate Index, and the Morningstar World Allocation category average and Lipper mixed-asset target allocation moderate category, the Fund’s applicable Morningstar and Lipper peer groups, respectively, for the one year and since inception periods ended October 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Fund underperformed its benchmark and both Morningstar and Lipper peer groups for the one year and since inception periods ended October 31, 2012. The Trustees also reviewed the performance information for Boston Advisors’ Broad Allocation Strategy Composite (net of fees) and noted that the Fund’s performance was in line with the performance of the Composite. They concluded that the performance of the Fund was within an acceptable range of performance relative to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Adviser provided information regarding its advisory fees and an analysis of these fees in relation to the delivery of services to the Fund and any other ancillary benefit resulting from the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund. The Trustees also considered the fees that the Adviser charges to its separately managed accounts. The Trustees also reviewed a peer comparison of advisory fees and total expenses for the Fund versus other similarly managed funds. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s net advisory fee and total expense ratio were higher than the median net advisory fee and total expense ratio of the universe of funds of funds with less than $150 million in assets in the Lipper mixed-asset target allocation moderate category. The Trustees also reviewed comparative Lipper information which included the total expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. The Trustees concluded that the advisory fee and services provided by Boston Advisors are consistent with those of other advisers which manage mutual funds with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to those of the Fund based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Board considered the level and depth of knowledge of the Adviser, including the professional experience and qualifications of senior personnel. In evaluating the quality of services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board took into account its familiarity with the Adviser’s senior management through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year. The Board also took into account the Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures and reports regarding the Adviser’s compliance operations from the Trust’s CCO. The Board also considered any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments on the one hand, and the investments of

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Other Information (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

other accounts, on the other. The Trustees reviewed the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the Agreement, that the quality of the proposed services appeared to be consistent with industry norms and that the Fund is likely to benefit from the continued provision of those services. They also concluded that the Adviser has sufficient personnel, with the appropriate education and experience, to serve the Fund effectively and had demonstrated their ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.

The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided by the Adviser, the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser in providing services to the Fund, as well as the Adviser’s profitability. The Trustees were provided with the audited financial statements for Boston Advisors for the last two calendar years. The Trustees noted that the Adviser’s level of profitability is an important factor to consider, and the Trustees should be satisfied that the Adviser’s profits are sufficient to continue as a healthy concern generally and as investment adviser of the Fund specifically. The Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s contractual advisory fee level was reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided, taking into account the current size and projected growth of the Fund.

The Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized relative to fee levels as the Fund grows, and whether the advisory fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Board noted that economies of scale may be achieved at higher asset levels for the Fund for the benefit of fund shareholders, but that the advisory fee did not currently include breakpoint reductions as asset levels increased.

At this time, the Trustees determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement for an additional one year period. In voting to approve the continuation of the Agreement, the Board considered all factors it deemed relevant and the information presented to the Board by the Adviser. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance and each member of the Board gave varying weights to each factor according to his or her own judgment. The Board determined that the continuation of the Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. As a result, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreement.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (866) 526-8968.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustee” below may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 526-8968.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

  

Other
Directorships

of Public
Companies

Held by Trustee

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

  

 

Trustee and Chairman of

the Board

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

  

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company

from February 1996 to

February 2006; President of

Rodney Square Management Corporation

(“RSMC”)(investment

advisory firm) from 1996 to

2005; Vice President of

RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

 

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Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios)

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

  

 

University Professor, Widener

University.

 

 

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None

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since

2008.

  

 

Managing Director of Puglisi

& Associates (financial, administrative and consulting

services) from 1973 to

present; and MBNA America Professor of Business

Emeritus at the University of

Delaware from 2001 to

present; Commissioner, The

State of Delaware Public

Service Commission from

1997 to 2004.

 

 

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None

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

     Position(s) Held  
with Trust
   Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
   Number of
Funds in
  Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation

or removal. Trustee since 2009.

  

 

Retired since December

2010; Chief Executive Officer

of US Funds Services, BNY

Mellon Asset Servicing from

July 2010 to December 2010;

Chief Executive Officer of

PNC Global Investment

Servicing from March 2008 to

July 2010; President, PNC

Global Investment Servicing

from 2003 to 2008.

  

 

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Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

     Position(s) Held  
with Trust
   Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

   Number of
Funds in
  Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee
INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation

or removal. Trustee since 2011.

  

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client

Service Delivery, BNY Mellon

from January 2012 to

present; EVP, Head of US

Funds Services, BNY Mellon

from July 2010 to January

2012; President of PNC

Global Investment Servicing

from 2008 to July 2010; Chief

Operating Officer of PNC

Global Investment Servicing

from 2007 to 2008; Executive

Vice President of PFPC

Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to

2007.

  

 

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None

1 Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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BOSTON ADVISORS BROAD ALLOCATION STRATEGY FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

  

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

  

 

Secretary

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2012.

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

  

 

Chief Compliance
Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2007.

  

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Boston Advisors, LLC

One Liberty Square, 10th Floor

Boston, MA 02109

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

LOGO

BOSTON ADVISORS

BROAD ALLOCATION

STRATEGY FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Class A Shares

Institutional Class Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Boston Advisors Broad Allocation Strategy Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Boston Advisors Broad Allocation Strategy Fund.

 


COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

Dear Shareholder,

During the period under review (April 30th, 2012 to April 30th, 2013), the Fund has mostly maintained a fully allocated position. The equity exposure remained close to that of the Fund’s benchmark, a blend of 70% S&P 500® / 30% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Indexes, (70%) with some exposure to international and emerging markets. The Fund delivered attractive returns of 11.06% versus its benchmark return of 12.88%.

The last twelve months have witnessed a strong performance in U.S. equity markets, but emerging market performance has been marginal. The U.S. economy is slowly but surely recovering and Goldman Sachs expects the US GDP to grow by 2% in 2013 and 2.9% in 2014. We also believe the housing recovery and the energy renaissance currently taking shape in the U.S. can provide support to the markets. From a valuations perspective, given the current earnings, we believe that the U.S. equity markets are reaching fair value. Since international stocks (although carrying more risks) look cheaper on a historical basis, we are maintaining about 10% exposure to international stocks.

We remain cognizant that at some point in the future quantative easing has to stop and the liquidity in the system will need to be withdrawn by the Central Banks. Due to the actions by the Central Bank, interest rates have been maintained at low levels, but we believe that there is significant interest rate risk in the market. Our Fund is currently underweight in long dated government bonds, which carry the most interest risk. Additionally, as always, there are also a number of other factors that can derail equity markets: political gridlock in Washington, a geopolitical event or the re-emergence of the European crisis. Our team will continue to implement an active strategy with the goal of providing attractive return and manage risk.

We thank you for your trust,

Moeez Ansari

CIO & Portfolio Manager

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the period ended April 30, 2013 and reflect the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. These views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

The Fund’s portfolio holdings may change at any time and are subject to risk.

Visit www. Morningstar.com to see the Fund’s most recently published top 10 holdings list.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund Class A Shares vs Blend of 70% S&P 500® / 30% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Indexes

 

LOGO

Class A Shares growth of an assumed $10,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 4.75%. This results in a net initial investment of $9,525.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013   
      1 Year     Since
Inception*
 

Class A Shares (without sales charge)

     11.06     4.38

Class A Shares (with sales charge)

     5.82     1.64

70% S&P 500® Index/ 30% Barclays

      

Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

     12.88     11.23 %** 

 

*

The Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (“the Fund”) commenced operations on June 30, 2011.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

Class A Shares of the Fund have a 4.75% maximum sales charge.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (855) 426-6725.

The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 4.09% and 2.84%, respectively, for Class A Shares of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Compak Asset Management (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee (the “Waiver”). The Waiver will remain in place until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination.

A 2.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. The redemption fee is not reflected in the returns above.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the unmanaged blended index of 70% S&P 500® Index and 30% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The S&P 500® Index is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an intermediate term, broad-based index comprised of most U.S. traded investment grade bonds. It is impossible to directly invest in an index.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund may invest in broad range of asset-classes, including some that entail special risks, such as: small-cap stocks; real estate securities; high-yield debt; commodity-related securities; foreign and emerging-market securities; and currencies. Each of these asset-classes may be adversely affected by particular factors, including — but not limited to — illiquidity, volatility, default, interest rate changes, currency exchange-rate fluctuations, and local economic conditions. The Adviser seeks to reduce risk through a flexible approach to asset allocation, but there can be no guarantee that the Adviser’s strategy will be achieved. The Fund is new, with a limited operating history.

The Adviser may use short sales and derivatives (futures, options, swaps) to enhance return or hedge against market downturns, but these techniques involve their own special risks and could cause a loss to the Fund. A short sale is subject to potential unlimited loss since the price of a security theoretically could increase without limit. Derivatives are subject to potential illiquidity and counter-party default.

The Fund invests mainly in the shares of exchange-traded funds, hence Fund shareholders will bear the indirect expenses of these underlying funds. The Adviser may at times invest more than 25% of the Fund’s assets in one underlying fund or asset-class. Fund performance also could be adversely affected by transaction costs from high portfolio turnover since the Adviser may engage in active trading.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, if any, or redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, if any and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013, and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), if any, or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

4


COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund
     Beginning Account Value    Ending Account Value    Expenses Paid
     November 1, 2012    April 30, 2013    During Period*

Class A Shares

              

Actual

     $ 1,000.00        $ 1,098.10        $ 11.08  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00          1,014.23          10.64  

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 2.13% for Class A Shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account value on the first line in the table is based on the actual six month total return for the Fund of 9.81% for Class A Shares. The annualized expense ratio does not reflect fees and expenses associated with the underlying funds. If such fees and expenses had been included, the expenses would be higher. The range of weighted expense ratios of the underlying funds held by the Fund, as stated in their current prospectuses were 0.00% to 0.05%.

 

5


COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net    
     Assets   Value

SECURITY TYPE/SECTOR CLASSIFICATION:

  

Common Stocks

        

Energy

       4.3 %     $ 659,656  

Communications

       4.1         638,212  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

       4.0         626,208  

Industrial

       4.0         625,390  

Consumer, Cyclical

       3.2         491,706  

Basic Materials

       2.0         316,089  

Technology

       2.0         315,643  

Utilities

       0.8         123,506  

Exchange Traded Funds

       64.6         10,035,913  

Mutual Funds

       10.4         1,614,014  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       0.6         94,874  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 15,541,211  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

6


COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 24.4%

  

Basic Materials — 2.0%

     

Huntsman Corp.

     8,350       $         157,481   

MeadWestvaco Corp.

     4,600         158,608   
     

 

 

 
        316,089   
     

 

 

 

Communications — 4.1%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     7,430         155,436   

Comcast Corp., Class A

     3,900         161,070   

DISH Network Corp., Class A

     3,850         150,882   

EchoStar Corp., Class A*

     4,350         170,824   
     

 

 

 
        638,212   
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Cyclical — 3.2%

     

CVS Caremark Corp.

     2,800         162,904   

Dana Holding Corp.

     10,050         173,362   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     2,000         155,440   
     

 

 

 
        491,706   
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Non-cyclical — 4.0%

  

  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.*

     950         163,182   

Pfizer, Inc.

     5,250         152,618   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     2,600         155,818   

WellPoint, Inc.

     2,120         154,590   
     

 

 

 
        626,208   
     

 

 

 

Energy — 4.3%

     

Chevron Corp.

     1,400         170,814   

ConocoPhillips

     2,600         157,170   

CVR Energy, Inc.

     3,300         162,591   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     1,900         169,081   
     

 

 

 
        659,656   
     

 

 

 

Industrial — 4.0%

     

Cummins, Inc.

     1,350         143,626   

Eaton Corp. PLC

     2,600         159,666   

KBR, Inc.

     5,500         165,440   
     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Industrial — (Continued)

  

  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     1,825       $         156,658   
     

 

 

 
        625,390   
     

 

 

 

Technology — 2.0%

     

Microsoft Corp.

     4,840         160,204   

NCR Corp.*

     5,700         155,439   
     

 

 

 
        315,643   
     

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.8%

     

PPL Corp.

     3,700         123,506   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $2,914,248)

        3,796,410   
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS— 64.6%

  

  

Commodity — 2.3%

     

SPDR Gold Shares*

     2,500         356,925   
     

 

 

 

Equity — 46.1%

     

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

     31,700         592,790   

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

     4,900         785,764   

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

     4,100         474,616   

iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund

     9,900         516,681   

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund

     5,800         359,252   

iShares MSCI Emerging Market Index Fund

     11,800         510,822   

iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund

     6,800         234,804   

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

     5,000         470,700   

Market Vectors Russia ETF

     11,600         310,184   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     15,250         2,435,120   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

    Number        
    of
Shares
    Value  

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — (Continued)

  

Equity — (Continued)

  

 

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

    15,400      $ 474,474   
   

 

 

 
      7,165,207   
   

 

 

 

Fixed Income — 16.2%

   

iShares Core Total US Bond Market ETF

    9,300        1,037,322   

iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund

    1,300        157,820   

PIMCO Total Return ETF

    11,900        1,318,639   
   

 

 

 
      2,513,781   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $8,800,528)

      10,035,913   
   

 

 

 

MUTUAL FUNDS — 10.4%

   

Fixed Income — 10.4%

   

DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund, Class I

    74,543        850,534   

Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund

    20,520        154,104   

Ivy High Income Fund

    17,564        154,391   

PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Fund United States

    12,000        148,920   
    Number        
    of Shares     Value  

MUTUAL FUNDS — (Continued)

  

Fixed Income — (Continued)

  

PIMCO High Yield Fund

    15,496      $ 152,324   

PIMCO Income Fund

    12,068        153,741   
   

 

 

 
      1,614,014   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $1,585,049)

      1,614,014   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.4%
(Cost $13,299,825)

   

    15,446,337   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES - 0.6%

      94,874   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

    $         15,541,211   
   

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

 

ACWI    Adjusted Market Capitalization Weighted
   Index
EAFE    Europe, Australasia and Far East
EMU    European Monetary Union
ETF    Exchange Traded Fund
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
SPDR    Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $13,299,825)

   $ 15,446,337   

Receivable for investments sold

     274,499   

Dividends and interest receivable

     10,356   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     10,779   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     15,741,971   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Due to custodian

     28,337   

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     101,102   

Payable for audit fees

     24,000   

Payable for printing fees

     15,347   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     11,200   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     7,305   

Payable for legal fees

     4,857   

Payable for custodian fees

     3,296   

Payable for distribution fees

     3,289   

Accrued expenses

     2,027   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     200,760   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 15,541,211   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 14,429   

Paid-in capital

     14,701,997   

Accumulated net investment income

     17,071   

Accumulated net realized loss from investments

     (1,338,798

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     2,146,512   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 15,541,211   
  

 

 

 

Class A:

  

Shares outstanding

     1,442,915   
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($15,541,211 / 1,442,915)

   $ 10.77   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/95.25 of $10.77)

   $ 11.31   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 408,387   

Interest

     184   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     408,571   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     187,229   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     75,946   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     72,978   

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

     37,446   

Registration and filing fees

     33,647   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     30,477   

Legal fees

     29,589   

Audit fees

     24,003   

Trustees and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     16,763   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     16,424   

Other expenses

     10,558   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     535,060   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (187,229
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     347,831   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     60,740   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     447,742   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,170,731   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1,618,473   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 1,679,213   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the
Period Ended
April 30, 2012*
 

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income/(loss)

   $ 60,740      $ (19,932

Net realized gain/(loss) from investments

     447,742        (1,789,496

Net change in unrealized appreciation from investments

     1,170,731        975,781   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     1,679,213        (833,647
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

    

Net investment income:

    

Class A

     (3,768     (70,130
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net investment income

     (3,768     (70,130
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase/(decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     (168,367     14,937,910   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     1,507,078        14,034,133   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

    

Beginning of period

     14,034,133          
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 15,541,211      $ 14,034,133   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income/(loss), end of period

   $ 17,071      $ (41,651
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

The Fund commenced operations on June 30, 2011.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class A share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

    Class A
        For the Period
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  June 30, 2011*
to April 30, 2012

Per Share Operating Performance

       

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.70       $ 10.00  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income/(loss)(1)

      0.04         (0.01 )

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

      1.03         (0.26 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      1.07         (0.27 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

       

Net investment income.

      (2)       (0.04 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption fees

      (2)       0.01  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.77       $ 9.70  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

      11.06 %       (2.58 )%

Ratio/Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $ 15,541       $ 14,034  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets(4)

      2.32 %       2.36 %(5)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense

       

reimbursements(4)(6)

      3.57 %       3.85 %(5)

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets(4)

      0.41 %       (0.12 )%(5)

Portfolio turnover rate

      42.51 %       194.35 %(7)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4)

The Fund also will indirectly bear its prorated share of expenses of the underlying funds. Such expenses are not included in the calculation of this ratio.

(5) 

Annualized.

(6) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(7) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on June 30, 2011. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Class C, Class D and Class I Shares. Class A Shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge. Front-end sales charges may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances. As of April 30, 2013, Class C, Class D and Class I Shares have not been issued.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

  •  Level 1 —

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

  •  Level 2 —

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

 

  •  Level 3 —

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

                   Level 2      Level 3  
            Level 1      Other Significant      Significant  
     Total Value at      Quoted      Observable      Unobservable  
     04/30/13      Price      Inputs      Inputs  

Investments in Securities*

   $ 15,446,337       $ 15,446,337       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP . These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Compak Asset Management (“CAM” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 1.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee (the “Waiver”). The Waiver will remain in place until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the amount of fees accrued and waived was $187,229.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Shares plan, the Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A Shares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid by the Fund to the Trustees during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $3,469. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 6,264,121       $ 6,353,659   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and for the period June 30, 2011 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Period Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     576,563      $ 5,672,820        2,179,542      $ 21,679,660   

Reinvestments

     356        3,561        7,383        66,448   

Redemption Fees*

            3,787               9,256   

Redemptions

     (581,044     (5,848,535     (739,885     (6,817,454
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease)

     (4,125   $ (168,367     1,447,040      $ 14,937,910   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

*     There is 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed which have been held 60 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in capital.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net assets components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments. For the year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income/(loss)

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

and accumulated net realized gains/(loss) by $1,750 and $4,773, respectively, and to decrease paid-in-capital by $6,523, primarily attributable to disallowed expenses. The net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $3,768 of ordinary income dividends. For the period ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $70,130 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

          Unrealized    Other
Capital Loss    Undistributed    Appreciation/    Temporary

Carryforward

   Ordinary Income    (Depreciation)    Differences

$(908,758)

   $41,157    $1,718,719    $(26,333)

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 13,727,618     
  

 

 

   

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 2,236,592     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (517,873  
  

 

 

   

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,718,719     
  

 

 

   

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryovers as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund utilized $119,708 of prior year capital loss carryforwards. As of April 30, 2013, the Fund had post-enactment capital loss carryforwards of $908,758, all of which are short-term losses and have an unlimited period of capital loss carryforward.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

6. Subsequent Event

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $3,768 ordinary income dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 100%.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (855) 426-6725 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

At an in-person meeting held on March 21, 2013, the Board of Trustees ( “Board” or “Trustees”) of FundVantage Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the advisory agreement between Compak Asset Management (the “Adviser” or “Compak”) and the Trust on behalf of the Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) (“Agreement”). In determining whether to continue the Agreement, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Trustees considered information that the Adviser provided regarding (i) services performed for the Fund, (ii) the size and qualifications of the Adviser’s portfolio management staff, (iii) any potential or actual material conflicts of interest which may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund, (iv) investment performance, (v) the capitalization and financial condition of the Adviser, (vi) brokerage selection procedures (including soft dollar arrangements, if any), (vii) the procedures for allocating investment opportunities between the Fund and other clients, (viii) results of any regulatory examination, including any recommendations or deficiencies noted, (ix) any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding which may have a material impact on the Adviser’s ability to service the Fund, and (x) compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and practices (including codes of ethics), federal securities laws and other regulatory requirements. The Adviser provided its code of ethics, Form ADV and compliance policies and procedures for the Trustees’ review and consideration. The Trustees noted the reports provided at Board meetings throughout the year covering matters such as the relative performance of the Fund; compliance with the investment objectives, policies, strategies and limitations for the Fund; the compliance of management personnel with the applicable code of ethics; and the adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Trustees also received and reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel regarding the legal standard applicable to their review of the Agreement.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited) (Continued)

 

A representative from Compak attended the meeting in person and discussed Compak’s history, performance and investment strategy in connection with the proposed continuation of the Agreement and answered questions from the Board.

The Trustees considered the investment performance for the Fund and the Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the historical performance charts for the Fund, the Fund’s blended benchmark, the 70% S&P 500 / 30% Barclay’s Aggregate Index and the Lipper Global Flexible Portfolio Fund category, respectively, for the one year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Fund underperformed its benchmark and Lipper peer group for the one year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012. Although the Fund had underperformed its benchmark and Lipper peer group, the Trustees concluded that the performance of the Fund was within an acceptable range of performance relative to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Adviser provided information regarding its advisory fees and an analysis of these fees in relation to the delivery of services to the Fund and any other ancillary benefit resulting from the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund. The Trustees also considered the fees that the Adviser charges to its separately managed accounts. The Trustees also reviewed a peer comparison of advisory fees and total expenses for the Fund versus other similarly managed funds. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s net advisory fee was lower and total expense ratio was higher than the median net advisory fee and total expense ratio of the universe of funds in the Lipper Global Flexible Portfolio Fund category. The Trustees also noted that the Adviser was currently waiving its entire advisory fee.

The Trustees concluded that the advisory fee and services provided by the Adviser are consistent with those of other advisers which manage mutual funds with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to those of the Fund based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Board considered the level and depth of knowledge of the Adviser, including the professional experience and qualifications of senior personnel. In evaluating the quality of services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board took into account its familiarity with the Adviser’s senior management through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year. The Board also took into account the Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures and reports on the Adviser’s compliance operations from the Trust’s CCO. The Board also considered any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments on the one hand, and the investments of other accounts, on the other. The Trustees reviewed the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the Adviser Agreement, that the quality of the proposed services appeared to be consistent

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited) (Continued)

 

with industry norms and that the Fund is likely to benefit from the continued provision of those services. They also concluded that the Adviser has sufficient personnel, with the appropriate education and experience, to serve the Fund effectively and had demonstrated their ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.

The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided by the Adviser, the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser in providing services to the Fund, as well as the Adviser’s profitability. The Trustees were provided with the most recent unaudited financial statements for the Adviser for the years ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Adviser’s level of profitability is an important factor to consider, and the Trustees should be satisfied that the Adviser’s profits are sufficient to continue as a healthy concern generally and as investment adviser of the Fund specifically. The Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s contractual advisory fee level was reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided, taking into account the current size and projected growth of the Fund.

The Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized relative to fee levels as the Fund grows, and whether the fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Board noted that economies of scale may be achieved at higher asset levels for the Fund for the benefit of fund shareholders, but that the advisory fee did not currently include breakpoint reductions as asset levels increased.

At this time, the Trustees determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement for an additional one year period. In voting to approve the continuation of the Agreement, the Board considered all factors it deemed relevant and the information presented to the Board by the Adviser. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance and each member of the Board gave varying weights to each factor according to his or her own judgment. The Board determined that the continuation of the Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. As a result, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreement.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (855) 426-6725.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act, is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustee” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (855) 426-6725.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

     Position(s)  
Held with
Trust
 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  

Number of

Funds in

  Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

  

 

Trustee and Chairman of the Board

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

  

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

  

 

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Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

  

 

University Professor, Widener University.

  

 

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None.

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

  

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

  

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

  

 

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None.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

     Position(s)  
Held with
Trust
  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  

Number of

Funds in

  Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until
death, resignation
or removal.
Trustee since
2009.

  

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing 2003 to 2008.

  

 

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Copeland Trust (registered

investment

company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine

Fund

Inc.(registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until
death, resignation
or removal.
Trustee since
2011.

  

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present; EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

  

 

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None.

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

   Position(s) Held
with Trust
  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

  

 

President and Chief   Executive Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

  

 

Secretary

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Compak Asset Management

1801 Dove Street

Newport Beach, CA 92660

  

 

LOGO

 

COMPAK DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

 

Class A Shares

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

April 30, 2013

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Compak Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund.

 

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

  

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

 

  

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

 

  

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

 

  

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

 

  

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

  


 

LOGO

CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Institutional Class

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund.


CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

Performance

The portfolio had a solid first quarter and generated a return of 2.10 percent net of fees and expenses compared to 1.60 percent for the benchmark, Barclays Aggregate Bond Index. In the twelve months ended April 30, 2013, the portfolio returned 7.17 percent versus 3.68 percent for the benchmark. The portfolio’s underweight allocations to Treasury duration, mortgage backed securities, and our overweight allocation to corporate credit, including high yield and emerging markets, helped generate the performance. Within the investment grade corporate allocation, our overweight to the bank and finance sector was a meaningful contributor to the outperformance. We have now held this overweight position for several quarters, based on our view that regulation is forcing banks and insurance companies to hold higher levels of capital and reduce exposure to more volatile lines of businesses, making them more utility-like and, therefore, more credit friendly. We also hold an overweight to the metals and mining sector, reflecting our view that China and other emerging economies will avoid a hard landing and that these securities have been oversold. Portfolio positions in below-investment-grade securities were consistent with our view that corporate balance sheets are strong and that corporate default rates will remain muted over the next 6 to 12 months. Given the relatively low levels of debt maturing in the near-term and an improving economic outlook, we believe it is highly probable that default rates will remain muted over the next 12 to 18 months. Strong demand for high yield over the past few years has enabled companies to refinance their debts and push out maturities to 2016 and beyond. Many issuers have more flexibility as a result and, therefore, we continue to maintain an overweight allocation to below investment grade securities. We also maintained our allocation to CMBS where we saw good relative value and favorable outlook on certain segments of commercial real estate. Our portfolio positioning remains consistent with our view that the amplitude of volatility continues to decline, an outlook that we have held for the last couple of quarters.

Market Review

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, markets performed strongly, with risk assets performing the best over this period. The S&P 500 Index returned 16.89 percent and the Barclays High Yield Index returned 13.98 percent over the twelve month period. At the other end of the risk spectrum, the Treasury market returned a modest 2.56 percent. Clearly the riskier parts of the markets delivered the strongest returns. We believe this performance differential between the perceived less risky and the riskier assets is largely justified by the underlying economic fundamentals, particularly given the unprecedented support by global central banks. We describe the accommodative central bank policies as “Liquid Courage,” which has provided substantial liquidity to the markets and helped inflate the prices of riskier assets.

Economic fundamentals in the US continued to improve during the fiscal year. Home prices have rebounded with steady year-over-year price increases and foreclosure activity has receded. Household net worth is at an all-time high, reflecting the improvement in both housing and the equity markets. Auto sales have exhibited strength, with annualized sales exceeding fifteen million units. The labor market has steadily improved and the unemployment rate has fallen to a still elevated 7.5 percent. The consumer seems to have largely overcome the shock of higher tax rates from the elimination of the 2 percent payroll tax holiday from earlier in the year. Consumer sentiment is now at post-recession highs, which is supportive of continued spending, which drives about 70 percent of the U.S. economy.

On the corporate side, the banking sector, which was most adversely impacted in the financial crisis, has recovered smartly with earnings now approaching 2005 and 2006 levels. Deleveraging in the banking sector has ended and credit availability has improved with easing of lending standards which should support GDP growth going forward. The corporate sector and industrial companies in particular exhibit healthy balance sheets and solid profitability. These strong corporate fundamentals have peaked, in our view, with many companies exhibiting challenging year-over-year comparisons from both a revenue and an earnings perspective. This reflects weakness in both domestic and overseas demand and foreign currency impacts. Cash flow and earnings comparisons have also exhibited some softness, but corporate earnings have generally held up well as managements focused on reducing expenses and maintaining financial flexibility. Given low yields and receptive capital markets, we are increasingly concerned about corporations adding leverage to enhance shareholder returns to the detriment of fixed income investors, so we must remain vigilant. We are generally constructive in the corporate segment of the fixed income market, however, including leveraged finance, where we expect default rates to remain historically low. Indeed, Moody’s is forecasting that the global speculative-grade default rate will be essentially unchanged from 2.6 percent at April 2013 to 2.5 percent in April 2014, substantially below the long-term average.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Outlook

We believe the global economy will continue to exhibit below-trend growth, with the Emerging Market economies growing at around 5 percent, the U.S. around 2 percent, and Europe at 0 percent. We remain cautiously optimistic that as uncertainty declines U.S. growth could speed up to 2.25-2.50 percent in 2013. Risks to the market in the near-term stem from the uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s actions regarding quantitative easing and when might it start to taper its support as well as impact from reductions in government spending related to sequestration. Given these unknowns, market volatility is likely to increase in the near-term. Indeed, subsequent to the most recent testimony by the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury yields have risen sharply in anticipation of possible tapering and also led to spread widening in certain higher beta sectors. This near-term volatility notwithstanding, we believe the U.S. economy is on a sustainable growth path and as we look out twelve months forward, we believe that spreads are more likely to be tighter than wider. With this view in mind, the Fund continues to hold an overweight to the spread sectors, emphasizing careful security selection, diversity, and risk management to achieve a competitive total return. We are also increasing our exposure to structured products that have lagged the rally in the corporate sectors and are sheltered from re-leveraging risk.

Cutwater Asset Management

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the year ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risks.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013
      1 Year   Since Inception*

Institutional Class

   7.17%   6.21%  

Barclays Aggregate Bond Index

   3.68%   5.21%**

 

*

The Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on December 2, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (866) 678-6242.

The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expense ratio for Institutional Class shares of the Fund, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, is 1.05% and 0.85%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets, which may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. Cutwater Asset Management (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 0.85% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until: (i) August 31, 2013; (ii) upon the termination of the Adviser as investment adviser to the Fund; or (iii) unless the Board of Trustees of the Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

A 1.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. The redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index. Barclays Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged intermediate-term index and should not be considered indicative of any Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund investment. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund is subject to the risks of the fixed-income securities in its portfolio such as credit, prepayment and interest rate risk. As interest rates rise, the value of bond prices will decline and an investor may lose money.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund
     Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
   Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
   Expenses Paid
During Period*

Institutional Class

        

Actual

   $1,000.00      $1,026.00      $4.27 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,020.58    4.26

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 0.85% for the Institutional Shares of the Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account value on the first line in the table is based on the actual six month total returns for the Fund of 2.60%.

 

4


CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by security type of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     45.7   $         21,648,558   

Registered Investment Company

     20.7        9,793,583   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     12.2        5,791,059   

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

     12.0        5,663,539   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     8.6        4,051,311   

Asset Backed Securities

     6.3        3,003,344   

Municipal Bonds

     1.9        908,568   

Preferred Stock

     1.2        556,400   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (8.6     (4,077,266
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

             100.0   $ 47,339,096   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Moody’s/              
     Standard &    Principal         
     Poor’s    Amount         
     Rating(a)    (000’s)      Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — 45.7%

        

Automotive — 1.3%

        

Chrysler Group LLC/CG Co. Issuer, Inc., Sec. Notes, 8.25%, 06/15/21 (b)

   B1/B    $         300       $         344,250   

Hertz Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.90%, 08/15/14 (b)

   B3/NR      130         132,716   

Lear Corp., Co. Gty., 4.75%, 01/15/23 144A(b)

   Ba2/BB      130         130,325   
        

 

 

 
           607,291   
        

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.5%

        

Mexichem SAB de CV, Sr. Unsec. Notes, 4.875%, 09/19/22 144A(b)

   Ba1/BBB-      200         217,499   
        

 

 

 

Consumer Products — 0.6%

        

Wells Enterprises, Inc., Sr. Sec. Notes, 6.75%, 02/01/20 144A(b)

   B2/B+      254         275,590   
        

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 15.5%

        

Akbank TAS, Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.00%, 10/24/22 144A.

   Baa2/NR      278         296,070   

American Express Co., Sub. Notes, 6.80%, 09/01/66 (b)(c)

   Baa2/BBB-      195         213,281   

Bank of America Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.75%, 12/01/17

   Baa2/A-      210         244,102   

Bank of America Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.875%, 01/05/21

   Baa2/A-      320         386,149   

BBVA US Senior SAU, Bank Gtd., 4.664%, 10/09/15 (b)

   Baa3/BBB-      325         337,741   

Bear Stearns Cos., LLC (The), Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.40%, 10/02/17

   A2/A      267         320,292   

BioMed Realty LP, Co. Gty., REIT, 6.125%, 04/15/20 (b)

   Baa3/BBB-      226         268,834   

Citigroup, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 3.375%, 03/01/23

   NR/A-      208         215,396   

Entertainment Properties Trust, Co. Gty., REIT, 5.75%, 08/15/22 (b)

   Baa3/BB+      358         398,638   

General Electric Capital Corp., Jr. Sub. Notes, 6.25%, 12/15/49 (c)(d)

   Baa1/AA-      400         442,213   

General Electric Capital Corp., Sub. Notes, 5.30%, 02/11/21

   A2/AA      260         302,051   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), Sr. Unsec. Notes, 2.375%, 01/22/18

   A3/A-      91         92,743   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Jr. Sub. Notes, 8.125%, 06/15/38

   NR/BB+      211         250,879   

HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey Channel Islands, Ltd. Gtd., 10.176%, 12/29/49
144A(c)(d)

   Baa2/BBB+      325         471,250   

ING Bank NV, Sub. Notes, 0.99%, 09/26/16 (b)(c)

   Baa2/NR      400         378,000   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Unsec. Notes, 3.875%, 01/16/18

   Baa2/BBB+      315         315,214   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jr. Sub. Notes, 7.90%, 04/29/49 (c)(d)

   Ba1/BBB      387         450,723   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 4.95%, 03/25/20

   A2/A      341         396,766   

SAFG Retirement Services, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 8.125%, 04/28/23

   NR/A-      145         192,783   

Sinochem Overseas Capital Co., Ltd., Co. Gty., 6.30%, 11/12/40 144A(b)

   Baa1/BBB      211         253,490   

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS, Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.25%, 09/13/22 144A

   Baa2/NR      439         477,412   

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Ltd. Gtd., 5.57%, 03/29/49 (c)(d)

   Baa3/BBB+      650         653,250   
        

 

 

 
           7,357,277   
        

 

 

 

Energy — 3.7%

        

BG Energy Capital PLC, Co. Gty., 6.50%, 11/30/72 (b)(c)

   Baa1/BBB+      300         332,655   

Citgo Petroleum Corp., Sr. Sec. Notes, 11.50%, 07/01/17 144A(b)

   Ba2/BB+      104         119,599   

DPL, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.25%, 10/15/21 (b)

   NR/BB      130         138,449   

Noble Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 8.25%, 03/01/19 (b)

   Baa2/BBB      146         191,924   

Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago, Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 9.75%, 08/14/19 144A(b)

   Baa3/BBB      100         127,999   

Reliance Holdings USA, Inc., Co. Gty., 5.40%, 02/14/22 144A

   Baa2/BBB      325         366,308   

Transocean, Inc., Co. Gty., 6.50%, 11/15/20 (b)

   Baa3/BBB-      163         193,295   

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Moody’s/              
     Standard &    Principal         
     Poor’s    Amount         
     Rating(a)    (000’s)      Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

        

Energy — (Continued)

        

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Co. Gty., 6.50%, 10/01/18 (b)

   Ba3/BB+    $         260       $         280,150   
        

 

 

 
           1,750,379   
        

 

 

 

Healthcare — 1.3%

        

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc., Co. Gty., 5.75%, 02/15/21 144A(b)

   Ba2/BB+      325         369,688   

HCA, Inc., Sr. Sec. Notes, 7.25%, 09/15/20 (b)

   Ba3/BB      215         238,381   
        

 

 

 
           608,069   
        

 

 

 

Industrial — 4.2%

        

Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Co. Gty., 6.875%, 09/15/20 (b)

   Ba3/BB-      208         225,939   

APT Pipelines, Ltd., Co. Gty., 3.875%, 10/11/22 144A(b)

   Baa2/BBB      553         558,223   

ArcelorMittal, Sr. Unsec. Notes., 6.25%, 02/25/22 (b)

   Ba1/BB+      325         356,483   

Boart Longyear Management Pty Ltd., Co. Gty., 7.00%, 04/01/21 144A(b)

   Ba2/BB-      250         255,000   

Holcim US Finance Sarl & Cie SCS, Co. Gty., 6.00%, 12/30/19 144A(b)

   Baa2/BBB      163         191,469   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Gty., 4.50%, 04/15/23

   NR/BBB      405         412,823   
        

 

 

 
           1,999,937   
        

 

 

 

Insurance — 4.0%

        

Allstate Corp. (The), Jr. Sub. Notes, 6.50%, 05/15/57 (b)(c)

   Baa1/BBB      325         363,025   

American Financial Group, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 9.875%, 06/15/19 (b)

   Baa2/BBB+      130         177,089   

American International Group, Inc., Jr. Sub. Debs., 8.175%, 05/15/68 (b)(c)

   Baa2/BBB      325         439,562   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 7.00%, 03/07/67 144A

   NR/BB      208         214,759   

Prudential Financial, Inc., Jr. Sub. Notes, 5.875%, 09/15/42 (b)(c)

   Baa3/BBB+      423         457,102   

Travelers Cos., Inc., Jr. Sub. Notes, 6.25%, 03/15/67 (b)(c)

   A3/NR      244         263,520   
        

 

 

 
           1,915,057   
        

 

 

 

Media — 2.0%

        

Dish DBS Corp., Co. Gty., 6.75%, 06/01/21 (b)

   Ba2/BB-      325         351,000   

Nara Cable Funding Ltd., Sr. Sec. Notes, 8.875%, 12/01/18 144A

   NR/B+      385         411,950   

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP, Co. Gty., 8.375%, 03/15/23

   Baa2/BBB      146         202,938   

Virgin Media Escrow Bond, 0.00%, 12/31/13

        350           
        

 

 

 
           965,888   
        

 

 

 

Mining — 3.3%

        

FMG Resources August 2006 Property, Ltd., Co. Gty., 6.875%, 04/01/22 144A(b)

   B1/B+      325         348,562   

Newcrest Finance Property, Ltd., Co. Gty., 4.45%, 11/15/21 144A(b)

   Baa2/BBB      491         512,067   

Teck Resources, Ltd., Co. Gty., 5.20%, 03/01/42 (b)

   Baa2/BBB      296         284,367   

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., Co. Gty., 4.95%, 11/15/21 144A(b)

   Baa2/BBB+      361         393,069   
        

 

 

 
           1,538,065   
        

 

 

 

Paper — 0.5%

        

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA, Sr. Unsec. Notes, 4.75%, 01/11/22 (b)

   Baa2/BBB      228         236,617   
        

 

 

 

Pipe Lines Ex Natural Gas — 1.3%

        

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Co. Gty., 7.034%, 01/15/68 (b)(c)

   Baa2/BBB      211         244,760   

IFM US Colonial Pipeline 2 LLC, Sr. Sec. Notes, 6.45%, 05/01/21 144A(b)

   NR/BBB-      175         199,275   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Sr. Unsec. Notes, 9.00%, 02/01/19 (b)

   Baa2/BBB      130         175,793   
        

 

 

 
           619,828   
        

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Moody’s/              
     Standard &    Principal         
     Poor’s    Amount         
     Rating(a)    (000’s)      Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

        

Technology — 0.3%

        

Apple, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 3.85%, 05/04/43 (b)

   NR/AA+    $         140       $         139,185   
        

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 3.9%

        

Frontier Communications Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 8.50%, 04/15/20 (b)

   Ba2/BB-      325         373,750   

Metropcs Wireless, Inc., Co. Gty., 6.25%, 04/01/21 144A

   NR/BB      189         202,939   

Metropcs Wireless, Inc., Co. Gty., 6.625%, 04/01/23 144A

   NR/BB      127         136,525   

NII Capital Corp., Co. Gty., 7.625%, 04/01/21 (b)

   Caa1/CCC      215         190,275   

Qwest Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.25%, 10/15/35 (b)

   Baa3/BBB-      195         203,775   

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Co. Gty., 6.00%, 09/30/34 (b)

   Baa3/BBB      215         208,393   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Co. Gty., 3.992%, 02/16/16 (b)

   Baa2/BBB      254         267,229   

UPCB Finance VI, Ltd., Sr. Sec. Notes, 6.875%, 01/15/22 144A(b)

   Ba3/BB-      250         274,375   
        

 

 

 
           1,857,261   
        

 

 

 

Utilities — 3.3%

        

Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.40%, 09/15/20 144A(b)

   Ba1/BBB-      163         200,894   

Electricite de France SA, Sub. Notes, 5.25%, 01/29/23 144A(c)(d)

   A3/BBB+      208         209,221   

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., Co. Gty., 7.30%, 09/01/67 (b)(c)

   Baa2/BBB      488         552,050   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc., Co. Gty., 3.50%, 12/01/22 (b)

   Baa3/BBB-      241         247,017   

UIL Holdings Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 4.625%, 10/01/20 (b)

   Baa3/BBB-      325         351,433   
        

 

 

 
           1,560,615   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (Cost $20,347,026)

           21,648,558   
        

 

 

 

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 6.3%

        

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2012-3, Class C, 2.42%, 05/08/18

   Aa3/A+      202         207,672   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2010-2, Class B, 2.73%, 03/09/15

   Aaa/AAA      76         76,375   

ARES Enhanced Loan Investment Strategy, Ltd., Series 2008-IRA, Class A2, 4.276%, 10/16/20 144A(c)

   Aa3/AA+      250         251,228   

Atrium CDO Corp., Series 7A, Class B, 3.29%, 11/16/22 144A(c)

   NR/AA      425         428,004   

Dominos Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A2, 5.216%, 01/25/42 144A

   Baa1/BBB+      255         286,730   

Goldentree Loan Opportunities V, Ltd., Series 2007-5A, Class B, 1.377%, 10/18/21 144A(c)

   Aa3/AA      500         486,985   

LCM Ltd. Partnership, 2.426%, 01/19/23 (c)

   NR/AA      650         652,766   

Octagon Investment Partners VII, Ltd., Series 2004-7A, Class A1L, 0.647%, 12/02/16 144A(c)

   Aaa/AAA              277   

Sonic Capital, LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A2, 5.438%, 05/20/41 144A

   Baa2/BBB      176         197,022   

TAL Advantage V, LLC, Series 2013-1A, Class A, 2.83%, 02/22/38

   NR/A      415         416,285   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $2,887,197)

           3,003,344   
        

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 8.6%

        

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW13, Class AM, 5.582%, 09/11/41(c)

   NR/A      553         628,214   

CD Commerical Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-CD2, Class AM, 5.351%, 01/15/46(c)

   Aa3/A-      455         498,502   

DDR Corp., Series 2009-DDR1, Class C, 6.223%, 10/14/22 144A

   A1/AA+      553         585,746   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2002-C1, Class E, 6.135%, 07/12/37 144A

   A2/A-      97         96,786   

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

8


CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Moody’s/              
     Standard &    Principal         
     Poor’s    Amount         
     Rating(a)    (000’s)      Value  

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — (Continued)

        

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-CB16,
Class AM, 5.593%, 05/12/45

   A3/A    $         553       $         619,879   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-3, Class AJ, 5.485%, 07/12/46(c)

   Ba2/NR      423         402,149   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2012-CKSI, Class C, 4.437%, 10/15/30(c)

   NR/A      540         536,057   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2005-HQ6, Class A4B, 5.042%, 08/13/42

   NR/A+      325         351,815   

Spirit Master Funding, LLC, Series 2006-1A, Class A, 5.76%, 03/20/24

   NR/BB+      318         332,163   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $3,915,504)

           4,051,311   
        

 

 

 

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 12.0%

        

FHLMC Gold Pool # G03508, 6.00%, 07/01/37

   Aaa/AA+      158         173,406   

FNMA Pool #AL0515, 6.00%, 07/01/40

   Aaa/AA+      213         247,096   

FNMA Pool, TBA, 3.50%, 05/01/22

   Aaa/AA+      1,358         1,446,907   

FNMA Pool, TBA, 2.50%, 05/01/22

   Aaa/AA+      1,200         1,254,750   

FNMA Pool, TBA, 3.00%, 05/01/22

   Aaa/AA+      1,075         1,124,383   

FNMA Pool, TBA, 4.00%, 05/01/22

   Aaa/AA+      325         347,852   

GNMA Pool # 4679, 5.00%, 04/20/40

   Aaa/AA+      462         514,406   

GNMA Pool # 694462, 6.00%, 10/15/38

   Aaa/AA+      178         200,807   

GNMA Pool # 729349, 4.00%, 07/15/41

   Aaa/AA+      293         321,255   

GNMA Pool, TBA, 3.50%, 05/01/22

   Aaa/AA+      30         32,677   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $5,607,296)

           5,663,539   
        

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — 1.9%

        

American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc., Build America Bonds, RB, 6.053%, 02/15/43

   A1/A      225         274,957   

State of Illinois, Build America Bonds, GO, 7.35%, 07/01/35

   A2/A-      130         159,550   

State of Maryland, 5.00%, 03/01/23

   NR/AAA      380         474,061   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost $794,090)

           908,568   
        

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 12.2%

        

United States Treasury Note, 0.625%, 08/31/17

   Aaa/AA+      1,960         1,966,278   

United States Treasury Note, 0.875%, 01/31/18

   Aaa/AA+      169         170,928   

United States Treasury Note, 0.875%, 07/31/19

   Aaa/AA+      1,004         999,686   

United States Treasury Note, 1.25%, 10/31/19

   Aaa/AA+      975         991,072   

United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, 01/31/20

   Aaa/AA+      588         600,495   

United States Treasury Note, 1.625%, 08/15/22

   Aaa/AA+      740         742,139   

United States Treasury Bond, 2.75%, 08/15/42

   Aaa/AA+      330         320,461   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $5,756,871)

           5,791,059   
        

 

 

 
          Number         
          of Shares         

PREFERRED STOCK — 1.2%

        

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

        

CoBank ACB

   NR/A-      5,200         556,400   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $542,100)

           556,400   
        

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9


CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Moody’s/              
     Standard &              
     Poor’s    Number         
     Rating(a)    of Shares      Value  

REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY — 20.7%

        

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempCash Portfolio

   Aaa/AAA      9,793,583       $         9,793,583   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY (Cost $9,793,583)

           9,793,583   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 108.6%

        

(Cost $49,643,667)

           51,416,362   

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS - (8.6)%

           (4,077,266
        

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

         $ 47,339,096   
        

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Ratings for debt securities are unaudited. All ratings are as of April 30, 2013 and may have changed subsequently.

(b) 

This security is callable.

(c) 

Floating or variable rate security. Rate disclosed is as of April 30, 2013.

(d) 

Security is perpetual. Date shown is next call date.

144A Securities were purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2013, these securities amounted to $9,546,336 or 20.2% of net assets.

 

Legend

        

CDO

  

Collateralized Debt Obligations

  

Ltd.

  

Limited

CMO

  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

  

NR

  

Not Rated

Co. Gty.

  

Company Guaranty

  

PLC

  

Public Limited Company

FHLMC

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

RB

  

Revenue Bond

FNMA

  

Federal National Mortgage Association

  

REIT

  

Real Estate Investment Trust

FREMF

  

Freddie Multi-Family

  

REMICs

  

Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

GNMA

  

Government National Mortgage Association

  

Sec.

  

Secured

GO

  

General Obligations

  

Sr.

  

Senior

Gtd.

  

Guaranteed

  

Sub.

  

Subordinated

Jr.

  

Junior

  

TBA

  

To Be Announced

LLC

  

Limited Liability Company

  

Unsec.

  

Unsecured

LP

  

Limited Partnership

     

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $49,643,667)

   $ 51,416,362   

Receivable for investments sold

     851,585   

Dividends and interest receivable

     315,663   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     9,720   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     52,593,330   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for investments purchased

     5,174,583   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     11,163   

Payable to Investment Adviser

     10,905   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     4,688   

Payable for custodian fees

     2,538   

Accrued expenses

     50,357   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     5,254,234   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 47,339,096   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 45,210   

Paid-in capital

     45,062,787   

Accumulated net investment income

     4,187   

Accumulated net realized gain from investments and foreign currency transactions

     454,217   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,772,695   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 47,339,096   
  

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($47,339,096 / 4,520,989)

     $10.47   
  

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Interest

   $ 2,583,735   

Dividends

     41,408   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     2,625,143   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     357,355   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     92,219   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     53,001   

Legal fees

     50,231   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     28,660   

Audit fees

     24,000   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     23,040   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     19,635   

Registration and filing fees

     5,638   

Other expenses

     13,618   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     667,397   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (61,640
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     605,757   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     2,019,386   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     2,779,702 (a) 

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     84,030   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     2,863,732   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 4,883,118   
  

 

 

 

 

(a) 

On April 4, 2013 the Fund had a redemption-in-kind transfer of securities in the amount of $23,574,328. The net realized gain on the transaction of $982,608 will not be realized by the fund for tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 

Increase in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 2,019,386      $ 2,224,078   

Net realized gain from investments

     2,779,702        1,506,385   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     84,030        768,062   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     4,883,118        4,498,525   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

    

Net investment income:

    

Institutional Class

     (2,201,709     (2,399,313
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized capital gains:

    

Institutional Class

     (1,617,027       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (3,818,736     (2,399,313
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     (26,235,919     2,449,313   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease in net assets

     (25,171,537     4,548,525   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

    

Beginning of year

     72,510,633        67,962,108   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 47,339,096      $ 72,510,633   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of year

   $ 4,187      $ 23,465   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Institutional Class share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Institutional Class
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
December  2, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.31       $ 10.01       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.29         0.32         0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       0.43         0.33         0.01  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       0.72         0.65         0.12  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.32 )       (0.35 )       (0.11 )

Net realized gains

       (0.24 )                
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.56 )       (0.35 )       (0.11 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.47       $ 10.31       $ 10.01  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

       7.17 %       6.59 %       1.22 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 47,339       $ 72,511       $ 67,962  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.85 %       0.85 %       0.83 %(3)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)

       0.93 %       1.05 %       0.90 %(3)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       2.83 %       3.19 %       2.61 %(3)

Portfolio turnover rate

       154.23 %(5)       95.43 %       106.84 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3)

Annualized.

(4)

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(5)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities delivered from processing a redemption-in-kind.

(6)

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on December 2, 2010. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Class C and Institutional Class. As of April 30, 2013, Class A and Class C Shares had not been issued.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each business day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued at their last sale price on the NYSE on the day the security is valued. Lacking any sales on such day, the security will be valued at the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to the market close. 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. Unlisted securities that are quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Market System, for which there have been sales of such securities on such day, shall be valued at the official closing price on such system on the day the security is valued. If there are no such sales on such day, the value shall be the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to market close. The value of such securities quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) markets system, but not listed on the National Market System, shall be valued at the mean between closing asked price and the closing bid price. Unlisted securities that are not quoted on the NASDAQ and for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available will be valued at the mean between the current bid and the asked prices for such security in the over-the-counter market. Fixed income securities are valued based on the market quotations, which are furnished by an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

        •  Level 1 —

 

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

        •  Level 2 —

 

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

        •  Level 3 —

 

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

The fair value of the Fund’s bonds are generally based on the quotes received from brokers or independent pricing services. Bonds with quotes that are based on actual trades with a sufficient level of activity on or near the measurement date are classified as Level 2 assets.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

     Total Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

   $ 21,648,558       $       $ 21,648,558       $   

Asset Backed Securities

     3,003,344                 3,003,344           

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     4,051,311                 4,051,311           

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

     5,663,539                 5,663,539           

Municipal Bonds

     908,568                 908,568           

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     5,791,059                 5,791,059           

Preferred Stock.

     556,400         556,400                   

Registered Investment Company

     9,793,583         9,793,583                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $     51,416,362       $     10,349,983       $     41,066,379       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise may be less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Securities Traded on a To-Be-Announced Basis — The Fund may trade securities on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. In a TBA transaction, the Fund commits to purchasing or selling securities which have not yet been issued by the issuer and for which specific information, such as the face amount, maturity date and underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through securities, is not announced. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund. Beginning on the date the Fund enters into a TBA transaction, cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations are segregated in an amount equal in value to the purchase price of the TBA security. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities initially expressed in non-U.S. currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the applicable exchange rates at the date of the last business day of the financial statement period. Purchases and sales of securities, interest income, dividends, variation margin received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect on the transaction date.

The Fund does not separately report the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices of securities held. Such changes are included with the net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities in the Statement of Operations. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain or loss are reported separately as net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currencies in the Statement of Operations.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly to shareholders. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

 

17


CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Cutwater Investor Services Corp. d/b/a Cutwater Asset Management (“Cutwater” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 0.85% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until: (i) August 31, 2013; (ii) upon the termination of the Adviser as investment adviser to the Fund; or (iii) unless the Board of Trustees of the Trust approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. As of April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recovery was as follows:

 

Expiration

April 30, 2015

 

April 30, 2016

$138,467   $61,640

As of April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees payable to the Adviser were $10,905. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the Adviser waived fees of $61,640.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund pursuant to an underwriting agreement between the Trust and the Underwriter.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $9,682. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

 

18


CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales(a)  

Investment Securities.

   $ 34,079,520       $ 28,479,339   

U.S. Government Securities

     72,590,831         86,139,796   

 

(a) 

The Fund had a redemption-in-kind on April 4, 2013, which resulted in a redemption out of the Fund of $25,000,000 and is excluded from the proceeds from sales above. The redemption was comprised of securities and cash in the amount of $23,574,328 and $1,425,672, respectively.

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Year Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  
     Shares     Amount     Shares      Amount  

Institutional Class:

         

Sales

          $        4,970       $ 50,000   

Reinvestments

     367,158        3,818,717        237,000         2,399,313   

Redemptions

     (2,879,950     (30,054,636               
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase / (decrease)

     (2,512,792   $ (26,235,919     241,970       $ 2,449,313   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income by $163,045, decrease accumulated net realized gain by $1,145,484, and increase paid-in-capital by $982,439, due to paydowns and the redemption-in-kind. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $2,928,880 of ordinary income dividends and $889,856 of long-term capital gains dividends. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $2,399,313 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

 

19


CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss

Carryforward

   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
$ —    $98,206    $360,198    $1,772,695

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

Federal tax cost

   $ 49,643,667     
  

 

 

   

Gross unrealized appreciation

     1,852,910     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (80,215  
  

 

 

   

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,772,695     
  

 

 

   

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2013, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards.

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Cutwater Investment Grade Bond Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $2,928,880 ordinary income dividends and $889,856 long-term distributions to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 0.81% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for corporate dividends received deduction is 0.81%.

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 99.99%.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distributions as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act for 2004.

A total of 0.04% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year was derived from interest on U.S. government securities, which is generally exempt from state income tax.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 678-6242 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (866) 678-6242.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustee” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 678-6242.

 

Name and
Date of Birth
  

Position(s) Held    

with Trust

  

Term of Office    

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

    Trust Complex    

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
           

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

   Trustee and Chairman of the Board    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.   

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

   28    Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).
           

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

   Trustee   

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

 

   University Professor, Widener University    28    None
           

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.   

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

   28    None
           

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.    Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.    28   

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name and

Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held    

with Trust

  

    Term of Office    

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

   Number of
Funds in
    Trust Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorships of
Public
Companies
Held by Trustee
INTERESTED TRUSTEE1
           

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.   

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present; EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

 

   28    None

1 Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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CUTWATER INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
       

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

   President and Chief Executive Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.
       

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.
       

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

   Secretary    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.    Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.
       

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

   Chief Compliance Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Cutwater Asset Management

113 King Street

Armonk, NY 10504

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103


DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Fund Shareholder,

Emerging Market Equities gained 4% in U.S. dollar terms over the trailing one-year ending April 30, 2013, lagging the gains experienced by the developed equity markets. Macroeconomic trends played a dominant role in equity market performance during the past twelve months, as has been the case since the onset of the European Financial crisis. The actions of developed market Central Banks continue to be a major driver of investor sentiment. Developed markets were led by the U.S. and Japan; as the U.S. Federal Reserve continued to buy $85 billion a month in mortgage and treasury securities while Japan benefited greatly from a new aggressive monetary stimulus program that was announced in the fall of 2012, and began in 2013. This flood of liquidity has led to a shift in positioning by investors. Traditional fixed income investors have moved higher on the risk curve into credit and high dividend yield, “safe” equities in developed markets. This capital, seeking current income, has also moved into emerging market debt markets. Within emerging market stocks, as fears have mounted, investors have sought safety in sectors like consumer staples, health care and utilities at the expense of more cyclical areas like industrial company stocks.

Investors exhibited stock price momentum seeking or trend following behavior during the recent 12 month period, pushing up the valuations of sectors and countries with the best near-term performance trends. This behavior led investors toward generally stable earning sectors perceived to be safe such as consumer staples (+16%) and health care (+24%), and away from economically sensitive areas such as energy (-10%) and materials (-11%). From a regional perspective, the South East Asian countries of Philippines (+43%), Thailand (+22%) and Indonesia (+17%) significantly outperformed the overall market, while the major commodity exporting countries of Brazil, Chile, Russia and South Africa lagged.

For the fiscal year ending April 30, 2013, emerging market returns as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets index were 3.97% . The Fund returned 0.59%, lagging the index by (3.38%) (net of fees). The majority of the underperformance occurred over the last four months of the period as investors increasingly moved toward generally safer and more predictable areas of the market and away from areas with less perceived certainty, regardless of price. As 2012 progressed, we began to find very attractive investment opportunities among the more economically sensitive areas of the market due to the aforementioned shift in investor behavior. As the valuation differentials between stable earning and economically sensitive areas continued to widen, we increased the Fund’s exposure to these more economically sensitive areas throughout the period. These valuation differentials continued to widen in the first four months of 2013, negatively impacting performance of the Fund relative to the benchmark.

From a sector perspective, the Fund was negatively impacted by an over allocation to the energy and industrial sectors, as well as stock selection within the industrials sector. Additionally, the Fund was negatively impacted by stock selection in the financial and technology sectors and under allocations to those sectors. Favorable stock selection in the consumer discretionary, health care and telecommunications sectors partially offset negative contributions elsewhere in the fund.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

From a country perspective, the Fund was negatively impacted by stock selection in China, Russia and South Africa. The Fund’s exposure to economically sensitive stocks within those countries negatively impacted performance. These negative impacts were partially offset by favorable stock selection in smaller countries such as Chile, Jordan, Panama and Thailand.

Investment Environment and Outlook

Since 2006, investors have witnessed a boom in commodity prices, a global financial crisis, a short recovery and a regional financial crisis in developed Europe. Due to this heightened volatility and uncertainty, coupled with fears of a global slowdown, emerging market investors have been hesitant to take a longer term investment horizon, and have embraced traditionally defensive areas such as consumer staples, shunning more economically sensitive (cyclical) sectors such as industrials and materials. The strong performance of defensive sectors relative to cyclical sectors is a symbol of the current market environment, an environment where business/earnings certainty is rewarded and the lack of short-term clarity is punished. It is during these periods of time when stock prices become detached from underlying long term business fundamentals and investors extrapolate current events (negative or positive) too far into the future. We are positioning the Fund to take advantage of these market disconnects by holding shares in companies that are trading at attractive valuations relative to their long term profitability and sustainable growth rates.

We believe investors are over-paying for sectors perceived to be safe, whereas cyclicals sectors are trading at close to trough valuations. This gap has widened to abnormally high levels based on history. Meanwhile, growth prospects for emerging markets remain strong, government debt levels are reasonable, and falling inflation in many countries allows for central bank flexibility. Many emerging market countries have lowered interest rates over the past several months and most have more room to decrease rates if needed, depending on future growth and inflation. The valuation gap between cyclical and defensive areas of the market should narrow as emerging markets continue to grow, leading to the outperformance of cyclical shares relative to the market. The Fund should be well positioned as this occurs.

As always, our focus remains on valuing companies based on their long term profitability. This is overlaid with our risk assessment both at individual company level and country level. Each investment is judged based on this risk-return tradeoff.

We appreciate your investment in the Fund and look forward to communicating with you in the future.

DuPont Capital Management Corporation

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the twelve months ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risks.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $1,000,000 Investment in the Dupont Capital Emerging Markets Fund Class I Shares vs MSCI Emerging Markets Net Dividend Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns For the Periods Ended April 30, 2013
      1 Year   Since Inception*

Class I Shares

       0.59 %       -2.61 %

MSCI Emerging Markets Net Dividend Index

       3.97 %       -0.92 %**

 

*

The DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on December 6, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 447-0014.

The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expense ratios, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, is 1.44% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, which may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. DuPont Capital Management Corporation (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its fees or reimburse the Fund’s operating expenses in order to limit the total annual operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) for Class I Shares to 1.60% . This agreement will terminate on August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approve an earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

A 2.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. The redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Net Dividend Index. The MSCI Emerging Markets Net Dividend Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization index consisting of 21 emerging economies. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

Mutual fund investing involves risks, including possible loss of principal. The Fund invests primarily in markets of emerging countries which are riskier than more developed markets and may be considered speculative. Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly or may never fully develop. Emerging markets are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency evaluations, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, many emerging securities markets have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets.

Foreign securities are subject to political, social, or economic risks including instability in the country of the issuer of a security, variation in international trade patterns, the possibility of the imposition of exchange controls, expropriation, confiscatory taxation, limits on movement to currency or other assets and nationalization of assets.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from November 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Fund
     Beginning Account Value    Ending Account Value    Expenses Paid
     November 1, 2012    April 30, 2013    During Period*

Class I Shares

        

Actual

   $1,000.00      $1,025.80      $6.58  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,018.30    6.56

 

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.31% for Class I Shares of the Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account value on the first line in the table is based on the actual total return for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 for the Fund of 2.58%.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

SECTOR CATEGORIES:

    

Commercial Banks

     19.2   $ 89,744,984   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     13.4        62,846,616   

Metals & Mining

     12.2        56,878,652   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     9.5        44,472,955   

Machinery

     5.5        25,760,629   

Exchange Traded Funds

     5.5        25,739,967   

Automobiles

     4.4        20,382,851   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.9        13,499,959   

Airlines

     2.1        9,842,960   

Auto Components

     2.1        9,600,507   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.0        9,543,053   

Beverages.

     2.0        9,477,622   

Computers & Peripherals

     1.9        9,276,151   

Electric Utilities

     1.8        8,462,862   

Aerospace & Defense

     1.5        6,933,288   

Information Technology Services

     1.3        5,923,866   

Household Durables

     1.2        5,554,563   

Multiline Retail

     1.1        5,235,717   

Construction Materials

     0.8        3,690,896   

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.8        3,578,414   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Component

     0.7        3,112,776   

Water Utilities

     0.7        3,112,642   

Chemicals

     0.7        3,102,385   

Pharmaceuticals

     0.6        3,012,196   

Marine

     0.6        2,776,327   

Insurance

     0.6        2,725,532   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.4        2,098,553   

Electrical Equipment

     0.4        2,067,487   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.3        1,582,816   

Construction & Engineering

     0.2        1,166,880   

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.1        421,539   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     3.5        16,274,870   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 467,900,515   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 86.7%

  

Brazil — 4.1%

     

Autometal SA

     178,978       $         1,876,775   

Cyrela Brazil Realty SA Empreendimentos e Participacoes

     304,700         2,751,932   

Embraer SA

     795,400         6,933,288   

Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA

     597,800         2,802,631   

MMX Mineracao e Metalicos SA*

     1,960,936         2,293,435   

Sul America SA - Units

     364,756         2,725,532   
     

 

 

 
        19,383,593   
     

 

 

 

Chile — 2.7%

     

Aguas Andinas SA, Class A

     3,909,063         3,112,642   

Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA, ADR

     274,475         9,477,622   
     

 

 

 
        12,590,264   
     

 

 

 

China — 12.6%

     

China Mobile, Ltd.

     1,747,168         19,216,429   

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., Class H

     1,854,000         6,574,032   

Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., Class H

     5,870,000         8,769,697   

Pacific Basin Shipping, Ltd.

     4,853,344         2,776,327   

PetroChina Co., Ltd., Class H

     7,935,181         10,114,415   

Sinotruk Hong Kong, Ltd.

     3,964,000         2,209,954   

Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Class H

     1,390,000         4,855,511   

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd., Class H

     4,428,000         4,627,883   
     

 

 

 
        59,144,248   
     

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Columbia — 2.3%

     

Bancolombia SA

     662,180       $         10,884,644   
     

 

 

 

Czech Republic — 2.2%

     

Komercni Banka AS

     52,500         10,052,979   
     

 

 

 

India — 2.9%

     

Infosys Ltd., SP ADR

     141,923         5,923,866   

Reliance Industries, Ltd., SP GDR(a)

     257,881         7,545,675   
     

 

 

 
        13,469,541   
     

 

 

 

Indonesia — 5.2%

     

AKR Corporindo Tbk PT

     2,984,500         1,582,816   

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     5,103,000         4,942,384   

Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT

     1,901,500         7,194,770   

United Tractors Tbk PT

     3,348,500         6,124,362   

Vale Indonesia Tbk PT

     15,479,500         4,556,198   
     

 

 

 
        24,400,530   
     

 

 

 

Jordan — 0.7%

     

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

     198,133         3,012,196   
     

 

 

 

Lebanon — 0.1%

     

Solidere, GDR

     32,154         421,539   
     

 

 

 

Malaysia — 4.1%

     

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

     1,374,200         3,498,375   

Genting Bhd

     2,763,196         9,543,053   

Malayan Banking Bhd

     1,882,281         5,954,715   
     

 

 

 
        18,996,143   
     

 

 

 

Mexico — 5.3%

     

America Movil SAB de CV, Series L

     14,120,028         15,129,058   

Ternium SA, SP ADR

     420,594         9,846,106   
     

 

 

 
        24,975,164   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Panama — 2.1%

     

Copa Holdings SA, Class A

     78,380       $         9,842,960   
     

 

 

 

Poland — 3.9%

     

Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA

     144,623         4,307,700   

Bank Pekao SA

     192,929         9,255,774   

Grupa Lotos SA*

     200,642         2,416,844   

Telekomunikacja Polska SA

     940,685         2,098,553   
     

 

 

 
        18,078,871   
     

 

 

 

Russia — 6.4%

     

Gazprom OAO, SP ADR

     1,683,672         13,385,192   

Novolipetsk Steel OJSC, GDR

     534,328         8,923,705   

Sberbank of Russia, SP ADR*

     522,244         6,716,058   

VimpelCom, Ltd., SP ADR

     93,256         1,021,153   
     

 

 

 
        30,046,108   
     

 

 

 

South Africa — 8.0%

     

ABSA Group, Ltd.

     534,979         8,813,894   

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., SP ADR

     273,891         5,340,874   

Aveng, Ltd.

     354,949         1,166,880   

Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd.

     405,391         5,555,659   

MTN Group, Ltd.

     504,617         9,106,315   

PPC Ltd.

     1,009,456         3,690,896   

Reunert, Ltd.

     411,731         3,578,414   
     

 

 

 
        37,252,932   
     

 

 

 

South Korea — 13.1%

     

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

     55,316         10,120,542   

Hyundai Mobis

     33,970         7,723,732   

Hyundai Motor Co.

     63,955         11,613,154   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

South Korea — (Continued)

  

POSCO, ADR

     119,044       $         8,569,978   

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

     76,800         2,450,260   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     453,345         15,702,559   

Shinsegae Co., Ltd.

     24,351         5,235,717   
     

 

 

 
        61,415,942   
     

 

 

 

Taiwan — 6.6%

     

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     1,923,000         1,677,254   

Chipbond Technology Corp.*

     1,492,000         3,803,510   

Compal Electronics, Inc.

     14,320,208         9,276,151   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     1,099,692         5,376,496   

Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd.

     1,295,372         3,102,385   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     712,043         2,642,699   

TPK Holding Co. Ltd.

     153,000         3,112,776   

Walsin Lihwa Corp.*

     6,658,000         2,067,487   
     

 

 

 
        31,058,758   
     

 

 

 

Thailand — 4.4%

     

Kasikornbank PCL NVDR

     1,328,770         9,615,902   

Thai Oil PCL

     4,874,200         10,987,805   
     

 

 

 
        20,603,707   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $403,149,512)

  

  

     405,630,119   
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 4.3%

  

  

Brazil — 4.3%

     

Cia Paranaense de Energia, Class B

     476,155         8,462,862   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

PREFERRED STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Brazil — (Continued)

     

Vale SA

     726,200       $ 11,792,697   
     

 

 

 
        20,255,559   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $20,617,942)

  

  

     20,255,559   
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 5.5%

     

iShares MSCI Emerging Market Index Fund

     540,513         23,398,808   

Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     53,500         2,341,159   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $24,939,926)

   

     25,739,967   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 96.5% (Cost $448,707,380)

   

     451,625,645   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 3.5%

   

     16,274,870   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $     467,900,515   
     

 

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

(a)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security was purchased in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees and may be resold, in transactions exempt from registration, to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2013, this security amounted to $7,545,675 or 1.6% of net assets. This security has been determined by the Adviser to be a liquid security.

 

ADR

  

American Depositary Receipt

GDR

  

Global Depositary Receipt

NVDR

  

Non-voting Depositary Receipt

PCL

  

Public Company Limited

PLC

  

Public Limited Company

SP ADR

  

Sponsored Depositary Receipt

SP GDR

  

Sponsored Global Depositary Receipt

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $448,707,380)

   $ 451,625,645   

Cash

     13,282,697   

Foreign Currency (Cost $186,137)

     185,708   

Receivable for investments sold

     3,989,501   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     541,152   

Dividends and interest receivable

     1,714,250   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     33,348   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     471,372,301   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for investments purchased

     2,410,944   

Payable to Investment Adviser

     395,919   

Payable for foreign taxes

     315,543   

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     186,690   

Payable for custodian fees

     79,914   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     31,147   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     3,330   

Accrued expenses

     48,299   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     3,471,786   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 467,900,515   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 506,821   

Paid-in capital

     477,293,236   

Accumulated net investment income

     217,130   

Accumulated net realized loss from investments and foreign currency transactions

     (13,026,213

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency

     2,909,541   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 467,900,515   
  

 

 

 

Class I:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($467,900,515 / 50,682,107)

     $9.23   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 9,551,438   

Less: foreign taxes withheld

     (1,223,869

Interest

     1,322   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income.

     8,328,891   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     3,455,938   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     365,957   

Administration and accounting fees

     244,810   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     57,145   

Legal fees

     46,229   

Registration and filing fees

     45,937   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     45,332   

Audit fees

     31,640   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     28,491   

Other expenses

     25,519   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     4,346,998   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     3,981,893   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments

  

Net realized loss from investments

     (1,985,357

Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions

     (602,077

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments

     (3,324,327

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on foreign currency translations

     (8,527
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

     (5,920,288
  

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

   $ (1,938,395
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the     For the  
     Year Ended     Year Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 3,981,893      $ 2,123,820   

Net realized loss from investments and foreign currency transactions

     (2,587,434     (11,391,620

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) from investments and foreign currency translations

     (3,332,854     1,797,186   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

     (1,938,395     (7,470,614
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

    

Net investment income:

    

Class I

     (2,984,121     (1,224,538
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net investment income

     (2,984,121     (1,224,538
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     202,499,426        182,856,979   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     197,576,910        174,161,827   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

    

Beginning of year

     270,323,605        96,161,778   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 467,900,515      $ 270,323,605   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of year

   $ 217,130      $ 272,793   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class I Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class I
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
December  6, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

       $9.26         $    10.39         $  10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

       0.11 (1)       0.12 (1)       0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

       (0.05 )       (1.19 )       0.38  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.06         (1.07 )       0.39  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.09 )       (0.06 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

       $     9.23         $     9.26         $  10.39  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

       0.59 %       (10.19 )%       3.90 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

       $467,901         $270,324         $96,162  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.32 %       1.41 %       1.56 %(3)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements

       1.32 %       1.41 %       1.62 %(3)(4)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.21 %       1.30 %       0.29 %(3)

Portfolio turnover rate

       118.5 %       148.6 %(5)       60.0 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3) 

Annualized.

(4) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(5) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received from processing two subscriptions-in-kind.

(6) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on December 6, 2010. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Class C, Class D and Class I Shares. As of April 30, 2013, Class A, Class C and Class D Shares had not been issued.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. The Fund’s equity securities listed on any national or foreign exchange market system will be valued at the last sale price. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing price. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Prices for equity securities normally are supplied by an independent pricing service approved by the Fundvantage Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board of Trustees”). Fixed income securities are valued based on market quotations, which are furnished by an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Any assets held by the Fund that are denominated in foreign currencies are valued daily in U.S. dollars at the foreign currency exchange rates that are prevailing at the time that the Fund determines the daily NAV per share. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not calculate NAV. As a result, the market value of these investments may change on days when you cannot buy or sell shares of the Fund. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in any mutual fund are valued at the irrespective NAVs as determined by those mutual funds each business day (which may use fair value pricing as disclosed in their prospectuses). Securities that do not have a readily available current market value are valued in good faith under the direction of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has adopted methods for valuing securities and other assets in circumstances where market quotes are not readily available and has delegated to the Adviser the responsibility for applying the valuation methods. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuations techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

• Level 1 —

 

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

• Level 2 —

 

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

• Level 3 —

 

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Transfers in and out are recognized at the value at the end of the period.

Significant events (such as movement in the U.S. securities market, or other regional and local developments) may occur between the time that foreign markets close (where the security is principally traded) and the time that the Fund calculates its NAV (generally, the close of the NYSE) that may impact the value of securities traded in these foreign markets. As a result, the Fund fair values foreign securities using an independent pricing service which considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, exchange traded funds and certain indexes as well as prices for similar securities. Such fair valuations are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

     Total Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1 Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Common Stocks

           

Brazil

   $     19,383,593       $     19,383,593       $     —       $   

Chile.

     12,590,264         12,590,264                   

China

     59,144,248                 59,144,248           

Columbia

     10,884,644         10,884,644                   

Czech Republic

     10,052,979                 10,052,979           

India

     13,469,541         13,469,541                   

Indonesia

     24,400,530                 24,400,530           

Jordan

     3,012,196                 3,012,196           

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     Total Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Common Stocks(Continued)

           

Lebanon

   $ 421,539       $ 421,539       $       $   

Malaysia

     18,996,143                 18,996,143           

Mexico

     24,975,164         24,975,164                   

Panama

     9,842,960         9,842,960                   

Poland

     18,078,871                 18,078,871           

Russia

     30,046,108         30,046,108                   

South Africa

     37,252,932         13,777,064         23,475,868           

South Korea

     61,415,942         8,569,978         52,845,964           

Taiwan

     31,058,758                 31,058,758           

Thailand

     20,603,707                 20,603,707           

Preferred Stocks

     20,255,559         20,255,559                   

Exchange Traded Funds.

     25,739,967         25,739,967                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   451,625,645       $   189,956,381       $   261,669,264       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At the end of each fiscal quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no significant transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities initially expressed in non-U.S. currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the applicable exchange rates at the date of the last business day of the financial statement period. Purchases and sales of securities, interest income, dividends, variation margin received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect on the transaction date.

The Fund does not separately report the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices of securities held. Such changes are included with the net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities in the Statement of Operations. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain or loss are reported separately as net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currencies in the Statement of Operations.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

Currency Risk — The Fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, including American Depositary Receipts. These markets are subject to special risks associated with foreign investments not typically associated with investing in U.S. markets. Because the foreign securities in which the Fund may invest generally trade in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, changes in currency exchange rates will affect the Fund’s NAV, the value of dividends and interest earned and gains and losses realized on the sale of securities. Because the NAV for the Fund is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars, the Fund may lose money by investing in a foreign security if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, even if the local currency value of the Fund’s holdings goes up. Generally, a strong U.S. dollar relative to these other currencies will adversely affect the value of the Fund’s holdings in foreign securities.

Foreign Securities Market Risk — Securities of many non-U.S. companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. Securities of companies traded in many countries outside the U.S., particularly emerging markets countries, may be subject to further risks due to the inexperience of local investment professionals and financial institutions, the possibility of permanent or temporary termination of trading and greater spreads between bid and asked prices of securities. In addition, non-U.S. stock exchanges and investment professionals are subject to less governmental regulation, and commissions may be higher than in the United States. Also, there may be delays in the settlement of non-U.S. stock exchange transactions.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

DuPont Capital Management Corporation (“DuPont Capital” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 1.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Each class of shares of the Fund pays its respective pro-rata portion of the advisory fee payable by the Fund. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.60% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees of the Trust approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. As of April 30, 2013, there were no amounts to be recouped.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees were $3,455,938. At April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees payable to the Adviser were $395,919.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annualized percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annualized percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund pursuant to an underwriting agreement between the Trust and the Underwriter.

At April 30, 2013, the Fund had not issued Class A, Class C or Class D Shares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $34,545. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding U.S. Government and agency short-term investments and other short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 558,631,144       $ 371,864,081   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class I Shares

        

Sales

     25,914,797      $ 242,573,985        26,396,801      $ 240,864,637   

Reinvestments

     225,885        2,127,163        113,686        909,484   

Redemption Fees*

            9,703               214   

Redemptions

     (4,643,203     (42,211,425     (6,580,300     (58,917,356
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     21,497,479      $ 202,499,426        19,930,187      $ 182,856,979   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on the shares redeemed which have been held for 60 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in-capital.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to decrease undistributed net investment income and decrease accumulated net realized loss by $1,053,435. These permanent differences were primarily attributable to gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and reclasses of foreign taxes.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $2,984,121 of ordinary income dividends. For the year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $1,224,538 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss

Carryforward

   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Qualified Late-Year
Losses

$(3,546,964)

   $217,130    $—    $(5,491,367)   $(1,078,341)

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Foreign currency and short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 457,108,288   
    

 

 

 
 

Gross unrealized appreciation.

     28,474,253   
 

Gross unrealized depreciation.

     (33,956,896
    

 

 

 
 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (5,482,643
    

 

 

 

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund had long-term capital loss deferrals of $1,078,341.

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

As of April 30, 2013, the Fund had post-enactment capital loss carryforwards of $3,546,964, all of which are long-term losses and have an unlimited period of capital loss carryforward.

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund utilized $1,404,363 of prior year capital loss carryforwards.

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $2,984,121 of ordinary income dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 100.00% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 0.01% .

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 5.76% .

The Fund paid foreign taxes and recognized foreign source income as follows:

 

Foreign Taxes Paid

   Foreign Source Income

$796,141

   $8,290,371

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 447-0014 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (888) 447-0014.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (888) 447-0014.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s)
Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

  

 

Trustee and Chairman of the Board

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

  

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

  

 

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Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

  

 

University Professor, Widener University.

  

 

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None.

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

  

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

  

 

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None.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

  

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing 2003 to 2008.

  

 

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Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.

  

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

  

 

28

  

 

None.

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

  

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

  

 

Secretary

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

DuPont Capital Management Corporation

One Righter Parkway

Suite 3200

Wilmington, DE 19803

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

DUPONT CAPITAL EMERGING MARKETS

FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Class I Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the DuPont Capital Emerging Markets Fund.

 


EIC VALUE FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Fellow Shareholder,

Thank you for reviewing our annual report. In it, we discuss the EIC Value Fund’s (the “Fund”) performance, our perspective on the market, and our portfolio strategy. A listing of the Fund’s investments and other financial information follow.

Fund Performance

The Fund Institutional Class shares gained 13.0% net of expenses for the twelve months ended April 30, 2013. The Russell 3000 Value Index, the Fund’s primary benchmark, rose 21.6%, while the S&P 500 increased 16.9% .

It was a terrific year for stocks! U.S. stocks have now fully recovered and are above 2007’s peak levels. Small-cap stocks outperformed large-caps during the year – the Russell 2000 climbed 17.7% compared to a 16.3% advance for the Russell Top 200. Value fared better than growth – the Russell 3000 Value rose 21.6% versus 12.8% for its growth counterpart. International stocks were also strong, with the MSCI EAFE Index gaining 19.4% . Emerging markets were the one area of relative weakness – the MSCI Emerging Markets Index increased just 4.0% .

All ten sectors in the Russell 3000 Value Index posted positive returns for the year. Consumer discretionary stocks were the best performers, gaining 34.3%, followed by consumer staples, up 28.7%, and health care, up 27.9% . We’re underweight consumer discretionary relative to the index but overweight both staples and health care. Materials was the worst performing sector, up 5.1% . Energy and information technology were also relatively weak, increasing 10.1% and 10.4%, respectively. Compared to our benchmark, we’re overweight materials and tech, underweight energy.

Several key index constituents that we don’t own enjoyed a strong year, including Bank of America, up 52.5%, Citigroup, up 41.4%, Goldman Sachs, up 29.0%, and JPMorgan Chase, up 17.4% . Together, these banks make up more than 5% of the Russell 3000 Value Index. While each of these companies can be justified on a valuation basis, we remain concerned about their off-balance-sheet derivative and European sovereign debt exposures.

Our shortfall versus the Russell 3000 Value Index was primarily attributable to our stock selection. For instance, our two gold mining stocks, Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining, have been disappointments. The price of gold has dropped significantly this year, with much of the fall occurring in April. Miners are levered to the price, increasingly so over the last several years, as extraction costs have climbed. We continue to hold both Barrick and Newmont, adding modestly to them in recent months, but there is considerable risk, particularly with Barrick. It has more leverage than Newmont, as well as some other company-specific issues, which is why it looks quite a bit cheaper. While we believe that both stocks look extremely cheap, we’re not willing to bet the ranch on either of them. We always manage the Fund with an eye toward risk, and we tend to under-bet our beliefs. Thus, together, the two holdings represent just 5.1% of the Fund as of April 30, 2013.

Other drags on performance included our consumer discretionary holdings, which gained 11.8%, but trailed those of the index, which rose 34.3%, and our financial holdings, which performed well on an absolute basis, increasing 18.5%, but lagged the index’s financials, which climbed 23.6% . Lastly, we kept the Fund’s cash position in the single digits throughout the year, and the cash didn’t sit idly but was instead regularly swept into a money market fund. Nevertheless, cash was a drag on performance as yields on money market funds remain historically low.

On the positive side, our overweight position in consumer staples, the year’s second best performing sector, up 28.7%, helped performance, as did our stock selection in that sector. Our consumer staple holdings gained a combined 29.6% . Likewise, our tech holdings performed relatively well, increasing 15.6% versus 10.4% for the index’s tech

 

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(Unaudited)

 

stocks. More specifically, eBay, which we sold in January when it reached our measure of full value, climbed 36.5%, and Google, which we still own, rose 36.3% . Other holdings of note included Travelers, up 36.3%, Johnson & Johnson, up 35.6%, and Wal-Mart Stores, up 35.1% . We continue to own all three.

Performance since the inception of the Fund’s Institutional Class Shares on May 1, 2011 is shown below:

 

                       

Quarter

        Ended        

   EIC
Value Fund
(Institutional Class)
  Russell 3000
Value® Index
  S&P 500®
Index
    

07/31/2011

       -2.40 %       -6.39 %       -4.76 %    

10/31/2011

       1.13 %       -3.70 %       -2.47 %    

01/31/2012

       4.07 %       5.54 %       5.32 %    

04/30/2012

       4.40 %       5.75 %       7.08 %    

07/31/2012

       -0.28 %       -0.35 %       -0.78 %    

10/31/2012

       3.01 %       4.94 %       2.96 %    

01/31/2013

       4.01 %       8.81 %       6.75 %    

04/30/2013

         5.76 %         6.91 %         7.18 %    
         10.06 %       10.59 %       10.63 %    

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (855) 430-6487.

The Fund declined less than the indices in each of the three down quarters, which is consistent with our historical return pattern.

Though the Fund has been in operation only since May of 2011, we’ve been managing client assets using the same investment approach since 1986. The Fund’s 24-month experience is really a microcosm of our 27-year pattern of less-volatile returns. Historically, our accounts have declined less in down markets, recovered losses relatively quickly, then lagged late-cycle (when low-quality or momentum stocks led).1 Thus, over full market cycles our approach has paired lower volatility with above-market results.

Perspective on the market

While we do not want to overlook the impact of our own decisions on the Fund’s performance (discussed above), we have lived through enough of these market cycles to know last year’s results fall within the pattern of rational expectations for our approach, given the underlying dynamics of the market. Last year was a period in which companies with volatile earnings and high leverage significantly outperformed more stable and less leveraged firms. Since our approach typically leads to owning relatively stable companies with lower levels of debt, we would not expect to keep pace with such a market, and we didn’t.

The performance dichotomy reflects the impact of the international monetary authorities (Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, European Central Bank, etc.) to provide a safety net under risky assets, increase asset prices to restore balance sheets, and encourage risk-taking, so western economies grow again. In essence, the extensive creation of money is prompting investors in almost all markets to take on higher risks, paradoxically, often in search of a safer yield. This effort has affected prices of European bank and government debt, junk bonds, money market fund holdings, high-yield stocks, and now broader U.S. equity securities, as seen by last year’s market.

 

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April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Despite the old adage “Don’t fight the Fed!” the backdrop we are investing against is one in which international monetary authorities underwrite and promote risk-taking. We do not want to participate in this process ourselves, even if it means we do not keep up with market performance. This is the price of proper risk management, which has historically reduced our downside participation.

Our lower-risk approach to investing was evident in our purchases during 2011’s market sell-off. We increased our exposure to financials (after steering clear of the sector for the preceding six years), but bought higher-quality firms (Wells Fargo, PNC Financial, US Bancorp, and Schwab), rather than higher-risk money-center banks (like Bank of America and Citigroup). Yet, these higher-risk banks performed best last year. Likewise, our results would have benefitted if we had increased the economic exposure of our holdings during the 2011 sell-off.

Today’s investment environment is one of higher risk versus a year ago, especially among stocks with greater economic exposure. This is only partly due to increased prices. Earnings quality has been poor, overly dependent on expense management, lower taxes, and low interest rates instead of revenue growth. Meanwhile, fiscal policy is becoming less stimulative as steps are taken to address large government deficits. Therefore, we will continue to use caution in our selection of investments, especially in economically exposed areas.

In our last semi-annual report, we spoke about the ongoing deleveraging process. Debt as a proportion of GDP had been rising for decades, and peaked in 2007. The stresses from excessive debt show up in today’s weak consumer spending, higher unemployment, government deficits, and loose monetary policy. The result, we believe, is that economic growth will be muted and more difficult to sustain than in the past. We have tried to compensate by using conservative growth assumptions in our valuation work, while also stressing earnings repeatability and balance sheet quality. These may not be the ingredients for maximizing short-term returns nor tracking today’s market, but they are consistent with our history of focusing on risk management.

We believe that our role is not simply to invest client assets in the stock market. Rather, our job is to protect assets from being invested unwisely. This attitude of protection means we believe the many decisions we make not to invest far outweigh the relatively few decisions we make to invest. It is these unseen decisions to avoid investments we view as unwise that have made the difference in our long-term risk/return profile.

For example, by not investing in overpriced mega-caps and technology stocks in the late 1990s, we protected against the declines in 2001-2002. Likewise, by not investing in companies participating in the credit boom of 2003-2006, we protected against the subsequent declines of 2008-2009. Today, we are seeking to protect against interest rates that seem unsustainably low and earnings that seem unsustainably high.

Low interest rates are leading investors to take on greater credit and duration risk in a search for yield. This has led to high prices not only among long-term bonds (from junk to governments), but in some equities (REITs, utilities, telecoms, and many “dividend aristocrats”). Moreover, the low rates are causing changes in corporate, consumer, and government behaviors. While the carrying cost of new debt today is low, tomorrow’s refinance pain is not properly considered. Neither we nor anyone else can predict the future, but interest rates at some point will rise (whether due to solvency concerns among governments or re-emergence of corporate growth), and the risks of loss from the above actions will become more apparent. In the meantime, we have steadily reduced our exposure to these sectors as prices have risen.

Corporate profits are at abnormally high levels versus GDP. This is partly because corporations have been disciplined in margin management and hiring since the crisis. They have also taken advantage of low interest rates to refinance debt and buy back stock, while using the tax code to minimize taxes. Finally, they are benefitting from low labor

 

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Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

costs: salaries and wages today are at abnormally low levels versus GDP. These anomalies have resulted in expectations of earnings power and growth that may be too high, especially as deleveraging continues. Although prices have risen based on these expectations, earnings growth has been weak over the past year. Given these risks, we believe it is appropriate to be conservative in valuing future earnings power and growth.

The increase in prices of investment assets (bonds, real estate, and stocks) over the past few years has been a key goal of the post credit-crisis recovery strategy pursued by central banks in the US, UK, Europe, and Japan. While easily criticized, the effort was necessary both to shore up bank and money-market fund solvency issues (since these were the lenders and creditors facing significant losses from defaults) and to restore capital needed to permit economic growth. However, long-term reliance on loose monetary policies to facilitate loose spending (by individuals and governments), combined with policies designed to dampen labor costs and inflation, has created a developed world dependent on overleveraged consumers with declining incomes and high unemployment. While some of the high-risk behavior that led to the credit crisis has been ameliorated, the underlying imbalances of the world economy remain, resulting in recent “currency wars” as countries seek to compensate for weak domestic demand via exports. While we cannot predict the outcome, the underlying situation is one that presents continued risks to growth, which is another reason we believe caution is in order.

Portfolio Strategy

We prefer large-cap companies over small- and mid-caps because that’s where we’re currently finding the best opportunities. We also favor high quality firms with less economic sensitivity, which can be seen in our overweight to consumer staples and health care relative to the Russell 3000 Value Index, as well as in our underweight to industrials and consumer discretionary. We have no exposure to the telecommunications sector and little exposure to utilities, both of which look overvalued to us, having benefitted over the last few years as investors have stretched for yield.

We have a sizable exposure to finance. It’s our largest sector allocation on an absolute basis, representing 21.3% of the Fund, though on a relative basis that’s below the Russell 3000 Value Index’s 28.6% weight. We believe the stocks of high quality banks like Wells Fargo, US Bancorp, and PNC Financial Services Group are still attractively valued, despite increasing appreciably since our initial investment. All three have significantly improved the quality of their balance sheets and are benefitting from a modest pick-up in loan growth and declines in loan-loss provisioning.

In terms of the current market environment, equity indices have risen almost 50% since their 2011 sell-off. (From September 30, 2011 through April 30, 2013, the S&P 500 increased 46.2%, and the Russell 3000 Value Index gained 51.6% .) Corporate earnings are up, but not nearly as much. Profits have been built on a foundation of lower costs, share buybacks, and lower tax rates rather than revenue growth. As a result, earnings quality has declined, as has the investment opportunity set. The mess in Europe, a slowdown in China, turmoil in the Middle East, and the fiscal situation here in the United States are legitimate concerns. Risk has increased, and we’re finding it more difficult to find investment ideas. Stock prices could head lower, and there could be considerable volatility.

On the other hand, corporate balance sheets are generally in good shape, interest rates are low, and housing, as well as the overall U.S. economy, seems to be improving, slowly but surely. Central banks are printing money worldwide, much of which is finding its way into stocks and other risky assets. With fixed income yields at historical lows, stocks are the proverbial best house in a bad neighborhood, and could continue their march upward for some time. Which of these two paths plays out? We don’t know, and we don’t believe anyone else does either. In our view, the ownership of high quality businesses that will last and increase in value through productive reinvestment of earnings is one of

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

the best paths available for protecting and growing capital long-term. We think that’s a far superior approach to building wealth than one based on forecasting macroeconomic factors like GDP, interest rates, inflation, currencies, employment levels, etc. We don’t believe predictions like these can be made with low enough error rates to justify investment decisions, so our focus is on protecting against what may happen rather than predicting what will happen.

 

 

1 See pp. 10-14 of the Fund’s prospectus dated September 1, 2012 for detailed historical performance information about EIC’s accounts.

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the year ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

The above commentary is for informational purposes only and does not represent an offer, recommendation or solicitation to buy, hold or sell any security. The specific securities identified and described do not represent all of the securities purchased or sold and you should not assume that investments in the securities identified and discussed will be profitable.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risk.

 

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Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in EIC Value Fund’s Class A Shares

vs. Russell 3000® Value Index and S&P 500® Index

 

LOGO

Class A Shares of an assumed $10,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.50% . This results in a net investment of $9,450. Performance of Class C Shares will vary from Class A Shares due to differences in class-specific fees.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended April 30, 2013
      1 Year   Since
Inception*

Class A Shares (without sales charge)

       12.73 %       10.07 %

Class A Shares (with sales charge)

       6.53 %       6.93 %

Russell 3000® Value Index

       21.64 %       11.74 %**

S&P 500® Index

       16.89 %       11.69 %**
   

Class C Shares (without CDSC charge)

       11.93 %       11.06 %

Class C Shares (with CDSC charge)

       10.93 %       11.06 %

Russell 3000® Value Index

       21.64 %       15.50 %**

S&P 500® Index

       16.89 %       14.43 %**

 

*

Class A and Class C Shares of the EIC Value Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on May 19, 2011 and July 18, 2011, respectively.

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Class only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (855) 430-6487.

 

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Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $100,000 Investment in EIC Value Fund’s Institutional Class Shares

vs. Russell 3000® Value Index and S&P 500® Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended April 30, 2013  
      1 Year     Since
Inception*
 

Institutional Class Shares

     12.99     10.06%   

Russell 3000® Value Index

     21.64     10.59% ** 

S&P 500® Index

     16.89     10.63% ** 

 

*

Institutional Class Shares of the EIC Value Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on May 1, 2011.

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Class only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (855) 430-6487.

The returns shown for Class A Shares reflect a deduction for the maximum front-end sales charge of 5.50%. All of the Fund’s share classes apply a 2.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 2.07% and 1.25% for Class A Shares, 2.69% and 2.00% for Class C Shares and 2.40% and 1.00% for Institutional Class Shares, respectively, of the Class’ average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. Equity Investment Corporation (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund to the extent the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses,” excluding taxes, any class-specific fees and expenses (such as Rule 12b-1 distribution fees or shareholder service fees), “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses,” interest, extraordinary items and brokerage commissions, exceed 1.00% of average daily net assets of the Fund (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2015, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Value investing involves the risk that the Fund’s investing in companies believed to be undervalued will not appreciate as anticipated.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Russell 3000® Value Index and the Standard & Poor’s 500® Composite Price Index (“S&P 500®”). The Russell 3000® Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the broad value segment of the U.S. equity value universe. It includes those Russell 3000® Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth rates. The S&P 500® is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments (if any) or redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (Rule 12b-1) fees (if any) and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of each accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of each accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments (if any) or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of each accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     EIC Value Fund
     Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
   Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
   Expenses Paid
During Period*

Class A Shares

              

Actual

     $ 1,000.00        $ 1,099.40        $ 6.51  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00          1,018.60          6.26  

Class C Shares

              

Actual

     $ 1,000.00        $ 1,095.50        $ 10.39  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00          1,014.88          9.99  

Institutional Class Shares

              

Actual

     $ 1,000.00        $ 1,100.00        $ 5.21  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00          1,019.84          5.01  

 

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.25%, 2.00%, and 1.00% for Class A, Class C, and Institutional Class Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account values on the first line in each table are based on the actual six month total returns for the Fund of 9.94%, 9.55%, and 10.00% for Class A, Class C, and Institutional Class Shares, respectively.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS:

    

Consumer, Non-cyclical

     29.6   $ 49,970,725   

Financial

     21.2        35,672,364   

Energy

     9.9        16,684,531   

Consumer, Cyclical

     8.3        13,930,981   

Basic Materials

     6.5        10,946,681   

Communications

     5.2        8,723,240   

Technology

     4.4        7,374,846   

Utilities

     3.7        6,208,843   

Industrial

     2.7        4,531,903   

Registered Investment Company

     8.1        13,695,990   

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities

     0.4        687,430   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 168,427,534   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
    of Shares    
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 91.5%

  

Basic Materials — 6.5%

  

Barrick Gold Corp.

     244,450       $ 4,818,110   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     112,965         3,660,066   

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

     31,370         2,468,505   
     

 

 

 
            10,946,681   
     

 

 

 

Communications — 5.2%

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     191,080         3,997,394   

eBay, Inc.*

     7,575         396,854   

Google, Inc., Class A*

     5,250         4,328,992   
     

 

 

 
        8,723,240   
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Cyclical — 8.3%

  

CVS Caremark Corp.

     28,100         1,634,858   

Target Corp.

     80,265         5,663,498   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     85,340         6,632,625   
     

 

 

 
        13,930,981   
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Non-cyclical — 29.6%

  

Baxter International, Inc.

     58,750         4,104,862   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     33,870         3,193,941   

CR Bard, Inc.

     41,160         4,089,658   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     104,045         5,080,517   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC, SP ADR

     69,085         3,567,549   

Johnson & Johnson

     58,225         4,962,517   

Medtronic, Inc.

     121,135         5,654,582   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.,
Class B

     149,770         7,728,132   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     80,635         6,649,968   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     64,335         4,938,999   
     

 

 

 
        49,970,725   
     

 

 

 

Energy — 9.9%

  

Chevron Corp.

     19,450         2,373,094   

ConocoPhillips

     70,395         4,255,378   

Devon Energy Corp.

     79,595         4,382,501   
     Number
    of Shares    
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Energy — (Continued)

  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     63,755       $ 5,673,558   
     

 

 

 
            16,684,531   
     

 

 

 

Financial — 21.2%

  

American Express Co.

     62,710         4,289,991   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     239,370         4,059,715   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     47,355         4,170,555   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     73,940         5,019,047   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     89,605         2,620,946   

Torchmark Corp

     40,905         2,538,973   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     38,050         3,249,850   

US Bancorp

     145,005         4,825,766   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     128,950         4,897,521   
     

 

 

 
        35,672,364   
     

 

 

 

Industrial — 2.7%

  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     59,835         4,531,903   
     

 

 

 

Technology — 4.4%

  

Microsoft Corp.

     222,805         7,374,846   
     

 

 

 

Utilities — 3.7%

  

Exelon Corp.

     165,525         6,208,843   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $136,276,585)

        154,044,114   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY — 8.1%

  

Dreyfus Institutional

     

Reserves Treasury Prime Fund

     13,695,990       $ 13,695,990   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY

(Cost $13,695,990)

   

  

     13,695,990   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.6%

  

  

(Cost $149,972,575)

        167,740,104   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 0.4%

   

     687,430   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $     168,427,534   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

SP ADR Sponsored Depositary Receipt

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $149,972,575)

   $ 167,740,104   

Receivable for investments sold

     141,110   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     944,351   

Dividends and interest receivable

     99,951   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     41,192   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     168,966,708   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for investments purchased

     279,584   

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     56,881   

Payable to Adviser

     97,485   

Payable for distribution fees

     35,439   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     11,088   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     9,532   

Payable for shareholder servicing fees

     6,236   

Payable for custodian fees

     3,266   

Accrued expenses

     39,663   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     539,174   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 168,427,534   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 141,448   

Paid-in capital

     149,035,404   

Accumulated net investment income

     474,479   

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     1,008,674   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     17,767,529   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 168,427,534   
  

 

 

 

Class A:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share
($83,932,000 / 7,046,206)

   $ 11.91   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.5 of $11.91)

   $ 12.60   
  

 

 

 

Class C:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share
($31,128,652 / 2,629,382)

   $ 11.84   
  

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share
($53,366,882 / 4,469,245)

   $ 11.94   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 2,765,038   

Less: foreign taxes withheld

     (24,058
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     2,740,980   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     865,920   

Distribution fees (Class C) (Note 2)

     169,535   

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

     146,321   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     112,813   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     84,572   

Registration and filing fees

     64,667   

Shareholder servicing fees (Class C) (Note 2)

     56,512   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     33,104   

Legal fees

     29,522   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     24,797   

Audit fees

     24,383   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     16,671   

Other expenses

     14,041   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     1,642,858   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (115,931
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     1,526,927   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1,214,053   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     1,008,684   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     14,515,119   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     15,523,803   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 16,737,856   
  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012

Increase in net assets from operations:

        

Net investment income

     $ 1,214,053       $ 198,282  

Net realized gain from investments

       1,008,684         46,385  

Net change in unrealized appreciation from investments

       14,515,119         3,252,410  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       16,737,856         3,497,077  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Net investment income:

        

Class A

       (474,781 )       (46,657 )

Class C

       (63,792 )       (9,446 )

Institutional Class

       (336,726 )       (46,869 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total net investment income

       (875,299 )       (102,972 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized capital gains:

        

Class A

       (23,499 )        

Class C

       (9,224 )        

Institutional Class

       (13,628 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total net realized capital gains

       (46,351 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       86,132,052         63,085,171  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

       101,948,258         66,479,276  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

        

Beginning of year

       66,479,276          
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

     $ 168,427,534       $ 66,479,276  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of year

     $ 474,479       $ 131,636  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class A Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class A
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the Period
May 19, 2011*

to April 30, 2012

Per Share Operating Performance

        

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.65       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.12         0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       1.22         0.61  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       1.34         0.69  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

       (0.08 )       (0.04 )

Net realized capital gains

       (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.08 )       (0.04 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.91       $ 10.65  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       12.73 %       6.97 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 83,932       $ 33,969  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.25 %       1.25 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(5)

       1.35 %       2.07 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.12 %       0.81 %(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       12.06 %       12.68 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total return for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total investment return does not reflect the impact of the maximum front-end sales load of 5.50% . If reflected, the return would be lower.

(4) 

Annualized.

(5) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced and/or reimbursed. If such fee reductions and/or reimbursements had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6) 

Reflects portfolio turnover for the Fund for the year ended April 30, 2012.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class C Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class C
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the Period
July 18, 2011*

to April 30, 2012

Per Share Operating Performance

        

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.61       $ 9.88  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(1)

       0.04         (0.01 )

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       1.22         0.77  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       1.26         0.76  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

       (0.03 )       (0.03 )

Net realized capital gains

       (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.03 )       (0.03 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.84       $ 10.61  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       11.93 %       7.75 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 31,129       $ 13,756  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       2.00 %       2.00 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(5)

       2.10 %       2.69 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       0.38 %       (0.01 )%(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       12.06 %       12.68 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4)

Annualized.

(5)

During the period, certain fees were reduced and/or reimbursed. If such fee reductions and/or reimbursements had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6)

Reflects portfolio turnover for the Fund for the year ended April 30, 2012.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Financial Highlights

 

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Institutional Class Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Institutional Class
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended

April 30, 2012*

Per Share Operating Performance

  

   

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.67       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.15         0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       1.22         0.61  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       1.37         0.72  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

       (0.10 )       (0.05 )

Net realized capital gains

       (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.10 )       (0.05 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.94       $ 10.67  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       12.99 %       7.24 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 53,367       $ 18,754  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.00 %       1.00 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)

       1.10 %       2.40 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.37 %       1.13 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       12.06 %       12.68 %

 

 

*

The Institutional Class commenced operations on May 1, 2011.

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4)

During the period, certain fees were reduced and/or reimbursed. If such fee reductions and/or reimbursements had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The EIC Value Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which commenced operations on May 1, 2011. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Class C, Institutional Class and Retail Class Shares. Class A Shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge. Front-end sales charges may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances. A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) may be applicable to the purchase of Class C Shares. A CDSC, as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or net asset value at redemption, of up to 1.00% may be imposed on full or partial redemptions of Class A Shares made within twelve months (through August 31, 2012) and within eighteen months (effective September 1, 2012) of purchase where $1 million or more of Class A Shares were purchased without an initial sales charge and (ii) the Fund’s principal underwriter, Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”), paid a commission to the selling broker-dealer for such sale. A CDSC of up to 1.00% is assessed on redemptions of Class C Shares made within twelve months (through December 31, 2011) and within eighteen months (effective January 1, 2012) after a purchase. As of April 30, 2013, the Retail Class Shares had not been issued.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates market value. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

  

 •  Level 1 —

 

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

  

 •  Level 2 —

  other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and
  

 •  Level 3 —

  significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

     Total
Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 Other
Significant
  Observable  
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant

Unobservable
Inputs
 

Common Stocks*

   $   154,044,114       $   154,044,114       $       $   

Registered Investment Company

     13,695,990         13,695,990                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   167,740,104       $   167,740,104       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period.Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Equity Investment Corporation (“EIC” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund to the extent that the Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses,” excluding taxes, any class-specific fees and expenses (such as Rule 12b-1 distribution fees or shareholder service fees), “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses,” interest, extraordinary items and brokerage commissions, exceed 1.00% of average daily net assets of the Fund (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2015, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. Subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, the Adviser may recoup any expenses or fees it has reimbursed within a three-year period from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses of the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. As of April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recovery was as follows:

 

Expiration

April 30, 2015

  

April 30, 2016

$225,018

   $115,931

As of April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees payable to the Adviser were $97,485. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the Adviser waived fees of $115,931.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets, subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets, subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A and Class C Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A and Class C Shares plan, the Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% and 1.00% (0.75% distribution fee and 0.25% shareholder service fee) on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A and Class C Shares, respectively.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $13,007. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 89,966,980       $ 13,146,109   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year or Period Ended
April 30, 2012*
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Values  

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     4,442,408      $ 48,468,328        3,264,483      $ 33,044,596   

Reinvestments

     39,515        423,602        4,271        41,859   

Redemption Fees**

            1,622               3,427   

Redemptions

     (624,928     (6,898,838     (79,543     (826,214
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     3,856,995      $ 41,994,714        3,189,211      $ 32,263,668   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C Shares

        

Sales

     1,401,360      $ 15,179,261        1,301,201      $ 13,225,698   

Reinvestments

     6,318        67,537        923        9,040   

Redemption Fees**

            628               1,171   

Redemptions

     (74,549     (825,295     (5,871     (61,233
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,333,129      $ 14,422,131        1,296,253      $ 13,174,676   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

        

Sales

     3,125,344      $ 34,300,410        1,843,056      $ 18,486,716   

Reinvestments

     27,348        293,722        4,771        46,802   

Redemption Fees**

            930               3,069   

Redemptions

     (441,453     (4,879,855     (89,821     (889,760
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     2,711,239      $ 29,715,207        1,758,006      $ 17,646,827   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Net Increase

     7,901,363      $ 86,132,052        6,243,470      $ 63,085,171   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Class A, Class C, and Institutional Class Shares of the Fund commenced operations on May 19, 2011, July 18, 2011 and May 1, 2011, respectively.

**

There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed which have been held for 30 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in-capital.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase accumulated net investment income by $4,089, and to decrease accumulated net realized gains/(loss) and paid-in-capital by $44 and $4,045, respectively, which were primarily attributable to disallowed expenses and redesignation of distributions. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $921,606 of ordinary income dividends and $44 of long-term capital gains dividends. For the year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $102,972 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short term gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss

Carryforward

   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
   Unrealized
Appreciation
    $—           $529,395          $953,758          $17,767,529  

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 149,972,575     
  

 

 

   

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 22,615,412     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (4,847,883  
  

 

 

   

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 17,767,529     
  

 

 

   

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2013, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards.

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of the FundVantage Trust

and Shareholders of the EIC Value Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the EIC Value Fund (one of the series constituting FundVantage Trust) (the “Fund”) as of April 30, 2013, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for the year then ended and for the period May 1, 2011 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2012, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the EIC Value Fund of FundVantage Trust at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for the year then ended and for the period May 1, 2011 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2012, and its financial highlights for each of the years or periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 24, 2013

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

 

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $921,606 of ordinary income dividends and $44 of long-term capital gain dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 100.00%.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distributions as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2012. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2013.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (855) 430-6487 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

At an in-person meeting held on December 10-11, 2012, the Board of Trustees ( “Board” or “Trustees”) of FundVantage Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the advisory agreement between Equity Investment Corporation (the “Adviser” or “EIC”) and the Trust on behalf of the EIC Value Fund (the “Fund”) (“Agreement”). In determining whether to continue the Agreement, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Trustees considered information that the Adviser provided regarding (i) services performed for the Fund, (ii) the size and qualifications of their portfolio management staff, (iii) any potential or actual material conflicts of interest which may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund, (iv) investment performance, (v) the capitalization and financial condition of the Adviser, (vi) brokerage selection procedures (including soft dollar arrangements, if any), (vii) the procedures for allocating investment opportunities between the Fund and other clients, (viii) results of any regulatory examination, including any recommendations or deficiencies noted, (ix) any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding which may have a material impact on the Adviser’s ability to service the Fund, and (x) compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and practices (including codes of ethics and proxy voting policies), federal securities laws and other regulatory requirements. The Adviser also provided its code of ethics, Form ADV and compliance policies and procedures, including their proxy voting policies and procedures, for the Trustees’ review and consideration. The Trustees noted the reports provided at Board meetings throughout the year covering matters such as the relative performance of the Fund; compliance with the investment objectives, policies, strategies and limitations for the Fund; the compliance of management personnel with the applicable

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited) (Continued)

 

code of ethics; and the adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Trustees also received and reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel regarding the legal standard applicable to their review of the Agreement.

A representative from EIC attended the meeting in person and discussed EIC’s history, performance and investment strategy in connection with the proposed continuation of the Agreement and answered questions from the Board.

The Trustees considered the investment performance for the Fund and the Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the historical performance charts for the one year, and since inception periods ended October 31, 2012 for (i) the Fund; (ii) the Russell 3000 Value Index, the Fund’s benchmark; (iii) the EIC’s All-Cap Value composite; (iv) other comparable funds identified by the Adviser, which consisted of four other multi-cap value and all-cap value funds (“Comparable Fund Group”); (v) a Morningstar universe of over 200 all- and large-cap value mutual funds, the Fund’s applicable Morningstar peer group; and (vi) the Lipper large-cap value equity category, the Fund’s applicable Lipper peer group.

The Trustees noted that the Fund underperformed the Lipper peer group average and the median of the Morningstar peer group for the one year period ended October 31, 2012, and outperformed the Lipper peer group average and median of the Morningstar peer group since inception through October 31, 2012. The Trustees also noted that the Fund performed in line with EIC’s All-Cap Value composite for the one year and since inception periods ended October 31, 2012. Relative to its benchmark, the Fund underperformed for the one year period ended October 31, 2012, and outperformed for the period since inception through October 31, 2012. The Trustees further noted that the Fund outperformed the average and median of the Comparable Fund Group for the one year and since inception periods ended October 31, 2012. They concluded that the performance of the Fund was within an acceptable range of performance relative to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Adviser provided information regarding its advisory fees and an analysis of these fees in relation to the delivery of services to the Fund and any other ancillary benefit resulting from the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund. The Trustees considered the fees that the Adviser charges to its separately managed accounts, and evaluated the explanations provided by the Adviser as to differences in fees charged to the Fund and separately managed accounts. The Trustees also reviewed a peer comparison of advisory fees and total expenses for the Fund versus other similarly managed funds.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s net advisory fee was lower than the median net advisory fee of the universe of funds in the Lipper large-cap value equity category with less than $150 million in assets, and that the Fund’s total expense ratio was in line with the median total expense ratio of the same universe of funds. The Trustees also considered that the Fund’s gross advisory fee of 75 basis points was slightly lower than the average and median gross advisory fees of the Comparable Fund Group. The Trustees concluded that the advisory fees and services provided by the Adviser are consistent with those of other advisers which manage mutual funds with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to those of the Fund based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Board considered the level and depth of knowledge of the Adviser, including the professional experience and qualifications of senior personnel. In evaluating the quality of services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board took into account its familiarity with the Adviser’s senior management through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year. The Board also took into account the Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures and reports regarding the Adviser’s compliance operations from the Trust’s CCO. The Board also considered any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments on the one hand, and the investments of other accounts, on the other. The Trustees reviewed the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the Agreement, that the quality of the proposed services appeared to be consistent with industry norms and that the Fund is likely to benefit from the continued provision of those services. They also concluded that the Adviser has sufficient personnel, with the appropriate education and experience, to serve the Fund effectively and had demonstrated their ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.

The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided by the Adviser, the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser in providing services to the Fund, as well as the Adviser’s profitability. The Trustees were provided with the most recent balance sheet for EIC for the year ended December 31, 2011. The Trustees noted that the Adviser’s level of profitability is an important factor to consider, and the Trustees should be satisfied that the Adviser’s profits are sufficient to continue as a healthy concern generally and as investment adviser of the Fund specifically. The Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s contractual advisory fee level was reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided, taking into account the current size and projected growth of the Fund.

The Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized relative to fee levels as the Fund grows, and whether the advisory fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Board noted that economies of scale may be achieved at higher asset levels for the Fund for the benefit of fund shareholders, but that the advisory fee did not currently include breakpoint reductions as asset levels increased.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited) (Concluded)

 

At this time, the Trustees determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement for an additional one year period. In voting to approve the continuation of the Agreement, the Board considered all factors it deemed relevant and the information presented to the Board by the Adviser. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance and each member of the Board gave varying weights to each factor according to his or her own judgment. The Board determined that the continuation of the Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. As a result, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreement.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

 

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (855) 430-6487.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

Fund Vantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (855) 430-6487.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  Term of Office
      and Length of       
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

 

 

Other
Directorships

of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee  

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

 

 

Trustee and Chairman of the Board

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

 

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

 

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Optimum Fund Trust

(registered investment company) (6 portfolios)

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

 

 

University Professor, Widener University.

 

 

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None.

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

 

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; and MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

 

28

 

 

None.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  Term of Office
      and Length of       
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

 

 

Other
Directorships

of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee  

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

 

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.

 

 

28

 

 

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  Term of Office
      and Length of       
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

 

 

Other
Directorships

of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee  

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.

 

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

 

 

28

 

 

None.

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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EIC VALUE FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

  

 

President and Chief

Executive Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal.

Officer since 2007.                         

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal.

Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

Vincenzo A. Scarduzio

Date of Birth: 4/72

  

 

Secretary

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal.

Officer since 2012.

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001;

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal.

Officer since 2007.

  

President and Founder of Vigilant

 

Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Equity Investment Corporation

3007 Piedmont Road, NE

Suite 200

Atlanta, GA 30305

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

One Commerce Square

2005 Market Street, Suite 700

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

LOGO

of

FundVantage Trust

Class A Shares

Class C Shares

Institutional Class Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the EIC Value Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the EIC Value Fund.

 


ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholders,

As of April 30, 2013, the Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) has closed out its second full year of operation. We are happy to report positive performance relative to our index. For the year ending April 30, 2013, the Fund returned 8.99% . As a comparison, the Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index returned 3.23% during the same period. We remained overweight credit with a heavy lean towards financials. We benefited from this exposure during the year as European financial markets continued to heal and the domestic economy showed signs of recovery.

This year has been the year of the central banks. Financial markets continued to be buoyed by liquidity provided by central banks across the world. We benefited two fold. First, the European Central Bank engaged in their Outright Monetary Transactions program which supported European peripheral bond markets thus stabilizing global financial markets. As a result, bonds exposed to banking and brokerage sectors outperformed the overall market. Secondly, the Federal Reserve announced the continuation of its Zero Interest Rate Policy in addition to increasing its purchasing program to $85 billion per month of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. As a result, 10-Year US Treasuries fell from 1.91% on April 30, 2012 to 1.67% at the end of the fiscal year. This helped, as our portfolios remained relatively long in duration compared to the index.

As I write to you today, we have recently experienced an uptick in interest rate volatility as speculation over tapering of the Federal Reserve’s monthly purchases have come into question. Since late April 2013, 10-Year Treasury rates have sold off approximately 40 basis points. We continue to expect the market to be extremely sensitive to economic data releases as investors try to predict the beginning of the unwinding of the unprecedented Federal Reserve liquidity programs. We continue to focus on economic data especially any evidence that the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment is being reached. As of today, we remain aware of the vast improvement in the overall health of the domestic economy, but believe the Federal Reserve will continue its current programs to at least the later half of 2013 as unemployment remains historically high and inflation continues to remain at subdued levels.

As we begin the third year of the Fund, we continue to adjust the portfolio to address market dynamics. Although we believe the Federal Reserve will continue its programs, we have begun preparing for the eventual rise in rates. As an example, we recently have been adding to our positions in floating rate securities with maturities of at least five years. We like these instruments as they provide protection from an increase in Treasury rates as these securities are indexed off of LIBOR. As such, we believe we are well positioned for the next year.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Finally, we would like to thank you for investing in the Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund. Please reach out to us if you have any questions.

Daniel Oh

Portfolio Manager

May 31, 2013

 

 

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the year ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risk.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $100,000 Investment in

Class I Shares of the Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund

vs. Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns For the Periods Ended April 30, 2013

     1 Year     Since
Inception*
 

Class I Shares

     8.99     5.31%      

Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index

     3.23     4.02%**   

 

*

The Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on July 23, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from the inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 447-7443. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

The Fund’s total annual Fund gross and net operating expense ratios are 2.49% and 0.70%, respectively, for Class I Shares of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These ratios are stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. Estabrook Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its fees or reimburse the Fund’s operating expenses in order to limit the total annual operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) for Class I Shares

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

to 0.70% . This agreement will terminate on August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves an earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

A 1% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index (“Barclays Int. Gov./Cr. Index”). The Barclays Int. Gov./Cr. Index is an unmanaged market index that tracks performance of intermediate term U.S. government and corporate bonds. It is impossible to invest directly in an index. The Fund is subject to the same risks as the underlying bonds in the portfolio such as credit, call and interest rate risk. As interest rates rise the value of bond prices will decline. The Fund may invest in high yield debt (also known as junk bonds) which may cause greater volatility and less liquidity. You may lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

     Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund – Class I
     Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
  Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
  Expenses Paid
During Period*

Actual

     $ 1,000.00       $ 1,027.00       $ 3.52  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00         1,021.32         3.51  

 

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the six-month period ended April 30, 2013 of 0.70%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181) then divided by 365 days to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account value on the first line in the table is based on the actual six-month total return for the Fund of 2.70%.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by security type of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
  Value

Corporate Bonds and Notes

       89.6 %     $ 28,435,406  

Preferred Securities

       3.2         1,006,564  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

       4.2         1,337,930  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       3.0         956,760  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 31,736,660  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — 89.6%

  

Airlines — 0.7%

  

Delta Air Lines
Series 2010-2, Class B
6.750%, 05/23/2017

   $     200,000       $       210,500   
     

 

 

 

Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.4%

     

Delphi Corp.
Callable 02/15/2018 at
102.5
5.000%, 02/15/2023

     400,000         433,000   
     

 

 

 

Banks — 27.3%

     

Ally Financial, Inc.
5.500%, 02/15/2017

     400,000         435,970   

Ally Financial, Inc.
Callable 06/15/2013 at
100
7.375%, 11/15/2016

     125,000         125,241   

Bank of America Corp.
1.354%, 03/22/2018 (a)

     165,000         164,612   

Citigroup, Inc.
1.750%, 05/01/2018

     500,000         500,048   

Citigroup, Inc.
Callable 05/15/2023 at
100
5.350% (b)(c)(d)

     500,000         501,378   

Citigroup, Inc.
Callable 02/15/2023 at
100
5.900% (b)(c)(d)

     500,000         522,042   

Fifth Third Capital Trust IV
Callable 04/15/2017 at
100
6.500%, 04/15/2037 (c)

     700,000         702,184   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
3.625%, 02/07/2016

     250,000         266,216   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.375%, 01/22/2018

     400,000         407,660   
     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Banks — (Continued)

  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1.474%, 04/30/2018 (a)

   $     500,000       $       499,515   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.150%, 07/05/2016

     300,000         318,944   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.176%, 01/25/2018 (a)

     300,000         302,092   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.375%, 05/01/2023

     250,000         249,369   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Callable 04/30/2018 at
100
7.900% (b)(c)(d)

     350,000         407,630   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Callable 05/01/2023 at
100
5.150% (b)(c)(d)

     500,000         508,125   

Morgan Stanley
1.556%, 04/25/2018 (a)

     800,000         799,628   

Morgan Stanley
2.125%, 04/25/2018

     300,000         300,663   

Morgan Stanley
5.500%, 07/28/2021

     497,000         583,288   

Wells Fargo & Co.
2.100%, 05/08/2017

     300,000         311,052   

Wells Fargo & Co.
1.500%, 01/16/2018

     250,000         250,927   

Wells Fargo & Co.
0.906%, 04/23/2018 (a)

     300,000         300,441   

Wells Fargo & Co.
3.450%, 02/13/2023

     200,000         204,078   
     

 

 

 
        8,661,103   
     

 

 

 

Beverage — 1.0%

  

Pepsico, Inc.
1.250%, 08/13/2017

     300,000         302,150   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Biotechnology — 0.9%

  

Amgen, Inc.
Callable 03/15/2021 at
100
4.100%, 06/15/2021

   $     250,000       $       280,779   
     

 

 

 

Chemicals — 1.7%

  

Dow Chemical Co. (The)
2.500%, 02/15/2016

     150,000         156,168   

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
1.950%, 01/15/2016

     200,000         206,903   

Ecolab, Inc.
4.350%, 12/08/2021

     150,000         168,934   
     

 

 

 
        532,005   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 15.6%

  

American Express Co., Sub
Notes
Callable 09/01/2016 at
100
6.800%, 09/01/2066 (c)

     300,000         328,125   

American Express Credit Corp.
1.750%, 06/12/2015

     300,000         306,638   

American Express Credit Corp.
2.375%, 03/24/2017

     200,000         210,015   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
0.574%, 04/01/2014 (a)

     145,000         145,404   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC 3.000%, 06/12/2017

     250,000         259,128   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC
2.375%, 01/16/2018

     400,000         401,714   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC
5.750%, 02/01/2021

     400,000         462,182   
     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Diversified Financial Services — (Continued)

  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC
4.250%, 09/20/2022

   $     500,000       $       528,724   

General Electric Capital Corp.
0.994%, 04/02/2018 (a)

     500,000         501,204   

General Electric Capital Corp.
3.100%, 01/09/2023

     500,000         507,319   

General Electric Capital Corp.
Callable 12/15/2022 at 100
6.250% (b)(c)(d)

     250,000         276,383   

General Electric Capital Corp.
Callable 06/15/2022 at
100
7.125% (b)(c)(d)

     400,000         468,254   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
4.750%, 08/15/2017 (e)

     250,000         263,750   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
6.875%, 11/15/2018

     250,000         307,091   
     

 

 

 
        4,965,931   
     

 

 

 

Electronics — 0.8%

  

Jabil Circuit, Inc.
5.625%, 12/15/2020

     250,000         268,125   
     

 

 

 

Food — 0.8%

  

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. 2.250%, 06/05/2017

     250,000         259,954   
     

 

 

 

Healthcare-Products — 1.5%

  

Boston Scientific Corp.
4.500%, 01/15/2015

     200,000         211,624   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Healthcare-Products — (Continued)

  

Mallinckrodt International
Finance SA
3.500%, 04/15/2018 (e)

   $     250,000       $       253,541   
     

 

 

 
        465,165   
     

 

 

 

Home Builders — 1.1%

  

DR Horton, Inc.
Callable 06/15/2022 at
100
4.375%, 09/15/2022

     350,000         356,125   
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 10.1%

  

American International
Group, Inc.
Callable 05/15/2038 at
100
8.175%, 05/15/2068 (c)

     500,000         676,250   

Berkshire Hathaway Finance
Corp.
1.600%, 05/15/2017

     250,000         255,735   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
1.550%, 02/09/2018

     400,000         406,876   

Lincoln National Corp.
Callable 05/17/2016 at
100
7.000%, 05/17/2066 (c)

     250,000         256,875   

Lincoln National Corp.
Callable 04/20/2017 at
100
6.050%, 04/20/2067 (c)

     300,000         303,750   

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Callable 03/15/2024 at
100
5.200%, 03/15/2044 (c)

     250,000         254,375   
     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Insurance — (Continued)

  

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Callable 06/15/2023 at
100
5.625%, 06/15/2043 (c)

   $ 1,000,000       $     1,050,000   
     

 

 

 
        3,203,861   
     

 

 

 

Leisure Time — 1.0%

  

Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc.
3.875%, 03/15/2016 (e)

     300,000         322,034   
     

 

 

 

Lodging — 0.8%

  

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
Callable 02/01/2017 at
100
2.950%, 03/01/2017

     250,000         257,357   
     

 

 

 

Media — 2.9%

  

Interpublic Group of Cos, Inc.
3.750%, 02/15/2023

     500,000         502,986   

NBC Universal Media, LLC
2.875%, 04/01/2016

     200,000         211,573   

Time Warner, Inc.
3.150%, 07/15/2015

     200,000         210,089   
     

 

 

 
        924,648   
     

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 1.6%

  

General Electric Co.
2.700%, 10/09/2022

     500,000         514,939   
     

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — 2.7%

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
5.950%, 09/15/2016

     200,000         229,977   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
Callable 03/01/2022 at
100
4.875%, 06/01/2022

     350,000         385,862   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Oil & Gas — (Continued)

  

Total Capital International SA
1.550%, 06/28/2017

   $     250,000       $       254,983   
     

 

 

 
        870,822   
     

 

 

 

Packaging & Containers — 0.8%

  

Rock Tenn Co.
4.000%, 03/01/2023

     250,000         259,786   
     

 

 

 

Pipelines — 2.1%

  

Energy Transfer Partners LP
Callable 11/01/2022 at
100
3.600%, 02/01/2023

     200,000         204,116   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC
Callable 01/15/2018 at
100
7.034%, 01/15/2068 (c)

     235,000         272,600   

Plains All American Pipeline LP
Callable 10/31/2022 at
100
2.850%, 01/31/2023

     200,000         200,905   
     

 

 

 
        677,621   
     

 

 

 

REIT — 8.8%

  

BioMed Realty LP
Callable 03/15/2016 at
100
3.850%, 04/15/2016

     200,000         212,569   

BioMed Realty LP
Callable 04/15/2022 at
100
4.250%, 07/15/2022

     200,000         214,218   

DDR Corp.
5.500%, 05/01/2015

     165,000         178,393   
     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

REIT — (Continued)

     

DDR Corp.
7.500%, 04/01/2017

   $     200,000       $       240,110   

DDR Corp.
Callable 04/15/2022 at
100
4.625%, 07/15/2022

     400,000         442,576   

Digital Realty Trust LP
Callable 12/15/2020 at
100
5.250%, 03/15/2021

     250,000         284,918   

Essex Portfolio LP
Callable 05/15/2022 at
100
3.625%, 08/15/2022 (e)

     400,000         412,734   

Essex Portfolio LP
Callable 02/01/2023 at
100
3.250%, 05/01/2023

     150,000         150,937   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.
Callable 01/15/2023 at
100
3.750%, 04/15/2023

     300,000         304,759   

Realty Income Corp.
Callable 07/15/2022 at
100
3.250%, 10/15/2022

     350,000         352,641   
     

 

 

 
        2,793,855   
     

 

 

 

Retail — 3.5%

  

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.
5.750%, 07/15/2014

     200,000         211,645   

QVC, Inc.
4.375%, 03/15/2023 (e)

     375,000         384,051   

Walgreen Co.
1.800%, 09/15/2017

     250,000         255,202   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Retail — (Continued)

  

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
1.125%, 04/11/2018

   $ 250,000       $ 250,804   
     

 

 

 
        1,101,702   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors — 0.5%

  

Texas Instruments, Inc.
0.450%, 08/03/2015

     150,000         149,862   
     

 

 

 

Software — 0.8%

  

Microsoft Corp. 1.000%,
05/01/2018

     250,000         250,511   
     

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 1.2%

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.
3.150%, 03/14/2017

     150,000         163,038   

Vodafone Group PLC
2.875%, 03/16/2016

     200,000         210,533   
     

 

 

 
        373,571   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES
(Cost $27,126,540)

        28,435,406   
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES — 3.2%

  

Banks — 2.0%

  

Wachovia Capital Trust III
Callable 06/10/2013 at
100
5.570% (a)

     635,000         638,175   
     

 

 

 
        638,175   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

  

Goldman Sachs Capital I
6.345%, 02/15/2034

     350,000         368,389   
     

 

 

 
        368,389   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Cost $975,697)

        1,006,564   
     

 

 

 
     Par
Value
     Value  

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 4.2%

  

United States Treasury Notes — 4.2%

  

1.750%, 05/15/2022

   $     700,000       $ 712,524   

2.000%, 02/15/2022

     600,000         625,406   
     

 

 

 
        1,337,930   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY
OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $1,301,352)

        1,337,930   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 97.0%
(Cost $29,403,589)

        30,779,900   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES - 3.0%

        956,760   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $     31,736,660   
     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rate shown is as of April 30, 2013.

(b)

Security is a perpetual bond and has no definite maturity date.

(c)

Fix-to Float Security. Rate shown is as of April 30, 2013.

(d)

Dividend paying security.

(e)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities were purchased in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees and may be resold, in transactions exempt from registration, to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2013, these securities amounted to $1,636,110 or 5.2% of net assets. These securities have been determined by the Adviser to be liquid securities.

 

REIT

Real Estate Investment Trust

PLC  

Public Limited Company

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $29,403,589)

   $ 30,779,900   

Cash

     1,122,284   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     629,301   

Dividends and interest receivable

     262,165   

Receivable from Investment Adviser

     4,300   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     14,523   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     32,812,473   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for investments purchased

     998,143   

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     9,486   

Payable for distributions to shareholders

     3,585   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     5,930   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     3,819   

Payable for custodian fees

     2,536   

Accrued expenses

     52,314   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,075,813   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 31,736,660   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 29,772   

Paid-in capital

     30,200,958   

Accumulated net investment income

     14,418   

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     115,201   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,376,311   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 31,736,660   
  

 

 

 

Class I:

  

Shares outstanding

     2,977,153   
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($31,736,660 / 2,977,153)

   $ 10.66   
  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 76,738   

Interest

     862,427   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     939,165   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     161,959   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     51,981   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     40,661   

Legal fees

     34,913   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     34,012   

Registration and filing fees

     33,709   

Audit fees

     24,000   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     17,494   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     13,145   

Other expenses

     9,527   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     421,401   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (246,984
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     174,417   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     764,748   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     401,699   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     964,732   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1,366,431   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 2,131,179   
  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

        

Net investment income

     $ 764,748       $ 481,085  

Net realized gain/(loss) from investments

       401,699         (180,525 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation from investments

       964,732         276,651  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       2,131,179         577,211  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Net investment income:

        

Class I

       (777,140 )       (481,085 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total net investment income

       (777,140 )       (481,085 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       12,918,465         4,333,832  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

       14,272,504         4,429,958  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

        

Beginning of year

       17,464,156         13,034,198  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

     $ 31,736,660       $ 17,464,156  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income/(loss), end of year

     $ 14,418       $ 12,152  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class I Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class I
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
July 23, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.09       $ 10.06       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.32         0.32         0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       0.57         0.03         0.06  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       0.89         0.35         0.23  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.32 )       (0.32 )       (0.17 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.66       $ 10.09       $ 10.06  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

       8.99 %       3.52 %       2.29 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 31,737       $ 17,464       $ 13,034  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.70 %       0.70 %       0.70 %(3)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)

       1.69 %       2.49 %       2.65 %(3)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       3.07 %       3.18 %       2.24 %(3)

Portfolio turnover rate

       94.83 %       50.01 %       98.85 %(5)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3) 

Annualized.

(4) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced and/or reimbursed. If such fee reductions and/or reimbursements had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(5) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on July 23, 2010. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Class C, Class I and Class R Shares. As of April 30, 2013, Class A, Class C and Class R Shares had not been issued.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued at their last sale price on the NYSE on the day the security is valued. Lacking any sales on such day, the security will be valued at the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to the market close. 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. Unlisted securities that are quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers National Market System, for which there have been sales of such securities on such day, shall be valued at the official closing price on such system on the day the security is valued. If there are no such sales on such day, the value shall be the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to market close. The value of such securities quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system, but not listed on the National Market System, shall be valued at the mean between closing asked price and the closing bid price. Unlisted securities that are not quoted on the NASDAQ and for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available will be valued at the mean between the current bid and asked prices for such security in the over-the-counter market. Fixed income and preferred securities are valued based on market quotations, which are furnished by an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

 

  •  Level 1 —

  

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

  •  Level 2 —

  

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

 

  •  Level 3 —

  

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The fair value of the Fund’s bonds are generally based on quotes received from brokers of independent pricing services. Bonds with quotes that are based on actual trades with a sufficient level of activity on or near the measurement date are classified as Level 2 assets.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

     Total
Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1
      Quoted      
Price
     Level 2 Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

   $   28,435,406       $       $   28,435,406       $   

Preferred Securities

     1,006,564                 1,006,564           

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     1,337,930                 1,337,930           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   30,779,900       $       $   30,779,900       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Gains and losses on principal paydowns from mortgage backed securities are recorded as interest income on the Statement of Operations. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums are recorded on a daily basis using the effective yield method except for short term securities, which records discounts and premiums on a straight-line basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to such fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly to shareholders. Distributions, if any, of net short-term capital gain and net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over the short-term capital loss) realized by the Fund, after deducting any available capital loss carryovers are declared and paid to its shareholders annually. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Estabrook Capital Management LLC (“Estabrook” or the “Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 0.70% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. At April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recovery by the Adviser was as follows:

 

    Expiration    

April 30, 2014

      Expiration    
April 30, 2015
      Expiration    
April 30, 2016
$140,612   $270,765   $246,984

For the year ended April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees accrued and waived were $161,959 and fees reimbursed by the Adviser were $85,025.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund pursuant to an underwriting agreement between the Trust and the Underwriter.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $4,359. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 34,290,990       $ 22,302,971   

U.S. Government Securities

     1,357,922         343,670   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class I Shares

        

Sales

     1,241,776      $ 12,859,099        401,233      $ 4,003,121   

Reinvestments

     72,625        758,453        48,316        479,170   

Redemption Fees*

            600                 

Redemptions

     (67,658     (699,687     (14,782     (148,459
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,246,743      $ 12,918,465        434,767      $ 4,333,832   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

There is a 1.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed which have been held for 90 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in-capital.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income and decrease accumulated net realized gain by $14,658. These permanent differences were primarily attributable to the redesignation of dividends paid and sales of preferred securities.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $756,368 of ordinary income dividends and $17,201 of long-term capital gains dividends. For the year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $481,085 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains were treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

As of April 30, 2013, components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss
Carryforward
  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Distributions
Payable
$—   $—   $115,201   $1,394,314   $(3,585)

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 29,385,586   
    

 

 

 
 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     1,395,559   
 

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (1,245
    

 

 

 
 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,394,314   
    

 

 

 

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the“Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund utilized $271,840 of capital loss carryforwards.

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

 

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $756,368 of ordinary income dividends and $17,201 of long-term capital gain dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 11.35% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 93.89%.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 11.35%.

A total of 2.80% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year was derived from interest on U.S. government securities, which is generally exempt from state income tax.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distributions as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations there under.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 447-7443 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (888) 447-7443.

 

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Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustee” below may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (888) 447-7443.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  Term of Office
      and Length of      
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  

Overseen by
Trustee

 

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee  

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN            

Date of Birth: 2/49

 

 

Trustee and Chairman of the Board

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

 

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm)from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

 

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Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

 

 

University Professor, Widener University.

 

 

28

 

 

None.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  Term of Office
      and Length of      
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  

Overseen by
Trustee

 

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee  

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI            

Date of Birth: 8/45

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

 

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

 

28

 

 

None.

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

 

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.    

 

 

28

 

 

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  Term of Office
      and Length of      
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  

Overseen by
Trustee

 

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee  

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT            

Date of Birth: 11/54

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.

 

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present; EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

 

 

28

 

 

None.

1 Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT GRADE FIXED INCOME FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

 

 

Term of Office

      and Length of      

Time Served

 

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

 

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

 

 

Secretary

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.

 

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

 

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Estabrook Capital Management LLC

875 Third Avenue, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Administrator and Fund Accounting Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

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ESTABROOK INVESTMENT

GRADE FIXED INCOME

FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Class I Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund.

 


 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

of

FundVantage Trust

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Class A Shares

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

Class A Shares

Class I Shares

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Class A Shares

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

Class A Shares

Class I Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

 

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Formula Investing Funds. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Formula Investing Funds.


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Formula Investing U.S Value Select Fund

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

The Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund (“U.S. Value 1000 Fund”) earned 15.76% net for the one-year period ending April 30, 2013. The Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund (“U.S. Value Select Fund”) earned 16.78% net for the one-year period ending April 30, 2013. Over the same period, the Fund’s benchmark index, the Russell 1000 Index earned 17.17%.

Over the past two years, the U.S. Value Select Fund has outperformed the US Value 1000 Fund with higher annual return variability. For the reasons outlined below, we would not be surprised to see similar performance and variability differences between the two funds continue over longer periods.

The U.S. Value 1000 Fund consists of over 800 stocks, whereas the U.S. Value Select Fund generally holds roughly 120 stocks. Holdings for both portfolios are weighted according to measures of value with cheaper stocks receiving higher weightings. Less diversification allows the select portfolio to hold more of what we believe are the cheapest stocks based on our valuation measures — and why we expect that portfolio to generate higher returns over the long run. However, more concentrated holdings typically produce more variation in returns from year to year. Based on our measures of valuation we believe both funds are well positioned for future capital appreciation relative to the Russell 1000 Index.

The Formula Investing International 400 Fund (“International 400 Fund”) earned 15.04% net for the one-year period ending April 30, 2013. The Formula Investing International Value Select Fund (“International Value Select Fund”) earned 12.07% net for the one-year period ending April 30, 2013. Over the same period, the Fund’s benchmark index, the MSCI World ex-U.S. Index earned 17.45%.

During this time, both international funds suffered from lack of exposure to financial stocks. At inception, we chose to exclude banks, insurance companies and other financials from the funds due to opaque financial reporting related to “fair value” accounting under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The exclusion of financial stocks in the international funds is likely to impact performance over shorter periods because financials constitute over 25% of indexes such as the MSCI World ex-U.S. That said, we believe that their exclusion should have little impact on the funds’ performance over longer periods.

Over the long run, we expect the concentration differences between the two international funds to drive similar relative performance differences for the same reasons outlined above. We believe that the international funds offer attractive value relative to the MSCI World ex-U.S. Index based on our measures.

Sincerely,

Joel Greenblatt and Robert Goldstein

 

 

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Funds performed during the period ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Funds or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future holdings of the Funds are subject to investment risk.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund Class A Shares

vs Russell 1000® Index

 

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Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013  
      1 Year     Since Inception*  

Class A Shares

     15.76     15.21%       

Russell 1000® Index

     17.17     14.76%**    

 

*

The Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on November 3, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (877) 974-6852.

The Fund’s Class A share class applies a 1.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 2.17% and 1.28%, respectively, for Class A Shares, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This rate may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. Gotham Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.00% of average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Russell 1000® Index. The Russell 1000® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the highest ranking 1,000 stocks, representing about 90% of the total capitalization of the entire U.S. stock market. Index returns do not include transaction costs, taxes, management fees or any other costs. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

An investment in the Fund is subject to value investing risk, which is the risk that a security believed to be undervalued does not appreciate in value as anticipated. An investment in the Fund is also subject to portfolio turnover risk which may result in higher brokerage costs to the Fund, higher net taxable gain for shareholders, and may reduce Fund returns.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund Class A Shares

vs Russell 1000® Index

 

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Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013  
      1 Year     Since Inception*  

Class A Shares

     16.78     17.09%       

Russell 1000® Index

     17.17     14.76%**    

 

*

The Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on November 3, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (877) 974-6852.

The Fund’s Class A share class applies a 1.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 1.52% and 1.35%, respectively, for Class A Shares, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.10% of average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Russell 1000® Index. The Russell 1000® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the highest ranking 1,000 stocks, representing about 90% of the total capitalization of the entire U.S. stock market. Index returns do not include transaction costs, taxes, management fees or any other costs. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

An investment in the Fund is subject to value investing risk, which is the risk that a security believed to be undervalued does not appreciate in value as anticipated. An investment in the Fund is also subject to portfolio turnover risk which may result in higher brokerage costs to the Fund, higher net taxable gain for shareholders, and may reduce Fund returns.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $1,000,000 Investment in the Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund Class I

Shares vs Russell 1000® Index

 

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Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013  
      1 Year     Since Inception*  

Class I Shares

     17.06     24.42%       

Russell 1000® Index

     17.17     23.67%**    

 

*

The Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on December 13, 2011.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (877) 974-6852.

The Fund’s Class I share class applies a 1.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 1.20% and 1.10%, respectively, for Class I Shares, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.10% of average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Russell 1000® Index. The Russell 1000® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the highest ranking 1,000 stocks, representing about 90% of the total capitalization of the entire U.S. stock market. Index returns do not include transaction costs, taxes, management fees or any other costs. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

An investment in the Fund is subject to value investing risk, which is the risk that a security believed to be undervalued does not appreciate in value as anticipated. An investment in the Fund is also subject to portfolio turnover risk which may result in higher brokerage costs to the Fund, higher net taxable gain for shareholders, and may reduce Fund returns.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund Class A Shares

vs MSCI World (Ex US) Index

 

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Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013  
      1 Year     Since Inception*  

Class A Shares

     15.04     4.08%       

MSCI World (Ex US) Index

     17.45     5.81%**    

 

*

The Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on December 17, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (877) 974-6852.

The Fund’s Class A share class applies a 1.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 5.30% and 1.37%, respectively, for Class A Shares, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund by an amount necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.10% of average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the MSCI World (Ex US) Index. MSCI World (Ex US) Index is a stock market index comprised of a collection of stocks from all of the developed markets in the world except the U.S. Index returns do not include transaction costs, taxes, management fees or any other costs. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

An investment in the Fund is subject to value investing risk, which is the risk that a security believed to be undervalued does not appreciate in value as anticipated. The Fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, including depository receipts. These markets are subject to special risks associated with foreign investments such as currency fluctuation, political and economic stability and differences in accounting and regulatory standards. Securities of many non-U.S. companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies and therefore may involve greater risks. An investment in the Fund is also subject to portfolio turnover risk which may result in higher brokerage costs to the Fund, higher net taxable gain for shareholders, and may reduce Fund returns.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Formula Investing International Value Select Fund Class A Shares

vs MSCI World (Ex US) Index

 

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Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013  
      1 Year     Since Inception*  

Class A Shares

     12.07     -0.69%       

MSCI World (Ex US) Index

     17.45     5.81%**    

 

*

The Formula Investing International Value Select Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on December 17, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (877) 974-6852.

The Fund’s Class A share class applies a 1.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 2.92% and 1.47%, respectively, for Class A Shares, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund by an amount necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.20% of average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the MSCI World (Ex US) Index. MSCI World (Ex US) Index is a stock market index comprised of a collection of stocks from all of the developed markets except the U.S. Index returns do not include transaction costs, taxes, management fees or any other costs. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

An investment in the Fund is subject to value investing risk, which is the risk that a security believed to be undervalued does not appreciate in value as anticipated. The Fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, including depository receipts. These markets are subject to special risks associated with foreign investments such as currency fluctuation, political and economic stability and differences in accounting and regulatory standards. Securities of many non-U.S. companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies and therefore may involve greater risks. An investment in the Fund is also subject to portfolio turnover risk which may result in higher brokerage costs to the Fund, higher net taxable gain for shareholders, and may reduce Fund returns.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $1,000,000 Investment in the Formula Investing International Value Select Fund Class I Shares

vs MSCI World (Ex US) Index

 

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Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013  
      1 Year     Since Inception*  

Class I Shares

     12.44     -1.88%       

MSCI World (Ex US) Index

     17.45     3.67%**    

 

*

The Formula Investing International Value Select Fund (the “Fund”) Class I Shares commenced operations on June 30, 2011.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (877) 974-6852.

The Fund’s Class I share class applies a 1.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 2.74% and 1.22%, respectively, for Class I Shares, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive or otherwise reduce its annual compensation received from the Fund by an amount necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.20% of average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the MSCI World (Ex US) Index. MSCI World (Ex US) Index is a stock market index comprised of a collection of stocks from all of the developed markets except the U.S. Index returns do not include transaction costs, taxes, management fees or any other costs. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

An investment in the Fund is subject to value investing risk, which is the risk that a security believed to be undervalued does not appreciate in value as anticipated. The Fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, including depository receipts. These markets are subject to special risks associated with foreign investments such as currency fluctuation, political and economic stability and differences in accounting and regulatory standards. Securities of many non-U.S. companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies and therefore may involve greater risks. An investment in the Fund is also subject to portfolio turnover risk which may result in higher brokerage costs to the Fund, higher net taxable gain for shareholders, and may reduce Fund returns.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Formula Investing Funds (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”), you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, if any, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013.

Actual Expenses

The first line of each accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of each accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of each accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     Formula Investing Funds  
     Beginning Account Value      Ending Account Value      Annualized      Expenses Paid  
     November 1, 2012      April 30, 2013      Expense Ratio      During Period  

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

           

Class A Shares

           

Actual

     $1,000.00                   $1,174.90                 1.25%             $6.74*       

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                   1,018.60                 1.25%             6.26*       

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

           

Class A Shares

           

Actual

     $1,000.00                   $1,185.00                 1.35%             $7.31*       

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                   1,018.10                 1.35%             6.76*       

Class I Shares

           

Actual

     $1,000.00                   $1,185.90                 1.10%             $5.96*       

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                   1,019.34                 1.10%             5.51*       

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

           

Class A Shares

           

Actual

     $1,000.00                   $1,143.10                 1.35%             $7.17*       

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                   1,018.10                 1.35%             6.76*       

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

           

Class A Shares

           

Actual

     $1,000.00                   $1,118.10                 1.45%             $7.62*       

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                   1,017.601                 1.45%             7.25*       

Class I Shares

           

Actual

     $1,000.00                   $1,120.50                 1.20%             $6.31*       

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                   1,018.84                 1.20%             6.01*       

 

 

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Funds’ annualized expense ratios for the six month period ended April 30, 2013, in the table above, which include waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and recoupment, if any, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days (181) in the most recent fiscal half-year then divided by 365 to reflect the one-half year period. The Funds’ ending account value on the first line in each table are based on the actual six month returns of 17.49% for Class A Shares of Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund; 18.50% and 18.59% for Class A Shares and Class I Shares of Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund, respectively; 14.31% for Class A Shares of Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund; and 11.81% and 12.05% for Class A Shares and Class I Shares of Formula Investing International Value Select Fund, respectively.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing Funds

Portfolio Holdings Summary Tables

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following tables presents a summary by industry group of the portfolio holdings of the Funds:

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

 

     % of Net
    Assets    
  Value

Common Stocks:

        

Capital Goods

       10.0 %     $ 5,042,925  

Software & Services

       10.0         5,005,119  

Banks

       9.8         4,909,909  

Health Care Equipment & Services

       9.1         4,573,450  

Retailing

       8.1         4,076,899  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

       7.5         3,748,916  

Insurance

       6.8         3,403,754  

Media

       4.5         2,247,776  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

       4.1         2,039,489  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

       3.9         1,944,859  

Diversified Financials

       3.7         1,857,583  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

       3.4         1,684,925  

Commercial & Professional Services

       3.0         1,514,112  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       3.0         1,495,704  

Energy

       2.4         1,222,931  

Consumer Services

       2.2         1,088,369  

Materials

       2.0         1,020,320  

Automobiles & Components

       1.4         696,936  

Transportation

       1.0         495,688  

Household & Personal Products

       0.8         388,512  

Food & Staples Retailing

       0.3         153,520  

Real Estate

       0.0         15,167  

Utilities

       0.0         1,712  

Telecommunication Services

       0.0         1,523  

Exchange Traded Funds

       2.8         1,413,647  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       0.2         85,753  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 50,129,498  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

 

     % of Net
    Assets    
  Value

Common Stocks:

        

Software & Services

       13.9 %     $ 30,504,185  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

       13.5         29,613,232  

Capital Goods

       10.8         23,755,306  

Health Care Equipment & Services

       9.0         19,754,837  

Retailing

       8.5         18,552,701  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

       8.0         17,440,489  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

       7.2         15,749,935  

Media

       6.8         14,996,138  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

       6.4         14,122,356  

Commercial & Professional Services

       4.9         10,711,603  

Consumer Services

       2.5         5,523,191  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       2.3         5,081,315  

Transportation

       1.5         3,156,207  

Household & Personal Products

       0.7         1,570,748  

Automobiles & Components

       0.4         806,740  

Exchange Traded Funds

       3.4         7,495,699  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       0.2         510,694  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 219,345,376  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing Funds

Portfolio Holdings Summary Tables (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

 

     % of Net
    Assets    
  Value

Common Stocks:

        

Capital Goods

       13.5 %     $ 1,617,789  

Materials

       11.0         1,319,006  

Telecommunication Services

       8.4         1,005,868  

Media

       7.4         883,975  

Software & Services

       5.7         679,860  

Retailing

       5.6         670,014  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

       5.1         604,834  

Food & Staples Retailing

       4.3         517,134  

Transportation

       4.1         489,208  

Food Beverage & Tobacco

       3.5         422,104  

Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences

       3.8         454,013  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

       3.7         437,737  

Health Care Equipment & Services

       3.3         394,526  

Energy

       3.0         364,586  

Automobiles & Components

       3.0         363,770  

Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment

       2.3         275,022  

Consumer Services

       2.3         271,738  

Commercial & Professional Services

       2.2         262,878  

Household & Personal Products

       1.5         184,681  

Real Estate

       0.5         58,101  

Utilities

       0.3         38,546  

Exchange Traded Funds

       3.0         357,332  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       2.5         296,678  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 11,969,400  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

 

     % of Net
Assets
  Value

Common Stocks:

        

Capital Goods

       11.5 %     $ 3,742,645  

Materials

       9.2         2,994,144  

Telecommunication Services

       8.5         2,770,055  

Software & Services

       8.1         2,639,156  

Retailing

       6.3         2,054,094  

Energy

       6.3         2,044,340  

Media

       5.9         1,929,058  

Food & Staples Retailing

       5.7         1,815,962  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

       5.2         1,704,350  

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology & Life Science

       5.2         1,678,322  

Automobiles & Components

       4.8         1,563,796  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

       4.4         1,427,977  

Health Care Equipment & Services

       4.2         1,378,816  

Transportation

       4.1         1,336,490  

Consumer Services

       2.4         789,366  

Food Beverage & Tobacco

       1.6         525,282  

Commercial & Professional Services

       1.4         441,037  

Real Estate

       1.3         416,392  

Household & Personal Products

       1.2         400,953  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       0.8         259,672  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       1.9         607,922  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 32,519,829  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — 97.0%

  

Automobiles & Components — 1.4%

  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     1,087       $ 24,794   

BorgWarner, Inc.*

     785         61,363   

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

     3,898         97,021   

Dana Holding Corp.

     1,044         18,009   

Dorman Products, Inc.

     49         1,849   

Ford Motor Co.

     33         452   

General Motors Co.*

     1,167         35,990   

Gentex Corp.

     4,073         91,642   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)*

     40         500   

Lear Corp.

     37         2,138   

Tenneco, Inc.*

     52         2,011   

Thor Industries, Inc.

     3,622         134,341   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.*

     2,380         142,967   

WABCO Holdings, Inc.*

     1,161         83,859   
     

 

 

 
        696,936   
     

 

 

 

Banks — 9.8%

  

Associated Banc-Corp

     10,587         151,076   

BancorpSouth, Inc.

     5,343         85,488   

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

     943         44,972   

BankUnited, Inc.

     5,665         143,608   

BB&T Corp.

     5,374         165,359   

BOK Financial Corp.

     2,112         131,979   

CapitalSource, Inc.

     166         1,486   

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

     66         781   

Cathay General BanCorp

     8,678         171,043   

City National Corp.

     2,112         120,870   

Comerica, Inc.

     4,011         145,399   

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

     2,122         85,113   

Community Bank System, Inc.

     302         8,649   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

     8         483   

CVB Financial Corp.

     965         10,490   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

     3,335         81,141   

EverBank Financial Corp.

     43         688   

Fifth Third BanCorp

     10,310         175,579   

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

     3         559   

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     828         7,874   

First Republic Bank

     1,346         51,121   

FirstMerit Corp.

     6,996         119,841   

FNB Corp.

     8,101         92,270   

Fulton Financial Corp.

     5,284         58,441   

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

     3,026         55,830   

Hancock Holding Co.

     4,402         120,043   

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

     170         1,413   
     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Banks — (Continued)

  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     23,066       $ 165,383   

International Bancshares Corp.

     24         466   

Investors Bancorp, Inc.

     41         812   

KeyCorp

     16,964         169,131   

M&T Bank Corp.

     1,105         110,721   

MB Financial, Inc.

     6,312         156,285   

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.*

     36         1,324   

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

     7,306         98,996   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

     1,216         14,896   

Old National BanCorp.

     9,136         111,276   

Park National Corp.

     8         547   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     6,398         84,198   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     8         543   

Popular, Inc.*

     80         2,285   

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

     7,492         143,697   

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

     110         5,053   

Regions Financial Corp.

     1,142         9,696   

Signature Bank*

     875         62,659   

Sterling Financial Corp.

     24         523   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     6,648         194,454   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     11,698         136,516   

SVB Financial Group*

     915         65,066   

Synovus Financial Corp.

     286         769   

TCF Financial Corp.

     2,255         32,810   

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*

     16         667   

TFS Financial Corp.*

     80         870   

Trustmark Corp.

     54         1,326   

UMB Financial Corp.

     238         11,981   

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

     12,518         150,216   

United Bankshares, Inc.

     1,717         43,457   

US BanCorp

     3,715         123,635   

Valley National BanCorp

     10,823         97,299   

Washington Federal, Inc.

     8,196         140,725   

Webster Financial Corp.

     7,093         165,763   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     4,116         156,326   

Westamerica Bancorporation

     10         434   

Western Alliance Bancorp*

     6,770         99,587   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     3,932         141,002   

Zions Bancorporation

     7,186         176,919   
     

 

 

 
        4,909,909   
     

 

 

 

Capital Goods — 10.0%

  

3M Co.

     673         70,470   

Actuant Corp., Class A

     3,509         109,832   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Capital Goods — (Continued)

  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     420       $ 30,643   

AECOM Technology Corp.*

     3,377         98,169   

AGCO Corp.

     230         12,248   

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

     1,703         126,635   

AMETEK, Inc.

     49         1,995   

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

     49         2,070   

AZZ, Inc.

     139         5,878   

B/E Aerospace, Inc.*

     14         878   

Babcock & Wilcox Co. (The)

     3,335         90,712   

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

     53         2,021   

Boeing Co. (The)

     485         44,334   

Brady Corp., Class A

     2,048         69,386   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     758         49,171   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     8         677   

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (Netherlands)

     3,036         163,306   

CLARCOR, Inc.

     748         38,672   

Crane Co.

     2,468         132,852   

Cummins, Inc.

     240         25,534   

Danaher Corp.

     577         35,162   

Deere & Co.

     5         446   

Donaldson Co., Inc.

     30         1,091   

Dover Corp.

     1,287         88,777   

Eaton Corp. PLC (Ireland)

     487         29,907   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     3,222         120,503   

Emerson Electric Co.

     2,185         121,289   

EnerSys, Inc.*

     1,090         49,966   

Esterline Technologies Corp.*

     532         39,921   

Flowserve Corp.

     339         53,603   

Fluor Corp.

     2,918         166,268   

Foster Wheeler AG (Switzerland)*

     7,364         155,380   

Gardner Denver, Inc.

     1,508         113,236   

GATX Corp.

     10         510   

Generac Holdings, Inc.

     73         2,623   

General Cable Corp.*

     24         828   

General Dynamics Corp.

     2,330         172,327   

General Electric Co.

     22         490   

Graco, Inc.

     42         2,542   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     1,380         101,485   

Hubbell, Inc., Class B

     1,072         102,869   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

     17         899   

IDEX Corp.

     1,422         73,987   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     1,542         99,552   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC (Ireland)

     1,201         64,614   
     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Capital Goods — (Continued)

  

ITT Corp.

     2,735       $ 75,486   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.*

     2,284         115,296   

Joy Global, Inc.

     2,528         142,883   

KBR, Inc.

     1,797         54,054   

Kennametal, Inc.

     32         1,280   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     1,572         127,725   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     1,921         101,352   

Lindsay Corp.

     1,588         121,990   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     1,729         171,327   

Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)

     413         7,748   

Middleby Corp.*

     10         1,496   

MRC Global, Inc.*

     100         2,995   

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

     990         78,012   

Nordson Corp.

     30         2,085   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     2,508         189,956   

Oshkosh Corp.*

     3,474         136,389   

PACCAR, Inc.

     8         398   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     855         75,727   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     5         956   

Raven Industries, Inc.

     1,297         43,514   

Raytheon Co.

     3,216         197,398   

RBC Bearings, Inc.*

     17         818   

Regal-Beloit Corp.

     22         1,730   

Rexnord Corp.*

     696         12,681   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     1,203         101,990   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     1,240         78,021   

Roper Industries, Inc.

     17         2,034   

Snap-on, Inc.

     945         81,459   

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Class A*

     40         800   

Terex Corp.*

     1,696         48,506   

Timken Co.

     1,860         97,780   

Toro Co. (The)

     23         1,035   

TransDigm Group, Inc.

     7         1,028   

Trinity Industries, Inc.

     12         507   

Triumph Group, Inc.

     197         15,740   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     195         28,417   

Wabtec Corp.

     770         80,804   

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

     930         43,766   

WESCO International, Inc.*

     974         69,826   

WW Grainger, Inc.

     130         32,041   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Capital Goods — (Continued)

  

Xylem, Inc.

     797       $ 22,117   
     

 

 

 
        5,042,925   
     

 

 

 

Commercial & Professional Services — 3.0%

  

ABM Industries, Inc.

     1,320         29,766   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     33         1,368   

Brink’s Co. (The)

     30         795   

Cintas Corp.

     925         41,505   

Copart, Inc.*

     603         21,256   

The Corporate Executive Board Co.

     86         4,847   

Deluxe Corp.

     4,541         173,194   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)

     1,710         151,250   

Equifax, Inc.

     559         34,211   

FTI Consulting, Inc.*

     2,867         94,955   

Herman Miller, Inc.

     4,427         111,073   

Manpowergroup, Inc.

     844         44,867   

Mine Safety Appliances Co.

     1,305         62,640   

Nielsen Holdings NV (Netherlands)*

     23         796   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     11,533         157,656   

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.*

     201         24,673   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     2,996         98,329   

Rollins, Inc.

     49         1,192   

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

     9,256         113,941   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

     1,189         15,100   

Stericycle, Inc.*

     7         758   

Tetra Tech, Inc.*

     3,021         79,422   

Towers Watson & Co., Class A

     799         58,263   

UniFirst Corp.

     10         910   

United Stationers, Inc.

     1,971         63,998   

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A*

     35         2,145   

West Corp.

     5,962         125,202   
     

 

 

 
        1,514,112   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel — 3.9%

  

Brunswick Corp.

     1,567         49,611   

Carter’s, Inc.*

     975         63,755   

Coach, Inc.

     3,229         190,059   

Columbia Sportswear Co

     20         1,172   

Crocs, Inc.*

     7,524         120,534   

Deckers Outdoor Corp.*

     1,140         62,837   

DR Horton, Inc.

     5         130   

Fossil, Inc.*

     679         66,623   

Garmin, Ltd. (Switzerland)

     4,831         169,471   

Hanesbrands, Inc.*

     195         9,781   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     18         805   
     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Consumer Durables & Apparel — (Continued)

  

Hasbro, Inc.

     2,559       $ 121,220   

Helen of Troy Ltd. (Bermuda)*

     44         1,535   

KB Home

     18         406   

Lennar Corp., Class A

     13         536   

Mattel, Inc.

     1,807         82,508   

MDC Holdings, Inc.

     8         301   

Meritage Homes Corp.*

     8         390   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     2,457         64,717   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     14         890   

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     1,126         97,050   

PulteGroup, Inc.*

     25         525   

PVH Corp.

     635         73,291   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     278         50,479   

Ryland Group, Inc. (The)

     15         676   

Standard Pacific Corp.*

     69         624   

Steven Madden, Ltd.*

     3,151         153,233   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

     3,410         174,831   

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.*

     3,513         170,380   

Toll Brothers, Inc.*

     7         240   

Tumi Holdings, Inc.*

     39         898   

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     1,390         111,617   

Vera Bradley, Inc.*

     1,883         42,970   

VF Corp.

     264         47,050   

Whirlpool Corp.

     120         13,714   
     

 

 

 
        1,944,859   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Services — 2.2%

     

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A*

     9,926         182,341   

Bally Technologies, Inc.*

     1,922         102,404   

Brinker International, Inc.

     46         1,789   

Burger King Worldwide, Inc.

     45         812   

Coinstar, Inc.*

     2,148         113,436   

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

     9         745   

DeVry, Inc.

     690         19,327   

DineEquity, Inc.

     1,422         101,303   

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     1,432         79,046   

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

     13         505   

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.*

     31         793   

Hillenbrand, Inc.

     2,047         51,441   

International Game Technology

     6,353         107,683   

Interval Leisure Group, Inc.

     5,319         101,380   

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     16         689   

McDonald’s Corp.

     258         26,352   

Papa John’s International, Inc.*

     31         1,953   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Consumer Services — (Continued)

  

Regis Corp.

     812       $ 15,225   

Service Corp. International

     46         776   

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

     4,221         178,000   

WMS Industries, Inc.*

     28         711   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     14         841   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     12         817   
     

 

 

 
        1,088,369   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financials — 3.7%

  

American Capital, Ltd.*

     9,146         138,379   

American Express Co.

     9         616   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     10         745   

Apollo Investment Corp.

     15,457         136,176   

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.*

     17         634   

Bank of America Corp.

     1,539         18,945   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     27         1,560   

Cash America International, Inc.

     2,827         123,342   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     55         933   

Citigroup, Inc.

     773         36,068   

CME Group, Inc.

     13         791   

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

     63         2,489   

Credit Acceptance Corp.*

     779         78,157   

Discover Financial Services

     52         2,274   

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

     1,885         71,159   

EZCORP, Inc., Class A*

     9,081         153,469   

Federated Investors, Inc.,
Class B

     2,723         62,520   

First Cash Financial Services, Inc.*

     33         1,699   

GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A

     100         5,250   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     497         72,597   

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

     15         693   

Invesco, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     571         18,124   

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

     16,754         149,446   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     2,913         142,766   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

     1,474         50,941   

Morgan Stanley

     1,239         27,444   

MSCI, Inc.*

     732         24,961   

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)

     1,280         37,734   

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

     29         986   

Northern Trust Corp.

     12         647   

NYSE Euronext

     227         8,810   

PHH Corp.*

     2,577         54,323   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     547         22,657   

SLM Corp.

     7,941         163,982   

State Street Corp.

     467         27,305   
     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Diversified Financials — (Continued)

  

Stifel Financial Corp.*

     5,001       $ 161,132   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     17         1,232   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     56         1,115   

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.*

     11         2,101   

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A

     15         643   

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.*

     88         1,021   

World Acceptance Corp.*

     582         51,717   
     

 

 

 
        1,857,583   
     

 

 

 

Energy — 2.4%

  

Alon USA Energy, Inc.

     3,763         62,466   

Apache Corp.

     8         591   

C&J Energy Services, Inc.*

     3,502         69,305   

CARBO Ceramics, Inc.

     9         636   

Chevron Corp.

     20         2,440   

Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.*

     32         625   

ConocoPhillips

     8         484   

CVR Energy, Inc.

     3,207         158,009   

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

     3,332         120,252   

Denbury Resources, Inc.*

     17         304   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     18         1,244   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     20         1,780   

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.*

     52         1,446   

Halliburton Co.

     39         1,668   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     9         528   

Hess Corp.

     15         1,083   

HollyFrontier Corp.

     3,645         180,245   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     37         1,209   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     1,672         131,018   

McDermott International, Inc. (Panama)*

     67         716   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     8         497   

Nabors Industries, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     40         592   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     9         588   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     6         536   

Oil States International, Inc.*

     17         1,519   

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

     33         696   

Phillips 66

     1,457         88,804   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     3         367   

RPC, Inc.

     7,695         101,882   

Stone Energy Corp.*

     23         454   

Tesoro Corp.

     2,164         115,558   

Valero Energy Corp.

     109         4,395   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Energy — (Continued)

  

Western Refining, Inc.

     5,532       $ 170,994   
     

 

 

 
        1,222,931   
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%

  

CVS Caremark Corp.

     1,993         115,953   

Kroger Co. (The)

     14         481   

Safeway, Inc.

     41         923   

Sysco Corp.

     37         1,290   

Walgreen Co.

     676         33,469   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     10         777   

Weis Markets, Inc.

     15         627   
     

 

 

 
        153,520   
     

 

 

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 3.4%

  

Altria Group, Inc.

     4,851         177,110   

B&G Foods, Inc.

     59         1,821   

Campbell Soup Co.

     19         882   

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     20         847   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     1,392         50,989   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     2,156         76,258   

Darling International, Inc.*

     5,073         93,901   

Dean Foods Co.*

     1,722         32,959   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     2,828         138,091   

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. (Cayman Islands)

     27         686   

General Mills, Inc.

     1,346         67,865   

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.*

     22         1,263   

Hershey Co. (The)

     7         624   

Hillshire Brands Co.

     1,617         58,066   

HJ Heinz Co.

     14         1,014   

Hormel Foods Corp.

     1,245         51,381   

Ingredion, Inc.

     17         1,224   

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

     417         31,283   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     584         60,286   

Kellogg Co.

     17         1,106   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

     1,529         78,728   

Lancaster Colony Corp.

     700         55,251   

Lorillard, Inc.

     4,372         187,515   

McCormick & Co., Inc., non-voting shares

     11         791   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

     9         730   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

     34         1,069   

Monster Beverage Corp.*

     452         25,493   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     22         1,814   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     930         88,899   
     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco — (Continued)

  

Pinnacle Foods, Inc.*

     41       $ 979   

Post Holdings, Inc.*

     34         1,489   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     3,638         172,514   

Smithfield Foods, Inc.*

     44         1,126   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

     101         2,488   

Universal Corp.

     1,171         67,391   

Vector Group, Ltd.

     9,239         150,688   

WhiteWave Foods Co.,
Class A*

     18         304   
     

 

 

 
        1,684,925   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Services — 9.1%

  

Aetna, Inc.

     3,975         228,324   

Align Technology, Inc.*

     23         762   

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*

     65         900   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     2,915         157,760   

Baxter International, Inc.

     749         52,333   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     583         54,977   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     2,881         127,398   

CareFusion Corp.*

     3,007         100,554   

Centene Corp.*

     1,457         67,313   

Chemed Corp.

     2,196         179,238   

Cigna Corp.

     8         529   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

     3,328         164,902   

Covidien PLC (Ireland)

     646         41,241   

CR Bard, Inc.

     1,279         127,081   

Cyberonics, Inc.*

     947         41,119   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.*

     417         49,477   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*

     19         1,212   

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

     17         1,009   

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*

     7,912         120,421   

HCA Holdings, Inc.

     881         35,143   

Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A*

     118         1,356   

Health Net, Inc.*

     4,273         125,626   

HealthSouth Corp.*

     3,421         94,078   

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     2,344         79,860   

Humana, Inc.

     2,466         182,755   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*

     9         792   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

     1         492   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

     1,534         143,214   

Magellan Health Services, Inc.*

     3,390         173,432   

Masimo Corp.

     4,327         86,800   

McKesson Corp.

     477         50,476   

Medidata Solutions, Inc.*

     22         1,460   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Health Care Equipment & Services — (Continued)

  

MEDNAX, Inc.*

     1,870       $ 165,925   

Medtronic, Inc.

     3,127         145,968   

Molina Healthcare, Inc.*

     1,132         37,582   

Omnicare, Inc.

     1,617         70,776   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     1,400         45,598   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

     602         22,846   

Quality Systems, Inc.

     6,525         116,602   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     2,594         146,120   

ResMed, Inc.

     20         960   

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

     16,013         132,107   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.*

     14         1,030   

St Jude Medical, Inc.

     1,980         81,616   

STERIS Corp.

     624         25,952   

Stryker Corp.

     2,024         132,734   

Team Health Holdings, Inc.*

     33         1,230   

Teleflex, Inc.

     196         15,313   

Thoratec Corp.*

     529         19,150   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     3,066         183,745   

Universal American Corp.

     22         188   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

     20         1,332   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

     1,965         128,000   

VCA Antech, Inc.*

     3,499         84,326   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.*

     3,351         195,397   

WellPoint, Inc.

     2,810         204,905   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     1,596         122,014   
     

 

 

 
        4,573,450   
     

 

 

 

Household & Personal Products — 0.8%

  

Avon Products, Inc.

     40         926   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     22         1,406   

Clorox Co. (The)

     33         2,846   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     18         2,149   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     1,203         116,198   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     7         722   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.*

     5,040         135,828   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     14         1,075   

Revlon, Inc., Class A*

     6,582         127,362   
     

 

 

 
        388,512   
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 6.8%

  

Aflac, Inc.

     3,215         175,025   

Alleghany Corp.*

     316         124,422   

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, AG (Switzerland)

     13         1,181   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     3,937         193,937   
     Number
  of Shares  
             Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Insurance — (Continued)

  

Alterra Capital Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     20       $ 651   

American Financial Group, Inc.

     14         676   

American International Group, Inc.*

     984         40,757   

American National Insurance Co.

     1,792         168,502   

Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.

     22         697   

Aon PLC (United Kingdom)

     35         2,112   

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     3,413         130,342   

Assurant, Inc.

     2,738         130,165   

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     2,398         107,023   

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B*

     6         638   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     8         705   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     55         2,690   

CNA Financial Corp.

     22         742   

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A

     2,206         175,531   

Everest Re Group, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     1,347         181,832   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A

     4,115         110,488   

First American Financial Corp.

     6,425         171,997   

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A*

     25,864         259,416   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     2,537         127,941   

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

     1,238         52,739   

Lincoln National Corp.

     5,271         179,267   

Markel Corp.*

     1         536   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     1,529         58,117   

MBIA, Inc.*

     3,772         35,683   

MetLife, Inc.

     176         6,862   

Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     6,480         166,925   

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     3,439         195,163   

Primerica, Inc.

     15         509   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     18         650   

ProAssurance Corp.

     27         1,323   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     26         658   

Protective Life Corp.

     61         2,322   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     2,078         129,979   

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     1,577         148,065   

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

     14         605   

Symetra Financial Corp.

     1,483         20,213   

Torchmark Corp.

     10         621   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     10         854   

Unum Group

     6,145         171,384   
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

  

Insurance — (Continued)

     

Validus Holdings, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     490       $ 18,919   

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     1         578   

WR Berkley Corp.

     40         1,737   

XL Group PLC (Ireland)

     3,294         102,575   
     

 

 

 
                3,403,754   
     

 

 

 

Materials — 2.0%

     

Albemarle Corp.

     26         1,592   

Axiall Corp.

     1,163         60,999   

Ball Corp.

     25         1,103   

Buckeye Technologies, Inc.

     62         2,331   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     956         178,304   

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

     31         662   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

     26         791   

Greif, Inc., Class A

     38         1,830   

HudBay Minerals, Inc. (Canada)

     104         828   

Huntsman Corp.

     48         905   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     281         21,690   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

     358         22,554   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

     1,146         20,261   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     1,982         80,529   

Monsanto Co.

     11         1,175   

Mosaic Co. (The)

     18         1,109   

NewMarket Corp.

     310         83,297   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     13         421   

Olin Corp.

     52         1,257   

Owens-Illinois, Inc.*

     58         1,524   

Packaging Corp. of America

     23         1,094   

PolyOne Corp.

     37         834   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     279         41,052   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     12         781   

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

     2,888         116,358   

Sealed Air Corp.

     52         1,150   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     5         916   

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

     183         14,400   

Sonoco Products Co.

     27         946   

Southern Copper Corp.

     3,310         110,322   

Stepan Co.

     16         911   

SunCoke Energy, Inc.*

     112         1,695   

US Silica Holdings, Inc.

     40         817   

Valspar Corp. (The)

     678         43,270   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     749         62,272   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

  

Materials — (Continued)

     

WR Grace & Co.*

     1,820       $ 140,340   
     

 

 

 
                1,020,320   
     

 

 

 

Media — 4.5%

     

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A*

     720         45,367   

Arbitron, Inc.

     3,407         159,073   

CBS Corp., Class B, non-voting shares

     2,536         116,098   

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

     955         29,500   

Comcast Corp., Class A

     768         31,718   

DIRECTV*

     2,014         113,912   

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A*

     17         1,340   

DISH Network Corp., Class A

     30         1,176   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     7,370         148,579   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     12,452         172,336   

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

     3,644         139,091   

Meredith Corp.

     3,702         143,712   

Morningstar, Inc.

     15         990   

New York Times Co. (The), Class A*

     3,721         32,968   

News Corp., Class A

     53         1,641   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     2,417         144,464   

Regal Entertainment Group, Class A

     814         14,603   

Scholastic Corp.

     4,472         122,756   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A

     26         1,731   

Shutterstock, Inc.*

     35         1,460   

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

     7,200         192,960   

Starz-Liberty Capital*

     7,122         166,496   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

     299         28,073   

Time Warner, Inc.

     1,452         86,801   

Valassis Communications, Inc.

     6,489         166,313   

Viacom, Inc., Class B

     2,123         135,851   

Washington Post Co. (The), Class B

     110         48,767   
     

 

 

 
        2,247,776   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — 4.1%

   

  

AbbVie, Inc.

     3,329         153,300   

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.*

     67         2,651   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     1,640         67,962   

Allergan, Inc.

     7         795   

Amgen, Inc.

     1,207         125,781   

Biogen Idec, Inc.*

     4         876   

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A*

     5         599   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — (Continued)

   

Bruker Corp.*

     51       $ 906   

Celgene Corp.*

     11         1,299   

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     1,636         75,125   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     1,287         71,274   

Endo Health Solutions, Inc.*

     5,176         189,649   

Impax Laboratories, Inc.*

     96         1,680   

Johnson & Johnson

     792         67,502   

Life Technologies Corp.*

     38         2,800   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     1,108         52,076   

Mylan, Inc.*

     986         28,702   

Myriad Genetics, Inc.*

     6,736         187,598   

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

     24,007         185,814   

Pfizer, Inc.

     982         28,547   

Pharmacyclics, Inc.*

     14         1,141   

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     3,998         122,899   

Santarus, Inc.*

     74         1,359   

Techne Corp.

     1,599         102,560   

United Therapeutics Corp.*

     2,769         184,914   

ViroPharma, Inc.*

     7,138         194,510   

Warner Chilcott PLC, Class A (Ireland)

     12,714         182,827   

Waters Corp.*

     47         4,343   
     

 

 

 
                2,039,489   
     

 

 

 

Real Estate — 0.0%

     

Alexander’s, Inc. REIT

     1         309   

Brandywine Realty Trust REIT

     25         373   

BRE Properties, Inc. REIT

     8         404   

Brookfield Office Properties Corp. (Canada)

     44         810   

Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT

     29         385   

Colonial Properties Trust REIT

     8         186   

CommonWealth REIT

     12         268   

Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT

     8         232   

DDR Corp. REIT

     17         312   

EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT

     9         568   

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. REIT

     3         244   

Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT

     3         351   

General Growth Properties, Inc. REIT

     14         318   

HCP, Inc. REIT

     7         373   

Health Care, Inc. REIT

     7         525   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT

     11         330   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT

     29         530   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

  

Real Estate — (Continued)

     

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

     26       $ 2,575   

Kimco Realty Corp. REIT

     12         285   

Lexington Realty Trust REIT

     21         269   

MFA Financial, Inc. REIT

     32         297   

National Health Investors, Inc. REIT

     5         331   

National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT

     10         397   

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT

     11         362   

Post Properties, Inc. REIT

     4         198   

PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT

     5         399   

Public Storage REIT

     3         495   

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers REIT

     6         223   

Taubman Centers, Inc. REIT

     3         257   

UDR, Inc. REIT

     11         270   

Vornado Realty Trust REIT

     3         263   

Washington REIT

     9         257   

Weingarten Realty Investors REIT

     12         409   

Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT

     8         244   

Zillow, Inc., Class A*

     19         1,118   
     

 

 

 
                15,167   
     

 

 

 

Retailing — 8.1%

     

Aaron’s, Inc.*

     15         431   

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A

     1,388         68,789   

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     1,687         141,506   

Aeropostale, Inc.*

     6,260         91,772   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

     8,090         157,350   

ANN, Inc.*

     3,695         109,150   

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*

     21         842   

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.*

     33         610   

AutoZone, Inc.*

     257         105,136   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*

     2,068         142,278   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     5,493         142,763   

Big Lots, Inc.*

     796         28,990   

Buckle, Inc. (The)

     3,559         172,789   

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

     5,002         91,387   

Childrens Place Retail Stores, Inc. (The)*

     1,563         76,462   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

     1,200         57,720   

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

     18         1,483   

Dollar General Corp.*

     1,392         72,509   

Dollar Tree, Inc.*

     1,939         92,219   

DSW, Inc., Class A

     58         3,835   

Expedia, Inc.

     38         2,122   

Express, Inc.*

     9,422         171,575   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

  

Retailing — (Continued)

     

Finish Line, Inc. (The), Class A

     1,021       $ 19,797   

Foot Locker, Inc.

     3,285         114,548   

Francesca’s Holdings Corp.*

     27         771   

GameStop Corp., Class A

     6,324         220,708   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     3,966         150,668   

Genesco, Inc.*

     19         1,169   

Genuine Parts Co.

     901         68,773   

GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A

     1,942         88,031   

Groupon, Inc.*

     1,033         6,301   

Guess?, Inc.

     4,201         116,284   

Hibbett Sports, Inc.*

     1,494         81,946   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     15         1,100   

HSN, Inc.

     2,329         122,459   

Jos A Bank Clothiers, Inc.*

     2,056         89,806   

Kayak Software Corp.*

     32         1,274   

Kohl’s Corp.

     52         2,447   

L Brands, Inc.

     2,817         142,005   

Liberty Ventures, Class A*

     4         294   

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

     65         3,219   

Macy’s, Inc.

     1,904         84,918   

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)

     29         972   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     973         55,062   

OfficeMax, Inc.

     153         1,761   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

     694         74,480   

PetSmart, Inc.

     1,685         114,984   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     1,173         27,225   

Pool Corp.

     25         1,226   

priceline.com, Inc.*

     2         1,393   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     2,075         137,095   

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*

     2,374         71,362   

Select Comfort Corp.*

     8,878         188,391   

Signet Jewelers, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     32         2,199   

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

     32         704   

Staples, Inc.

     10,676         141,350   

Target Corp.

     10         706   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     2,903         141,579   

TripAdvisor, Inc.*

     36         1,893   

Urban Outfitters, Inc.*

     32         1,326   

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.*

     35         1,720   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

     1,178         63,235   
     

 

 

 
                4,076,899   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.0%

  

Altera Corp.

     4,060         129,961   

Analog Devices, Inc.

     2,424         106,632   

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — (Continued)

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     136       $ 1,973   

Broadcom Corp., Class A

     39         1,404   

Cabot Microelectronics Corp.*

     1,794         60,117   

Cirrus Logic, Inc.*

     4,852         93,692   

Entegris, Inc.*

     8,507         80,646   

First Solar, Inc.*

     97         4,516   

Hittite Microwave Corp.*

     1,354         75,973   

Intel Corp.

     5,103         122,217   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     3,172         172,081   

Linear Technology Corp.

     1,973         72,014   

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     8,604         92,579   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     96         2,969   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     2,778         74,645   

NVIDIA Corp.

     13,397         184,477   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*

     145         3,200   

Teradyne, Inc.*

     7,925         130,287   

Xilinx, Inc.

     2,277         86,321   
     

 

 

 
                1,495,704   
     

 

 

 

Software & Services — 10.0%

     

Accenture PLC, Class A (Ireland)

     2,185         177,946   

ACI Worldwide, Inc.*

     21         987   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     12,604         188,430   

Acxiom Corp.*

     3,204         63,728   

Adobe Systems, Inc.*

     34         1,533   

Advent Software, Inc.*

     34         987   

Akamai Technologies, Inc.*

     14         615   

Amdocs Ltd. (Channel Islands)

     4,551         162,471   

ANSYS, Inc.*

     22         1,779   

AOL, Inc.

     341         13,176   

Autodesk, Inc.*

     30         1,181   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     536         36,094   

Bankrate, Inc.*

     135         1,820   

BMC Software, Inc.*

     57         2,592   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     12,494         189,784   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

     5,894         148,411   

CA, Inc.

     6,862         185,068   

CACI International, Inc., Class A*

     3,183         186,174   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*

     75         1,035   

Citrix Systems, Inc.*

     8         497   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A*

     1,223         79,250   

CommVault Systems, Inc.*

     16         1,177   

Convergys Corp.

     144         2,451   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Software & Services — (Continued)

  

CoreLogic, Inc.*

     2,436       $ 66,454   

DST Systems, Inc.

     508         35,128   

eBay, Inc.*

     17         891   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*

     32         977   

Factset Research Systems, Inc.

     407         38,286   

Fair Isaac Corp.

     3,401                 158,419   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     465         19,553   

Fiserv, Inc.*

     1,144         104,230   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

     16         1,230   

Fortinet, Inc.*

     44         790   

Gartner, Inc.*

     31         1,793   

Genpact, Ltd. (Bermuda)

     53         986   

Global Payments, Inc.

     2,685         124,584   

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

     3,341         109,885   

IAC/InterActiveCorp.

     2,666         125,489   

Informatica Corp.*

     26         856   

International Business Machines Corp.

     593         120,106   

Intuit, Inc.

     24         1,431   

j2 Global, Inc.

     4,892         199,104   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

     43         1,995   

Lender Processing Services, Inc.

     5,630         156,176   

Liquidity Services, Inc.*

     4,437         145,977   

Manhattan Associates, Inc.*

     277         19,448   

ManTech International Corp., Class A

     6,625         176,821   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

     53         29,305   

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     12         956   

Mentor Graphics Corp.

     78         1,424   

MICROS Systems, Inc.*

     3,411         144,661   

Microsoft Corp.

     6,455         213,660   

MoneyGram International, Inc.*

     15         248   

Netscout Systems, Inc.*

     5,551         126,618   

NeuStar, Inc., Class A*

     3,408         149,509   

NIC, Inc.

     78         1,314   

OpenTable, Inc.*

     16         886   

Oracle Corp.

     4,810         157,672   

Paychex, Inc.

     2,943         107,155   

PTC, Inc.*

     40         960   

Rovi Corp.*

     77         1,801   

SAIC, Inc.

     13,119         195,998   

Sapient Corp.*

     2,227         26,011   

SolarWinds, Inc.*

     19         966   

Solera Holdings, Inc.

     14         806   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Software & Services — (Continued)

  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.*

     33       $ 1,013   

Symantec Corp.*

     1,262         30,667   

Synopsys, Inc.*

     23         818   

Syntel, Inc.

     2,312         146,049   

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.*

     72         1,533   

Teradata Corp.*

     1,172         59,854   

TIBCO Software, Inc.*

     17         331   

Total System Services, Inc.

     3,837         90,630   

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

     14         885   

ValueClick, Inc.*

     8,640         266,630   

VeriFone Systems, Inc.*

     549         11,793   

Verint Systems, Inc.*

     37         1,222   

VeriSign, Inc.*

     97         4,469   

Visa, Inc., Class A

     61         10,276   

Western Union Co. (The)

     10,788         159,770   

Yahoo!, Inc.*

     58         1,434   
     

 

 

 
                5,005,119   
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment — 7.5%

  

ADTRAN, Inc.

     1,323         27,783   

Amphenol Corp., Class A

     19         1,435   

Anixter International, Inc.

     484         34,722   

Apple, Inc.

     446         197,466   

ARRIS Group, Inc.*

     69         1,139   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.*

     2,161         84,776   

Avnet, Inc.*

     97         3,177   

AVX Corp.

     6,417         72,576   

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*

     22,368         130,182   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     8,855         185,247   

Cognex Corp.

     887         35,214   

Dell, Inc.

     7,126         95,488   

Diebold, Inc.

     1,271         37,228   

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

     4,834         158,797   

EMC Corp.*

     6,689         150,034   

F5 Networks, Inc.*

     1,935         147,892   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     2,674         65,005   

Harris Corp.

     3,957         182,813   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     8,365         172,319   

Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A*

     36         641   

InterDigital, Inc.

     3,825         169,868   

InvenSense, Inc.*

     4,776         44,512   

IPG Photonics Corp.

     14         892   

Itron, Inc.*

     261         10,349   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     42         748   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Technology Hardware & Equipment — (Continued)

  

Juniper Networks, Inc.*

     201       $ 3,327   

Lexmark International, Inc., Class A

     157         4,759   

Littelfuse, Inc.

     998         69,680   

Molex, Inc.

     33         910   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     1,815         103,818   

NCR Corp.*

     3,666         99,972   

NetApp, Inc.*

     45         1,570   

NETGEAR, Inc.*

     4,370         130,182   

Plantronics, Inc.

     2,783         121,951   

Plexus Corp.*

     30         809   

QLogic Corp.*

     13,189         143,233   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     2,008         123,733   

Riverbed Technology, Inc.*

     19         282   

SanDisk Corp.*

     472         24,752   

Seagate Technology PLC (Ireland)

     5,234         192,088   

Synaptics, Inc.*

     3,548         146,284   

SYNNEX Corp.*

     1,292         44,703   

TE Connectivity, Ltd. (Switzerland)

     64         2,787   

Tech Data Corp.*

     44         2,056   

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.

     11,656         180,085   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.*

     153         2,148   

Western Digital Corp.

     2,693         148,869   

Xerox Corp.

     10,048         86,212   

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*

     2,238         104,403   
     

 

 

 
                3,748,916   
     

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services — 0.0%

  

AT&T, Inc.

     20         749   

Frontier Communications Corp.

     186         774   
     

 

 

 
        1,523   
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 1.0%

     

Alaska Air Group, Inc.*

     14         863   

Allegiant Travel Co.

     237         21,306   

AMERCO

     3         482   

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     1,003         59,568   

Con-way, Inc.

     27         913   

CSX Corp.

     39         959   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*

     99         1,697   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     1,921         69,022   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Transportation — (Continued)

  

FedEx Corp.

     9       $ 846   

Heartland Express, Inc.

     2,065         28,022   

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*

     20         482   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A*

     446         16,346   

Knight Transportation, Inc.

     95         1,484   

Landstar System, Inc.

     964         52,692   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     12         929   

Spirit Airlines, Inc.*

     7,327         195,631   

Swift Transportation Co.*

     68         953   

Union Pacific Corp.

     6         888   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     443         38,027   

US Airways Group, Inc.*

     150         2,535   

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

     89         2,043   
     

 

 

 
                495,688   
     

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.0%

     

AES Corp.

     25         346   

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

     14         396   

SCANA Corp.

     9         488   

Southern Co. (The)

     10         482   
     

 

 

 
        1,712   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $40,861,203)

   

     48,630,098   
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 2.8%

  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     8,853         1,413,647   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED
FUNDS (Cost $1,317,645)

   

     1,413,647   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.8%
(Cost $42,178,848)

   

     50,043,745   
     

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
LIABILITIES - 0.2%

   

     85,753   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $         50,129,498   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

SPDR Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — 96.4%

  

Automobiles & Components — 0.4%

  

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.*

     13,430       $ 806,740   
     

 

 

 

Capital Goods — 10.8%

     

Brady Corp., Class A

     2,104         71,284   

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (Netherlands)

     54,930         2,954,685   

Crane Co.

     3,294         177,316   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     26,022         973,223   

Fluor Corp.

     56,063         3,194,470   

Foster Wheeler AG (Switzerland)*

     76,228         1,608,411   

Gardner Denver, Inc.

     2,024         151,982   

General Dynamics Corp.

     34,062         2,519,226   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.*

     4,033         203,586   

Joy Global, Inc.

     8,647         488,728   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     26,153         2,591,501   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     51,184         3,876,676   

Oshkosh Corp.*

     11,846         465,074   

Raytheon Co.

     72,974         4,479,144   
     

 

 

 
        23,755,306   
     

 

 

 

Commercial & Professional Services — 4.9%

  

Deluxe Corp.

     96,807         3,692,219   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)

     24,374         2,155,880   

Herman Miller, Inc.

     53,810         1,350,093   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     219,972         3,007,017   

West Corp.

     24,114         506,394   
     

 

 

 
        10,711,603   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel — 7.2%

  

Coach, Inc.

     56,190         3,307,343   

Crocs, Inc.*

     6,679         106,998   

Garmin, Ltd. (Switzerland)

     55,193         1,936,170   

Iconix Brand Group, Inc.*

     11,724         335,893   

Steven Madden, Ltd.*

     30,443         1,480,443   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

     58,416         2,994,988   

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.*

     99,392         4,820,512   

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     9,559         767,588   
     

 

 

 
        15,749,935   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Services — 2.5%

     

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A*

     115,059         2,113,634   

Coinstar, Inc.*

     3,011         159,011   

Hillenbrand, Inc.

     1,824         45,837   

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

     75,995         3,204,709   
     

 

 

 
        5,523,191   
     

 

 

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 6.4%

  

Altria Group, Inc.

     107,795         3,935,595   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco — (Continued)

  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     13,023       $ 635,913   

Lorillard, Inc.

     97,891         4,198,545   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     73,343         3,477,925   

Vector Group, Ltd.

     114,922         1,874,378   
     

 

 

 
        14,122,356   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Services — 9.0%

  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     49,665         2,687,870   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     6,294         278,321   

Chemed Corp.

     49,202         4,015,867   

CR Bard, Inc.

     7,112         706,648   

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*

     6,823         103,846   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

     18,888         1,763,384   

MEDNAX, Inc.*

     33,217         2,947,344   

Medtronic, Inc.

     36,021         1,681,460   

Quality Systems, Inc.

     39,991         714,639   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     31,981         1,801,490   

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

     50,168         413,886   

Stryker Corp.

     21,964         1,440,399   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

     18,417         1,199,683   
     

 

 

 
        19,754,837   
     

 

 

 

Household & Personal Products — 0.7%

  

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.*

     37,235         1,003,483   

Revlon, Inc., Class A*

     29,316         567,265   
     

 

 

 
        1,570,748   
     

 

 

 

Media — 6.8%

     

Gannett Co., Inc.

     33,783         681,065   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     149,089         2,063,392   

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

     16,916         645,684   

McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)

     53,015         2,868,642   

Meredith Corp.

     44,739         1,736,769   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     26,814         1,602,673   

Starz-Liberty Capital*

     67,663         1,581,961   

Valassis Communications, Inc.

     130,935         3,355,864   

Viacom, Inc., Class B

     7,190         460,088   
     

 

 

 
        14,996,138   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — 13.5%

  

AbbVie, Inc.

     34,739         1,599,731   

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     24,844         1,140,836   

Endo Health Solutions, Inc.*

     119,921         4,393,905   

Myriad Genetics, Inc.*

     146,986         4,093,560   

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

     534,430         4,136,488   

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     76,007         2,336,455   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

23


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — (Continued)

   

United Therapeutics Corp.*

     58,490       $ 3,905,962   

ViroPharma, Inc.*

     131,572         3,585,337   

Warner Chilcott PLC, Class A (Ireland)

     307,438         4,420,958   
     

 

 

 
        29,613,232   
     

 

 

 

Retailing — 8.5%

     

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     3,066         257,176   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

     83,318         1,620,535   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*

     1,665         114,552   

Buckle, Inc. (The)

     60,186         2,922,030   

Express, Inc.*

     151,669         2,761,892   

GameStop Corp., Class A

     135,595         4,732,266   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     21,670         823,243   

L Brands, Inc.

     14,358         723,787   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     10,847         716,661   

Select Comfort Corp.*

     136,343         2,893,198   

Staples, Inc.

     10,418         137,934   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     17,417         849,427   
     

 

 

 
        18,552,701   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.3%

  

Analog Devices, Inc.

     12,312         541,605   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     37,175         2,016,744   

NVIDIA Corp.

     174,251         2,399,436   

Teradyne, Inc.*

     7,514         123,530   
     

 

 

 
        5,081,315   
     

 

 

 

Software & Services — 13.9%

  

Accenture PLC, Class A (Ireland)

     25,043         2,039,502   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     174,616         2,610,509   

Amdocs Ltd. (Channel Islands)

     22,988         820,672   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     137,508         2,088,747   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

     9,763         245,832   

CA, Inc.

     77,120         2,079,926   

CACI International, Inc., Class A*

     33,952         1,985,852   

Fair Isaac Corp.

     14,724         685,844   

j2 Global, Inc.

     75,554         3,075,048   

Lender Processing Services, Inc.

     10,259         284,585   

ManTech International Corp., Class A

     59,054         1,576,151   

MICROS Systems, Inc.*

     15,110         640,815   

Microsoft Corp.

     99,374         3,289,279   

NeuStar, Inc., Class A*

     3,931         172,453   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Software & Services — (Continued)

  

Oracle Corp.

     58,078       $ 1,903,797   

SAIC, Inc.

     164,050         2,450,907   

Syntel, Inc.

     1,897         119,833   

ValueClick, Inc.*

     95,710         2,953,611   

Western Union Co. (The)

     99,988         1,480,822   
     

 

 

 
        30,504,185   
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment — 8.0%

  

ADTRAN, Inc.

     6,760         141,960   

Apple, Inc.

     6,679         2,957,127   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     131,688         2,754,913   

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

     47,016         1,544,476   

EMC Corp.*

     24,765         555,479   

F5 Networks, Inc.*

     7,367         563,060   

Harris Corp.

     30,866         1,426,009   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     48,946         1,008,288   

InterDigital, Inc.

     37,350         1,658,714   

Plantronics, Inc.

     11,093         486,095   

QLogic Corp.*

     14,725         159,914   

Seagate Technology PLC (Ireland)

     70,191         2,576,010   

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.

     102,668         1,586,221   

Western Digital Corp.

     402         22,223   
     

 

 

 
        17,440,489   
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 1.5%

  

Spirit Airlines, Inc.*

     118,210         3,156,207   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $174,498,447)

        211,338,983   
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 3.4%

  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     46,942         7,495,699   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $7,383,949)

        7,495,699   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.8%
(Cost $181,882,396)

        218,834,682   
     

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 0.2%

        510,694   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 219,345,376   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

SPDR Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

24


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — 94.4%

     

Australia — 6.5%

  

APN News & Media, Ltd.

     6,556       $ 2,855   

David Jones, Ltd.

     17,187         53,097   

Flight Centre, Ltd.

     1,553         61,453   

Iluka Resources, Ltd.

     3,988         37,002   

JB Hi-Fi, Ltd.

     3,664         60,775   

Metcash, Ltd.

     12,071         51,182   

Monadelphous Group, Ltd.

     2,392         51,902   

Myer Holdings, Ltd.

     17,982         59,841   

OZ Minerals, Ltd.

     5,805         25,878   

Primary Health Care, Ltd.

     10,967         59,917   

Resolute Mining, Ltd.

     29,763         29,467   

Rio Tinto, Ltd.

     868         50,212   

Seven Group Holdings Ltd.

     6,006         57,843   

Seven West Media, Ltd.

     27,284         56,571   

Sonic Healthcare, Ltd.

     1,034         14,214   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     11,604         59,909   

WorleyParsons, Ltd.

     1,989         46,952   
     

 

 

 
              779,070   
     

 

 

 

Belgium — 2.2%

  

Belgacom SA

     1,608         37,059   

Colruyt SA

     419         21,148   

Delhaize Group SA

     729         45,708   

Mobistar SA

     2,137         50,967   

NV Bekaert SA

     1,660         53,451   

Nyrstar

     1,564         7,600   

Solvay SA

     295         43,240   

UCB SA

     41         2,423   
     

 

 

 
        261,596   
     

 

 

 

Brazil — 3.7%

  

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar, Pref. Shares

     676         37,119   

Cia Hering

     564         11,487   

Cyrela Brazil Realty SA Empreendimentos e Participacoes

     6,396         57,766   

Diagnosticos da America SA

     47         259   

EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA

     760         6,579   

Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA

     10,400         48,758   

Fibria Celulose SA*

     2,422         25,760   

Hypermarcas SA*

     6,264         50,031   

Localiza Rent a Car SA

     1,441         25,604   

Marcopolo SA, Pref. shares

     7         47   

Natura Cosmeticos SA

     694         17,392   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Brazil — (Continued)

  

Santos Brasil Participacoes SA (Units)

     3,665       $ 57,024   

Telefonica Brasil SA, Pref. shares

     2,100         55,755   

Tim Participacoes SA

     5,788         24,185   

Totvs SA

     75         1,410   

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA, Pref. shares*

     4,600         22,761   
     

 

 

 
              441,937   
     

 

 

 

Canada — 8.7%

  

Agnico-Eagle Mines, Ltd.

     138         4,456   

Agrium, Inc.

     303         27,775   

Aimia, Inc.

     1,896         29,923   

Alamos Gold, Inc.

     3,908         54,579   

Astral Media, Inc., Class A

     737         35,846   

Aurizon Mines, Ltd.*

     679         2,933   

BCE, Inc.

     409         19,166   

Bell Aliant, Inc. (Units)

     945         25,270   

Canadian National Railway Co.

     192         18,812   

Canadian Oil Sands, Ltd.

     983         19,310   

Canadian Tire Corp., Ltd., Class A

     507         37,341   

Capstone Mining Corp.*

     1,343         2,719   

Celestica, Inc.*

     4,915         42,466   

CGI Group, Inc., Class A*

     685         21,687   

Cineplex, Inc.

     417         14,172   

Corus Entertainment, Inc., Class B

     1,533         37,646   

Dollarama, Inc.

     94         6,886   

Domtar Corp.

     516         35,867   

Empire Co., Ltd., Class A

     176         11,967   

Endeavour Silver Corp.*

     9         47   

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

     367         14,764   

Jean Coutu Group PJC, Inc. (The), Class A

     2,069         34,399   

Just Energy Group, Inc. (Units)

     47         315   

Loblaw Cos., Ltd.

     444         18,841   

Lundin Mining Corp.*

     1,364         5,361   

Magna International, Inc.

     115         6,920   

Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc.

     1,066         34,558   

Methanex Corp.

     698         29,584   

Metro, Inc., Class A

     469         31,805   

North West Co., Inc. (The)

     295         7,443   

Open Text Corp.*

     216         14,124   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

     100         4,209   

Research In Motion, Ltd.*

     2,841         46,280   

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.

     713         14,438   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

25


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Canada — (Continued)

  

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

     435       $ 21,459   

Russel Metals, Inc.

     2         54   

Saputo, Inc.

     524         26,979   

SEMAFO, Inc.

     395         749   

Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B

     1,561         35,545   

ShawCor Ltd.

     1,091         43,826   

Sherritt International Corp.

     7,269         33,984   

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.

     795         35,605   

Silver Standard Resources, Inc.*

     18         129   

Stantec, Inc.

     564         24,117   

Teck Resources, Ltd., Class B

     458         12,169   

TELUS Corp.

     614         22,093   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     326         10,918   

Tim Hortons, Inc.

     383         20,751   

Transcontinental, Inc., Class A

     433         5,574   

Westjet Airlines, Ltd.

     1,300         31,847   

Yellow Media Ltd.*

     66         567   
     

 

 

 
              1,038,275   
     

 

 

 

China — 1.8%

  

Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd., Class H

     28,000         19,413   

China BlueChemical Ltd., Class H

     8,000         4,876   

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class H

     86,000         33,247   

Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., Class H

     20,000         29,793   

Harbin Electric Co., Ltd., Class H

     14,000         10,734   

Jiangsu Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H

     54,000         59,148   

Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H

     72,000         56,597   
     

 

 

 
        213,808   
     

 

 

 

Denmark — 0.8%

  

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

     76         7,055   

Coloplast A/S, Class B

     132         7,182   

DSV A/S

     1,065         26,808   

H Lundbeck A/S

     1,445         28,894   

TDC A/S

     3,837         31,124   
     

 

 

 
        101,063   
     

 

 

 

Finland — 1.4%

  

Amer Sports OYJ

     292         4,968   

Elisa OYJ

     1,118         21,202   

Metso OYJ

     628         25,796   

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

     1         43   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Finland — (Continued)

  

Orion OYJ, Class B

     1,014       $ 29,111   

Outotec OYJ

     1,972         28,775   

Sanoma OYJ

     1,442         11,736   

Tieto OYJ

     816         17,474   

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

     3,247         33,953   
     

 

 

 
              173,058   
     

 

 

 

France — 7.7%

  

Alstom SA

     870         35,701   

Altran Technologies SA*

     5,550         43,708   

Arkema SA

     395         37,007   

Atos

     381         26,518   

BioMerieux

     75         7,130   

Bouygues SA

     941         26,260   

Cap Gemini SA

     952         43,787   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

     524         44,255   

Compagnie de St-Gobain

     1,117         44,800   

Danone SA

     113         8,633   

Eiffage SA

     138         6,108   

France Telecom SA, SP ADR

     3,318         35,403   

GDF Suez

     1,781         38,231   

Ipsen SA

     56         2,000   

JCDecaux SA

     629         17,288   

Legrand SA

     894         41,661   

Metropole Television SA

     3,154         52,793   

Neopost SA

     595         39,136   

PagesJaunes Groupe*

     13,620         28,700   

Plastic Omnium SA

     102         4,980   

PPR

     22         4,840   

Publicis Groupe SA

     448         31,163   

Rexel SA

     197         4,334   

Safran SA

     148         7,268   

Sanofi, ADR

     44         2,347   

Schneider Electric SA

     257         19,597   

SEB SA

     410         29,719   

Societe BIC SA

     94         10,031   

Societe Television Francaise 1

     4,252         44,982   

Sodexo

     131         10,940   

Technicolor SA*

     8,868         36,788   

Teleperformance SA

     430         18,925   

Thales SA

     212         9,208   

Total SA

     137         6,905   

Valeo SA

     810         47,043   

Vinci SA

     627         30,189   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

26


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

France — (Continued)

  

Vivendi SA

     937       $ 21,218   

Zodiac Aerospace

     1         125   
     

 

 

 
              919,721   
     

 

 

 

Germany — 4.1%

  

Aurubis AG

     643         40,401   

Axel Springer AG

     383         16,141   

BASF SE

     390         36,425   

Bayer AG, Reg. shares

     205         21,387   

Bilfinger Berger SE

     26         2,606   

Continental AG

     199         23,629   

Deutsche Telekom AG, Reg. shares

     2,244         26,544   

Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Pref.shares

     307         37,847   

Fielmann AG

     53         5,113   

Freenet AG

     643         16,013   

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     4         276   

Gildemeister AG

     1,920         43,276   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Pref. shares

     340         32,060   

Merck KGaA

     180         27,403   

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG

     270         32,798   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Pref. shares

     880         33,701   

Puma SE

     98         30,355   

SAP AG, SP ADR

     50         3,992   

Siemens AG, SP ADR

     3         314   

SMA Solar Technology AG

     615         15,227   

Software AG

     1,192         41,670   

United Internet AG, Reg. shares

     113         3,098   

Vossloh AG

     20         2,186   

Wincor Nixdorf AG

     4         210   
     

 

 

 
        492,672   
     

 

 

 

Greece — 0.5%

  

OPAP SA

     5,427         53,532   
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong — 1.3%

  

China Mobile, Ltd., SP ADR

     1,136         62,753   

CNOOC, Ltd

     14,000         26,123   

Foxconn International Holdings Ltd.*

     171,000         66,107   
     

 

 

 
        154,983   
     

 

 

 

Ireland — 0.1%

  

UBM PLC.

     506         5,753   
     

 

 

 

Italy — 3.0%

  

Amplifon SpA

     1,454         7,487   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Italy — (Continued)

  

Ansaldo STS SpA

     3,602       $ 37,167   

Atlantia SpA

     402         7,184   

Buzzi Unicem SpA

     281         4,296   

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA

     2,031         51,783   

DiaSorin SpA

     1,091         40,920   

Eni SpA

     1,899         45,416   

Gruppo Editoriale L’espresso SpA*

     8,277         8,649   

Indesit Co. SpA

     303         2,380   

Lottomatica SpA

     1,819         46,378   

Prysmian SPA

     1,659         33,493   

Recordati SpA

     2,804         28,914   

Telecom Italia SpA, SP ADR

     5,664         47,238   
     

 

 

 
              361,305   
     

 

 

 

Japan — 19.4%

  

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

     1,000         59,394   

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

     2,000         39,637   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     600         58,101   

Dena Co., Ltd.

     2,000         57,014   

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     8,000         57,281   

Ebara Corp.

     10,000         41,853   

Gree, Inc.

     4,800         61,499   

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

     730         60,131   

Horiba, Ltd.

     1,600         57,774   

House Foods Corp.

     3,000         52,254   

IT Holdings Corp.

     700         10,512   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     800         30,241   

JGC Corp.

     1,000         29,594   

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     300         16,372   

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     3,000         57,917   

Konami Corp.

     2,900         66,100   

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

     3,600         54,618   

Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.

     2,900         59,467   

KYORIN Holdings, Inc.

     2,200         58,766   

Lintec Corp.

     3,300         60,018   

Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,100         60,015   

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

     3,800         57,730   

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

     32,000         59,086   

Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.

     6,000         58,840   

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.

     2,800         49,431   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc., SP ADR

     3,669         60,795   

Obic Co., Ltd.

     220         57,976   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     400         17,131   

Otsuka Corp.

     500         51,649   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

27


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Japan — (Continued)

  

Point, Inc.

     420       $ 20,422   

Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.

     600         56,624   

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     1,200         54,655   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     400         50,510   

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     2,500         61,497   

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc.

     123         61,825   

Sundrug Co., Ltd.

     1,300         57,075   

Taisei Corp.

     17,000         56,675   

Toagosei Co., Ltd.

     12,000         51,700   

Toho Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,500         57,214   

Tokai Rika Co., Ltd.

     3,100         62,709   

Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corp.

     4,000         54,080   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.

     1,000         33,954   

Trend Micro, Inc.

     700         19,603   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     600         58,347   

USS Co., Ltd.

     480         61,499   

Yahoo Japan Corp.

     50         25,004   

Yamatake Corp.

     900         19,406   
     

 

 

 
              2,323,995   
     

 

 

 

Luxemburg — 0.9%

  

ArcelorMittal

     2,353         28,794   

Millicom International Cellular SA

     236         19,347   

Oriflame Cosmetics SA, SDR

     1,230         44,542   

Tenaris SA, ADR

     295         13,125   
     

 

 

 
        105,808   
     

 

 

 

Mexico — 2.1%

  

Alfa SAB de CV, Class A

     12,219         28,368   

America Movil SAB de CV, ADR, Class L

     1,698         36,303   

Arca Continental SAB de CV

     1,634         13,372   

Cemex SAB de CV, SP ADR*

     2,424         27,273   

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV, SP ADR

     30         4,841   

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, SP ADR

     5         567   

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste Sab de CV, ADR

     78         9,681   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Class A

     2,828         9,211   

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Class B

     6,540         23,478   

Grupo Modelo SAB de CV, Class C

     2,819         25,636   

Grupo Televisa SA, SP ADR

     308         7,799   

Industrias Penoles SAB de CV

     231         9,701   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Mexico — (Continued)

  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A

     4,310       $ 15,093   

Telefonos de Mexico SAB de CV, Class L

     36,540         30,770   

Wal-Mart de Mexico Sab de CV

     1,034         3,280   
     

 

 

 
        245,373   
     

 

 

 

Netherlands — 1.9%

  

Arcadis NV

     177         4,896   

ASML Holding NV, Reg. shares

     1         74   

CSM

     743         16,625   

Heineken NV

     10         706   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     656         10,350   

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV

     174         7,247   

Koninklijke KPN NV

     7,993         16,663   

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

     491         13,560   

Nutreco NV

     110         10,440   

Royal Imtech NV

     1,724         19,162   

STMicroelectronics NV

     6,373         55,402   

TNT Express NV

     4,635         35,611   

TomTom NV*

     3,703         16,683   

Wolters Kluwer NV

     1,027         22,722   
     

 

 

 
              230,141   
     

 

 

 

New Zealand — 1.0%

  

Sky Network Television, Ltd

     11,784         57,776   

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand, Ltd.

     27,971         62,456   
     

 

 

 
        120,232   
     

 

 

 

Norway — 1.5%

  

Kvaerner ASA

     1,888         3,179   

Norsk Hydro ASA

     10,663         49,926   

Orkla ASA

     100         900   

Renewable Energy Corp. ASA*

     62,853         17,396   

Statoil ASA

     1,674         40,845   

Telenor ASA

     1,027         23,081   

Yara International ASA

     1,005         47,056   
     

 

 

 
        182,383   
     

 

 

 

Singapore — 1.0%

  

Flextronics International, Ltd.*

     8,585         61,383   

Singapore Post, Ltd.

     58,000         60,745   
     

 

 

 
        122,128   
     

 

 

 

South Korea — 1.0%

  

KT&G Corp.

     837         60,269   

LG Display Co., Ltd.*

     530         14,413   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

28


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

South Korea — (Continued)

  

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

     1,570       $ 49,967   
     

 

 

 
        124,649   
     

 

 

 

Spain — 2.5%

  

Acerinox SA

     4,081         43,952   

ACS Actividades de Construccion y

     

Servicios SA

     342         8,794   

Amadeus IT Holding SA, Class A

     586         17,298   

Antena 3 de Television SA

     387         2,355   

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA

     91         35,953   

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

     2,042         15,839   

Ebro Foods SA

     1,816         37,237   

Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA

     4,487         46,511   

Indra Sistemas SA

     289         3,886   

Prosegur Cia de Seguridad SA, Reg.shares

     233         1,301   

Repsol SA

     1,130         26,489   

Tecnicas Reunidas SA

     352         17,045   

Telefonica SA

     2,318         34,007   

Zardoya Otis SA

     503         7,028   
     

 

 

 
              297,695   
     

 

 

 

Sweden — 3.5%

  

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

     144         5,735   

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

     702         18,479   

Autoliv, Inc.

     486         37,140   

Axfood AB

     345         15,171   

Boliden AB

     1,536         24,316   

Electrolux AB, Class B

     1,699         48,104   

Husqvarna AB, Class B

     7,574         43,473   

Modern Times Group AB, Class B

     1,161         49,657   

Sandvik AB

     2,019         28,613   

Securitas AB, Class B

     2,610         25,572   

SKF AB, Class B

     1,215         28,270   

SSAB AB, Class A

     6,921         50,457   

Swedish Match AB

     538         18,661   

Tele2 AB, Class B

     891         15,274   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, SP ADR

     1,139         14,021   
     

 

 

 
        422,943   
     

 

 

 

Switzerland — 3.0%

  

Actelion, Ltd., Reg. shares*

     797         48,730   

Adecco SA, Reg. Shares

     592         31,663   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Switzerland — (Continued)

  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Reg.shares

     3       $ 867   

Flughafen Zuerich AG, Reg. shares

     9         4,378   

Forbo Holding AG, Reg. shares

     66         42,590   

Geberit AG, Reg. shares

     35         8,549   

Holcim, Ltd., Reg. shares

     93         7,247   

Kaba Holding AG, Reg. shares, Class B

     76         29,753   

Kuoni Reisen Holding AG, Reg.shares, Class B

     14         4,269   

Nobel Biocare Holding AG, Reg.shares*

     4,789         53,566   

OC Oerlikon Corp. AG, Reg. shares*

     2,700         31,216   

Roche Holding AG, SP ADR

     348         21,722   

Sika AG, Bearer shares

     2         4,830   

Straumann Holding AG, Reg. shares

     206         27,007   

Sulzer AG, Reg. shares

     140         23,880   

Swisscom AG, Reg. shares

     45         21,188   
     

 

 

 
              361,455   
     

 

 

 

Taiwan — 2.5%

  

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     3,000         34,919   

China Airlines, Ltd.*

     3,000         1,144   

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR

     9         290   

Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp.

     2,000         6,980   

LITE-ON IT Corp.

     11,109         12,215   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

     33,000         59,376   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     12,000         58,552   

Phison Electronics Corp.

     7,000         55,147   

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

     23,000         66,244   

Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd.

     1,000         3,643   

Unimicron Technology Corp.

     5,000         5,269   

Yageo Corp.

     1,000         316   
     

 

 

 
        304,095   
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 12.3%

  

African Barrick Gold, Ltd.

     12         33   

Alent PLC*

     4,516         23,795   

AMEC PLC

     2,488         39,150   

Associated British Foods PLC

     438         13,165   

AstraZeneca PLC, SP ADR

     867         45,015   

Bodycote PLC

     5,081         40,844   

British American Tobacco PLC, SP ADR

     103         11,435   

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

     1,726         22,628   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

29


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

United Kingdom — (Continued)

  

Britvic PLC

     1,791       $ 12,241   

Cable & Wireless Communications PLC

     50,105         32,907   

Cobham PLC

     11,043         42,970   

Compass Group PLC

     120         1,579   

Daily Mail & General Trust PLC, Class A

     603         6,444   

Darty PLC

     16,436         12,510   

Debenhams PLC

     29,157         37,682   

Delphi Automotive PLC

     210         9,704   

Dixons Retail PLC*

     47,052         25,654   

Electrocomponents PLC

     10,082         37,649   

Elementis PLC

     193         791   

Fenner PLC

     5,408         29,536   

Firstgroup PLC

     9,596         31,466   

Fresnillo PLC

     5         89   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC, SP ADR

     350         18,074   

Halfords Group PLC

     9,672         51,803   

Hays PLC

           21,062         30,557   

Homeserve PLC

     10,202         33,184   

IMI PLC

     553         10,643   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     800         28,582   

Inchcape PLC

     5,539         43,106   

Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC, ADR

     285         8,422   

ITV PLC

     13,350         26,108   

Johnson Matthey PLC

     367         13,802   

Kingfisher PLC

     7,141         34,731   

Ladbrokes PLC

     14,598         42,948   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

     1,622         10,295   

Michael Page International PLC

     1,886         10,916   

Micro Focus International PLC

     4,796         49,881   

Mitie Group PLC

     3,609         15,484   

Morgan Crucible Co. PLC

     7,620         30,953   

Next PLC

     381         25,798   

Pace PLC

     11,284         43,522   

Premier Farnell PLC

     12,789         42,016   

QinetiQ Group PLC

     14,109         41,509   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     126         9,191   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     68         794   

Rexam PLC

     4,170         33,456   

Rolls-Royce Holdings C Entitlement Shares

     13,148         20   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ADR

     519         36,221   
     Number         
       of Shares                Value          

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

United Kingdom — (Continued)

  

Sage Group PLC (The)

     4,738       $ 24,839   

Senior PLC

     4,954         19,623   

Serco Group PLC

     1,341         12,884   

Smith & Nephew PLC, SP ADR

     387         22,113   

Smiths Group PLC

     864         16,776   

Spectris PLC

     284         9,308   

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

     323         13,160   

Spirent Communications PLC

     21,000         42,570   

Tesco PLC

     323         1,837   

Travis Perkins PLC

     256         5,702   

Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC

     431         11,047   

Vesuvius PLC

     7,338         39,667   

Vodafone Group PLC, SP ADR

     866         26,491   

William Hill PLC

     3,244         21,466   

WPP PLC

     271         4,480   

WS Atkins PLC

     1,831         25,626   
     

 

 

 
              1,466,892   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $10,417,424)

        11,304,562   
     

 

 

 

RIGHTS — 0.1%

  

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar, subscription Price @ BRL 101.41, Expires: 05/21/2013*

     1         3   

Koninklijke Kpn NV, subscription Price @ EUR 1.06, Expires 05/14/2013*

     7,993         10,737   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS (Cost $27,365)

        10,740   
     

 

 

 

WARRANTS — 0.0%

  

Yellow Media, Ltd., strike price @ CAD 28.16, Expires 12/20/22*

     38         88   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $80)

        88   
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 3.0%

  

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund

     5,769         357,332   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $341,786)

        357,332   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 97.5% (Cost $10,786,655)

        11,672,722   
     

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 2.5%

        296,678   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 11,969,400   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

30


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

ADR

  

American Depositary Receipt

BRL

  

Brazilian Real

CAD

  

Canadian Dollar

EAFE

  

Europe, Australasia, and Far East

EUR

  

Euro

MSCI

  

Morgan Stanley Capital International

SP ADR

  

Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

31


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 98.1%

     

Australia — 5.1%

     

David Jones, Ltd.

     80,383       $ 248,332   

Flight Centre, Ltd.

     6,806         269,319   

JB Hi-Fi, Ltd.

     11,701         194,087   

Metcash, Ltd.

     94,598         401,105   

Myer Holdings, Ltd.

     2,535         8,436   

OZ Minerals, Ltd.

     8,590         38,293   

Resolute Mining, Ltd.

     41,548         41,135   

Seven Group Holdings Ltd.

     8,714         83,924   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     71,244         367,816   
     

 

 

 
        1,652,447   
     

 

 

 

Belgium — 4.3%

     

Belgacom SA

     22,357         515,254   

Delhaize Group SA

     3,699         231,927   

Mobistar SA

     22,917         546,570   

Solvay SA

     724         106,121   
     

 

 

 
              1,399,872   
     

 

 

 

Brazil — 3.9%

     

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar, Pref. Shares

     2,600         142,764   

Cyrela Brazil Realty SA Empreendimentos e Participacoes

     5,265         47,551   

Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA

     20,500         96,109   

Santos Brasil Participacoes SA (Units)

     22,055         343,157   

Telefonica Brasil SA, Pref. shares

     20,400         541,621   

Tim Participacoes SA

     27,300         114,071   
     

 

 

 
        1,285,273   
     

 

 

 

Canada — 8.3%

     

Agrium, Inc.

     3,004         275,368   

Alamos Gold, Inc.

     9,457         132,075   

Astral Media, Inc., Class A

     9,938         483,361   

Canadian Tire Corp., Ltd., Class A

     2,188         161,148   

Celestica, Inc.*

     37,650         325,295   

Corus Entertainment, Inc.,
Class B

     3,730         91,598   

Domtar Corp.

     7,315         508,466   

Metro, Inc., Class A

     4,585         310,931   

Shaw Communications, Inc.,
Class B

     2,132         48,546   

ShawCor Ltd.

     541         21,732   

Westjet Airlines, Ltd.

     14,584         357,271   
     

 

 

 
        2,715,791   
     

 

 

 

China — 0.8%

     

Harbin Electric Co., Ltd., Class H

     72,000         55,205   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

China — (Continued)

     

Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H

     264,000       $ 207,522   
     

 

 

 
        262,727   
     

 

 

 

France — 5.8%

     

Alstom SA

     1,819         74,645   

Altran Technologies SA*

     11,348         89,370   

Arkema SA

     1,510         141,469   

Cap Gemini SA

     9,854         453,230   

Legrand SA

     1,283         59,788   

Metropole Television SA

     23,368         391,144   

Societe Television Francaise 1

     11,579         122,495   

Teleperformance SA

     5,179         227,941   

Valeo SA

     5,503         319,601   
     

 

 

 
        1,879,683   
     

 

 

 

Germany — 3.7%

     

Aurubis AG

     8,245         518,047   

BASF SE

     335         31,288   

Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Pref. shares

     1,431         176,413   

SMA Solar Technology AG

     2,215         54,840   

Software AG

     11,761         411,146   
     

 

 

 
              1,191,734   
     

 

 

 

Greece — 1.2%

     

OPAP SA

     41,022         404,639   
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong — 2.1%

     

China Mobile, Ltd., SP ADR

     1,803         99,598   

CNOOC, Ltd.

     236,000         440,363   

Shougang Fushan Resources Group, Ltd.

     404,000         157,744   
     

 

 

 
        697,705   
     

 

 

 

Italy — 6.6%

     

Ansaldo STS SpA

     41,532         428,540   

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA

     15,704         400,392   

DiaSorin SpA

     12,972         486,538   

Eni SpA

     23,077         551,905   

Gruppo Editoriale L’espresso SpA*

     15,858         16,572   

Recordati SpA

     24,419         251,802   
     

 

 

 
        2,135,749   
     

 

 

 

Japan — 22.4%

     

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

     2,600         154,424   

Chiyoda Corp.

     8,000         81,982   

CyberAgent, Inc.

     29         56,730   

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

     12,000         237,821   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

32


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Japan — (Continued)

  

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     4,300       $ 416,392   

Dena Co., Ltd.

     11,800         336,381   

Gree, Inc.

     31,000         397,179   

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

     3,370         277,592   

JGC Corp.

     7,000         207,160   

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     24,000         463,333   

Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.

     17,500         358,850   

KYORIN Holdings, Inc.

     4,300         114,861   

Lintec Corp.

     9,400         170,962   

Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     5,100         145,752   

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

     15,300         232,439   

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

     191,000         352,670   

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.

     1,700         30,012   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc., SP ADR

     24,083         399,055   

Obic Co., Ltd.

     1,440         379,480   

Otsuka Corp.

     1,600         165,277   

Point, Inc.

     4,820         234,362   

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     9,100         414,464   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     2,500         315,690   

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc.

     147         73,888   

Toagosei Co., Ltd.

     12,000         51,700   

Toho Holdings Co., Ltd.

     13,700         313,532   

Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corp.

     23,000         310,961   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     6,000         583,474   
     

 

 

 
              7,276,423   
     

 

 

 

Luxemburg — 1.2%

  

Oriflame Cosmetics SA, SDR

     11,072         400,953   
     

 

 

 

Mexico — 1.7%

     

America Movil SAB de CV, ADR,
Class L

     8,703         186,070   

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Class B

     103,589         371,877   
     

 

 

 
        557,947   
     

 

 

 

Norway — 1.4%

     

Statoil ASA

     5,941         144,958   

Yara International ASA

     6,843         320,404   
     

 

 

 
        465,362   
     

 

 

 

Singapore — 2.0%

     

Flextronics International, Ltd.*

     89,618         640,769   
     

 

 

 

South Korea — 3.2%

     

KT&G Corp.

     7,295         525,282   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

South Korea — (Continued)

  

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

     16,430       $ 522,902   
     

 

 

 
              1,048,184   
     

 

 

 

Spain — 0.5%

     

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA

     416         164,355   
     

 

 

 

Sweden — 4.6%

     

Autoliv, Inc.

     7,106         543,041   

Electrolux AB, Class B

     19,623         555,592   

Modern Times Group AB, Class B

     7,882         337,120   

Sandvik AB

     3,396         48,128   
     

 

 

 
        1,483,881   
     

 

 

 

Switzerland — 3.2%

     

Actelion, Ltd., Reg. shares*

     7,686         469,939   

Forbo Holding AG, Reg. shares

     487         314,261   

Nobel Biocare Holding AG, Reg. shares*

     22,164         247,909   
     

 

 

 
        1,032,109   
     

 

 

 

Taiwan — 2.7%

     

Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.

     163,000         430,255   

LITE-ON IT Corp.

     56,560         62,191   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

     93,000         167,332   

Phison Electronics Corp.

     26,000         204,832   
     

 

 

 
        864,610   
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 13.4%

  

Alent PLC*

     24,520         129,195   

AMEC PLC

     21,539         338,926   

AstraZeneca PLC, SP ADR

     11,735         609,281   

Bodycote PLC

     29,057         233,577   

Cobham PLC

     39         152   

Fenner PLC

     4,664         25,473   

Halfords Group PLC

     65,610         351,404   

Hays PLC

     89,132         129,315   

Homeserve PLC

     21,218         69,016   

Inchcape PLC

     69,470         540,635   

Ladbrokes PLC

     39,227         115,408   

Micro Focus International PLC

     39,145         407,093   

Morgan Crucible Co. PLC

     3,798         15,428   

Premier Farnell PLC

     9,458         31,073   

QinetiQ Group PLC

     153,014         450,174   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ADR

     7,830         546,456   

Spirent Communications PLC

     23,400         47,435   

Vesuvius PLC

     54,920         296,879   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

33


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

United Kingdom — (Continued)

  

WS Atkins PLC

     1,055       $ 14,765   
     

 

 

 
        4,351,685   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $29,601,556)

            31,911,898   
     

 

 

 

RIGHTS — 0.0%

     

Brazil — 0.0%

     

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar, subscription price @ BRL 101.41, Expires: 05/21/2013*

     3         9   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS (Cost $ — )

        9   
     

 

 

 
        
     Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.1%

  

(Cost $29,601,556)

   $ 31,911,907   
  

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 1.9%

     607,922   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

   $     32,519,829   
  

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

 

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipt

BRL

 

Brazilian Real

SDR

 

Swedish Depository Receipt

SP ADR

 

Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

34


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

     Formula
Investing
U.S. Value
1000 Fund
   Formula
Investing
U.S. Value
Select Fund
  Formula
Investing
International
Value 400 Fund
  Formula
Investing
International
Value Select Fund

Assets

                 

Investments, at value

     $ 50,043,745        $ 218,834,682       $ 11,672,722       $ 31,911,907  

Cash

       220,811          730,605         74,109         117,709  

Foreign currency, at value

                        204,723         344,698  

Receivable for investments sold

       488,652          935,810         86,561          

Receivable for capital shares sold

       10,350          1,190,067         25,000         101,380  

Dividends and interest receivable

       23,566          129,050         57,976         110,909  

Receivable from Investment Adviser

                        7,106          

Prepaid expenses and other assets

       12,033          28,321         10,054         11,527  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets

       50,799,157          221,848,535         12,138,251         32,598,130  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Liabilities

                 

Payable for investments purchased

       572,040          2,129,392         25,055          

Payable for capital shares redeemed

       14,005          131,984         78,851         9,351  

Payable to Adviser

       24,272          148,661                 7,106  

Payable for distribution fees

       10,017          32,051         2,611         4,765  

Payable for audit fees

       24,272          24,068         31,553         26,791  

Payable for legal fees

       174          738         51         84  

Payable for transfer agent fees

       3,786          7,656         3,257         6,780  

Payable for administration and accounting

       10,637          10,449         13,749         8,015  

Payable for custodian fees

       6,979          6,297         11,888         10,953  

Accrued expenses

       3,477          11,863         1,836         4,456  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

       669,659          2,503,159         168,851         78,301  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 50,129,498        $ 219,345,376       $ 11,969,400       $ 32,519,829  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

                 

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

     $ 35,745        $ 155,222       $ 11,324       $ 34,331  

Paid-in capital

       41,301,758          180,356,351         11,791,284         32,489,034  

Accumulated net investment income

       184,749          2,854,711         233,445         384,381  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency transactions

       742,349          (973,194 )       (954,359 )       (2,700,865 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency

       7,864,897          36,952,286         887,706         2,312,948  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 50,129,498        $ 219,345,376       $ 11,969,400       $ 32,519,829  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Investments, at cost

     $ 42,178,848        $ 181,882,396       $ 10,786,655       $ 29,601,556  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Foreign currency, at cost

     $        $       $ 202,426       $ 340,398  
    

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

35


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Formula
Investing

U.S. Value
1000 Fund
   Formula
Investing
U.S. Value
Select Fund
   Formula
Investing
International
Value 400 Fund
   Formula
Investing
International
Value Select Fund

Class A:

                   

Net assets

     $ 50,129,498        $ 163,239,398        $ 11,969,400        $ 23,495,950  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

       3,574,525          11,552,845          1,132,414          2,480,854  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $ 14.02        $ 14.13        $ 10.57        $ 9.47  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Class I

                   

Net assets

     $        $ 56,105,978        $        $ 9,023,879  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

                3,969,360                   952,215  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $        $ 14.13        $        $ 9.48  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

36


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

     Formula
Investing
U.S. Value
1000 Fund
  Formula
Investing
U.S. Value
Select Fund
  Formula
Investing
International
Value 400 Fund
  Formula
Investing
International
Value Select Fund

Investment Income

                

Dividends

     $ 933,726       $ 5,599,411       $ 441,796       $ 1,005,347  

Less: foreign taxes withheld

       (277 )       (1,353 )       (42,511 )       (89,729 )

Interest

       83         376         35         108  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment income

       933,532         5,598,434         399,320         915,726  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Expenses

                

Advisory fees (Note 2)

       310,072         1,603,705         103,063         246,969  

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

       103,357         364,032         30,313         53,889  

Administration and accounting fees

       82,505         101,648         93,803         70,277  

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

       35,551         86,331         33,784         73,571  

Registration and filing fees

       26,720         53,925         24,967         29,192  

Audit fees

       24,695         24,209         38,643         28,939  

Custodian fees (Note 2)

       23,443         30,486         40,938         56,937  

Legal fees

       12,025         57,440         3,552         7,435  

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

       8,735         44,360         2,499         5,763  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

       8,635         39,339         2,603         5,311  

Other expenses

       8,244         27,825         3,860         5,574  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

       643,982         2,433,300         378,025         583,857  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements

                

(Note 2)

       (127,196 )               (214,337 )       (218,007 )

Plus: Net expenses recouped (Note 2)

               6,114                  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

       516,786         2,439,414         163,688         365,850  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

       416,746         3,159,020         235,632         549,876  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments:

                

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

       942,143         (370,193 )       301,691         (1,336,968 )

Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions

                       (7,837 )       (11,304 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

       5,138,301         28,852,241         1,101,533         4,034,969  

Net change in unrealized loss on foreign currency translations

                       (732 )       (4,403 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       6,080,444         28,482,048         1,394,655         2,682,294  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     $ 6,497,190       $ 31,641,068       $ 1,630,287       $ 3,232,170  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Formula Investing   Formula Investing
     U.S. Value   U.S. Value
     1000 Fund   Select Fund
     For the   For the   For the   For the
     Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012   April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012

Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations:

                

Net investment income

     $ 416,746       $ 123,152       $ 3,159,020       $ 397,491  

Net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency transactions

       942,143         (66,275 )       (370,193 )       5,842,865  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and foreign currency transactions

       5,138,301         1,896,194         28,852,241         6,932,501  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       6,497,190         1,953,071         31,641,068         13,172,857  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:

                

Net investment income

                

Class A

       (293,489 )       (71,187 )       (224,119 )       (302,797 )

Class I

                       (174,891 )       (4,624 )

Net realized capital gains

                

Class A

       (138,893 )       (44,294 )       (3,574,314 )       (1,777,474 )

Class I

                       (1,087,107 )       (19,106 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (432,382 )       (115,481 )       (5,060,431 )       (2,104,001 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       4,975,875         22,966,420         18,463,545         142,467,736  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

       11,040,683         24,804,010         45,044,182         153,536,592  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

                

Beginning of Year

       39,088,815         14,284,805         174,301,194         20,764,602  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of Year

     $ 50,129,498       $ 39,088,815       $ 219,345,376       $ 174,301,194  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of Year

     $ 184,749       $ 64,725       $ 2,854,711       $ 94,727  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

38


FORMULA INVESTING FUNDS

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Formula Investing   Formula Investing
International   International
Value 400 Fund   Value Select Fund
For the   For the   For the   For the
Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended
April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012   April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012
  $ 235,632       $ 216,715       $ 549,876       $ 411,202  
    293,854         (1,243,988 )       (1,348,272 )       (1,327,620 )
    1,100,801         (557,518 )       4,030,566         (1,942,130 )
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    1,630,287         (1,584,791 )       3,232,170         (2,858,548 )
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (222,125 )       (34,341 )       (489,617 )       (29,769 )
                    (91,442 )       (6,661 )
            (174,923 )               (205,654 )
                            (23,765 )
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (222,125 )       (209,264 )       (581,059 )       (265,849 )
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (1,537,071 )       5,769,084         5,954,541         15,696,155  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (128,909 )       3,975,029         8,605,652         12,571,758  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    12,098,309         8,123,280         23,914,177         11,342,419  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
  $ 11,969,400       $ 12,098,309       $ 32,519,829       $ 23,914,177  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
  $ 233,445       $ 219,894       $ 384,381       $ 391,961  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class A and Class I Share outstanding (as applicable to each Fund), total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in a Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

                      Dividends and    
          Investment Activities       Distributions    
                               
     Net                         
     Asset                Distributions        
     Value,        Net Realized   Total   from   Distribution    
    

Beginning

of

  

Net

Investment

 

and Unrealized

Gain/(Loss) on

 

from

Investment

 

Net

Investment

 

from

Capital

  Total
     Year/Period    Income (Loss)(1)   Investments   Operations   Income   Gains   Distributions

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

                             

Class A Shares

                             

5/1/2012-4/30/2013

     $ 12.24        $ 0.13       $ 1.78       $ 1.91       $ (0.09 )     $ (0.04 )     $ (0.13 )

5/1/2011-4/30/2012

     $ 11.85        $ 0.04       $ 0.37       $ 0.41       $ (0.02 )     $ (0.01 )     $ (0.03 )

11/3/2010*-4/30/2011

     $ 10.00        $ 0.02       $ 1.83       $ 1.85       $       $       $  

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

                             

Class A Shares

                             

5/1/2012-4/30/2013

     $ 12.42        $ 0.20       $ 1.84       $ 2.04       $ (0.02 )     $ (0.31 )     $ (0.33 )

5/1/2011-4/30/2012

     $ 11.78        $ 0.04       $ 0.81       $ 0.85       $ (0.03 )     $ (0.19 )     $ (0.22 )

11/3/2010*-4/30/2011

     $ 10.00        $ (0.00 )(4)     $ 1.78       $ 1.78       $       $       $  

Class I Shares

                             

5/1/2012-4/30/2013

     $ 12.42        $ 0.24       $ 1.83       $ 2.07       $ (0.05 )     $ (0.31 )     $ (0.36 )

12/13/2011*-4/30/2012

     $ 10.99        $ 0.02       $ 1.64       $ 1.66       $ (0.05 )     $ (0.19 )     $ (0.24 )

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

                             

Class A Shares

                             

5/1/2012-4/30/2013

     $ 9.36        $ 0.18       $ 1.21       $ 1.39       $ (0.18 )     $       $ (0.18 )

5/1/2011-4/30/2012

     $ 11.03        $ 0.19       $ (1.70 )     $ (1.51 )     $ (0.03 )     $ (0.14 )     $ (0.17 )

12/17/2010*-4/30/2011

     $ 10.00        $ 0.08       $ 0.95       $ 1.03       $       $       $  

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

                             

Class A Shares

                             

5/1/2012-4/30/2013

     $ 8.64        $ 0.18       $ 0.85       $ 1.03       $ (0.20 )     $       $ (0.20 )

5/1/2011-4/30/2012

     $ 10.83        $ 0.21       $ (2.28 )     $ (2.07 )     $ (0.02 )     $ (0.11 )     $ (0.13 )

12/17/2010*-4/30/2011

     $ 10.00        $ 0.07       $ 0.76       $ 0.83       $       $       $  

Class I Shares

                             

5/1/2012-4/30/2013

     $ 8.64        $ 0.19       $ 0.87       $ 1.06       $ (0.22 )     $       $ (0.22 )

6/30/2011*-4/30/2012

     $ 10.24        $ 0.16       $ (1.62 )     $ (1.46 )     $ (0.03 )     $ (0.11 )     $ (0.14 )

 

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced or expenses were recouped. If such fee reductions or recoupments had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(4) 

Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(5) 

Annualized.

(6) 

Not annualized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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                      Ratio        
                      of Expenses        
                      to Average        
                      Net Assets   Ratio of    
    Net                 Excluding   Net    
    Asset        Net    Ratio   Fee Waivers,   Investment    
    Value,        Assets,    of Expenses   Reductions of   Income (Loss)   Portfolio
Redemption   End    Total   End    to Average   Expenses and/or   to Average   Turnover
Fees   of Year/Period    Return(2)   of Year/Period    Net Assets   Recoupment(3)   Net Assets   Rate
    $0.00 (4)       $14.02          15.76 %       $  50,129          1.25 %       1.56 %       1.01 %       111 %
    $0.01         $12.24          3.67 %       $  39,089          1.25 %       2.14 %       0.40 %       183 %
    $0.00 (4)       $11.85          18.50 %       $  14,285          1.25 %(5)       6.53 %(5)       0.31 %(5)       171 %(6)
    $0.00 (4)       $14.13          16.78 %       $163,239          1.35 %       1.35 %       1.62 %       101 %
    $0.01         $12.42          7.63 %       $142,250          1.35 %       1.52 %       0.39 %       187 %
    $0.00 (4)       $11.78          17.80 %       $  20,765          1.35 %(5)       4.38 %(5)       (0.06 )%(5)       174 %(6)
    $0.00 (4)       $14.13          17.06 %       $  56,106          1.10 %       1.10 %       1.87 %       101 %
    $0.01         $12.42          15.51 %       $  32,051          1.10 %(5)       1.20 %(5)       0.53 %(5)       187 %(6)
    $0.00 (4)       $10.57          15.04 %       $  11,969          1.35 %       3.12 %       1.94 %       101 %
    $0.01         $  9.36          (13.36 )%       $  12,098          1.35 %       5.28 %       2.00 %       174 %
    $0.00 (4)       $11.03          10.30 %       $    8,123          1.35 %(5)       7.00 %(5)       2.04 %(5)       147 %(6)
    $0.00 (4)       $  9.47          12.07 %       $  23,496          1.45 %       2.29 %       2.11 %       160 %
    $0.01         $  8.64          (18.95 )%       $  21,409          1.45 %       2.90 %       2.36 %       171 %
    $0.00 (4)       $10.83          8.30 %       $  11,342          1.45 %(5)       5.55 %(5)       1.96 %(5)       220 %(6)
    $0.00 (4)       $  9.48          12.44 %       $    9,024          1.20 %       2.02 %       2.15 %       160 %
    $0.00 (4)       $  8.64          (14.12 )%       $    2,505          1.20 %(5)       2.72 %(5)       2.18 %(5)       171 %(6)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Formula Investing Funds (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) are each a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund and the Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund commenced investment operations on November 3, 2010. The Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund and Formula Investing International Value Select Fund commenced investment operations on December 17, 2010. The Funds are each a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. Each of the Funds offers separate classes of shares, Class A and Class I Shares. As of April 30, 2013, Class I Shares had not been issued for the Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund and the Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund. The Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund and Formula Investing International Value Select Fund currently offer Class A and Class I Shares.

Portfolio Valuation — The Funds’ net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Funds are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Options are valued at last sale price. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments. Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuations techniques used to measure fair value of the Funds’ investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

• Level 1 —

 

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

• Level 2 —

 

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

• Level 3 —

 

significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of net assets).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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April 30, 2013

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Funds’ investments carried at fair value:

 

                                                                                   
                   Level 2         
                   Other      Level 3  
            Level 1      Significant      Significant  
     Total Value at      Quoted      Observable      Unobservable  
Funds    04/30/13      Price      Inputs      Inputs  

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund:

           

Investments in Securities*

   $ 50,043,745       $ 50,043,745       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund:

           

Investments in Securities*

   $  218,834,682       $  218,834,682       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund:

           

Common Stocks

           

Mexico

   $ 245,373       $ 214,603       $       $ 30,770   

United Kingdom

     1,466,892         1,466,872                 20   

All other Countries*

     9,592,297         9,592,297                   

Rights

     10,740                 10,740           

Warrants

     88                 88           

Exchange Traded Funds

     357,332         357,332                   

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 11,672,722       $ 11,631,104       $ 10,828       $ 30,790   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Formula Investing International Value Fund: Investments in Securities*

   $ 31,911,907       $ 31,911,907       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each fiscal quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Funds’ investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Funds may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Funds to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchases and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Funds to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Funds had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to their net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when a Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Funds.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities initially expressed in non-U.S. currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the applicable exchange rates at the date of the last business day of the financial statement period. Purchases and sales of securities, interest income, dividends, variation margin received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect on the transaction date.

The Funds do not separately report the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices of securities held. Such changes are included with the net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities in the Statement of Operations. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain or loss are reported separately as net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currencies in the Statement of Operations.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carry forwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Funds’ intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against a Fund in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

Currency Risk — Both the Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund and the Formula Investing International Value Select Fund invest in securities of foreign issuers, including American Depositary Receipts. These markets are subject to special risks associated with foreign investments not typically associated with investing in U.S. markets. Because the foreign securities in which these two Funds may invest generally trade in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, changes in currency exchange rates will affect both Funds’ NAV, the value of dividends and interest earned and gains and losses realized on the sale of securities. Because the NAV for both Funds is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars, both Funds

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

may lose money by investing in a foreign security if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, even if the local currency value of both Funds’ holdings goes up. Generally, a strong U.S. dollar relative to these other currencies will adversely affect the value of both Funds’ holdings in foreign securities.

Foreign Securities Market Risk — Securities of many non-U.S. companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. Securities of companies traded in many countries outside the U.S., particularly emerging markets countries, may be subject to further risks due to the inexperience of local investment professionals and financial institutions, the possibility of permanent or temporary termination of trading and greater spreads between bid and asked prices of securities. In addition, non-U.S. stock exchanges and investment professionals are subject to less governmental regulation, and commissions may be higher than in the United States. Also, there may be delays in the settlement of non-U.S. stock exchange transactions.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Gotham Asset Management, LLC. (“Gotham” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services as investment adviser, Gotham is entitled to the following advisory fees, as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

     Annual
Advisory Fee

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

   0.75%

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

   0.85%

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

   0.85%

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

   0.95%

The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of each Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that each Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed the amounts listed below (on an annual basis) of a Fund’s average daily net assets (each an “Expense Limitation”):

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

     1.00

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

     1.10

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     1.10

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     1.20

Each Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of the Trust approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for a Fund. No recoupment will occur unless a Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. Each class of shares of the Funds pays its respective pro-rated portion of the advisory fee payable by the Funds.

At April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recoupment by the Adviser was as follows:

 

     Expiration
April 30, 2014
   Expiration
April 30, 2015
   Expiration
April 30, 2016

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

       $97,215          $277,886          $127,196  

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

       64,080          159,572           

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

       69,133          425,540          214,337  

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

       50,226          254,352          218,007  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the Advisor recouped $6,114 of advisory fees for the Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the advisory fee and waivers were as follows:

 

     Gross
Advisory Fee
     Waiver/
Reimbursements
     Net Advisory Fee
(Reimbursement)
 

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund.

   $ 310,072       $ (127,196)       $ 182,876   

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund.

     1,603,705         —           1,603,705   

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     103,063         (214,337)         (111,274)   

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     246,969         (218,007)         28,962   

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Funds.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Funds. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Funds terminate its agreement with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (“the Underwriter”), provides principal underwriting services to the Funds.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Shares plan, each Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of each Fund’s Class A Shares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $36,870. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of a Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

   $ 50,983,680       $ 45,983,263   

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

     207,167,273         190,578,765   

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     12,154,151         13,755,074   

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     47,388,112         41,729,534   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

    

For the Year Ended

April 30, 2013

   

For the Year Ended

April 30, 2012

 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

        

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     1,016,825      $ 12,728,011        3,159,230      $ 36,027,890   

Reinvestments

     33,245        416,891        10,758        112,199   

Redemption Fees*

            3,249               23,723   

Redemptions

     (669,235     (8,172,276     (1,182,246     (13,197,392
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     380,835      $ 4,975,875        1,987,742      $ 22,966,420   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

        

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     4,055,099      $ 50,725,419        13,952,881      $ 161,455,592   

Reinvestments

     281,943        3,544,028        176,711        1,897,812   

Redemption Fees*

            16,941               42,396   

Redemptions

     (4,238,905     (52,902,434     (4,438,170     (52,160,945
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     98,137      $ 1,383,954        9,691,422      $ 111,234,855   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I Shares**

        

Sales

     2,212,869      $ 27,595,463        3,109,080      $ 37,744,268   

Reinvestments

     77,845        978,510        2,212        23,730   

Redemption Fees*

            4,653               9,945   

Redemptions

     (901,582     (11,499,035     (531,064     (6,545,062
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,389,132      $ 17,079,591        2,580,228      $ 31,232,881   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

        

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     317,853      $ 3,084,568        1,102,912      $ 10,672,158   

Reinvestments

     21,584        210,444        24,911        202,273   

Redemption Fees*

            646               10,147   

Redemptions

     (499,422     (4,832,729     (571,932     (5,115,494
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (159,985   $ (1,537,071     555,891      $ 5,769,084   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Year Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

        

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     976,351      $ 8,370,780        2,305,016      $ 20,751,604   

Reinvestments

     52,474        470,168        30,326        229,523   

Redemption Fees*

            700               11,028   

Redemptions

     (1,025,164     (8,878,633     (905,414     (8,094,029
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     3,661      $ (36,985     1,429,928      $ 12,898,126   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I Shares**

        

Sales

     652,176      $ 5,900,075        285,823      $ 2,766,528   

Reinvestments

     10,206        91,442        4,019        30,426   

Redemption Fees*

            89               1,075   

Redemptions

     (9     (80              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     662,373      $ 5,991,526        289,842      $ 2,798,029   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

*     There is 1.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed which have been held 90 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Funds and are allocated to all classes in that Fund based on relative net assets.

**   Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund’s Class I Shares commenced operations on December13, 2011; Formula Investing International Value Select Fund’s Class I Shares commenced operations on June 30, 2011.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Funds have followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Funds to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Funds have determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Funds are subject to examination by federal, state, and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net assts components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments. The following permanent differences as of April 30, 2013, primarily attributed to gains on Passive Foreign Investment Companies, income from trusts and partnerships, gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and re-designations of distributions were reclassified among the following accounts:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income/(Loss)
  Accumulated
Net Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Paid-in-Capital

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

     $ (3,233 )     $ 3,233         $—  

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

       (26 )       26          

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

       44         (44 )        

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

       23,603         (23,603 )        

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The tax character of distributions paid by the Funds during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013 and the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012 were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended      For the Year Ended
     April 30, 2013      April 30,2012
     Ordinary      Long-Term      Ordinary      Long-Term
     Income      Capital Gains      Income      Capital Gains
     Dividend      Dividend      Dividend      Dividend

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

   $ 392,629         $39,753       $ 115,457       $24

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

     5,060,431                 2,104,001         —

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     222,125                 209,264         —

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     581,059                 265,849         —

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

                        Qualified
     Capital Loss   Undistributed    Undistributed    Unrealized    Late-Year
     Carryforward   Ordinary Income    Long-Term Gain    Appreciation    Losses

Formula Investing
U.S. Value 1000 Fund

     $       $ 244,394        $ 932,561        $ 7,615,040        $  

Formula Investing
U.S. Value Select Fund

               2,854,711          167,106          35,811,986           

Formula Investing
International Value 400 Fund

       (918,458 )       233,880                   851,370           

Formula Investing
International Value Select Fund

       (2,613,278 )       384,381                   2,276,953          (51,592 )

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Foreign currency and short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Funds were as follows:

 

     Federal
Tax Cost
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
(Depreciation)
   

Net Unrealized
Appreciation

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

   $ 42,428,705       $ 8,413,950       $ (798,910   $  7,615,040

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

     183,022,696         38,825,400         (3,013,414   35,811,986

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     10,822,991         1,595,145         (745,414   849,731

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     29,637,551         3,530,297         (1,255,941   2,274,356

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Funds may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Funds deferred to May 1, 2013, the following losses:

 

     Late-Year Ordinary
Losses Deferral
   Short-Term Capital
Loss Deferral
   Long-Term Capital
Loss Deferral

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

     $        $        $  

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

                          

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

                          

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

                         51,592  

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Funds’ first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

The following table shows amounts of post-enactment capital loss carryforwards, if any, by each of the applicable Funds, which have an unlimited period of capital loss carryforward, as of April 30, 2013:

 

     Post-Enactment  
     Unlimited Period of Net  
     Capital Loss Carryforward  
     Short-Term      Long-Term  

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund.

   $       $   

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

               

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     884,710         33,748   

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     984,096         1,629,182   

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were issued, and determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the Financial Statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund, Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund, Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund, and Formula Investing International Value Select Fund (collectively referred to as the “Formula Investing Funds” or the “Funds”) at April 30, 2013, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Funds are required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise their shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Funds’ shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the tax charachter of distributions paid by the Funds were as follows:

 

     Ordinary Income Dividend    Long-Term Capital Gains Dividend

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

       $    392,629          $39,753  

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

       5,060,431           

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

       222,125           

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

       581,059           

Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Funds designate the following percentages of ordinary income distributions as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003:

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

     100.00

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

     28.85

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     100.00

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     100.00

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is as follows:

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

     100.00

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

     28.39

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     0.43

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

     1.06

The percentage of ordinary income distributions designated as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Job Creation Act of 2004 is as follows:

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

     100.00

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund

     100.00

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

    

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

    

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is as follows:

 

Formula Investing U.S. Value 1000 Fund

    

Formula Investing U.S. Value Select Fund.

     0.03

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     0.01

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

    

The Funds paid foreign taxes and recognized foreign source income as follows:

 

     Foreign Taxes Paid    Foreign Source Income

Formula Investing International Value 400 Fund

     $ 38,435        $ 408,174  

Formula Investing International Value Select Fund

       75,541          905,688  

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations there under.

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

Because the Funds’ fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Funds.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (877) 974-6852 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site www.gothamfunds.com.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (877) 974-6852.

 

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Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is refered to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Funds contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (877) 974-6852.

 

Name and

Date of Birth

   Position(s) Held
with Trust
  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other
Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

  

 

Trustee and Chairman of the Board

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

  

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

  

 

28

  

 

Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

 

  

 

University Professor, Widener University.

  

 

28

  

 

None.

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

  

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; and MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

  

 

28

  

 

None.

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

  

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.

  

 

28

  

 

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name and

Date of Birth

   Position(s) Held
with Trust
  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other
Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.

  

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present; EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

  

 

28

  

 

None.

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

Name and

Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

 

  

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

 

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

 

  

 

Secretary

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.

 

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

 

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

  

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Gotham Asset Management, LLC

535 Madison Avenue, 30Th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103


Gotham Asset Management

GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Institutional Class Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Gotham Absolute Return Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Gotham Absolute Return Fund.


GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

Gotham Absolute Return Fund (GARIX) returned 14.67% from inception (August 31, 2012) through April 30, 2013. Over this period, the HFRX Equity Hedge Index, an index of equity hedge funds, was up 8.02%. The S&P 500 returned 15.21% during this same 8 month period. We are very pleased with our performance which was achieved while maintaining a 60% net long exposure since inception. In this, our first year-end letter, we will explain the logic behind our hedged strategy and what we hope to achieve for our investors going forward.

First, Gotham Absolute Return Fund is a long/short equity hedge fund available in the form of a mutual fund. We select our long and short stock portfolios primarily from the U.S. large and mid-cap range. Our process begins with a research effort that seeks to value all of the companies in our investment universe. Our philosophy is simple. Although stock prices react to emotion over the short term, over the long term the market is very good at finding the fair value of stocks. Therefore, we believe that if we are good at valuing businesses (a share of stock represents a percentage ownership stake in a business), the market will agree with us...eventually.

For an individual stock, we believe the waiting period for the market to get it “right” is no more than 2 or 3 years in the vast majority of cases. For a group of stocks, we believe the average waiting period can often be much shorter. In other words, for us, there is a “true north” when it comes to the stock market. If we do a good job of analyzing and valuing companies, we believe the market will agree with us — even if it takes some time. This is crucial. No investment strategy, regardless of how good or logical, works all the time.

The important thing for us is to stick to our strategy even if it is not working over shorter time periods. Your Co-CIO’s have well over 50 years of combined investment experience valuing and investing in publicly traded businesses. We know how to value businesses by using various measures of absolute and relative value. So, that’s how we invest. We buy companies that are at the biggest discount to our assessment of value and sell short those companies that are most expensive relative to our assessment of value. We do not plan to change this strategy or adopt other methodologies when short term stock prices do not reflect the values that we see.

Together with our investment team (led by Director of Research, Adam Barth), we follow a systematic process of researching and valuing companies, investing in our long and short portfolios and adjusting positions daily to take advantage of changing stock prices and fundamental information. Currently, we own over 300 stocks on the long side and are short over 300 stocks on the short side. Our positions are not equally weighted. Generally, the cheaper a company appears to us, the larger allocation it receives on the long side. For the short side, the more expensive a company appears relative to our assessment of value, the larger short allocation it receives. We manage our risks by requiring substantial portfolio diversification, setting maximum limits for sector concentration and by maintaining overall gross and net exposures within carefully defined ranges.

Since inception, we have maintained a long exposure of 120 percent, a short exposure of 60 percent and a “net long” exposure of 60% (120% long-60% short=60% net long). For each $100 invested in our fund, we buy $120 worth of the stocks we believe are the cheapest relative to our assessment of value. We sell short $60 worth of the stocks we believe are most expensive relative to our assessment of value. We end up with a net long position equal to 60% of equity. Although we have wide flexibility within our prospectus to react to special circumstances, in most market environments we will usually maintain a net long exposure between 50% and 60%.

One way to think about our strategy of maintaining a long exposure of 120% and a short exposure equal to 60% is the following: For each $100 invested in GARIX, you receive an investment in our long portfolio of $60 and then an additional investment that represents an added $60 invested in our long portfolio paired with $60 of short investments. So, $60 long plus a 60 by 60 long/short overlay. This is important to understand. In effect, GARIX seeks to achieve returns from two sources for each $100 invested in the strategy. The first potential source of returns is from the $60 investment in the stocks we feel are the cheapest. Our second potential source of profits is the “spread” between how much an additional

 

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Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

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investment of $60 in our long stock selections returns versus the returns of $60 of our short selections. Hopefully, if we invest effectively, our long selections will outperform those stocks that we have sold short and this will add to the returns we achieve from our 60% long exposure.

Since inception, the combination of returns from the portion of our portfolio that is 60% long plus the contribution of our 60 long versus 60 short “spread” has been quite satisfactory to us. As previously stated, GARIX has returned 14.67% for the first 8 months while maintaining a 60% net long exposure versus the S&P 500 Index’s 15.21% return with a 100% long exposure. Our hopes for GARIX are that we continue to achieve excellent returns from our long selections and that we continue to add value from our long/short spread. We also believe that our long/short spread returns will be largely uncorrelated with the market’s returns in many market environments. Since most of our shorts are high priced with many eating through cash or achieving poor returns on capital, we hope and expect that our long/short spreads will be particularly robust during poor market periods. This, we hope, will significantly help our spreads and add to overall returns in down markets.

Thank you for your investment in the Gotham Absolute Return Fund. We and our team will continue to work hard and we hope to achieve excellent returns for our investors for many years to come.

Sincerely,

Joel Greenblatt and Robert Goldstein

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the period ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risk.

 

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Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $250,000 Investment in Gotham Absolute Return Fund Institutional Class Shares

vs Hedge Fund Research Inc. (HFRX) Equity Hedge Index

 

LOGO

 

Total Returns For the Period Ended April 30, 2013*
      Since Inception

Institutional Class Shares

   14.67%

HFRX Equity Hedge Index

       8.02%**

 

*

The Fund commenced operations on August 31, 2012.

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (877) 974-6852.

The Fund’s Institutional Class shares applies a 2.00% fee to the value of shares redeemed within 365 days of purchase. Effective as of July 1, 2013, the Fund’s redemption fee will be reduced from 2.00% to 1.00% of the total amount redeemed and the holding period for the assessment of the redemption fee will be reduced from 365 days to 90 days. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 3.82% and 3.15%, respectively, for Institutional Class Shares, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This rate may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expense incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. Gotham Asset Management, LLC (“Gotham” or the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, dividend and interest expense on securities sold short, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 2.25% of average daily net assets of the Fund (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2015, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) approves its earlier termination.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Hedge Fund Research Inc. (HFRX) Equity Hedge Index. The Index is engineered to achieve representative performance of a larger universe of funds employing Equity Hedge strategies. Equity Hedge strategies maintain positions both long and short in primarily equity and equity derivative securities. A wide variety of investment processes can be employed to arrive at an investment decision, including both quantitative and fundamental techniques; strategies can be broadly diversified or narrowly focused on specific sectors and can range broadly in terms of levels of net exposure, leverage employed, holding period, concentrations of market capitalizations and valuation ranges of typical portfolios. Equity Hedge managers would typically maintain at least 50%, and may in some cases be substantially entirely invested in equities, both long and short. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

 

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Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

An investment in the Fund is subject to risk. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and positive returns during most annual periods by investing in long and short positions of equity and equity-related securities, without limit on the market capitalization of the issuer. The potential loss on a short sale is in principle unlimited since there is no limit on the market appreciation of a shorted security. The securities issued by small-cap and mid-cap companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of large-cap issuers. The Fund may have a high turnover of its portfolio securities, resulting in higher brokerage costs, which reduce the Fund’s returns. High turnover also may result in net taxable gain to shareholders, although the Adviser generally seeks to minimize and offset short-term capital gains. The Fund is recently formed and has a limited history of operations. There can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objectives.

 

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Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period from November 1, 2012, and held for the entire period through April 30, 2013.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Gotham Absolute Return Fund       

 

    Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
  Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
  Annualized Expense
Ratio*
  Expenses Paid
During Period*

Institutional Class Shares

       

Actual

  $1,000.00   $1,139.80   2.25%   $11.94

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00     1,013.64   2.25%     11.23

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, in the table above, which include waived fees or reimbursement expenses for the six-month period ended April 30, 2013, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account value on the first line is based on the actual six month returns for the Institutional Class Shares of 13.98%. These amounts include dividends paid on securities which the Fund has sold short (“short-sale dividends”) and related interest expense. The annualized amount of short-sale dividends and related interest expense was 0.99% of average net assets for the period from August 31, 2012 to April 30, 2013.

 

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Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by security type and industry group classifications of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

       % of Net  
Assets
              Value            

Common Stocks:

        

Capital Goods.

       17.9 %     $ 9,596,048  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

       14.8         7,933,117  

Health Care Equipment & Services

       11.4         6,115,057  

Retailing

       11.0         5,929,960  

Software & Services

       9.8         5,282,859  

Commercial & Professional Services

       8.7         4,657,036  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

       7.2         3,876,395  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

       5.2         2,782,338  

Consumer Services

       4.9         2,609,745  

Media

       4.6         2,492,616  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

       4.6         2,468,928  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       4.0         2,131,162  

Automobiles & Components

       3.1         1,679,571  

Household & Personal Products

       2.7         1,472,259  

Transportation

       2.7         1,453,362  

Telecommunications Services

       1.6         845,973  

Food & Staples Retailing

       1.3         710,716  

Exchange Traded Funds

       1.4         748,101  

Securities Sold Short

       (56.3 )       (30,233,059 )

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

       39.4         21,127,408  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 53,679,592  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

LONG POSITIONS - 116.9%

COMMON STOCKS — 115.5%

   Number
 of Shares 
     Value  

Automobiles & Components — 3.1%

  

  

BorgWarner, Inc.*†

     2,862       $ 223,723   

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.†

     12,973         322,898   

Dana Holding Corp.†

     1,230         21,218   

General Motors Co.*†

     1,378         42,498   

Gentex Corp.†

     12,364         278,190   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(The)*†

     .26,588         332,217   

Standard Motor Products, Inc.†

     7,357         225,418   

Superior Industries International, Inc.†

     10,848         199,169   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.*†

     570         34,240   
     

 

 

 
            1,679,571   
     

 

 

 

Capital Goods — 17.9%

     

AAON, Inc.†

     7,168         203,643   

AAR Corp.†

     20,453         365,291   

AECOM Technology Corp.*†

     14,255         414,393   

Aegion Corp.*†

     1,271         26,767   

AGCO Corp.†

     7,696         409,812   

Albany International Corp., Class A†

     2,859         83,054   

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.†

     518         38,518   

Altra Holdings, Inc.†

     9,110         242,782   

Babcock & Wilcox Co. (The)†

     8,828         240,122   

Briggs & Stratton Corp.†

     6,127         137,796   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.†

     2,541         164,835   

CIRCOR International, Inc.†

     370         17,512   

Colfax Corp.*

     2,475         115,508   

Crane Co.†

     5,157         277,601   

Danaher Corp

     1,143         69,654   

Dover Corp.

     2,675         184,522   

Emerson Electric Co.†

     2,848         158,092   

EnerSys, Inc.*†

     456         20,903   

Federal Signal Corp.*†

     22,245         172,621   

Flowserve Corp.†

     1,532         242,240   

Fluor Corp.†

     7,394         421,310   

Foster Wheeler AG (Switzerland)*†

     7,286         153,735   

General Dynamics Corp.†

     3,252         240,518   

Graco, Inc.†

     1,606         97,211   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.†

     .3,718         194,042   

IDEX Corp†

     4,694         244,229   

II-VI, Inc.*

     347         5,368   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.†

     2,785         179,800   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.*

     3,374         170,320   

John Bean Technologies Corp.†

     13,788         285,963   

Joy Global, Inc.†

     7,888         445,830   

Kaydon Corp.†

     16,531         394,099   

Kennametal, Inc

     4,220         168,758   
     Number
 of Shares 
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

  

Capital Goods — (Continued)

     

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.†

     7,669       $ 404,616   

Lindsay Corp.†

     5,403         415,058   

Lockheed Martin Corp

     111         10,999   

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

     1,819         143,337   

National Presto Industries, Inc

     1,124         84,300   

Nortek, Inc.*†

     2,454         176,344   

Northrop Grumman Corp.†

     1,921         145,497   

Oshkosh Corp.*†

     450         17,667   

Owens Corning*

     1,214         51,061   

Pall Corp.†

     747         49,832   

Raytheon Co.†

     3,461         212,436   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.†

     1,600         135,648   

Standex International Corp.†

     250         13,225   

Tennant Co.†

     1,018         48,681   

Terex Corp.*†

     9,991         285,743   

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.*†

     2,828         55,429   

Trex Co., Inc.*†

     7,243         352,589   

Triumph Group, Inc.†

     11         879   

Valmont Industries, Inc.†

     2,785         405,858   
     

 

 

 
            9,596,048   
     

 

 

 

Commercial & Professional Services — 8.7%

  

Brink’s Co. (The)

     439         11,638   

Deluxe Corp.†

     5,063         193,103   

G & K Services, Inc., Class A†

     2,878         135,237   

Herman Miller, Inc.†

     11,883         298,144   

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*†

     3,331         139,169   

ICF International, Inc.*†

     7,632         206,904   

Insperity, Inc.†

     10,445         288,595   

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A

     7,606         129,454   

Kforce, Inc†

     16,132         243,916   

Knoll, Inc.†

     17,804         277,030   

Mine Safety Appliances Co.†

     1,810         86,880   

Navigant Consulting, Inc.*†

     16,262         200,510   

Performant Financial Corp.*†

     28,956         281,742   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.†

     17,436         238,350   

Quad/Graphics, Inc.†

     4,475         93,528   

Resources Connection, Inc.†

     17,064         193,847   

Robert Half International, Inc.†

     8,119         266,466   

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.†

     17,439         214,674   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A†

     7,129         90,538   

Sykes Enterprises, Inc.*†

     14,477         222,801   

Tetra Tech, Inc.*†

     9,575         251,727   

UniFirst Corp.†

     3,039         276,701   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

 

Commercial & Professional Services — (Continued)

  

Viad Corp.

    7,296      $ 190,061   

West Corp.

    6,001        126,021   
   

 

 

 
          4,657,036   
   

 

 

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel — 5.2%

  

 

Carter’s, Inc.*†

    1,307        85,465   

Columbia Sportswear Co.†

    98        5,743   

Crocs, Inc.*

    18,476        295,986   

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    1,070        31,330   

Fossil, Inc.*†

    1,985        194,768   

Garmin, Ltd. (Switzerland)†

    3,574        125,376   

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.*†

    5,973        242,862   

Hanesbrands, Inc.*†

    7,351        368,726   

Hasbro, Inc.†

    2,388        113,120   

LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.*†

    13,942        124,641   

PVH Corp.†

    1,694        195,506   

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.*†

    38,457        337,652   

Steven Madden, Ltd.*†

    3,527        171,518   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.†

    6,724        344,739   

True Religion Apparel, Inc.†

    5,355        144,906   
   

 

 

 
      2,782,338   
   

 

 

 

Consumer Services — 4.9%

   

American Public Education, Inc.*†

    321        10,763   

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A*†

    9,838        180,724   

Bally Technologies, Inc.*†

    6,210        330,869   

Bridgepoint Education, Inc.*†

    14,707        158,541   

Carnival Corp. (Panama)†

    711        24,537   

DeVry, Inc.

    2,989        83,722   

Education Management Corp.*†

    9,254        52,470   

International Game Technology†

    11,680        197,976   

International Speedway Corp., Class A

    25        822   

Interval Leisure Group, Inc.

    5,687        108,394   

Jack in the Box, Inc.*†

    8,268        296,408   

Regis Corp.†

    3,619        67,856   

Service Corp International

    14,744        248,879   

Sonic Corp.*†

    17,695        221,718   

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.†

    660        11,900   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.†

    3,026        195,238   

Steiner Leisure Ltd. (Bahamas)*†

    1,113        53,903   

Strayer Education, Inc.†

    2,706        128,156   

Weight Watchers International, Inc.†

    5,617        236,869   
   

 

 

 
      2,609,745   
   

 

 

 
    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3%

  

 

CVS Caremark Corp.†

    1,789      $ 104,084   

Kroger Co. (The)†

    7,554        259,707   

Rite Aid Corp.*†

    98,512        261,057   

Safeway, Inc.†

    1,314        29,591   

Village Super Market, Inc., Class A†

    1,325        46,640   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    124        9,637   
   

 

 

 
      710,716   
   

 

 

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 7.2%

  

Altria Group, Inc.†

    11,056        403,655   

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated†

    1,710        105,165   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.†

    9,866        361,392   

Cott Corp. (Canada)†

    637        6,975   

Dean Foods Co.*†

    17,486        334,682   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.†

    334        16,309   

Hillshire Brands Co.†

    3,590        128,917   

HJ Heinz Co.

    2,332        168,883   

Ingredion, Inc.†

    4,938        355,585   

JM Smucker Co. (The)†

    2,858        295,031   

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    879        69,379   

Lorillard, Inc.†

    4,180        179,280   

National Beverage Corp.

    3,759        55,370   

PepsiCo, Inc.

    2,242        184,898   

Pinnacle Foods, Inc.*

    1,949        46,523   

Reynolds American, Inc.†

    3,726        176,687   

Sanderson Farms, Inc.†

    2,608        159,766   

Universal Corp.†

    8,091        465,637   

Vector Group, Ltd.†

    22,211        362,261   
   

 

 

 
          3,876,395   
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Services — 11.4%

  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*†

    21,522        295,497   

ArthroCare Corp.*†

    5,159        178,759   

Bio-Reference Labs, Inc.*†

    16,517        421,184   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    997        44,087   

CareFusion Corp.*†

    11,434        382,353   

Chemed Corp.†

    3,561        290,649   

CONMED Corp.†

    2,003        62,754   

Corvel Corp.*†

    1,692        80,319   

CR Bard, Inc.†

    3,242        322,125   

Cyberonics, Inc.*

    381        16,543   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*

    2,116        134,980   

HCA Holdings, Inc.†

    4,885        194,863   

Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A*

    6,694        76,914   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

8


GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Health Care Equipment & Services — (Continued)

  

HealthSouth Corp.*†

    5,634      $ 154,935   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*†

    386        190,024   

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc.*†

    3,105        141,650   

Masimo Corp.†

    10,222        205,053   

MEDNAX, Inc.*†

    872        77,373   

Medtronic, Inc.†

    5,751        268,457   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.†

    12,746        258,616   

MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc.*

    564        66,388   

National Healthcare Corp.†

    1,231        57,155   

NuVasive, Inc.*†

    11,757        246,544   

Omnicare, Inc.†

    2,081        91,085   

Orthofix International NV (Netherlands)*†

    12,077        391,295   

Owens & Minor, Inc.†

    1,527        49,734   

Quality Systems, Inc.

    10,368        185,276   

Select Medical Holdings Corp.†

    43,444        358,413   

St Jude Medical, Inc.†

    4,241        174,814   

Stryker Corp.†

    2,251        147,621   

Thoratec Corp.*†

    4,563        165,181   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B†

    357        23,773   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*†

    2,789        181,676   

VCA Antech, Inc.*†

    7,426        178,967   
   

 

 

 
          6,115,057   
   

 

 

 

Household & Personal Products — 2.7%

  

Clorox Co. (The)

    2,438        210,278   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.†

    4,382        423,257   

Inter Parfums, Inc.†

    10,117        293,089   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,786        184,297   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.*†

    4,482        120,790   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    1,031        79,150   

Revlon, Inc., Class A*†

    8,341        161,398   
   

 

 

 
      1,472,259   
   

 

 

 

Media — 4.6%

   

Arbitron, Inc.†

    6,629        309,508   

Belo Corp., Class A†

    17,324        185,713   

CBS Corp., Class B, non-voting shares†

    1,138        52,098   

Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A*†

    31,863        101,643   

Gannett Co., Inc.†

    10,813        217,990   

Harte-Hanks, Inc.

    892        7,074   

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A†

    7,540        287,802   

Meredith Corp.†

    7,692        298,603   

Morningstar, Inc.

    618        40,794   
    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Media — (Continued)

   

New York Times Co. (The), Class A*†

    33,411      $ 296,021   

Regal Entertainment Group, Class A†

    11,383        204,211   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

    2,072        194,540   

Valassis Communications, Inc.†

    7,332        187,919   

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A†

    11,841        108,700   
   

 

 

 
          2,492,616   
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — 4.6%

  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    465        45,570   

Amgen, Inc.†

    20        2,084   

Bruker Corp.*

    3,401        60,436   

Endo Health Solutions, Inc.*†

    876        32,097   

Mylan, Inc.*

    5,687        165,549   

PAREXEL International Corp.*†

    2,241        91,769   

PDL BioPharma, Inc.†

    44,085        341,218   

Pfizer, Inc.†

    5,394        156,804   

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    7,346        225,816   

Santarus, Inc.*†

    325        5,970   

Techne Corp.†

    5,959        382,210   

United Therapeutics Corp.*†

    7,524        502,453   

Warner Chilcott PLC, Class A (Ireland)†

    29,830        428,955   

Waters Corp.*

    303        27,997   
   

 

 

 
      2,468,928   
   

 

 

 

Retailing — 11.0%

   

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A†

    7,174        355,543   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.†

    17,874        347,649   

ANN, Inc.*†

    6,169        182,232   

Big Lots, Inc.*†

    4,042        147,210   

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.†

    18,647        315,321   

Buckle, Inc. (The)†

    6,054        293,922   

Cato Corp. (The), Class A†

    8,995        215,970   

Chico’s FAS, Inc.†

    11,264        205,793   

Childrens Place Retail Stores, Inc. (The)*†

    5,629        275,371   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    1,695        81,530   

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A†

    2,566        211,464   

Express, Inc.*†

    14,351        261,332   

Foot Locker, Inc.†

    2,380        82,991   

Francesca’s Holdings Corp.*†

    872        24,904   

GameStop Corp., Class A†

    5,509        192,264   

Gap, Inc. (The)†

    1,226        46,576   

Guess?, Inc.†

    5,398        149,417   

Hibbett Sports, Inc.*†

    3,384        185,612   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9


GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

 

Retailing — (Continued)

  

Jos A Bank Clothiers, Inc.*†

    4,250      $ 185,640   

L Brands, Inc.†

    3,915        197,355   

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    3,196        158,266   

Macy’s, Inc.†

    2,651        118,235   

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)†

    9,549        319,892   

Nordstrom, Inc.†

    475        26,880   

Office Depot, Inc.*†

    32,422        125,149   

OfficeMax, Inc.†

    26,403        303,899   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*†

    305        32,733   

Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack (The)*

    22,391        259,736   

PetSmart, Inc.†

    3,366        229,696   

Staples, Inc.†

    13,474        178,396   

TJX Cos., Inc.†

    2,642        128,850   

Urban Outfitters, Inc.*†

    2,175        90,132   
   

 

 

 
          5,929,960   
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.0%

  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.*†

    17,672        300,071   

Atmel Corp.*†

    1,147        7,421   

Cabot Microelectronics Corp.*

    4,367        146,338   

Cirrus Logic, Inc.*

    7,346        141,851   

Entegris, Inc.*†

    1,574        14,922   

First Solar, Inc.*†

    9,224        429,469   

Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.*†

    10,715        165,868   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    4,681        253,944   

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. (Bermuda)†

    30,500        328,180   

NVIDIA Corp.†

    9,107        125,403   

Ultratech, Inc.*†

    7,387        217,695   
   

 

 

 
      2,131,162   
   

 

 

 

Software & Services — 9.8%

   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.†

    24,652        368,547   

Advent Software, Inc.*

    833        24,190   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.†

    17,142        260,387   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.†

    1,021        25,709   

CA Inc†

    7,984        215,328   

CACI International, Inc., Class A*†

    3,649        213,430   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*†

    21,758        300,260   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A*†

    3,533        228,938   

Computer Sciences Corp.†

    8,394        393,259   

CoreLogic, Inc.*†

    11,283        307,800   

CSG Systems International, Inc.*†

    2,125        45,921   

Dice Holdings, Inc.*

    5,389        45,483   

EPIQ Systems, Inc.

    3,579        49,999   
    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Software & Services — (Continued)

  

Fortinet, Inc.*†

    7,510      $ 134,880   

Global Payments, Inc.†

    219        10,162   

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.†

    3,815        125,475   

iGATE Corp.*†

    18,071        301,605   

International Business Machines Corp.†

    77        15,596   

Lender Processing Services, Inc.†

    8,991        249,410   

MICROS Systems, Inc.*†

    3,287        139,402   

Microsoft Corp.†

    4,241        140,377   

Netscout Systems, Inc.*

    10,794        246,211   

NeuStar, Inc., Class A*†

    5,533        242,733   

Oracle Corp.†

    7,287        238,868   

PTC, Inc.*

    1,145        27,491   

SAIC, Inc.†

    20,603        307,809   

Syntel, Inc.†

    4,750        300,058   

TIBCO Software, Inc.*†

    2,805        54,445   

Total System Services, Inc.

    686        16,203   

VeriSign, Inc.*†

    1,654        76,200   

Western Union Co. (The)†

    11,930        176,683   
   

 

 

 
          5,282,859   
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment — 14.8%

  

ADTRAN, Inc.

    354        7,434   

Aeroflex Holding Corp.*†

    7,357        54,736   

Anixter International, Inc.†

    3,540        253,960   

Apple, Inc.†

    893        395,376   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.*†

    2,035        79,833   

Avnet, Inc.*†

    8,417        275,657   

AVX Corp.†

    442        4,999   

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*†

    21,094        376,317   

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*†

    56,426        328,399   

Cisco Systems, Inc.†

    7,640        159,829   

Cognex Corp.†

    5,368        213,110   

Cray, Inc.*†

    16,020        338,983   

EMC Corp.*†

    10,789        241,997   

Emulex Corp.*†

    32,941        197,646   

F5 Networks, Inc.*†

    4,259        325,515   

Fabrinet ( Cayman Islands)*†

    14,345        196,957   

Faro Technologies, Inc.*

    1,179        45,733   

Harris Corp.†

    7,769        358,928   

Hewlett-Packard Co.†

    15,188        312,873   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.†

    13,124        233,607   

Littelfuse, Inc.†

    490        34,212   

Loral Space & Communications, Inc.†

    378        23,255   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10


GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment — (Continued)

  

NCR Corp.*†

    6,455      $ 176,028   

NETGEAR, Inc.*†

    10,239        305,020   

Newport Corp.*†

    15,214        230,492   

Park Electrochemical Corp.†

    5,335        127,346   

QLogic Corp.*†

    31,400        341,004   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    578        35,616   

SanDisk Corp.*

    2,604        136,554   

Sanmina Corp.*†

    21,875        276,062   

ScanSource, Inc.*†

    12,868        372,786   

Seagate Technology PLC (Ireland)†

    7,048        258,662   

SYNNEX Corp*†

    8,913        308,390   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.*†

    11,025        154,791   

Western Digital Corp.

    6,474        357,883   

Xerox Corp.†

    23,962        205,594   

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*†

    4,020        187,533   
   

 

 

 
          7,933,117   
   

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services — 1.6%

  

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.†

    5,729        290,861   

Frontier Communications Corp.†

    41,453        172,444   

Vonage Holdings Corp.*†

    43,497        132,666   

Windstream Corp.†

    29,343        250,002   
   

 

 

 
      845,973   
   

 

 

 

Transportation — 2.7%

   

Con-way, Inc.

    1,897        64,119   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    1,313        47,176   

Heartland Express, Inc.†

    2,186        29,664   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A*

    622        22,796   

Knight Transportation, Inc.

    20,481        319,913   

Landstar System, Inc.

    2,560        139,930   

Matson, Inc.†

    13,843        325,864   

Saia, Inc.*

    610        24,961   

Swift Transportation Co.*†

    5,454        76,465   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B†

    1,074        92,192   

Werner Enterprises, Inc.†

    13,514        310,282   
   

 

 

 
      1,453,362   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $59,170,793)

      62,037,142   
   

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 1.4%

  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    4,685        748,101   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $747,599)

      748,101   
   

 

 

 
    Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

TOTAL LONG POSITIONS - 116.9% (Cost $59,918,392)

    $     62,785,243   
   

 

 

 

SHORT POSITIONS - (56.3)%

  

COMMON STOCKS — (56.3)%

  

Automobiles & Components — (1.3)%

  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    (688     (15,693

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.*

    (12,784     (170,922

Dorman Products, Inc.

    (189     (7,133

Federal-Mogul Corp.*

    (18,073     (135,186

Lear Corp.

    (1,641     (94,817

Thor Industries, Inc.

    (1,417     (52,557

WABCO Holdings, Inc.*

    (633     (45,722

Winnebago Industries, Inc.*

    (9,385     (171,933
   

 

 

 
      (693,963
   

 

 

 

Capital Goods — (10.3)%

   

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    (974     (71,063

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

    (3,209     (114,593

American Woodmark Corp.*

    (3,968     (133,523

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    (1,198     (30,525

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    (1,643     (69,417

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.*

    (1,226     (62,575

Astec Industries, Inc.

    (3,161     (103,776

Barnes Group, Inc.

    (432     (11,997

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

    (4,847     (184,816

Belden, Inc.

    (275     (13,590

Blount International, Inc.*

    (10,425     (144,803

Brady Corp., Class A

    (3,524     (119,393

CAI International, Inc.*

    (4,007     (102,138

Chart Industries, Inc.*

    (2,351     (199,388

Cummins, Inc.

    (750     (79,792

DXP Enterprises, Inc.*

    (1,141     (76,310

Eaton Corp. PLC (Ireland)

    (3,404     (209,040

Encore Wire Corp.

    (3,185     (104,309

EnPro Industries, Inc.*

    (404     (19,909

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    (2,417     (86,939

Fastenal Co.

    (1,191     (58,419

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.*

    (3,829     (139,337

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    (5,261     (170,299

General Cable Corp.*

    (3,465     (119,473

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*

    (4,499     (84,131

Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)

    (2,788     (78,761

GrafTech International Ltd.*

    (659     (4,732

Griffon Corp.

    (422     (4,347
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11


GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Capital Goods — (Continued)

  

 

Harsco Corp.

     (6,587   $ (143,794

Hubbell, Inc., Class B

     (487     (46,733

ITT Corp.

     (1,764     (48,686

Lennox International, Inc.

     (2,013     (124,806

Middleby Corp.*

     (156     (23,334

MRC Global, Inc.*

     (320     (9,584

Mueller Industries, Inc.

     (1,529     (79,172

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

     (4,942     (29,257

Nordson Corp.

     (1,321     (91,796

Pentair, Ltd., Registered Shares (Switzerland)

     (3,305     (179,627

Powell Industries, Inc.*

     (1,199     (59,039

Proto Labs, Inc.*

     (509     (26,000

Quanex Building Products Corp.

     (385     (6,264

RBC Bearings, Inc.*

     (2,109     (101,443

Rush Enterprises, Inc.,
Class A*

     (6,335     (145,008

Simpson Manufacturing
Co., Inc.

     (6,791     (195,173

SPX Corp.

     (494     (36,808

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     (2,760     (206,476

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd., (Bermuda)

     (4,620     (178,655

Titan Machinery, Inc.*

     (4,215     (95,090

Toro Co. (The)

     (2,465     (110,950

Trimas Corp.*

     (6,194     (188,917

Tyco International Ltd., (Switzerland)

     (1,594     (51,199

United Rentals, Inc.*

     (3,014     (158,567

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

     (3,964     (153,010

USG Corp.*

     (2,964     (77,034

Wabash National Corp.*

     (2,221     (20,944

Wabtec Corp.

     (587     (61,600

Watsco, Inc.

     (1,429     (120,579

WESCO International, Inc.*

     (753     (53,983

Xylem, Inc.

     (4,438     (123,154
    

 

 

 
       (5,544,077
    

 

 

 

Commercial & Professional Services — (4.8)%

  

ABM Industries, Inc.

     (7,810     (176,116

Acacia Research Corp.

     (7,433     (177,054

ACCO Brands Corp.*

     (25,934     (175,054

Advisory Board Co. (The)*

     (3,341     (164,210

Clean Harbors, Inc.*

     (3,357     (191,248

Copart, Inc.*

     (4,545     (160,211

Corporate Executive Board
Co. (The)

     (622     (35,056

Covanta Holding Corp.

     (10,712     (214,241

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)

     (318     (28,127
     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Commercial & Professional Services — (Continued)

  

HNI Corp.

     (57   $ (1,963

IHS, Inc., Class A*

     (389     (37,900

InnerWorkings, Inc.*

     (5,860     (59,010

Interface, Inc.

     (3,738     (62,574

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     (4,028     (152,500

Korn/Ferry International*

     (2,025     (33,514

Mistras Group, Inc.*

     (1,406     (26,644

Nielsen Holdings NV

     (433     (14,990

On Assignment, Inc.*

     (5,572     (135,232

Republic Services, Inc.

     (273     (9,304

Stericycle, Inc.*

     (509     (55,135

Team, Inc.*

     (2,062     (79,923

Towers Watson & Co., Class A

     (98     (7,146

TrueBlue, Inc.*

     (9,063     (187,785

US Ecology, Inc.

     (2,802     (76,214

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A*

     (260     (15,935

WageWorks, Inc.*

     (4,448     (113,913

Waste Connections, Inc.

     (5,242     (198,934
    

 

 

 
       (2,589,933
    

 

 

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel — (2.6)%

  

American Greetings Corp., Class A

     (3,181     (58,658

Columbia Sportswear Co.

     (98     (5,743

Deckers Outdoor Corp.*

     (953     (52,529

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     (3,107     (138,914

Helen of Troy Ltd., (Bermuda)*

     (925     (32,264

Iconix Brand Group, Inc.*

     (7,184     (205,822

iRobot Corp.*

     (4,226     (122,934

Jarden Corp.*

     (616     (27,726

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     (3,325     (60,050

Movado Group, Inc.

     (2,821     (85,307

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     (2,500     (65,850

Oxford Industries, Inc.

     (949     (56,114

Quiksilver, Inc.*

     (25,741     (173,237

Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A*

     (2,825     (58,704

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.*

     (595     (28,858

Under Armour, Inc., Class A*

     (931     (53,141

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

     (3,470     (165,762
    

 

 

 
       (1,391,613
    

 

 

 

Consumer Services — (6.8)%

  

AFC Enterprises, Inc.*

     (3,355     (106,957

Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Class A*

     (625     (41,556

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*

     (4,711     (161,587

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.*

     (3,046     (66,250
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Consumer Services — (Continued)

  

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

     (2,693   $ (116,715

Boyd Gaming Corp.*

     (13,199     (158,389

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.*

     (2,208     (198,721

CEC Entertainment, Inc.

     (1,895     (63,236

Churchill Downs, Inc.

     (1,586     (121,266

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.*

     (3,810     (124,587

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     (2,975     (153,599

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.*

     (3,145     (85,733

Hillenbrand, Inc.

     (6,359     (159,802

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A*

     (2,496     (106,529

K12, Inc.*

     (3,188     (81,198

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     (1,192     (67,050

Life Time Fitness, Inc.*

     (917     (42,347

LifeLock, Inc.*

     (12,195     (109,755

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     (3,203     (137,921

Matthews International Corp., Class A

     (3,895     (143,375

McDonald’s Corp.

     (607     (61,999

Multimedia Games Holding Co., Inc.*

     (203     (5,006

Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., Class A (Bermuda)*

     (11,605     (117,210

Panera Bread Co., Class A*

     (582     (103,148

Papa John’s International, Inc.*

     (1,886     (118,818

Penn National Gaming, Inc.*

     (2,806     (164,291

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.*

     (9,947     (189,590

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*

     (721     (34,875

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     (2,389     (87,270

SHFL Entertainment, Inc.*

     (6,728     (106,302

Starbucks Corp.

     (647     (39,363

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

     (67     (1,574

Wendy’s Co. (The)

     (16,144     (91,859

WMS Industries, Inc.*

     (8,044     (204,157

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     (1,365     (82,009

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     (142     (9,673
    

 

 

 
       (3,663,717
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — (2.0)%

  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

     (3,189     (184,675

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     (286     (31,011

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.

     (3,313     (138,450

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

     (2,283     (48,674

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage, Inc.*

     (5,378     (134,880

Pricesmart, Inc.

     (1,645     (146,783

SUPERVALU, Inc.

     (14,475     (84,534
     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Food & Staples Retailing — (Continued)

  

Susser Holdings Corp.*

     (3,409   $ (181,257

Sysco Corp.

     (1,178     (41,065

Weis Markets, Inc.

     (1,910     (79,895

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     (163     (14,396
    

 

 

 
       (1,085,620
    

 

 

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco — (4.2)%

  

Annie’s, Inc.*

     (2,632     (99,463

B&G Foods, Inc.

     (399     (12,313

Beam, Inc.

     (2,647     (171,287

Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The),
Class A*

     (1,056     (178,802

Boulder Brands, Inc.*

     (9,053     (81,568

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

     (1,216     (85,728

Bunge Ltd.

     (744     (53,724

Campbell Soup Co.

     (2,768     (128,463

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     (6,011     (212,609

Dole Food Co., Inc.*

     (2,895     (31,150

Flowers Foods, Inc.

     (5,073     (167,105

Fresh del Monte Produce, Inc.

     (1,534     (38,979

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.*

     (725     (41,615

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)*

     (2,255     (147,139

Hormel Foods Corp.

     (1,748     (72,140

Kellogg Co.

     (1,228     (79,869

McCormick & Co., Inc., Non-Voting Shares

     (55     (3,957

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

     (4,331     (136,210

Monster Beverage Corp.*

     (1,863     (105,073

Post Holdings, Inc.*

     (1,434     (62,795

Smithfield Foods, Inc.*

     (6,180     (158,209

Snyders-Lance, Inc.

     (643     (16,191

SunOpta, Inc. (Canada)*

     (23,455     (170,518
    

 

 

 
       (2,254,907
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Services — (5.8)%

  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*

     (5,722     (180,529

Align Technology, Inc.*

     (1,879     (62,232

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*

     (8,551     (118,346

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     (451     (24,408

Amsurg Corp.*

     (3,598     (120,749

athenahealth, Inc.*

     (1,166     (112,239

BioScrip, Inc.*

     (139     (1,927

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.*

     (4,941     (127,428

Capital Senior Living Corp.*

     (5,113     (124,041

Cerner Corp.*

     (437     (42,288

Community Health Systems, Inc.

     (117     (5,332
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Health Care Equipment & Services — (Continued)

  

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

     (647   $ (33,942

Cooper Cos, Inc. (The)

     (1,494     (164,938

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.*

     (493     (58,494

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     (2,924     (123,831

Emeritus Corp.*

     (1,321     (33,950

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

     (435     (25,826

Haemonetics Corp.*

     (4,911     (189,074

HealthStream, Inc.*

     (1,982     (45,507

Henry Schein, Inc.*

     (1,656     (149,702

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.*

     (182     (1,909

Landauer, Inc.

     (2,547     (142,301

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.*

     (2,730     (131,041

McKesson Corp.

     (1,113     (117,778

Medidata Solutions, Inc.*

     (3,108     (206,247

Neogen Corp.*

     (1,344     (68,316

Omnicell, Inc.*

     (5,253     (94,659

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     (1,527     (49,734

Quidel Corp.*

     (2,594     (57,898

Spectranetics Corp.*

     (10,176     (189,782

Team Health Holdings, Inc.*

     (3,655     (136,258

Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.*

     (338     (4,945

Vocera Communications, Inc.*

     (1,028     (20,354

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     (2,546     (162,588
    

 

 

 
       (3,128,593
    

 

 

 

Household & Personal Products — (1.2)%

  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     (1,575     (100,627

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.*

     (4,812     (197,051

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc. (The), Class A

     (2,108     (146,190

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

     (3,669     (205,465
    

 

 

 
       (649,333
    

 

 

 

Media — (1.7)%

  

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A*

     (398     (25,078

Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A

     (9,766     (145,123

Charter Communications, Inc.,
Class A*

     (569     (57,321

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A*

     (5,709     (41,276

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A*

     (559     (44,060

Dish Network Corp., Class A

     (4,309     (168,870

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A*

     (1,513     (70,839

LIN TV Corp., Class A*

     (964     (11,867
     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Media — (Continued)

  

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Class A

     (2,217   $ (53,984

Shutterstock, Inc.*

     (2,705     (112,798

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

     (3,149     (84,393

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.

     (16,187     (52,608

Starz-Liberty Capital*

     (1,264     (29,552

Virgin Media, Inc.

     (388     (18,927
    

 

 

 
       (916,696
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — (0.7)%

  

Covance, Inc.*

     (1,437     (107,143

Illumina, Inc.*

     (1,809     (117,024

Life Technologies Corp.*

     (1,038     (76,490

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     (1,777     (54,465
    

 

 

 
       (355,122
    

 

 

 

Retailing — (6.1)%

  

Amazon.Com, Inc.*

     (542     (137,565

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*

     (2,273     (91,125

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.*

     (5,372     (99,382

Barnes & Noble, Inc.*

     (1,891     (34,284

Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.

     (2,336     (121,565

Dollar General Corp.*

     (365     (19,013

DSW, Inc., Class A

     (1,556     (102,883

Expedia, Inc.

     (1,290     (72,034

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

     (3,045     (186,872

Finish Line, Inc. (The), Class A

     (3,052     (59,178

Five Below, Inc.*

     (3,087     (111,101

Fred’s, Inc., Class A

     (9,976     (141,958

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

     (1,255     (75,902

Groupon, Inc.*

     (28,215     (172,112

HomeAway, Inc.*

     (60     (1,833

Hot Topic, Inc.

     (5,131     (71,577

JC Penney Co., Inc.

     (238     (3,908

Kayak Software Corp.*

     (1,630     (64,907

LKQ Corp.*

     (3,154     (75,948

Mattress Firm Holding Corp.*

     (3,019     (115,688

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.

     (4,436     (183,473

Netflix, Inc.*

     (235     (50,776

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.*

     (3,136     (18,753

Overstock.Com, Inc.*

     (2,654     (55,203

Pool Corp.

     (107     (5,245

rue21, Inc.*

     (2,162     (68,968

Saks, Inc.*

     (8,990     (103,834

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*

     (1,184     (35,591
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Retailing — (Continued)

  

Select Comfort Corp.*

     (205   $ (4,350

Shutterfly, Inc.*

     (1,439     (64,079

Stage Stores, Inc.

     (4,776     (132,247

Tiffany & Co.

     (1,591     (117,225

Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.*

     (4,689     (116,287

Tractor Supply Co.

     (1,144     (122,602

TripAdvisor, Inc.*

     (3,202     (168,361

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.*

     (1,684     (147,603

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

     (866     (46,487

Zumiez, Inc.*

     (2,511     (72,744
    

 

 

 
       (3,272,663
    

 

 

 

Software & Services — (3.1)%

  

Acxiom Corp.*

     (962     (19,134

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     (990     (66,667

BMC Software, Inc.*

     (1,799     (81,819

Cardtronics, Inc.*

     (3,268     (91,537

EPAM Systems, Inc.*

     (4,454     (95,761

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*

     (2,645     (80,752

Fiserv, Inc.*

     (14     (1,276

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

     (639     (49,139

Gartner, Inc.*

     (2,020     (116,857

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

     (131     (72,434

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     (1,795     (143,044

Progress Software Corp.*

     (1,849     (41,732

Red Hat, Inc.*

     (444     (21,281

Rovi Corp.*

     (3,559     (83,245

Sourcefire, Inc.*

     (3,811     (182,013

Symantec Corp.*

     (1,220     (29,646

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.*

     (3,636     (77,410

Vantiv, Inc., Class A*

     (2,908     (65,517

VeriFone Systems, Inc.*

     (1,789     (38,428

Virtusa Corp.*

     (3,539     (78,601

Visa, Inc., Class A

     (623     (104,951

VMware, Inc., Class A*

     (289     (20,374

Websense, Inc.*

     (4,275     (76,266
    

 

 

 
       (1,637,884
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment — (3.1)%

  

Badger Meter, Inc.

     (363     (15,856

Coherent, Inc.

     (837     (46,813

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

     (2,337     (76,770

FEI Co.

     (2,110     (134,787

Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A*

     (11,115     (197,958

Itron, Inc.*

     (2,602     (103,169
     Number
 of Shares 
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Technology Hardware & Equipment — (Continued)

  

Measurement Specialties, Inc.*

     (2,861   $ (122,365

Methode Electronics, Inc.

     (12,490     (179,606

MTS Systems Corp.

     (405     (24,685

National Instruments Corp.

     (7,302     (199,564

OSI Systems, Inc.*

     (3,201     (183,417

Power-One, Inc.*

     (4,237     (26,778

RealD, Inc.*

     (777     (11,632

Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc.*

     (1,857     (46,239

Rogers Corp.*

     (1,201     (51,211

Tech Data Corp.*

     (4,343     (202,948

Trimble Navigation Ltd.*

     (974     (27,993
    

 

 

 
       (1,651,791
    

 

 

 

Transportation — (2.6)%

  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*

     (1,376     (51,462

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     (476     (28,270

Forward Air Corp.

     (1,403     (51,757

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.,
Class A*

     (2,021     (172,189

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     (530     (37,667

Kansas City Southern

     (1,663     (181,383

Kirby Corp.*

     (2,376     (177,939

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     (1,046     (80,981

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.*

     (1     (19

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.*

     (6,019     (135,488

Ryder System, Inc.

     (1,490     (86,524

Student Transportation, Inc. (Canada)

     (8,918     (57,700

UTi Worldwide, Inc.

     (11,165     (164,014

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.*

     (10,403     (171,754
    

 

 

 
       (1,397,147
    

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Proceeds $28,545,220)

       (30,233,059
    

 

 

 

TOTAL SECURITES SOLD SHORT - (56.3)% (Proceeds $28,545,220)

   

    (30,233,059
    

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 39.4%

       21,127,408   
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     $ 53,679,592   
    

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

Security position is either entirely or partially held in a segregated account as collateral for securities sold short.

 

SPDR

Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $59,918,392)

   $ 62,785,243   

Cash

     2,948,997   

Deposits with brokers for securities sold short

     18,201,610   

Receivable for investments sold

     9,952,814   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     1,397,973   

Dividends and interest receivable

     17,158   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     3,788   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     95,307,583   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Securities sold short, at value (proceeds $28,545,220)

     30,233,059   

Payable for investments purchased

     11,301,197   

Payable to Investment Adviser

     38,909   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     8,922   

Payable for dividends on short sales

     8,063   

Payable for prime broker interest expense

     3,449   

Payable for custodian fees

     3,445   

Accrued expenses.

     30,947   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     41,627,991   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 53,679,592   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 47,090   

Paid-in capital.

     50,379,873   

Accumulated net investment loss

     (155,245

Accumulated net realized gain from investments and securities sold short

     2,228,862   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and securities sold short

     1,179,012   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 53,679,592   
  

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($53,679,592 / 4,708,988)

   $ 11.40   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the Period Ended April 30, 2013*

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 278,070   

Interest

     100   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     278,170   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     263,260   

Dividend expense on securities sold short

     81,033   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     50,860   

Prime broker interest expense

     49,533   

Registration and filing fees

     23,869   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     22,645   

Legal fees

     22,087   

Audit fees

     18,493   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     13,632   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     1,555   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     1,506   

Other expenses

     1,621   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     550,094   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (123,365
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     426,729   
  

 

 

 

Net investment loss

     (148,559
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     2,856,158   

Net realized loss from securities sold short

     (521,748

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     2,866,851   

Net change in unrealized depreciation on securities sold short

     (1,687,839
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     3,513,422   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 3,364,863   
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

*The

Fund commenced operations on August 31, 2012

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Period Ended
April 30, 2013*
 

Net increase in net assets from operations:

  

Net investment loss

   $ (148,559

Net realized gain from investments and securities sold short

     2,334,410   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and securities sold short

     1,179,012   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     3,364,863   
  

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

  

Institutional Class:

  

Net Investment Income

     (18,956

Net realized capital gains

     (94,470
  

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (113,426
  

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions

  

(Note 4)

     50,428,155   
  

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     53,679,592   
  

 

 

 

Net assets

  

Beginning of period

       
  

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 53,679,592   
  

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment loss, end of period

   $ (155,245
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

The Fund commenced operations on August 31, 2012.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows

For the Period of August 31, 2012 to April 30, 2013

 

Cash flows provided from (used in) operating activities:

  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 3,364,863   

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities:

  

Purchases of long-term portfolio investments

     (134,301,602

Proceeds from disposition of long-term portfolio investments

     77,239,368   

Purchases to cover short sales

     (18,839,544

Proceeds from short sales

     46,863,016   

Net realized gain on investments and investments sold short

     (2,334,410

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and investments sold short

     (1,179,012

Increase in deposits with brokers for securities sold short

     (18,201,610

Increase in receivable for securities sold

     (9,952,814

Increase in dividend and interest receivable

     (17,158

Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets

     (3,788

Increase in payable for investments purchased

     11,301,197   

Increase in dividend payable for short sales

     8,063   

Increase in payable for investment advisor

     38,909   

Increase in interest expense payable

     3,449   

Increase in administration and accounting fees

     8,922   

Increase in payable for custodian fees

     3,445   

Increase in accrued expenses

     30,947   
  

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

     (45,967,759
  

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

  

Net payment for fund share activity

     48,953,263   

Distributions paid from net investment income and realized capital gains

     (36,507
  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     48,916,756   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in cash

     2,948,997   

Cash at beginning of period

       
  

 

 

 

Cash at end of period

   $ 2,948,997   
  

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

  

Cash paid during the period for interest expense

   $ 46,084   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Institutional Class share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Institutional Class
     For the
Period Ended
    April 30, 2013*    

Per Share Operating Performance

    

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.00  
    

 

 

 

Net investment loss(1)

       (0.08 )

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments and securities sold short

       1.53  
    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       1.45  
    

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

    

Net investment income

       (0.01 )

Net realized capital gains

       (0.05 )
    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

       (0.06 )
    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

       0.01  
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.40  
    

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

       14.67 %**

Ratio/Supplemental Data

    

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $   53,680  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets with waivers and reimbursements (including dividend interest expense)

       3.24 %***

Ratio of expenses to average net assets with waivers and reimbursements (excluding dividend and interest expense)

       2.25 %***

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(3)

       4.18 %***

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (including dividend interest expense)

       (1.13 )%***

Portfolio turnover rate

       279.84 %**

 

 

*

The Fund commenced operations on August 31, 2012.

**

Not annualized.

***

Annualized.

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3)

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Gotham Absolute Return Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund commenced investment operations on August 31, 2012. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers one class of shares, Institutional Class.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances in long and short positions of equity and equity-related securities. Equity securities include common and preferred stocks. Equity-related securities include convertible bonds, convertible preferred stock, warrants and rights. There are no limits on the market capitalizations of the companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund will principally invest in equity and equity-related securities of U.S. issuers but may invest in equity and equity-related securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund will generally take long positions in securities that the Adviser believes to be undervalued and short positions in securities that the Adviser believes to be overvalued, based on the Adviser’s analysis of the issuer’s financial reports and market valuation. Using a proprietary methodology, securities are analyzed and ranked by the Adviser’s research team. Such analysis forms the basis of the Adviser’s proprietary database that is used to generate the portfolio. By taking both long and short positions, the Adviser attempts to provide protection in down markets relative to a fund that takes only long positions. The Adviser seeks to maintain the Fund’s net equity market exposure, which is the value of the Fund’s long positions minus its short positions, in the range of approximately 0%-70%. In addition, the Adviser expects that the Fund’s gross equity market exposure, which is the value of the Fund’s long positions plus its short positions, will not exceed 190%. It is anticipated that the Fund will frequently adjust the size of its long and short positions.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each business day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued at their last sale price on the NYSE on the day the security is valued. Lacking any sales on such day, the security will be valued at the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to the market close. 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. Unlisted securities that are quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Market System, for which there have been sales of such securities on such day, shall be valued at the official closing price on such system on the day the security is valued. If there are no such sales on such day, the value shall be the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to market close. The value of such securities quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) markets system, but not listed on the National Market System, shall be valued at the mean between closing asked price and the closing bid price. Unlisted securities that are not quoted on the NASDAQ and for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available will be valued at the mean between the current bid and the asked prices for such security in the over-the-counter market. Fixed income securities are valued based on the market quotations, which are furnished by an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

•   Level 1 —

 

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

•   Level 2 —

 

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

•   Level 3 —

 

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

Fund    Total Value at
4/30/13
   Level 1
Quoted
Price
   Level 2
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Gotham Absolute Return:

                   

Investments in Securities*

       $62,037,142          $62,037,142          $—          $—  

Exchange Traded Funds

       748,101          748,101                    
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Assets

       $62,785,243          $62,785,243          $—          $—  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     Total Value at
4/30/13
   Level 1
Quoted
Price
   Level 2
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Securities Sold Short*

       $(30,233,059)          $(30,233,059)          $—          $—  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

       $(30,233,059)          $(30,233,059)          $—          $—  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

*

Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the period ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities initially expressed in non-U.S. currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the applicable exchange rates at the date of the last business day of the financial statement period. Purchases and sales of securities, interest income, dividends, variation margin received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect on the transaction date.

The Fund does not separately report the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices of securities held. Such changes are included with the net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities in the Statement of Operations. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain or loss are reported separately as net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currencies in the Statement of Operations.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly to share holders. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

Currency Risk — The Fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, including American Depositary Receipts. These markets are subject to special risks associated with foreign investments not typically associated with investing in U.S. markets. Because the foreign securities in which the Fund may invest generally trade in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, changes in currency exchange rates will affect the Fund’s NAV, the value of dividends and interest earned and gains and losses realized on the sale of securities. Because the NAV for the Fund is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars, the Fund may lose money by investing in a foreign security if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, even if the local currency value of the Fund’s holdings goes up. Generally, a strong U.S. dollar relative to these other currencies will adversely affect the value of the Fund’s holdings in foreign securities.

Foreign Securities Market Risk — Securities of many non-U.S. companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. Securities of companies traded in many countries outside the U.S., particularly emerging markets countries, may be subject to further risks due to the inexperience of local investment professionals and financial institutions, the possibility of permanent or temporary termination of trading and greater spreads between bid and asked prices of securities. In addition, non-U.S. stock exchanges and investment professionals are subject to less governmental regulation, and commissions may be higher than in the United States. Also, there may be delays in the settlement of non-U.S. stock exchange transactions.

Short Sales — The Fund’s short sales are subject to special risks. A short sale involves the sale by the Fund of a security that it does not own with the hope of purchasing the same security at a later date at a lower price. If the price of the security has increased during this time, then the Fund will incur a loss equal to the increase in price from the time that the short sale was entered into plus any premiums and interest paid to the third party. Therefore, short sales involve the risk that losses may be exaggerated, potentially losing more money than the actual cost of the investment. Also, there is the risk that the third party to the short sale may fail to honor its contract terms, causing a loss to the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to close out a short position at any particular time or at an acceptable price. Although the Fund’s gain is limited to the amount at which it sold a security short, its potential loss is unlimited. The Fund will comply with guidelines established by the Security and Exchange Commission and other applicable regulatory bodies with respect to coverage of short sales. Depending on arrangements made with brokers, the Fund may not receive any payments (including interest) on collateral deposited with them.

In accordance with the terms of its prime brokerage agreements, the Fund may receive rebate income or be charged a fee on borrowed securities. Such income or fee is calculated on a daily basis based upon the market value of each borrowed security and a variable rate that is dependent upon the availability of such security. The Fund records these prime broker charges on a net basis as interest income or interest expense. For the period from August 31, 2012 to April 30, 2013, Gotham Absolute Return Fund had net charges of $49,533 on borrowed securities. This amount is included in prime broker interest expense on the statement of operations. As of April 30, 2013, the Fund had securities sold short valued at $30,233,059, for which securities of $36,129,231 and cash deposits of $18,201,610 were pledged as collateral.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Gotham Asset Management, LLC (“Gotham” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services as the investment adviser, Gotham is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rate of 2.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses,

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

dividend and interest expense on securities sold short, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 2.25% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2015, unless the Board of Trustees of the Trust approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation.

The period ended April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees accrued were $263,260. The Adviser waived fees of $92,548 and reimbursed the Fund $5,906.

As of April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recovery was as follows:

Expiration

04/30/2016

$98,454

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees. For the period ended April 30, 2013, BNY Mellon accrued administration and accounting fees totaling $50,860 and waived fees totaling $12,428 .

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees. For the period ended April 30, 2013, BNY Mellon accrued transfer agent fees totaling $22,645 and waived fees totaling $7,500.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees. For the period ended April 30, 2013, BNY Mellon accrued custodian fees totaling $13,632 and waived fees totaling $4,983.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund pursuant to an underwriting agreement between the Trust and the Underwriter.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustee by the Fund during the period ended April 30, 2013 was $1,531. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

3. Investment in Securities

From August 31, 2012, commencement of operations, to April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases    Sales

Investment Securities

       $134,301,602          $77,239,368  

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the period from August 31, 2012, commencement of operations, through April 30, 2013, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Period Ended
April 30, 2013
     Shares   Amount

Institutional Class

        

Sales

       4,818,182         $51,584,177  

Reinvestments

       7,305         76,919  

Redemption Fees *

               23,200  

Redemptions

       (116,499 )       (1,256,141 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

       4,708,988         $50,428,155  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

*There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed within 365 days of purchase. Effective as of July 1, 2013, the Fund’s redemption fee will be reduced from 2.00% to 1.00% of the total amount redeemed and the holding period for the assessment of the redemption fee will be reduced from 365 days to 90 days. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in-capital. For the period ended April 30, 2013, there were $23,200 in redemption fees.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net assets components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments. The following permanent differences as of April 30, 2013, primarily attributed to non-deductible expenses, and capitalized dividends on short sales, were reclassified among the following accounts:

            

Undistributed Net Investment Income/(loss)

   $ 12,270     

Accumulated Net Realized Gain or Loss

     (11,078  

Paid-in-Capital

     (1,192  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

 

The tax character of distributions paid by the Fund during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013 were as follows:

           

Ordinary Income

     $ 113,426     

Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax puposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

          

Undistributed Ordinary Income

       $2,344,297    

Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

       1,063,577    

Qualified Late-Year Losses

       (155,245 )  

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Foreign currency and short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

          

Federal tax cost

     $ 60,033,827    
    

 

 

   

Gross unrealized appreciation

       5,453,513    

Gross unrealized depreciation

       (2,702,097 )  
    

 

 

   

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 2,751,416    
    

 

 

   

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund had late-year ordinary losses of $155,245.

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Funds’ first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2013, the fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards.

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the Gotham Absolute Return Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and of cash flows, and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Gotham Absolute Return Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations and its cash flows, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodians and brokers, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $113,426 ordinary income dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 5.80% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 9.75%.

The percentage of ordinary income distributions designated as qualified short-term capital gain pursuant to the American Job Creation Act of 2004 is 100.00%.

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 100.00%.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (877) 974-6852 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site www.gothamfunds.com.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at 1-877-974-6852.

 

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GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (877) 974-6852.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

 

Position(s) Held    

with Trust

 

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  
Overseen by

Trustee

 

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN  

Date of Birth: 2/49

 

 

Trustee and Chairman of the Board

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

 

 

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

 

 

28

 

 

Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 Portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

 

 

 

University Professor, Widener University.

 

 

28

 

 

None.

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

 

 

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

 

 

28

 

 

None.

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

 

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.

 

 

 

28

 

 

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

 

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GOTHAM ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

 

Position(s) Held    

with Trust

 

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  
Overseen by

Trustee

 

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES1

 

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.

 

 

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

 

 

 

28

 

 

None.

1 Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

 

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

  

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

  

 

Secretary

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.

 

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

  

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

 

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Investment Adviser

Gotham Asset Management, LLC

535 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103


LATEEF FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Lateef Fund Shareholder:

The U.S. equity markets began 2013 by overlooking the U.S. fiscal cliff, government budget sequestration and continuing concerns in Europe. Despite these headlines, the S&P 500 rallied 10.6% in the first quarter. As we continue to evaluate our companies and construct the Lateef Fund we are mindful of the headlines and their potential fundamental impact, though our primary focus is on our investment’s ability to execute, grow and thoughtfully allocate capital through varied operating environments to preserve and compound their shareholder value.

Over the past four years, we have witnessed a slow, upwardly grinding economy since the free-fall of economic activity in 2008. Since the market began its steady ascent in 2009, there have been several pauses along the way, which is consistent with history. After the European crisis scare in 2011, the U.S. equity market has largely made an uninterrupted climb to where we are today: record highs in U.S. stocks and significant appreciation in the U.S. bond market as well. By example, the S&P 500 is up 43% from the third quarter of 2011 through the first quarter of 2013. During that period, the valuations of our companies provided a wide margin of safety and the evidence for accelerating fundamentals was apparent. In the spring of 2012, the U.S. equity markets consolidated on short-term European fears following a 25% return from the third quarter of 2011, providing us with an attractive entry point for a number of new investments. In addition, we had several investments in early 2012, including Apple (AAPL) and Teradata (TDC), that reached full valuation levels leading us to exit those positions.

After generating a significant return for the Fund, we sold Discovery Communications (DISCA) in January. Our thesis on Discovery was similar to that of our existing position in Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI). We felt Discovery’s 100% ownership of their content and strong ratings allowed for a longer trend in positive advertising growth that, when combined with the consistency of their distribution strategy in international markets, offered an attractive opportunity. From a valuation perspective, we were also benefiting from a lack of previous execution in the company’s venture with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN. With ratings holding strong and more advertising dollars continuing to shift to cable networks from broadcast networks, Discovery benefited nicely as management showed improvement in the OWN network operations. During the first quarter of 2013, our analysis on forward expectations required growth rates on both advertising and distribution revenues that were greater than our original growth rate assumptions and did not offer the margin of safety we require to continue to hold the position.

During the first quarter we sold our position in Expeditors. Expeditors International (EXPD) is a global logistics company that has been held in the Fund since 2009 and held in Lateef separately managed account portfolios for over a decade. Expeditors had achieved a previous stellar record through their role as a market maker in the third party logistics industry. The company has been able to utilize three components of their business model to generate sufficient margins: information, service and volume purchases. The information component of the equation has been under pressure for some time as shippers have become more experienced and knowledgeable. The company also requires additional poundage

 

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LATEEF FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

to grow. With the evolution of smaller form factors in electronics, both in size and weight, optimizing pricing has been a challenge for the company. As we recognized these developments, our assumptions factored in a positive contribution from the economic recovery over the past four years which should have provided for a more than sufficient demand for Expeditors to again grow volumes and, more importantly, profits. As we are in the fourth year of a recovery that includes ample growth from Chinese exports, our thesis on growth has been severely challenged by the company’s margin contraction, which led us to exit the position.

Suncor Energy (SU) declined 8.6% during the first quarter of 2013.1 Our investment thesis for Suncor is based on production growth and a return on capital focused management team combined with the benefit of stable cash flows from their integrated upstream and downstream business model. During the first quarter, Suncor experienced a widening of the discount from WTI (West Texas Intermediate –a high quality crude oil) prices that the market was willing to pay for Canadian “heavy” crude. We estimate that a majority of that increase in the discount is the result of heightened concerns over distribution infrastructure needed to transport these heavy crudes to appropriate refineries, mostly along the Gulf Coast. In addition, several management strategies that, while consistent with their focus on adequate returns, do call into question long-term production growth rates and capital structure. Specifically, to what extent will excess cash be returned to shareholders either by dividend or stock repurchases? We feel as clarity on production growth, distribution infrastructure and capital structure becomes more evident in the near term, the stock will again accurately reflect the inherent economic value of the business.

EMC Corporation (EMC) was down 5.6% during the quarter.2   EMC is a leading information technology storage company. The company’s 2004 acquisition of VMware has created substantial shareholder value for the parent company. Accordingly, management’s decision to spin off 20% of VMware as a public entity also demonstrated the growth and wealth creation of this category creating juggernaut. In the first quarter of 2013, VMware announced that the pace of their growth was expected to slow to the mid-teens as they transition from their core market of virtualizing servers to virtualizing the data center. We recognize the additional competition that VMware faces as they expand the end market of their business. However, our investment thesis for the parent company, EMC, is based on our assumptions that the growth of their core storage business is under recognized and underappreciated, leading to its current valuation; a multiple similar to other mature technology companies with no credit given for the ongoing, moderate growth of VMware.

 

 

  1

As of 3/31/13, Suncor (SU) was a 4.5% weight in the Fund.

  2

As of 3/31/13, EMC (EMC) was a 4.6% weight in the Fund.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

On the positive side, our top contributors for the Fund during the quarter were Robert Half (+18.5%), Ansys (+20.9%) and Affiliated Managers Group (+18.0%).3 Robert Half (RHI) is a leading temporary and permanent staffing company. The company has benefited from corporations moving to a “just-in-time” employment methodology and the continued decline in unemployment, especially within the segments where Robert Half has tremendous expertise. As the economy continues to move forward, Robert Half appears to be positioned to take advantage of both modern and traditional hiring practices across multiple industries. Ansys (ANSS) is a leading computer-aided product design software company whose products help companies accelerate time-to-market and reductions in production costs. We believe Ansys is a unique company with a very strong market position and leveraged to benefit fundamentally from the proliferation of performance assisted software tools and technology demanded by corporations today. Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) is a broadly diversified holding company with over twenty-five complementary asset managers within the company’s portfolio. AMG provides a distinct solution to investment firms looking to preserve their culture yet transition the organization to the next generation. AMG, through its affiliates, now oversees more than $430 billion in client assets.

 

 

  3

As of 3/31/13, Robert Half (RHI) was a 7.1% weight, Ansys (ANSS) was a 4.5% weight and Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) was a 4.8% weight in the Fund.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

We believe that our strategy of building a concentrated portfolio of 15 to 20 investments in growing businesses with improving returns on capital, purchased at attractive prices will yield superior returns. We expect our new investments to be guided by management teams who allocate capital as if it was their own and who treat shareholders like partners. We are currently finalizing our work on several businesses which we intend to add to the Fund; however we will only do so when opportunistic entry points arise.

The Fund was up 8.19% for the quarter ended 3/31/13 versus the 10.61% for the S&P 500. In April 2013, the Fund fell 0.55% for the month and rose 7.59% year to date, versus 1.93% and 12.74% for the S&P 500 respectively.4

Thank you for entrusting us with your confidence. We appreciate your support and look forward to communicating with you in the future.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Lateef Investment Management

 

  4

For purposes of this letter, we utilize the investment returns for the Lateef Fund Institutional Class I shares (ticker: LIMIX). Discussion of particular Fund holdings is not intended as a recommendation to buy, hold or sell those securities. The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risks. Visit www.lateef.com to see the Fund’s most recently published holdings list.

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the year ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 in Lateef Fund’s Class A and Class C Shares

vs. Russell 3000® Index and S&P 500® Index

 

LOGO

Class A Shares growth of an assumed $10,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.00%. This results in a net initial investment of $9,500.

Comparison of Change in Value of $1,000,000 in Lateef Fund’s Class I Shares

vs. Russell 3000® Index and S&P 500® Index

 

LOGO

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed,

 

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LATEEF FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graphs do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (866) 499-2151.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013     
   
         1 Year          3 Years         5 Years      Since
 Inception* 
    

Class A Shares (without sales charge)

      10.92%         12.78%         6.81%         4.78%      

Class A Shares (with sales charge)

      5.35%         10.86%         5.72%         3.82%      

Class C Shares

      10.14%         11.95%         5.98%         3.95%      

Class I Shares

      11.22%         13.08%         7.10%         5.05%      

Russell 3000® Index

      17.21%         12.78%         5.63%         3.98% **    

S&P 500® Index

      16.89%         12.80%         5.21%         3.63% **    

 

*

The Lateef Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on September 6, 2007.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (866) 499-2151.

The returns shown for Class A Shares reflect a deduction for the maximum front-end sales charge of 5.00%. All of the Fund’s share classes apply a 2.00% redemption fee to the value of shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 1.50% and 1.24% for Class A Shares, 2.25% and 1.99% for Class C Shares and 1.25% and 0.99% for Class I Shares, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. For the period September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2013, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 0.99% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation shall remain in effect until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) approves its earlier termination.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that a portion of the Fund’s assets may be invested in one or few companies or sectors. The Fund could fluctuate in value more than a diversified fund.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Standard & Poor’s 500® Composite Price Index (“S&P 500®”) and the Russell 3000® Index. The S&P 500® is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole. The Russell 3000® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. stocks, representing about 98% of the total capitalization of the entire U.S. stock market. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

 

7


LATEEF FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments (if any) or redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (Rule 12b-1) fees (if any) and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments (if any) or redemption fees. Therefore, each hypothetical line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     Lateef Fund  
     Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
     Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
 

Class A Shares

        

Actual

     $1,000.00                 $1,107.30                 $  6.48           

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                 1,018.65                 6.21           

Class C Shares

        

Actual

     $1,000.00                 $1,103.40                 $10.38           

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                 1,014.93                 9.94           

Class I Shares

        

Actual

     $1,000.00                 $1,108.50                 $  5.18           

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00                 1,019.89                 4.96           

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.24%, 1.99%, and 0.99% for Class A, Class C, and Class I Shares, respectively, for the Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account values on the first line in the table are based on the actual six month total returns for the Fund of 10.73%, 10.34%, and 10.85% for Class A, Class C, and Class I Shares, respectively.

 

9


LATEEF FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS:

    

Lodging

     14.8   $ 95,445,832   

Consumer, Non-cyclical

     10.9        70,522,209   

Commercial Services.

     10.1        65,140,486   

Diversified Financial Services

     8.1        52,375,960   

Telecommunications

     7.3        47,144,415   

Hand/Machine Tools

     6.5        41,711,138   

Technology

     5.0        32,314,659   

Computers

     4.4        28,631,379   

Media

     4.2        26,932,143   

Oil & Gas

     4.1        26,360,407   

Software

     3.9        25,388,665   

Electronics

     3.7        23,860,082   

Banks

     3.6        23,547,600   

Machinery-Diversified

     3.1        20,253,420   

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities

     10.3        66,815,473   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 646,443,868   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10


LATEEF FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 89.7%

  

  

Banks — 3.6%

     

Wells Fargo & Co.

     620,000       $ 23,547,600   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services — 10.1%

  

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

     46,700         25,821,831   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     1,198,009         39,318,655   
     

 

 

 
        65,140,486   
     

 

 

 

Computers — 4.4%

     

EMC Corp.*

     1,276,477         28,631,379   
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Non-cyclical — 10.9%

  

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

     519,884         30,865,513   

Hospira, Inc.*

     1,197,364         39,656,696   
     

 

 

 
        70,522,209   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 8.1%

  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.*

     177,116         27,573,420   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     342,104         24,802,540   
     

 

 

 
        52,375,960   
     

 

 

 

Electronics — 3.7%

     

Waters Corp.*

     258,226         23,860,082   
     

 

 

 

Hand/Machine Tools — 6.5%

  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     557,561         41,711,138   
     

 

 

 

Lodging — 14.8%

  

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     712,808         45,990,372   

Wynn Resorts, Ltd.

     360,200         49,455,460   
     

 

 

 
        95,445,832   
     

 

 

 

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Machinery-Diversified — 3.1%

  

Wabtec Corp.

     193,000       $ 20,253,420   
     

 

 

 

Media — 4.2%

     

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A

     404,508         26,932,143   
     

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — 4.1%

  

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     846,241         26,360,407   
     

 

 

 

Software — 3.9%

  

ANSYS, Inc.*

     313,983         25,388,665   
     

 

 

 

Technology — 5.0%

  

Accenture PLC, Class A
(Ireland)

     396,791         32,314,659   
     

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 7.3%

  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     765,083         47,144,415   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $481,765,304)

        579,628,395   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 89.7%
(Cost $481,765,304)

        579,628,395   
     

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 10.3%

        66,815,473   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 646,443,868   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11


LATEEF FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $481,765,304)

   $ 579,628,395   

Cash

     65,578,573   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     1,751,942   

Dividends and interest receivable

     352,538   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     40,672   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     647,352,120   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     325,895   

Payable to Investment Adviser

     418,922   

Payable for distribution fees

     46,979   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     36,994   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     11,216   

Payable for custodian fees

     10,217   

Payable for shareholder service fees

     7,843   

Accrued expenses

     50,186   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     908,252   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 646,443,868   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 515,779   

Paid-in capital

     547,125,893   

Accumulated net realized gain from investments and written options.

     939,105   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     97,863,091   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 646,443,868   
  

 

 

 

Class A:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($120,871,237 / 9,708,953)

   $ 12.45   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/95 of $12.45)

   $ 13.11   
  

 

 

 

Class C:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($39,132,504 / 3,286,540)

   $ 11.91   
  

 

 

 

Class I:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($486,440,127 / 38,582,425)

   $ 12.61   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations For the Year Ended

April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 5,982,342   

Less: foreign taxes withheld

     (81,201

Interest

     17,357   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     5,918,498   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     4,608,049   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     341,713   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     244,977   

Distribution fees (Class C) (Note 2)

     242,140   

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

     227,489   

Shareholder services fees

     80,713   

Registration and filing fees

     64,667   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     59,772   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     50,473   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     48,173   

Legal fees

     33,932   

Audit fees.

     25,636   

Other expenses

     39,432   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     6,067,166   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (945,733
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     5,121,433   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     797,065   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     14,960,465   

Net realized gain from written options*

     447,381   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     36,301,855   

Net change in unrealized depreciation on written options*

     (20,557
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     51,689,144   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 52,486,209   
  

 

 

 

 

*

The primary risk exposure is equity price risk (See Note 1).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

13


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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 

Increase in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 797,065      $ (1,060,922

Net realized gain from investments and written options

     15,407,846        31,131,891   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) from investments and written options

     36,281,298        8,605,374   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations:

     52,486,209        38,676,343   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

    

Net investment income:

    

Class A

     (148,004       

Class I

     (1,338,244       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net investment income

     (1,486,248       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized capital gains:

    

Class A

     (3,529,397       

Class C

     (1,354,257       

Class I

     (13,498,766       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net realized capital gains

     (18,382,420       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     218,211,443        103,005,662   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     250,828,984        141,682,005   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

    

Beginning of year

     395,614,884        253,932,879   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 646,443,868      $ 395,614,884   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment loss, end of year

   $      $ (557,098
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class A Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

     Class A  
     For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2013
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2012
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2011
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2010
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2009
 

Per Share Operating Performance

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 11.73      $ 10.76      $ 9.07      $ 6.91      $ 9.36   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment gain/(loss)(1)

            (0.05     (0.04     (0.05     (0.08

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

     1.23        1.02        1.73        2.21        (2.37
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     1.23        0.97        1.69        2.16        (2.45
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.02                            

Net realized capital gains

     (0.49                            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (0.51                            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 12.45      $ 11.73      $ 10.76      $ 9.07      $ 6.91   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

     10.92     9.02     18.63     31.26     (26.18 )% 

Ratio/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 120,871      $ 82,128      $ 68,230      $ 46,570      $ 34,955   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.24     1.24     1.30     1.76     2.06

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(3)

     1.45     1.50     1.59     1.93    

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

     0.04     (0.44 )%      (0.38 )%      (0.60 )%      (1.02 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

     28.29     35.98     31.77     17.64     51.89

 

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestments of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total investment return does not reflect the impact of the maximum front-end sales load of 5.00%. If reflected, the return would be lower.

(3)

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class C Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

     Class C  
     For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2013
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2012
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2011
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2010
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2009
 

Per Share Operating Performance

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 11.30      $ 10.45      $ 8.87      $ 6.81      $ 9.31   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment gain/(loss)(1)

     (0.08     (0.12     (0.10     (0.11     (0.13

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

     1.18        0.97        1.68        2.17        (2.37
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     1.10        0.85        1.58        2.06        (2.50
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net realized capital gains

     (0.49                            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 11.91      $ 11.30      $ 10.45      $ 8.87      $ 6.81   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

     10.14     8.13     17.81     30.25     (26.85 )% 

Ratio/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 39,133      $ 30,363      $ 28,086      $ 26,081      $ 18,042   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.99     1.99     2.05     2.51     2.81

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(3)

     2.19     2.25     2.34     2.68    

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets.

     (0.71 )%      (1.19 )%      (1.13 )%      (1.35 )%      (1.77 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

     28.29     35.98     31.77     17.64     51.89

 

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

16


LATEEF FUND

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class I Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

     Class I  
     For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2013
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2012
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2011
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2010
    For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2009
 

Per Share Operating Performance

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 11.87      $ 10.87      $ 9.13      $ 6.94      $ 9.37   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment gain/(loss)(1)

     0.03        (0.02     (0.01     (0.03     (0.06

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

     1.25        1.02        1.75        2.22        (2.37
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     1.28        1.00        1.74        2.19        (2.43
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.05                            

Net realized capital gains

     (0.49                            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to sharesholders

     (0.54                            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 12.61      $ 11.87      $ 10.87      $ 9.13      $ 6.94   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

     11.22     9.20     19.06     31.56     (25.93 )% 

Ratio/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 486,440      $ 283,124      $ 157,616      $ 74,896      $ 21,508   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.99     0.99     1.05     1.48     1.81

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(3)

     1.19     1.25     1.34     1.68    

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

     0.29     (0.19 )%      (0.13 )%      (0.35 )%      (0.77 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

     28.29     35.98     31.77     17.64     51.89

 

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

17


LATEEF FUND

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Lateef Fund (the “Fund”) is a non-diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on September 6, 2007. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Class C and Class I Shares. Class A Shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge. Front-end sales charges may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances. A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) may be applicable to the purchase of Class A Shares. A CDSC, as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or net asset value at redemption, of up to 1.00% may be imposed on full or partial redemptions of Class A Shares made within eighteen months of purchase where: (i) $1 million or more of Class A Shares were purchased without an initial sales charge and (ii) the selling broker-dealer received a commission for such sale.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Options are valued at last sale price. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

 

18


LATEEF FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

• Level 1 —

 

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

• Level 2 —

 

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

• Level 3 —

 

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

     Total Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1
Quoted
Price
     Level 2
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Investments in Securities*

   $ 579,628,395       $ 579,628,395       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase

 

19


LATEEF FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

 

20


LATEEF FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

Options — The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund may buy put and call options and write covered call and secured put options, all to hedge against changes in the value of equities. Such options may relate to particular securities or domestic stock indices and may or may not be listed on a domestic securities exchange or issued by the Options Clearing Corporation. The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in purchasing an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. The Fund also has the additional risk of being unable to enter into a closing transaction at an acceptable price if a liquid secondary market does not exist. The Fund also may write over-the-counter options where completing the obligation depends upon the credit standing of the other party. Option contracts also involve the risk that they may result in loss due to unanticipated developments in market conditions or other causes.

Options purchased are recorded as an asset and written options are recorded as liabilities to the extent of premiums paid or received. Gains or losses are realized when the option transaction expires or closes. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on sales for a written call option, the purchase cost for a written put option or the cost of a security for a purchased put or call option is adjusted by the amount of the premium received or paid.

During the year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund entered into 1,900 written option contracts.

The Fund had transactions in written options for the year ended April 30, 2013 as follows:

 

     Number of Contracts   Premium

Outstanding, April 30, 2012

       1,908       $ 449,857  

Call Options Written.

       1,900         373,634  

Call Options Expired

       (1,897 )       (447,381 )

Call Options Exercised

       (1,911 )       (376,110 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Outstanding, April 30, 2013

             $  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Lateef Investment Management, L.P. (“Lateef” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

assets under $500 million; 0.95% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of $500 million or more but less than $1 billion; and 0.90% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of $1 billion and over. For the period September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2013, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 0.99% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation shall remain in effect until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) approves its earlier termination. Each class of shares of the Fund pays its respective pro-rata portion of the advisory fee payable by the Fund.

As of April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees payable to the Adviser were $418,922. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the Adviser waived fees of $945,733.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A and Class C Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A and Class C Shares plan, the Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% and 1.00% (0.75% distribution fee and 0.25% shareholder service fee), respectively, on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A and Class CShares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $48,525. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust.

They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 275,377,419       $ 122,381,843   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     4,571,005      $ 54,491,868        3,394,022      $ 35,613,511   

Reinvestments

     266,446        3,024,158                 

Redemption Fees*

            4,836               17,699   

Redemptions

     (2,130,571     (25,055,463     (2,731,147     (27,648,148
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase

     2,706,880      $ 32,465,399        662,875      $ 7,983,062   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C Shares

        

Sales

     908,569      $ 10,313,257        567,624      $ 5,693,966   

Reinvestments

     84,512        920,331                 

Redemption Fees*

            1,689               7,373   

Redemptions

     (392,736     (4,408,230     (569,390     (5,682,152
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase/(Decrease)

     600,345      $ 6,827,047        (1,766   $ 19,187   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class I Shares

        

Sales

     21,998,480      $ 265,818,046        16,190,394      $ 168,629,849   

Reinvestments

     472,418        5,423,355                 

Redemption Fees*

            18,042               63,619   

Redemptions

     (7,738,064     (92,340,446     (6,847,158     (73,690,055
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase

     14,732,834      $ 178,918,997        9,343,236      $ 95,003,413   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

* There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed which have been held 30 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in capital.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income/(loss) by $1,246,281 and to decrease accumulated net realized gain/(loss) by $1,246,281 due to redesignation of distributions. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax characters of distributions paid by the Fund was $1,486,248 of ordinary income dividends and $18,382,420 of long-term capital gains dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

Capital Loss
Carryforward
  Undistributed
Ordinary Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation
$—   $673,088   $266,018   $97,863,090

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 481,765,304   
    

 

 

 
 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     100,491,976   
 

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (2,628,885
    

 

 

 
 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 97,863,091   
    

 

 

 

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carry forwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2013 the Fund did not have any capital loss carry forwards.

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the Lateef Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Lateef Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $1,486,248 ordinary income dividends and $18,382,420 long-term capital gain dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 100.00% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for corporate dividends received deduction is 100.00%.

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 2.12%.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distributions as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act for 2004.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 499-2151 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Meeting of Shareholders

A Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of the Lateef Fund (the “Fund”) was held on April 23, 2013 for the following purposes:

To approve a new investment advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and Lateef Investment Management, L.P. (“New Agreement”) and to approve the retention of fees paid by the Fund to Lateef Investment Management, L.P. for its investment advisory services to the Fund from December 31, 2012 until the New Agreement was approved by shareholders.

All Fund shareholders of record at the close of business on February 1, 2013 were entitled to attend or submit proxies. As of the record date, the Fund had 42,229,092.213 shares outstanding. At the meeting, shareholders approved the Advisory Agreement. The results of the voting for the proposal were as follows:

 

For

Votes

 

Against

Votes

 

Abstained

Votes

23,001,646   60,027   136,680

 

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Other Information (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

At the meeting, shareholders also approved the retention of fees paid by the Lateef Fund to Lateef Investment Management, L.P. The results of the voting for the proposal were as follows:

 

For

Votes

  

Against

Votes

  

Abstained

Votes

22,983,833        52,217        162,303

Approval of Advisory Agreement

On December 31, 2012, Lateef Investment Management, L.P. (the “Adviser” or “Lateef”) completed a transaction to restructure its management and equity ownership (the “Restructuring”). The Restructuring may be deemed to have constituted a change of control of Lateef (the “Change of Control”), which, pursuant to relevant provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), is considered an assignment and effective termination of the investment advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Lateef Fund (the “Fund”), and Lateef, dated August 31, 2007 (“Prior Agreement”). At a special in-person meeting held on January 31, 2013, the Board of Trustees of the Trust (“Board” or “Trustees”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved a new advisory agreement between Lateef and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, (“New Agreement”) to be effective upon approval by shareholders. The New Agreement was approved by shareholders on April 23, 2013.

Before considering the New Agreement, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, requested information about the Restructuring and the resultant Change of Control. In determining whether to approve the New Agreement, the Trustees considered information provided by Lateef in conjunction with the January 31, 2013 special in-person meeting. In determining whether to approve the New Agreement, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Trustees considered information that the Adviser provided regarding (i) the services performed for the Fund, (ii) the size and qualifications of the Adviser’s portfolio management staff, (iii) any potential or actual material conflicts of interest which may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund, (iv) investment performance, (v) the capitalization and financial condition of the Adviser, (vi) investment performance information, (vii) brokerage selection procedures (including soft dollar arrangements, if any), (viii) the procedures for allocating investment opportunities between the Fund and other clients, (ix) results of any independent audit or regulatory examination, including any recommendations or deficiencies noted, (x) any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding which may have a material impact on the Adviser’s ability to service the Fund, (xi) compliance with the Fund’s investment objective, policies and practices (including codes of ethics and proxy voting policies), federal securities laws and other regulatory requirements, and (xii) the Restructuring, the Change of Control and the impact of the resulting change of control on the services provided by Lateef. The Adviser also provided its Form ADV for the Trustees’ review and consideration.

 

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Other Information (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

The Trustees noted the reports provided at Board meetings throughout the year covering matters such as the relative performance of the Fund; compliance with the investment objective, policies, strategies and limitations for the Fund; the compliance of management personnel with the applicable code of ethics; and the adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Trustees also received and reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel regarding the legal standard applicable to their review of the New Agreement.

At the special in-person meeting, representatives from Lateef joined the meeting in-person and via teleconference and discussed the Restructuring and the Change of Control, including the background of and reasons for the Change of Control. They also discussed Lateef’s history, performance, investment strategy, and compliance program in connection with the proposed New Agreement. Representatives of Lateef responded to questions from the Board. The Board members also inquired about the plans for, and the new roles and responsibilities of, certain employees and officers of Lateef as a result of the Restructuring and Change of Control. In connection with the Trustees’ review of the New Agreement, the representatives from Lateef emphasized that: (i) it expected that there will be no adverse changes as a result of the Change of Control in the nature, quality, or extent of services currently provided to the Fund and its shareholders, including investment management, distribution, or other shareholder services; (ii) no material adverse effects on Lateef’s financial condition; (iii) no material changes in personnel or operations are contemplated; and (iv) Lateef has no present intention to alter the expense limitations and reimbursements currently in effect for the Fund.

The Trustees considered the investment performance for the Fund and the Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the historical performance for the Fund, including a comparison to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index and the Russell 3000 Index, the Fund’s benchmarks, and the Fund’s Lipper peer group, respectively, since inception to December 31, 2012 and for the one, two, three, five year periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Fund outperformed its Lipper peer group for each of the periods. With respect to its benchmarks, the Fund outperformed its benchmarks for the all periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees considered the short-term and long-term performance of the Fund. They concluded that the performance of the Fund was within an acceptable range of performance relative to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies as measured by the information provided by Lateef.

The Adviser provided information regarding its advisory fees and an analysis of these fees in relation to the delivery of services to the Fund and any other ancillary benefit resulting from the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund. The Trustees evaluated expense comparison data for the Fund and Lateef’s similarly managed accounts and the Trustees also evaluated explanations provided by the Adviser as to differences in fees charged to the Fund and other similarly managed accounts. The Trustees concluded that the advisory fee and services provided by the Adviser are consistent with those of other advisers which manage mutual funds with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to those of the Fund and that differences between fees charges to the Fund and other similarly managed accounts were warranted based on the different nature of the services.

 

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Other Information (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

The Trustees reviewed the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the New Agreement, that the quality of the services appeared to be consistent with industry norms and that the Fund is likely to benefit from the continued provision of those services. They also concluded that the Adviser has sufficient personnel, with the appropriate education and experience, to serve the Fund effectively. The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided by the Adviser, the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser in providing services to the Fund, as well as its profitability. The Trustees were provided with the most recent available financial information for Lateef. The Trustees noted that the level of profitability of the Adviser is an important factor in providing service to the Fund, and the Trustees should be satisfied that the Adviser’s profits are sufficient to continue as healthy, on-going concerns generally and, as investment adviser of the Fund, specifically. Based on the information provided, the Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s fees derived from its relationship with the Trust in light of the Fund’s estimated total expenses, were reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided, taking into account the fees charged by other advisers for managing comparable mutual funds with similar strategies. The Trustees also concluded that the overall expense ratio of the Fund is reasonable, taking into account the projected growth and size of the Fund and the quality of services provided by the Adviser, the investment performance of the Fund and the expense limitations agreed to by the Adviser.

The Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized relative to fee levels as the Fund grows, and whether the advisory fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Board determined that economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders should be achieved as assets of the Fund increase as a result of “breakpoint” reductions in the advisory fee rate at specific asset levels which are reflected in the fee schedule of the New Agreement. In addition, the Trustees also considered the Adviser’s efforts to grow the Fund’s assets as economies of scale may be achieved due to the ability of the Fund to spread its fixed costs across a larger asset base.

In voting to approve the New Agreement, the Board considered all factors it deemed relevant and the information presented to the Board by the Adviser. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance and each member of the Board gave varying weights to each factor according to his or her own judgment. The Board determined that the approval of the New Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. As a result, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the New Agreement.

 

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Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (866) 499-2151.

 

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Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 499-2151.

 

Name
and Date of Birth

 

  

Position(s) Held    
with Trust

 

  

Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

 

  

Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

  

Other
Directorships
of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee

 

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

  

 

Trustee and Chairman     of the Board

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

  

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

  

 

28

  

 

Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

 

  

 

University Professor, Widener University.

  

 

28

  

 

None

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

  

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

  

 

28

  

 

None

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

   Position(s) Held    
with Trust
   Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  

Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

  

Other
Directorships
of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee

 

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

  

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.

  

 

28

  

 

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

 

Date of Birth: 11/54

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.

  

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present; EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

 

  

 

28

  

 

None

1 Ms.Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is definedin the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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LATEEF FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

 

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

  

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer  

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO    

Date of Birth: 4/72

  

 

Secretary

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

 

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

 

  

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

 

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Investment Adviser

Lateef Investment Management, L.P.

300 Drakes Landing Road

Suite 100

Greenbrae, CA 94904

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

LOGO

LATEEF FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Class A Shares

Class C Shares

Class I Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Lateef Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Lateef Fund.

 


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder:

U.S. Economy

2012 began with expectations that the U.S. economy might finally be reaching escape velocity on the basis of rising consumer confidence, continued corporate profit growth and extraordinary accommodative monetary policy. However, a number of headwinds, such as the deepening euro zone debt crisis, a slowdown in China, the threat of military conflict in the Middle East over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Hurricane Sandy, and reduced U.S. corporate spending driven by heightened policy uncertainties held back the expected pace of growth. It should be noted that the results of the 2012 elections left in place a government deeply divided over fiscal policy and thus uncertainties will continue to be an on-going concern.

Based on the consensus forecasts at the start of 2012, the U.S. economy was expected to grow between 2 and 2.5%. Instead, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first half of the year fell in the lower range of expectations, rising only 1.7%. In the third quarter, the economy unexpectedly rebounded with a 3.1% growth that was driven by temporary factors such as inventory accumulation and federal defense spending. Economic growth in the fourth quarter slowed considerably to 0.4%, putting the annual rate at 1.7%. Despite the lower than expected growth rate, the unemployment rate improved to 7.8% at year end, down from 8.5% at the beginning of 2012. Although employment levels improved, the total job base, as well as jobs added per month, remained well below levels prior to the start of the recession.

The slow recovery in the labor market also kept consumer price levels subdued. In 2012, headline inflation as reflected in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined from 3.2% to 2.1%. It was fairly in-line with the Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed”) stated long-run objective.

Continuing downside risks to the economic outlook swayed the Fed to maintain its accommodative policy. In its December meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) stated that it would maintain its current low interest rate policy until the unemployment rate declines to 6.5%; as long as its forecast for inflation remains below 2.5%. The Fed also expanded its third round of quantitative easing to $85 billion a month, adding $45 billion of Treasury purchases to its previous commitment to buy $40 billion of mortgage backed securities each month.

Hawaii Economy

The Hawaii economy continued to improve in 2012. After 5 years of contraction, the construction sector saw impressive gains. Both residential and commercial real estate are seeing increased prices and additional construction. Hawaii tourism experienced record levels in 2012, setting a new high for both visitor arrivals as well as visitor spending. Hawaii Tourism Authority recently announced even higher estimated levels for 2013. Industry projections for this year are 8.5 million visitors and $15.8 billion in visitor spending, a year-over-year increase of 6.3% and 10.7%, respectively. The state unemployment rate has been regularly running well below the national average, starting 2012 at 6.7% and dropping to 5.1% by December; as of February 2013 it stood at 5.2%. It is important to note that most of the improvements in the employment picture have been in Honolulu County (island of Oahu) while neighbor island recovery has lagged.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Although there are many positive factors contributing to the local economy, we are not without challenges. We have yet to experience the full effects of sequestration or the sudden passing of Senator Inouye. In addition, funding State and Local government long term liabilities is an ongoing pursuit. Fortunately, increased awareness and pressure on legislators are creating momentum to make structural changes.

Municipal Market and Fund Performance

During the year ending April 30, 2013 the municipal market continued to perform well as limited new issuance, mixed economic data and value relative to treasuries sustained investor demand. State and local governments continued their efforts to resolve budgetary challenges while taking advantage of the low rate environment to issue refunding deals. The very low Fed Funds target rate of 0.25% continued to spur risk appetite. Over the 12 month period, 2 year municipal rates fell 1bps from 0.32% to 0.31%, while 30 year municipal rates fell 73bps from 4.13% to 3.40%.

The Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund had a total return of 1.39% for the year ending April 30, 2013. The Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund had a total return of 4.40% for the same period. Total return reflects the market fluctuation of the share price as well as reinvested dividends. Gross of Fee returns were 1.70% for the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund and 4.54% for the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund. The Barclays Capital Hawaii 3-Year Municipal Bond Index had a total return of 1.32% for the year ending April 30, 2013 and the Barclays Capital Hawaii Municipal Bond Index had a total return of 4.34% for the same period.

Outlook and Strategy

The beginning of 2013 brought improving, but sometimes mixed economic data. Better than expected economic data releases moved yields higher, but comments regarding continued monetary stimulus from Fed officials pushed rates down again. We see these yield spikes as opportune times to reinvest available cash. Municipal bond mutual funds are beginning to experience outflows but limited new issuance is sustaining demand. We are currently longer in duration than the respective benchmarks but expect to become more in line over the coming months if the economy continues to improve and if Fed officials plan to wind down the quantitative easing programs.

In managing the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund and the Tax-Free Securities Fund, we keep in mind each fund’s goal of seeking high current income that is exempt from federal and Hawaii income tax. In the year going forward, we will look for appropriate opportunities in this low rate environment that provide a reasonable risk/return balance.

Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii’s (“AMG”) comments reflect the investment advisor’s views generally regarding the market and economy and are compiled from AMG’s research. These comments reflect opinions as of the date written and are subject to change.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Funds are subject to investment risk.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

 

Credit Quality as of April 30, 2013
(as a percentage of total investments)

 

LOGO

 

Credit quality ratings are primarily sourced from Moody’s but in the event that Moody’s has not assigned a rating, the Fund will use S&P or Fitch. If these ratings are in conflict, S&P will be used before Fitch. If none of the major rating agencies have assigned a rating, the Fund will assign a rating of NR (non-rated security). The ratings represent their (Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch) opinions as to the quality of the underlying securities in the fund, and not the fund itself. The ratings range from AAA (extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitment) to D (in default). Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. A pre-refunded bond is secured by an escrow fund of U.S. government obligations (i.e. Treasury securities) and assumes the superior credit rating of the government obligation. The ratings do not predict performance and are subject to change.

     

Investment Style

 

High-quality, intermediate-term, tax-exempt

 

Investment Objective

 

The Fund seeks high current income that is exempt from federal and Hawaii income tax by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade municipal obligations. The Fund normally invests greater than 50% of its assets in Hawaii municipal obligations — debt securities issued by or on behalf of the State of Hawaii and its political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities that pay interest which is exempt from Hawaii income tax as well as federal income tax.

 

Investment Considerations

 

Income received from the Fund may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on one’s tax status, to the federal alternative minimum tax. Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate, providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Generally, bond prices and values fall when interest rates rise, and vice versa. The longer the average maturity of the Fund’s portfolio, the greater the fluctuation in value. Since the Fund invests significantly in securities of issuers in Hawaii, it will also be affected by a variety of Hawaii’s economic and political factors. The values of any of the Fund’s investments may also decline in response to events affecting the issuer or its credit rating.

 

Investment Process

 

•    Top-down macroeconomic analysis of interest rate trends

 

•    Bottom-up credit research to identify high quality bonds

 

Investment Management

 

Advised by Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii (AMG)

 

•      As of April 30, 2013, AMG manages $1.2 billion in mutual fund assets. In addition, AMG personnel also manage approximately $1.6 billion in assets on behalf of Bank of Hawaii clients.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

What were the major factors in the market that influenced the Fund’s performance versus the benchmark?

For the one-year period ending April 30, 2013, the Fund gained 4.40%, ahead of its benchmark, the Barclays Capital Hawaii Municipal Index, which returned 4.34%. The municipal sector continued to perform well this year, rewarding lower credit quality and longer duration bonds. Although consisting of higher quality bonds, the Fund’s longer duration helped to outperform the benchmark.

What major changes have occurred in the portfolio during the period covered by the report?

Although net redemptions occurred in the fiscal 4th quarter, the Fund experienced net subscriptions year over year. We looked to cautiously extend duration and purchase bonds with available cash at a reasonable risk return balance. We do not expect a sudden rise in rates, but in this extremely low interest rate environment, we need to be prepared for any early signs that may cause rates to back up.

What is your outlook for the Fund?

Despite recent market performance, there is still uncertainty about the growth prospects for the economy and reduction in government stimulus. In the year going forward, we will look for appropriate opportunities in this low rate environment that provide a reasonable risk/return balance while seeking high current income that is exempt from federal and Hawaii income tax.

 

4


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities

Fund Class Y Shares vs. the Barclays Capital Hawaii Municipal Bond Index

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013

 

      1 Year     3 Year     5 Year     10 Year  

Class Y Shares

     4.40     5.37     4.89     3.97

Barclays Capital Hawaii Municipal Bond Index

     4.34     5.65     5.89     4.79

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call (888) 678-6034.

The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expense ratio for Class Y Shares, as disclosed in the Fund’s prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 0.35% and 0.15%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered in this report. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its Advisory fees until August 31, 2013. The waiver may not be terminated at any time prior to that date without the consent of the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust. Additional information pertaining to the Fund’s expense ratio for the year ended April 30, 2013 can be found in the financial highlights.

Before the Fund commenced operations, all of the assets of the Tax-Free Securities Fund, a series of Pacific Capital Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”), were transferred to the Fund in a tax-free reorganization (the “Reorganization”). Performance presented prior to June 28, 2010 reflects the performance of the Predecessor Fund.

 

5


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Total returns reflect the waiver of Advisory fees. Had these waivers not been in effect, performance quoted would have been lower.

The performance of the Fund is measured against the Barclays Capital Hawaii Municipal Bond Index, a rules-based, market-value weighted index engineered for the long-term tax-exempt Hawaii bond market. The index has four main sectors: general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, insured bonds and prerefunded bonds. The index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

The Fund is distributed by Foreside Funds Distributors LLC. The Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii is the investment adviser to the Fund and receives a fee for its services.

 

6


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

 

Credit Quality as of April 30, 2013
(as a percentage of total investments)

 

LOGO

 

Credit quality ratings are primarily sourced from Moody’s but in the event that Moody’s has not assigned a rating, the Fund will use S&P or Fitch. If these ratings are in conflict, S&P will be used before Fitch. If none of the major rating agencies have assigned a rating, the Fund will assign a rating of NR (non-rated security). The ratings represent their (Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch) opinions as to the quality of the underlying securities in the fund, and not the fund itself. The ratings range from AAA (extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitment) to D (in default). Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. A pre-refunded bond is secured by an escrow fund of U.S. government obligations (i.e. Treasury securities) and assumes the superior credit rating of the government obligation. The ratings do not predict performance and are subject to change.

 

    

Investment Style

 

High-quality, short-intermediate term, tax-exempt

 

Investment Objective

 

The Fund seeks high current income that is exempt from federal and Hawaii income tax by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade municipal obligations. The Fund normally invests greater than 50% of its assets in Hawaii municipal obligations — debt securities issued by or on behalf of the State of Hawaii and its political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities that pay interest which is exempt from Hawaii income tax as well as federal income tax. The Fund seeks to provide greater price stability than a long-term bond fund.

 

Investment Considerations

 

Income received from the Fund may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on one’s tax status, to the federal alternative minimum tax. Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate, providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Generally, bond prices and values fall when interest rates rise, and vice versa. Intermediate term, higher-quality bonds generally offer less risk than longer-term bonds and a lower rate of return. Since the Fund invests significantly in securities of issuers in Hawaii, it will also be affected by a variety of Hawaii’s economic and political factors. The values of any of the Fund’s investments may also decline in response to events affecting the issuer or its credit rating.

 

Investment Process

 

•    Top-down macroeconomic analysis of interest rate trends

 

•    Bottom-up credit research to identify high quality bonds

 

Investment Management

 

Advised by Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii (AMG)

 

•      As of April 30, 2013, AMG manages $1.2 billion in mutual fund assets. In addition, AMG personnel also manage approximately $1.6 billion in assets on behalf of Bank of Hawaii clients.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

What were the major factors in the market that influenced the Fund’s performance versus the benchmark?

For the one-year period ending April 30, 2013, the Fund gained 1.39%, ahead its benchmark, the Barclays Capital Hawaii 3-Year Municipal Index, which returned 1.32%. The municipal sector continued to perform well this year, rewarding lower credit quality and longer duration bonds. Although consisting of higher quality bonds, the Fund’s longer duration helped to outperform the benchmark.

What major changes have occurred in the portfolio during the period covered by the report?

The Fund experienced net subscriptions over the past year. We looked to slightly extend the duration and purchase bonds with a reasonable risk return balance.

What is your outlook for the Fund?

Despite recent market performance, there is still uncertainty about the growth prospects for the economy and reduction in government stimulus. In the year going forward, we will look for appropriate opportunities in this low rate environment that provide a reasonable risk/return balance while seeking high current income that is exempt from federal and Hawaii income tax.

 

8


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities

Fund Class Y Shares vs. the Barclays Capital Hawaii 3-Year Municipal Bond Index

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013

 

      1 Year     3 Year     5 Year     10 Year  

Class Y Shares

     1.39     1.72     2.14     2.21

Barclays Capital Hawaii 3-Year Municipal Bond Index

     1.32     2.01     3.17     3.00

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call (888) 678-6034.

The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expense ratio for Class Y Shares, as disclosed in the Fund’s prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 0.51% and 0.31%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered in this report. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its Advisory fees until August 31, 2013. The waiver may not be terminated at any time prior to that date without the consent of the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust. Additional information pertaining to the Fund’s expense ratio for the year ended April 30, 2013 can be found in the financial highlights.

Before the Fund commenced operations, all of the assets of the Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund, a series of Pacific Capital Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”), were transferred to the Fund in a tax-free reorganization (the “Reorganization”). Performance presented prior to June 28, 2010 reflects the performance of the Predecessor Fund.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Total returns reflect the waiver of Advisory fees. Had these waivers not been in effect, performance quoted would have been lower.

The performance of the Fund is measured against the Barclays Capital Hawaii 3-Year Municipal Bond Index, which is the 2-4 year component of the Barclays Capital Hawaii Municipal Bond Index and is a rules-based, market-value weighted index engineered for the Hawaii tax-exempt bond market. The index has four main sectors: general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, insured bonds, and prerefunded bonds. The index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

The Fund is distributed by Foreside Funds Distributors LLC. The Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii is the investment adviser to the Fund and receives a fee for its services.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund(s), you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period from November 1, 2012 and held for the entire period through April 30, 2013.

Actual Expenses

The first line for each Fund in the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line for each Fund in the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

          Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2012
   Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2013
   Expenses Paid
During Period*
   Expense Ratio
During Period**

Pacific Capital Tax-Free
Securities Fund

                      

Actual Fund Return

   Class Y        $1,000.00          $1,015.10          $0.50          0.10 %

Hypothetical Fund Return (5% return before expenses)

   Class Y        1,000.00          1,024.30          0.50          0.10 %

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

                      

Actual Fund Return

   Class Y        $1,000.00          $1,006.80          $1.09          0.22 %

Hypothetical Fund Return (5% return before expenses)

   Class Y        1,000.00          1,023.70          1.10          0.22 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value times a Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181) divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (365). The Funds’ ending account values on the first line in each table are based on the actual six month total returns of 1.51% for the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund and 0.68% for the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund.

 

**

Annualized.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — 98.3%

  

Arizona — 2.1%

  

Phoenix Civic Improvement
Corp., Civic Plaza,
Convertible CAB, Series B,
0.00%, 07/01/31,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured).

     5,000,000         6,260,650   
     

 

 

 

California — 1.4%

  

Foothill-Eastern
Transportation Corridor
Agency, CAB, Senior Lein,
Series A, ETM,
0.00%, 01/01/25

     2,000,000         1,528,320   

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified
School District GO, CAB,
Series B,
0.00%, 08/01/27,
(AGM-CR, FGIC Insured)

     5,000,000         2,781,400   
     

 

 

 
        4,309,720   
     

 

 

 

District of Columbia — 1.4%

  

District of Columbia, Income
Tax Revenue, Series A,
Callable 12/01/21 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/30

     3,590,000         4,251,601   
     

 

 

 

Florida — 1.1%

  

Orlando Utilities
Commission, Water and
Electric Revenue,
Series D, ETM,
6.75%, 10/01/17

     2,800,000         3,196,536   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Georgia — 1.9%

  

Municipal Electric Authority
Power Revenue, Series W,
ETM,
6.60%, 01/01/18,
(NATL-RE, IBC, BNYM Insured)

     220,000         229,161   

Municipal Electric Authority
Power Revenue, Series W,
Unrefunded Portion,
6.60%, 01/01/18,
(NATL-RE, IBC, BNYM Insured)

     4,910,000         5,589,446   
     

 

 

 
        5,818,607   
     

 

 

 

Hawaii — 74.9%

  

County of Kauai GO,
Series A,
5.00%, 08/01/22

     315,000         400,176   

County of Kauai GO,
Series A, Callable
08/01/21 at 100,
3.25%, 08/01/23

     1,000,000         1,084,250   

County of Kauai GO, Series A,
Prerefunded 08/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 08/01/23,
(NATL-RE FGIC Insured)

     600,000         662,034   

County of Kauai GO,
Series A, Callable
08/01/22 at 100,
3.13%, 08/01/27

     1,295,000         1,322,674   

Hawaii County GO, Series A,
5.60%, 05/01/13,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured)

     605,000         605,000   

Hawaii County GO, Series A,
5.25%, 07/15/17

     1,655,000         1,958,560   
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Hawaii County GO, Series A, Callable 07/15/14 at 100, 5.25%, 07/15/23, (NATL-RE Insured)

     595,000         630,397   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, Callable 07/15/18 at 100, 6.00%, 07/15/26

     1,655,000         2,031,761   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, Callable 03/01/20 at 100, 4.00%, 03/01/28

     2,470,000         2,694,671   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, Callable 09/01/22 at 100, 5.00%, 09/01/29

     1,500,000         1,800,555   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, Callable 09/01/22 at 100, 5.00%, 09/01/32

     1,500,000         1,777,320   

Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corp., Multi-Family Housing, Halekauwila Place, Series A, Callable 06/01/14 at 100,
0.70%, 12/01/15

     1,000,000         1,000,430   

Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corp., Multi-Family Housing, Iwilei Apartments, Series A, Callable 07/01/22 at 100,
3.75%, 01/01/31, (FHLMC Insured)

     3,460,000         3,541,102   
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corp., Multi-Family Housing, Kuhio Park Terrace, Series B, Callable 06/10/2013 at 100,
1.25%, 10/01/13, (FHLMC Insured)

     1,000,000         1,000,190   

Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corp., Series B, Callable 07/01/21 at 100,
3.88%, 07/01/25, (GNMA/FNMA Insured)

     3,945,000         4,312,635   

Hawaii State Airports System Revenue, Series A, Callable 07/01/20 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/22

     1,350,000         1,629,936   

Hawaii State Airports System Revenue, AMT, Callable 07/01/21 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/23

     3,500,000         4,094,335   

Hawaii State Airports System Revenue, Series A, Callable 07/01/20 at 100,
5.25%, 07/01/29

     2,000,000         2,339,920   

Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance Revenue, Hawaiian Electric Co., Inc., Series A, AMT, Callable 06/10/13 at 101,
5.65%, 10/01/27, (NATL-RE Insured)

     3,000,000         3,026,160   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance Revenue, Hawaiian Electric Co., Inc., Series A, Callable 06/10/13 at 100,
5.50%, 12/01/14, (AMBAC Insured)

     2,000,000         2,005,000   

Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance, Special Purpose Revenue, Kahala Nui, Callable 11/15/22 at 100,
5.00%, 11/15/27

     1,240,000         1,376,908   

Hawaii State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Revenue, 5.00%, 04/01/16

     500,000         547,260   

Hawaii State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Revenue, 5.00%, 04/01/18

     775,000         884,004   

Hawaii State GO, Refunding, Series EF,
5.00%, 11/01/22

     2,405,000         3,064,283   

Hawaii State GO, Refunding, Series EF, Callable 11/01/22 at 100, 5.00%, 11/01/24

     1,000,000         1,254,320   

Hawaii State GO, Series CH, 4.75%, 11/01/13,
(NATL-RE, IBC Insured)

     1,435,000         1,467,244   

Hawaii State GO, Series CM, 6.50%, 12/01/13,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured)

     5,000,000         5,181,800   
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Hawaii State GO, Series CY, 5.75%, 02/01/15, (AGM Insured)

     820,000         896,785   

Hawaii State GO, Series DA, Prerefunded 09/01/13 at 100, 5.25%, 09/01/23,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     425,000         432,012   

Hawaii State GO, Series DD, Callable 05/01/14 at 100,
5.00%, 05/01/17,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     1,000,000         1,047,250   

Hawaii State GO, Series DD, Unrefunded Portion, Callable 05/01/14 at 100,
5.00%, 05/01/18,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     1,560,000         1,633,710   

Hawaii State GO, Series DG, Callable 07/01/15 @ 100,
5.00%, 07/01/16, (AMBAC Insured)

     1,000,000         1,097,280   

Hawaii State GO, Series DI, Callable 03/01/16 at 100,
5.00%, 03/01/26, (AGM Insured)

     1,000,000         1,106,800   

Hawaii State GO, Series DJ, Unrefunded portion, Callable 04/01/17 at 100,
5.00%, 04/01/19, (AMBAC Insured)

     890,000         1,031,038   

Hawaii State GO, Series DJ, Prerefunded 04/01/17 at 100, 5.00%, 04/01/19, (AMBAC Insured)

     110,000         128,681   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Hawaii State GO, Series DJ, Callable 04/01/17 at 100,
5.00%, 04/01/22, (AMBAC Insured)

     1,025,000         1,187,001   

Hawaii State GO, Series DK, 5.00%, 05/01/17

     4,000,000         4,676,360   

Hawaii State GO, Series DK, Callable 05/01/18 at 100,
5.00%, 05/01/28

     3,000,000         3,479,910   

Hawaii State GO, Series DK, Callable 05/01/18 at 100,
5.00%, 05/01/23

     5,100,000         6,034,065   

Hawaii State GO, Series DN, 5.00%, 08/01/15

     1,660,000         1,828,473   

Hawaii State GO, Series DQ, ETM, 5.00%, 06/01/14

     465,000         488,603   

Hawaii State GO, Series DT, 5.00%, 11/01/15

     1,500,000         1,667,910   

Hawaii State GO, Series DT, 5.00%, 11/01/16

     1,900,000         2,187,242   

Hawaii State GO, Series DT, 5.00%, 11/01/19

     3,000,000         3,712,320   

Hawaii State GO, Series DZ, Callable 12/01/21 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/29

     4,000,000         4,798,400   

Hawaii State GO, Series DZ, Callable 12/01/21 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/30

     5,000,000         5,976,650   

Hawaii State GO, Series DZ, Callable 12/01/21 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/27

     5,000,000         6,049,750   

Hawaii State GO, Series DZ, Callable 12/01/21 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/31

     1,000,000         1,191,070   
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Hawaii State GO, Series EE, 5.00%, 11/01/22

     2,000,000         2,548,260   

Hawaii State Go, Series EE, Callable 11/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 11/01/27

     745,000         911,418   

Hawaii State GO, Series EE, Callable 11/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 11/01/29

     3,800,000         4,580,672   

Hawaii State Harbor System Revenue, Series A,
5.00%, 07/01/17

     185,000         212,635   

Hawaii State Harbor System Revenue, Series A, Callable 07/01/20 at 100,
4.75%, 07/01/24

     220,000         250,100   

Hawaii State Harbor System Revenue, Series A, Callable 07/01/20 at 100,
5.63%, 07/01/40

     3,000,000         3,482,970   

Hawaii State Harbor System Revenue, Series A, AMT,
5.25%, 07/01/16, (AGM Insured)

     1,105,000         1,232,075   

Hawaii State Harbor System Revenue, Series B, AMT, Callable 06/10/13 at 100,
5.50%, 07/01/19, (AMBAC Insured)

     1,500,000         1,504,245   

Hawaii State Highway Revenue, Series A,
5.00%, 01/01/21

     1,000,000         1,244,210   

Hawaii State Highway Revenue, Series A, Callable 01/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 01/01/27

     5,490,000         6,571,640   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

16


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    

Principal
Amount ($)

    

  Value ($)  

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

 

Hawaii — (Continued)

 

Hawaii State Highway
Revenue, Series A,
Callable 01/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 01/01/28

     1,120,000                 1,332,957   

Hawaii State Highway
Revenue, Series A,
Callable 01/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 01/01/31

     3,025,000         3,548,809   

Honolulu City & County
Board of Water Supply
System Revenue,
Series A, Callable
07/01/14 at 100,
4.75%, 07/01/18,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured)

     1,000,000         1,051,780   

Honolulu City & County
Board of Water Supply
System Revenue,
Series A, Callable
07/01/16 at 100,
4.50%, 07/01/23,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     1,500,000         1,654,050   

Honolulu City & County
Board of Water Supply
System Revenue,
Series A, Callable
07/01/16 at 100,
4.75%, 07/01/31,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     2,000,000         2,184,340   

Honolulu City & County
Board of Water Supply
System Revenue,
Series A, Callable
07/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/26

     3,125,000         3,821,188   
    

Principal
Amount ($)

    

  Value ($)  

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Honolulu City & County
Board of Water Supply
System Revenue,
Series A, Callable
07/01/22 at 100,
4.50%, 07/01/28

     1,500,000                 1,732,275   

Honolulu City & County
Board of Water Supply
System Revenue,
Series B, AMT, Callable
07/01/16 at 100,
5.25%, 07/01/17,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     1,300,000         1,458,509   

Honolulu City & County
Board of Water Supply
System Revenue,
Series B, AMT, Callable
07/01/16 at 100,
5.25%, 07/01/21,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     1,335,000         1,482,839   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A,
5.00%, 04/01/18

     5,000,000         5,961,400   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A,
5.00%, 11/01/18

     2,515,000         3,047,023   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Callable
07/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/19,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     6,250,000         6,872,250   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Callable
07/01/17 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/21, (AGM Insured)

     4,000,000         4,634,520   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    

Principal
Amount ($)

    

  Value ($)  

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Callable
04/01/19 at 100,
5.00%, 04/01/24

     1,110,000                 1,312,420   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Callable
07/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/26,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     5,195,000         5,712,214   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Callable
07/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/28,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     1,275,000         1,401,939   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Callable
07/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/29,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     2,000,000         2,199,120   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Refunding,
Callable 11/01/22 at 100,
4.00%, 11/01/36

     5,000,000         5,371,900   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series A, Refunding,
Callable 11/01/22 at 100,
4.00%, 11/01/37

     5,000,000         5,354,900   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series B, Refunding,
Callable 12/01/20 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/34

     1,500,000         1,758,510   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series D, Callable
07/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/20,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     2,000,000         2,199,120   
    

Principal
Amount ($)

    

  Value ($)  

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series D, Callable
09/01/19 at 100,
4.00%, 09/01/21

     250,000         285,320   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series D, Callable
09/01/19 at 100,
5.25%, 09/01/23

     3,500,000                 4,306,050   

Honolulu City & County GO,
Series F, Callable
07/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/22,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured)

     4,165,000         4,579,667   

Honolulu City & County
Waste Water System
Revenue, 1st Bond
Resolution, Series A,
Callable 07/01/17 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/31,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     3,500,000         3,956,015   

Honolulu City & County
Waste Water System
Revenue, Series B-1,
Callable 07/01/16 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/32,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     5,015,000         5,540,070   

Honolulu City & County
Wastewater System
Revenue, Senior 1st Bond
Resolution-A, Callable
07/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/37

     1,000,000         1,160,860   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    

  Principal  
  Amount ($)  

    

  Value ($)  

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Honolulu City & County
Wastewater System
Revenue, Senior Series A,
Prerefunded 07/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/16,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     555,000         610,257   

Honolulu City & County
Wastewater System
Revenue, Senior Series A,
3.25%, 07/01/20

     1,000,000             1,124,900   

Honolulu City & County
Wastewater System
Revenue, Senior Series A,
4.00%, 07/01/21

     1,005,000         1,182,945   

Honolulu City & County, GO,
Series B, Callable
12/01/20 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/25

     2,000,000         2,434,040   

Maui County GO,
5.00%, 03/01/15,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     3,850,000         4,168,472   

Maui County GO, Callable
06/01/23 at 100,
3.00%, 06/01/27

     540,000         551,329   

Maui County GO, Callable
06/01/23 at 100,
3.00%, 06/01/30

     1,500,000         1,502,580   

Maui County GO, Series A,
Callable 07/01/17 at 100,
4.25%, 07/01/25, (AGM Insured)

     500,000         551,850   

Maui County GO, Series B,
4.00%, 06/01/16

     1,000,000         1,095,170   
    

  Principal  
  Amount ($)  

    

  Value ($)  

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

  

Maui County GO, Series B & C,
4.00%, 07/01/14,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     400,000         416,900   

University of Hawaii,
3.00%, 10/01/13

     365,000         369,198   

University of Hawaii
Revenue, Series A-2,
4.00%, 10/01/19

     1,170,000         1,354,345   

University of Hawaii
Revenue, Series B-2,
5.00%, 10/01/18

     1,310,000         1,567,756   

University of Hawaii System
Revenue, Series A,
Callable 07/15/16 at 100,
5.00%, 07/15/24,
(AGM-CR, MBIA Insured)

     470,000         529,215   

University of Hawaii System
Revenue, Series A,
Callable 10/01/19 at 100,
5.25%, 10/01/34

     1,000,000         1,169,050   
     

 

 

 
        227,430,512   
     

 

 

 

Illinois — 2.2%

  

Chicago Midway Airport
Revenue, Series C,
5.50%, 01/01/15,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     2,000,000         2,160,680   

Illinois Municipal Electric
Agency Power Supply
Revenue, Series C,
5.25%, 02/01/21,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured)

     3,665,000         4,500,767   
     

 

 

 
        6,661,447   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

19


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Massachusetts — 1.8%

  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Refunding,
GO, Series B,
5.25%, 09/01/21, (AGM Insured)

     2,000,000         2,568,800   

Massachusetts State Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Highway
System Revenue,
Contract Assistance,
Series B, Callable
01/01/20 at 100,
5.00%, 01/01/23

     2,500,000         2,974,075   
     

 

 

 
        5,542,875   
     

 

 

 

Michigan — 0.6%

  

Michigan Finance Authority Revenue Refunding Revolving Fund,
5.00%, 10/01/21

     1,500,000         1,899,840   
     

 

 

 

New Jersey — 0.1%

  

Passaic Valley Sewage Commissioner System Revenue Refunding,
Series G,
5.75%, 12/01/21

     300,000         375,375   
     

 

 

 

North Carolina — 0.3%

  

Mecklenburg County GO,
Series A,
5.00%, 08/01/19

     750,000         933,210   
     

 

 

 

Ohio — 0.4 %

     

Ohio State, Infrastructure
Improvement GO,
Series A,
5.00%, 08/01/21

     1,000,000         1,262,490   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Oregon — 0.5%

  

Multnomah County GO,
Callable 06/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 06/01/23

     1,095,000         1,378,879   
     

 

 

 

Puerto Rico — 0.5%

  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue, Series NN, Prerefunded 07/01/13 at 100,
5.13%, 07/01/29

     1,530,000         1,542,026   
     

 

 

 

Tennessee — 0.8%

  

Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facilities,
Revenue, ETM,
0.00%, 06/01/21

     2,955,000         2,556,784   
     

 

 

 

Texas — 4.6 %

  

Austin Certificates Obligation, GO, Callable
09/01/21 at 100,
4.00%, 09/01/30

     2,860,000         3,075,844   

Fort Worth Drainage Utility System Revenue, Callable
02/15/21 at 100,
4.50%, 02/15/27

     2,765,000         3,112,173   

Galveston County GO, CAB, Series RD,
0.00%, 02/01/24,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured)

     2,630,000         1,926,133   

Harris County GO, Series C,
Prerefunded 10/01/18 at 100,
5.75%, 10/01/23

     1,750,000         2,201,482   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

20


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

    

Principal
Amount ($)

    

  Value ($)  

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

Texas — (Continued)

  

Houston Water and Sewer
System Revenue,
Unrefunded Balance CAB,
Junior Series A,
0.00%, 12/01/27, (AGM Insured)

     2,000,000         1,271,760   

San Antonio Electric & Gas
Revenue, Series A,
5.00%, 02/01/18

     2,000,000         2,384,100   
     

 

 

 
        13,971,492   
     

 

 

 

Washington — 3.7%

  

King County School District
No. 403 Renton GO,
Callable 12/01/16 at 100,
5.00%, 12/01/24,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured,
School Bond Guarantee)

     3,000,000         3,410,460   

Port of Seattle Revenue,
Callable 02/01/16 at 100,
5.00%, 02/01/25, (XLCA
Insured)

     2,000,000         2,203,960   

Washington State GO,
Various Purpose,
Series A, Callable
08/01/21 at 100,
4.50%, 08/01/31

     5,000,000         5,649,200   
     

 

 

 
        11,263,620   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost $279,414,751)

        298,655,664   
     

 

 

 
    

  Shares  

    

  Value ($)  

 

REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY — 0.6%

  

Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management Fund,
Institutional Shares,
0.00%(a)

     1,726,738         1,726,738   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY
(Cost $1,726,738)

        1,726,738   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.9%
(Cost $281,141,489)

   

     300,382,402   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES - 1.1%

   

     3,242,059   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 303,624,461   
     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Rate periodically changes. Rate disclosed is the daily yield on April 30, 2013.

 

AGM

  

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AGM-CR

  

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

  

Custodial Receipts

AMBAC

  

American Municipal Bond

  

Assurance Corp.

AMT

  

Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax

BNYM

  

Bank of New York Mellon

CAB

  

Capital Appreciation Bond

ETM

  

Escrowed to Maturity

FGIC

  

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FHLMC

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA

  

Federal National Mortgage

  

Association

GNMA

  

Government National Mortgage

  

Association

GO

  

General Obligation

IBC

  

Insurance Bond Certificate

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

21


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

 

MBIA

 

Municipal Bond Investors Assurance

  

XLCA     XL Capital Assurance

  

NATL-RE 

 

National Reinsurance Corp.

     

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — 97.1%

     

Alaska — 1.8%

     

Alaska State GO, Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/15

     500,000         552,170   

Alaska State GO, Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/16

     500,000         573,015   
     

 

 

 
        1,125,185   
     

 

 

 

Arizona — 0.8%

     

Vistancia Community Facilities District GO,
4.00%, 07/15/13

     500,000         502,970   
     

 

 

 

Colorado — 1.5%

     

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue, Catholic Health, Series A,
4.00%, 02/01/16

     850,000         923,678   
     

 

 

 

Connecticut — 1.9%

     

State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue,
5.00%, 11/01/18

     1,000,000         1,209,760   
     

 

 

 

Georgia — 1.9%

     

Georgia State GO, Series I, 5.00%, 11/01/17

     1,000,000         1,192,860   
     

 

 

 

Guam — 2.4 %

     

Guam Economic Development & Commerce Authority, CAB, Series B, ETM,
5.40%, 05/15/15

     1,350,000         1,482,206   
     

 

 

 

Hawaii — 59.2%

     

County of Kauai GO, Series A, 3.00%, 08/01/20

     295,000         323,565   
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

     

County of Maui GO, Prerefunded 03/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 03/01/17,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     90,000         97,653   

County of Maui GO, Series B & C, 4.00%, 07/01/13,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     230,000         231,421   

County of Maui GO, Unrefunded Portion, Callable 03/01/15 at 100,
5.00%, 03/01/17,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     410,000         442,349   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/15

     400,000         433,704   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, 4.00%, 03/01/16

     400,000         437,956   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, Callable 07/15/18 at 100, 5.00%, 07/15/21

     120,000         142,652   

Hawaii County GO, Series A, Callable 07/15/14 at 100,
5.25%, 07/15/23,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     150,000         158,924   

Hawaii County GO, Series B, 4.00%, 09/01/15

     500,000         540,690   

Hawaii County GO, Series B, 5.00%, 09/01/16

     1,000,000         1,142,610   

Hawaii County GO, Series B, 5.00%, 09/01/17

     1,000,000         1,178,290   

Hawaii Pacific Health Special Purpose Revenue, Series A, 3.00%, 07/01/14

     500,000         512,800   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

     

Hawaii State Airports System Revenue, AMT,
4.00%, 07/01/15

     515,000         553,924   

Hawaii State Airports System Revenue, Series B, AMT,
4.00%, 07/01/15

     1,000,000         1,070,650   

Hawaii State GO, Refunding, Series EF,
5.00%, 11/01/17

     750,000         889,515   

Hawaii State GO, Refunding, Series EF,
5.00%, 11/01/18

     500,000         607,860   

Hawaii State GO, Series CH,
4.75%, 11/01/13,
(NATL-RE, IBC Insured)

     1,000,000         1,022,470   

Hawaii State GO, Series DA, Prerefunded 09/01/13 at 100, 5.25%, 09/01/17,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     1,010,000         1,026,665   

Hawaii State GO, Series DG, 5.00%, 07/01/13, (AMBAC Insured)

     2,100,000         2,116,275   

Hawaii State GO, Series DG, Callable 07/01/15 at 100, 5.00%, 07/01/16, (AMBAC Insured)

     1,475,000         1,618,488   

Hawaii State GO, Series DQ, 4.00%, 06/01/13

     1,000,000         1,003,020   

Hawaii State GO, Series DQ, 5.00%, 06/01/17

     375,000         439,545   

Hawaii State GO, Series DR, 4.00%, 06/01/14

     1,170,000         1,217,057   
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

     

Hawaii State GO, Series EA, 4.00%, 12/01/20

     1,000,000         1,178,430   

Hawaii State Harbor System Revenue, Series A,
4.00%, 07/01/16

     500,000         543,945   

Hawaii State Highway Revenue, 5.00%, 01/01/14

     500,000         515,645   

Hawaii State Highway Revenue Bonds, Series B,
5.25%, 07/01/18, (AGM Insured)

     500,000         606,345   

Hawaii State Highway Revenue, Series A,
4.00%, 01/01/17

     325,000         363,571   

Hawaii State Highway Revenue, Series A,
4.00%, 01/01/21

     1,000,000         1,172,380   

Hawaii State Housing & Community Development Corp. Rental Housing System Revenue, Series A,
3.70%, 07/01/13, (AGM Insured)

     1,055,000         1,059,220   

Hawaii State Housing Finance & Development Corp., Multifamily Housing Kuhio Park Terrace, Series A,
2.00%, 10/01/15, (FHLMC Insured)

     150,000         152,806   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

     

Hawaii State Housing Finance & Development Corp., Series A, 2.35%, 07/01/17, (GNMA/FNMA Insured)

     560,000         581,890   

Hawaii State Housing Finance & Development Corp., Series A, 2.70%, 07/01/18, (GNMA/FNMA Insured)

     570,000         598,910   

Honolulu City & County Board of Water Supply System Revenue, Series A,
5.00%, 07/01/20

     320,000         397,984   

Honolulu City & County Board of Water Supply System Revenue, Series A,
5.00%, 07/01/22

     500,000         633,115   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series A,
4.00%, 08/01/16

     500,000         554,365   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series A,
3.00%, 11/01/18

     500,000         552,485   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series B,
5.50%, 07/01/13,
(FSA Insured)

     1,000,000         1,008,620   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series B, Unrefunded Balance, 5.00%, 10/01/13

     585,000         596,583   
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

     

Honolulu City & County GO, Series B,
5.00%, 08/01/16

     625,000         713,006   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series B,
5.00%, 11/01/20

     500,000         624,415   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series B,
5.00%, 11/01/21

     955,000         1,208,467   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series D,
5.00%, 09/01/14

     1,140,000         1,211,569   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series D,
2.25%, 09/01/14

     780,000         800,561   

Honolulu City & County GO, Series F, Callable 07/01/15 at 100,
5.25%, 07/01/17,
(NATL-RE, FGIC Insured)

     535,000         591,144   

Honolulu City & County Waste Water System Revenue, 1st Bond Resolution, Senior Sub-Series A,
4.00%, 07/01/16

     250,000         276,742   

Honolulu City & County Waste Water System Revenue, Senior Series A,
5.00%, 07/01/19

     1,000,000         1,225,010   

Honolulu City & County Waste Water System Revenue, Senior Series A,
3.25%, 07/01/20

     320,000         359,968   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Hawaii — (Continued)

     

Honolulu City & County Waste Water System Revenue, Series A,
4.00%, 07/01/13

     500,000         503,060   

Honolulu City & County Wastewater System Revenue, Senior 1st Bond Resolution, Series B,
5.00%, 07/01/20

     500,000         621,850   

Honolulu City & County Wastewater System Revenue, Senior 1st Bond Resolution, Series B,
4.00%, 07/01/21

     500,000         588,530   

University of Hawaii Revenue, Series A,
5.00%, 10/01/14

     550,000         584,194   
     

 

 

 
        37,032,893   
     

 

 

 

Illinois — 1.9%

     

Cook County Community Consolidated School District No 64 Park Ridge-Niles, 5.50%, 12/01/16, (AGM Insured)

     1,000,000         1,162,360   
     

 

 

 

Indiana — 1.6%

     

Indiana State Office Building Commission, Logansport State Hospital, Series D, Callable 07/01/14 at 100,
5.00%, 07/01/23,
(AMBAC, State Appropriate Insured)

     500,000         527,335   
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Indiana — (Continued)

     

Northwest Allen County Middle School Building Corp. Revenue, First Mortgage, Callable 07/15/13 at 100, 5.25%, 07/15/18,
(NATL-RE, State Aid Withholding Insured)

     500,000         504,890   
     

 

 

 
        1,032,225   
     

 

 

 

Iowa — 0.8 %

     

University of Iowa Facilities Corp. GO, Medical Education & Biomed Research Facility,
3.75%, 06/01/18

     435,000         491,546   
     

 

 

 

Nevada — 1.1%

     

Clark County GO, Refunding Infrastructure Improvement,
Series B,
4.00%, 07/01/18

     585,000         667,356   
     

 

 

 

North Carolina — 4.9%

     

North Carolina State GO, Series B,
5.00%, 06/01/14

     1,000,000         1,051,310   

North Carolina State GO, Series D,
3.00%, 06/01/18

     1,820,000         2,020,764   
     

 

 

 
        3,072,074   
     

 

 

 

Ohio — 4.1 %

     

Ohio State GO, Prerefunded 06/15/13 at 100,
5.00%, 06/15/16

     1,000,000         1,005,640   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Ohio — (Continued)

     

Ohio State GO, Infrastructure Improvement, Series A, Callable 03/01/15 at 100, 5.00%, 09/01/19

     1,410,000         1,529,892   
     

 

 

 
        2,535,532   
     

 

 

 

Oklahoma — 0.8%

     

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Health Refunding, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Series C,
5.00%, 08/15/16

     455,000         517,594   
     

 

 

 

Oregon — 1.1%

     

Oregon State GO, University System Revenue, Series A,
5.00%, 08/01/16

     100,000         114,429   

Portland City, Water System Revenue, First Lien, Series A,
5.00%, 05/01/18

     460,000         553,656   
     

 

 

 
        668,085   
     

 

 

 

Puerto Rico — 1.9%

     

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority Revenue, ETM,
6.25%, 07/01/13,
(NATL-RE, IBC, Commonwealth Guaranteed Insured)

     1,200,000         1,211,604   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Texas — 3.5 %

     

Bexar County GO, Edgewood Independent School District, 4.00%, 08/15/21

     450,000         533,084   

Harris County GO, Refunding Road, Series A,
5.00%, 10/01/20

     1,000,000         1,248,590   

North Harris Montgomery Community College District, Lone Star College System GO, 4.50%, 02/15/14,
(NATL-RE Insured)

     425,000         439,123   
     

 

 

 
        2,220,797   
     

 

 

 

Washington — 4.0%

     

County of King GO, Callable 12/01/22 at 100,
5.00%, 06/01/23

     1,000,000         1,272,290   

County of King GO, Refunding, 5.00%, 12/01/19

     1,000,000         1,245,370   
     

 

 

 
        2,517,660   
     

 

 

 

Wisconsin — 1.9%

     

Waukesha City GO, Series A, Prerefunded 10/01/14 at 100, 5.00%, 10/01/16, (AGM Insured)

     755,000         805,706   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
     Value ($)  

MUNICIPAL BONDS — (Continued)

  

  

Wisconsin — (Continued)

     

Waukesha City GO, Series A, Unrefunded Balance, Callable 10/01/14 at 100, 5.00%, 10/01/16, (AGM Insured)

     340,000         362,035   
     

 

 

 
        1,167,741   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost $59,568,199)

        60,734,126   
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY — 1.8%

  

Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.00%(a)

     1,126,740         1,126,740   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY
(Cost $1,126,740)

        1,126,740   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.9%
(Cost $60,694,939)

   

     61,860,866   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 1.1%

        702,662   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $  62,563,528   
     

 

 

 

 

(a) Rate periodically changes. Rate disclosed is the daily yield on April 30, 2013.

 

AGM

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC

American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

AMT

Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax

CAB

Capital Appreciation Bond

ETM

Escrowed to Maturity

FGIC

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FHLMC

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA

Federal National Mortgage Association

FSA

Financial Service Authority

GNMA

Government National Mortgage Association

GO

General Obligation

IBC

Insurance Bond Certificate

NATL-RE

National Reinsurance Corp.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

    Pacific Capital
Tax-Free
Securities
Fund
  Pacific Capital
Tax-Free
Short
Intermediate
Securities
Fund

Assets

       

Investments, at value (Cost $281,141,489 and $60,694,939, respectively)

    $ 300,382,402       $ 61,860,866  

Receivable for capital shares sold

      508,753         2,092,708  

Dividends and interest receivable

      3,962,260         791,795  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

      15,567         2,884  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets

      304,868,982         64,748,253  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      1,055,553         2,133,334  

Payable for distributions to shareholders

      132,485         13,121  

Payable for audit fees

      24,000         24,000  

Payable for printing fees

      11,940         2,728  

Payable for administration and accounting fees

      9,900         5,082  

Payable for custodian fees

      4,531         2,941  

Payable for legal fees

      3,296         639  

Payable for transfer agent fees

      2,290         2,309  

Accrued expenses

      526         571  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      1,244,521         2,184,725  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 303,624,461       $ 62,563,528  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

       

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

    $ 288,801       $ 60,731  

Paid-in capital

      284,752,350         62,071,059  

Undistributed net investment income

              49  

Accumulated net realized loss from investments

      (657,603 )       (734,238 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

      19,240,913         1,165,927  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 303,624,461       $ 62,563,528  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class Y:

       

Outstanding shares

      28,880,120         6,073,061  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

    $ 10.51       $ 10.30  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

     Pacific Capital
Tax-Free
Securities
Fund
  Pacific Capital
Tax-Free
Short
Intermediate
Securities
Fund

Investment Income

        

Interest

     $ 9,537,559       $ 994,519  

Dividends

       4         2  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment income

       9,537,563         994,521  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Advisory fees (Note 2)

       564,332         106,230  

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

       87,190         44,077  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

       45,241         8,844  

Legal fees

       33,259         6,098  

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

       29,419         5,799  

Audit fees

       24,000         24,001  

Custodian fees (Note 2)

       23,124         16,408  

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

       22,799         22,737  

Registration and filing fees

       2,231         169  

Other expenses

       25,872         6,364  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

       857,467         240,727  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

       (564,332 )       (106,230  )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

       293,135         134,497  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

       9,244,428         860,024  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments:

        

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

       (276,484 )       4,806  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

       2,668,909         (99,546 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

       2,392,425         (94,740 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     $ 11,636,853       $ 765,284  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Year   Year
     Ended   Ended
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012

Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations:

        

Net investment income

     $ 9,244,428       $ 8,607,695  

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

       (276,484 )       1,998,565  

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

       2,668,909         9,514,637  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       11,636,853         20,120,897  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Distributions to Class Y Shareholders:

        

From net investment income

       (9,421,159 )       (8,607,695 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends
and distributions to shareholders

       (9,421,159 )       (8,607,695 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       50,118,442         30,294,932  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

       52,334,136         41,808,134  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

        

Beginning of year

       251,290,325         209,482,191  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

     $ 303,624,461       $ 251,290,325  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income, end of year

     $       $ 176,731  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Year   Year
     Ended   Ended
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012

Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations:

        

Net investment income

     $ 860,024       $ 1,048,096  

Net realized gain from investments

       4,806         124,627  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

       (99,546 )       167,852  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       765,284         1,340,575  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Distributions to Class Y Shareholders:

        

From net investment income

       (881,272 )       (1,048,096 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends
and distributions to shareholders

       (881,272 )       (1,048,096 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       10,237,891         (5,681,927 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

       10,121,903         (5,389,448 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

        

Beginning of year

       52,441,625         57,831,073  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

     $ 62,563,528       $ 52,441,625  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income, end of year

     $ 49       $ 21,297  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class Y Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective periods. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

Class Y

   For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2013
  For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2012
  For the
Nine Months
Ended
April 30,
2011 †
  For the
Year
Ended
July 31,
2010
  For the
Year
Ended
July 31,
2009
  For the
Year
Ended
July 31,
2008

Per Share Operating Performance

                        

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.41       $ 9.92       $ 10.16       $ 9.97       $ 9.94       $ 10.09  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

       0.34         0.38         0.34         0.37         0.41         0.44  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments

       0.11         0.49         (0.25 )       0.20         0.04         (0.14 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       0.45         0.87         0.09         0.57         0.45         0.30  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholders from:

                        

Net investment income

       (0.35 )       (0.38 )       (0.33 )       (0.38 )       (0.41 )       (0.44 )

Net realized gains

                                       (0.01 )       (0.01 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.51       $ 10.41       $ 9.92       $ 10.16       $ 9.97       $ 9.94  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(a)

       4.40 %       8.92 %       0.89 %(b)       5.77 %       4.75 %       3.02 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

                        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 303,624       $ 251,290       $ 209,482       $ 270,644       $ 233,348       $ 254,182  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.10 %       0.15 %       0.13 %*       0.71 %       0.76 %       0.70 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(c)

       0.30 %       0.35 %       0.33 %*       0.87 %       0.91 %       0.85 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       3.28 %       3.71 %       4.49 %(b)*       3.80 %       4.21 %       4.36 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       14.78 %       29.36 %       12.26 %**       12.10 %       23.69 %       30.61 %

 

 

  The Fund changed its fiscal year end to April 30.
(a)  Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestments of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(b)  During the period, the Fund received a distribution from a ‘fair fund’ established by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a consent order against BISYS Fund Services, Inc. Had this settlement not occurred, the ratio of net investment income to average net assets and total return for the Fund would have been 4.08% and 0.59%, respectively.
(c)  During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class Y Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective periods. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

Class Y

   For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2013
  For the
Year
Ended
April 30,
2012
  For the
Nine Months
Ended

April 30,
2011†
  For the
Year
Ended
July 31,
2010
  For the
Year
Ended
July 31,
2009
  For the
Year
Ended
July 31,
2008

Per Share Operating Performance

                        

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $   10.33       $ 10.28       $   10.39       $ 10.32       $ 10.20       $ 10.08  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

       0.17         0.19         0.16         0.15         0.26         0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments

       (0.03 )       0.05         (0.11 )       0.06         0.12         0.12  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       0.14         0.24         0.05         0.21         0.38         0.45  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholders from:

                        

Net investment income

       (0.17 )       (0.19 )       (0.16 )       (0.14 )       (0.26 )       (0.33 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.30       $ 10.33       $   10.28       $ 10.39       $ 10.32       $ 10.20  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(a)

       1.39 %       2.37 %       0.45 %(b)       2.10 %       3.80 %       4.55 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

                        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 62,564       $ 52,442       $ 57,831       $ 68,291       $ 61,113       $ 47,552  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.25 %       0.30 %       0.30 %*       0.77 %       0.81 %       0.77 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(c)

       0.45 %       0.50 %       0.50 %*       0.88 %       0.91 %       0.87 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.62 %       1.86 %       2.06 %(b) *       1.46 %       2.47 %       3.27 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       23.97 %       40.55 %       13.20 %**       22.81 %       40.33 %       39.29 %

 

 

 

The Fund changed its fiscal year end to April 30.

(a) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestments of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(b) 

During the period, the Fund received a distribution from a ‘fair fund’ established by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a consent order against BISYS Fund Services, Inc. Had this settlement not occurred, the ratio of net investment income to average net assets and total return for the Fund would have been 1.86% and 0.35%, respectively.

(c) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

*

Annualized.

**

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund and Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund (each a “Fund” and together the “Funds”) are non-diversified open-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Funds are each a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Funds are each authorized to issue and offer Class Y shares.

The assets of each Fund are segregated and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the Fund in which shares are held.

Portfolio Valuation — Each Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by each Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Debt securities are valued on the basis of broker quotations or valuations provided by a pricing service, which utilizes information with respect to recent sales, market transactions in comparable securities, quotations from dealers, and various relationships between securities in determining value. Due to continued volatility in the current market, valuations developed through pricing techniques may materially vary from the actual amounts realized upon sale of the securities. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of such investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

 

35


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Funds’ investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

   

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including a Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The fair value of a Fund’s bonds are generally based on quotes received from brokers of independent pricing services. Bonds with quotes that are based on actual trades with a sufficient level of activity on or near the measurement date are classified as Level 2 assets.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Funds’ investments carried at fair value:

 

               Level 2    Level 3
          Level 1    Other Significant    Significant
     Total Value at    Quoted    Observable    Unobservable

Funds

   04/30/13    Price    Inputs    Inputs

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

                   

Municipal Bonds

     $ 298,655,664        $        $ 298,655,664        $  

Registered Investment Company

       1,726,738          1,726,738                    
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 300,382,402        $ 1,726,738        $ 298,655,664        $  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

                   

Municipal Bonds

     $ 60,734,126        $        $ 60,734,126        $  

Registered Investment Company

       1,126,740          1,126,740                    
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 61,860,866        $ 1,126,740        $ 60,734,126        $  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

36


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of a Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values a Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Funds to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Funds to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Funds have an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Funds have an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each Fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

 

37


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly to shareholders. Distributions, if any, of net short-term capital gain and net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over the short-term capital loss) realized by a Fund, after deducting any available capital loss carryovers are declared and paid to its shareholders annually. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is each Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to such Fund’s shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, a Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against it in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by the Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii (the “Adviser”). Under terms of an advisory agreement, each Fund is charged an annual fee of 0.20% which is computed daily and paid monthly based upon average daily net assets. The Adviser has agreed to waive its entire advisory fee (the “Waiver”). The Waiver will remain in effect until August 31, 2013. The Waiver may not be terminated at any time prior to that date without the consent of the Board of Trustees.

Fee rates for the period May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013, were as follows:

 

          Net Annual
          Fees Paid After
     Maximum Annual    Contractual
     Advisory Fee    Waivers

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

   0.20%    0.00%

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

   0.20%    0.00%

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Funds.

 

38


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Funds. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Funds.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $32,822 for the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund and $6,223 for the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Funds were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

   $ 93,257,057       $ 40,481,154   

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

     23,515,888         12,304,602   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013, and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For The Year Ended     For The Year Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

        

Class Y

        

Sales

     11,793,190      $ 123,978,651        13,409,241      $ 136,479,895   

Reinvestments

     13,313        139,802        14,048        143,451   

Redemptions

     (7,070,676     (74,000,011     (10,385,569     (106,328,414
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase

     4,735,827      $ 50,118,442        3,037,720      $ 30,294,932   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

39


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     For The Year Ended     For The Year Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

        

Class Y

        

Sales

     3,071,609      $ 31,645,226        4,046,402      $ 41,674,832   

Reinvestments

     1,778        18,326        2,257        23,271   

Redemptions

     (2,078,764     (21,425,661     (4,594,056     (47,380,030
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease

     994,623      $ 10,237,891        (545,397   $ (5,681,927
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Federal Tax Information

The Funds have followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Funds to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Funds have determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Funds are subject to examination by federal, state, and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, were as follows:

 

     Net    Net    Total    Tax    Total
     Investment    Long-Term    Taxable    Exempt    Distributions
     Income    Capital Gains    Distributions    Distributions    Paid*

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

       $231,365          $—          $231,365          $9,179,509          $9,410,874  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

       4,066                   4,066          877,190          881,256  

 

*

Distributions will not tie to Statement of Changes because distributions are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, were as follows:

 

     Net    Net    Total    Tax    Total
     Investment    Long-Term    Taxable    Exempt    Distributions
     Income    Capital Gains    Distributions    Distributions    Paid

Pacific Capital Tax-Free

                        

Securities Fund

     $ 218,787          $—        $ 218,787        $ 8,359,174        $ 8,577,961  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short

                        

Intermediate Securities Fund

       3,913                   3,913          1,042,573          1,046,486  

Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

                           Total
     Undistributed    Qualified           Unrealized    Accumulated
     Tax-Exempt    Late-Year   Distributions   Capital Loss   Appreciation/    Earnings/
     Income    Losses   Payable   Carryforwards   (Depreciation)    Deficit

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

     $ 132,485        $ (420,128 )     $ (132,485 )     $ (237,475 )     $ 19,240,913        $ 18,583,310  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

       13,170                  (13,121 )       (734,238 )       1,165,927          431,738  

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Foreign currency and short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

The cost for federal income tax purposes, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation and net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) as of April 30, 2013 is as follows:

 

                   Net Unrealized
     Tax Cost of    Unrealized    Unrealized   Appreciation/
     Securities    Appreciation    Depreciation   (Depreciation)

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities

                  

Fund

     $ 281,141,489        $ 19,376,412        $ (135,499 )     $ 19,240,913  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

       60,694,939          1,173,786          (7,859 )       1,165,927  

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Funds may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between

 

41


PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund had late year ordinary loss deferrals of $420,128. The Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund had no capital loss deferrals.

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Funds’ first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

As of April 30, 2013, the Funds had pre-enactment net capital loss carryforwards to offset future net capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by Treasury regulations. To the extent that these carryforwards are used to offset future capital gains, it is probable that the gains that are offset will not be distributed to shareholders.

 

     Expires April 30,  
     2015 ($)      2016 ($)      2017 ($)      2018 ($)      2019 ($)  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

                             237,475           

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

     577,000         49,093         15,122         75,378         17,645   

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund and the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund utilized $143,644 and $4,806, respectively, of prior year capital loss carryforwards.

6. Concentration of Credit Risk

The Funds primarily invest in debt obligations issued by the state of Hawaii and its political subdivisions, agencies, and public authorities to obtain funds for various public purposes. The Funds are more susceptible to factors adversely affecting issues of Hawaii municipal securities than is a municipal bond fund that is not concentrated in these issuers to the same extent.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

7. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date that the financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no following subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund and the

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund and the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund (the “Funds”) at April 30, 2013, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for the two years then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods ended July 31, 2010 through April 30, 2013, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. The financial highlights for each of the periods ended July 31, 2009 and prior were audited by other independent accountants whose report dated September 25, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Funds are required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise their shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Funds’ shareholders in respect of such fiscal year.

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended April 30, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Net    Net    Total    Tax    Total
     Investment    Long-Term    Taxable    Exempt    Distributions
     Income    Capital Gains    Distributions    Distributions    Paid*

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund

     $ 231,365        $        $ 231,365        $ 9,179,509        $ 9,410,874  

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund

       4,066                   4,066          877,190          881,256  

 

*

Distributions will not tie to Statement of Changes because distributions are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 100.00%.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of each Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Funds’ fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Funds, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Funds.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 678-6034 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

At an in-person meeting held on March 21, 2013, the Board of Trustees ( “Board” or “Trustees”) of FundVantage Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the advisory agreement between Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii (the “Adviser” or “AMG”) and the Trust on behalf of the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities Fund (“Pacific Capital TF Fund”) and the Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short Intermediate Securities Fund (“Pacific Capital TFSI Fund”) (together, the “Funds”) (the “Agreement”). In determining whether to continue the Agreement, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Trustees considered information that the Adviser provided regarding (i) services performed for the Funds, (ii) the size and qualifications of their portfolio management staff, (iii) any potential or actual material conflicts of interest which may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Funds, (iv) investment performance, (v) the capitalization and financial condition of AMG, (vi) brokerage selection procedures (including soft dollar arrangements, if any), (vii) the procedures for allocating investment opportunities between the Funds and other clients, (viii) results of any regulatory examination, including any recommendations or deficiencies noted, (ix) any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding which may have a material impact on AMG’s ability to service the Funds, and (x) compliance with the Funds’ investment objectives, policies and practices (including codes of ethics and proxy voting policies), federal securities laws and other regulatory requirements. AMG also provided its respective codes of ethics, most recent Form ADV and compliance policies and procedures, including their proxy voting policies and procedures, for the Trustees’ review and consideration. The Trustees noted the reports provided at Board meetings throughout the year covering matters such as the relative performance of the Funds;

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

compliance with the investment objectives, policies, strategies and limitations for the Funds; the compliance of management personnel with the applicable code of ethics; and the adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Trustees also received and reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel regarding the legal standard applicable to their review of the Agreement.

Representatives from AMG attended the meeting telephonically and discussed AMG’s history, performance and investment strategy in connection with the proposed continuation of the Agreement and answered questions from the Board.

The Trustees considered the investment performance for the Funds and AMG. The Trustees reviewed the historical performance charts for the one year, three year, five year, ten year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012, as applicable, for (i) the Funds; (ii) the Barclays Capital Hawaii Municipal Bond Index and Barclays Capital Hawaii 3 Year Municipal Bond Index, the benchmarks for the Pacific Capital TF Fund and Pacific Capital TFSI Fund, respectively; (iii) the Morningstar National Intermediate Municipal funds category and Lipper other states intermediate municipal debt funds category, the Pacific Capital TF Fund’s applicable Morningstar and Lipper peer groups, respectively; (iv) the Morningstar Municipal Short funds category and Lipper other states short-intermediate municipal debt funds category, the Pacific Capital TFSI Fund’s applicable Morningstar and Lipper peer groups, respectively; and (v) the Hawaiian Tax-Free Trust, another investment company advised by AMG with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to the Pacific Capital TF Fund.

The Trustees noted that the Pacific Capital TFSI Fund underperformed the Lipper peer group median for the one year, two year, three year, five year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012 and underperformed the average return of the Fund’s Morningstar peer group for the one year, three year, five year and ten year periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees also noted that the Pacific Capital TF Fund outperformed the Lipper peer group median for the one year, two year, three year, five year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012, outperformed the average return of the Fund’s Morningstar peer group for the one year and five year periods ended December 31, 2012 and performed in line with the average return for three year and ten year periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Pacific Capital TF Fund also outperformed the Hawaiian Tax-Free Trust, another mutual fund advised by AMG, for the one year, three year, five year and ten year periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees concluded that the performance of the Funds was within an acceptable range of performance relative to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Adviser provided information regarding its advisory fees and an analysis of these fees in relation to the delivery of services to the Funds and any other ancillary benefit resulting from the Adviser’s relationship with the Funds. The Trustees considered the fees that the Adviser charges to its separately managed accounts, and evaluated the explanations provided by AMG as to differences in fees charged to the Funds and separately managed accounts. The Trustees also reviewed a peer comparison of advisory fees and total expenses for the Funds versus other similarly managed funds.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

The Trustees noted that the Funds’ net advisory fee and total expense ratio were lower than the median net advisory fee and total expense ratio of the Lipper other states short-intermediate municipal debt fund category with respect to the Pacific Capital TFSI Fund and the Lipper other states municipal debt funds category with respect to the Pacific Capital TF Fund. The Trustees also considered that the Adviser was currently voluntarily waiving its entire advisory fee with respect to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the advisory fees and services provided by the Adviser are consistent with those of other advisers and sub-advisers which manage mutual funds with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to those of the Funds based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Board considered the level and depth of knowledge of the Adviser, including the professional experience and qualifications of senior personnel. In evaluating the quality of services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board took into account its familiarity with the Adviser’s senior management through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year. The Board also took into account the Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures and reports regarding the Adviser’s compliance operations from the Trust’s CCO. The Board also considered any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in a portfolio manager’s management of the Funds’ investments on the one hand, and the investments of other accounts, on the other. The Trustees reviewed the services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the Agreement, that the quality of the proposed services appeared to be consistent with industry norms and that the Funds are likely to benefit from the continued provision of those services. They also concluded that the Adviser has sufficient personnel, with the appropriate education and experience, to serve the Funds effectively and had demonstrated their ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.

The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided by the Adviser, the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser in providing services to the Funds, as well as the Adviser’s profitability. The Trustees were provided with a profitability analysis prepared by the Adviser with respect to the Funds and the most recent financial statements for Bank of Hawaii Corporation, the parent company of the Adviser, for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Adviser’s level of profitability is an important factor to consider, and the Trustees should be satisfied that the Adviser’s profits are sufficient to continue as a healthy concern generally and as investment adviser of the Funds specifically. The Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s contractual advisory fee level was reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided, taking into account the current size and projected growth of the Funds.

The Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized relative to fee levels as the Funds grow, and whether the fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Board noted that economies of scale may be achieved at higher asset levels for each Fund for the benefit of Fund shareholders, but that the advisory fee did not currently include breakpoint reductions as asset levels increased.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

At this time, the Trustees determined to approve the Agreement for an additional one year period. In voting to approve the continuation of the Agreement, the Board considered all factors it deemed relevant and the information presented to the Board by the Adviser. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance and each member of the Board gave varying weights to each factor according to his or her own judgment. The Board determined that the continuation of the Agreement would be in the best interests of the Funds and its shareholders. As a result, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreement.

 

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Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

 

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (888) 678-6034.

 

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Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for each Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 678-6034.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held

with Trust

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

Number of
Funds in

Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies
Held by Trustee

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

  Trustee and Chairman of the Board   Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.   Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.   28   Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  Trustee   Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.   University Professor, Widener University.   28   None.

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

  Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.    Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.    28    None.

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

  Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.    Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.    28    Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by
Trustee

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

  Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.    EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.    28   

None.

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing-the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

   President and Chief Executive Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

   Secretary    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.    Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

   Chief Compliance Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Asset Management Group of Bank of Hawaii

130 Merchant Street, Suite 370

Honolulu, HI 96813

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

LOGO

of

FundVantage Trust

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Securities

Fund

Pacific Capital Tax-Free Short

Intermediate Securities Fund

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Pacific Capital Funds. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Pacific Capital Funds.

 


PEMBERWICK FUND

Annual Investment Advisor’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

We are pleased to present the Pemberwick Fund annual report covering the period from May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013. Portfolio performance information, market commentary and our outlook for the period ended April 30, 2013 follows. We encourage you to carefully review the enclosed information to stay informed.

PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE AND MARKET REVIEW:

From May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 Pemberwick Fund (“Pemberwick”) generated a periodic total investment return of 2.19% net of expenses. The Portfolio’s primary benchmark, the Barclays Capital 1- 3 year Government/Credit Index, returned 1.04% during the same period. Since its inception on February 1, 2010 Pemberwick has generated a return net of expenses of 1.66% vs. the Barclay benchmark return of 1.61% for the same period. The Barclay benchmark index does not reflect any expenses or transaction costs. Pemberwick generated a return before expenses but after transaction costs of 2.64% for the year ended April 30, 2013 and 2.10% since inception.

Pemberwick began the year focused on continuing its strategy of building a portfolio of investment grade bonds with laddered maturities, therefore generating favorable returns due to the upward sloping yield curve without taking on significant duration risk. In addition, Pemberwick has continued to concentrate its investments in investment grade floating rate bonds issued by large financial institutions and securities issued by the US Treasury and Agencies. The floating rate securities, which currently make up approximately 50% of the Pemberwick portfolio, have performed well in the past year. The yield on the debt of the larger banks decreased significantly during 2012. Bank debt yields recovered much of what had been lost in the previous fiscal year and Pemberwick closed out its fiscal year with a net asset value of $10.12 per share, up from $10.03 as of April 30, 2012.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 447-4785. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

 

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Annual Investment Advisor’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

PORTFOLIO POSITIONING:

Pemberwick Fund continues to be invested primarily in investment grade floating rate securities issued by large financial institutions and securities issued by the US Treasury and Agencies. In addition, Pemberwick currently has approximately 7% of its assets invested in short-term securities with maturities of approximately 30 days. Pemberwick’s net assets have remained relatively flat during fiscal year ended April 30, 2013: net assets have increased from approximately $119.5 million as of April 30, 2012 to approximately $119.8 million as of April 30, 2013.

Pemberwick Investment Advisors LLC

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the year ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment advisor at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risk.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Pemberwick Fund

vs. Barclays 1-3 Year Government/Credit Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns For the Periods Ended April 30, 2013
      1 Year   3 Year   Since Inception*

Pemberwick Fund

   2.19%   1.77%   1.66%

Barclays 1-3 Year Government/Credit Index

   1.04%   1.60%   1.61%

* The Pemberwick Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on February 1, 2010. Benchmark performance is from the inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself. The benchmark does not reflect any expenses or transaction costs.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 447-4785.The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

The Fund’s total annual operating expense ratio, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, is 0.80% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, which may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. The Fund has voluntarily agreed to waive its management fee. For the period February 1, 2010 (commencement of operations) through June 14, 2010, Pemberwick waived 30 basis points. Since June 15, 2010, Pemberwick has voluntarily agreed to waive 35 basis points. Such waiver will continue until Pemberwick notifies the Fund of a change in its voluntary waiver or its discontinuation. This waiver can be discontinued at any time at the discretion of Pemberwick.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Barclays 1-3 Year Government/Credit Index. The Barclays 1-3 Year Government/Credit Index is an unmanaged market index and should not be considered indicative of any Pemberwick investment. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund is subject to the risks of the fixed-income securities in its portfolio such as credit, prepayment and interest rate risk. As interest rates rise, the value of bond prices will decline and an investor may lose money. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that a large portion of the Fund’s assets may be invested in one or few issuers or sectors. The Fund could fluctuate in value more than a diversified fund.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period from November 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the second line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     Pemberwick Fund
     Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
   Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
   Expenses Paid
During Period*

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,006.40    $2.14

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,022.66      2.16

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 0.43% for the Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181) then divided by 365 days. The Fund’s ending account values on the first line in each table are based on the actual six-months total return for the Fund of 0.64%.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

The following table presents a summary by security type of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

SECURITY TYPE:

    

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     55.3   $ 66,193,703   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     26.2        31,399,189   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     13.9        16,654,179   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     2.7        3,173,600   

Government Bonds

     0.0        41,909   

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities

     1.9        2,330,905   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 119,793,485   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — 55.3%

  

Communications — 0.3%

     

AT&T, Inc.
2.50%, 08/15/2015

   $ 50,000       $ 51,969   

AT&T, Inc.
0.80%, 12/01/2015

     12,000         11,989   

BellSouth Corp.
5.20%, 09/15/2014

     90,000         95,580   

Cellco Partnership/Verizon
Wireless Capital, LLC
5.55%, 02/01/2014

     75,000         77,660   

Cisco Systems, Inc.
2.90%, 11/17/2014

     30,000         31,194   

eBay, Inc.
1.63%, 10/15/2015

     35,000         35,909   
     

 

 

 
        304,301   
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Cyclical — 0.1%

     

Target Corp.
4.00%, 06/15/2013

     45,000         45,192   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
4.55%, 05/01/2013

     40,000         39,999   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
7.25%, 06/01/2013

     15,000         15,080   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
2.25%, 07/08/2015

     25,000         26,011   
     

 

 

 
          126,282   
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Non-cyclical — 0.2%

  

  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)
1.50%, 11/15/2015

     35,000         35,884   

GlaxoSmithKline Capital,
Inc.
0.70%, 03/18/2016

     15,000         15,018   

Pepsico, Inc.
3.75%, 03/01/2014

     65,000         66,778   
     
     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Consumer, Non-cyclical — (Continued)

  

  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)
4.95%, 08/15/2014

   $ 55,000       $ 58,283   
     

 

 

 
        175,963   
     

 

 

 

Energy — 0.1%

     

BP Capital Markets PLC
5.25%, 11/07/2013

     45,000         46,137   

Shell International Finance
BV
4.00%, 03/21/2014

     10,000         10,326   

Shell International Finance
BV
3.10%, 06/28/2015

     50,000         52,831   
     

 

 

 
        109,294   
     

 

 

 

Financial — 53.9%

     

American Express Credit
Corp.
2.75%, 09/15/2015

     30,000         31,426   

American Express Credit
Corp.
2.80%, 09/19/2016

     100,000         106,159   

Bank of America Corp.
0.61%, 09/15/2014 (a)

     2,000,000         1,995,530   

Bank of America Corp.
3.63%, 03/17/2016

     10,000         10,620   

Bank of America Corp.
6.50%, 08/01/2016

     230,000         265,482   

Bank of America Corp.
0.62%, 08/15/2016 (a)

     2,000,000         1,930,218   

Bank of America NA
0.56%, 06/15/2016 (a)

     2,000,000           1,945,562   

Bank of New York Mellon
Corp. (The)
4.30%, 05/15/2014

     75,000         78,064   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Financial — (Continued)

  

  

Bank of New York Mellon
Corp. (The)
0.70%, 10/23/2015

   $ 29,000       $ 29,099   

Bank of New York Mellon
Corp. (The)
0.70%, 03/04/2016

     25,000         25,032   

Barclays Bank PLC
5.20%, 07/10/2014

     100,000         105,286   

BB&T Corp.
3.20%, 03/15/2016

     50,000         53,281   

Berkshire Hathaway Finance
Corp.
4.60%, 05/15/2013

     85,000         85,121   

Berkshire Hathaway Finance
Corp.
5.10%, 07/15/2014

     90,000         95,119   

Berkshire Hathaway Finance
Corp.
2.45%, 12/15/2015

     17,000         17,853   

Blackrock, Inc.
3.50%, 12/10/2014

     40,000         41,982   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
6.13%, 02/17/2014

     15,000         15,692   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
2.65%, 04/01/2016

     20,000         21,102   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
1.63%, 06/01/2017

     60,000         61,342   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)
0.85%, 12/04/2015

     25,000         25,156   

Citigroup, Inc.
6.50%, 08/19/2013

     200,000           203,594   
     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Financial — (Continued)

  

  

Citigroup, Inc.
6.00%, 12/13/2013

   $ 100,000       $ 103,358   

Citigroup, Inc.
0.41%, 03/07/2014 (a)

     2,000,000           1,996,646   

Citigroup, Inc.
6.38%, 08/12/2014

     30,000         32,087   

Citigroup, Inc.
0.55%, 11/05/2014 (a)

     2,525,000         2,517,662   

Citigroup, Inc.
6.01%, 01/15/2015

     50,000         54,189   

Citigroup, Inc.
0.55%, 06/09/2016 (a)

     2,000,000         1,942,264   

Citigroup, Inc.
4.45%, 01/10/2017

     20,000         22,136   

CME Group, Inc.
5.40%, 08/01/2013

     20,000         20,241   

CME Group, Inc.
5.75%, 02/15/2014

     40,000         41,637   

Credit Suisse
5.50%, 05/01/2014

     125,000         131,197   

Credit Suisse USA, Inc.
5.13%, 08/15/2015

     100,000         109,679   

Deutsche Bank AG London
4.88%, 05/20/2013

     140,000         140,307   

General Electric Capital Corp.
0.41%, 06/20/2013 (a)

     2,000,000         2,000,160   

General Electric Capital Corp.
1.28%, 09/23/2013 (a)

     406,000         407,544   

General Electric Capital Corp.
0.40%, 12/17/2013 (a)

     1,400,000         1,400,451   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9


PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

    Par
Value
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Financial — (Continued)

  

 

General Electric Capital
Corp.
0.40%, 12/20/2013 (a)

  $ 1,575,000      $ 1,575,973   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
0.41%, 03/20/2014 (a)

    4,500,000          4,504,635   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
5.65%, 06/09/2014

    35,000        37,028   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
0.43%, 09/15/2014 (a)

    1,400,000        1,399,175   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
3.50%, 06/29/2015

    20,000        21,149   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
6.90%, 09/15/2015

    50,000        56,704   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
4.38%, 09/21/2015

    110,000        119,085   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
2.25%, 11/09/2015

    277,000        286,874   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
5.40%, 02/15/2017

    75,000        86,276   

General Electric Capital
Corp.
7.13%, 12/29/2049 (a)

    1,000,000        1,172,654   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
(The) 4.75%, 07/15/2013

    45,000        45,398   
    Par
Value
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Financial — (Continued)

  

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
5.25%, 10/15/2013

  $ 30,000      $ 30,639   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
1.27%, 02/07/2014 (a)

    1,000,000          1,005,150   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
0.78%, 01/12/2015 (a)

    3,400,000        3,396,988   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
5.13%, 01/15/2015

    100,000        106,923   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
0.68%, 07/22/2015 (a)

    400,000        398,287   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
3.70%, 08/01/2015

    90,000        95,222   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
3.63%, 02/07/2016

    70,000        74,590   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
5.75%, 10/01/2016

    30,000        34,231   

Hartford Life Global FundingTrusts
0.46%, 06/16/2014 (a)

    700,000        699,978   

HSBC Finance Corp.
0.53%, 01/15/2014 (a)

    5,000,000        4,996,905   

HSBC Finance Corp.
0.72%, 06/01/2016 (a)

    2,000,000        1,981,556   

John Deere Capital Corp.
4.90%, 09/09/2013

    50,000        50,817   

John Deere Capital Corp.
1.40%, 03/15/2017

    50,000        50,961   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10


PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Financial — (Continued)

  

  

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
6.40%, 08/28/2017

   $ 50,000       $ 58,893   

Morgan Stanley
0.58%, 01/09/2014 (a)

     1,000,000         998,146   

Morgan Stanley
4.20%, 11/20/2014

     250,000         261,713   

Morgan Stanley
0.76%, 10/15/2015 (a)

     2,000,000         1,976,172   

Morgan Stanley
0.73%, 10/18/2016 (a)

     2,500,000         2,443,158   

National City Bank
0.63%, 12/15/2016 (a)

     4,000,000         3,975,164   

Northern Trust Corp.
5.50%, 08/15/2013

     75,000         76,128   

PACCAR Financial Corp.
1.55%, 09/29/2014

     30,000         30,493   

PNC Funding Corp.
0.48%, 01/31/2014 (a)

     2,000,000           2,001,996   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)
2.71%, 08/23/2013 (a)

     640,000         643,387   

State Street Corp.
4.30%, 05/30/2014

     35,000         36,499   

State Street Corp.
2.88%, 03/07/2016

     10,000         10,649   

State Street Corp.
5.38%, 04/30/2017

     15,000         17,432   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
3.20%, 06/17/2015

     55,000         58,028   

Travelers Cos, Inc. (The)
6.25%, 06/20/2016

     15,000         17,455   

US Bancorp
2.88%, 11/20/2014

     75,000         77,841   

US Bancorp
3.15%, 03/04/2015

     45,000         47,205   
     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Financial — (Continued)

  

  

US Bancorp
2.45%, 07/27/2015

   $ 15,000       $ 15,630   

US Bank NA
0.56%, 10/14/2014 (a)

     2,000,000         2,001,584   

Wachovia Bank NA
4.80%, 11/01/2014

     1,000,000         1,062,300   

Wachovia Bank NA
0.65%, 11/03/2014 (a)

     7,000,000         7,010,969   

Wachovia Corp.
2.07%, 05/01/2013 (a)

     1,000,000         1,000,000   

Wachovia Corp.
5.50%, 05/01/2013

     55,000         54,999   

Wachovia Corp.
5.63%, 10/15/2016

     100,000         114,789   

Wells Fargo & Co.
1.50%, 07/01/2015

     20,000         20,362   

Wells Fargo & Co.
3.68%, 06/15/2016 (b)

     200,000         216,204   
     

 

 

 
          64,516,672   
     

 

 

 

Industrial — 0.1%

     

Caterpillar, Inc.
7.00%, 12/15/2013

     20,000         20,827   

Danaher Corp.
1.30%, 06/23/2014

     24,000         24,249   

Emerson Electric Co.
5.00%, 12/15/2014

     40,000         42,837   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
5.15%, 04/01/2014

     50,000         52,070   
     

 

 

 
        139,983   
     

 

 

 

Technology — 0.5%

     

Apple, Inc.
0.45%, 05/03/2016

     49,000         48,911   

HP Enterprise Services, LLC
6.00%, 08/01/2013

     200,000         202,593   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11


PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — (Continued)

  

Technology — (Continued)

  

  

Intel Corp.
1.95%, 10/01/2016

   $ 47,000       $ 48,762   

International Business
Machines Corp.
6.50%, 10/15/2013

     100,000         102,807   

Microsoft Corp.
2.95%, 06/01/2014

     25,000         25,738   

Microsoft Corp.
1.00%, 05/01/2018

     60,000         60,196   

National Semiconductor
Corp.
6.60%, 06/15/2017

     25,000         30,347   

Oracle Corp.
5.25%, 01/15/2016

     50,000         56,199   

Oracle Corp.
1.20%, 10/15/2017

     15,000         15,109   

Texas Instruments, Inc.
1.38%, 05/15/2014

     55,000         55,635   
     

 

 

 
        646,297   
     

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.1%

     

Alabama Power Co.
5.80%, 11/15/2013

     35,000         35,987   

Detroit Edison Co. (The)
6.40%, 10/01/2013

     30,000         30,717   

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
5.75%, 11/15/2013

     55,000         56,536   

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
5.25%, 01/15/2018

     20,000         23,738   

Georgia Power Co.
5.25%, 12/15/2015

     25,000         27,933   
     

 

 

 
        174,911   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE
BONDS AND NOTES
(Cost $64,755,571)

          66,193,703   
     

 

 

 
     Par
Value
     Value  

GOVERNMENT BONDS — 0.0%

  

  

Province of Ontario Canada
2.70%, 06/16/2015

   $ 40,000       $ 41,909   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT
BONDS
(Cost $39,992)

        41,909   
     

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 2.7 %

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation REMICS — 1.4 %

  

Series 2777, Class VX
5.00%, 04/15/2015

     44,636         45,370   

Series 2542, Class ES
5.00%, 12/15/2017

     48,054         51,396   

Series 2564, Class HJ
5.00%, 02/15/2018

     31,738         34,001   

Series 2627, Class MC
4.50%, 05/15/2018

     114,263         121,003   

Series 2617, Class GR
4.50%, 05/15/2018

     60,381         64,461   

Series 2611, Class UH
4.50%, 05/15/2018

     55,412         58,208   

Series 2617, Class TK
4.50%, 06/15/2018

     89,436         95,196   

Series 2649, Class KA
4.50%, 07/15/2018

     73,565         78,002   

Series 2677, Class JA
5.00%, 09/15/2018

     3,827         3,855   

Series 2693, Class PE
4.50%, 10/15/2018

     88,834         94,349   

Series 2746, Class EG
4.50%, 02/15/2019

     98,378           104,546   

Series 2780, Class JG
4.50%, 04/15/2019

     6,340         6,512   

Series 3461, Class BV
5.00%, 06/15/2019

     25,052         25,125   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — (Continued)

   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation REMICS — (Continued)

   

Series 2814, Class GB
5.00%, 06/15/2019

   $ 23,264       $ 24,087   

Series 3558, Class AW
4.75%, 08/15/2019

     26,001         26,609   

Series 2639, Class UG
4.00%, 03/15/2022

     30,185         30,795   

Series 2639, Class UH
4.25%, 03/15/2022

     25,959         26,551   

Series 2503, Class JV
5.50%, 05/15/2022

     8,978         8,986   

Series 2924, Class EH
5.25%, 03/15/2024

     30,953         32,205   

Series 2989, Class TG
5.00%, 06/15/2025

     99,720           110,069   

Series 3002, Class YD
4.50%, 07/15/2025

     40,479         43,755   

Series 2691, Class ME
4.50%, 04/15/2032

     47,166         48,173   

Series 2735, Class OG
5.00%, 08/15/2032

     24,765         25,196   

Series 2764, Class TE
5.00%, 10/15/2032

     56,524         58,018   

Series 2802, Class OA
4.50%, 12/15/2032

     9,854         9,911   

Series 2760, Class PD
5.00%, 12/15/2032

     83,908         86,463   

Series 2655, Class QA
5.00%, 02/15/2033

     12,009         12,587   

Series 2827, Class TE
5.00%, 04/15/2033

     162,564         168,655   

Series 3067, Class PK
5.50%, 05/15/2034

     80,896         83,480   
     Par
Value
     Value  

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — (Continued)

   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation REMICS — (Continued)

   

Series 2881, Class AE
5.00%, 08/15/2034

   $ 48,496       $ 52,639   

Series 2933, Class HD
5.50%, 02/15/2035

     67,222         76,081   
     

 

 

 
          1,706,284   
     

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS — 1.0 %

  

Series 2008-26, Class VJ
5.00%, 03/25/2018

     88,213         88,610   

Series 2004-81, Class KD
4.50%, 07/25/2018

     18,919         19,054   

Series 2003-92, Class PE
4.50%, 09/25/2018

     83,534         88,822   

Series 2008-54, Class EA
5.00%, 07/25/2019

     47,318         47,787   

Series 2005-91, Class DA
4.50%, 10/25/2020

     3,250         3,264   

Series 2004-65, Class EJ
5.00%, 05/25/2023

     13,280         13,389   

Series 2003-80, Class YE
4.00%, 06/25/2023

     34,565         36,285   

Series 2005-40, Class YG
5.00%, 05/25/2025

     95,775         107,029   

Series 2007-27, Class MQ
5.50%, 04/25/2027

     29,252         32,943   

Series 2003-21, Class PJ
4.50%, 12/25/2031

     8,001         8,053   

Series 2005-12, Class JE
5.00%, 09/25/2033

     178,929         185,199   

Series 2005-16, Class PE
5.00%, 03/25/2034

     43,017         44,992   

Series 2005-48, Class AR
5.50%, 02/25/2035

     84,720         93,168   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

13


PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — (Continued)

   

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS — (Continued)

   

Series 2005-62, Class CQ
4.75%, 07/25/2035

   $ 46,581       $ 49,837   

Series 2005-68, Class PG
5.50%, 08/25/2035

     85,111         97,035   

Series 2005-84, Class TG
5.00%, 09/25/2035

     20,957         21,216   

Series 2010-64, Class EH
5.00%, 10/25/2035

     78,768         81,998   

Series 2005-83, Class LA
5.50%, 10/25/2035

     52,942         60,972   

Series 2007-39, Class NA
4.25%, 01/25/2037

     35,091         36,775   

Series 2009-47, Class PA
4.50%, 07/25/2039

     69,348         74,335   
     

 

 

 
        1,190,763   
     

 

 

 

Government National Mortgage Association — 0.3%

  

Series 2002-22, Class GF
6.50%, 03/20/2032

     81,761         97,524   

Series 2002-51, Class D
6.00%, 07/20/2032

     108,359         123,205   

Series 2008-50, Class NA 5.50%, 03/16/2037

     52,090         55,824   
     

 

 

 
        276,553   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL
COLLATERALIZED
MORTGAGE
OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $3,150,850)

          3,173,600   
     

 

 

 
     Par
Value
     Value  

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 13.9 %

  

Federal Home Loan Bank — 2.4%

  

1.88%, 06/21/2013

   $ 1,300,000       $ 1,303,249   

2.63%, 09/13/2013

     60,000         60,559   

4.88%, 12/13/2013

     500,000         514,684   

1.38%, 05/28/2014

     250,000         253,304   

2.50%, 06/13/2014

     255,000         261,685   

5.38%, 06/13/2014

     315,000         333,285   

3.13%, 03/11/2016

     165,000         177,954   
     

 

 

 
          2,904,720   
     

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — 5.2%

  

0.50%, 10/15/2013

     1,125,000         1,127,072   

5.00%, 01/30/2014

     450,000         466,412   

1.00%, 08/20/2014

     450,000         454,766   

0.63%, 12/29/2014

     700,000         704,837   

0.50%, 04/17/2015

     200,000         201,057   

5.25%, 04/18/2016

     400,000         457,447   

2.50%, 05/27/2016

     580,000         616,944   

2.00%, 08/25/2016

     1,330,000         1,397,983   

1.00%, 03/08/2017

     150,000         152,600   

5.50%, 04/01/2021
Gold Pool #G11941

     92,697         100,046   

5.50%, 11/01/2021
Gold Pool #G12454

     45,659         48,993   

5.50%, 04/01/2023
Gold Pool #G13145

     77,733         83,410   

4.50%, 06/01/2029
Gold Pool #C91251

     59,220         64,233   

4.50%, 12/01/2029
Gold Pool #C91281

     93,501         101,417   

4.50%, 04/01/2030
Gold Pool #C91295

     55,067         59,539   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — (Continued)

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation — (Continued)

  

4.00%, 02/01/2026
Gold Pool #J14494

   $ 156,322       $ 166,268   

4.00%, 06/01/2026
Gold Pool #J15974

     54,499         57,966   
     

 

 

 
          6,260,990   
     

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association — 6.3%

  

0.50%, 08/09/2013

     750,000         750,847   

1.13%, 10/08/2013

     275,000         276,240   

0.75%, 12/18/2013

     150,000         150,632   

4.13%, 04/15/2014

     900,000         934,324   

2.50%, 05/15/2014

     1,400,000         1,434,290   

1.13%, 06/27/2014

     150,000         151,716   

5.00%, 12/01/2014
Pool #255598

     17,877         19,227   

2.38%, 07/28/2015

     350,000         366,263   

1.63%, 10/26/2015

     500,000         515,978   

1.50%, 10/28/2015

     150,000         154,034   

2.25%, 03/15/2016

     500,000         526,610   

5.00%, 03/15/2016

     35,000         39,631   

1.38%, 11/15/2016

     310,000         320,051   

4.88%, 12/15/2016

     170,000         196,728   

1.25%, 01/30/2017

     200,000         205,445   

1.13%, 04/27/2017

     300,000         306,390   

5.38%, 06/12/2017

     250,000         298,723   

6.00%, 09/01/2019
Pool #735439

     20,502         21,996   

5.50%, 06/01/2020
Pool #888601

     28,162         30,125   

5.00%, 05/01/2023
Pool #254762

     45,006         48,140   
     Par
Value
     Value  

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — (Continued)

  

Federal National Mortgage Association — (Continued)

  

5.50%, 01/01/2024
Pool #AD0471

   $ 44,660       $ 48,667   

5.00%, 07/01/2024
Pool #255320

     22,574         24,803   

5.00%, 12/01/2025
Pool #256045

     92,404         100,501   

5.50%, 02/01/2028
Pool #257075

     72,425         78,928   

5.50%, 05/01/2028
Pool #257204

     81,659         88,940   

4.00%, 08/01/2029
Pool #MA0142

     83,822         90,795   

5.50%, 04/01/2037
Pool #AD0249

     98,236         107,993   

7.00%, 04/01/2037
Pool #888366

     30,954         36,853   

5.00%, 10/01/2039
Pool #AC3237

     150,809         163,599   
     

 

 

 
        7,488,469   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S.
GOVERNMENT
AGENCY
OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $16,459,602)

          16,654,179   
     

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 26.2%

  

U.S. Treasury Notes — 26.2%

  

0.13%, 08/31/2013

     300,000         300,070   

0.25%, 11/30/2013

     350,000         350,369   

0.25%, 02/28/2014

     300,000         300,340   

0.25%, 05/31/2014

     600,000         600,750   

0.25%, 02/15/2015

     500,000         500,450   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Par
Value
     Value  

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — (Continued)

  

U.S. Treasury Notes — (Continued)

  

0.50%, 10/15/2013

   $ 400,000       $ 400,812   

0.50%, 08/15/2014

     350,000         351,545   

0.50%, 07/31/2017

     190,000         189,718   

0.63%, 05/31/2017

     30,000         30,152   

0.63%, 08/31/2017

     160,000         160,538   

0.63%, 09/30/2017

     300,000         300,773   

0.63%, 11/30/2017

     100,000         100,164   

0.75%, 08/15/2013

     655,000         656,408   

0.75%, 09/15/2013

     2,700,000           2,707,066   

0.75%, 12/15/2013

     950,000         953,897   

0.75%, 10/31/2017

     280,000         282,078   

0.75%, 12/31/2017

     600,000         603,844   

0.75%, 02/28/2018

     450,000         452,426   

0.75%, 03/31/2018

     275,000         276,246   

0.88%, 11/30/2016

     300,000         304,922   

0.88%, 12/31/2016

     200,000         203,266   

0.88%, 01/31/2017

     550,000         558,809   

0.88%, 04/30/2017

     175,000         177,693   

0.88%, 01/31/2018

     850,000         859,695   

1.00%, 05/15/2014

     420,000         423,774   

1.00%, 08/31/2016

     520,000         530,847   

1.00%, 09/30/2016

     370,000         377,776   

1.00%, 10/31/2016

     650,000         663,660   

1.00%, 03/31/2017

     320,000         326,550   

1.13%, 06/15/2013

     710,000         711,027   

1.25%, 03/15/2014

     250,000         252,471   

1.25%, 04/15/2014

     1,250,000         1,263,428   

1.25%, 08/31/2015

     150,000         153,527   

1.25%, 09/30/2015

     300,000         307,266   

1.25%, 10/31/2015

     100,000         102,453   

1.38%, 05/15/2013

     100,000         100,062   
     Par
Value
     Value  

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — (Continued)

  

U.S. Treasury Notes — (Continued)

  

1.38%, 11/30/2015

   $ 320,000       $ 329,000   

1.50%, 06/30/2016

     590,000         611,572   

1.50%, 07/31/2016

     495,000         513,330   

1.75%, 07/31/2015

     150,000         155,086   

1.75%, 05/31/2016

      1,015,000           1,059,090   

1.88%, 10/31/2017

     275,000         290,963   

2.00%, 11/30/2013

     1,350,000         1,365,082   

2.00%, 01/31/2016

     150,000         157,031   

2.00%, 04/30/2016

     835,000         876,880   

2.13%, 11/30/2014

     150,000         154,611   

2.13%, 12/31/2015

     400,000         419,594   

2.13%, 02/29/2016

     515,000         541,595   

2.25%, 05/31/2014

     300,000         306,844   

2.25%, 01/31/2015

     1,095,000         1,134,267   

2.38%, 02/28/2015

     560,000         582,182   

2.38%, 03/31/2016

     770,000         816,501   

2.50%, 04/30/2015

     265,000         277,029   

2.63%, 07/31/2014

     225,000         231,952   

2.63%, 04/30/2016

     250,000         267,188   

3.00%, 09/30/2016

     300,000         326,602   

3.13%, 08/31/2013

     600,000         606,141   

3.13%, 04/30/2017

     200,000         220,984   

3.50%, 05/31/2013

     400,000         401,188   

4.00%, 02/15/2015

     520,000         555,242   

4.13%, 05/15/2015

     775,000         836,395   

4.25%, 08/15/2015

     1,400,000         1,527,968   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY
OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $31,103,622)

         31,399,189   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.1%
(Cost $115,509,637)

   $ 117,462,580   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES - 1.9%

     2,330,905   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

   $   119,793,485   
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rate shown is as of April 30, 2013.

(b)

Multi-Step Coupon. Rate disclosed is as of April 30, 2013.

REMICs Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $115,509,637)

   $ 117,462,580   

Cash

     3,836,314   

Dividends and interest receivable

     385,154   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     8,941   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     121,692,989   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     1,700,000   

Payable to Investment Adviser

     15,265   

Payable for investments purchased

     108,874   

Payable for audit fees

     24,683   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     22,933   

Payable for printing fees

     8,685   

Payable for custodian fees

     7,685   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     4,845   

Payable for legal fees

     4,207   

Accrued expenses

     2,327   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,899,504   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 119,793,485   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 118,318   

Paid-in capital

     118,721,968   

Accumulated net investment income

     78   

Accumulated net realized loss from investments

     (999,822

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,952,943   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 119,793,485   
  

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding

     11,831,798   
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($119,793,485 / 11,831,798)

   $ 10.12   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Interest

   $ 1,917,550   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     1,917,550   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     619,405   

Administration and accounting fees

     158,741   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     53,323   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     33,620   

Legal fees

     31,929   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     28,600   

Audit fees

     24,839   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     17,577   

Registration and filing fees

     3,042   

Other expenses

     16,463   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     987,539   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (433,583
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     553,956   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1,363,594   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized loss from investments

     (179,185

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,553,043   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1,373,858   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 2,737,452   
  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

        

Net investment income

     $ 1,363,594       $ 1,913,672  

Net realized loss from investments and payment by affiliate (See Note 2)

       (179,185 )       (28,682 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) from investments

       1,553,043         (2,234,669 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       2,737,452         (349,679 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Net investment income

       (1,580,208 )       (2,040,214 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (1,580,208 )       (2,040,214 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

(Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       (884,733 )       (40,803,439 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase/(decrease) in net assets

       272,511         (43,193,332 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

        

Beginning of year

       119,520,974         162,714,306  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

     $ 119,793,485       $ 119,520,974  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income/(loss), end of year.

     $ 78       $ 60,307  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     For the
Year
Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year
Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the
Year
Ended
April 30, 2011
  For the
Period
February 1, 2010*
to April 30, 2010

Per Share Operating Performance

                

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.03       $ 10.16       $ 10.00       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.11         0.13         0.13         0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.11         (0.12 )(2)       0.17         (3)
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       0.22         0.01         0.30         0.01  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

                

Net investment income

       (0.13 )       (0.14 )       (0.14 )       (0.01 )

Tax return of capital

                       (3)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 10.12       $ 10.03       $ 10.16       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(4)

       2.19 %       0.12 %       3.01 %       0.07 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 119,793       $ 119,521       $ 162,714       $ 140,411  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.45 %       0.45 %       0.42 %       0.61 %(5)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(6)

       0.80 %       0.80 %       0.77 %       0.92 %(5)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.10 %       1.07 %       1.31 %       0.42 %(5)

Portfolio turnover rate

       27.96 %       23.14 %       22.46 %       9.89 %(7)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

Includes payments by affiliate which equaled $0.03 per share. (See Note 2)

(3)

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(4)

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(5) 

Annualized.

(6)

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(7)

Not annualized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Pemberwick Fund (the “Fund”) is a non-diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on February 1, 2010. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers one class of shares and is not subject to a front-end sales charge.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued at their last sale price on the NYSE on the day the security is valued. Lacking any sales on such day, the security will be valued at the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to the market close. 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. Unlisted securities that are quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers National Market System, for which there have been sales of such securities on such day, shall be valued at the official closing price on such system on the day the security is valued. If there are no such sales on such day, the value shall be the mean between the last asked price and the last bid price prior to market close. The value of such securities quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system, but not listed on the National Market System, shall be value at the mean between closing asked 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 asked prices for such security in the over-the-counter market. Fixed income securities are valued based on market quotations, which are furnished by an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuations techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s net assets are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

   

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The fair value of a Fund’s bonds are generally based on quotes received from brokers of independent pricing services. Bonds with quotes that are based on actual trades with a sufficient level of activity on or near the measurement date are classified as Level 2 assets.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

     Total Value at
04/30/13
   Level 1
Quoted
Price
   Level 2
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     $ 66,193,703        $           —        $ 66,193,703        $                 —  

Government Bonds

       41,909                   41,909           

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

       3,173,600                   3,173,600           

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

       16,654,179                   16,654,179           

U.S. Treasury Obligations

       31,399,189                   31,399,189           
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 117,462,580        $        $ 117,462,580        $  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Funds to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also require the Funds to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Funds had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Funds had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Gains and losses on principal paydowns from mortgage backed securities are recorded as interest income on the Statement of Operations. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums are recorded on a daily basis using the effective yield method except for short term securities, which records discounts and premiums on a straight-line basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to such fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly to shareholders. Distributions, if any, of net short-term capital gain and net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over the short-term capital loss) realized by the Fund, after deducting any available capital loss carryovers are declared and paid to its shareholders annually. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Pemberwick Investment Advisors LLC (“Pemberwick” or the “Advisor”) serves as the investment advisor to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (“Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Advisor earns a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Advisor may, in its discretion, voluntarily waive its fees or reimburse certain Fund expenses; however; the Advisor is not required to do so. As of April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees payable to the Advisor were $15,265, net of fee waivers. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the Advisor waived fees of 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets totaling $433,583.

Pemberwick has retained the services of J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (“Sub-Advisor”) as the sub-advisor to the Fund. The Sub-Advisor provides certain investment services, information, advice, assistance and facilities and performs research, statistical and investment services pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement between the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”), serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $15,117. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

During the year ended April 30, 2012, the Adviser reimbursed the Fund $369,932 for losses incurred on transactions as a result of changes made to the Fund’s investment guidelines.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

U.S. Government Securities

   $ 19,650,534       $ 18,274,529   

Other Securities

     13,155,530         16,294,138   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the years ended April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Value     Shares     Value  

Sales

     1,828,628      $ 18,452,761        1,642,315      $ 16,548,950   

Reinvestments

     156,547        1,580,330        204,172        2,040,152   

Redemptions

     (2,069,529     (20,917,824     (5,946,778     (59,392,541
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase/(Decrease)

     (84,354   $ (884,733     (4,100,291   $ (40,803,439
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state, and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income/(loss) by $156,385 and decrease accumulated net realized gain/(loss) by $156,385, primarily attributable to paydown treatment. Net investment income, net realized losses and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax characters of distributions paid by the Fund was $1,580,208 of ordinary income dividends. For the year ended April 30, 2012, the tax characters of distributions paid by the Fund was $2,040,214 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss

Carryforward

   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
   Qualified Late-Year
Losses

$(920,148)

     $ 78        $        $ 1,952,449        $ (79,180 )

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 115,510,131     
  

 

 

   

Gross unrealized appreciation

     1,991,496     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (39,047  
  

 

 

   

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,952,449     
  

 

 

   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

Pursuant to the federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund had short-term capital loss deferrals of $19,152 and long-term capital loss deferrals of $60,028.

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryovers as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

As of April 30, 2013, the Fund had pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards of $20,817. If not utilized against future capital gains, $10,862 and $9,955 of this capital loss carryforward will expire in 2018 and 2019, respectively. As of April 30, 2013, the Fund had post-enactment capital loss carryforwards of $899,331, of which $151,238 are short-term losses and $748,093 are long-term losses and have an unlimited period of capital loss carryforward.

6. Significant Risks

MORTGAGE-RELATED AND OTHER ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES RISK — Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are subject to certain other risks. The value of these securities will be influenced by the factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset value, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid.

7. Subsequent Event

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of the

Pemberwick Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Pemberwick Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $1,580,208 of ordinary income dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The percentage of qualified interest income related dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 99.85%.

A total of 10.43% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year was derived from interest on U.S. government securities, which is generally exempt from state income tax.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 447-4785 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust will file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

At an in-person meeting held on December 10-11, 2012, the Board of Trustees ( “Board” or “Trustees”) of FundVantage Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the advisory agreement between Pemberwick Investment Advisors LLC (the “Adviser” or “Pemberwick”) and the Trust on behalf of the Pemberwick Fund (the “Fund”) (the “Advisory Agreement”), and the continuation of the sub-advisory agreement between Pemberwick and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (“JPMIM” or the “Sub-Adviser”), on behalf of the Fund (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement,” and together with the Advisory Agreement, the “Agreements”). In determining whether to continue the Agreements, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Trustees considered information that Pemberwick and JPMIM provided regarding (i) services performed for the Fund, (ii) the size and qualifications of their portfolio management staff, (iii) any potential or actual material conflicts of interest which may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund, (iv) investment performance, (v) the capitalization and financial condition of Pemberwick and JPMIM, (vi) brokerage selection procedures (including soft dollar arrangements, if any), (vii) the procedures for allocating investment opportunities between the Fund and other clients, (viii) results of any regulatory examination, including any recommendations or deficiencies noted, (ix) any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding which may have a material impact on Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s ability to service the Fund, and (x) compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and practices (including codes of ethics and proxy voting policies), federal securities laws and other regulatory requirements. Pemberwick and JPMIM also provided their respective codes of ethics, most recent Form ADVs and compliance policies and procedures, including their proxy

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

voting policies and procedures, for the Trustees’ review and consideration. The Trustees noted the reports provided at Board meetings throughout the year covering matters such as the relative performance of the Fund; compliance with the investment objectives, policies, strategies and limitations for the Fund; the compliance of management personnel with the applicable code of ethics; and the adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Trustees also received and reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel regarding the legal standard applicable to their review of the Agreements.

Representatives from Pemberwick and JPMIM attended the meeting in person and via teleconference and discussed Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s history, performance and investment strategy in connection with the proposed continuation of the Agreements and answered questions from the Board.

The Trustees considered the investment performance for the Fund, Pemberwick and JPMIM. The Trustees reviewed the historical performance charts for the Fund, the Barclay’s 1-3 Year U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index, the Fund’s benchmark, and the Lipper short investment-grade debt category, the Fund’s applicable Lipper peer group, for the one year, calendar year-to-date and since inception periods ended October 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Fund outperformed the Lipper peer group average for the one year and calendar year-to-date periods ended October 31, 2012, and underperformed the Lipper peer group average since inception through October 31, 2012. Relative to its benchmark, the Fund out performed for the one year and since inception periods ended October 31, 2012. The Trustees also considered that the portion of the Fund managed by JPMIM also outperformed the Fund’s benchmark for the one year period ended September 30, 2012 and for the period February 28, 2010 (the date JPMIM commenced serving as sub-adviser to the Fund) through September 30, 2012. The Trustees also noted that the Fund has a two star Morningstar ranking for the one year period ended September 30, 2012. They concluded that the performance of the Fund was within an acceptable range of performance relative to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies based on the information provided at the Meeting.

Pemberwick and JPMIM provided information regarding its advisory fees and an analysis of these fees in relation to the delivery of services to the Fund and any other ancillary benefit resulting from Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s relationship with the Fund. The Trustees also considered the fees that JPMIM charges to its separately managed accounts. The Trustees also reviewed a peer comparison of advisory fees and total expenses for the Fund versus other similarly managed funds. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s net advisory fee and total expense ratio were lower than the median net advisory fee and total expense ratio of the universe of funds with less than $150 million in assets in the Lipper short investment-grade debt category. The Trustees concluded that the advisory fees and services provided by Pemberwick and JPMIM are consistent with those of other advisers and sub-advisers which manage mutual funds with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to those of the Fund based on the information provided at the Meeting.

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited)

The Board then considered the level and depth of knowledge of Pemberwick and JPMIM, including the professional experience and qualifications of senior personnel. In evaluating the quality of services to be provided by Pemberwick and JPMIM, the Board took into account its familiarity with Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s senior management through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year. The Board also took into account Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s compliance policies and procedures and reports regarding their compliance operations by the Trust’s CCO. The Board also considered any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments on the one hand, and the investments of other accounts, on the other.

The Trustees reviewed the services provided to the Fund by Pemberwick and JPMIM and concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by Pemberwick and JPMIM to the Fund were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the Pemberwick Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, that the quality of the services appeared to be consistent with industry norms and that the Fund was likely to benefit from the continued provision of those services. They also concluded that Pemberwick and JPMIM had sufficient personnel, with the appropriate education and experience, to serve the Fund effectively and had demonstrated their ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.

The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided by Pemberwick and JPMIM, the compensation and benefits received by Pemberwick and JPMIM in providing services to the Fund, as well as Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s profitability. The Trustees were provided with the most recent financial statements for Pemberwick and the most recent audited financial statements for JPMIM. The Trustees noted that Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s levels of profitability are important factors to consider, and the Trustees should be satisfied that Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s profits are sufficient to continue as a healthy concern generally and as investment advisers of the Fund specifically. The Trustees concluded that Pemberwick’s and JPMIM’s contractual advisory fee and sub-advisory fee levels were reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided, taking into account the current size and projected growth of the Fund.

The Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized relative to fee levels as the Fund grows and whether the fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Board noted that economies of scale should be achieved at higher asset levels for the Fund for the benefit of fund shareholders, but that Pemberwick’s advisory fee did not currently include breakpoint reductions. The Trustees noted that JPMIM’s fee included breakpoints but that JPMIM’s fee was paid by Pemberwick and not the Fund so that any fee reduction accrued to Pemberwick’s benefit.

At this time, the Trustees determined to approve the continuation of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement each for an additional one year period. In voting to approve the continuation of the Agreements, the Board considered all factors it deemed relevant and the information presented to the Board by Pemberwick and JPMIM. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance and each member of the Board gave varying weights to each factor according to his or her own judgment. The Board determined that the continuation of the Advisory

 

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Other Information

(Unaudited) (Concluded)

Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. As a result, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreements.

 

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Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (888) 447-4785.

 

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Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustee” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (888) 447-4785.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

   Position(s) Held  
with Trust
  

Term of Office

and Length of
Time Served

   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

  

Other
Directorships

of Public
Companies

Held by Trustee

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN

Date of Birth: 2/49

   Trustee and Chairman of the Board    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.    Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.    28    Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.    University Professor, Widener University.    28    None.

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.    Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.    28    None.

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  

Term of Office  

and Length of

Time Served

   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

  

Other
Directorships

of Public
Companies

Held by Trustee

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

  

Trustee

   Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.    Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing 2003 to 2008.    28    Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

   Position(s) Held
with Trust
   Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
   Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.    EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.    28    None.

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing-the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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PEMBERWICK FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

   President and Chief Executive Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO  

Date of Birth: 4/72

   Secretary    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.    Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

   Chief Compliance Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser   

PEMBERWICK FUND

 

of

 

FundVantage Trust

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

April 30, 2013

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Pemberwick Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Pemberwick Fund.

Pemberwick Investment Advisors LLC   
340 Pemberwick Road Greenwich, CT 06831   
  
Sub-Advisor   
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.   

245 Park Ave.

New York, NY 10167

  
  
Administrator   

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

 

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassat Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

 

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

 

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

  


POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholders,

The most important driver of our long-term investment return has been, and will always be, the underlying earnings growth of our portfolio companies. We made that statement last year in our opening comments of the fiscal year 2012 shareholder letter in the context of a strong year of outperformance. Those comments bear repeating for fiscal year 2013 and will be repeated often in the years ahead, as this is a central tenet of our large cap growth investment strategy that is cemented by more than 24 years of experience.

Despite the fact that the companies in the Polen Growth Fund (the “Fund”) have in the aggregate exceeded our growth expectations during the past year, the performance of the Fund was well below our long-term targets. In fiscal year 2013 (ended April 30, 2013) the Fund (institutional class) returned 3.19% versus its benchmarks’ returns of 16.89% for the S&P 500 and 12.60% for the Russell 1000 Growth Index.

Our goal is to create a concentrated portfolio of financially superior, competitively advantaged businesses that can deliver mid-teens annual earnings per share growth in the aggregate over time. This is quite a bit faster than the roughly 5% annualized nominal earnings growth of the S&P 500 going back to 1929, a rate which is closely tied to GDP growth and has been relatively stable over the years. In calendar year 2012, we calculate that the weighted average earnings per share growth of our portfolio was approximately 18%, compared to estimates of low-to-mid-single digit weighted average earnings per share growth for the S&P 500 constituents. While we are on track to accomplish our goal, unfortunately the market did not recognize this during fiscal year 2013.

We believe there are three reasons for our short-term underperformance. First, over the past year or so, the stocks of companies with high dividend yields have vastly outperformed the market. Given the large size of many of these companies, they have actually been pulling the market averages higher while many other stocks have lagged. We calculate that the highest dividend yielding stocks (dividend yields greater than 3%) in the Russell 1000 Growth Index have outperformed the lowest (dividend yields of 1% or less) by nearly 14.5 percentage points from May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013 (22.0% versus 7.5%). Slow global economic growth and the zero interest rate policy from Federal Reserve actions have driven many investors to a relatively small group of high dividend yielding stocks, despite the fact that most of these companies have little earnings growth. Most of our companies grow quite a bit faster than the average company but also pay lower dividends (the average dividend yield of the securities held by the Fund was 1.1% on 4/30/13)1.

 

 

1 The average dividend yield of the Fund’s holdings is not the yield of the Fund itself. See the Financial Highlights section of this report for figures relating to the Fund’s distributions.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

We believe dividends can only take investors so far and true, sustainable earnings growth will drive stock prices higher in the long run. Since 1929, U.S. equities (using the S&P 500 as a proxy) have returned roughly 9% annually in nominal terms. The 9% came from approximately 4.7% nominal earnings growth, a 3.9% dividend yield, and a slight benefit from P/E multiple expansion. To achieve meaningfully higher investment returns, which is our goal, one must either deftly time the market or specific investment situations (which few are able to do consistently) or be able to identify and invest in businesses that in the aggregate produce better than average growth over time. While the latter is quite challenging as well, it is our bread-and-butter and we have a long track record of doing it successfully through strong fundamental research and discipline. During shorter periods of time, our returns can be out of synch with underlying earnings growth for a number of reasons, but we believe that over the long-term our performance will be driven by the strong earnings growth of the competitively advantaged growth businesses that we own.

The second reason the Fund trailed the indices in fiscal year 2013 is that a couple of exogenous issues weighed on the performance of two of our holdings. First, Intuitive Surgical has come under tremendous attack by trial lawyers, competitors and short sellers beginning in late 2012. These groups have made various claims about the safety, efficacy and cost of Intuitive’s da Vinci surgical robot. We have done a large amount of research on these topics over the past few years (much of this research before we ever purchased the stock) and believe that the da Vinci’s safety and efficacy have been well proven in over a decade of use and more than one million surgical procedures. The cost on a per-procedure basis is higher than some other modalities, but when factoring in shorter hospital stays, we believe da Vinci surgeries are no more (and sometimes less) expensive than alternative surgical treatments. We did trim our position in Intuitive Surgical in early 2013, not because of the aforementioned claims that we feel are misguided, but instead because we felt the stock’s valuation was a little high and was ripe for a temporary correction given the news headlines. So although we made some sizing adjustments, we continue to believe that Intuitive has a monopoly position in its industry and a strong growth business that should prove to be a rewarding holding over time.

Cognizant Technology Solutions, an information technology services provider, has also come under pressure recently due to exogenous issues. This U.S.-based company employs a workforce mostly in India to provide outsourcing and consulting services to clients located primarily in the U.S. and Europe. A new immigration bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, if passed into law, would make it extremely difficult for Cognizant’s skilled Indian employees who are in the U.S. on special visas to work with its clients. This would affect the vast majority of Cognizant’s U.S. workforce (most of which are visa holders) and is a full-fledged attack on the business model employed by the company and its Indian peers. We believe this bill is unlikely to pass in its current form, but if it does somehow make it past Congress and the President it would be a major problem for Cognizant’s ongoing business. This is a risk that we are simply not willing to take. Therefore, we completely exited the position in May 2013. Interestingly, if the bill does pass, it would be a major boon to Accenture, a large holding in the Fund. Accenture could pick up a lot of business that may be lost by the companies that are more reliant on visa workers, which would just add to the already strong growth in new bookings that Accenture has been seeing for quite some time.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

The third reason that the Fund’s return underperformed the indices in fiscal year 2013 is that most of the companies that the Fund owns are experiencing a modest deceleration in revenue and earnings growth as of late. We see a similar trend across many of the growth companies that we study (and don’t own) and believe that most of this recent softness is a direct result of slower macroeconomic growth globally. Being that the value of a business is a function of the growth of its future free cash flows, during periods when growth is decelerating, it is very common for valuations to contract with investors’ diminishing growth expectations, even if the growth is strong in absolute terms. As long-term investors, these short-term slowdowns are of little concern to us unless they are symptomatic of a larger problem. As long as we believe our companies’ competitive advantages and long-term growth prospects are intact, we are likely to maintain a position and act as a business owner would.

Contributors and Detractors to Fiscal Year 2013 Performance

The top three contributors to the Fund’s return in 2013 were Google, Nike and Accenture. The bottom three detractors were Apple, Coach and Intuitive Surgical.

Despite concerns by some that mobile search will cannibalize Google’s profitable desktop search business, the company has continued to grow net advertising revenues at a roughly 20% pace. Management has embraced mobile as the future of its business and is achieving tremendous success. Today, a paid click on a mobile device earns Google less revenue than the same paid click on a desktop, but the overwhelming growth in the number of paid searches in total and improvements in the monetization of mobile searches are significantly additive to Google’s profits. Mobile search and Android are also increasing Google’s knowledge about its users, helping to better target ads and improve the economics of their advertising customers. We are also intrigued by the sheer number of innovations coming out of Google, many of which could be material revenue drivers in the future.

Nike’s brand is as relevant as ever. Despite a big slowdown in China, its most profitable geography, Nike continues to grow earnings per share at a mid-teens pace. Even in the U.S., its most mature market, the company is still growing revenue well north of 10% driven by the power of the Nike brand and the company’s product innovation.

Apple’s recent share price declines have been well documented. The company’s growth has slowed materially and many pundits opine that like Motorola, Research In Motion (now Blackberry) and Nokia before it, Apple is on the precipice of irreversible business decline. Our opinion is far less dramatic. While it has recently become clear that Apple’s biggest growth engine, the iPhone, has reached a maturity level sooner than we would have thought, the company’s competitive position and brand are undiminished. We believe that the company’s iOS ecosystem is the key as it essentially locks most consumers in for the long term so long as Apple continues to innovate and improve that ecosystem. This is far different from the companies mentioned above, which did little more than manufacture phones. We continue to hold Apple in the Fund, albeit at a smaller position than when the growth prospects were brighter. We

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

also applaud Apple’s recent plan to return $100 billion in cash to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. We believe many of our companies are vastly overcapitalized and should be returning more cash to shareholders.

We sold Coach in mid-2012 because we believe that the company’s increasing reliance on discounting and factory stores, coupled with sharply increasing competition, presents a real risk to the company’s brand and competitive advantage. We believe Coach has been losing market share for about a year now and are not convinced that the trend is likely to reverse anytime soon.

New and Eliminated Positions

This past year, we initiated positions in Nike, Gartner, W.W. Grainger, Fastenal and Visa. We eliminated Abbvie, Coach and Microsoft.

Gartner is a technology research company that sells subscriptions to large companies that spend over $10 million a year on technology. The company employs over 800 analysts that are experts on specific technology areas. Those analysts write research reports and speak with clients about which hardware and software vendors are best for their clients to use in their specific businesses. The business is characterized by high recurring revenue and very high margins. We believe Gartner is not even close to targeting all of the companies that could be its customers and as such, Gartner’s revenue potential is far higher than its current run rate.

W.W. Grainger and Fastenal are both industrial distribution companies, although they are quite a bit different from one another. The North American market that these companies compete in is roughly $160 billion in size and highly fragmented. Grainger is the leading company with about 5% market share. Fastenal has about 2% market share. Over the last few years, we believe that these two companies have accelerated their market share gains through scale and customer service that are unlikely to be matched by small and regional players who make up the vast majority of the competition. Grainger can access nearly one million stock keeping units and get them to a customer location in less than 48 hours through their world-class distribution system. Fastenal has 2,500 branches in North America in very close proximities to their manufacturing and construction customers, which provide high touch customer service and a tremendous array of products. They also are stocking inventory in vending machines at client sites, saving those customers up to 30% on inventory and managing all of the restocking as well. It is our belief that these advantages are leading to even greater scale for Grainger and Fastenal, widening their competitive advantages and leading to even better long-term growth.

Visa is the largest beneficiary of the secular growth of digital payments in lieu of cash and check, a trend that is well in motion. We added Visa to the portfolio because we believe that most of the regulatory and legal issues that clouded the longer-term prospects before have diminished. The company has a strong balance sheet and tremendous margins. With a strong secular wind at its back, along with strong network effects and scale, we expect Visa to grow revenue and earnings at a double-digit rate for many years.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Abbvie was formerly the pharmaceutical division of Abbott Labs. We received Abbvie shares in early 2013 when Abbott spun off the division to its existing shareholders. We believe the businesses that remain at the “new Abbott” have stronger long-term growth prospects and we like that Abbott’s most senior managers are leading this business. As such, we sold our Abbvie position and invested the proceeds into buying more shares of “new Abbott.”

We sold Microsoft in January after owning the company on and off since 1992. While the business is still generating tons of cash, we believe the competitive advantages are deteriorating. It is no secret that computing is becoming more mobile and despite some impressive efforts, consumer and enterprise uptake of Microsoft’s mobile offerings has been tepid at best. We believe this opens up the company to bigger risks in the core Windows franchise down the line.

Investment Team Update

Earlier this year we added Brandon Ladoff to our team as a Research Associate. Brandon graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with a degree in accounting and received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Before joining Polen Capital he was an attorney with a prominent law firm in New York with experience in mergers and acquisitions. He is a passionate investor and has already impressed our research team with his knowledge of businesses and investing in general. We have another Associate set to join us in July after he graduates from Columbia Business School, at which point our investment team will be six members strong.

Last year Damon Ficklin, a 10-year Polen Capital veteran, was promoted to co-portfolio manager of the Fund. Damon and I have worked tirelessly side by side for many years and we look forward to continuing in exactly the same manner for many years to come. Our investment philosophy and process have remained virtually unchanged since 1989 and will not change going forward. It has withstood the test of time, proving successful through a variety of market conditions. We have had many short periods of underperformance in our long history and will have more, but we have absolute confidence that investing in high-quality, growth businesses for the long term is a sound investment practice that will continue to produce strong investment results over time.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Thank you for your investment in the Polen Growth Fund.

Sincerely,

Daniel Davidowitz

Damon Ficklin

Stan Moss

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the period ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risk.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $100,000 Investment in Polen Growth Fund Institutional Shares

vs Russell 1000® Growth Index and S&P 500® Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013
      1 Year  

Since Inception*

Institutional Shares

       3.19 %   14.40%  

S&P 500® Index

       16.89 %   16.76%**

Russell 1000® Growth Index

       12.60 %   17.35%**

 

*

The Polen Growth Fund (the “Fund”) Institutional Shares commenced operations on September 15, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from the inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 678-6024. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Polen Growth Fund Retail Shares

vs Russell 1000® Growth Index and S&P 500® Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013
      1 Year    

Since Inception*

Retail Shares

     2.98   9.55%  

S&P 500® Index

     16.89   13.20%**

Russell 1000® Growth Index

     12.60   12.69%**

 

*

The Retail Shares commenced operations on December 30, 2010.

**

Benchmark performance is from the inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 678-6024. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expense ratios, as stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, are 1.44% and 1.00%, respectively, for the Institutional Shares and 1.74% and 1.25%, respectively, for the Retail Shares of the Fund’s average daily net assets, which may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. The Adviser, Polen Capital Management, LLC (“PCM”), has contractually agreed to reduce its fees or reimburse the Fund’s operating expenses in order to limit the total annual operating expenses for the Institutional Shares and the Retail Shares to 1.00% and 1.25%, respectively. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed. This agreement will terminate on August 31, 2013, unless the Trust’s Board of Trustees approves an earlier termination.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

A 2.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of the Standard & Poor’s 500® Composite Stock Price Index (“S&P 500® Index”) and the Russell 1000® Growth Index. The S&P 500® Index is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole. The Russell 1000® Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® Growth Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that a large portion of the Fund’s assets may be invested in one or few companies or sectors. The Fund could fluctuate in value more than a diversified fund.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (Rule 12b-1) fees (if any) and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, each hypothetical line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     Polen Growth Fund
     Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
  Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
  Expenses Paid
During Period*

Institutional Shares

            

Actual

     $ 1,000.00       $ 1,073.10       $ 5.14  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00         1,019.84         5.01  

Retail Shares

            

Actual

     $ 1,000.00       $ 1,072.00       $ 6.42  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

       1,000.00         1,018.60         6.26  

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.00% for Institutional Shares and 1.25% for Retail Shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account values on the first line of each table are based on the actual total returns for the Fund of 7.31% and 7.20% for Institutional Shares and Retail Shares, respectively.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

                        % of Net
Assets
  Value
 

COMMON STOCKS:

        
 

Software

       14.9 %     $ 58,964,367  
 

Consumer Discretionary

       14.0         55,303,253  
 

Pharmaceuticals

       12.4         48,781,945  
 

Business Services

       11.9         47,110,447  
 

Medical Equipment

       7.7         30,329,620  
 

Internet Software & Services

       7.6         30,054,752  
 

Financials

       6.5         25,695,088  
 

Communications Equipment

       6.3         24,997,878  
 

Trading Companies & Distributors

       4.2         16,758,773  
 

Computer Equipment

       3.5         13,906,778  
 

Transportation

       2.5         9,732,417  
 

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities

       8.5         33,631,584  
      

 

 

     

 

 

 
 

NET ASSETS

       100.0 %     $ 395,266,902  
      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 91.5%

  

Business Services — 11.9%

  

Accenture PLC, Class A

     280,035         $22,806,050   

Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corp., Class A*

     180,169         11,674,951   

Visa, Inc., Class A

     74,970         12,629,446   
     

 

 

 
        47,110,447   
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment — 6.3%

  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     405,678         24,997,878   
     

 

 

 

Computer Equipment — 3.5%

  

Apple, Inc.

     31,410         13,906,778   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 14.0%

  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     473,537         30,116,953   

Starbucks Corp

     413,976         25,186,300   
     

 

 

 
        55,303,253   
     

 

 

 

Financials — 6.5%

  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     354,415         25,695,088   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services — 7.6%

  

Google, Inc., Class A*

     36,449         30,054,752   
     

 

 

 

Medical Equipment — 7.7%

  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

     27,261         13,420,318   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

     259,584         16,909,302   
     

 

 

 
        30,329,620   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 12.4%

  

Abbott Laboratories

     520,179         19,205,009   

Allergan, Inc.

     260,475         29,576,936   
     

 

 

 
        48,781,945   
     

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Software — 14.9%

  

Factset Research Systems, Inc.

     133,055         $  12,516,484   

Gartner, Inc.*

     151,425         8,759,936   

Intuit, Inc.

     319,534         19,057,008   

Oracle Corp.

     568,363         18,630,939   
     

 

 

 
        58,964,367   
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 4.2%

  

Fastenal Co.

     160,018         7,848,883   

WW Grainger, Inc.

     36,150         8,909,890   
     

 

 

 
        16,758,773   
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 2.5%

  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     163,873         9,732,417   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $305,156,729)

        361,635,318   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 91.5%
(Cost $305,156,729)

        361,635,318   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES - 8.5%

        33,631,584   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $395,266,902   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $305,156,729)

   $ 361,635,318   

Cash

     30,000,044   

Receivable for investments sold

     8,089,137   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     1,926,715   

Dividends and interest receivable

     350,737   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     36,223   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     402,038,174   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     6,420,186   

Payable to Adviser

     225,083   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     26,459   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     13,383   

Payable for custodian fees

     12,409   

Accrued expenses

     73,752   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     6,771,272   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 395,266,902   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 279,271   

Paid-in capital

     350,732,732   

Accumulated net investment income

     578,115   

Accumulated net realized loss from investments

     (12,801,805

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     56,478,589   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 395,266,902   
  

 

 

 

Institutional Shares:

  

Shares outstanding

     20,770,934   
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($294,407,961 / 20,770,934)

   $ 14.17   
  

 

 

 

Retail Shares:

  

Shares outstanding

     7,156,187   
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($100,858,941 / 7,156,187)

   $ 14.09   
  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 4,565,602   

Interest

     10,375   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     4,575,977   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     3,675,735   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     309,908   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     280,897   

Distribution fees (Retail Shares) (Note 2)

     260,768   

Registration and filing fees

     98,867   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     61,695   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     50,255   

Legal fees

     48,186   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     47,719   

Audit fees

     24,035   

Other expenses

     25,799   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     4,883,864   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (947,361
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     3,936,503   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income.

     639,474   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized loss from investments

     (11,659,787

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     25,826,186   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     14,166,399   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 14,805,873   
  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
         For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

     $       639,474           $      (102,543

Net realized gain/(loss) from investments

     (11,659,787        460,155   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     25,826,186           30,037,201   
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     14,805,873           30,394,813   
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Net realized capital gains:

       

Institutional Shares

     (1,114,629        (3,854

Retail Shares

     (435,310        (1,769
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total net realized capital gains

     (1,549,939        (5,623
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     65,228,121           274,092,545   
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     78,484,055           304,481,735   
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of year

     $316,782,847           $  12,301,112   
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

     $395,266,902           $316,782,847   
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income/(loss), end of year

     $       578,115           $        (61,312
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Institutional Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Institutional Shares
     For the Year
Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the Year
Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
September 15, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.79       $ 12.10       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income/(loss)(1)

       0.03         (2)       (0.02 )

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.40         1.68         2.11  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.43         1.68         2.09  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net realized capital gains

       (0.06 )       (2)       (2)
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption fees

       0.01         0.01         0.01  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.17       $ 13.79       $ 12.10  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       3.19 %       13.97 %       21.00 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 294,408       $ 215,387       $ 5,168  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.00 %       1.00 %       1.00 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(5)

       1.26 %       1.44 %       8.23 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

       0.24 %       (0.01 )%       (0.27 )%(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       51.04 %       35.48 %       25.55 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2)

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4) 

Annualized.

(5)

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Retail Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Retail Shares
     For the Year
Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the Year
Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
December 30, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.74       $ 12.09       $ 11.44  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment loss(1)

       (2)       (0.03 )       (0.02 )

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.40         1.67         0.66  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.40         1.64         0.64  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net realized capital gains

       (0.06 )       (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption fees

       0.01         0.01         0.01  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.09       $ 13.74       $ 12.09  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       2.98 %       13.65 %       5.68 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 100,859       $ 101,396       $ 7,133  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.25 %       1.25 %       1.25 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(5)

       1.51 %       1.74 %       6.35 %(4)

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

       (0.01 )%       (0.26 )%       (0.50 )%(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       51.04 %       35.48 %       22.55 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4) 

Annualized.

(5) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6)

Not annualized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Polen Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a non-diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on September 15, 2010. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers two separate classes of shares, Retail Class and Institutional Class.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

   

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

     Total Value at
04/30/13
     Level 1
Quoted
Price
     Level 2
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Investments in Securities*

   $ 361,635,318       $ 361,635,318       $ —         $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

20


POLEN GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are generally allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Polen Capital Management, LLC (“PCM” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain

 

21


POLEN GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.00% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2013, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination.

As of April 30, 2013, investment advisory fees payable to the Adviser were $225,083. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the Adviser waived fees of $947,361.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreement.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Retail Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Retail Shares plan, the Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Retail Shares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $40,284. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 234,980,536       $ 174,478,858   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended     For the Year Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Institutional Shares

        

Sales

     15,022,684      $ 203,058,916        16,268,587      $ 202,845,891   

Reinvestments

     68,106        913,303        305        3,662   

Redemption Fees*

            264,941               52,951   

Redemdptions

     (9,942,644     (136,213,766     (1,073,234     (14,000,177
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase

     5,148,146      $ 68,023,394        15,195,658      $ 188,902,327   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Retail Shares

        

Sales

     3,998,753      $ 53,736,399        7,211,180      $ 90,564,243   

Reinvestments

     31,537        421,014        138        1,655   

Redemption Fees*

            107,882               25,183   

Redemptions

     (4,251,312     (57,060,568     (423,996     (5,400,863
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase/(Decrease)

     (221,022   $ (2,795,273     6,787,322      $ 85,190,218   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed within the first 60 days of their acquisition. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in capital.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to decrease undistributed net investment income/(loss) by $47 and to increase accumulated net realized gain/(loss) by $47. Net investment loss, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $1,451,380 of ordinary income dividends and long-term capital gains of $98,559. For the year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $5,623 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013 the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss

Carryforward

  

Undistributed

Ordinary Income

  

Undistributed

Long-Term Gain

  

Unrealized

Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

  

Qualified Late-Year
Losses

$(4,385,877)

   $578,115    $—    $52,423,154    $(4,360,493)

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Foreign currency and short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 309,212,164   
    

 

 

 
 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     57,332,767   
 

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (4,909,613
    

 

 

 
 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 52,423,154   
    

 

 

 

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund had short term capital loss deferrals of $3,709,479 and long term capital loss deferrals of $651,014.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

As of April 30, 2013, the Fund had post-enactment capital loss carryforwards of $4,385,877, of which $3,807,685 are short-term losses, $578,192 are long-term losses, and all have an unlimited period of capital loss carryforward.

6. Subsequent Event

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Polen Growth Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Polen Growth Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $1,451,380 of ordinary income dividends and $98,559 of long term capital gain dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 75.31% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for corporate dividends received deduction is 62.97%.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distributions as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 678-6024 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (888) 678-6024.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Fund Management (Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustee” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (888) 678-6024.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held    

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  
Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN    

Date of Birth: 2/49

  

Trustee and

Chairman of

the Board

  

Shall serve until death, resignation  

or removal.

Trustee and

Chairman since

2007.

   Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.    28   

Optimum Fund

Trust (registered investment

company) (6 portfolios).

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

   Trustee   

Shall serve until

death, resignation

or removal.

Trustee since

2007.

  

University Professor, Widener

University.

   28    None.

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

   Trustee   

Shall serve until death, resignation

or removal.

Trustee since

2008.

  

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America

Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

   28    None.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex  
Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

STEPHEN M. WYNNE        

Date of Birth: 1/55

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.   

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010;Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment

Servicing 2003 to 2008.

   28    Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc.(registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

  

Other
Directorships

of Public
Companies

Held by Trustee

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

NANCY B. WOLCOTT        

Date of Birth: 11/54

   Trustee   

Shall serve until death, resignation  

or removal.

Trustee since 2011.

   EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.    28   

None.

1

Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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POLEN GROWTH FUND

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held  

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

   President and Chief Executive Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO      

Date of Birth: 4/72

   Secretary    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.    Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

   Chief Compliance Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

Polen Capital Management, LLC

2700 N. Military Trail

Suite 230

Boca Raton, FL 33431

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

LOGO

Polen Growth Fund

of

FundVantage Trust

Institutional Shares

Retail Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Polen Growth Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Polen Growth Fund.

 


PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

We are pleased to report that U.S. equities and the Private Capital Management Value Fund (“the Fund”) achieved strong results over the past six months as investors have been willing to discount the global risks we listed in our previous update. Recent developments such as the payroll tax increase, the developing impact of the financial sequester, stubbornly high unemployment and muted guidance from a significant number of corporations would make it seem improbable or even paradoxical that the U.S. stock market would be reaching record highs.

For much of the last two years, financial markets have struggled to discount the financial and political risks that emerged from the Great Recession. Markets have oscillated between “risk-on” and “risk-off” while we have repeatedly observed and commented on the degree of undervaluation in specific equity securities. Unfortunately, while such undervaluation provides bedrock to protect capital from long-term diminution, consistent investment returns rely on the market behaving rationally rather than emotionally.

Until recently, we had little clarity into scenarios that would enable markets to move beyond the volatile trading cycles of recent years. For the first time since the onset of the Great Recession we see a path forward that could lead to both normalcy and prosperity. Our bullishness is based on the following conceptual tripod:

 

 

Despite short-term noise in the statistics, the U.S. economy has been steadily and meaningfully improving.

 

 

The political winds of change are blowing across Europe, substantially bolstering the likelihood that attention will shift from rigid fiscal austerity toward restoring economic growth.

 

 

The behavior of major central banks (inclusive of our Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank) should continue to drive capital into equities.

In the U.S., first quarter GDP growth was 2.5%. Lower than many economists had projected but significant growth nonetheless. While many investors can and will focus on this headline statistic, we find the recent CoreLogic home price index report measuring price changes in the housing market to be of greater importance. The report showed that February and March housing prices were up by more than 10% year-over-year. These were the largest increases since March 2006, driven by declining inventory of available housing. From a consistency standpoint, these gains represented the 12th and 13th months of consecutive monthly home price increases.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

We view the sustained turn in housing values as a profound development. At the onset of the Great Recession we repeatedly opined that this was going to be a difficult and long-duration downturn due to the damage done to the capital structure of the banking system and the net worth of consumers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics nearly two million construction jobs disappeared during the downturn. Moreover, this figure does not begin to address the broad employment ecosystem including real estate agents, mortgage brokers, the building supply chain, as well as restaurateurs and other retailers catering to all of the above.

We now are at the other side of the chasm where diminished housing supply and rising prices are beginning to put people back to work. Negative homeowner equity should begin to turn increasingly positive, bolstering consumer net worth. The banking sector likewise should benefit from steadily improving credit quality. A virtuous cycle appears to have begun.

Although it took longer than most imagined, the elixir of sustained low interest rates is tangibly helping the U.S. economy to reboot. Beyond housing, supporting evidence can be seen in strong auto sales and other large ticket consumer discretionary purchases. Presupposing that the President and Congress do not engage in further counter-productive brinksmanship, we have every reason to believe that the economy will strengthen steadily once the statistical impact of sequestration is absorbed. It is sadly ironic that the greatest obstacle to improving U.S. economic performance derives from the very government officials we pay to engender prosperity.

The gap between a recovering North America and a moribund European Union is promoting something of a call to arms within many, if not all, European governments. Increasingly, the German hardline of fiscal austerity at all costs is being challenged. Governments across southern Europe are demanding relaxation of austerity targets and increased spending for programs that promote growth. Some of their temerity is borne of simple necessity; unemployment in Spain is approaching 30% and poverty is beginning to threaten social stability.

Perhaps more interesting than what debtor governments are demanding is what creditors (buyers of sovereign debt) are willing to accept. The yield on Italian and Spanish government debt has steadily declined even as the politicians have more stridently called for increased spending and less austerity. Taken together with a more aggressive European Central Bank, which recently reduced interest rates by one-third, there is reason for cautious optimism that the Europeans are finally on a path toward recovery.

The final piece of the puzzle supporting equities is of dubious quality, but powerful nonetheless. Central bankers are continuing to pour money into the worldwide financial system. The rate and magnitudes are simply breathtaking. To this point, the Bank of Japan recently announced that it will inject $1.4 trillion into the Japanese economy in slightly less than two years. Taking into account the relative size of Japan’s economy compared to ours, this action would exceed $3.5 trillion dollars (almost 25% of GDP) if undertaken by the Federal Reserve.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Through much of the downturn, low interest rates did little more than support asset prices. Psychology was too dark and the economic outlook too uncertain for animal spirits to charge in one direction. Hence the U.S. suffered an up-down seesaw stock market and a moribund economic recovery. At this juncture, we now believe that the flywheel effect is beginning to take hold; real economic activity is beginning to accelerate and a forward looking U.S. stock market is anticipating this outcome.

There certainly are storm clouds to consider. As mentioned previously, Congress and the President must avoid doing something destructive, which is certainly a challenge for all involved. Longer term, there is a very real risk that the central bankers will overshoot their monetary pumping, precipitating an inflationary bubble that may presage the next recession. While this is a very real risk, we believe the road between here and there is reasonably long. In the interim, we cannot say our investment opinion any louder or with greater conviction: long-term fixed income investments are as overpriced today as the NASDAQ was back in 1999.

In contrast, many of the equities in the Fund are trading at a fraction of the multiples that they commanded prior to the Great Recession. Despite recent appreciation, and even with the possibility of choppy reported results during the first half of 2013, we believe that the underlying fundamentals are steadily improving. You should expect to see us continue to deploy cash reserves. Also of interest, you should see a growing number of smaller capitalization investment ideas. Two factors are driving this: opportunity and improved fundamental confidence.

We have long believed that the market underwrites smaller companies less efficiently than larger ones. This observation always has been a core investment principle at Private Capital Management. Through much of the downturn, however, we consciously looked to the greater stability and predictability of larger companies to help insulate capital from the vicissitudes of an uncertain world economy.

Based first and foremost on our company-specific, bottom-up investment research, we believe the near-term softness in the U.S. economy is temporary and that this is an excellent time to deploy capital opportunistically.

We appreciate your continued support,

Private Capital Management

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

Mutual fund investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund is non-diversified and may invest a larger portion of its assets in the securities of a single issuer than a more diversified fund, causing its value to fluctuate more widely. The Fund may engage in strategies that are considered risky or invest in stocks of companies that are undervalued which may cause greater volatility and less liquidity. Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. This report is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Private Capital Management Value Fund. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Read it carefully before investing.

Shares of the Private Capital Management Value Fund are distributed by Foreside Funds Distributors LLC, not an adviser affiliate.

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the six months ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Fund are subject to investment risks.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $25,000 Investment in Class A Shares of the Private Capital Management Value

Fund vs. S&P 500® and Russell 2000® Indexes

 

 

LOGO

The Fund’s growth of an assumed $25,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.00%. This

results in a net initial investment of $23,750.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013       
      1 Year   Since Inception*     

    Class A Shares

            

        (without sales charge)

       12.92 %       13.89 %    

    Class A Shares

            

        (with sales charge)

       7.26 %       11.65 %      

    S&P 500 Index

       16.89 %       15.72 %**    

    Russell 2000 Index

       17.69 %       15.02 %**      

 

*

Class A Shares of the Private Capital Management Value Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on October 6, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from the commencement date of Class A Shares (October 6, 2010) only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

Class A Shares of the Fund have a 5.00% maximum sales charge.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 568-1267. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $750,000 Investment in Class I Shares* of the Private Capital Management

Value Fund vs. S&P 500® and Russell 2000® Indexes

 

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended April 30, 2013

 

  

      1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Class I Shares*

     13.21%         10.18%         4.25%         7.26%   

S&P 500 Index

     16.89%         12.80%         5.21%         7.88%   

Russell 2000 Index

     17.69%         11.25%         7.27%         10.47%   

 

*

Performance shown for the period from April 30, 2002 to May 28, 2010 is the performance of a corporate defined contribution plan account (the “Predecessor Account”), which transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s commencement of operations on May 28, 2010. Performance from May 28, 2010, to April 30, 2013 is from the performance of the Class I Shares. The Predecessor Account was not registered as a mutual fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and therefore was not subject to certain investment restrictions, limitations and diversification requirements imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code. If the Predecessor Account had been registered under the 1940 Act, its performance may have been different.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 568-1267. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

The Fund’s total annual Fund gross and net operating expense ratios are 1.93% and 1.25%, respectively, for Class A Shares and 1.67% and 1.00%, respectively, for Class I Shares of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These ratios are stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. Private Capital Management, L.P., (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.00% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). This agreement will terminate on August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves an earlier termination.

A 2.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above.

The Fund intends to evaluate performance as compared to that of Standard & Poor’s 500® Composite Stock Price Index (“S&P 500 Index”) and the Russell 2000® Index. The S&P 500 Index is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole. The Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, if any, and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (Rule 12b-1) fees, if any, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period from November 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), if any, and redemption fees. Therefore, each hypothetical line of the accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

    

Private Capital Management Value Fund

    

Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012

  

Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013

  

Expenses Paid
During Period*

Class A Shares

        

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,186.00    $6.78

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,018.60      6.26

Class I Shares

        

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,187.90    $5.42

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,019.84      5.01

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expenses ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.25% and 1.00% for Class A and Class I Shares, respectively, for the Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account values on the first line in each table are based on the actual six month total return for the Fund of 18.60% and 18.79% for Class A and Class I Shares, respectively.

 

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Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS:

    

Information Technology

     28.8   $ 13,148,492   

Health Care

     18.1        8,277,513   

Consumer Discretionary

     11.8        5,412,048   

Financials

     10.5        4,772,505   

Energy

     8.6        3,929,940   

Industrials

     7.7        3,521,344   

Consumer Staples

     3.0        1,377,452   

Materials

     1.9        878,910   

Utilities

     1.4        617,792   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     8.2        3,749,856   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 45,685,852   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

    Number
of Shares
   

  Value  

 

COMMON STOCKS — 91.8%

  

Consumer Discretionary — 11.8%

  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    11,375        $ 954,135   

AutoNation, Inc.*

    15,375        699,716   

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.*

    74,300        352,925   

DeVry, Inc.

    12,975        363,431   

Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc.

    168,142        309,381   

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.*

    74,300        2,025,418   

Gildan Activewear, Inc. (Canada)

    17,575        707,042   
   

 

 

 
      5,412,048   
   

 

 

 

Consumer Staples — 3.0%

   

Darling International, Inc.*

    30,375        562,241   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.*

    30,249        815,211   
   

 

 

 
      1,377,452   
   

 

 

 

Energy — 8.6%

   

Golar LNG, Ltd. (Bermuda)

    40,075        1,339,306   

Noble Corp. (Switzerland)

    22,775        854,062   

Swift Energy Co.*

    78,800        1,019,672   

Ultra Petroleum Corp. (Canada)*

    33,500        716,900   
   

 

 

 
      3,929,940   
   

 

 

 

Financials — 10.5%

   

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    14,300        681,967   

EZCORP, Inc., Class A*

    77,125        1,303,412   

National Financial Partners Corp.*

    34,325        869,796   

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A

    18,943        350,446   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    19,600        811,832   
     Number of
Shares
    

  Value  

 

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

     

Financials — (Continued)

     

Suffolk Bancorp*

     16,500         $ 258,060   

Willis Group Holdings PLC (Ireland)

     12,525         496,992   
     

 

 

 
        4,772,505   
     

 

 

 

Health Care — 18.1%

     

Alere, Inc.*

     51,750         1,328,940   

Covidien PLC (Ireland)

     20,300         1,295,952   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

     27,675         1,842,878   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (Canada)*

     26,900         2,046,552   

Warner Chilcott PLC, Class A (Ireland)

     58,950         847,701   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     11,975         915,490   
     

 

 

 
        8,277,513   
     

 

 

 

Industrials — 7.7%

     

Air Transport Services Group, Inc.*

     211,000         1,217,470   

Mine Safety Appliances Co

     13,575         651,600   

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (Canada)

     21,500         478,590   

Triumph Group, Inc.

     6,085         486,192   

UTi Worldwide, Inc. (British Virgin Islands)

     46,800         687,492   
     

 

 

 
        3,521,344   
     

 

 

 

Information Technology — 28.8%

     

Avid Technology, Inc.*

     53,750         354,212   

CA Technologies

     73,087         1,971,156   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     56,775         1,187,733   

CoreLogic, Inc.*

     39,475         1,076,878   

Electro Rent Corp.

     29,180         483,513   
 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

 

    Number
of Shares
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Information Technology — (Continued)

  

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc.*

    109,171      $ 778,389   

Imation Corp.*

    65,940        242,659   

Lam Research Corp.*

    21,459        991,836   

Mentor Graphics Corp.

    74,625        1,362,652   

Progress Software Corp.*

    22,762        513,738   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    17,055        1,050,929   

Quantum Corp.*

    536,075        766,587   

SAIC, Inc.

    37,275        556,888   

Symantec Corp.*

    74,540        1,811,322   
   

 

 

 
        13,148,492   
   

 

 

 

Materials — 1.9%

   

Pope Resources LP

    14,325        878,910   
   

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Utilities — 1.4%

  

National Fuel Gas Co

     9,850       $ 617,792   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $31,997,994)

        41,935,996   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 91.8%
(Cost $31,997,994)

        41,935,996   

OTHER ASSETS IN
EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 8.2%

        3,749,856   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $   45,685,852   
     

 

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

PLC   Public Limited Company

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $31,997,994)

   $ 41,935,996   

Cash

     4,075,241   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     23,705   

Dividends and interest receivable

     5,278   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     27,022   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     46,067,242   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     310,783   

Payable to Investment Adviser

     11,684   

Payable for audit fees

     24,137   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     6,770   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     8,430   

Payable for printing fees

     10,102   

Payable for custodian fees

     2,695   

Accrued expenses

     6,789   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     381,390   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 45,685,852   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital Stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 33,507   

Paid-in capital

     33,399,023   

Accumulated net investment income

     40,987   

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     2,274,333   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     9,938,002   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 45,685,852   
  

 

 

 

Class A:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($4,920,680 / 361,750)

   $ 13.60   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/95 of $13.60)

   $ 14.32   
  

 

 

 

Class I:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($40,765,172 / 2,988,970)

   $ 13.64   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 810,706   

Less: foreign taxes withheld

     (1,343
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     809,363   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     392,244   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     77,882   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     79,959   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     21,160   

Registration and filing fees

     34,658   

Legal fees

     31,114   

Audit fees

     24,278   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     19,859   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     14,687   

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

     10,662   

Other expenses

     11,548   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     718,051   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (271,563
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     446,488   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     362,875   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized gain from investments

     2,713,737   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     2,249,329   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     4,963,066   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 5,325,941   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the   For the
     Year Ended   Year Ended
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

       $     362,875         $        (8,608 )

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

       2,713,737         524,170  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

       2,249,329         (345,490 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       5,325,941         170,072  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Net investment income:

        

Class A

       (26,766 )        

Class I

       (304,772 )       (3,827 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total net investment income

       (331,538 )       (3,827 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized capital gains:

        

Class A

               (67,267 )

Class I

               (1,114,550 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total net realized capital gains

               (1,181,817 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (331,538 )       (1,185,644 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       (5,254,336 )       1,885,141  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

       (259,933 )       869,569  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

        

Beginning of year

       45,945,785         45,076,216  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

       $45,685,852         $45,945,785  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of period

       $       40,987         $         9,324  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class A Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class A
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
October 6, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.12       $ 12.61       $ 10.10  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income/(loss)(1)

       0.07         (0.03 )       (0.04 )

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       1.48         (0.16 )       2.57  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       1.55         (0.19 )       2.53  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.07 )               (0.02 )

Net realized capital gains

               (0.30 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.07 )       (0.30 )       (0.02 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption fees

               (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 13.60       $ 12.12       $ 12.61  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       12.92 %       (1.16 )%       25.08 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 4,921       $ 2,922       $ 1,162  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.25 %       1.25 %       1.25 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(5)

       1.88 %       1.93 %       2.02 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

       0.62 %       (0.26 )%       (0.59 )%(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       11.81 %       18.19 %(6)       21.71 %(6)(7)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4) 

Annualized.

(5) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received from processing subscription-in-kind.

(7) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for Class I Shares outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class I
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
May 28, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 12.15       $ 12.61       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.10         (2)       (2)

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       1.49         (0.16 )       2.64  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       1.59         (0.16 )       2.64  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.10 )       (2)       (0.03 )

Net realized capital gains

               (0.30 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

       (0.10 )       (0.30 )       (0.03 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption fees

               (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period.

     $ 13.64       $ 12.15       $ 12.61  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       13.21 %       (0.91 )%       26.39 %(4)

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 40,765       $ 43,024       $ 43,914  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets.

       1.00 %       1.00 %       1.00 %(5)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(6)

       1.62 %       1.67 %       1.84 %(5)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.86 %       (0.01 )%       %(5)(7)

Portfolio turnover rate

       11.81 %       18.19 %(8)       21.71 %(8)(9)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4) 

Total investment return represents performance for Class I Shares since its commencement of operations on May 28, 2010, and does not include performance of the Predecessor Account.

(5) 

Annualized.

(6) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(7) 

Amount is less than 0.01%.

(8) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received from processing subscription-in-kind.

(9) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Private Capital Management Value Fund (the “Fund”) is a non-diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on May 28, 2010. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Class C, Class I and Class R Shares. Class A Shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge. Front-end sales charges may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances. A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of up to 1.00% may apply for investments of $750,000 or more of Class A Shares (and therefore no initial sales charge was paid) and shares are redeemed within 12 months after initial purchase. The CDSC shall not apply to those purchases of Class A Shares of $750,000 or more where a selling broker-dealer did not receive a commission. As of April 30, 2013, Class C and Class R Shares had not been issued.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

   

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 

                   Level 2      Level 3  
            Level 1      Other Significant      Significant  
     Total Value at      Quoted      Observable      Unobservable  
     04/30/13      Price      Inputs      Inputs  

Investments in Securities*

   $ 41,935,996       $ 41,935,996       $       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For period ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are generally allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Private Capital Management, L.P. (“Private Capital” or the “Adviser”), serves as the investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.90% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.00% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. As of April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recovery was as follows:

 

    Expiration    

4/30/2014    

  4/30/2015   4/30/2016
$249,622   $297,140   $271,563

As of April 30, 2013 investment advisory fees payable to the adviser were $11,684. For the period ended April 30, 2013, the Adviser waived fees of $271,563.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Shares plan, the Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A Shares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $6,502. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 4,795,388       $ 10,356,634   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     186,554      $ 2,160,251        226,645      $ 2,695,519   

Reinvestments

     1,975        23,045        6,097        65,361   

Redemption Fees*

                          59   

Redemptions

     (67,803     (795,975     (83,853     (966,371
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase

     120,726      $ 1,387,321        148,889      $ 1,794,568   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class I Shares

        

Sales

     333,655      $ 4,078,674        1,247,545      $ 13,797,404   

Reinvestments

     19,101        223,298        82,630        886,619   

Redemption Fees*

                          1,088   

Redemptions

     (904,645     (10,943,629     (1,270,651     (14,594,538
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase/(Decrease)

     (551,889   $ (6,641,657     59,524      $ 90,573   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed within the first 30 days of their acquisition. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in capital.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Asset and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income/(loss) by $326 and decreased accumulated net realized gain/(loss) and paid-in capital by $201 and $125, respectively, primarily attributable to disallowed expenses and redesignation of distributions. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $331,337 of ordinary income dividends and $201 of long-term capital gains dividends. For the year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $883,917 of ordinary income dividends and $301,727 of long-term capital gains dividends Distributions from net investment income and short term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital Loss
Carryforward

  Undistributed
Ordinary Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Qualified Late-Year
Losses
$—   $—   $2,492,191   $9,848,686   $(87,555)

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

 

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 32,087,310   
    

 

 

 
 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     13,165,756   
 

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (3,317,070
    

 

 

 
 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 9,848,686   
    

 

 

 

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund had late year ordinary loss deferrals of $87,555.

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2013, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

6. Subsequent Event

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

Private Capital Management Value Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Private Capital Management Value Fund (the “Fund”) at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 568-1267 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

At an in-person meeting held on March 21, 2013, the Board of Trustees ( “Board” or “Trustees”) of FundVantage Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the advisory agreement between Private Capital Management, L.P. (the “Adviser” or “PCM”) and the Trust on behalf of the Private Capital Management Value Fund (the “Fund”) (“Agreement”). In determining whether to continue the Agreement, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Trustees considered information that the Adviser provided regarding (i) services performed for the Fund, (ii) the size and qualifications of their portfolio management staff, (iii) any potential or actual material conflicts of interest which may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund, (iv) investment performance, (v) the capitalization and financial condition of the Adviser, (vi) brokerage selection procedures (including soft dollar arrangements, if any), (vii) the procedures for allocating investment opportunities between the Fund and other clients, (viii) results of any regulatory examination, including any recommendations or deficiencies noted, (ix) any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding which may have a material impact on the Adviser’s ability to service the Fund, and (x) compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and practices (including codes of ethics and proxy voting policies), federal securities laws and other regulatory requirements. The Adviser provided its respective codes of ethics, most recent Form ADV and compliance policies and procedures, including their proxy voting policies and procedures, for the Trustees’ review and consideration. The Trustees noted the reports provided at Board meetings throughout the year covering matters such as the relative performance of the Fund; compliance with the investment objectives, policies, strategies and limitations for the Fund; the compliance of management personnel

 

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PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VALUE FUND

Other Information (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

with the applicable code of ethics; and the adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Trustees also received and reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel regarding the legal standard applicable to their review of the Agreement.

A Representative from PCM attended the meeting in person and discussed PCM’s history, performance and investment strategy in connection with the proposed continuation of the Agreement and answered questions from the Board.

The Trustees considered the investment performance for the Fund and the Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the historical performance charts for the one year, two year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012 for (i) the Fund; (ii) the Russell 2000 Index; (iii) the S&P 500 Index; (iv) PCM’s Fee Commission composite for its separately managed accounts business; (v) other comparable funds identified by the Adviser, which consisted of two other multi-cap value and all-cap value funds (“Comparable Fund Group”); and (vi) the Lipper Mid-Cap Core Fund category, the Fund’s applicable Lipper peer group.

The Trustees noted that the Fund underperformed the Lipper peer group average for the one year, two year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees also noted that the Fund outperformed the Adviser’s Fee Commission composite for its separately managed accounts business for the one year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012 and also outperformed the Comparable Fund Group for the one year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012. Relative to the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P 500 Index, the Fund underperformed for the one year and since inception periods ended December 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that for recent periods the Fund’s performance has improved. The Trustees concluded that the performance of the Fund was within an acceptable range of performance relative to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies based on the information provided at the Meeting.

The Adviser provided information regarding its advisory fees and an analysis of these fees in relation to the delivery of services to the Fund and any other ancillary benefit resulting from the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund. The Trustees considered the fees that the Adviser charges to its separately managed accounts, and evaluated the explanations provided by the Adviser as to differences in fees charged to the Fund and separately managed accounts. The Trustees also reviewed a peer comparison of advisory fees and total expenses for the Fund versus other similarly managed funds. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s net advisory fee was lower than, and the Fund’s total expense ratio was higher than, the median net advisory fee and total expense ratio of the Lipper Mid-Cap Core Fund category. The Trustees also considered that the Fund’s gross advisory fee of 90 basis points was slightly lower than the average median gross advisory fees of the Comparable Fund Group. The Trustees concluded that the advisory fees and services provided by the Adviser are consistent with those of other advisers and sub-advisers which manage mutual funds with investment objectives, strategies and policies similar to those of the Fund based on the information provided at the Meeting.

 

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Other Information (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

The Board considered the level and depth of knowledge of the Adviser, including the professional experience and qualifications of senior personnel. In evaluating the quality of services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board took into account its familiarity with the Adviser’s senior management through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year. The Board also took into account the Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures and reports regarding the Adviser’s compliance operations from the Trust’s CCO. The Board also considered any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments on the one hand, and the investments of other accounts, on the other. The Trustees reviewed the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the the Adviser Agreement, that the quality of the proposed services appeared to be consistent with industry norms and that the Fund is likely to benefit from the continued provision of those services. They also concluded that the Adviser has sufficient personnel, with the appropriate education and experience, to serve the Fund effectively and had demonstrated their ability to attract and retain qualified personnel.

The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided by the Adviser, the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser in providing services to the Fund, as well as the Adviser’s profitability. The Trustees were provided with the most recent statement of financial condition (i.e., balance sheet) and statement of operations for the Adviser for its most recent fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. The Trustees noted that the Adviser’s level of profitability is an important factor to consider, and the Trustees should be satisfied that the Adviser’s profits are sufficient to continue as a healthy concern generally and as investment adviser of the Fund specifically. The Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s contractual advisory fee level was reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided, taking into account the current size and projected growth of the Fund.

The Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized relative to fee levels as the Fund grows, and whether the fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Board noted that economies of scale may be achieved at higher asset levels for the Fund for the benefit of fund shareholders, but that the advisory fee did not currently include breakpoint reductions as asset levels increased.

 

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Other Information (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

At this time, the Trustees determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement for an additional one year period. In voting to approve the continuation of the Agreement, the Board considered all factors it deemed relevant and the information presented to the Board by the Adviser. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance and each member of the Board gave varying weights to each factor according to his or her own judgment. The Board determined that the continuation of the Agreement would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. As a result, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreement.

 

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Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $331,337 of ordinary income dividends and $201 of long-term capital gain dividends to its shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 100.00%.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (888) 568-1267.

 

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Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 568-1267.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held    

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

 

  

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN  

Date of Birth: 2/49

  

 

Trustee and

Chairman of

the Board

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.

  

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

  

 

28

  

 

Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.

 

  

 

University Professor, Widener University.

  

 

28

  

 

None.

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held  

with Trust  

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

 

  

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

  

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

  

 

28

  

 

None.

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE  

Date of Birth: 1/55

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

  

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.

  

 

28

  

 

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held    

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  

 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex

Overseen by

Trustee

 

  

 

Other

Directorships

of Public

Companies

Held by Trustee

 

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT  

Date of Birth: 11/54

  

 

Trustee

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.

  

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

 

  

 

28

  

 

None.

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing-the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

  

 

President and Chief

Executive Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

  

 

Treasurer and Chief

Financial Officer

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.

  

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO  

Date of Birth: 4/72

  

 

Secretary

  

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.

  

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

 

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Investment Adviser

Private Capital Management, L.P.

8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard

Suite 500

Naples, FL 34108

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

PRIVATE CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT VALUE

FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Class A Shares

Class I Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Private Capital Management Value Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Private Capital Management Value Fund.

 


TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear Fellow Shareholder,

The past 12-month period has been a strong one for U.S. equity markets in general, and small cap stocks in particular. Off to an inauspicious beginning for the Fund’s fiscal year, U.S. stocks sold off significantly in May 2012. The subsequent rally that began in June held up through October, followed by a slump mid-fourth quarter of 2012 triggered by the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election and the deferment of the resolution of the fiscal cliff negotiations into the new year. Since the fall election, U.S. stocks have moved relentlessly upward with a few short-lived corrections along the way.

For the first four months of 2013, U.S. equity market returns rapidly advanced after a brief decline during the fourth quarter of 2012. Demand for domestic stocks strengthened, fueled by a steady stream of encouraging economic data points and the backdrop of a healthy credit cycle. Outside North America, anxiety about the European fiscal crisis continued to ebb. Fears about the larger economies of Italy and Spain were refocused on an equally serious but smaller scale banking crisis in Cyprus. The end result was calmer investing and a good environment for small cap stocks.

Sector Review

Health Care — Relative to the benchmark, the Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund’s (the “Fund”) best performing sector for the year was Health Care. The sector has been a productive area of investment because of the anticipated industry trend of greater access through reform, improvement in industry-FDA working relationships, pricing power for branded drugs, and strong M&A activity. Higher activity in drug development and several new drug development successes in 2012 have drawn more funding and improved investor sentiment towards the group. Good stock selection led to relative outperformance in spite of slight underweighting in what turned out to be a strong sector.

Financials — We saw our second best relative returns in the Financials sector. Two holdings in the Consumer Finance and Real Estate Management and Development industries performed exceptionally well. Those positive returns were tempered by a lack of exposure to capital markets stocks, where some investment banks and asset managers generated positive returns fueled in part by their close association with rising stock prices.

Consumer Discretionary — We believe valuations of Consumer Discretionary stocks have become more attractive due to investor concerns that arose starting in Q4 2012. Chief among these were the impact from the payroll tax expiration, higher gasoline prices, and weakening consumer confidence in response to the prospect of sequestration. However, employment data and housing starts are trending positively, and we believe that consumers, having delevered as a response to the financial crisis, are in a healthy financial condition and well set up for future spending. Therefore, we have a cautiously optimistic outlook on the sector and maintain a very slight overweight relative to the Russell 2000® Growth Index.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

Information Technology — We have typically been able to find interesting growth companies in the Information Technology sector, and therefore we carried a small overweight relative to the benchmark. During the fiscal year, the sector posted mediocre total return within the benchmark, gaining only 9.40% during the 12 months, in contrast to Financials, Health Care, Industrials and Telecommunication Services which all gained more than 20% in the benchmark. Our stock picking within the sector dragged down the Fund’s overall performance, as four of the worst performers for the fiscal year were Information Technology companies.

Industrials — We see a number of interesting investment opportunities in the Industrials sector and have recently started adding weight relative to the benchmark. We believe that the domestic recovery is in its middle innings and corporate profits are healthy. Cap-ex spending has remained low for the last decade and a half and we have seen chronic underinvestment in many end markets that should lead to some long-tailed investment cycles. At the same time, energy costs, particularly natural gas, have fallen while wage inflation remains benign. With input costs well controlled and after more than a decade of internal restructuring, the incremental revenue dollar is highly profitable to many industrial companies. One later cycle theme we are interested in relates to non-residential construction. During this recovery, we have yet to see much commercial construction activity as the previous cycle’s supply continues to be worked off and as financing remains difficult to obtain. The Architectural Billings Index ¹ has been strengthening and we have seen increased utilization of commercial rental fleets, resulting in some pricing power. These are two good leading indicators and we have several potential investment ideas that are levered to these trends.

Performance

For the Fund’s fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, Institutional Class shares of Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund posted a total net return of 7.99%, disappointing relative to the benchmark Russell 2000® Growth Index’s return of 15.67%. However, the Fund maintained its 4-Star Overall Morningstar Rating™, (among 638 Small Cap Growth Funds, based on risk adjusted returns)².

Outlook

As of April 30, 2013, the 10 largest portfolio positions represented 18.8% of the total Fund. Our largest position and also the best-performing portfolio holding for the Fund’s fiscal year, NetSpend Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTSP) offers general-purpose reloadable payroll and prepaid debit cards and related alternative financial services to “underbanked” consumers. Additional products include direct deposit services, interest-bearing accounts, bill pay services and card-to-card transfers. The company announced in February that it had agreed to be acquired by Total System Services, Inc. (NYSE: TSS; not held by the Fund) for $1.4 billion in an all cash transaction.

Our second largest position, Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR), is a home furnishings retail company which offers a variety of furniture, accessories, and specialty items through both owned and leased retail stores. The company is currently benefitting from the recovery in the housing market and from strong execution by management. We like PIR for its strong same store sales, rising gross margin from improved sourcing and effective inventory control, and ramping online presence.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

Although challenges remain on the economic front both domestically and internationally, we believe that the economy will continue to grow, albeit at a sub-par rate relative to a normal recovery. At present, the domestic economy remains relatively attractive, given improving trends in headline unemployment, housing, and consumer confidence. We continue to focus on finding companies with higher organic growth rates driven by new services and product cycles that are somewhat independent of the macroeconomic backdrop. As always, we remain attentive to the risks that come with a rapidly changing environment and are mindful that new evidence must be weighed against our current investment thesis.

As always, we appreciate the confidence you have placed in us.

Kenneth A. Korngiebel, CFA

Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund

 

 

 

1 

The Architecture Billings Index (ABI), produced by The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Economics and Market Research Group, is a leading economic indicator that provides an approximately 9-12 months glimpse into the future of nonresidential construction spending activity.

 

2 

Overall rating for Advisor Class and Institutional Class among 638 Small Growth Funds as of 04/30/2013. Based on risk-adjusted returns.

 

    

For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating™ based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund’s monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.

 

    

Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund was rated against the following numbers of U.S.-domiciled small growth funds over the following time periods: 638 funds in the last three years and 563 funds in the last five years ending 04/30/2013. With respect to these small growth funds, Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund Advisor Class and Institutional Class each received a Morningstar Rating of 3 stars and 4 stars for the three- and five-year periods, respectively. Class A received a Morningstar Rating of 3 stars for both the overall and five-year periods, and 2 stars for the three-year period. © 2013 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

    

Morningstar ratings are subject to change. See our latest quarterly fund fact sheet at www.timberlineasset.com for updated ratings for the fund.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund

Class A Shares vs. Russell 2000® Growth Index

 

LOGO

Class A Shares growth of an assumed $10,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.75%. This results in a net investment of $9,425.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended April 30, 2013     
   
      1 Year     Since Inception*     

Class A Shares (without sales charge)

     7.65   5.42%    

Class A Shares (with sales charge)

     1.42   2.69%    

Russell 2000® Growth Index**

     15.67   9.57%    

 

*

Class A Shares of the Fund commenced operations on February 3, 2011.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of Class A Shares only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling (866) 632-9904.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund

Advisor Class Shares vs. Russell 2000® Growth Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended April 30, 2013

 

   
      1 Year     Since Inception*     

Advisor Class Shares

     7.66   6.49%    

Russell 2000® Growth Index**

     15.67   10.79%    

 

*

Advisor Class Shares of the Fund commenced operations on March 16, 2011.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of Advisor Class Shares only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling (866) 632-9904.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Comparison of Change in Value of $1,000,000 Investment in Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund

Institutional Class Shares vs. Russell 2000® Growth Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended April 30, 2013

 

   
      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since Inception     

Institutional Class Shares†

     7.99%         10.81%         8.58%       4.31%    

Russell 2000® Growth Index*

     15.67%         12.94%         7.81%       4.15%    

 

Performance shown for the period from November 1, 2007 to December 30, 2010 is the performance of TW Small Cap Growth Fund I, L.P., an unregistered pooled investment vehicle (the “Predecessor Fund”), which transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s commencement of operations on December 31, 2010. Performance from December 31, 2010 to April 30, 2013 is from the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class Shares. The Predecessor Fund’s performance has been adjusted to reflect the annual deduction of fees and expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares of the Fund. The Predecessor Fund was not registered as a mutual fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and therefore was not subject to certain investment restrictions, limitations and diversification requirements imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If the Predecessor Fund had been registered under the 1940 Act, its performance may have been different.

 

*

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Predecessor Fund (November 1, 2007) only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling (866) 632-9904.

The returns for Class A Shares reflect a deduction for the maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75%. All of the Fund’s share classes apply a 1.00% redemption fee to the value of shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above. The Fund’s total annual gross and net operating expenses, as stated in the current prospectus, dated September 1, 2012, are 3.67% and 1.48% for Class A Shares, 3.61% and 1.48% for Advisor Class Shares and 3.45% and 1.23% for Institutional Class Shares, respectively, of the average daily net assets of each Class. These rates may fluctuate and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. Timberline Asset Management LLC (“TAM” or the “Adviser”), has contractually agreed to reduce its advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses,” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.23% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

The Fund intends to evaluate its performance as compared to that of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-cap growth market. It is impossible to invest directly in an index.

Investments in small capitalization companies present a greater risk of loss than investments in large companies due to greater volatility and less liquidity.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, if any, and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (Rule 12b-1) fees, if any, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of each accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of each accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not your Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), if any, or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of each accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

    

Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund

    

Beginning Account Value

November 1, 2012

  

Ending Account Value

April 30, 2013

  

Expenses Paid

During Period*

Class A Shares

        

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,126.80    $7.80

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.46      7.40

Advisor Class Shares

        

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,128.00    $7.81

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.46      7.40

Institutional Class Shares

        

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,129.10    $6.49

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,018.70      6.16

 

 

*

Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.48%, 1.48%, and 1.23% for Class A, Advisor Class and Institutional Class Shares, respectively, for the Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The Fund’s ending account values on the first line in the table are based on the actual six month total returns for the Fund of 12.68%, 12.80%, and 12.91% for Class A, Advisor Class and Institutional Class Shares, respectively.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS:

    

Specialty Retail

     8.9   $ 2,325,987   

Software

     8.1        2,130,823   

Health Care Providers & Services

     7.8        2,045,680   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     5.6        1,470,191   

Internet Software & Services

     5.3        1,392,738   

Road & Rail

     4.5        1,180,197   

Biotechnology

     4.3        1,128,692   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.8        989,345   

Aerospace & Defense

     3.4        881,552   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     3.4        886,442   

Machinery

     3.1        814,019   

Consumer Finance

     3.0        798,798   

IT Services

     3.0        789,720   

REIT

     2.9        751,536   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.8        738,776   

Professional Services

     2.5        663,724   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.3        607,909   

Internet & Catalog Retail

     2.1        563,845   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     2.1        551,247   

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.8        477,153   

Commercial Banks

     1.7        452,775   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.7        448,868   

Leisure Equipment & Products

     1.5        404,235   

Communications Equipment

     1.4        369,392   

Building Products

     1.4        367,720   

Household Durables

     1.3        332,633   

Auto Components

     1.2        315,846   

Health Care Technology

     0.9        234,682   

Pharmaceuticals

     0.8        219,433   

Trading Companies & Distributors.

     0.8        210,020   

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.7        189,821   

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.6        165,081   

Media

     0.6        157,418   

Computers & Peripherals

     0.5        119,335   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     4.2        1,097,736   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0 %    $ 26,273,369   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 95.8%

     

Aerospace & Defense — 3.4%

     

DigitalGlobe, Inc.*

     16,919       $ 493,866   

Hexcel Corp.*

     12,711         387,686   
     

 

 

 
        881,552   
     

 

 

 

Auto Components — 1.2%

     

Dorman Products, Inc.

     8,369         315,846   
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 4.3%

     

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     11,481         205,165   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     11,538         258,336   

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     29,801         242,878   

NewLink Genetics Corp.*

     8,864         123,564   

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.*

     32,046         194,840   

Trius Therapeutics, Inc.*

     14,908         103,909   
     

 

 

 
            1,128,692   
     

 

 

 

Building Products — 1.4%

     

Lennox International, Inc.

     2,647         164,114   

USG Corp.*

     7,834         203,606   
     

 

 

 
        367,720   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 1.7%

     

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

     4,438         181,647   

Banner Corp.

     8,299         271,128   
     

 

 

 
        452,775   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.4%

  

  

Mobile Mini, Inc.*

     7,819         219,948   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

     24,723         313,982   

US Ecology, Inc.

     12,960         352,512   
     

 

 

 
        886,442   
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment — 1.4%

  

  

Plantronics, Inc.

     3,812         167,042   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

     

Communications Equipment — (Continued)

  

  

Sonus Networks, Inc.*

     96,357       $ 202,350   
     

 

 

 
        369,392   
     

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals — 0.5%

     

Quantum Corp.*

     83,451         119,335   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 3.0%

     

NetSpend Holdings, Inc.*

     50,050         798,798   
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.7 %

  

InvenSense, Inc.*

     16,075         149,819   

OSI Systems, Inc.*

     5,219         299,049   
     

 

 

 
        448,868   
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%

  

  

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.*

     3,675         165,081   
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%

     

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

     4,683         271,193   

The Fresh Market, Inc.*

     5,032         205,960   
     

 

 

 
        477,153   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.8%

  

  

Cyberonics, Inc.*

     3,410         148,062   

DexCom, Inc.*

     20,705         339,769   

ICU Medical, Inc.*

     2,918         175,810   

Spectranetics Corp.*

     17,464         325,704   
     

 

 

 
            989,345   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 7.8%

  

  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*

     12,282         387,497   

BioScrip, Inc.*

     19,970         276,784   

Centene Corp.*

     5,645         260,799   

ExamWorks Group, Inc.*

     12,365         223,806   

HealthSouth Corp.*

     14,718         404,745   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

     

Health Care Providers & Services — (Continued)

  

HMS Holdings Corp.*

     19,518       $ 492,049   
     

 

 

 
            2,045,680   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology — 0.9%

     

athenahealth, Inc.*

     2,438         234,682   
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.6%

  

  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*

     12,877         441,681   

Jack in the Box, Inc.*

     10,895         390,586   

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*

     7,536         364,516   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp

     3,752         273,408   
     

 

 

 
        1,470,191   
     

 

 

 

Household Durables — 1.3%

     

Standard Pacific Corp.*

     36,755         332,633   
     

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail — 2.1%

  

HomeAway, Inc.*

     5,182         158,310   

Shutterfly, Inc.*

     9,107         405,535   
     

 

 

 
        563,845   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services — 5.3%

  

  

CoStar Group, Inc.*

     2,023         219,313   

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.*

     6,123         170,526   

Envestnet, Inc.*

     11,266         205,267   

Internap Network Services Corp.*

     25,285         201,774   

LivePerson, Inc.*

     16,506         211,607   

SPS Commerce, Inc.*

     8,153         384,251   
     

 

 

 
        1,392,738   
     

 

 

 

IT Services — 3.0%

     

ExlService Holdings, Inc.*

     12,190         397,638   

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     1,317         104,952   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

IT Services — (Continued)

     

WEX Inc.*

     3,789       $ 287,130   
     

 

 

 
            789,720   
     

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products — 1.5%

  

  

Brunswick Corp.

     12,768         404,235   
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%

  

  

Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     4,069         138,143   

PAREXEL International Corp.*

     10,088         413,104   
     

 

 

 
        551,247   
     

 

 

 

Machinery — 3.1%

     

Actuant Corp., Class A

     11,117         347,962   

CLARCOR, Inc.

     4,820         249,194   

Lindsay Corp.

     2,823         216,863   
     

 

 

 
        814,019   
     

 

 

 

Media — 0.6%

     

IMAX Corp. (Canada)*

     6,166         157,418   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.8%

  

  

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.*

     8,435         288,730   

Pioneer Energy Services Corp.*

     33,921         239,143   

Rosetta Resources, Inc.*

     4,915         210,903   
     

 

 

 
        738,776   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%

     

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     14,212         219,433   
     

 

 

 

Professional Services — 2.5%

     

The Advisory Board Co.*

     3,918         192,570   

The Corporate Executive Board Co

     6,035         340,133   

WageWorks, Inc.*

     5,116         131,021   
     

 

 

 
        663,724   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%

  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

     1,917       $ 189,821   
     

 

 

 

REIT — 2.9%

     

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

     3,692         232,854   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     9,846         267,417   

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

     6,769         251,265   
     

 

 

 
        751,536   
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail — 4.5%

     

Avis Budget Group, Inc.*

     4,992         143,969   

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A*

     5,627         479,420   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.*

     4,701         180,988   

Swift Transportation Co.*

     26,806         375,820   
     

 

 

 
            1,180,197   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.3%

  

Cavium, Inc.*

     12,325         387,621   

Hittite Microwave Corp.*

     3,926         220,288   
     

 

 

 
        607,909   
     

 

 

 

Software — 8.1%

     

Aspen Technology, Inc.*

     5,755         175,412   

CommVault Systems, Inc.*

     3,025         222,458   

Guidewire Software, Inc.*

     9,440         378,355   

Infoblox, Inc.*

     21,821         482,462   

Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.*

     7,332         303,765   

Sourcefire, Inc.*

     4,797         229,105   
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Software — (Continued)

  

Tangoe, Inc.*

     12,569       $ 161,637   

The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*

     1,839         177,629   
     

 

 

 
        2,130,823   
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail — 8.9%

     

Francesca’s Holdings Corp.*

     7,988         228,137   

GameStop Corp., Class A

     11,471         400,338   

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc

     9,508         393,251   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     21,465         498,203   

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.*

     8,754         430,259   

Zumiez, Inc.*

     12,972         375,799   
     

 

 

 
        2,325,987   
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.8%

  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

     5,508         210,020   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $20,710,885)

  

  

     25,175,633   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 95.8%
(Cost $20,710,885)

   

     25,175,633   
     

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES - 4.2%

   

     1,097,736   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $     26,273,369   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing.

REIT  Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value (Cost $20,710,885)

   $ 25,175,633   

Cash

     974,348   

Receivable for investments sold

     209,133   

Receivable for capital shares sold

     500   

Dividends and interest receivable

     4,369   

Receivable from Investment Adviser

     4,725   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     28,127   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     26,396,835   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable for investments purchased

     58,495   

Payable for audit fees

     24,076   

Payable for transfer agent fees

     9,492   

Payable for administration and accounting fees

     8,281   

Payable for custodian fees

     2,971   

Other expenses

     20,151   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     123,466   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 26,273,369   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consisted of:

  

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

   $ 22,758   

Paid-in capital

     22,782,452   

Accumulated net investment loss

     (79,319

Accumulated net realized loss from investments

     (917,270

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     4,464,748   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 26,273,369   
  

 

 

 

Class A:

  

Net asset value, redemption price per share ($381,261 / 33,228)

   $ 11.47   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.47)

   $ 12.17   
  

 

 

 

Advisor Class:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($98,482 / 8,593)

   $ 11.46   
  

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($25,793,626 / 2,233,945)

   $ 11.55   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends

   $ 87,214   

Interest

     520   
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     87,734   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Advisory fees (Note 2)

     226,530   

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

     115,491   

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

     78,497   

Legal fees

     36,471   

Registration and filing fees

     36,305   

Custodian fees (Note 2)

     26,107   

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

     25,956   

Audit fees

     24,232   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

     17,446   

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

     944   

Distribution fees (Advisor Class) (Note 2)

     196   

Other expenses

     11,252   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

     599,427   
  

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

     (319,654
  

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

     279,773   
  

 

 

 

Net investment loss

     (192,039
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

  

Net realized loss from investments

     (620,076

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments

     2,856,916   
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     2,236,840   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 2,044,801   
  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment loss

   $ (192,039   $ (178,118

Net realized gain/(loss) from investments

     (620,076     52,147   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments

     2,856,916        (938,653
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     2,044,801        (1,064,624
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

    

Net realized capital gains:

    

Class A

     (2,826     (1,996

Advisor Class

     (585     (612

Institutional Class

     (192,297     (442,533
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (195,708     (445,141
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     3,262,679        3,884,119   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     5,111,772        2,374,354   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

    

Beginning of year

     21,161,597        18,787,243   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 26,273,369      $ 21,161,597   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income/(loss), end of year

   $ (79,319   $   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class A Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class A
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
February 3, 2011*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.75       $ 11.85       $ 10.57  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment loss(1)

       (0.11 )       (0.13 )       (0.04 )

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.92         (0.71 )       1.32  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.81         (0.84 )       1.28  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net realized gains

       (0.09 )       (0.26 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.47       $ 10.75       $ 11.85  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

       7.65 %       (6.75 )%       12.11 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 381       $ 458       $ 72  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.48 %       1.48 %       1.48 %(3)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)

       2.90 %       3.67 %       3.75 %(3)

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

       (1.09 )%       (1.27 )%       (1.34 )%(3)

Portfolio turnover rate

       109.97 %       104.56 %       31.40  %(5)

 

* Commencement of operations.
(1)  The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.
(2)  Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestments of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total investment return does not reflect the impact of the maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. If reflected, the return would be lower.
(3)  Annualized.
(4)  During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.
(5)  Reflects portfolio turnover for the Fund for the period December 31, 2010 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2011. Portfolio turnover is not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Advisor Class Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Advisor Class
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
March 16,  2011*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.74       $ 11.85       $ 10.40  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment loss(1)

       (0.12 )       (0.13 )       (0.02 )

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.93         (0.72 )       1.47  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.81         (0.85 )       1.45  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net realized gains

       (0.09 )       (0.26 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.46       $ 10.74       $ 11.85  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

       7.66 %       (6.84 )%       13.94 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 98       $ 53       $ 28  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.48 %       1.48 %       1.48 %(3)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)

       2.88 %       3.61 %       3.49 %(3)

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

       (1.09 )%       (1.27 )%       (1.29 )%(3)

Portfolio turnover rate

       109.97 %       104.56 %       31.40 %(5)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3) 

Annualized.

(4) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(5) 

Reflects portfolio turnover for the Fund for the period December 31, 2010 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2011. Portfolio turnover is not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Institutional Class Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Institutional Class
     For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the
Year Ended
April 30, 2012
  For the Period
December  31, 2010*
to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 10.79       $ 11.86       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment loss(1)

       (0.09 )       (0.11 )       (0.04 )

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       0.94         (0.70 )       1.90  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       0.85         (0.81 )       1.86  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net realized gains

       (0.09 )       (0.26 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 11.55       $ 10.79       $ 11.86  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(2)

       7.99 %       (6.49 )%       18.60 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 25,794       $ 20,650       $ 18,687  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.23 %       1.23 %       1.23 %(3)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(4)

       2.64 %       3.45 %       2.81 %(3)

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

       (0.84 )%       (1.02 )%       (1.11 )%(3)

Portfolio turnover rate

       109.97 %       104.56 %       31.40 %(5)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(3) 

Annualized.

(4) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

(5) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), which commenced investment operations on December 31, 2010. The Fund is a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Fund offers separate classes of shares, Class A, Advisor Class and Institutional Class Shares. Class A Shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge. Front-end sales charges may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances. A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or net asset value at redemption, of 1.00% may be imposed on full or partial redemptions of Class A Shares made within twelve months of purchase where (i) $1 million or more of Class A Shares was purchased without an initial sales charge and (ii) the selling broker-dealer received a commission for such sale.

Portfolio Valuation — The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing prices. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as discussed in their prospectuses). If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Options are valued at last sale price. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

   Level 1   

  

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

   Level 2   

  

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

   Level 3      

significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

     Total Value at
04/30/13
   Level 1
Quoted
Price
   Level 2 Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

Investments in Securities*

     $     25,175,633        $     25,175,633        $                 —        $                 —  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

* Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for the Fund.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Fund’s intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

Other — In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Fund in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

Timberline Asset Management LLC (“TAM” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.23% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2014, unless the Board of Trustees of the Trust approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund’s expenses are below the Expense Limitation. At April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recovery was as follows:

 

April 30, 2014

  Expiration
April 30, 2015
  April 30, 2016
$61,402   $386,522   $319,654

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the advisory fees accrued and waived were $226,530 and fees reimbursed by the Adviser were $93,124.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Fund.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets, subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Fund. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets, subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover amounts previously waived, if the Fund terminates its agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Fund.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A and Advisor Class Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A and Advisor Class Shares plan, the Fund compensates the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25%, on an annualized basis, of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A and Advisor Class Shares.

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2013 was $4,232. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Fund or the Trust.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) of the Fund were as follows:

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment Securities

   $ 27,452,790       $ 23,932,124   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the years ended April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
               Shares                        Amount                        Shares                        Amount           

Class A Shares

                

Sales

       5,696       $ 62,241         40,823       $ 432,061  

Reinvestments

       282         2,826         210         1,996  

Redemption Fees*

                               8  

Redemptions

       (15,365 )       (163,841 )       (4,484 )       (47,623 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

       (9,387 )     $ (98,774 )       36,549       $ 386,442  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Advisor Class Shares

                

Sales

       5,857       $ 59,411         5,975       $ 61,393  

Reinvestments

       58         585         64         612  

Redemption Fees*

                               1  

Redemptions

       (2,294 )       (23,498 )       (3,471 )       (31,882 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

       3,621       $ 36,498         2,568       $ 30,124  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

                

Sales

       307,654       $ 3,196,530         294,275       $ 3,051,248  

Reinvestments

       18,353         184,810         46,484         442,533  

Redemption Fees*

               18                 554  

Redemptions

       (5,508 )       (56,403 )       (2,758 )       (26,782 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

       320,499       $ 3,324,955         338,001       $ 3,467,553  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Net Increase

       314,733       $ 3,262,679         377,118       $ 3,884,119  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

* There is a 1.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed which have been held for 60 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recordedaspaid-in-capital.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

5. Federal Tax Information

The Fund has followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Fund to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Fund has determined that there was no effect on the financial statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Fund is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. For the year ended April 30, 2013, these adjustments were $112,720 to decrease accumulated net investment loss, $11 to decrease accumulated net realized loss and $112,731 to decrease paid-in-capital. These adjustments are primarily attributable to disallowed expenses and net investment loss. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $97,929 of ordinary income dividends and $97,779 of long term capital gains dividends. For the year ended April 30, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid by the Fund was $445,141 of ordinary income dividends. Distributions from short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

     Capital Loss

    Carryforward     

  Undistributed
Ordinary Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Qualified Late-Year
Losses

    $(610,352)

  $—      $—      $4,203,794    $(125,283)

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

At April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Fund were as follows:

           

Federal tax cost

  $ 20,971,839     
 

 

 

   

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 4,864,590     

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (660,796  
 

 

 

   

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 4,203,794     
 

 

 

   

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Funds may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund had late year ordinary loss deferrals of $79,319 and post October capital loss deferrals of $45,964.

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryforwards as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Fund’s first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

As of April 30, 2013, the Funds’ post-enactment capital loss carryforward which were short-term losses and long-term losses and had an unlimited period of capital loss carryover were as follows:

     Post-Enactment
Unlimited Period of Net
Capital Loss Carryforward
     Short-Term    Long-Term

Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund

   $377,142    $233,210

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Notes to Financial Statements (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

6. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of the FundVantage Trust and

Shareholders of the Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund (one of the series constituting FundVantage Trust) (the “Fund”) as of April 30, 2013, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund of FundVantage Trust at April 30, 2013, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and its financial highlights for each of the years or periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 24, 2013

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Fund is required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise its shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Fund’s shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Fund paid $97,929 of ordinary income dividends and $97,779 in long term gains. Dividends from short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The Fund designates 28.39% of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 36.36%.

The Fund designates 100% of the ordinary income distributions as qualified short-term gain pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Fund’s fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Fund, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (866) 632-9904 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (866) 632-9904.

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustees” below may be deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (866) 632-9904

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

  Position(s) Held  

with Trust

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

  Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

 

Other
Directorships
of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee

 

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN  

Date of Birth: 2/49

 

 

Trustee and Chairman of the Board

 

 

Shall serve until

death, resignation    

or removal.

Trustee and

Chairman since

2007.

 

 

Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.

 

 

 

28

 

 

Optimum Fund Trust (registered investment company) (6 portfolios).

 

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until

death, resignation

or removal.

Trustee since

2007.

 

 

 

University Professor, Widener University.

 

 

28

 

 

None.

 

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Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

      

Position(s) Held

with Trust

      

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

      

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

       Number of
Funds in
Trust Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
      

 

Other
Directorships
of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee

 

 

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

     

 

Trustee

     

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.

     

 

Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.

 

     

 

28

     

 

None.

 

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

     

 

Trustee

     

 

Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.

     

 

Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.

     

 

28

     

 

Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

 

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TIMBERLINE SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

    Position(s) Held  

with Trust

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

       Number of
Funds in
 Trust Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee
 

 

Other
Directorships
of Public
Companies
Held by Trustee

 

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT  

Date of Birth: 11/54

 

 

Trustee

 

 

Shall serve until

death, resignation            

or removal.

Trustee since

2011.

 

 

EVP, Head of GFI Client Services Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present. EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.

 

     

 

28

 

 

None.

¹ Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

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Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held

with Trust

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

 

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

 

 

President and Chief

Executive Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2007.

 

 

 

Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

 

JAMES G. SHAW Date of Birth: 10/60

 

 

Treasurer and Chief

Financial Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2007.

 

 

 

Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

 

 

VINCENZO A. SEARDUZIO

Date of Birth: 4/72

 

 

Secretary

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2012.

 

 

 

Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

 

 

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

 

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Shall serve until death,

resignation or removal. Officer

since 2007.

 

 

 

President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

 

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Investment Adviser

Timberline Asset Management LLC

805 SW Broadway, Suite 2400

Portland, OR 97205

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

One Commerce Square

2005 Market Street, Suite 700

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

TIMBERLINE SMALL

CAP GROWTH FUND

of

FundVantage Trust

Class A Shares (SGWAX)

Advisor Class Shares (SGWYX)

Institutional Class Shares (SGRIX)

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Timberline Small Cap Growth Fund.

 


WHV FUNDS

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Dear WHV Funds Shareholder,

The U.S. and foreign equity markets have continued their strong performance during the first months of 2013. Following the market correction in the spring of 2012, U.S. and developed foreign equity markets have been robust as emphasized by the trailing one year returns through April 2013 of the S&P 500 (+16.9%) and the MSCI EAFE (+20.0%) indices. However, emerging market returns significantly lagged due to the risk adverse climate with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index up only +4.0% over the same period.

For most of 2013, investors seem to have been increasingly focused on the relative attractiveness of the U.S. economy and capital markets relative to many international alternatives. GDP growth continues to be sub-par, but previous headwinds have begun to turn into tailwinds. The end of the housing crisis and strong replacement demand for automobiles continue to support positive economic growth. The discovery and production of unconventional U.S. hydrocarbon energy reserves reduces the need for energy imports, which in turn is additive to GDP growth. However, continued fiscal policy gridlock prevents the economy from accelerating to a more normal GDP growth rate. Despite sub-par GDP growth, we believe the U.S. stock market is in a sweet spot of earnings reacceleration and undemanding valuation.

The incoming Bank of Japan (“BOJ”) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda announced unusually drastic and sudden changes to Japan’s monetary policy during the quarter. Apart from targeting a 2% rate of inflation, the BOJ is extending bond purchases to all maturities and intends to double the monetary base within two years. This is a most surprising departure from two decades of overly cautious monetary policy setting and virtually ensures further weakness of the Japanese Yen given the low credit demand in Japan. A lower yen is clearly detrimental to direct competitors of Japan, such as Korean exporters, but also has the potential to negatively affect exporters in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

In Europe, the botched bail-out of Cyprus assured that headline risk regarding the Eurozone issues made a familiar reappearance. After an extended “bank holiday”, the final bail-out deal for Cyprus included the closure of the second largest bank and an, until now, unheard of “bail-in” of large depositors not covered by a deposit insurance scheme. Cyprus instituted capital controls to avoid accelerated outflows from the country. This action ensured that a Cypriot euro is not equal to a German euro and might well be the first step toward a re-shuffling of the Eurozone membership.

Risk perceptions for Spain and Italy worsened in the wake of this mini-crisis as depositors are ill-advised to maintain large balances in weaker banks. Investors’ expectations of a gradual economic recovery for the Eurozone in the second half of 2013 are likely to be frustrated due to the renewed uncertainty surrounding the health of its financial institutions. The inconclusive outcome of the Italian election and subsequent inability to form a government has further increased investors’ cynicism of the Euro project.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

WHV International Equity Fund

Market Outlook

The momentum of global economic growth was positive as we entered the New Year but in March an unexpected financial crisis in Cyprus, one of the smallest members of the Eurozone, raised fears that the European financial system could become unstable again and delay the European economic recovery.

Sluggish economic growth in the highly developed countries has prompted the central banks of the Eurozone, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan to continue printing money in order to boost asset prices and provide ample credit and liquidity to their respective economies. The expectation is that this will eventually have a positive impact on economic growth. However, if the central banks miscalculate and are unable to withdraw the massive amounts of currency introduced into the system when economic growth picks up pace significantly, they may unintentionally create an inflation problem. This possible scenario could potentially benefit the WHV International Equity Fund as its energy and materials investments have more of an inflation hedge profile than the general market.

In the emerging markets sphere, a hot property market in China compelled government regulators in March to tighten real estate buying and lending standards. The Chinese government transition was also completed and the 2013 real economic growth target was announced. At 7.5%, the target is lower than the country’s historical long term growth rate, but it is off of a much higher base. Indeed, China is now the world’s second largest economy and 7-8% growth is more reasonable for an economy of this size. Annual growth rates much higher than 8% at this stage of China’s economic development could create a major inflation problem for the country. In contrast, a more moderate growth rate should be more sustainable and still represents superior economic growth which is positive for the country’s demand for energy and natural resources.

In December, the U.S. National Intelligence Council, advisors to the Director of National Intelligence, predicted that China could surpass the United States and become the world’s largest economy around 2028. Remarkably, the thirty-four nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecast that China is on course to become the largest economy in the world around 2016 if adjustments are made for price differences. China will need massive amounts of energy and resources to fuel such significant growth, which we believe will benefit the Fund’s favored sectors of energy, materials and industrials.

Performance Review

The primary factor in the sector selection process of the WHV International Equity Fund is the analysis of global supply and demand imbalances. The identification and monitoring of these imbalances allows WHV to follow the relative attractiveness of each sector. For example, the current secular theme emphasizes those sectors that are expected to benefit from the developing economic leadership of the emerging market economies: energy, materials and industrials.

For the twelve-month period ending April 30, 2013, the WHV International Equity Fund realized a 6.88% (I share), and 6.61% (A share without sales charge), total return without load. This is compared to the overall international equity market, as defined by the MSCI EAFE Index (gross), appreciating 19.96% for the same period. The rally among developed foreign equity markets since the spring of 2012 has been defined by risk aversion as exemplified by the leadership of the defensive health care and consumer staples sectors. The Fund’s underperformance for the period was attributable to its overweight in the economically sensitive sectors energy and materials sectors. The underweight to the top performing financial sector (+36.6%) was an additional headwind for the Fund.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Continued)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Market Outlook

Emerging market economies, in aggregate, continue to grow at significantly faster rates than developed economies; however, returns of emerging market stock markets are not reflecting this circumstance despite attractive valuations. GDP growth rates in 2012 were disappointing for a number of emerging market countries, especially the BRICs and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa countries. Stronger than expected growth was recorded by the smaller Latin American economies of Colombia and Peru and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries.

Relative stock market performances reflected these divergences, as the BRIC markets underperformed the markets of Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Malaysia’s market has performed listlessly as the country prepares itself for an election. The performance of the Mexican economy and stock market has been surprisingly strong as the country benefits from the near-shoring of industrial production to the U.S. economy. The outcome of last year’s presidential election in Mexico appears to bode well for long overdue structural economic reforms including the possible reopening of the country’s oil industry to foreign investment.

The reacceleration of China’s economy has been subjected to new doubts as economic data has been confusing; which is a recurring factor around the Chinese New Year. New restrictions on real estate financing have contributed to investor uncertainty toward China as well. While economic growth in China may not reach the lofty levels of the prior decade, we believe the urbanization story is not over and infrastructure investments will continue in the years ahead. However, the new leaders of China have signaled they prefer a more balanced approach to growth with greater emphasis on consumption and a new focus on improving the quality of life through reduced pollution and better healthcare.

Emerging market equities remain attractively valued by historic standards and we anticipate relatively healthy returns for long-term investors. We see economic growth in these countries being driven more by domestic demand and trade with other emerging economies and less by exports to developed countries. Besides faster economic growth, emerging market equities also have stronger balance sheets and attractive demographics. The MSCI EM Indexi trades at a trailing price/earnings ratio of 12.0x, price/book ratio of 1.6x and dividend yield of 2.3%, with earnings-per-share growth of 28.5% for FY2013. These metrics should be attractive for investors in our view.ii

Performance Review

The investment philosophy of the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund is grounded in the conviction that superior investment performance results may be obtained by identifying attractively valued companies that can grow their earnings faster than the overall market. The process begins with a top-down analysis that aims to identify the most attractive emerging market countries in which to invest. Utilizing WHV’s long running GARPiii oriented philosophy, the firm then constructs a portfolio of the most attractive stocks within those countries through bottom-up, fundamental research.

For the twelve-month period ending April 30, 2013, the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund realized a total return without load of -0.16% (I share), and -0.40% (A share without sales charge). This is compared to the emerging markets equity market, as defined by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net), appreciating 3.97% for the same period. The Fund’s underperformance for the period was largely attributable to stock selection in the industrials and information technology sectors. Furthermore, stock selection in China and Indonesia, as well as the overweight to Peru contributed to relative underperformance.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Annual Investment Adviser’s Report (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

We thank you for your investment in the Funds and look forward to communicating with you again in our next letter.

Sincerely,

WHV Investment Management

 

 

i MSCI, Factset, 31 December 2012

ii WHV does not guarantee the future performance of any client’s account or any specific level of performance, the success of any investment decision or strategy that we may use, or the success of our overall management of any account. Certain statements contained in this commentary are forward-looking, including those that discuss strategies, goals, outlook or other non-historical matters; or project revenues, income, returns or other financial measures. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date on which they are made, and WHV undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

iii GARP (Growth at a Reasonable Price): An equity investment strategy that seeks to combine tenets of both growth investing and value investing to find individual stocks. GARP investors look for companies that are showing consistent earnings growth above broad market levels (a tenet of growth investing) while excluding companies that have very high valuations (value investing).

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Funds performed during the year ended April 30, 2013 and reflects the views of the investment adviser at the time of this writing. Of course, these views may change and do not guarantee the future performance of the Funds or the markets.

Portfolio composition is subject to change. The current and future portfolio holdings of the Funds are subject to investment risk.

 

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WHV International Equity Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Account Value of $10,000 Investment in the WHV International Equity Fund

Class A Shares vs. MSCI EAFE Index

 

LOGO

Class A Shares growth of an assumed $10,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.75%. This results in a net initial investment of $9,425.

 

Average Annual Total Returns For the Periods Ended April 30, 2013

 

  

      1 Year     3 Years     Since
Inception
 

Class A Shares (without sales charge)*

     6.61     4.71     8.45

Class A Shares (with sales charge)*

     0.47     2.65     6.75

MSCI EAFE Index - Class A Shares

 

    

 

19.96

 

 

   

 

7.96

 

 

   

 

9.33

 

%** 

 

*

Class A Shares of the WHV International Equity Fund (the “Fund”) commenced operations on July 31, 2009.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from the inception date of Class A Shares of the Fund (July 31, 2009) only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 948-4685. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Comparison of Change in Account Value of $500,000 Investment in the WHV International Equity Fund

Class I Shares vs. MSCI EAFE Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns For the Periods Ended April 30, 2013   
      1 Year     3 Years     Since
Inception
 

Class I Shares*

     6.88     4.97     18.33

MSCI EAFE Index - Class I Shares

     19.96     7.96     12.48 %** 

 

*

Class I Shares of the Fund commenced operations on December 19, 2008.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from the inception date of Class I Shares of the Fund (December 19, 2008) only and is not the inception date of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 948-4685. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

The Fund’s total annual Fund gross and net operating expense ratios are 1.51% and 1.50%, respectively, for Class A Shares and 1.27% and 1.25%, respectively, for Class I Shares of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These ratios are stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. WHV Investment Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”), formerly Wentworth, Hauser and Violich, Inc., has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.25% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2013 unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

A 2.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above.

The Fund evaluates its performance as compared to that of the MSCI EAFE® Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East), which is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. & Canada. It is impossible to invest directly in an index. As of April 30, 2013, the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of the following 22 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland,Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Investing in foreign securities entails special risks, such as fluctuations in currency exchange rates and possible lax regulation of securities markets and accounting practices.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Account Value of $10,000 Investment in the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Class A Shares vs. MSCI Emerging Markets Index

 

LOGO

Class A Shares’ growth of an assumed $10,000 investment is adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.75%. This results in a net initial investment of $9,425.

 

Average Annual Total Returns For the Periods Ended April 30, 2013   
      1 Year     Since
Inception
 

Class A Shares (without sales charge)*

     -0.40     -2.49%   

Class A Shares (with sales charge)*

     -6.08     -4.94%   

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     3.97     -1.91% ** 

 

*

Class A Shares of the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund (December 31, 2010) only and is not the inception of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 948-4685. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and the table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

Comparison of Change in Account Value of $500,000 Investment in the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Class I Shares vs. MSCI Emerging Markets Index

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns For the Periods Ended April 30, 2013   
      1 Year     Since
Inception
 

Class I Shares*

     -0.16     -2.29%   

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     3.97     -1.91% ** 

 

*

Class I Shares of the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2010.

 

**

Benchmark performance is from inception date of the Fund (December 31, 2010) only and is not the inception of the benchmark itself.

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by calling (888) 948-4685. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and the table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Annual Report

Performance Data (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

The Fund’s total annual Fund gross and net operating expense ratios are 18.13% and 1.75%, respectively, for Class A Shares and 14.21% and 1.50%, respectively, for Class I Shares of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These ratios are stated in the current prospectus dated September 1, 2012, and may differ from the actual expenses incurred by the Fund for the period covered by this report. WHV Investment Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”), formerly Wentworth, Hauser and Violich, Inc., has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.50% (on an annual basis) of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until December 31, 2013 unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. Total returns would be lower had such fees and expenses not been waived and/or reimbursed.

A 2.00% redemption fee applies to shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. This redemption fee is not reflected in the returns shown above.

The Fund evaluates its performance as compared to that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is a float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in global emerging markets. It is impossible to invest directly in an index. As of April 30, 2013, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index consisted of the following 21 emerging economies: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

All mutual fund investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund is new, with a limited operating history. Investing in foreign securities entails special risks, such as fluctuations in currency exchange rates and possible lax regulation of securities markets and accounting practices. Emerging markets involve additional risks, including lack of market liquidity, currency devaluation, hyperinflation, political or social instability, and other factors.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Fund Expense Disclosure

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the WHV Funds (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”), you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, if any, and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, if any, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013 for the WHV International Equity Fund and for the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund, and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses

The first line of each accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes

The second line of each accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not either Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the accompanying tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), if any, or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of each accompanying table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Fund Expense Disclosure (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

 

    WHV International Equity Fund
    Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
   Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
   Expenses Paid
During Period*

Class A Shares

             

Actual

    $ 1,000.00        $ 1,081.20        $ 7.74  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

      1,000.00          1,017.36          7.50  

Class I Shares

             

Actual

    $ 1,000.00        $ 1,082.80        $ 6.46  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

      1,000.00          1,018.60          6.26  
    WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund
    Beginning Account Value
November 1, 2012
   Ending Account Value
April 30, 2013
   Expenses Paid
During Period**

Class A Shares

             

Actual

    $ 1,000.00        $ 1,041.30        $ 8.86  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

      1,000.00          1,016.12          8.75  

Class I Shares

             

Actual

    $ 1,000.00        $ 1,042.60        $ 7.60  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

      1,000.00          1,017.36          7.50  

 

*Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six-month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.50% and 1.25% for Class A and Class I Shares, respectively, for the WHV International Equity Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The WHV International Equity Fund’s ending account values on the first line in the table are based on the actual six-month total returns for the WHV International Equity Fund of 8.12% and 8.28% for Class A and Class I Shares, respectively.

**Expenses are equal to an annualized expense ratio for the six-month period ended April 30, 2013 of 1.75% and 1.50% for Class A and Class I Shares, respectively, for the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent period (181), then divided by 365 to reflect the period. The WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund’s ending account values on the first line in the table are based on the actual six-month total returns for the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund of 4.13% and 4.26% for Class A and Class I Shares, respectively.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
    Value  

COMMON STOCKS:

    

Energy Equipment & Services

     27.1   $ 101,209,866   

Road & Rail

     11.2        41,714,459   

Metals & Mining

     10.8        40,391,154   

Chemicals

     10.6        39,659,186   

Food Products

     7.6        28,514,710   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     7.3        27,134,337   

Machinery

     5.1        19,009,710   

Beverages

     4.5        16,735,290   

Tobacco

     3.6        13,692,652   

Pharmaceuticals

     2.9        10,961,105   

Insurance

     1.1        3,948,379   

Real Estate Management & Development

     1.0        3,870,978   

Capital Markets

     0.3        1,050,233   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.1        467,420   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     6.8        25,277,433   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 373,636,912   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 93.2%

     

Australia — 4.3%

     

BHP Billiton, Ltd., SP ADR

     237,330       $ 15,953,323   
     

 

 

 

Bermuda — 4.3%

     

Brookfield Property Partners LP*

     1         15   

Bunge, Ltd.

     27,765         2,004,911   

Nabors Industries, Ltd.

     772,757         11,429,076   

PartnerRe, Ltd.

     26,155         2,467,463   
     

 

 

 
        15,901,465   
     

 

 

 

Brazil — 1.9%

     

Vale SA, SP ADR

     424,190         7,249,407   
     

 

 

 

Canada — 27.4%

     

Agrium, Inc.

     110,765         10,153,828   

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A

     100,310         3,870,963   

Canadian National Railway Co.

     175,945         17,239,091   

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

     396,000         11,618,640   

Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.

     196,400         24,475,368   

Ensign Energy Services, Inc.

     44,810         754,152   

Finning International, Inc.

     21,775         467,420   

Manulife Financial Corp.

     45,730         675,889   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

     350,155         14,741,526   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     477,095         14,861,509   

Talisman Energy, Inc.

     55,020         654,188   

Teck Resources, Ltd., Class B

     111,925         2,973,847   
     

 

 

 
        102,486,421   
     

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

Curacao — 4.7%

     

Schlumberger, Ltd.

     237,770       $     17,697,221   
     

 

 

 

France — 0.2%

     

AXA SA, SP ADR

     43,165         805,027   
     

 

 

 

Germany — 2.8%

     

BASF SE, SP ADR

     110,830         10,340,439   
     

 

 

 

Ireland — 5.1%

     

Eaton Corp. PLC

     154,856         9,509,707   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     176,580         9,500,003   
     

 

 

 
        19,009,710   
     

 

 

 

Luxemburg — 3.5%

     

Tenaris SA, ADR

     297,970         13,256,685   
     

 

 

 

Netherlands — 6.0%

     

Core Laboratories NV

     85,600         12,393,168   

Unilever NV, NY Shares

     235,550         10,006,164   
     

 

 

 
        22,399,332   
     

 

 

 

Norway — 0.2%

     

Yara International ASA, ADR

     16,160         757,581   
     

 

 

 

Switzerland — 20.8%

     

Nestle SA, SP ADR

     231,695         16,503,635   

Noble Corp.

     468,155         17,555,812   

Novartis AG, ADR

     148,605         10,961,105   

Syngenta AG, ADR

     42,875         3,665,812   

Transocean, Ltd.*

     261,410         13,454,773   

UBS AG

     59,035         1,050,233   

Weatherford International, Ltd.*

     1,146,910         14,668,979   
     

 

 

 
        77,860,349   
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom —12.0%

     

British American Tobacco PLC, SP ADR

     123,335         13,692,652   

Diageo PLC, SP ADR

     136,950         16,735,290   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

 

            Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

United Kingdom — (Continued)

  

Rio Tinto PLC, SP ADR

     308,610       $ 14,214,577   
     

 

 

 
        44,642,519   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $317,323,629)

        348,359,479   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 93.2%

(Cost $317,323,629)

        348,359,479   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 6.8%

        25,277,433   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 373,636,912   
     

 

 

 
 

 

*

Non-income producing.

 

ADR

  

American Depositary Receipt

LP

   Limited Partnership

SP ADR

  

Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

PLC

  

Public Limited Company

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Portfolio Holdings Summary Table

April 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

The following table presents a summary by sector of the portfolio holdings of the Fund:

 

     % of Net
Assets
   Value  

COMMON STOCKS:

          

Commercial Banks

        24.4      $ 1,593,358   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

        8.7           568,815   

Beverages

        8.3           545,020   

Energy Equipment & Services

        6.2           407,906   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

        4.9           321,552   

Food & Staples Retailing

        4.7           308,096   

Internet Software & Services

        4.4           288,277   

Health Care Equipment

        3.7           239,903   

Auto Components

        3.1           202,419   

Chemicals

        2.7           178,164   

Software

        2.6           167,816   

Water Utilities

        2.5           164,092   

Food Products

        2.4           153,946   

Industrial Conglomerates

        2.1           140,208   

Health Care Providers & Services

        2.1           137,301   

Personal Products

        2.1           134,353   

Metals & Mining

        1.9           124,988   

Media

        1.9           122,128   

Machinery

        1.7           107,714   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

        9.6           630,775   
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

        100.0      $ 6,536,831   
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 90.4%

     

Argentina — 3.4%

     

Tenaris SA, ADR

     4,950       $ 220,226   
     

 

 

 

Brazil — 10.1%

     

BRF - Brasil Foods SA, ADR

     6,200         153,946   

Cia de Bebidas das Americas, PRF ADR

     4,115         172,912   

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo, ADR

     11,475         164,092   

Totvs SA

     8,925         167,816   
     

 

 

 
                658,766   
     

 

 

 

Chile — 6.4%

     

Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA, ADR

     7,000         241,710   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, SP ADR

     3,600         178,164   
     

 

 

 
        419,874   
     

 

 

 

China — 10.8%

     

CNOOC, Ltd., ADR

     1,050         196,707   

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

     13,000         134,353   

Mindray Medical International, Ltd., ADR

     6,075         239,903   

Sina Corp.*

     2,350         132,352   
     

 

 

 
        703,315   
     

 

 

 

Columbia — 5.7%

     

Ecopetrol SA, SP ADR

     3,025         143,899   

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.

     10,825         228,209   
     

 

 

 
        372,108   
     

 

 

 

India — 10.9%

     

HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR

     6,650         282,226   

ICICI Bank, Ltd., SP ADR

     4,900         229,418   
     Number         
     of Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

India — (Continued)

     

Tata Motors, Ltd., SP ADR

     7,350       $ 202,419   
     

 

 

 
        714,063   
     

 

 

 

Indonesia — 1.7%

     

United Tractors Tbk PT

     59,000         107,714   
     

 

 

 

Malaysia — 3.3%

     

Public Bank Bhd

     40,300         217,494   
     

 

 

 

Mexico — 5.2%

     

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, SP ADR

     1,150         130,398   

Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico Sab de CV, ADR*

     13,100         211,565   
     

 

 

 
                341,963   
     

 

 

 

Peru — 4.6%

     

Credicorp, Ltd.

     1,180         177,696   

Southern Copper Corp.

     3,750         124,988   
     

 

 

 
        302,684   
     

 

 

 

Philippines — 2.1%

     

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

     243,500         140,208   
     

 

 

 

Poland — 2.7%

     

Eurocash SA

     9,700         174,670   
     

 

 

 

Russia — 7.4%

     

Eurasia Drilling Co., Ltd., GDR

     4,800         187,680   

Mail.ru Group, Ltd., GDR*

     5,775         155,925   

Sberbank of Russia, SP ADR*

     11,100         142,746   
     

 

 

 
        486,351   
     

 

 

 

South Africa — 4.0%

     

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     32,500         137,301   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     Number         
    

of Shares

     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — (Continued)

  

South Africa — (Continued)

  

Naspers Ltd.

     1,825       $ 122,128   
     

 

 

 
        259,429   
     

 

 

 

South Korea — 2.1%

     

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., GDR

     195         134,568   
     

 

 

 

Taiwan — 2.9%

     

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., SP ADR

     9,800         186,984   
     

 

 

 

Thailand — 1.8%

     

Kasikornbank PCL NVDR

     16,100         116,293   
     

 

 

 

Turkey — 5.3%

     

Bim Birlesik Magazalar AS

     2,600         133,426   

Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS

     19,800         215,920   
     

 

 

 
        349,346   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $5,305,339)

        5,906,056   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 90.4%

(Cost $5,305,339)

        5,906,056   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES - 9.6%

        630,775   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $     6,536,831   
     

 

 

 

 

*

Non-incomeproducing.

 

ADR

  

American Depositary Receipt

GDR

  

Global Depositary Receipt

NVDR

  

Non-voting Depositary Receipt

PCL

  

Public Company Limited

PRF ADR

  

Preferred American Depositary Receipt

SP ADR

  

Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2013

     WHV   WHV
     International   Emerging Markets
     Equity Fund   Equity Fund

Assets

        

Investments, at value (Cost $317,323,629 and $5,305,339, respectively)

     $ 348,359,479       $ 5,906,056  

Cash

       23,318,306         636,762  

Receivable for capital shares sold

       1,281,813          

Dividends and interest receivable

       1,577,817         5,988  

Receivable from Investment Adviser

               13,882  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

       46,669         19,573  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets

       374,584,084         6,582,261  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable for capital shares redeemed

       527,803          

Payable to Investment Adviser

       307,484          

Payable for audit fees

       26,160         24,545  

Payable for administration and accounting fees

       24,942         7,568  

Payable for transfer agent fees

       18,571         8,155  

Payable for custodian fees

       6,827         4,449  

Payable for legal fees

       5,506         96  

Accrued expenses

       29,879         617  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

       947,172         45,430  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 373,636,912       $ 6,536,831  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

        

Capital stock, $0.01 par value

     $ 181,556       $ 6,979  

Paid-in capital

       343,480,323         6,413,590  

Accumulated net investment income

       1,688,804         28,259  

Accumulated net realized loss from investments

       (2,749,621 )       (512,714 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

       31,035,850         600,717  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 373,636,912       $ 6,536,831  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Concluded)

April 30, 2013

 

     WHV   WHV
     International   Emerging Markets
     Equity Fund   Equity Fund

Class A:

        

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($53,446,663 / 2,602,340) and ($545,541 / 58,313), respectively

       $20.54         $9.36  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $20.54 and $9.36), respectively

       $21.79      

 

$9.93

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class I:

        

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share ($320,190,249 / 15,553,277) and ($5,991,290 / 639,539), respectively

       $20.59      

 

$9.37

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended April 30, 2013

 

     WHV   WHV
     International   Emerging Markets
     Equity Fund   Equity Fund

Investment Income

        

Dividends

     $ 6,540,761       $ 145,472  

Less: foreign taxes withheld

       (530,057 )       (9,989 )

Interest

       13,041         169  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment income

       6,023,745         135,652  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Advisory fees (Note 2)

       3,311,679         57,185  

Administration and accounting fees (Note 2)

       259,532         75,866  

Transfer agent fees (Note 2)

       154,427         92,347  

Distribution fees (Class A) (Note 2)

       134,521         1,277  

Professional fees

       72,717         25,880  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees (Note 2)

       57,923         958  

Registration and filing fees

       49,848         28,499  

Printing and shareholder reporting fees

       47,739         895  

Custodian fees (Note 2)

       32,159         19,804  

Other expenses

       37,414         2,037  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses before waivers and reimbursements

       4,157,959         304,748  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less: waivers and reimbursements (Note 2)

               (217,693 )

Plus: Net expenses recouped (Note 2)

       116,160          
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net expenses after waivers and reimbursements

       4,274,119         87,055  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

       1,749,626         48,597  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) from investments:

        

Net realized gain/(loss) from investments

       4,374,446         (417,667 )

Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions

               (2,043 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments

       16,462,284         373,162  

Net change in unrealized appreciation on foreign currency transactions

               41  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       20,836,730         (46,507 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     $ 22,586,356       $ 2,090  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the     For the  
     Year Ended     Year Ended  
     April 30, 2013     April 30, 2012  

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,749,626      $ 1,859,318   

Net realized gain/(loss) from investments

     4,374,446        (6,298,028

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) from investments

     16,462,284        (29,936,205
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     22,586,356        (34,374,915
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

    

Net investment income:

    

Class A

     (90,463     (104,431

Class I

     (1,240,006     (798,249
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net investment income

     (1,330,469     (902,680
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

     37,753,470        100,431,144   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

     59,009,357        65,153,549   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

    

Beginning of year

     314,627,555        249,474,006   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 373,636,912      $ 314,627,555   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of year

   $ 1,688,804      $ 1,269,647   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the   For the
     Year Ended   Year Ended
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012

Increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations:

        

Net investment income

     $ 48,597       $ 15,731  

Net realized loss from investments and foreign currency transactions

       (419,710 )       (92,418 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation from investments and foreign currency transactions

       373,203         200,427  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       2,090         123,740  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Net investment income:

        

Class A

       (1,211 )       (1,077 )

Class I

       (26,775 )       (6,791 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total net investment income

       (27,986 )       (7,868 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions (Note 4)

       1,091,243         4,870,354  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

       1,065,347         4,986,226  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net assets

        

Beginning of year

       5,471,484         485,258  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

     $ 6,536,831       $ 5,471,484  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Accumulated net investment income, end of year

     $ 28,259       $ 9,692  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class A Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective periods. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class A
     For the   For the   For the   For the Period
     Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended   July 31, 2009*
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012   April 30, 2011   to April 30, 2010

Per Share Operating Performance

                

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 19.30       $ 22.42       $ 17.97       $ 15.22  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.05         0.10         0.01         0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       1.22         (3.20 )       4.44         2.70  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       1.27         (3.10 )       4.45         2.75  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholders from:

                

Net investment income

       (0.03 )       (0.03 )                

Net realized gains

                       (0.01 )       (2)
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.03 )       (0.03 )       (0.01 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption fees

       (2)       0.01         0.01         (2)
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 20.54       $ 19.30       $ 22.42       $ 17.97  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       6.61 %       (13.75 )%       24.83 %       18.07 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 53,447       $ 58,360       $ 56,113       $ 14,349  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.50 %       1.50 %       1.50 %       1.50 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers, expense reimbursements and/or recoupment(5)

       1.46 %       1.51 %       1.57 %       2.32 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.27 %       0.51 %       0.05 %       0.37 %(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       5.21 %       7.48 %       2.20 %       30.18 %(6)

 

* Commencement of operations.
(1)  The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.
(2)  Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
(3)  Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestments of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total investment return does not reflect the impact of the maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. If reflected, the return would be lower.
(4)  Annualized.
(5)  During the period, certain fees were reduced or expenses were recouped. If such fee reductions or recoupments had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).
(6)  Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

WHV International Equity Fund

Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class I Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective periods. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class I
     For the   For the   For the   For the   For the Period
     Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended   December 19, 2008*
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012   April 30, 2011   April 30, 2010   to April 30, 2009

Per Share Operating Performance

                    

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 19.35       $ 22.47       $ 17.99       $ 12.44       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.11         0.15         0.05         0.12         0.07  

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       1.22         (3.21 )       4.45         5.43         2.37  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       1.33         (3.06 )       4.50         5.55         2.44  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholders from:

                    

Net investment income

       (0.09 )       (0.07 )       (0.02 )       (2)        

Net realized gains

                       (0.01 )       (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.09 )       (0.07 )       (0.03 )                
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption fees

       (2)       0.01         0.01         (2)        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 20.59       $ 19.35       $ 22.47       $ 17.99       $ 12.44  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       6.88 %       (13.51 )%       25.12 %       44.62 %       24.40 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 320,190       $ 256,268       $ 193,361       $ 64,538       $ 191  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.25 %       1.25 %       1.25 %       1.25 %       1.25 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers, expense reimbursements and/or recoupment(5)

       1.21 %       1.27 %       1.32 %       2.50 %       163.68 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.58 %       0.77 %       0.24 %       0.68 %       1.73 %(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       5.21 %       7.48 %       2.20 %       30.18 %       11.10 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4) 

Annualized.

(5) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced or expenses were recouped. If such fee reductions or recoupments had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class A Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class A
     For the   For the   For the Period
     Year Ended   Year Ended   December 31, 2010*
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012   to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.42       $ 10.34       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income/(loss)(1)

       0.06         0.06         (2)

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       (0.10 )       (0.94 )       0.34  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       (0.04 )       (0.88 )       0.34  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholder from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.02 )       (0.04 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption Fees

       (2)                
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.36       $ 9.42       $ 10.34  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       (0.40 )%       (8.43 )%       3.40 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 546       $ 650       $ 5  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.75 %       1.75 %       1.75 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(5)

       5.59 %       18.13 %       113.39 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets

       0.63 %       0.70 %       (0.15 )%(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       93.67 %       64.04 %       19.25 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1) 

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $(0.01) or $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestments of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Total investment return does not reflect the impact of the maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. If reflected, the return would be lower.

(4) 

Annualized.

(5)

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6) 

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

 

Contained below is per share operating performance data for each Class I Share outstanding, total investment return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for the respective period. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been derived from information provided in the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto.

 

 

     Class I
     For the   For the   For the Period
     Year Ended   Year Ended   December 31, 2010*
     April 30, 2013   April 30, 2012   to April 30, 2011

Per Share Operating Performance

            

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 9.43       $ 10.35       $ 10.00  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(1)

       0.08         0.09         0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments

       (0.10 )       (0.96 )       0.34  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       (0.02 )       (0.87 )       0.35  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

       (0.04 )       (0.05 )        
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption Fees

       (2)                
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 9.37       $ 9.43       $ 10.35  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment return(3)

       (0.16 )%       (8.30 )%       3.50 %

Ratio/Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

     $ 5,991       $ 4,821       $ 480  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       1.50 %       1.50 %       1.50 %(4)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets without waivers and expense reimbursements(5)

       5.30 %       14.21 %       104.44 %(4)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       0.87 %       0.95 %       0.40 %(4)

Portfolio turnover rate

       93.67 %       64.04 %       19.25 %(6)

 

*

Commencement of operations.

(1)

The selected per share data was calculated using the average shares outstanding method for the period.

(2) 

Amount is less than $0.01 per share.

(3) 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale of shares on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(4) 

Annualized.

(5) 

During the period, certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated (See Note 2).

(6)

Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2013

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

The WHV International Equity Fund and the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund (each a “Fund” and together the “Funds”) are diversified, open-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), and commenced investment operations on December 19, 2008 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The Funds are each a separate series of FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) which was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 28, 2006. The Trust is a “series trust” authorized to issue an unlimited number of separate series or classes of shares of beneficial interest. Each series is treated as a separate entity for certain matters under the 1940 Act, and for other purposes, and a shareholder of one series is not deemed to be a shareholder of any other series. The Funds offer separate classes of shares, Class A and Class I Shares. Class A Shares are sold subject to a front-end sales charge. Front-end sales charges may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances. A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of up to 1.00% may apply for investments of $1 million or more of Class A Shares of each Fund (and therefore no initial sales charge was paid) and shares are redeemed within 18 months after initial purchase. The CDSC shall not apply to those purchases of Class A Shares of $1 million or more where Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (the “Underwriter”) did not pay a commission to the selling broker-dealer.

Portfolio Valuation — Each Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by each Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. The Funds’ equity securities listed on any national or foreign exchange market system will be valued at the last sale price. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at their closing sale or official closing price. If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Prices for equity securities normally are supplied by an independent pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board of Trustees”). Fixed income securities are valued based on market quotations, which are furnished by an independent pricing service. Fixed income securities having remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value. Any assets held by the Funds that are denominated in foreign currencies are valued daily in U.S. dollars at the foreign currency exchange rates that are prevailing at the time that the Funds determine the daily NAV per share. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Funds do not calculate NAV. As a result, the market value of these investments may change on days when you cannot buy or sell shares of the Funds. Investments in other open-end investment companies are valued based on the NAV of such investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as disclosed in their prospectuses). Securities that do not have a readily available current market value are valued in good faith under the direction of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has adopted methods for valuing securities and other assets in circumstances where market quotes are not readily available and has delegated to WHV Investment Management, Inc. (“WHV”

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

or the “Adviser”) the responsibility for applying the valuation methods. Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments.

Fair Value Measurements — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Funds’ investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

• Level 1 —

 

quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

• Level 2 —

 

other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

• Level 3 —

 

significant unobservable inputs (including a Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of April 30, 2013, in valuing the Funds’ investments carried at fair value:

 

Funds    Total
Value at
04/30/13
   Level 1
Quoted
Price
   Level 2
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

WHV International Equity Fund:

                       

Investments in Securities*

      $ 348,359,479             $ 348,359,479          $                 —       $                 —   
     

 

 

          

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund:

                       

Investments in Securities*

      $ 5,906,056             $ 5,906,056          $       $   
     

 

 

          

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Please refer to Portfolio of Investments for details on portfolio holdings.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Funds’ investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Funds may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) require the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. U.S. GAAP also requires the Fund to disclose amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of each Level within the three-tier hierarchy are disclosed when the Fund had an amount of total transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 for both Funds.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses — Investment transactions are recorded on trade date for financial statement preparation purposes. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distribution (12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class. Fund level expenses common to all classes, investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class based

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

upon the relative daily net assets of each class. General expenses of the Trust are generally allocated to each fund in proportion to its relative daily net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular fund in the Trust are charged directly to that fund.

Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities initially expressed in non-U.S. currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the applicable exchange rates at the date of the last business day of the financial statement period. Purchases and sales of securities, interest income, dividends, variation margin received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect on the transaction date.

Each Fund does not separately report the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices of securities held. Such changes are included with the net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities in the Statement of Operations. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain or loss are reported separately as net realized gain or loss and change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currencies in the Statement of Operations.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared, recorded on ex-date and paid at least annually to shareholders. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These differences include the treatment of non-taxable dividends, expiring capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the components of net assets.

U.S. Tax Status — No provision is made for U.S. income taxes as it is the Funds’ intention to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will be sufficient to relieve it from U.S. income and excise taxes.

Other — In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on claims that may be made against the Funds in the future, and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of material loss for such claims is considered remote.

Currency Risk — The Funds invest in securities of foreign issuers, including American Depositary Receipts. These markets are subject to special risks associated with foreign investments not typically associated with investing in U.S. markets. Because the foreign securities in which the Funds may invest generally trade in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, changes in currency exchange rates will affect the Funds’ NAV, the value of dividends and interest earned and gains and losses realized on the sale

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

of securities. Because the NAV for the Funds are determined on the basis of U.S. dollars, the Funds may lose money by investing in a foreign security if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, even if the local currency value of a Funds’ holdings goes up. Generally, a strong U.S. dollar relative to these other currencies will adversely affect the value of the Funds’ holdings in foreign securities.

Foreign Securities Market Risk — Securities of many non-U.S. companies may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. Securities of companies traded in many countries outside the U.S., particularly emerging markets countries, may be subject to further risks due to the inexperience of local investment professionals and financial institutions, the possibility of permanent or temporary termination of trading and greater spreads between bid and asked prices of securities. In addition, non-U.S. stock exchanges and investment professionals are subject to less governmental regulation, and commissions may be higher than in the United States. Also, there may be delays in the settlement of non-U.S. stock exchange transactions.

2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties

WHV serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). For its services, the Adviser is paid a monthly fee at the annual rate of 1.00% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of each Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that each Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, “Acquired Fund fees and expenses” and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.25% (on an annual basis) of the WHV International Equity Fund’s average daily net assets and 1.50% (on an annual basis) of the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Limitation”). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2013 for the WHV International Equity Fund and until December 31, 2013 for the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund, unless the Board of Trustees approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Funds. No recoupment will occur unless the Funds’ expenses are below the Expense Limitation. As of April 30, 2013, the amount of potential recovery was as follows:

 

     Expiration  
     April 30, 2014      April 30, 2015      April 30, 2016  

WHV International Equity Fund

     $114,347         $  38,946           

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

     $  56,380         $225,812         $217,693   

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

For the year ended April 30, 2013 , the Adviser recouped $116,160 from WHV International Equity Fund.

For the year ended April 30, 2013, the advisory fee and waivers were as follows:

 

     Gross
Advisory Fee
   Waiver/
Reimbursements
  Net Advisory Fee
(Reimbursement)

WHV International Equity Fund

     $ 3,311,679                $ 3,311,679  

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

     $ 57,185        $ (217,693 )     $ (160,508 )

Hirayama Investments, LLC (“Hirayama“or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the sub-adviser to the WHV International Equity Fund. The Sub-Adviser provides certain services pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement among WHV, the Sub-Adviser and the Trust, on behalf of the WHV International Equity Fund. Sub-Advisory fees are paid by WHV, not the WHV International Equity Fund.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) serves as administrator and transfer agent for the Funds.

For providing administrative and accounting services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

For providing transfer agent services, BNY Mellon is entitled to receive certain minimum monthly fees.

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) provides certain custodial services to the Funds. The Custodian is entitled to receive a monthly fee equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average net assets and is subject to certain minimum monthly fees.

BNY Mellon and the Custodian have the ability to recover such amounts previously waived, if the Funds terminate their agreements with BNY Mellon or the Custodian within three years of signing the agreements.

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC (“the Underwriter”) provides principal underwriting services to the Funds.

The Trust and the Underwriter are parties to an underwriting agreement. The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class A Shares in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Shares plan, the Funds compensate the Underwriter for direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred in connection with advertising, marketing and other distribution services in an amount not to exceed 0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Funds’ Class A Shares.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with BNY Mellon receive an annual retainer for their services as a Trustee. The remuneration paid to the Trustees by the Funds during the year ended April 30, 2013, was $38,521 for the WHV International Equity Fund and $670 for the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Certain employees of BNY Mellon serve as an Officer or Trustee of the Trust. They are not compensated by the Funds or the Trust.

3. Investment in Securities

For the year ended April 30, 2013, aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding U.S. Government and agency short-term investments and other short-term investments) of the Funds were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

WHV International Equity Fund

   $ 49,944,077       $ 15,989,995   

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

     5,704,275         5,072,264   

4. Capital Share Transactions

For the year ended April 30, 2013 and the year ended April 30, 2012, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

     WHV International Equity Fund  
     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
    For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Class A Shares

        

Sales

     720,281      $ 14,081,638        1,740,339      $ 33,373,071   

Reinvestments

     3,496        69,074        4,868        82,029   

Redemption Fees*

            7,272               15,886   

Redemptions

     (1,145,405     (22,058,689     (1,223,912     (22,687,006
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease)

     (421,628   $ (7,900,705     521,295      $ 10,783,980   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

     WHV International Equity Fund
     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount

Class I Shares

                

Sales

       6,028,965       $ 117,879,077         8,339,672       $ 158,834,663  

Reinvestments

       44,140         873,537         39,261         662,731  

Redemption Fees*

               39,635                 55,630  

Redemptions

       (3,765,149 )       (73,138,074 )       (3,739,908 )       (69,905,860 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

       2,307,956       $ 45,654,175         4,639,025       $ 89,647,164  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
     WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund
     For the Year Ended
April 30, 2013
  For the Year Ended
April 30, 2012
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount

Class A Shares

                

Sales

       11,957       $ 106,079         68,420       $ 623,760  

Reinvestments

       118         1,099         138         1,077  

Redemption Fees*

               57                  

Redemptions

       (22,791 )       (185,047 )                
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease)

       (10,716 )     $ (77,812 )       68,558       $ 624,837  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class I Shares

                

Sales

       253,396       $ 2,293,625         479,124       $ 4,380,150  

Reinvestments

       2,880         26,728         847         6,597  

Redemption Fees*

               609                  

Redemptions

       (127,750 )       (1,151,907 )       (15,379 )       (141,230 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase

       128,526       $ 1,169,055         464,592       $ 4,245,517  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

*

There is a 2.00% redemption fee that may be charged on shares redeemed which have been held for 60 days or less. The redemption fees are retained by the Funds for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and recorded as paid-in-capital.

5. Federal Tax Information

The Funds have followed the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Funds to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The Funds have determined that there was no effect on the financial

 

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WHV FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

 

statements from following this authoritative guidance. In the normal course of business, the Funds are subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions, where applicable, for tax years for which applicable statutes of limitations have not expired.

In order to present net asset components on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain reclassifications are made to the net asset components. Net investment income, net realized gains and net assets were not affected by these adjustments. The following permanent differences as of April 30, 2013, primarily attributable to treatment of foreign currency gain/(loss), were reclassified among the following accounts:

 

     Increase/(Decrease)
Undistributed

Net Investment
Income
  Increase/(Decrease)
Accumulated
Net Realized
Loss
   Increase/(Decrease)
Additional

Paid-In Capital

WHV International Equity Fund

     $         $      —        $  

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

       (2,044 )       2,044           

As of April 30, 2013, the tax characters of distributions paid by the Funds were as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
Dividend
   Long-Term
Capital Gain
Dividend
    

WHV International Equity Fund

     $ 1,330,469        $     

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

       27,986              

As of April 30, 2012, the tax characters of distributions paid by the Funds were as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
Dividend
   Long-Term
Capital Gain
Dividend
    

WHV International Equity Fund

     $ 902,680        $     

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

       7,868              

Distributions from net investment income and short term capital gains are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Capital Loss
Carryforward
  Undistributed
Ordinary Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
   Qualified
Late-Year
Losses

WHV International Equity Fund

     $       $ 1,688,804        $ 450,271        $ 27,835,958        $  

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

       (426,624 )       28,259                   594,045          (79,418 )

 

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WHV FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

The differences between the book and tax basis components of distributable earnings relate primarily to the timing and recognition of income and gains for federal income tax purposes. Short-term capital gains are reported as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

As of April 30, 2013, the federal tax cost, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by each Fund were as follows:

 

     Federal Tax
Cost
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
 

WHV International Equity Fund

   $ 320,523,521       $ 56,036,248       $ (28,200,290   $ 27,835,958   

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

     5,312,011         786,389         (192,344     594,045   

Pursuant to federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Funds may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and April 30 and late year ordinary losses ((i) ordinary losses between January 1 and April 30, and (ii) specified ordinary and currency losses between November 1 and April 30) as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended April 30, 2013, any amount of losses elected within the tax return will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until May 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the Funds deferred to May 1, 2013 the following losses:

 

     Late-Year Ordinary
Losses Deferral
   Short-Term Capital
Loss Deferral
   Long-Term Capital
Loss Deferral

WHV International Equity Fund

     $        $        $  

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

                79,418           

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryovers as of April 30, 2013 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”), each Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to any losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under the previous law. The Funds’ first fiscal year end subject to the Modernization Act was April 30, 2012.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

April 30, 2013

 

As of April 30, 2013, the Funds’ post-enactment capital loss carryforward which were short-term losses and long-term losses and had an unlimited period of capital loss carryover were as follows:

 

     Post-Enactment
Unlimited Period of Net
Capital Loss Carryforward
     Short-Term    Long-Term

WHV International Equity Fund

       $         —          $       —  

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

       416,431          10,193  

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the WHV International Equity Fund utilized $439,858 of prior year capital loss carryforwards.

6. Subsequent Event

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust and Shareholders of the

WHV International Equity Fund and the

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the WHV International Equity Fund and the WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the “Funds”) at April 30, 2013, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for the periods then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

June 25, 2013

 

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WHV FUNDS

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

The Funds are required by Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to advise their shareholders of the U.S. federal tax status of distributions received by the Funds’ shareholders in respect of such fiscal year. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013, the tax characters of distributions paid by the Funds were as follows:

 

     Ordinary    Long-Term     
     Income    Capital Gain   
     Dividend    Dividend   

WHV International Equity Fund

     $ 1,330,469          $—     

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

       27,986              

Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

The WHV International Equity Fund and WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund designate 100.00% and 76.37%, respectively, of the ordinary income distribution as qualified dividend income pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

For the WHV International Equity Fund and WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund, the percentage of ordinary income dividends qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction is 0.52% and 11.81%, respectively.

For the WHV International Equity Fund and WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund, the percentage of qualified interest income related to dividends not subject to withholding tax for non-resident aliens and foreign corporations is 0.26% and 0.11%, respectively.

The Funds intend to pass through a foreign tax credit to the shareholders. For the year ended April 30, 2013, the total amount of foreign source income for the WHV International Equity Fund and WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund is $5,362,183 and $41,323, respectively. The total amount of foreign tax to be paid for the WHV International Equity Fund and WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund is $523,624 and $4,797, respectively. Your allocable share of foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099-DIV.

All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly, are subject to change. For each item, it is the intention of the Funds to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

Because the Funds’ fiscal year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2013. The second notification, which will reflect the amount, if any, to be used by calendar year taxpayers on their U.S. federal income tax returns, will be made in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV and will be mailed in January 2014.

 

40


WHV FUNDS

Shareholder Tax Information

(Unaudited)

Foreign shareholders will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax on the amount of their ordinary income dividends. They will generally not be entitled to a foreign tax credit or deduction for the withholding taxes paid by the Funds, if any.

In general, dividends received by tax-exempt recipients (e.g., IRAs and Keoghs) need not be reported as taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, some retirement trusts (e.g., corporate, Keogh and 403(b)(7) plans) may need this information for their annual information reporting.

Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Funds.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Other Information

(Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

Policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities as well as information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 948-4685 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http:// www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (quarters ended July 31 and January 31) on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

42


WHV FUNDS

Privacy Notice

(Unaudited)

The privacy of your personal financial information is extremely important to us. When you open an account with us, we collect a significant amount of information from you in order to properly invest and administer your account. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information private and confidential, and we want you to know how we protect that important information.

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you, or our former clients, to our affiliates or to service providers or other third parties, except as permitted by law. We share only the information required to properly administer your accounts, which enables us to send transaction confirmations, monthly or quarterly statements, financials and tax forms. Even within FundVantage Trust and its affiliated entities, a limited number of people who actually service accounts will have access to your personal financial information. Further, we do not share information about our current or former clients with any outside marketing groups or sales entities.

To ensure the highest degree of security and confidentiality, FundVantage Trust and its affiliates maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We also apply special measures for authentication of information you request or submit to us on our web site.

If you have questions or comments about our privacy practices, please call us at (888) 948-4685.

 

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WHV FUNDS

Fund Management

(Unaudited)

FundVantage Trust (the “Trust”) is governed by a Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). The primary responsibility of the Trustees is to represent the interest of the Trust’s shareholders and to provide oversight management of the Trust.

The following tables present certain information regarding the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each person who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act is referred to as an “Independent Trustee” and is listed under such heading below. Each person listed under “Interested Trustee” below may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The address of each Trustee and Officer as it relates to the Trust’s business is 301 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19809.

The Statement of Additional Information for each Fund contains additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (888) 948-4685.

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held

with Trust

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

          Principal Occupation(s)         
During Past Five Years
 

Number of

Funds in

  Trust Complex  

Overseen by

Trustee

 

Other

Directorships

of Public
Companies

  Held by Trustee

 

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

ROBERT J. CHRISTIAN  

Date of Birth: 2/49

  Trustee and Chairman of the Board   Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee and Chairman since 2007.   Retired since February 2006; Executive Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company from February 1996 to February 2006; President of Rodney Square Management Corporation (“RSMC”) (investment advisory firm) from 1996 to 2005; Vice President of RSMC from 2005 to 2006.   28   Optimum
Fund Trust
(registered
investment
company)
(6 portfolios)

IQBAL MANSUR

Date of Birth: 6/55

  Trustee   Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2007.   University Professor, Widener University.   28   None

 

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WHV FUNDS

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

           Principal Occupation(s)         
During Past Five Years
  

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex
Overseen by

Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

of Public
Companies

Held by Trustee

DONALD J. PUGLISI

Date of Birth: 8/45

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2008.    Managing Director of Puglisi & Associates (financial, administrative and consulting services) from 1973 to present; MBNA America Professor of Business Emeritus at the University of Delaware from 2001 to present; Commissioner, The State of Delaware Public Service Commission from 1997 to 2004.    28    None

STEPHEN M. WYNNE

Date of Birth: 1/55

   Trustee    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2009.    Retired since December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from July 2010 to December 2010; Chief Executive Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from March 2008 to July 2010; President, PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2003 to 2008.    28    Copeland Trust (registered investment company) (2 portfolios); Brandywine Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (1 portfolio); Brandywine Blue Fund Inc. (registered investment company) (2 portfolios).

 

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WHV FUNDS

Fund Management (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

 

Position(s) Held

with Trust

 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served

          Principal Occupation(s)         
During Past Five Years
 

Number of

Funds in

Trust Complex
Overseen by

Trustee

 

Other

Directorships

of Public
Companies

Held by Trustee

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE1

 

NANCY B. WOLCOTT

Date of Birth: 11/54

  Trustee   Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Trustee since 2011.   EVP, Head of GFI Client Service Delivery, BNY Mellon from January 2012 to present; EVP, Head of US Funds Services, BNY Mellon from July 2010 to January 2012; President of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2008 to July 2010; Chief Operating Officer of PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2007 to 2008; Executive Vice President of PFPC Worldwide Inc. from 2006 to 2007.   28   None

1Ms. Wolcott may be deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by reason of her position as Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing - the administrator and accounting agent and transfer agent to the Trust.

 

46


WHV FUNDS

Fund Management (Concluded)

(Unaudited)

 

Name

and Date of Birth

  

Position(s) Held

with Trust

  

              Term of Office               

and Length of

Time Served

   Principal Occupation(s)
                During Past Five Years                
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

JOEL L. WEISS

Date of Birth: 1/63

   President and Chief Executive Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Managing Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1993.

JAMES G. SHAW

Date of Birth: 10/60

   Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
   Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    Vice President and Senior Director of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 1995.

VINCENZO A. SCARDUZIO  

Date of Birth: 4/72

   Secretary    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2012.    Vice President and Counsel Regulatory Administration of BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and predecessor firms since 2001.

SALVATORE FAIA

Date of Birth: 12/62

   Chief Compliance Officer    Shall serve until death, resignation or removal. Officer since 2007.    President and Founder of Vigilant Compliance Services since 2004.

 

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Investment Adviser

WHV Investment Management, Inc.

301 Battery Street

Suite 400

San Francisco, CA 94111-3203

Sub-Adviser (WHV International Equity Fund)

Hirayama Investments, LLC

301 Battery Street

Suite 400

San Francisco, CA 94111-3203

Administrator

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Principal Underwriter

Foreside Funds Distributors LLC

400 Berwyn Park

899 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1700

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042

Legal Counsel

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

LOGO

WHV FUNDS

of

FundVantage Trust

WHV International Equity Fund

WHV Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Class A Shares

Class I Shares

ANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2013

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the WHV Funds. It is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the WHV Funds.

 


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

  (a)

The Registrant, as of the end of the period covered by this report, has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party.

 

  (c)

There have been no amendments, during the period covered by this report, to a provision of the code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party, and that relates to any element of the code of ethics description.

 

  (d)

The Registrant has not granted any waivers, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party, that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (b) of this item’s instructions.


Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees currently is comprised of Robert J. Christian, Iqbal Mansur and Donald J. Puglisi, each of whom is considered “independent” within the meaning set forth under Item 3 of Form N-CSR. The Board of Trustees has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined by Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Mr. Christian acquired the attributes necessary to be considered an audit committee financial expert through his experience as chief investment officer of several large financial institutions and his service as a member of the audit committee of other registered investment companies.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Dr. Mansur acquired the attributes necessary to be considered an audit committee financial expert through his experience as a university professor of finance and because he has authored over 25 finance-related articles in peer reviewed publications.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Mr. Puglisi acquired the attributes necessary to be considered an audit committee financial expert through his experience as a university professor of business and a managing director of a financial services consulting firm.


Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Audit Fees

 

  (a)

The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were:

 

    

Fiscal Year 2013    

 

 

Fiscal Year 2012    

 

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

 

  $467,557

 

  $432,715

 

Ernst & Young LLP

 

  $49,400

 

  $59,000

 

Aggregate Fees

 

  $516,957                

 

  $491,715                 

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

  (b)

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item are $0 for 2012 and $0 for 2013.

Tax Fees

 

  (c)

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning are $0 for 2012 and $13,082 for 2013. The fees relate to federal and state tax compliance services (federal and state tax return preparation and filings), required income and capital gain distribution calculations, and preparation of the annual financial statement disclosures.

All Other Fees

 

  (d)

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item are $0 for 2012 and $0 for 2013.

 

  (e)(1)

Disclose the audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

The Registrant’s Audit Committee Charter requires the Audit Committee to (i) (a) approve prior to appointment the engagement of independent registered public accounting firm to annually audit and provide their opinion on the Registrant’s financial statements, (b) recommend to the Independent Trustees the selection, retention or termination of the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm and, (c) in connection therewith, to review and evaluate matters potentially affecting the independence and capabilities of the independent registered public accounting firm; and (ii) to approve prior to appointment the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm to provide other audit services to the Registrant, or to provide non-audit services to the Registrant, its series, an investment adviser to its series or


any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an investment adviser to its series (“adviser-affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the Registrant if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant. The Audit Committee will not approve non-audit services that the Audit Committee believes may impair the independence of the Registrant’s independent registered public accountant. The Audit Committee may delegate, to the extent permitted by law, pre-approved responsibilities to one or more members of the Audit Committee who shall report to the full Audit Committee.

 

  (e)(2)

There were no services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

  (f)

Not applicable.

 

  (g)

The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant were:

 

    

Fiscal Year 2013    

 

 

Fiscal Year 2012    

 

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

 

 

$0              

 

 

$0                

 

Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

$13,082                

 

 

$0                

 

Aggregate Fees

 

 

$13,082                

 

 

$0                

 

 

  (h)

Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)

Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b)

Not applicable.


Item 7.  Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.  Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.  Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.

 

Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12.  Exhibits.

 

  (a)(1)

Code of ethics, or any amendment thereto, that is the subject of disclosure required by Item 2 is attached hereto.

 

  (a)(2)

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

  (a)(3)

Not applicable.

 

  (b)

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

(12.other) Not applicable.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)    FundVantage Trust                                                                                                      
By (Signature and Title)* /s/   Joel L. Weiss                                                                                         
          Joel L. Weiss, President and Chief Executive Officer   
          (principal executive officer)   
Date    06/27/2013                                                                                                                              

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/   Joel L. Weiss                                                                                        
          Joel L. Weiss, President and Chief Executive Officer   
          (principal executive officer)   
Date     06/27/2013                                                                                                                            
By (Signature and Title)* /s/   James G. Shaw                                                                                   
          James G. Shaw, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   
          (principal financial officer)   
Date     06/27/2013                                                                                                                            

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.