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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2011

File No. 333-175410
File No. 811-22578

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
(818) 813-1351
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Glenn S. Freed
President
Vericimetry Funds
800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(Name and address of agent for Service)
 

Copies of Communications to:
 
Bibb L. Strench
Seward & Kissel LLP
1200 G Street, N.W.
Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20005

Approximate Date of Public Offering:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

Title of Securities Being Registered:

Shares of Beneficial Interest.


 
 

 

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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.



 
 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell securities until the registration statement filed with the SEC is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED October 18, 2011



 





Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
(the "Fund")

a series of

VERICIMETRY FUNDS
(the "Trust")


Ticker: [___]
 
 


 
 
Prospectus
 
 
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
October __, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS


   
Page
 
FUND SUMMARY INFORMATION
 
  1
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
 
  5
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS
 
  5
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
  6
FUND MANAGEMENT
 
  6
PRICING OF SHARES
 
  7
HOW TO PURCHASE AND REDEEM SHARES
 
  8
FREQUENT TRADING POLICY
 
12
DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAINS DISTRIBUTIONS
 
13
TAXES
 
13
SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTS
 
14
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
14
FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS
 
15
OTHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
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FUND SUMMARY INFORMATION
 
Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund

Investment Objective
 
 The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
 
 
Fund Fees and Expenses 

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.


Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
None
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage  of the
value of your investment)
 
 
Management Fees
    0.50%
Distribution and/ or Service (12b-1) Fees
    None
Other Expenses (1)
    0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 
    1.00%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (2)
   (0.40%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
     0.60%
 

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(1) Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

(2) The Fund's investment adviser, Vericimetry Advisors LLC ("Vericimetry" or the "Adviser"), has agreed to waive its management fee and/or pay certain operating expenses and the organizational costs of the Fund to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary costs, such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business) from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund's average net assets per year until January 28, 2013.  Fee waivers and expense reimbursements will not be terminated prior to that time (i,e., the initial waiver term of January 28, 2013) without approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees. At any time that the expenses of the Fund are less than the rate listed above on an annualized basis, the Adviser retains the right to reimbursement of any fees previously waived and/or expenses previously assumed, to the extent that such reimbursement will not cause the Fund's annualized expenses to exceed 0.60% of its average net assets on an annualized basis. The Fund will not make any reimbursements to the Adviser after three years from the date an expense was paid by the Adviser.  Any expenses not incurred by the Fund in the ordinary course of its business that are excluded from the Adviser's reimbursement obligation could result in the Fund's annualized expenses exceeding 0.60% of its average net assets.



 
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Example
 
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund.  The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same (except that the example reflects the current expense limitation for the one-year period and the first year of the three-year period). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:


 
1 YEAR
     
3 YEARS
  $61       $279


Portfolio Turnover
 
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. No portfolio turnover rate is disclosed as the Fund did not commence operations until the date of this Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
 
The Fund invests in a wide and diverse universe of U.S. small cap value stocks.  The Adviser utilizes a structured quantitative investment approach based on a set of well defined, fundamental characteristics to identify value stocks for the Fund.  A value stock has a low price relative to various characteristics considered in assessing a company's worth, including book value, sales, earnings and operating cash flows. The Adviser identifies value stocks by considering multiple factors (e.g., book value to market value, price to earnings, price to sales, or price to operating cash flows).

Under normal market circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. companies that were small cap companies at the time the securities were purchased.. For purposes of the Fund's investment, in determining if a security is economically tied to the U.S., the Fund generally looks to the country of incorporation of the issuer as listed on a widely recognized provider of market information. However, the Fund's portfolio managers may determine a security is economically tied to the U.S. based on other factors, such as an issuer's country of domicile, where the majority of an issuer's revenues are generated or where an issuer's primary exchange is located. As a result, a security may be economically tied to more than one country.
 
For investment purposes, the Adviser defines small cap companies as companies with market capitalizations generally in the lowest 10% of total market capitalization, or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than the 1,200th largest publicly-traded U.S. company, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break point.  Total market capitalization is defined as the total market capitalization of all U.S. companies traded on a principal U.S. exchange or over-the counter market. As of September 30, 2011, using the guidelines and definitions above, the market capitalization of a small cap company was equal to or below $1.47 billion.
 
 
 
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The Adviser utilizes a market capitalization weighted approach to determine the target weights of the U.S. small cap value stocks for purchase. Market capitalization is generally defined as the number of a company's shares that are outstanding, multiplied by each share's market price. In certain circumstances the Adviser may utilize a float-adjusted market capitalization. Typically, greater weighting in the Fund is given to small companies with higher relative market capitalization. The Adviser may modify the market capitalization weights, as it deems appropriate, in order to give a greater weight to the securities in the Fund with smaller market capitalization or to account for individual security liquidity.

The Adviser places a priority on efficiently managing portfolio turnover and keeping trading costs low.  The Adviser engages in a buy and hold investment strategy that involves seeking to buy securities and hold them for a relatively longer period of time, regardless of short-term factors, such as fluctuations in the market or volatility of the stock price.  This buy and hold strategy, which focuses on size and value premiums, tends to create a naturally low portfolio turnover and generally lower trading costs.  In addition, the Adviser employs a selective trading approach to minimize trading costs; it trades securities with liquidity in mind to implement the investment strategy in an efficient, low cost manner.

The Adviser employs techniques that seek to reduce taxable distributions by the Fund.  These techniques include tracking the individual tax lots to reduce both the amount of capital gain realization and preferentially realize long-term capital gain characterization.

A portion of the Fund's assets may be held in cash or cash-equivalent investments, including, U.S. Government securities, money market funds, short-term instruments, commercial paper and other high quality money market instruments in response to pending investment of cash balances, anticipation of possible redemptions and other conditions.

 Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

The value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate daily, which means a shareholder could lose money. The Fund's principal investment strategies involve risks, including those summarized below.

Equity Security Risk:  Stocks may decline significantly in price over short or extended periods of time. Price changes may occur in the market as a whole, or they may occur in only a particular company, industry, country or sector of the market.

Market Risk:  The value of the Fund's investments may decline due to market fluctuations caused by equity market dynamics, geo-political issues, adverse economic conditions or other broad market or security-specific risks.

Small Company Risk:  Small company securities tend to be less liquid and more difficult to sell than those issued by larger companies. Small company stocks can be more volatile and may underperform the market or become out of favor with investors.

Value Investment Risk:  Value securities may underperform the market or become out of favor with investors, and the Fund could lose money if the Adviser's assessment of a company's value is incorrect.

Management Risk: The investment strategies, practices and risk analysis used by the Adviser may not produce the desired results.





 
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Fund Performance

The Fund has not completed a full calendar year of operations and therefore has no performance information.

Fund Management

Investment Adviser: Vericimetry Advisors LLC is the Fund's investment adviser.

Portfolio Managers: Andrew L. Berkin and Patrick T. Bradford are the Fund's portfolio managers and have managed the Fund since its inception.

Purchasing and Redeeming Shares of the Fund

Investors may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for trading. Purchases and redemptions may be made by following the applicable instructions outlined in the section of this Prospectus entitled "How to Purchase and Redeem Shares." An investor seeking to purchase shares through an intermediary should contact the financial intermediary for information regarding purchase and redemption procedures.

The Fund is generally available for investment only by certain investors, which are institutional clients, clients of registered investment advisers, clients of financial institutions, and a limited number of certain other investors as approved from time to time by the Adviser ("Approved Investors"). Employees, former employees, members, former members, officers and directors of the Adviser and the Fund and friends and family members of such persons may, in the Adviser's discretion, also be considered Approved Investors.  The Fund reserves the right to reject any initial or additional investment and to suspend the offering of Fund shares. All investments are subject to approval by the Adviser and all investors must complete and submit the necessary account registration forms in good order.

Tax Information

Unless investing through a tax-deferred plan or retirement account, (e.g. an individual retirement account ("IRA") or 401(k) plan), the dividends and distributions a shareholder receives are typically taxable on a combined ordinary income and capital gains basis.

Financial Intermediary Compensation

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

 
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INVESTMENT PROGRAM
 
Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies
 
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective, of long-term capital appreciation, by investing primarily in common equity securities of U.S. small cap value stocks. Under normal market circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. companies that were small cap companies at the time of purchase. For purposes of the Fund's investment, in determining if a security is economically tied to the U.S., the Fund generally looks to the country of incorporation of the issuer as listed on a widely recognized provider of market information. However, the Fund's portfolio managers may determine a security is economically tied to the U.S. based on other factors, such as an issuer's country of domicile, where the majority of an issuer's revenues are generated or where an issuer's primary exchange is located. As a result, a security may be economically tied to more than one country.
 
As stated above, the Adviser utilizes a market capitalization weighted approach to determine the target weighting of the U.S. small cap value stocks for purchase. In certain circumstances, the Adviser may utilize a float-adjusted market capitalization, the effect of which may reduce the number of shares outstanding for the shares that are available to be sold in the normal open market.  The Adviser may modify the market capitalization weights as it deems appropriate in order to give a greater weight to the securities in the Fund with smaller capitalization, or to account for individual security liquidity. The Adviser expects to rebalance the Fund's portfolio no less than quarterly, at which time the Adviser will consider which securities are eligible for inclusion in the portfolio by virtue of their fundamental characteristics, including multiple value factors and capitalization.

The Adviser places a priority on efficiently managing portfolio turnover and keeping trading costs low.  The Adviser engages in a buy and hold investment strategy that involves seeking to buy securities and hold them for a relatively longer period of time, regardless of short-term factors, such as fluctuations in the market or volatility of the stock price.  This buy and hold strategy, which focuses on size and value premiums, tends to create a naturally low portfolio turnover and generally lower trading costs.  In addition, the Adviser employs a selective trading approach to minimize trading costs; it trades securities with liquidity in mind to implement the investment strategy in an efficient, low cost manner.

The Adviser employs techniques that seek to reduce taxable distributions by the Fund.  These techniques include tracking the individual tax lots to reduce both the amount of capital gain realization and preferentially realize long-term capital gain characterization.

A portion of the Fund's assets may be held in cash or cash-equivalent investments, including, U.S. Government securities, money market funds, short-term instruments, commercial paper and other high quality money market instruments in response to pending investment of cash balances,  or provide liquidity in anticipation of possible redemptions and other conditions.
 
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS
 
As with any investment, Fund shareholders are subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money.  An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  The principal risks affecting shareholders' investments in the Fund are set forth below.

Equity Security Risk:  Stocks may decline significantly in price over short or extended periods of time. Price changes may occur in the market as a whole, or they may occur in only a particular company, industry, country or sector of the market.

 
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Market Risk: Even a long-term investment approach cannot guarantee a profit.  The value of the Fund's investments may decline due to market fluctuations caused by equity market dynamics, geo-political issues, adverse economic conditions or other broad market or security-specific risks.

Small Company Risk:  Investing in securities of small cap companies may involve greater risk and more volatility than investing in securities issued by larger, more established companies.  Smaller company stocks are often times less liquid, and can be more difficult to sell.  Typically, small cap companies have less access to liquidity and other resources, including financial and managerial resources that are necessary to overcome an unfavorable business climate or adverse economic conditions.

Value Investment Risk:  Value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a value oriented investment strategy may cause the Fund to, at times, underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies. The Fund's strategy of investing in value stocks carries risk.  If the Adviser's assessment of a company's value is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or perform poorly relative to expectations or other fund strategies.  Value securities may underperform the market or become out of favor with investors, causing prolonged periods of price devaluation relative to the securities' underlying fundamental characteristics.

Management Risk: The investment strategies, practices and risk analysis used by the Adviser may not produce the desired results.
 
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
A description of the Fund's full policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio securities is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").


FUND MANAGEMENT
 
The Investment Adviser
 
 Vericimetry Advisors LLC is the Fund's investment adviser. The Fund is the Trust's only current series. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Fund (the "Advisory Agreement"), the Adviser is responsible for selecting the Fund's investments, providing investment research and managing the Fund's day-to-day business. Vericimetry is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal business address at 800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90017.

The Advisory Agreement was approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board"), including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons," as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), of the Fund or the Adviser (the "Independent Trustees"), at a meeting held on July 19, 2011. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser an asset-based management fee (the "Management Fee") for the investment advisory and administrative services the Adviser provides to the Fund.  The Management Fee is payable monthly, at the annual rate of 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

In its role as Adviser, Vericimetry is responsible for making investment decisions with respect to the Fund's assets, selecting broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund, monitoring and ensuring consistency with the Fund's investment strategies and policies, and providing other management and administrative services to the Fund on an ongoing basis, subject to the oversight of the Board.

 
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As discussed above, Vericimetry has contractually agreed to waive the Management Fee and/or pay certain operating expenses and the organizational costs of the Fund to the extent necessary to prevent expenses of the Fund from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund's average net assets per year until January 28, 2013. Fee waivers and expense reimbursements will not be terminated prior to that time without approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees. At any time that the expenses of the Fund are less than the rate listed above on an annualized basis, the Adviser retains the right to reimbursement of any fees previously waived and/or expenses previously assumed, to the extent that such reimbursement will not cause the Fund's annualized expenses to exceed 0.60% of its average net assets on an annualized basis. The Fund will not make any reimbursements to the Adviser after three years from the date an expense was paid by the Adviser. See "Fund Summary Information—Fund Fees and Expenses."

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Advisory Agreement will be available in the Fund's semi-annual report to shareholders for the fiscal period ending March 31, 2012.

As a newly formed entity, the Adviser has no prior experience managing a registered investment company.
 
 
Portfolio Managers
 
Andrew L. Berkin, who serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Vericimetry, and Patrick T. Bradford, who serves as Head of Trading and Portfolio Manager at Vericimetry, are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio.  Mr. Berkin and Mr. Bradford (the "Portfolio Managers") have held their current positions at the Adviser since Vericimetry was founded, and have been the Fund's portfolio managers since the Fund's inception. The Portfolio Managers work together to develop and implement investment strategies designed to achieve the Fund's investment objective.

Mr. Berkin holds a PhD in physics from The University of Texas and a BS with honors in physics from California Institute of Technology. He has 14 years of experience in investment management. Prior to joining the Adviser, Mr. Berkin worked from 1997 to 2010, ultimately as Director of Research, for an investment management firm involved in quantitative investment research, analysis and portfolio construction.

Mr. Bradford holds a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis on Finance from the University of Southern California. Mr. Bradford has more than 16 years of experience in trading and portfolio management. Prior to joining the Adviser, Mr. Bradford was head trader and portfolio manager from 1993 to 2009 at an investment advisory firm and mutual fund complex.

The SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Managers' compensation, and the Portfolio Managers' ownership of Fund shares.
 
PRICING OF SHARES
 
Net Asset Value

Purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may be made on each day that the NYSE is open for business.  The Fund's net asset value per share ("NAV") is computed each day as of the close of business of the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Fund's NAV is based on the value of its portfolio securities and other assets, which are also determined each day as of the close of business of the NYSE.

 
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The Fund values its securities based on readily available market quotations.  Where market quotations are not readily available, or if an available market quotation is determined not to be reliable, a security will be valued based on its fair value as determined in accordance with the Fund's valuation procedures, as approved by the Board.  The Board has delegated fair value pricing of the Fund's securities to the Adviser, with all such valuations subject to Board review. The Adviser may use fair value pricing under circumstances that include the available prices not representing the fair value of the instrument, the early closing of the exchange on which a security is traded or suspension of trading in the security.

Fair valuation of a particular security is an inherently subjective process. In each case where a security is fair valued, consideration is given to the facts and circumstances relevant to the particular situation. This consideration includes reviewing various factors set forth in the valuation procedures adopted by the Board and other factors, as warranted. It is possible that the fair value determined for a security will be materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.
 
HOW TO PURCHASE AND REDEEM SHARES
 
Purchasing Shares

Investors may purchase shares of the Fund by bank wire transfer of funds, by check or through an approved financial intermediary. A shareholder that invests in the Fund through a financial intermediary should contact the financial intermediary for information regarding purchase and redemption procedures. An order that is received by such designated financial intermediary, in good order by the close of the NYSE,  will receive that day's NAV.

The Fund is generally available for investment only by Approved Investors (See "Fund Summary Information—Purchasing and Redeeming Shares of the Fund"). The Fund reserves the right to reject any initial or additional investment and to suspend the offering of Fund shares.  All investments are subject to approval by the Adviser and all investors must complete and submit the necessary account application forms in good order.

With respect to the purchase of shares, the investor account must be in "good order" meaning that a fully completed and properly executed account registration form, and any additional supporting legal documentation required by the UMB Fund Services Inc. ("UMBFS" or  the "Transfer Agent"), have been received and accepted by the Transfer Agent, and that the purchase order instructions includes (i) the name of the Fund, (ii) the dollar amount of shares to be purchased, (iii) the investor's account number and (iv) a representation that the investor's funds are received prior to the close of regular trading on the NYSE  on the day of the purchase. Requests received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE will be transacted at the next business day's NAV.

If an order to purchase shares must be canceled due to nonpayment, the purchaser will be responsible for any loss incurred by the Fund arising out of such cancellation. To recover any such loss, the Fund reserves the right to redeem shares owned by any purchaser whose order is canceled, and such purchaser may be prohibited or restricted in the manner of placing further orders.

Investors that have accounts with a bank that is a member or a correspondent of a member of the Federal Reserve System may purchase shares by requesting their bank to transmit immediately available funds ("federal funds") by wire to:
 
 
 
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UMB Bank, N.A.
ABA Number 101000695
For credit to Vericimetry Funds
A/C# 9871996034
For further credit to:
"Fund name"
Your account number(s)
Name(s) of investor(s)
Social security or tax payer ID number

Before sending your wire, please contact the Transfer Agent at 1-855-755-7550 to notify it of your intention to wire funds. This will ensure prompt and accurate credit upon receipt of your wire. Your bank may charge a fee for its wiring service. Wired funds must be received prior to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to be eligible for same day pricing. Vericimetry Funds and UMB Bank, N.A. are not responsible for the consequences of delays resulting from the banking or Federal Reserve wire system, or from incomplete wiring instructions.

If you wish to purchase shares of the Fund by check, you may do so by sending a check and purchase instructions in good order for the amount you wish to invest in the Fund to the address indicated below.

Regular Mail
Vericimetry Funds
P.O. Box 2175
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

Overnight Delivery
Vericimetry Funds
803 West Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233-2301

Make your check payable to Vericimetry Funds. All checks must be in U.S. Dollars and drawn on U.S. banks. The Fund will not accept payment in cash, including cashier's checks, third party checks, Treasury checks, credit card checks, traveler's checks, money orders or starter checks for the purchase of shares.

If your check is returned for insufficient funds, your purchase will be canceled and a $20 fee will be assessed against your account by the Transfer Agent.

Shares may also be purchased and sold by individuals through other financial intermediaries.  The Fund has authorized these financial intermediaries to accept orders to buy shares on its behalf.  When authorized financial intermediaries receive an order in good order , the order is considered as being placed with the Fund. Purchase orders received by the authorized financial intermediary before the close of regular trading on the NYSE will be transacted at that business day's NAV; purchase orders received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE will be transacted at the next business day's NAV.  Such financial intermediaries may charge a service fee or commission for such transactions. No such fee or commission is charged on shares that are purchased or redeemed directly from the Fund. Investors that are clients of investment advisory organizations may also be subject to investment advisory fees under their own arrangements with such organizations.
 
Customer Identification Information
 
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. When you open an account, you will be asked for your name, date of birth (for a natural person), your residential address or principal place of business, and mailing address, if different, as well as your social security number or taxpayer identification number. Additional information is required for corporations, partnerships and other entities. Applications without such information will not be considered.
 
Selling Shares

Investors seeking to redeem shares of the Fund may do so by sending a written redemption request in good order to Vericimetry Funds at the address indicated below:

 
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Regular Mail
Vericimetry Funds
P.O. Box 2175
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

Overnight Delivery
Vericimetry Funds
803 West Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233-2301

The Fund will redeem shares at their next determined NAV after the Transfer Agent receives a written request for redemption in good order.

A redemption request is deemed to be in "good order" when it includes all necessary documentation to be received in writing by the Fund no later than the close of regular trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Such information includes, but is not limited to, the Fund name, name(s) on the account, the account number, the number of shares to be redeemed, any required signatures of all account owners exactly as they are registered on the account, any required signatures, medallion guaranteed, and any supporting legal documentation that is required in the case of estates, trusts, corporations, or partnerships, and certain other types of accounts.

A Medallion signature guarantee must be included if any of the following apply:

 
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The redemption is for an amount exceeding $100,000 worth of shares;
 
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If a change of address was received by the Transfer Agent within the last 15 days;
 
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If ownership is changed on your account; or
 
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When establishing or modifying certain services on the account.

Redeeming shareholders, who have authorized redemption payment by wire in writing, may request that redemption proceeds be paid in federal funds wired to the bank they have designated in writing. The Fund reserves the right to send redemption proceeds by check in its discretion. In such cases, the shareholder may request overnight delivery of such check at the shareholder's own expense. If the proceeds are wired to the shareholder's account at a bank that is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, there could be a delay in crediting the funds to the shareholder's account. The Fund reserves the right at any time to suspend or terminate the redemption by wire procedure after prior notification to shareholders. The redemption of all shares in an account will result in the account being closed, and an investor will have to complete a new account registration form for future investments.

Payment of redemption proceeds will generally be made within 7 days after a redemption request in good order is received.  In the case of redeeming shareholders that purchased shares by check, payment will not be made until the Transfer Agent can verify that the payment for the purchase has been (or will be) retained. Any delay in connection with this process, which may take up to 10 days or more, may be avoided if investors submit a certified check along with its purchase order.

Any shareholders that invest in the Fund through a financial intermediary should contact their financial intermediary regarding redemption procedures.  The Fund has authorized such financial intermediaries to accept orders to redeem shares on its behalf.  When authorized financial intermediaries receive a redemption order in good form, the order is considered as being placed with the Fund.  Redemption orders received by the authorized financial intermediary before the close of regular trading on the NYSE will be transacted at that business day's NAV; redemption orders received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE will be transacted at the next business day's NAV.
 
Shareholders who have an IRA or other retirement plan must indicate on their redemption request whether to withhold federal income tax. Redemption requests failing to indicate an election not to have taxes withheld will generally be subject to a 10% federal income tax withholding.

 
 
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Medallion Signature Guarantee

In addition to the situations described above, the Fund reserves the right to require a Medallion signature guarantee in other instances based on the circumstances relative to the particular situation. Shareholders redeeming their shares by mail should submit written instructions with a Medallion signature guarantee (if you wish to redeem more than $100,000 worth of shares) from an eligible institution such as a domestic bank or trust company, broker, dealer, clearing agency or savings association, or from any participant in a Medallion program recognized by the Securities Transfer Association. The three recognized Medallion programs are Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, Stock Exchanges Medallion Program and New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program. Signature guarantees that are not part of these programs will not be accepted. Participants in Medallion programs are subject to dollar limitations which must be considered when requesting their guarantee. The Transfer Agent may reject any signature guarantee if it believes the transaction would otherwise be improper.  A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee.

Involuntary Redemptions

If, as a result of redemptions, the value of a shareholder's interest in the Fund falls to $500 or less, the Fund may redeem all of the shares held by such investor.  Before involuntarily redeeming shares and sending the proceeds to the investor, however, the Fund will notify the investor in writing that the Fund intends to redeem the account at least 60 days before the redemption date. The shareholder will then have 60 days from the date of the receipt of the notice to make whatever additional investment is necessary to increase the value of the Fund's shares held in the account to more than $500 and avoid such involuntary redemption. In the case of an involuntary redemption, the redemption price paid to the relevant investor will be the aggregate NAV of the shares in the account at the close of business on the redemption date. The right to redeem small accounts applies to accounts established directly with the Fund.

In-Kind Redemptions

The Fund reserves the right to honor any request for redemption by making payment, in whole or in part, "in-kind." This means that, in lieu of cash, the Fund may redeem payment by distributing portfolio securities that the Fund owns. Investors may incur brokerage charges and other transaction costs in connection with the selling of the securities received as a payment in-kind. As with any redemption, a shareholder will bear taxes on any capital gains from the sale of a security redeemed in-kind. In addition, a shareholder will bear any market risks associated with the security until the security can be sold.

Cost Basis Reporting

As of January 1, 2012, federal law requires that mutual fund companies report their shareholders' cost basis, gain/loss, and holding period to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") on the shareholders' Consolidated Form 1099s when "covered" shares of mutual funds are sold. Covered shares are any Fund shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012.

The Fund has chosen "Average Cost " as its standing (default) tax lot identification method for all shareholders, which means this is the method the Fund will use to determine the value of shares deemed to be sold when there are multiple purchases on different dates at differing NAVs, and the entire position is not sold at one time. Average Cost is calculated by looking at the total costs of all shares divided by the total number of shares in the account to yield the average cost per share. The Fund's standing tax lot identification method is the method it will use to report the sale of covered shares on your Consolidated Form 1099 if you do not select a specific tax lot identification method. You may choose a method other than the Fund's standing method at the time of your purchase or upon the sale of covered shares. Please refer to the appropriate IRS regulations or consult your tax advisor with regard to your personal circumstances.


 
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FREQUENT TRADING POLICY
 
The Fund's management and the Board believe frequent trading (which may include market timing, short-term or excessive trading) of Fund shares creates risks for the Fund and its shareholders, including interfering with the efficient management of the Fund, increased administrative and transaction costs, and potential dilution of long-term shareholders' interests caused by traders that seek short-term profits by engaging in frequent trading. The risk to long-term shareholders of the Fund may be increased because the Fund invests in small cap securities that may have less liquidity, potentially increasing transaction costs. The Fund is intended for long-term investment purposes and not for excessive short-term trading or market timing and as such, discourages frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares by Fund shareholders. The Fund has adopted policies and procedures, as approved by the Board, designed to detect and deter frequent or excessive short-term trading of Fund shares.

Trading activity in and out of the Fund is monitored from time to time in an effort to identify frequent or excessive short-term trading activity.  The Fund may consider that a shareholder has violated the excessive trading policy if it determines the shareholder has engaged in the sale or exchange of shares within a short period of time after shares were purchased or that a shareholder has engaged in a series of transactions of amounts or of a frequency indicating an excessive trading pattern. If the Fund determines that a shareholder has violated the frequent trading policy, the Fund may temporarily or permanently restrict the account from subsequent purchases. The Fund or its agents reserve the right to restrict, refuse or cancel any purchase or exchange orders with or without prior notice, for any reason, including in particular, if it believes the order(s) was made on behalf of market timers or is attributable to excessive trading. If implemented, a restriction will begin at some point after the transaction that caused the violation.  In determining whether to take such actions, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that is consistent with the interests of shareholders.

Certain transactions are exempt from the excessive trading policy: (i) shares purchased through reinvested dividends or capital gains distributions; (ii) systematic or automated transactions where the shareholder or financial advisor does not exercise direct control over the investment decision; (iii) scheduled retirement plan contributions, distributions  or loan activity; (iv) IRA transfers, rollovers, Roth IRA conversions or IRA recharacterizations; and (v) purchases and redemptions by certain funds of funds.

The Fund cannot always identify or reasonably detect frequent, short-term or other disruptive trading. In particular, it may be difficult to identify such trading in certain omnibus accounts and other accounts traded through financial intermediaries (which may include broker-dealers, retirement plan administrators, bank trust departments or other financial services organizations). By their nature, omnibus accounts permit the aggregation of client transactions and ownership positions, thus concealing from the Fund the identity of individual investors and their transactions. Vericimetry complies with Rule 22c-2 under the 1940 Act, which requires the Fund to reach an agreement with each of its financial intermediaries pursuant to which certain information regarding transactions of Fund shares by underlying beneficial owners through these financial intermediary accounts will be provided to the Fund upon request. Even with such agreements and procedures in place, however, there can be no guarantee that all frequent, short-term or other disruptive trading activity the Fund may consider inappropriate will be detected.
 
 
 
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DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAINS DISTRIBUTIONS
 
The Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). As a regulated investment company, the Fund generally is not subject to the U.S. federal income tax on the income and gains it distributes to shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and any net realized capital gains (after any reductions for available capital loss carry-forwards) will be distributed annually, typically in December. If necessary, the Fund may distribute income dividends and capital gains more frequently to reduce or eliminate federal excise or income taxes.

Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from year to year as a result of the Fund's normal investment activities and cash flows. In the event of a market downturn, the Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation in value of investments, which may reduce or eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. The Fund may distribute prior year's capital gains, even though it experienced a loss for the current year.  Each shareholder will automatically receive all income dividends and capital gains distributions in additional Fund shares at NAV (as of the business date following the dividend record date), unless the shareholder has selected an alternative method of receiving such distributions.

Each year, Fund shareholders will receive statements showing the tax status of distributions received the previous calendar year. Distributions that were declared in December to shareholders of record in December are taxable as if they were paid in December, even if the distributions were actually paid in January.

If a shareholder buys shares shortly before or on the "record date" for a Fund distribution—the date that establishes such shareholder as a person eligible to receive the upcoming distribution—the shareholder will receive, in the form of a taxable distribution, a portion of the money the shareholder had just invested. Therefore, the shareholder may wish to find out the Fund's record date before investing. Of course, the Fund's share price may, at any time, reflect undistributed capital gains or income. Unless the Fund incurs offsetting losses, these amounts will eventually be distributed as taxable distributions.

TAXES

This discussion should be read in conjunction with the other sections of this Prospectus and the SAI.

With respect to taxable investors, distributions by the Fund (other than exempt-interest dividends) are generally taxable as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both. This is the case regardless of whether such distributions are received in the form of additional Fund shares or cash.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions by the Fund of short-term capital gains are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.  Distributions of long-term capital gains are taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gains, no matter how long the shares were owned. In the event that the Fund has a high portfolio turnover rate, the Fund is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a fund with a low portfolio turnover rate. With respect to taxable years of the Fund beginning before January 1, 2013 (unless such provision is extended or made permanent) a portion of income dividends reported by the Fund as "qualified dividend income" may be eligible for taxation by U.S. shareholders who are individuals, trusts or estates at long-term capital gain rates provided certain holding period and other requirements are met by both the shareholder and the Fund.

 
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The sale of Fund shares is a taxable event and may result in a capital gain or loss. Capital gain or loss may also be realized from an ordinary redemption of shares. If a shareholder holds Fund shares for six months or less and during that period receives a distribution taxable to them as a long-term capital gain, any loss realized on the sale of such shares during such six-month period would be a long-term capital loss to the extent of such distribution.
 
The Fund generally will be required to withhold federal income tax ("backup withholding") from dividends paid, capital gain distributions, and redemption proceeds otherwise payable to a shareholder  if  the shareholder (i) fails to furnish the Fund with their correct taxpayer identification number or social security number, (ii) the IRS notifies them or the Fund that the shareholder failed to properly report  certain interest and dividend income to the IRS and to respond to notices to that effect, or (iii) when required to do so, the shareholder failed to certify that they are not subject to backup withholding. The rate of backup withholding is currently 28%.

Non-U.S. investors may be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower treaty rate) and are subject to special U.S. tax certification requirements to avoid backup withholding and claim any treaty benefits. If you are a non-U.S. shareholder, please see the Fund's SAI for information on how you will be taxed as a result of holding shares in the Fund.

The foregoing discussion is general in nature and is not intended to provide an exhaustive presentation of the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. Distributions may also be subject to additional state, local and foreign taxes, depending on each shareholder's particular situation. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTS
 
In order to reduce the amount of duplicate mailings and to reduce expenses, the Fund will, until  notified otherwise, deliver only one copy of certain shareholder documents, such as this Prospectus and annual and semi-annual reports, to related shareholders at the same address, even if accounts are registered in different names. This practice, known as "householding," does not apply to personal information documents, such as account statements. If you do not wish to participate in householding, please call the Fund at 1-855-755-7550.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
Financial highlights information is not available because, as of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced investment operations.


 
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FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS
 

 
Investment Adviser
Custodian
Vericimetry Advisors LLC
800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
UMB Bank N.A.
928 Grand Boulevard, 5th Floor
Kansas City, MO 64106
 
 
   
Accounting Services and Transfer Agent
   Distributor
UMB Fund Services Inc.
803 W. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
 
UMB Distribution Services LLC
803 W. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
   
 
Legal Counsel
Seward & Kissel LLP
1200 G Street, NW
Suite 350
Washington, DC 20005
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Cohen Fund Audit Services Ltd.
800 Westpoint Pkwy, Suite 1100
Westlake, OH 44145-1524
 
 
   
   






 
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OTHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Additional information regarding the Fund's investment strategies, policies, service providers and other matters is included in the SAI.  The SAI, dated October ___, 2011, has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus.

The SAI is, and the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders will be, available without charge upon request. For shareholder inquiries, or to request a copy of the SAI or, when available, reports to shareholders, investors may make such request by calling 1-855-755-7550 or by writing to:

Vericimetry Funds
P.O. Box 2175
Milwaukee, WI 53201

A copy of the requested document(s) will be mailed no later than three business days of the receipt of such request.  Immediate access to requested documents is available at the Fund's website at www.vericimetryfunds.com.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can also be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC.  Information concerning the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090.  Reports and other information about the Fund are also available on the SEC's EDGAR database at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov).
 
Copies of this information can be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request (publicinfo@sec.gov), or by writing the SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520.

 
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(THIS INFORMATION IS NOT A PART OF THE PROSPECTUS)

VERICIMETRY FUNDS

PRIVACY POLICY


 
Statement of Policy

Vericimetry is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of client (and former client) information that it collects and will disclose such information only in accordance with Regulation S-P, any other applicable law, rules and regulations and this Privacy Policy.

I.           Background

Regulation S-P limits the circumstances under which we may disclose nonpublic personal information about a client to other persons and requires Vericimetry to disclose our privacy policy to all of our clients. Vericimetry has implemented the following Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to comply with Regulation S-P.

II.           Privacy Policy

Scope
Vericimetry has adopted this Privacy Policy, which applies to the Adviser and the Vericimetry Funds.  Vericimetry conducts its business affairs primarily through its employees, to whom this Privacy Policy also applies. To the extent that service providers are utilized in servicing accounts, confidentiality agreements that comply with Regulation S-P are put into place.

Service Providers
Vericimetry will direct each service provider to adhere to this Privacy Policy with respect to all client and former client information and to take all actions reasonably necessary so that the Adviser is in compliance with this Privacy Policy. Each of Vericimetry's service providers should represent that it has adopted privacy policies and Vericimetry will take steps to verify that such policies have been adopted. Vericimetry will seek to obtain an acknowledgement of privacy policies from all third party service providers in the contract for services.

Privacy Notices
Vericimetry will provide an initial privacy notice to its clients at the time the advisory relationship is established and annually thereafter.
The initial privacy notice will be delivered with Part 2 of the Adviser's Form ADV or the investment advisory agreement for separate accounts at the start of the advisory relationship.  The annual notice will be mailed to each client generally accompanying the annual ADV Part 2 delivery requirements. The Chief Compliance Officer will review and update (if needed) the privacy notice at least annually.

In addition, to fulfill its obligation to users of the Vericimetry internet website, Vericimetry will post its Privacy Notice on-line to allow users the opportunity to access it.


 
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Disclosure of Nonpublic Personal Information
Vericimetry will not disclose nonpublic personal information about clients (or former clients) to non-affiliated parties except as allowed by clients, as necessary in order to service a client account or as otherwise permitted by law. Client information may be used by Vericimetry or their service providers primarily to complete transactions or account changes that are requested or authorized by a client. In the normal course of serving clients, information that is collected may be shared with companies that perform various services for Vericimetry such as transfer agents, custodians, proxy solicitation firms, or printers or mailers that may assist in the distribution of investor materials. The organizations that receive client information shall receive only the information that Vericimetry believes to be necessary to carry out the organizations' assigned responsibilities. Such organizations are authorized to use client information only for the services required and are not permitted to share or use client information for any other purpose.
 
Vericimetry may disclose or report personal information in limited circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example, to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities, such as responding to a subpoena or other legal process, or to protect accounts from fraud), or to resolve client disputes.
 
Vericimetry does not sell client information to anyone.
 
Disposal of Consumer Report Information
Vericimetry does not generally obtain any information from a consumer reporting agency or information derived from a consumer report that identifies an individual. Should Vericimetry obtain such consumer report information and is not required to keep the information for recordkeeping purposes, Vericimetry shall take reasonable measures to guard against access to this information when disposing of it, such as shredding such information, entering into a contract with a company that is in the business of disposing of consumer information in a manner consistent with Regulation S-P, destroying or erasing electronic documents that contain consumer information, and monitoring employee compliance with disposal and destruction procedures.
 
III.           Administration of Privacy Policy

Designation of Responsibility
The Chief Compliance Officer shall be responsible for implementing this Privacy Policy and all questions regarding this Policy should be directed to the Chief Compliance Officer.

Amendment of the Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy may be amended only by action of the Chief Compliance Officer.

Non-Compliance
An employee will report to the Chief Compliance Officer any material breach of this Privacy Policy of which the employee has become aware. Upon being informed of any such breach, the Chief Compliance Officer is authorized to take any such action deemed necessary or appropriate to enforce this Privacy Policy and otherwise comply with Regulation S-P.

 
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The information in this Statement of Additional Information is not complete and may be changed.  The Fund may not sell these securities until the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This Statement of Additional Information is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
 
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED October 18, 2011

 
VERICIMETRY FUNDS
 

 
Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
 
Ticker: [       ]
 
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 

 
October __, 2011
 

 
This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus.  This SAI relates to and should be read in conjunction with the prospectus of Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund, a series of Vericimetry Funds, dated October__, 2011.  A copy of the prospectus may be obtained by contacting Vericimetry at P.O. Box 2175, Milwaukee, WI 53201 telephone 1-855-755-7550, or by visiting the website at www.vericimetryfunds.com. Terms not defined in this SAI have the meaning assigned to them by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
General Information About the Fund and Adviser
2
Investment Restrictions
2
Investment Strategies, Securities and Risk
3
Portfolio Turnover
9
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage
9
Management of the Funds - Trustees and Officers
10
Investment Advisory and Other Service Providers
13
Description of Shares
15
Principal Holders of Shares
16
Purchasing and Redeeming Shares
16
Taxation
17
Code of Ethics
23
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
24
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
25
Financial Statements
26
Performance Data
26
Appendix – Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND AND ADVISER

Vericimetry Funds (the "Trust") was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 2, 2011 and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").  The Trust currently offers shares of one portfolio, the U.S. Small Cap Value Fund (the "Fund"), and the offering of the Fund's shares (the "Shares") is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

Vericimetry Advisors LLC (the "Adviser" or "Vericimetry") is organized as a Delaware limited liability company and serves as investment adviser to the Fund.  Under an investment advisory agreement with the Fund, the Adviser conducts the management and investment program of the Fund under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board").
 
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

Fundamental Investment Policies

The Trust has adopted the following investment restrictions as fundamental policies with respect to the Fund. The following investment restrictions may not be changed without approval by the vote of (i) 67% or more of the voting securities of the Fund represented at a meeting at which more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares of the Fund, whichever is less.

As a matter of fundamental policy the Fund:

(1.)  will limit its investment so that, with respect to 75% of the Fund's total assets, the Fund may not purchase securities of any issuer (except securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities or shares of other investment companies), if, as a result, (i) more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in the securities of such issuer; or (ii) acquire more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer;

(2.)  may not invest 25% or more of its total assets in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry or group of industries. This limitation does not apply to investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or shares of investment companies;

(3.)  may not issue senior securities (as defined under the 1940 Act) or borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time) or by guidance regarding, interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act;

(4.)  may not make loans, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time), or by guidance regarding, interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act;

(5.)  may not purchase or sell physical commodities or real estate, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time) or by guidance regarding, interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act;  and

 
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(6.)  may not act as an underwriter of securities issued by other persons, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time).

Non-Fundamental Investment Policies

The Fund has adopted as a non-fundamental policy, as required by Rule 35d-1 under the 1940 Act, that, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of the Fund's net assets, will be invested in equity securities of  U.S. companies that were small cap companies at the time of purchase.  Additionally, if the Fund changes its 80% investment policy, the Fund will notify shareholders at least 60 days before the change, and will change the name of the Fund.

For purposes of the Fund's investments, in determining if a security is economically tied to the U.S., the Fund generally looks to the country of incorporation of the issuer as listed on a widely recognized provider of market information. However, the Fund's portfolio manager may determine a security is economically tied to the U.S. based on other factors, such as an issuer's country of domicile, where the majority of an issuer's revenues are generated or where an issuer's primary exchange is located. As a result, a security may be economically tied to more than one country.

The Fund may not borrow money, except that the Fund may borrow money for temporary or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment) in an amount not exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings). Any borrowings that come to exceed this amount will be reduced within three days (not including Sundays and holidays) to the extent necessary to comply with the 33 1/3% limitation.

For purposes of the investment limitations described above, the Adviser does not consider securities that are issued by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities to be investments in an "industry."  Unless otherwise indicated, all limitations applicable to the Fund's investments apply only at the time that a transaction is undertaken, except that the percentage limitations with respect to the borrowing of money will be continuously complied with.

INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, SECURITIES AND RELATED RISKS

The following descriptions supplement the descriptions of the investment strategies, securities and related risks of the Fund as set forth in the Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks

Equity Securities

Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants to acquire common stock and securities convertible into common stock. Investments in equity securities in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Fluctuations in the value of equity securities in which the Fund invests will cause the net asset value ("NAV") of the Fund to fluctuate. The Fund may purchase equity securities traded on registered exchanges or over-the-counter markets.  In contrast to the securities exchanges, the over-the-counter market is not a centralized facility that limits trading activity to securities of companies which initially satisfy certain defined standards. Generally, the volume of trading in an unlisted or over-the-counter security is less than the volume of trading in a listed security. This means that the depth of market liquidity of some securities in which the Fund invests may not be as great as that of other securities and, if the Fund were to dispose of such a security, they might have to offer the securities at a discount from recent prices, or sell the securities in small lots over an extended period of time.

 
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Small Company Securities

Investing in securities of small cap companies may involve greater risk and more volatility than investing in securities issued by larger, more established companies.  Smaller company stocks are often times less liquid, and can be more difficult to sell.  Typically, small cap companies have less access to liquidity and other resources, including financial and managerial resources that are necessary to overcome an unfavorable business climate or adverse economic conditions.

Value Securities

Value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a value oriented investment strategy may cause the Fund to, at times, underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies. The Fund's strategy of investing in value stocks carries risk.  If the Adviser's assessment of a company's value is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or perform poorly relative to expectations or other fund strategies.  Value securities may underperform the market or become out of favor with investors, causing prolonged periods of price devaluation relative to the securities' underlying fundamental characteristics.


Non –Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks

Cash Management

Although the Fund is focused primarily on making investments in equity securities, the Fund is not required to be fully invested and may maintain a portion of its total assets in cash and securities generally considered to be cash equivalents, including U.S. government securities, money market funds, short-term instruments, commercial paper and other high quality money market instruments.  The Adviser believes that a certain amount of liquidity in the Fund is desirable both to meet operating requirements and to take advantage of new investment opportunities.

The Fund also may adopt temporary defensive positions by investing larger portions of its assets in these investments when the Adviser believes it would be appropriate to do so, such as during periods in which adverse market, economic, political or other conditions warrant.

Derivatives

A derivative is a financial instrument that has a value "derived" from the performance of an underlying asset, reference rate, or index. Derivatives generally take the form of contracts under which the parties agree to payments between them based upon the performance of a wide variety of underlying references, such as stocks, bonds, commodities, interest rates, currency exchange rates and various domestic and foreign indices. The main types of derivatives that the Fund may invest in are futures, forward contracts, options and swaps.

The Fund may use certain types of derivatives to equitize cash on a short-term basis in order to seek market exposure in a cost effective manner, particularly when large cash flows occur. In some market environments with sufficiently large amounts of cash, trading over extended periods may lead to more favorable executions and lower transaction costs. In such events, the Fund may make investments in derivatives in seeking to achieve returns on the cash similar to the broader market.

 
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Because no derivative exactly matches the Fund's target holdings, there will be risk that the derivatives' returns will be different from that of the rest of the Fund's holdings. Other risks include that the derivatives' return may not match the return of the underlying assets they are designed to track, and liquidity or market considerations may make exiting the derivative positions more costly or difficult. There is also the risk that the counterparty to the derivative may not be able to meet its obligations.

The Fund may use the following types of derivatives:

Futures or Forwards Contracts; Options on Futures or Forward Contracts. A futures or forward contract is an agreement between two parties obligating one party to buy and the other to sell an underlying asset, rate or index at a specified price on a specified date. Futures contracts are standardized and trade on an exchange, while forward contracts are not standardized and do not trade on an exchange. The contract may also be settled for cash based on the value of the underlying instrument.
 
Options. An option is an agreement whereby for a premium or fee, one party gains the right to buy (or sell) the underlying asset from the other party at a specified price on or after a specified date. The Fund may lose the value of the premium paid if the underlying asset does not change in price sufficiently and the Fund chooses not to exercise the option before it expires. Options which the Fund may purchase include the following:
 
Options on Securities. The Fund may buy options on individual equities as a potentially cost effective way to gain exposure to these securities and possibly acquire or dispose of  the underlying securities.

Options of Security Indexes or exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). The Fund may buy options on equity indexes or their ETF equivalents as a potentially cost effective way to gain exposure to these indexes.

Asset Coverage for Futures, Forwards and Options Positions

The Fund is required to deposit and maintain margin with respect to its' futures and options positions.  Such margin deposits will vary depending on the nature of the underlying instrument (and the related initial margin requirements), the current market value of the instrument and other positions held by the Fund. The Fund will hold liquid assets or enter into transactions to cover the underlying obligation or set aside in a segregated account at the Fund's custodian liquid assets, such as cash, U.S. overnment securities or other high grade liquid debt obligations equal in value to the amount due on the underlying obligation. Such segregated assets will be marked-to-market daily, and additional assets will be placed in the segregated account whenever the total value of the segregated account falls below the amount due on the underlying obligation.

Swaps. Swaps are privately negotiated arrangements whereby the two parties agree to exchange cash payments at specified dates based upon the performance of the underlying instruments. The Fund may utilize swaps to provide a cost effective way to gain exposure to a portion of the stock market. Swaps normally do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to swaps is normally limited to the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap defaults, the Fund's risk of loss consists of the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any.  Obligations under a swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset by amounts owed to the Fund) and any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed to the swap counterparty will be covered by the maintenance of a segregated account consisting of liquid assets to avoid the creation of leverage.

 
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Securities Lending

The Fund is authorized to lend a portion of its portfolio securities (up to a maximum value of one-third of the Fund's total asset value) for the purpose of seeking to earn additional income. A principal risk in lending portfolio securities, as with other extensions of credit, is the possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. In addition, the Fund may be exposed to the risk that the sale of any collateral realized will not yield proceeds sufficient to replace the loaned securities. In determining whether to lend securities to a particular borrower, the Adviser (subject to oversight by the Board) will consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including the creditworthiness of the borrower. The loans would be made only to firms deemed by the Adviser to be of good standing, and when, in the judgment of the Adviser, the consideration that can be earned from securities loans of this type justifies the attendant risk.

Under present regulatory policies, including those of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the SEC, such loans may be made only to member firms of the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") and will be required to be secured continuously by collateral in cash, cash equivalents, or U.S. Treasury Bills maintained on a current basis at an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. Collateral will be received and maintained by the Fund's custodian concurrent with delivery of the loaned securities and kept in a segregated account or designated on the records of the custodian for the benefit of the Fund. The Fund will have the right to call a loan and obtain the securities loaned at any time on five days' notice. While securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund any income from the securities.

The Fund may invest any cash collateral in portfolio securities and earn additional income or receive an agreed-upon amount of income from a borrower who has delivered equivalent collateral. Any such investment of cash collateral will subject the Fund to the related investment risks.

The Fund will not have the right to vote on any securities having voting rights during the existence of the loan. The Fund will have the right to regain record ownership of loaned securities in order to exercise ownership rights such as voting rights, subscription rights and rights to dividends, interest, or distributions.

The Fund may pay reasonable administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan.

U.S. Government Securities

U.S. government securities are securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, including U.S. Treasury securities, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and differ only in their interest rates, maturities, and times of issuance. Certain U.S. government securities are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government.

Some obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those securities issued by Fannie Mae, are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. government to purchase certain obligations of the federal agency, while other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those of the Federal Home Loan Banks, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. While the U.S. government provides financial support to such U.S. government-sponsored federal agencies, no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will always do so, since the U.S. government is not so obligated by law.

 
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Foreign Securities

The Fund intends to purchase only securities that are listed on the U.S. exchanges and traded in the U.S. However, some of these securities may also be listed and traded in foreign markets. Issuers of some of these securities may also be headquartered or incorporated in foreign countries, and those issuers may have assets and revenues located around the world. Accordingly, the Fund is subject to certain risks associated with investing in foreign securities, such as political instability, confiscatory actions of foreign governments and varying economic conditions. Some of the Fund's income and gains may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes, reducing its income and gains available for distribution.

Short-Term Instruments

The Fund may invest in short-term instruments, including money market instruments, on an ongoing basis to provide liquidity or to invest temporarily available cash.

Short-term instruments consist of the following:

(i) Short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

(ii) Other short-term debt securities rated AA or higher by Standard & Poor's Rating Service ("S&P") or Aa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or, if unrated, of comparable quality in the opinion of the Adviser.

(iii) Commercial paper.

(iv) Bank obligations, including negotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances.

(v) Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements. In a repurchase transaction, the Fund acquires a security from, and simultaneously agrees to resell it to, an approved vendor. An "approved vendor" is a U.S. commercial bank or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank or a broker-dealer that has been designated a primary dealer in government securities that meets the Fund's credit requirements.  The resale price exceeds the purchase price by an amount that reflects an agreed-upon interest rate effective for the period during which the repurchase agreement is in effect. If the vendor fails to pay the resale price on the delivery date, the Fund may incur costs in disposing of the collateral and may experience losses if there is any delay in its ability to do so. The majority of these transactions run from day to day, and delivery pursuant to the resale typically will occur within one to five days of the purchase. Such actions afford an opportunity for a Fund to invest temporarily available cash. Repurchase agreements with a maturity beyond seven days are subject to the Fund's limitations on investments in illiquid securities. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements only with respect to obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities; certificates of deposit; or bankers' acceptances in which the Fund may invest. Repurchase agreements may be considered loans to the seller, collateralized by the underlying securities. The risk to the Fund is limited to the ability of the seller to pay the agreed-upon sum on the repurchase date. In the event of default, the repurchase agreement provides that the Fund is entitled to sell the underlying collateral. If the value of the collateral declines after the agreement is entered into, however, and if the seller defaults under a repurchase agreement when the value of the underlying collateral is less than the repurchase price, the Fund could incur a loss of both principal and interest. The Adviser monitors the value of the collateral at the time the action is entered into and at all times during the term of the repurchase agreement. The Adviser does so in an effort to determine that the value of the collateral always equals or exceeds the agreed-upon repurchase price to be paid to a Fund.

 
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(vi) Non-convertible corporate debt securities (e.g., bonds and debentures) with remaining maturities at the date of purchase of not more than 397 days and that satisfy the rating requirements set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.

At the time the Fund invests in commercial paper, bank obligations, or repurchase agreements, the issuer or the issuer's parent must have outstanding debt rated AA or higher by S&P or Aa or higher by Moody's or outstanding commercial paper or bank obligations rated A-1 by S&P or Prime-1 by Moody's, or, if no such ratings are available, the instrument must be of comparable quality in the opinion of the Adviser.


Illiquid Securities

The Fund is required to operate in accordance with the SEC staff's current position on illiquid securities, which limits holdings in illiquid securities to 15% of the Fund's net assets.  If this 15% threshold is exceeded, the Fund will take all appropriate measures, in as prompt a manner as is possible, to reduce its holdings in illiquid securities back down to the 15% threshold. Pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Fund may purchase certain unregistered (i.e., restricted) securities upon a determination that a liquid institutional market exists for the securities. If it is determined that a liquid market does exist, the securities will not be subject to the 15% limitation on holdings of illiquid securities. While maintaining oversight, the Board has delegated the day-to-day function of making liquidity determinations to the Adviser. For Rule 144A securities to be considered liquid there must be at least two dealers making a market in such securities. Should the Fund purchase such securities, the Board and the Adviser will continuously monitor their liquidity.

Warrants and Rights

The Fund may invest in warrants and rights. Warrants entitle the holder to purchase equity securities from the issuer of the warrant at a specific price for a specific period of time.  Warrant prices do not necessarily move in accordance with the prices of the underlying securities. Investments in warrants involve certain risks, including the possible lack of a liquid market for the resale of the warrants, potential price fluctuations as a result of speculation or other factors, and failure of the price of the underlying security to reach a level at which the warrant can be prudently exercised (in which case the warrant may expire without being exercised, resulting in the loss of the Fund's entire investment therein). Rights are similar to warrants, but normally have a short duration and are distributed directly by the issuer to its shareholders. Holders of warrants and rights receive no dividends, have no voting rights and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer.

Securities of Other Investment Companies

The Fund may invest in other investment companies to the extent permitted by applicable law or SEC exemption. Pursuant to Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, the Fund may invest in the securities of another investment company (the "Acquired Company") provided that the Fund, immediately after such purchase or acquisition, does not own in the aggregate: (i) more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of the Acquired Company; (ii) securities issued by the acquired company having an aggregate value in excess of 5% of the value of the total assets of the Fund; or (iii) securities issued by the Acquired Company and all other investment companies (other than Treasury stock) having an aggregate value in excess of 10% of the value of the total assets of the Fund.  To the extent allowed by law or regulation, the Fund may invest its assets in securities of investment companies that are money market funds in excess of the limits discussed above. If the Fund acquires shares in investment companies, the Fund—and thus Fund shareholders—would indirectly bear a proportionate share of any expenses of such investment companies (which may include management and advisory fees).  Such a proportionate share of underlying fund expenses would be in addition to the Fund's expenses.
 
 
 
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ETFs

The Fund may purchase shares of ETFs. ETFs are open-end investment companies that issue shares which may be bought and sold on a securities exchange. ETFs typically hold portfolios of securities that seek to track particular market segments or indexes. The Fund may purchase ETF shares to temporarily gain exposure to a portion of the market while awaiting an opportunity to purchase securities directly. The risks of investing in ETFs generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities the ETFs are designed to track. However, an ETF's limited liquidity can cause the price of its shares to be more volatile than the underlying securities, and, because ETFs charge management fees, it may be more costly to own shares of the ETF than to own the securities directly.  Investment companies that trade on exchanges are also subject to the risk that their prices may not totally correlate to the prices of the underlying securities in which those investment companies invest and the risk of possible trading halts due to market conditions or for other reasons. See also "Securities of Other Investment Companies" above.
 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. Portfolio turnover may vary from year to year, as well as within a year. Generally, portfolio turnover over 100% is considered high and increases these costs. The portfolio turnover rate for the Fund is expected to be less than 50%.


PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE

The Adviser is responsible for decisions to purchase and sell securities for the Fund, the selection of broker-dealers to effect the transactions and the negotiation of brokerage commissions. Accordingly, Vericimetry may establish securities accounts and/or process transactions through one or more securities brokerage firms. In placing orders for portfolio securities, the Trust's policy is that primary consideration be given to obtaining prompt and efficient execution of orders at "best execution".  Best execution is generally understood to mean the most favorable cost or net proceeds reasonably obtainable under the circumstances; it does not necessarily mean the lowest possible commission in all circumstances.

When selecting a broker-dealer or electronic trading platform for a specific transaction, the Adviser will choose the broker-dealer that the Adviser believes to be most capable of providing the most favorable execution. The Adviser may consider a number of factors in making these judgments, including the nature of the security being purchased or sold; the size of the transaction; broker-dealer operational capabilities and financial conditions, liquidity, accurate and consistent settlement processing and use of automation.

The Adviser will employ the broad use of electronic trading venues when appropriate, to execute orders.

To reduce or eliminate potential conflicts of interest, the Trust has adopted policies and procedures that prohibit the consideration of sales of the Fund's shares as a factor in the selection of a broker-dealer to execute portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund. In addition, the Adviser does not currently use Fund assets for, or participate in, any third party soft dollar arrangements. Occasionally, Vericimetry may receive research from broker-dealers in connection with its relationships with such broker-dealers, but this research is not provided because the Adviser has committed to allocating Fund brokerage to these parties.
 

 
 
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The Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI and therefore did not pay brokerage commissions during the past fiscal year or hold any securities of broker-dealers.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND - TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Role and Organization of the Board of Trustees
 
The Board is responsible for establishing the Fund's policies and broadly supervising its affairs. The Board elects the officers of the Trust, who, along with third-party service providers, are responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the Trust.  The Board monitors and periodically reviews the Fund's performance, expenses, and the procedures governing the conduct of the Trust's business, including the business of the Fund. The Board also annually reviews and considers approval of the continuation of the investment advisory agreement with Vericimetry.

The Board is comprised of one interested Trustee and three Trustees who are not "interested persons," as such term is defined in the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees"). Glenn S. Freed, an interested Trustee, is Chairman of the Board.  The existing Board structure provides the Independent Trustees with adequate influence over the governance of the Board and the Fund, and provides the Board with the direct insight of one interested Trustee, who, as both an officer of the Trust and the Adviser, participates in the day-to-day management of the Trust's affairs, including risk management.

The Board meets in person at least four times each year and by telephone at other times.  At each quarterly in-person meeting, the Independent Trustees meet in executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of management.  In addition, between regularly scheduled Board meetings, the Independent Trustees communicate with Mr. Freed regarding matters pertaining to the Fund and/or the Adviser.

Certain information concerning the governance structure and each Trustee is presented below, including the specific experience, skills and qualifications of each Trustee.

Interested Trustee
 
Name, Age  and Address
     
Position Held
     
Term of Office* and Length of Service
     
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
     
Funds of the Trust Overseen
     
Other Trusteeships of Public Companies Held During Past 5 Years
Glenn S. Freed, Ph.D.
 
800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
 
Age: 49
   
Chairman, President, Treasurer & Trustee
   
Since Trust inception
   
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Vericimetry Advisors LLC, 2011- present,
Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, 2001 to 2010.
 
 
 
   
1
   
None
 
 

 

 
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Independent Trustees
 

 
Name, Age  and Address
     
Position Held
     
Term of Office* and Length of Service
     
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
     
Funds of the Trust Overseen
   
Other Public Company or Registered
Investment Company
Directorships
Held Past 5 Years
David G. Chrencik
 
800 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
 
Age: 63
   
Trustee
   
Since Trust
inception
   
Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director, GeoGreen Biofuels Inc., 2010-present. 
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1972-2009.
 
 
   
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Director, Bennett Group of Funds since 2011;
Trustee, Del Rey Global Monarch Fund since 2011.
Kenneth A. Merchant, Ph.D.
 
800 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
 
Age: 64
 
   
Trustee
   
Since Trust inception
   
Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy, 1997-present;
Professor, Leventhal School of Accounting, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 1990 - present.
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Director, Entropic Communications Inc. since 2007; Director, Universal Guardian Holdings Inc., 2006-2008.
 
 
 
Jay R. Ritter, Ph.D.
 
800 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
 
Age: 57
 
   
Trustee
 
   
Since Trust inception
 
   
Cordell Professor of Finance, University of Florida, Warrington College of Business Administration, 1996- present.
 
          None
 
*      Each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term until his successor is elected and qualified.
 
The Board has established two standing committees:  an Audit Committee and a Nominating Committee.  Both Committees are comprised entirely of the Independent Trustees.

 
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The Audit Committee oversees the accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, internal controls, and financial statements (and the independent audits thereof) relating to the Fund, and performs other oversight functions as requested by the Board.  The Audit Committee recommends the appointment of the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm and acts as a liaison between the independent registered public accounting firm and the full Board.
 
The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying and nominating candidates for election as Independent Trustees.  The Nominating Committee will evaluate a candidate's qualification, experience, and skills for Board membership and the independence of such candidate from the Adviser and other principal service providers.
 
The full Board oversees and approves the contracts of the third party service providers that provide administrative, transfer agency, custodial and other services to the Trust.
 
Board Oversight Function
 
Risk oversight is a part of the Board's general oversight of the Fund's investment program and operations and is addressed as part of various regular Board and Committee activities in which the Board meets with members of the Adviser to review functions and processes that affect the Trust. The Trustees regularly receive reports from, among others, investment management and trading, compliance, Fund service providers and the independent registered public accounting firm, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Fund and the Adviser.
 
As required under SEC rules, the Independent Trustees meet in executive session with the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), who prepares and presents to the Board an annual written compliance report. The Trust has adopted and implemented written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the federal securities laws, and such policies and procedures have been approved by the Board. The Board also approves the policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the federal securities laws that have been adopted by the Adviser, the distributor of the Fund's shares, administrator and transfer agent.
 
The table below lists the compensation each Independent Trustee is expected to receive from the Fund during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.  Mr. Freed, the Interested Trustee, does not receive compensation from the Fund.
 
Name and Position
   
Aggregate
Compensation
 from the Fund
   
Pension or Retirement Benefits as Part of Expenses
   
Estimated Annual Benefit upon Retirement
     
Total
Compensation
from the Trust
 
David G. Chrencik, Trustee
    $15,000       N/A       N/A       $15,000  
Kenneth A. Merchant, Trustee
    $15,000       N/A       N/A       $15,000  
Jay R. Ritter, Trustee
    $15,000       N/A       N/A       $15,000  
 
 

 
 
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Officers
 
Listed below are the name, age and principal occupation of each officer of the Trust. The address of each officer is 800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90017.
 
Name and Age
 
Position with the Trust
 
Term of Office* and Length of Service
 
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years
Glenn S. Freed,
Age: 49
 
President, Treasurer and Chairman of  the Board of Trustees
 
Since 2011
 
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Vericimetry Advisors LLC (2011- present); Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2001-2010).
Stacey E. Helmeyer,
Age: 36
 
Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary
 
Since 2011
 
Chief Compliance Officer, Vericimetry Advisors LLC (2011- present); Vice President and Senior Compliance Officer, TCW Group Inc. (2010-2011); Senior Compliance Officer, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2006-2010).

*
Each officer holds office for an indefinite term at the pleasure of the Board and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
 
 
Ownership of Fund Shares

Because the Fund is newly formed, as of the date of this SAI, none of the Trustees or Officers owned shares of the Fund.
 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS

Investment Adviser

Vericimetry Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an advisory agreement with the Trust (the "Advisory Agreement") dated July 19, 2011.   The Advisory Agreement provides, in substance, that the Adviser will make and implement investment decisions for the Fund in its discretion and will continuously develop an investment program for the Fund's assets in a manner consistent with the Fund's investment objectives, strategies, policies and restrictions. The Adviser will supervise and arrange for the purchase and sale of securities on behalf of the Fund, select broker-dealers, negotiate commissions, provide clerical, administrative, executive and research services to the Fund and provide for the compilation and maintenance of records pertaining to the investment advisory function.

After the initial two-year term, the continuance of the Advisory Agreement must be specifically approved, at least annually: (i) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the Fund; and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or "interested persons" or of any party thereto, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment, and is terminable at any time without penalty by the Trustees of the Trust or, with respect to the Fund, by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, on not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' written notice to the Adviser, or by the Adviser on 90 days' written notice to the Trust. As used in the Advisory Agreement, the terms "majority of the outstanding voting securities," "interested persons" and "assignment" have the same meaning as such terms in the 1940 Act.
 
 
 
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Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, for the services it provides to the Fund, the Adviser receives a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets.
 
The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has entered into a contractual Expense Limitation Agreement with Adviser.  The Expense Limitation Agreement provides that to the extent that the annual operating expenses and organizational costs incurred by the Fund through January 28, 2013, exceed 0.60% of the Fund's average daily net assets (the "Operating Expense Limit"), such excess amount will be the liability of the Adviser.  To determine the Advisers' liability for the Fund's expenses, the actual expenses of the Fund will be compared to the Operating Expense Limit.  If the Fund's year-to-date operating expenses for any month exceeds the year to date Operating Expense Limit, the Adviser shall first waive or reduce its investment management or administrative fee for such month, as appropriate, to the extent necessary to reduce the amount of the operating expense to the amount of the Operating Expense Limit.  In the event the excess amount exceeds the amount of the investment management fee for the month, the Adviser, in addition to waiving its entire investment management fee for such month, shall also assume as its own expense and reimburse the Fund for the difference between the excess amount and the investment management or administration fee; provided, however, that an adjustment, if necessary, will be made on or before the last day of the first month of the next succeeding fiscal year, if the annual operating expenses for the fiscal year do not exceed the Operating Expense Limit.

As a newly formed entity, the Adviser has no prior experience managing a registered investment company or other advisory clients.

Portfolio Managers and Portfolio Manager Compensation
 
Andrew L. Berkin and Patrick T. Bradford are the portfolio managers of the Fund.
 
Because the Fund is newly formed, neither of the portfolio managers beneficially owns any interests in the Fund as of the date of this SAI.
 
The portfolio managers' compensation consists of guaranty payments, bonus and package of benefits that is generally available to all active members.  Guaranty payments and bonuses are based on the portfolio manager's experience, responsibilities, the perception of the quality of his or her work efforts and other subjective factors.  The portfolio managers also hold ownership units in the Adviser.  Because the Adviser is a "limited liability company," each portfolio manager's compensation is determined, in part, by  distributions relative to their individual ownership interests in the net income of the Adviser, including certain distributions made by the Adviser to its members to sufficiently satisfy tax payments due on the Adviser's income that is taxed at the member level.  Compensation is not directly linked to the performance of the Fund.   The portfolio managers do not currently manage any other registered mutual funds or advisory accounts.
 
Fund Accountant, Administrator and Transfer Agent
 
UMB Fund Services Inc., 803 W. Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, serves as the accountant, administrator and transfer agent for the Trust.  The services provided by UMBFS are subject to supervision by the Adviser and the Board, and include, but are not limited to: calculating the daily NAV for the Fund, maintaining all general ledger accounts, preparing financial statements for the annual and semi-annual reports, and generally assisting the Trust's administrative operations.
 

 
 
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For accounting and administration services provided by UMBFS, the Trust pays UMBFS annual fees that are calculated daily and paid monthly according to a fee schedule based on the aggregate average net assets of the Fund.  Because the Fund is newly formed and has yet to commence operations, the Fund has not paid any fees to UMBFS as of the date of this SAI.

Custodian
 
UMB Bank, N.A. (the "Custodian"), 928 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64106, serves as the custodian for the Trust.  Under the custody agreement with the Trust, the Custodian holds the Fund's securities and maintains all necessary accounts and records as required by applicable law.
 
Distributor
 
The Fund's shares are distributed by UMB Distribution Services LLC (the "Distributor").  The Distributor is registered as a limited purpose broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.  The principal business address of UMB Distribution Services LLC is 803 W. Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233.
 
The Distributor acts as an agent of the Fund by serving as the principal underwriter of the Fund's shares.  Pursuant to the Fund's Distribution Agreement, the Distributor uses its best efforts to seek or arrange for the sale of shares of the Fund, which are continuously offered.  No sales charges are paid by investors or the Fund to the Distributor.  

Legal Counsel
 
Seward & Kissel LLP serves as legal counsel to the Trust.  Its address is 1200 G Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, D.C. 20005.
 
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Cohen Fund Audit Services Ltd. is the independent registered public accounting firm to the Fund and audits the annual financial statements of the Fund.  Its address is 800 Westpoint Pkwy, Ste 1100, Westlake, OH 44145.
 
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES

The Trust was established as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest which may be issued in any number of series. Each share of a series represents an equal proportionate interest in that series with each other share. All shares of the Fund have equal voting rights and each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each full share held and fractional votes for fractional shares held and will vote on the election of Trustees and any other matter submitted to a shareholder vote. The Trust is not required, and does not intend, to hold annual meetings of shareholders. The Trust will call such special meetings of shareholders as may be required under the 1940 Act or by the Agreement and Declaration of Trust. A meeting of shareholders shall, however, be called upon the written request of the holders of not less than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.  The Trust will provide assistance and information to shareholders requesting such a meeting. Shares of the Fund will, when issued, be fully paid and non-assessable and have no preemptive or conversion rights. Each share is entitled to participate equally in dividends and distributions declared by the Fund and in the net assets of such Fund on liquidation or dissolution after satisfaction of outstanding liabilities.
 
 
 
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Under the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Trustees have the power to liquidate the Fund without shareholder approval. While the Trustees have no present intention of exercising this power, they may do so if the Fund fails to reach a viable size within a reasonable amount of time or for such other reasons as may be determined by the Board.
 
PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SHARES
 
As of the date of this SAI, Vericimetry Advisors LLC beneficially owned 100% of the outstanding stock of the Fund.
 
PURCHASING AND REDEEMING SHARES
 
The following information supplements the information set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Purchasing and Redeeming Shares."

The purchase and redemption price of the Fund's shares is equal to the Fund's NAV per share. The Fund determines its NAV by subtracting the Fund's total liabilities (including accrued expenses and dividends payable) from its total assets (the market value of the securities the Fund holds plus cash and other assets, including income accrued but not yet received) and dividing the result by the total number of shares outstanding. The NAV of the Fund is normally calculated as of the close of trading on the Exchange every day the Exchange is open for trading. Orders for redemptions and purchases of shares of the Fund will not be processed if the Exchange is closed. The Exchange is closed on the following days: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
 
The Fund will accept purchase and redemption orders on each day that the Exchange is open for business, regardless of whether the Federal Reserve System is closed.  However, no purchases by wire may be made on any day that the Federal Reserve System is closed.  The Federal Reserve System is closed on the same days as the Exchange, except that it is open on Good Friday and closed on Columbus Day and Veterans' Day.
 
The Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend the offering of shares or reject purchase orders when, in the judgment of management, such suspension or rejection is in the best interest of the Fund.  Securities accepted in exchange for shares of the Fund will be acquired for investment purposes and will be considered for sale under the same circumstances as other securities in the Fund.

Redeeming Shares

The Fund may suspend or postpone redemptions during any period when: (i) trading on the Exchange is restricted by applicable rules and regulations of the SEC; (ii) the Exchange is closed other than for customary weekend and holiday closings; (iii) the SEC has by order permitted such suspension or postponement for the protection of the shareholders or (iv) an emergency, as determined by the SEC, exists, making disposal of portfolio securities or valuation of net assets of the Fund not reasonably practicable. Upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing conditions, the Fund may also suspend or postpone the recording of the transfer of its shares.
 
 

 
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Shareholders may transfer shares of the Fund to another person by making a written request to the Adviser who will transmit the request to the Transfer Agent.  The request should clearly identify the account and number of shares to be transferred, and include the signature of all registered owners.  The signature on the letter of request must be guaranteed in the same manner as described in the Prospectus under "Purchasing and Redeeming Shares".  As with redemptions, the written request must be received in good order before any transfer can be made.

Shares of the Fund may be purchased, exchanged or redeemed through certain financial intermediaries, some of which may charge a transaction fee. The Fund may, from time to time, authorize certain financial intermediaries, broker-dealers, banks or other authorized agents, and in some cases, other organizations designated by an authorized agent (together with designees, "authorized agents") to accept share purchase and redemption orders on its behalf. An order properly received by an authorized agent will be deemed to have been accepted by the Fund. If you buy or redeem shares through an authorized agent, you will pay or receive the Fund's NAV per share next calculated after receipt and acceptance of the order by the authorized agent, after giving effect to any transaction charge imposed by the authorized agent. The authorized agent's procedures will apply in lieu of purchase, exchange and redemption procedures described in the statutory prospectus.

Redemptions In-Kind
 
The Fund has reserved the right to redeem in-kind (that is, to pay redemption requests in cash and portfolio securities, or wholly in portfolio securities), although the Fund has no present intention to redeem in-kind. The Fund has committed to pay in cash all requests for redemption by any shareholder, limited as to each shareholder during any 90-day period to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net asset value of the Fund at the beginning of the 90-day period as provided for under Rule 18f-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
TAXATION

This section of the SAI provides additional information concerning U.S. federal income taxes issues concerning the Fund and the purchase, ownership and sale of Fund shares. It is based on the Internal Revenue, the regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial authority, and administrative rulings and practice, all as of the date of this SAI and all of which are subject to change, including changes with retroactive effect. Except as may be specifically set forth below, the following discussion does not address any state, local or foreign tax matters. It is not tax advice and investors should consult their own tax adviser with regard to the tax consequences regarding their own particular circumstances before making an investment in the Fund.

Qualification as a regulated investment company ("RIC")

In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, the Fund must meet the requirements outlined below:

(1.) derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, net income from certain publicly traded partnerships or other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies; and

(2.) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each fiscal quarter, (i) at least 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets is represented by cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, the securities of other regulated investment companies and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets and 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets is invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. government securities and the securities of other regulated investment companies), or in two or more issuers the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same,  similar or related trades or businesses, or in the securities of one or more qualified  publicly traded partnerships.
 

 
 
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As a RIC, the Fund generally is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on income and gains that it distributes to shareholders, if at least 90% of the Fund's investment company taxable income (which includes, among other items, dividends, interest and the excess of any net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses) for the taxable year is distributed.

If the Fund fails to satisfy the income or diversification requirements in any taxable year, the Fund may be eligible for relief provisions if the failures are due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. Additionally, relief is provided for certain de minimis failures of the diversification requirements where the Fund corrects the failure within a specified period. If the applicable relief provisions are not available or cannot be met, the Fund will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation.

If, in any taxable year, the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC under the Code or fails to meet the distribution requirement, it would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation and distributions to its shareholders would not be deductible by the Fund in computing its taxable income. In addition, the Fund's distributions, to the extent derived from the Fund's current or accumulated earnings and profits, would constitute dividends which are generally taxable to shareholders as ordinary income, even if those distributions are attributable (wholly or partly) to net long-term capital gains. If the Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company in any year, it must pay out its earnings and profits accumulated in that year in order to qualify again as a regulated investment company. Amounts not distributed on a timely basis in accordance with a calendar year distribution requirement are subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax at the Fund level.

To avoid the federal excise tax, the Fund must distribute during each calendar year an amount equal to the sum of:
1. At least 98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account any capital gains or losses) for the calendar year;
2. At least 98.2% of its capital gains in excess of its capital losses (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for a one-year period generally ending on September 30 of the calendar year; and
3. All ordinary income and capital gains for previous years that were not distributed or taxed to the Fund during such years. To avoid application of the excise tax, the Fund intends to make distributions in accordance with the calendar year distribution requirement.

Equalization Accounting. The Fund may use so-called "equalization accounting" (in lieu of making some cash distributions) in determining the portion of its income and gains that has been distributed.  If the Fund uses equalization accounting, it will allocate a portion of its undistributed investment company taxable income and net capital gain to redemptions of Fund shares and will correspondingly reduce the amount of such income and gains that it distributes in cash. If the Internal Revenue Service, ("IRS"), determines that the Fund's allocation is improper and that the Fund has under-distributed its income and gain for any taxable year, the Fund may be liable for federal income and/or excise tax.  In addition, any such under-distribution of income might cause the Fund to fail to satisfy the Income Requirement and thereby not qualify as a regulated investment company for such taxable year.
 
 
 
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Capital Loss Carry-Forwards. For net capital losses realized in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the Fund is permitted to carry forward a net capital loss to offset its capital gain indefinitely. For capital losses realized in taxable years beginning after January 1, 2011, the excess of the Fund's net short-term capital loss over its net long-term capital gain is treated as a short-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year and the excess of the Fund's net long-term capital loss over its net short-term capital gain is treated as a long-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year. If future capital gains are offset by carried-forward capital losses, such future capital gains are not subject to fund-level U.S. federal income tax, regardless of whether it is distributed to shareholders. Accordingly, the Fund does not expect to distribute any such offsetting capital gain. The Fund cannot carry back or carry forward any net operating losses.

Deferral of late year losses.  The Fund may elect to treat part or all of any "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in determining the Fund's taxable income, net capital gain, net short-term capital gain, and earnings and profits.  The effect of this election is to treat any such "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in characterizing Fund distributions for any calendar year.  A "qualified late year loss" includes:

 
any net capital loss, net long-term capital loss, or net short-term capital loss incurred after September 30 of the current taxable year ("post-September losses"); and
 
 
the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of (a) specified losses incurred after September 30 of the current taxable year, and (b) other ordinary losses incurred after December 31 of the current taxable year, over (ii) the sum of (a) specified gains incurred after September 30 of the current taxable year, and (b) other ordinary gains incurred after December 31 of the current taxable year.

The terms "specified losses" and "specified gains" mean ordinary losses and gains from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of property (including the termination of a position with respect to such property), foreign currency losses, and losses resulting from holding stock in a passive foreign investment company ("PFIC") for which a mark-to-market election is in effect.  The terms "ordinary losses" and "ordinary gains" mean other ordinary losses and gains that are not described in the preceding sentence.

Taxation of Distributions

Distributions of investment company taxable income are taxable to you, whether paid in cash or reinvested in Fund shares. Dividends paid by the Fund to a corporate shareholder, to the extent such dividends are attributable to dividends received by the Fund from U.S. corporations, may, subject to limitation, be eligible for the dividends received deduction.

A portion of the dividends paid to you by the Fund may be qualified dividends subject to a maximum tax rate of 15% for individuals (0% for individuals in the 10% and 15% federal rate brackets). In general, income dividends from domestic corporations and qualified foreign corporations will be permitted this favored federal tax treatment. Distributions of qualified dividends will be eligible for these reduced rates of taxation only if you own your shares for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date of any dividend. The lower rates on qualified dividends are scheduled to expire after December 31, 2012 in absence of further action by Congress. Dividends from interest earned by the Fund on debt securities and dividends received from unqualified foreign corporations will continue to be taxed at the higher ordinary income tax rates.
 
The excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses realized, distributed and properly reported by the Fund, whether paid in cash or reinvested in Fund shares, will generally be taxable to you as long-term gain, regardless of how long you have held Fund shares. Distributions of net capital gains from assets held by the Fund for one year or less will be taxed as ordinary income.

 
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Distributions may be subject to state, local and foreign taxes, depending on a shareholder's particular situation.
 
Buying Shares Before a Distribution

If you buy shares shortly before or on the "record date" for distribution by the Fund—the date that establishes you as the person to receive the upcoming distribution—you will receive, in the form of a taxable distribution, a portion of the money you just invested. Therefore, you may wish to find out the Fund's record date before investing. Of course, the Fund's share price may, at any time, reflect undistributed capital gains or income. Unless the Fund incurs offsetting losses, these amounts will eventually be distributed as a taxable distribution.

Backup Withholding

The Fund generally will be required to withhold federal income tax ("backup withholding") from dividends paid (other than exempt-interest dividends), capital gain distributions, and redemption proceeds otherwise payable to you if (i) you fail to furnish the Fund with your correct taxpayer identification number or social security number, (ii) the IRS notifies you or the Fund that you have failed to report properly certain interest and dividend income to the IRS and to respond to notices to that effect, or (iii) when required to do so, you fail to certify that you are not subject to backup withholding. The rate of backup withholding is currently 28%. Any amounts withheld may be credited against your federal income tax liability.

Taxes on Fund Share Sales and Redemptions
 
Upon a redemption or sale of shares of the Fund, you will realize a taxable gain or loss depending upon your basis in your shares. A gain or loss will generally be treated as capital gain or loss, and the rate of tax
will depend upon your holding period for your shares. Any loss realized on a redemption or sale will be disallowed to the extent the shares disposed of are replaced (including through reinvestment of dividends) within a period of 61 days, beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the shares are disposed of – i.e. the "wash sale" rule. In such a case the basis of the acquired shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.

If you hold Fund shares for six months or less and during that period receive a distribution taxable to you as a long-term capital gain, any loss realized on the sale of such shares during such six-month period would be a long-term capital loss to the extent of such distribution.

Cost basis reporting.  Under the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, the Fund's administrative agent will be required to provide you with cost basis information on the sale of any of your shares in the Fund, subject to certain exceptions.  This cost basis reporting requirement is effective for shares purchased in the Fund on or after January 1, 2012.

Taxation of Fund Transactions

In general, gains or losses recognized by the Fund on the sale or other disposition of securities held by the Fund will be treated as capital gain or loss.  Such capital gains and losses may be long-term or short-term depending, in general, upon the length of time a particular investment position is maintained and, in some cases, upon the nature of the transaction. Property held for more than one year generally will be eligible for long-term capital gain or loss treatment.

 
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Market Discount.  If the Fund purchases a debt security at a price lower than the stated redemption price of such debt security, the excess of the stated redemption price over the purchase amount is "market discount." If the amount of market discount is more than a de minimis amount, a portion of such market discount must be included as ordinary income (not capital gain) by the Fund in each taxable year in which the Fund owns an interest in such debt security and receives a principal payment on it. In particular, the Fund will be required to allocate that principal payment first to a portion of the market discount on the debt security that has accrued but has not previously been includable in income. In general, the amount of market discount that must be included for each period is equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of market discount accruing during such period (plus any accrued market discount for prior periods not previously taken into account) or (ii) the amount of the principal payment with respect to such period. Generally, market discount accrues on a daily basis for each day the debt security is held by the Fund at a constant rate over the time remaining to the debt security's maturity or, at the election of the Fund, at a constant yield to maturity which takes into account the semi-annual compounding of interest. Gain realized on the disposition of a market discount obligation must be recognized as ordinary interest income (not capital gain) to the extent of the "accrued market discount." The Fund may elect to include market discount in income currently. If this election is made, it will apply to all debt securities that the Fund holds which have market discount.

Original Issue Discount. Certain debt securities acquired by the Fund may be treated as debt securities that were originally issued at a discount. Very generally, original issue discount is defined as the difference between the price at which a security was issued and its stated redemption price at maturity. Although no cash income on account of such discount is actually received by the Fund, original issue discount that accrues on a debt security in a given year generally is treated for federal income tax purposes as interest, and, therefore, such income would be subject to the distribution requirements applicable to regulated investment companies.  Some debt securities may be purchased by the Fund at a discount that exceeds the original issue discount on such debt securities, if any. This additional discount represents market discount for federal income tax purposes.

Constructive Sales. These rules may affect timing and character of gain if the Fund engages in transactions that reduce or eliminate its risk of loss with respect to appreciated financial positions. If the Fund enters into certain transactions in property while holding substantially identical property, the Fund would be treated as if it had sold and immediately repurchased the property and would be taxed on any gain (but not loss) from the constructive sale. The character of gain from a constructive sale would depend upon the Fund's holding period in the property. Loss from a constructive sale would be recognized when the property was subsequently disposed of, and its character would depend on the Fund's holding period and the application of various loss deferral provisions of the Code.

Options, Futures, Forward Contracts and Swap Agreements. Certain options, futures contracts, and forward contracts in which the Fund may invest may be "Section 1256 contracts." Gains or losses on Section 1256 contracts generally are considered 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses; however, foreign currency gains or losses arising from certain Section 1256 contracts may be treated as ordinary income or loss. Also, Section 1256 contracts held by the Fund at the end of each taxable year (and at certain other times as prescribed pursuant to the Code) are "marked to market" with the result that unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized.

Generally, the hedging transactions undertaken by the Fund may be treated as "straddles" for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The straddle rules may affect the character of gains (or losses) realized by the Fund. In addition, losses realized by the Fund on positions that are part of a straddle may be deferred under the straddle rules, rather than being taken into account in calculating the taxable income for the taxable year in which such losses are realized. Certain carrying charges (including interest expense) associated with positions in a straddle may be required to be capitalized rather than deducted currently. Because only a few regulations implementing the straddle rules have been promulgated, the tax consequences of transactions in options, futures, forward contracts, swap agreements and other financial contracts to the Fund are not entirely clear. The transactions may increase the amount of short-term capital gain realized by the Fund which is taxed as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders.
 
 
 
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The Fund may make one or more of the elections available under the Code which are applicable to straddles. If the Fund makes any of the elections, the amount, character and timing of the recognition of gains or losses from the affected straddle positions will be determined under rules that vary according to the election(s) made. The rules applicable under certain of the elections may operate to accelerate the recognition of gains or losses from the affected straddle positions. Because application of the straddle rules may affect the character of gains or losses, defer losses and/or accelerate the recognition of gains or losses from the affected straddle positions, the amount which must be distributed to shareholders, and which will be taxed to shareholders as ordinary income or long-term capital gain, may be increased or decreased as compared to a fund that did not engage in such hedging transactions.

Because only a few regulations regarding the treatment of swap agreements and related caps, floors and collars have been implemented, the tax consequences of such transactions are not entirely clear. The Fund intends to account for such transactions in a manner deemed by them to be appropriate, but the Internal Revenue Service might not necessarily accept such treatment. If it does not, the status of the Fund as a regulated investment company might be affected or taxes and interest may be imposed upon the examination and challenged by the Internal Revenue Service.  The requirements applicable to the Fund's qualification as a regulated investment company may limit the extent to which the Fund will be able to engage in transactions in options, futures contracts, forward contracts, swap agreements and other financial contracts.  Under current tax law, certain hedging activities may cause a dividend that would otherwise be subject to the lower tax rate applicable to a "qualifying dividend" to instead be taxed as the rate of tax applicable to ordinary income.

Passive Foreign Investment Companies.  The Fund may invest in stocks of foreign corporations that are classified under the Code as PFICs. In general, a foreign corporation is classified as a PFIC if at least 50% of its assets constitute investment-type assets or 75% or more of its gross income is investment-type income. Under the PFIC rules, an "excess distribution" received with respect to PFIC stock is treated as having been realized ratably over a period during which the Fund held the PFIC stock. The Fund itself will be subject to tax on the portion, if any, of the excess distribution that is allocated to the Fund's holding period in prior taxable years (an interest factor will be added to the tax, as if the tax had actually been payable in such prior taxable years) even though the Fund distributes the corresponding income to shareholders. Excess distributions include any gain from the sale of PFIC stock as well as certain distributions from a PFIC. All excess distributions are taxable as ordinary income.

The Fund may be able to elect alternative tax treatment with respect to PFIC stock. Under an election that may be available, the Fund generally would be required to include in its gross income its share of the earnings of a PFIC on a current basis, regardless of whether any distributions are received from the PFIC. If this election is made, the special rules, discussed above, relating to the taxation of excess distributions, would not apply. In addition, another election may be available that would involve marking to market the Fund's PFIC stock at the end of each taxable year (and on certain other dates prescribed in the Code) with the result that unrealized gains are treated as though they were realized. If this election were made, tax at the Fund level under the PFIC rules would be eliminated, but the Fund could, in limited circumstances, incur nondeductible interest charges. The Fund's intention to qualify annually as a RIC may limit the Fund's elections with respect to PFIC stock.

Although not required to do so, it is likely that the Fund will choose to make the mark to market election with respect to PFIC stock acquired and held. If this election is made, the Fund may be required to make ordinary dividend distributions to their shareholders based on the Fund's unrealized gains for which no cash has been generated through disposition or sale of the shares of PFIC stock.
 

 
 
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Because the application of the PFIC rules may affect, among other things, the character of gains, the amount of gain or loss and the timing of the recognition of income with respect to PFIC stock, as well as subject the Fund itself to tax on certain income from PFIC stock, the amount that must be distributed to shareholders and which will be taxed to shareholders as ordinary income or long-term capital gain, may be increased or decreased substantially as compared to a fund that did not invest in PFIC stock.

Foreign Shareholders.  Taxation of a shareholder who, as to the United States, is a nonresident alien individual, foreign trust or estate, foreign corporation, or foreign partnership ("foreign shareholder") depends on whether the income from the Fund is "effectively connected" with a U.S. trade or business carried on by such shareholder. If the income from the Fund is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business carried on by a foreign shareholder, ordinary income dividends (including distributions of any net short-term capital gains) will generally be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) upon the gross amount of the dividend. Note that the 15% rate of tax applicable to certain dividends (discussed above) does not apply to dividends paid to foreign shareholders. Such a foreign shareholder would generally be exempt from U.S. federal income tax on gains realized on the sale of shares of the Fund, and distributions of net long-term capital gains that are designated as capital gain dividends. If the income from the Fund is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business carried on by a foreign shareholder, then ordinary income dividends, capital gain dividends and any gains realized upon the sale of shares of the Fund will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the rates applicable to U.S. citizens or domestic corporations.

Under recently enacted legislation, the Fund will be required to withhold U.S. tax (at a 30% rate) on payments of dividends and redemption proceeds made to certain non-U.S. entities that fail to comply with extensive new reporting and withholding requirements designed to inform the U.S. Department of the Treasury of U.S.-owned foreign investment accounts. The withholding requirements under this legislation will be phased in beginning on January 1, 2014. Shareholders may be requested to provide additional information to the Fund to enable the Fund to determine whether withholding is required.

The tax consequences to a foreign shareholder entitled to claim the benefits of any applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund, including the applicability of foreign taxes and the potential applicability of the U.S. estate tax.

Other Taxes. The foregoing discussion is general in nature and is not intended to provide an exhaustive presentation of the tax consequences of investing in the Fund. Distributions may also be subject to additional state, local and foreign taxes, depending on each shareholder's particular situation. Depending upon the nature and extent of the Fund's contacts with a state or local jurisdiction, the Fund may be subject to the tax laws of such jurisdiction if it is regarded under applicable law as doing business in, or as having income derived from, the jurisdiction. Shareholders are encouraged to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.

CODE OF ETHICS
 
Each of the Fund, Vericimetry, and the Distributor has adopted a Code of Ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act. The Code of Ethics obligates personnel subject to the Code of Ethics to act in the interests of the Fund and its shareholders with respect to any personal securities trading, and includes a standard of conduct requiring subject personnel to comply with applicable federal securities laws. The Code of Ethics restricts subject personnel from participating in certain personal investment transactions in which such personnel have a beneficial interest, for purposes of avoiding any actual or potential conflict or abuse of their fiduciary position. The Code of Ethics also contains, among other restrictions, procedures requiring pre-clearance and reporting of certain personal securities transactions and holdings, as well as restrictions and limitations on the type and timing of certain personal trades.
 

 
 
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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
 
The Board has delegated the authority to vote proxies to the Adviser. The Adviser, in connection with its investment management duties, has the responsibility to vote proxies for the portfolio securities held by the Fund in accordance with the adopted Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Guidelines (the "Guidelines"). The Guidelines are designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interests of Fund shareholders and with the goal of maximizing the value of Fund investments.

The Adviser has adopted the Guidelines, which it uses in voting specific proposals. However, the vote entered with respect to a particular proposal may differ from the Guidelines if it is determined to be in the best interest of the Fund. The Guidelines cannot provide an exhaustive list of all the issues that may arise, nor can the Adviser anticipate all future situations. The Guidelines cover such agenda items as the election of directors, ratification of auditors, management and director compensation, anti-takeover mechanisms, mergers and corporate restructuring, and social and corporate policy issues.

As a general matter, securities on loan will not be recalled to facilitate proxy voting. However, if the Adviser is aware of an item in time to recall the security and has determined in good faith that the importance of the matter to be voted upon could potentially materially affect the value of the securities and outweigh the loss in lending revenue that would result from recalling the security, the security will be recalled for voting. In cases where the Adviser does not receive a solicitation or enough information within a reasonable time prior to the voting deadline, the Adviser may be unable to vote.

The Adviser may occasionally be subject to conflicts of interest in the voting of proxies and, as such, has adopted procedures to identify potential conflicts and to ensure that the vote made is in the best interest of the Fund and is not a result of the conflict. Pursuant to such procedures, the Adviser may resolve a conflict in a variety of ways, including the following: voting in accordance with its established voting guidelines or abstaining. If the Adviser has knowledge of a conflict and recommends a vote contrary to the voting guidelines or, in the case where the voting guidelines do not prescribe a particular vote, the Co-Chief Investment Officer will bring the vote to the CCO and the Co-Chief Investment Officer, CCO, Portfolio Manager and outside counsel, as appropriate, will (i) determine how the vote should be cast, keeping in mind the principle of preserving shareholder value, or (ii) determine to abstain from voting, unless abstaining would not be in the best interest of the Fund.  To the extent the Adviser makes a determination regarding how to vote or to abstain for a proxy on behalf of the Fund in the circumstances described in this paragraph, the Adviser will report such determinations to the Board on an annual basis.
 
The Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser is generally responsible for overseeing the Adviser's proxy voting process.  The Co-Chief Investment Officer (i) oversees the internal proxy voting process, and (ii) makes determinations (or, in conjunction with compliance and portfolio management, makes determinations) as to how to vote (or refrain from voting) certain specific proxies. The CCO (i) verifies ongoing compliance with the voting policies and (ii) reviews the voting policies from time to time and recommends changes to the Board.

The Proxy Voting Policy, Procedures and Guidelines are provided in an Appendix to this SAI.
 
 

 
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The Trust is required to file Form N-PX with the Fund's complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th no later than August 31st of each year. Form N-PX for the Fund is available upon written request by contacting the Adviser or on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Adviser and Board have adopted a policy regarding disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings.

Required Disclosure of Holdings:  The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, as of the end of each quarter. The lists appear in the Fund's Annual and Semi-annual Reports to shareholders. The Fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-CSR (second and fourth quarters) and Form N-Q (first and third quarters). Shareholders may view the Fund's forms on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. A list of the Fund's quarter-end holdings is also available at www.vericimetryfunds.com and upon request on or about 30 days following each quarter and remains available on the website until the list is updated in the subsequent quarter.

Disclosure of Holdings to Recipients:

Additionally, the Funds may disclose portfolio holdings information that has not been included in a filing with the SEC or posted on the Funds' website (i.e., non-public portfolio holdings information) only if there is a legitimate business purpose for doing so and if the recipient is required, either by explicit agreement or by virtue of the recipient's duties to the Funds as an agent or service provider, to maintain the confidentiality of the information and to not use the information in an improper manner (e.g., personal trading). In this connection, the Funds may disclose on an ongoing basis nonpublic portfolio holdings information in the normal course of their investment and administrative operations to various service providers, including the Adviser, Accountant, Custodian and Administrator.

The Adviser may also provide certain portfolio holdings information to broker-dealers from time to time in connection with the purchase or sale of securities or requests for price quotations or bids on one or more securities. In providing this information, reasonable precautions are taken in an effort to avoid potential misuse of the disclosed information, including limitations on the scope of the portfolio holdings information disclosed, when appropriate.

Non-public portfolio holdings information may be provided to other persons if approved by the Funds' Co- Chief Investment Officers or Chief Compliance Officer upon a determination that there is a legitimate business purpose for doing so, the disclosure is consistent with the interests of the Funds, and the recipient is obligated by way of a written non-disclosure agreement to maintain the confidentiality of the information and not misuse it. In all instances an entity receiving non-public portfolio holdings information has a duty not to trade on that confidential information.

The Chief Compliance Officers periodically monitors overall compliance with the policy to ascertain whether portfolio holdings information is disclosed in a manner that is consistent with the Funds' policy. Reports are made to the Funds' Board of Trustees on an annual basis and when material issues concerning disclosure of portfolio holdings information arise.
 
No person is authorized to disclose holdings information or other investment positions (whether online at www.vericimetryfunds.com, in writing, by fax, by e-mail, orally or by other means) except in accordance with the Disclosure Policy.  No compensation will be received by the Fund or Adviser in connection with the disclosure of the Fund's holdings.
 
 
 
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The Disclosure Policy is intended to facilitate the provision of information concerning the Fund to existing and prospective shareholders, while safeguarding against the improper use of holdings information. However, there can be no guarantee that the Fund's policies on the use and dissemination of information regarding the Fund's holdings will protect the Fund from potential misuse of such information.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Trustees and Shareholder of
Vericimetry Funds

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabili­ties of Vericimetry Funds, comprising the Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund (the "Fund"), as of September 22, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the one day then ended.  These 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 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. Our procedures included confirmation of cash as of September 22, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund as of September 22, 2011, and the results of its operations for the one day then ended in conformity with accounting princi­ples generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
 
COHEN FUND AUDIT SERVICES, LTD.
Westlake, Ohio
October 17, 2011
 
 
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
VERICIMETRY U.S. SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
       
Assets
     
 
Cash
  $ 100,000
 
Deferred offering costs
    105,570
 
Receivable from Adviser for reimbursement
     
 
   of organizational costs
    114,068
         
Total Assets
      319,638
         
Liabilities
       
 
Accrued offering costs
      77,554
 
Accrued organizational costs
    112,790
 
Payable to Adviser
      29,294
         
Total Liabilities
      219,638
         
Net Assets applicable to 10,000 shares outstanding
  $ 100,000
 
 
     
         
Net Asset Value, offering, and redemption price per
  $    10.00
shares outstanding
 
     
         
 
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of these financial statements
 
 
 
 
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
VERICIMETRY U.S. SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
ONE DAY ENDED SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
       
Expenses
     
 
Organizational expenses (Note 4)
  $ 114,068  
           
 
Total Expenses before Reimbursements
    114,068  
 
Less: Reimbursement by Adviser (Note 4)
    (114,068 )
           
 
Net Expenses
    -  
           
Net increase resulting from operations
  $ -  
           
 
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of these financial statements
 
 

 
 
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


1. Organization

Vericimetry Funds (the "Trust") was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 2, 2011 and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").  The Trust currently offers shares of one portfolio, Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund (the "Fund").  The offering of the Fund's shares (the "Shares") is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Fund has been inactive since that date except for matters relating to the Fund's establishment, designation, registration of the Fund's shares of beneficial interest under the Securities Act and the sale of 10,000 Shares ("Initial Shares") for $100,000 to Vericimetry Advisors LLC (the "Adviser"), on September 22, 2011. The proceeds of such Initial Shares in the Fund were held in cash. There are an unlimited number of authorized Shares.  The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors long-term capital appreciation.

 
2. Accounting Policies

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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 statement, as well as reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In the normal course of business, the Fund has entered into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.  However, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Investment Valuation – Investments in securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. Securities traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (collectively, “Nasdaq-traded securities”) are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). Exchange-traded securities for which no sale was reported and Nasdaq-traded securities for which there is no NOCP are valued at the mean of the current bid and ask prices from the exchange the security is primarily traded on. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their estimated fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser under procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Trust’s Board of Trustees.
 
Federal Income Taxes - The Fund’s policy is to continue to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
 
Expenses - The Fund's organizational costs of $114,068, which have been incurred through September 22, 2011, have been reimbursed by the Adviser. Any organizational costs additionally incurred prior to the commencement of operations of the Fund will be reimbursed by the Adviser.  These amounts are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable from adviser.  The Fund’s offering costs of $105,570, which have been recorded as a deferred asset, consists of legal fees for preparing the prospectus and statement of additional information.  These offering costs, which are subject to the Expense Limitation Agreement, are accounted for as a deferred charge until Fund shares are offered to the public and will thereafter, be amortized to expense over twelve months on a straight-line basis.


3. Investment Advisory Agreement

The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser, pursuant to which the Adviser will provide general investment advisory and administrative services for the Fund. For providing these services, the Adviser will receive a fee from the Fund, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate equal to 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets. However, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund so that its total annual operating expenses, excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary costs, such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business, do not exceed 0.60% of the Fund's average net assets per year, through January 28, 2013.

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreement, at any time that the expenses of the Fund are less than the expense limitation, the Adviser retains the right to seek reimbursement for any fees previously waived and/or expenses previously assumed, to the extent that such reimbursement will not cause the Fund's annualized expenses to exceed 0.60% of its average net assets on an annualized basis. The Fund is not obligated to reimburse the Adviser for fees previously waived or expenses previously assumed by the Adviser more than three years before the date of such reimbursement.

Certain officers and Trustees of the Trust are also officers of the Adviser.
 

 
 
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A shareholder may obtain a copy of the annual reports, once those are available, upon request and without charge, by writing to Vericimetry Funds, 800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90017, by visiting the Fund's website at www.vericimetryfunds.com or by telephone at 1-855-755-7550.
 
PERFORMANCE DATA

Fund performance figures are based on historical results and are not intended to indicate future performance. The share price and total return of the Fund will vary, and an investment in the Fund, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than an investor's original cost. As appropriate, performance information for the Fund may be compared in reports and promotional literature to (i) various unmanaged indices so that investors may compare the Fund's results with those of indices widely regarded by investors as representative of the asset class and security markets in general, and (ii) the performance of other mutual funds. Unmanaged indices may assume the reinvestment of income distributions, but generally do not reflect deductions for administrative and management costs and expenses. Any performance information, whether related to the Fund or to the Adviser, should be considered in light of the Fund's investment objectives and policies, characteristics and the quality of the portfolio and market conditions during the time period indicated and should not be considered to be representative of what may be achieved in the future.


 
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APPENDIX

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

Please Note: The examples below are provided to give a general background as to how Vericimetry will vote on certain proxy issues. These examples do not address all voting issues or the specific circumstances surrounding individual proxy votes. Actual proxy votes may differ from the guidelines presented here.


PROXY VOTING POLICY AND PROCEDURES
 
VERICIMETRY ADVISORS LLC
VERICIMETRY FUNDS

 
I.   STATEMENT OF POLICY

Proxy voting is an important right of shareholders and reasonable care and diligence must be undertaken to ensure that such rights are properly and timely exercised.  When Vericimetry has discretion to vote the proxies of its clients, it will vote those proxies in the best interest of its clients and in accordance with these policies and procedures.

II.           PROXY VOTING PROCEDURES

All proxies received by the Adviser will be sent to the Co-Chief Investment Officer.  The Co-Chief Investment Officer will:

 
·
Keep a record of each proxy received;
 
 
·
Forward the proxy to the Portfolio Manager or his designee;
 
 
·
The Portfolio Manager will determine which fund(s) or account(s) managed by the Adviser hold the security to which the proxy relates;
 
 
·
The Portfolio Manager or his designee will identify a list of funds or accounts that hold the security, together with the number of votes each fund or account controls (reconciling any duplications), and the date by which the Adviser must vote the proxy in order to allow enough time for the completed proxy to be returned to the issuer prior to the vote taking place; and
 
 
·
Absent material conflicts (see Section IV below), the Portfolio Manager or his designee will determine how the Adviser should vote the proxy.  The Portfolio Manager or his designee will send its decision on how the Adviser will vote a proxy to the Co-Chief Investment Officer.  The Co-Chief Investment Officer or his designee is responsible for completing the proxy and submitting the vote in a timely and appropriate manner.
 
III.           GENERAL VOTING GUIDELINES

Vericimetry will follow these general voting guidelines.  Investment professionals of the Adviser each have the duty to vote proxies in a way that, in their best judgment, is in the best interest of the Adviser's clients.  Generally, Vericimetry believes that voting proxies in accordance with the following guidelines is in the best interests of its clients.  However, it is anticipated that circumstances may arise where votes are inconsistent with these general guidelines.

A.           Elections of Directors

        Unless there is a proxy fight for seats on the Board of Directors, the Adviser will generally vote in favor of the management proposed slate of directors.  The Adviser may withhold votes if the board fails to act in the best interests of shareholders, including, but not limited to, their failure to:

 
·
Implement proposals to declassify boards
 
 
·
Implement a majority vote requirement
 
 
·
Submit a rights plan to a shareholder vote
 
 
·
Act on tender offers where a majority of shareholders have tendered their shares
 
The Adviser may withhold votes for directors of non-U.S. issuers if insufficient information about the nominees is disclosed in the proxy statement.
 
 
 
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B.           Appointment of Auditors

The Adviser generally believes that the company remains in the best position to choose its auditors and will generally support management's recommendation for the appointment of auditors.
 
The Adviser will generally oppose the appointment of auditors when:

 
·
The fees for non-audit related services are disproportionate to the total audit fees
 
 
·
Other reasons to question the independence of the auditors exist
 
C.           Changes in Capital Structure
 
Absent a compelling reason to the contrary, the Adviser will generally cast votes in accordance with the company's management.  However, Vericimetry will review and analyze on a case-by-case basis any non-routine proposals that are likely to affect the structure and operation of the company or have a material economic effect on the company.

The Adviser will generally favor increases in authorized common stock when it is necessary to:

 
·
Implement a stock split
 
 
·
Aid in restructuring or acquisition
 
 
·
Provide a sufficient number of shares for an employee savings plan, stock option plan or executive compensation plan
 
The Adviser will generally oppose increases in authorized common stock when:

 
·
There is evidence that the shares will be used to implement a poison pill or another form of anti-takeover defense
 
 
·
The issuance of new shares could excessively dilute the value of the outstanding shares upon issuance
 
D.           Corporate Restructurings, Mergers and Acquisitions

 
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                The Adviser will analyze such proposals on a case-by-case basis, taking into account, among other things, the views of investment professionals managing the portfolios in which the stock is held.

E.           Proposals Affecting Shareholder Rights

The Adviser believes that certain fundamental rights of shareholders must be protected.  Vericimetry will weigh the financial impact of proposed measures against the impairment of shareholder rights.

The Adviser will generally favor proposals that give shareholders a greater voice in the affairs of the company, and generally oppose proposals that have the effect of restricting shareholders' voice in the affairs of the company.

F.           Corporate Governance

The Adviser believes that good corporate governance is important in ensuring that management and the Board of Directors fulfill their obligations to the company's shareholders.

Vericimetry will generally favor proposals that promote transparency and accountability within a company, such as those promoting:

 
·
Equal access to proxies
 
 
·
A majority of independent directors on key committees
 
The Adviser will generally oppose:

 
·
Companies having two classes of shares
 
The existence of a majority of interlocking directors
 
G.           Anti-Takeover Measures
 
In general, proposed measures (whether advanced by management or shareholder groups) that impede takeovers or have the effect of entrenching management may be detrimental to the rights of shareholders and may negatively impact the value of the company.

The Adviser will generally favor proposals that have the purpose or effect of restricting or eliminating existing anti-takeover measures that have previously been adopted, such as:

Shareholder proposals that seek to require the company to submit a shareholder rights plan to a shareholder vote.
 
The Adviser will generally oppose proposals that have the purpose or effect of entrenching management or diluting shareholder ownership, such as:

 
·
"Blank check" preferred stock
 
 
·
Classified boards
 
 
·
Supermajority vote requirements
 
H.           Executive Compensation

 
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The Adviser generally believes that company management and the compensation committee of the Board of Directors should, within reason, be given latitude in determining the types and mix of compensation and benefit awards offered.

The Adviser will review proposals relating to executive compensation plans on a case-by-case basis to ensure:

 
·
The long-term interests of management and shareholders are properly aligned
 
 
·
The option exercise price is not below market price on the date of grant
 
 
·
An acceptable number of employees are eligible to participate in such compensation programs
 
The Adviser will generally favor proposals that have the purpose or effect of fairly benefiting both management and shareholders, such as proposals to:

 
·
"Double trigger" option vesting provisions
 
 
·
Seek treating employee stock options as an expense
 
The Adviser will generally oppose proposals that have the purpose or effect of unduly benefiting management, such as:

 
·
Plans that permit re-pricing of underwater employee stock options
 
"Single trigger" option vesting provisions
 
I.           Social and Corporate Responsibility

The Adviser will review and analyze on a case-by-case basis proposals relating to social, political and environmental issues to determine their financial impact on shareholder value.  The Adviser will generally oppose such social, political and environmental proposals that have a negative financial impact on shareholder value, such as measures that are unduly burdensome or result in unnecessary and excessive costs to the company.

J.           Abstentions; Determination Not to Vote; Closed Positions

The Adviser will abstain from voting or affirmatively decide not to vote if the Adviser determines that abstention or not voting is in the best interests of its clients.  In making this determination, the Adviser will consider various factors, including, but not limited to, (i) the costs associated with exercising the proxy (e.g., translation or travel costs); and (ii) any legal restrictions on trading resulting from the exercise of a proxy. The Adviser may determine not to vote proxies relating to securities in which it has no position as of the receipt of the proxy (for example, when the Adviser has sold, or has otherwise closed, a position after the proxy record date but before the proxy receipt date).

For other proposals, the Adviser shall determine whether a proposal is in the best interests of its clients and may take into account the following factors, among others:

 
·
whether the proposal was recommended by management and the Adviser's opinion of management;
 
 
·
whether the proposal acts to entrench existing management; and
 
 
·
whether the proposal fairly compensates management for past and future performance.
 

 
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IV.           CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

1.  The Co-Chief Investment Officer, with input from the Chief Compliance Officer, Portfolio Manager and outside counsel as appropriate, will identify any conflicts that exist between the interests of the Adviser and its clients.  This examination will include a review of the relationship of the Adviser with the issuer of each security and any of the issuer's affiliates to determine if the issuer is a client of the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser or has some other relationship with the Adviser.

2.   If a material conflict exists, the Adviser will determine whether voting in accordance with the voting guidelines and factors described above is in the best interests of clients.

The Adviser will also determine whether it is appropriate to disclose the conflict to the affected clients and, except in the case of clients that are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), give the clients the opportunity to vote their proxies themselves.  In the case of ERISA clients, if the Investment Management Agreement reserves to the ERISA client the authority to vote proxies when the Adviser determines it has a material conflict that affects its best judgment as an ERISA fiduciary, the Adviser will give the ERISA client the opportunity to vote the proxies themselves.  Absent the client reserving voting rights, the Adviser will vote the proxies solely in accordance with the policies outlined in Section III.  "General Voting Guidelines" above.
 
V.           DISCLOSURE

1.  The Adviser will disclose in its Form ADV Part 2 that clients may contact the Chief Compliance Officer, via e-mail or telephone, in order to obtain information on how the Adviser voted proxies, and to request a copy of these policies and procedures.  If a client requests this information, the Chief Compliance Officer will prepare a written response to the client that lists, with respect to each voted proxy about which the client has inquired, (i) the name of the issuer; (ii) the proposal voted upon, and (iii) how the Adviser voted the proxy.
 
Additionally information regarding how Vericimetry votes proxies relating to the Vericimetry Fund's portfolio securities will be made available on the Vericimetry website.

2. A concise summary of this Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures will be included in the Adviser's Form
 ADV Part 2, and will be updated whenever these policies and procedures are updated.  The Chief Compliance Officer will arrange for a copy of this summary to be sent to all existing clients either as a separate mailing or along with a periodic account statement or other correspondence sent to clients.

VI.           RECORDKEEPING

The Chief Investment Officer will maintain files relating to the Adviser's proxy voting procedures in an easily accessible place.  Records will be maintained and preserved for five years from the end of the fiscal year during which the last entry was made on a record, with records for the first two years kept in the offices of the Adviser.  Records of the following will be included in the files:

 
·
Copies of this proxy voting policy and procedures, and any amendments thereto.
 
 
·
A copy of each proxy statement that the Adviser receives, provided however that the Adviser may rely on obtaining a copy of proxy statements from the SEC's EDGAR system for those proxy statements that are so available.1
 
 
·
A record of each vote that the Adviser casts.2
 
 
______________________
1. The Adviser may choose instead to have a third party retain a copy of proxy statements (provided that the third party undertakes to provide a copy of the proxy statements promptly upon request).?
 
2. The Adviser may also rely on a third party to retain a copy of the votes cast (provided that the third party undertakes to provide a copy of the record promptly upon request).


 
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·
A copy of any document the Adviser created that was material to making a decision how to vote proxies, or that memorializes that decision.
 
 
·
A copy of each written client request for information on how the Adviser voted such client's proxies, and a copy of any written response to any (written or oral) client request for information on how the Adviser voted its proxies.
 
 

 
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
 
PART C: OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 28.  EXHIBITS
 
(a)(1)
Certificate of Trust of Vericimetry Funds – filed with the SEC on July 8, 2011 as exhibit 99.A to the registration statement of the Trust on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-175410; 811-22578) (the "Registration Statement") and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(a)(2)
Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.
 
(b)
By-Laws of Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.
 
(c)
Not applicable.
 
(d)
Form of Investment Management Agreement between Vericimetry Advisors LLC and Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.
 
(e)
Form of Distribution Agreement between UMB Distribution Services, LLC and Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.
 
(f)
Not applicable.
 
(g)
Form of Custody Agreement between UMB Bank N.A. and Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.
 
(h)(1)
Form of Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UMB Fund Services, Inc. and Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.
 
(h)(2)
Form of Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement between UMB Fund Services, Inc. and Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.

(h)(3)
Expense Limitation Agreement between Vericimetry Advisors LLC and Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.

(i)
Legal Opinion and Consent of Seward & Kissel LLP – Filed herewith.
 
(j)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Filed herewith.
 
(k)
Not applicable.
 
(l)
Subscription Agreement between Vericimetry Advisors LLC and Vericimetry Funds – Filed herewith.
 
(m)
Not applicable.
 
(n)
Not applicable.
 
(o)
Not applicable.
 
(p)(1)
Code of Ethics for Vericimetry Funds and Vericimetry Advisors LLC– Filed herewith.
 
(p)(2)
Code of Ethics of UMB Distribution Services, LLC – Filed herewith.

 

 
 

 

ITEM 29.  PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH REGISTRANT
 
As of October 18, 2011, Vericimetry Advisors, LLC, which owned 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, is deemed to be a control person of the Fund.
 
ITEM 30.  INDEMNIFICATION
 
The Trustees of Vericimetry Funds (the "Trustees") shall not be responsible or liable in any event for any neglect or wrongdoing of any officer, agent, employee, adviser or principal underwriter of Vericimetry Funds (the "Trust" or the "Registrant"), nor shall any Trustee be responsible for the act or omission of any other Trustee, and, subject to the provisions of the By-Laws, the Trust may, out of its assets, indemnify and hold harmless each and every Trustee and officer of the Trust from and against any and all claims, demands, costs, losses, expenses, and damages whatsoever arising out of or related to such Trustee's or officer's performance of his or her duties as a Trustee or officer of the Trust; provided that nothing herein contained shall indemnify, hold harmless or protect any Trustee or officer from or against any liability to the Trust or any Shareholder to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.
 
Every note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking and every other act or thing whatsoever issued, executed or done by or on behalf of the Trust or the Trustees or any of them in connection with the Trust shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued, executed or done only in or with respect to their or his or her capacity as Trustees or Trustee, and such Trustees or Trustee shall not be personally liable thereon.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") may be permitted to Trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such Trustee, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. 
 
Section 4 of the Distribution Agreement between the Registrant and UMB Distribution Services, LLC provides for indemnification of UMB Distribution Services, LLC, in connection with certain claims and liabilities to which UMB Distribution Services, LLC, in its capacity as Registrant’ s Distributor, may be subject. A copy of the Form of Distribution Agreement is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit (e).
 
Article X of the Transfer Agency Agreement between the Registrant and UMB Fund Services, Inc. similarly provides for indemnification of UMB Fund Services, Inc. in connection with certain claims and liabilities to which UMB Fund Services, Inc., in its capacity as Registrant’s Transfer Agent, may be subject. A copy of the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit (h)(1).
 
ITEM 31.  BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER
 
Vericimetry Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Adviser"), serves as the investment adviser of the Vericimetry U.S. Small Cap Value Fund, a series of the Trust. The principal address of the Adviser is 800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90017.  The Adviser is an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
 
Any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each director or principal officer of the Adviser is or has been, at any time during the last two fiscal years, engaged for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee are as follows:
 
 
 
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Name and Position with Investment Adviser
 
Name of Other Company
 
Connection with Other Company
         
Glenn S. Freed, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chief Investment Officer
 
Dimensional Fund Advisors  
6300 Bee Cave Road
Austin, TX 78746
 
 
Employee: Vice President  (2001-2010)
Andrew L. Berkin, Co-Chief Investment Officer
 
First Quadrant L.P.
800 E. Colorado Blvd. Ste. 900
Pasadena, CA 91101
 
Employee: Director, Research (1997-2011)
 
         
Stacey E. Helmeyer, Chief Compliance Officer
 
TCW Group Inc.
865 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
 
Employee: Vice President & Senior Compliance Officer (May 2010-May 2011)
         
   
Dimensional Fund Advisors  
6300 Bee Cave Road
Austin, TX 78746
 
Employee: Senior Compliance Officer
(2006-2010)
         
Carlos A. Elizondo, Director, Board of Directors
 
Bailey, Elizondo & Brinkman LLC
2500 Camino Diablo, Ste.110
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
 
Owner (2009-present)
         
Ruben A. Davila, Director, Board of Directors
 
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Leventhal School of Accounting
3660 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089
 
Ruben Davila CPA, ESQ Forensic Accounting & Litigation Consulting
1926 Deer Haven Dr.
Chino Hills, CA 91709
 
Professor (1986-present)
 
 
 
 
 
Owner  (1987-present)


ITEM 32.  PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS
 
(a)
Furnish the name of each investment company (other than the Registrant) for which each principal underwriter currently distributing the securities of the Registrant also acts as a principal underwriter, distributor or investment adviser.
 
 
Registrant's distributor, UMB Distribution Services, LLC (the "Distributor"), also acts as a distributor for:
 
 
 
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Cheswold Lane Funds
Commonwealth International Series Trust
Giant 5 Funds
Green Century Funds
Lotsoff Capital Management Investment Trust
The Marsico Investment Fund
Nakoma Mutual Funds
Scout Funds
The SteelPath MLP Funds Trust
The Westport Funds

(b)
Furnish the Information required by the following table with respect to each director, officer or partner of each principal underwriter named in the answer to Item 20 of Part B of this Form N-1A. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each director or officer is 803 W. Michigan St., Milwaukee, WI 53233.

Name
 
Positions and Offices with Underwriter
 
Positions and Offices with Registrant
 
Robert J. Tuszynski
 
 
President
 
 
None
 
Karen Fay Luedtke
 
 
Chief Compliance Officer
 
 
None
 
Christine L. Mortensen
 
 
Treasurer
 
 
None
 
Constance Dye Shannon
 
Secretary
 
None
 

ITEM 33.  LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
 
State the name and address of each person maintaining principal possession of each account, book or other document required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder:

(a) Registrant:

Vericimetry Funds
800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017

(b) Adviser:

Vericimetry Advisors LLC
800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017

(c) Principal Underwriter:

UMB Distribution Services, LLC
803 W. Michigan St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233

(d) Custodian:

UMB Bank N.A.
928 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64106
 

 
 
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ITEM 34.  MANAGEMENT SERVICES
 
Not applicable
 
ITEM 35.  UNDERTAKINGS
 
Not applicable
 

 
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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Pre-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the city of Los Angeles, State of California, on this 18th day of October, 2011.
 
 
VERICIMETRY FUNDS


By: /s/ Glenn S. Freed
Name: Glenn S. Freed
Title: Chairman, President, Treasurer & Trustee


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Name
 
Title
Date
Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Financial Officer
   
     
/s/ Glenn S. Freed
Glenn S. Freed
Chairman, President, Treasurer & Trustee
October 18, 2011
     
Trustees
   
     
David G. Chrencik*
David G. Chrencik
Trustee
October 18, 2011
 
 
Kenneth A. Merchant*
Kenneth A. Merchant
Trustee
October 18, 2011
 
 
Jay R. Ritter*
Jay R. Ritter
Trustee
October 18, 2011
     

*By /s/ Glenn S. Freed, pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated July 19, 2011 and filed herewith.
        Glenn S. Freed    

 
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
We, the undersigned Trustees of Vericimetry Funds (the "Trust") hereby constitute and appoint Glenn S. Freed, Stacey E. Helmeyer, Bibb L. Strench and Robert B. Van Grover each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-1A, Form N-8A, Form N-14, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after July 19, 2011.
 
 
WITNESS our hands on this 19th day of July, 2011.
 
 
/s/ Jay R. Ritter
 
/s/ Kenneth A. Merchant
     Jay R. Ritter
 
    Kenneth A. Merchant
 
/s/ David G. Chrencik
 
    David G. Chrencik
 
 

 

 
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
I, the undersigned Trustee, Chairman and Treasurer of Vericimetry Funds (the "Trust"), hereby constitute and appoint Stacey E. Helmeyer, Bibb L. Strench and Robert B. Van Grover each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacity, all Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-1A, Form N-8A, Form N-14, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorney-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after July 19, 2011.
 
 

 
 
WITNESS my hand on this 19th day of July, 2011.
 
 
/s/ Glenn S. Freed
 
     Glenn S. Freed
 





 
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VERICIMETRY FUNDS
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
I, the undersigned Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Vericimetry Funds (the "Trust"), hereby constitute and appoint Glenn S. Freed, Bibb L. Strench and Robert B. Van Grover each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacity, all Registration Statements of the Trust on Form N-1A, Form N-8A, Form N-14, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorney-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after July 19, 2011.
 
 

 
 
WITNESS my hand on this 19th day of July, 2011.
 
 
/s/ Stacey E. Helmeyer
 
     Stacey E. Helmeyer
 






 
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Exhibit Index


Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
     
Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(a)(2)
By-Laws of Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(b)
Form of Investment Management Agreement between Vericimetry Advisors LLC and Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(d)
Form of Distribution Agreement between UMB Distribution Services, LLC and Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(e)
Form of Custody Agreement between UMB Bank N.A. and Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(g)
Form of Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between UMB Fund Services, Inc. and Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(h)(1)
Form of Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement between UMB Fund Services, Inc. and Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(h)(2)
 
Expense Limitation Agreement between Vericimetry Advisors LLC and Vericimetry Funds
 
 
(h)(3)
Legal Opinion and Consent of Seward & Kissel LLP
 
 
(i)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
(j)
Subscription Agreement between Vericimetry Advisors LLC and Vericimetry Funds
 
(l)
     
Code of Ethics for Vericimetry Funds and Vericimetry Advisors LLC
 
 
(p)(1)
Code of Ethics of UMB Distribution Services, LLC
 
(p)(2)




 
 
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