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Securities Act Registration No. 333- 179113

Investment Company Act Registration No. 811- 22657


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549


REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Pre-Effective Amendment No.__

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Post-Effective Amendment No. 7


and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ¨

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Amendment No. 9



(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

PSG Capital Management Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

8161 Maple Lawn Boulevard

Suite 400

Maple Lawn, MD  20759

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (301) 543-6000

Paracorp Incorporated

2140 S. Dupont Highway

Camden, DE  19934

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)


With copy to:

JoAnn M. Strasser, Thompson Hine LLP

41 S. High Street, Suite 1700

Columbus, Ohio  43215

Approximate date of proposed public offering:  As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

¨ Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

ý On August 1, 2016 pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.








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PSG Tactical Growth Fund

Ticker: PSGTX

CUSIP: 69362Y 102


PROSPECTUS

August 1, 2016





Advised by:

PSG Investment Advisors, LLC

8161 Maple Lawn Blvd., Suite 400

Maple Lawn, MD  20759

1-301-543-6000



www.psgfunds.com                                                  1-855-866-9825



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



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




TABLE OF CONTENTS

FUND SUMMARY

1

Investment Objective

1

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

1

Principal Investment Strategies

1

Principal Investment Risks

3

Performance

5

Investment Adviser

6

Investment Adviser Portfolio Manager

6

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

6

Tax Information

6

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RELATED RISKS

7

Investment Objectives

7

Principal Investment Strategies

7

Principal Investment Risks

9

Temporary Investments

15

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

15

MANAGEMENT

15

Investment Adviser

15

Investment Adviser Portfolio Manager

16

HOW SHARES ARE PRICED

17

HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES

17

HOW TO REDEEM SHARES

20

FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF FUND SHARES

22

CYBERSECURITY

22

TAX STATUS, DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

24

DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES

25

Distributor

25

Distribution Fees

25

Additional Compensation to Financial Intermediaries

25

Shareholder Statements and Reports

25

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

27

Privacy Notice

 



FUND SUMMARY

Investment Objective:  The Fund seeks total return from income and capital appreciation with an emphasis on absolute return.


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


Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

 

Management Fees

1.25%

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

0.19%

Other Expenses

0.86%

Interest and Dividends on Securities Sold Short

0.30%

 

Remaining Other Expenses

0.56%

 

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (1)

0.22%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

2.52%

(1)

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


Example:  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.  Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:


1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

$255

$785

$1,340

$2,856


Portfolio Turnover:  The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 114.96% of the average value of its portfolio.


Principal Investment Strategies:  The Fund's adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by selecting investments based upon their income or long term growth potential.  Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the adviser may invest across a global spectrum of asset classes and security types using an active strategy.  The adviser may also employ risk management strategies to enhance the likelihood of achieving absolute returns (positive returns regardless of market returns).  The adviser's strategy employs top down macro economic, fundamental and technical analysis.  The adviser assesses macro-economic conditions by analyzing domestic and



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foreign economic growth rates, sector and industry forecasts, interest rate levels and valuations of asset classes (historical vs. current).  The adviser assesses company-specific fundamentals by analyzing growth rates, business model, competitive position and relative valuation (e.g. price-to-earnings ratio).  Additionally, the adviser assesses technical conditions by analyzing market-wide or security-specific historical price and volume data.  


The adviser may, when consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, seek to hedge market or security specific risk. This may include a defensive position where the adviser invests up to 100% of Fund assets in cash and cash equivalents.  The adviser may also manage risk by hedging portfolio risks or security-specific risks using options, futures or inverse exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") when it believes conditions are unfavorable.  Additionally, the adviser may sell securities short; i.e., sell a security the Fund does not own or have the right to acquire (or that it owns but does not wish to deliver) in anticipation that the market price of that security will decline.  


The adviser may allocate the Funds investments among different types of securities in different proportions at different times.  The adviser selects asset classes and securities from the following types:


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Common stocks of domestic and foreign companies (including "ADRs")

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Real estate investment trusts ("REITs")

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Government bonds (US and foreign, including Treasury-Inflation Protected Securities ("TIPs"))

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Corporate bonds of domestic and foreign companies

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ETFs, closed-end funds and mutual funds that invest in the securities above

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Foreign currency-linked bonds or ETFs

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Commodity-linked ETFs

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Futures, put and call options

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Specialty ETFs such as inverse, ultrashort or ultralong ETFs


The Fund will invest without restriction as to issuer capitalization, sector, country (including emerging markets), currency, credit quality or maturity, whether held directly or through Underlying Funds.  Investments in fixed income securities may include non-investment grade fixed income securities, commonly known as "high yield" or "junk" bonds.  


When the adviser believes equity prices will decline, in general, or certain segments will decline, it will diversify investments among asset classes such as fixed income, commodity-linked securities and cash equivalents that it believes will be risk-mitigating when combined with the Fund's equity securities.  However, the Fund is "non-diversified" for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which means that the Fund may invest in fewer securities at any one time than a diversified fund.  




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At a security specific level, the adviser buys investments that it believes are undervalued relative to their growth prospects or represent segments that are undervalued relative to their growth prospects and sells them when it believes they have reached their target price or more attractive investments are available.  The adviser buys and sells derivatives to manage risk when it believes market conditions are unfavorable.


Principal Investment Risks:  As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund.  Many factors affect the Fund's net asset value and performance.  


The following risks apply directly to the Fund and indirectly through Underlying Funds.


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Commodity Risk:  Investing in the commodities markets through commodity-linked ETFs or other securities will subject the Fund to potentially greater volatility than investments in traditional securities.  Commodity prices will be influenced by unfavorable weather, disease, geologic and environmental factors as well as changes in government regulation.

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Derivatives Risk:  The use of futures and options involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities including leverage risk and tracking risk.  Long options positions may expire worthless and written options may expose the Fund to significant losses.

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Fixed Income Risk:  A rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities.  The credit quality and value of securities may be lowered if an issuer's financial condition deteriorates and issuers may default on their interest and or principal payments.  

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Foreign Currency Risk:  The Fund's investments in foreign currency denominated securities exposes the Fund to adverse changes in exchange rates.

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Foreign Investment Risk:  Investments in foreign markets exposes the Fund to adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and differing auditing and legal standards.  These risks are typically amplified in emerging markets.

·

Inverse Risk.  The Fund engages in hedging strategies by investing in inverse Underlying Funds.  Any strategy that includes inverse securities could cause the Fund to suffer significant losses.  The Fund will not participate in market gains to the extent it holds inverse Underlying Funds.  These risks are more pronounced in ultrashort inverse ETFs and other Underlying Funds that employ leverage.

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Junk Bond Risk:  Lower-quality bonds, known as junk bonds, present greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased risk of default.  An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these bonds and reduce liquidity in these bonds.  Junk bonds are considered speculative and issuers are more sensitive to economic conditions than high



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quality issuers and more likely to seek bankruptcy protection which, will delay resolution of bondholder claims and may eliminate liquidity.

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Management Risk:  The adviser's dependence on its asset allocation models and judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular asset classes, securities and derivatives in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results.

·

Market Risk:  Overall securities market risks affect the value of individual securities and Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.  Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events affect the US and international securities and derivatives markets.  

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Non-Diversification Risk:  As a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of one or more issuers.  The Fund's performance may be more sensitive to any single economic, business, political or regulatory occurrence than the value of shares of a diversified investment company.

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REIT Risk.  A REIT's performance depends on the types and locations of the rental properties it owns and on how well it manages those properties.  A decline in rental income may occur because of extended vacancies, increased competition from other properties, tenants' failure to pay rent or poor management.  

·

Short Position Risk.  The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position, whether through a short sale or an inverse ETF, if the price of the short position instrument increases in value between the date of the short sale and the date on which an offsetting position is purchased; or if the index to which an inverse ETF is linked rises.  Short positions may be considered speculative transactions and involve special risks, including greater reliance on the adviser's ability to accurately anticipate the future value of a security or index.  The Fund's losses are potentially significant in a short position transaction.

·

Small and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk.  The value small or medium capitalization company stocks may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than larger, more established companies or the market averages in general.

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Underlying Funds Risk:  ETFs, mutual funds and closed-end funds are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund.  As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs, mutual funds and closed-end funds and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds.  The ETFs in which the Fund invests will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track and the market value of ETF and closed-end fund shares may differ from their net asset value.  Underlying Funds are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the fund.  Underlying Funds may also employ leverage such that their returns are more than one times that of their benchmark



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which will amply losses suffered by the Fund when compared to unleveraged investments.


Performance:    The bar chart and performance table below show the variability of the Fund's returns, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund.  The bar chart shows performance of the Fund's shares for each full calendar year since the Fund's inception.  The performance table compares the performance of the Fund's shares over time to the performance of a broad-based securities market index.  You should be aware that the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) may not be an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by visiting www.psgfunds.com or by calling 1-855-866-9825.


Performance Bar Chart

Calendar Years Ended December 31


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Best Quarter:

June 30, 2014

3.64%  

Worst Quarter:

September 30, 2015

(10.30)%  


For the period January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016, the Fund returned 0.65%.





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Performance Table

Average Annual Total Returns

(For periods ended December 31, 2015)


 

 

 

 


One

Year

Since
Inception

(05/01/2012)

Return before taxes

-11.49%

-1.56%

Return after taxes on distributions

-11.82%

-1.82%

Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares

-6.50%

-1.29%

HFRX Absolute Return Index

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

2.86%

2.13%


After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rate and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholder's tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your Fund shares in tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRA").  


The HFRX Absolute Return Index is designed to be representative of the overall composition of the hedge fund universe. It is comprised of all eligible hedge fund strategies; including but not limited to convertible arbitrage, distressed securities, equity hedge, equity market neutral, event driven, macro, merger arbitrage, and relative value arbitrage. As a component of the optimization process, the index selects constituents which characteristically exhibit lower volatilities and lower correlations to standard directional benchmarks of equity market and hedge fund industry performance.


Investment Adviser:  PSG Investment Advisors, LLC.


Investment Adviser Portfolio Manager:  Jonathan Giordani, CFA, Chief Investment Officer of the adviser, has served the Fund as its portfolio manager since it commenced operations in May 2012.


Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares:  You may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading by written request or by telephone.  The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $2,500.  The minimum subsequent investment in the Fund is $250.


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

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries:  If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares


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and related services.  These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.  Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RELATED RISKS

Investment Objective:


The Fund seeks total return from income and capital appreciation with an emphasis on absolute return.  The Fund's investment objectives may be changed by the Fund's Board of Trustees upon 60 days written notice to shareholders.


Principal Investment Strategies:


The Fund's adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by selecting investments based upon their income or long term growth potential.  This is a flexible fund.  Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the adviser may invest across a global spectrum of asset classes and security types using an active strategy.  The adviser may also employ risk management strategies to enhance the likelihood of achieving absolute returns (positive returns regardless of market returns).  The adviser's strategy employs top down macro economic, fundamental and technical analysis.  The adviser assesses macro-economic conditions by analyzing domestic and foreign economic growth rates, sector and industry forecasts, interest rate levels and valuations of asset classes (historical vs. current).  The adviser assesses company-specific fundamentals by analyzing growth rates, business model, competitive position and relative valuation (e.g. price-to-earnings ratio).  Additionally, the adviser assesses technical conditions by analyzing market-wide or security-specific historical price and volume data.  


The adviser may allocate the Fund’s investments among different types of securities in different proportions at different times.  The adviser is not required to invest a fixed proportion in any one asset class.  The Fund may have none, some or all of its assets invested in an asset class in relative proportions that change over time based upon market and economic conditions.


The adviser may, when consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, seek to hedge market or security specific risk. This may include a defensive position where the adviser invests up to 100% of Fund assets in cash and cash equivalents.  The adviser may also manage risk by hedging portfolio risks or security-specific risks using options, futures or inverse exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") when it believes conditions are unfavorable.


Additionally, the adviser may sell securities short; i.e., sell a security the Fund does not own or have the right to acquire (or that it owns but does not wish to deliver) in anticipation that the market price of that security will decline.  When the Fund makes a



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short sale, the broker-dealer through which the short sale is made must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the party purchasing the security. The Fund is required to make a margin deposit in connection with such short sales; the Fund may have to pay a fee to borrow particular securities and will often be obligated to pay over any dividends and accrued interest on borrowed securities.  To the extent the Fund sells securities short, it will provide collateral to the broker-dealer and will maintain additional asset coverage in the form of cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities with its custodian in a segregated account in an amount at least equal to the difference between the current market value of the securities sold short and any amounts required to be deposited as collateral with the selling broker (not including the proceeds of the short sale).  The Fund does not intend to enter into short sales if immediately after such sales the aggregate of the value of all collateral plus the amount in such segregated account exceeds 50% of the value of the Fund's net assets. This percentage may be varied by action of the Board of Trustees.


The adviser selects asset classes and securities from the following types:


§

Common stocks of domestic and foreign companies (including "ADRs")

§

Real estate investment trusts ("REITs")

§

Government bonds (US and foreign, including Treasury-Inflation Protected Securities ("TIPs"))

§

Corporate bonds of domestic and foreign companies

§

ETFs, closed-end funds and mutual funds that invest in the securities above

§

Foreign currency-linked bonds or ETFs

§

Commodity-linked ETFs

§

Futures, put and call options

§

Specialty ETFs such as inverse, ultrashort or ultralong ETFs


Collectively, ETFs, mutual funds and closed-end funds are referred to as "Underlying Funds."  The Fund will invest without restriction as to issuer capitalization, sector, country (including emerging markets), currency, credit quality or maturity, whether held directly or through Underlying Funds.  Investments in fixed income securities may include non-investment grade fixed income securities, commonly known as "high yield" or "junk" bonds.  


When the adviser believes equity prices will decline, in general, or certain segments will decline, it will diversify investments among asset classes such as fixed income, commodity-linked securities and cash equivalents that it believes will be risk-mitigating when combined with the Fund's equity securities.  However, the Fund is "non-diversified" for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which means that the Fund may invest in fewer securities at any one time than a diversified fund.  

At a security specific level, the adviser buys investments that it believes are undervalued relative to their growth prospects or represent segments that are undervalued relative to their growth prospects and sells them when it believes they have reached their target price or more attractive investments are available.  The adviser



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buys and sells derivatives to manage risk when it believes market conditions are unfavorable.


Principal Investment Risks:


The following risks apply directly to the Fund and indirectly through Underlying Funds.


·

Commodity Risk:  Investing in the commodities markets through commodity-linked ETFs and other securities will subject the Fund to potentially greater volatility than investments in traditional securities.  The value of commodity-linked investments will be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or sectors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs, and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

·

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may use derivatives (including options and futures) to enhance returns or hedge against market declines. The Fund's use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. These risks include (i) the risk that the counterparty to a derivative transaction may not fulfill its contractual obligations; (ii) risk of mispricing or improper valuation; and (iii) the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Derivative prices are highly volatile and may fluctuate substantially during a short period of time.  Such prices are influenced by numerous factors that affect the markets, including, but not limited to: changing supply and demand relationships; government programs and policies; national and international political and economic events, changes in interest rates, inflation and deflation and changes in supply and demand relationships. Trading derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities including:

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Leverage and Volatility Risk:  Derivative contracts ordinarily have leverage inherent in their terms. The low margin deposits normally required in trading derivatives, including futures contracts, permit a high degree of leverage.  Accordingly, a relatively small price movement may result in an immediate and substantial loss to the Fund. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations or to meet collateral segregation requirements. The use of leveraged derivatives can magnify the Fund's potential for gain or loss and, therefore, amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund's share price.

o

Liquidity Risk:  Although it is anticipated that the derivatives traded by the Fund will be actively traded, it is possible that particular investments might be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from executing positions at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring



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them to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy their obligations.  

o

Risk of Options:  Because option premiums paid or received by the Fund are small in relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options, buying and selling put and call options can be more speculative than investing directly in securities.

o

Hedging Risks:  Although derivative instruments may be used to offset or hedge against losses on an opposite position, such hedges can also potentially offset any gains on the opposite position. The Fund may also be exposed to the risk it may be required to segregate assets or enter into offsetting positions in connection with investments in derivatives, but such segregation will not limit the Fund's exposure to loss.  The Fund may also incur risk with respect to the segregated assets to the extent that, but for the applicable segregation requirement in connection with its investments in derivatives, the Fund would sell the segregated assets.

·

Fixed Income Risk:  Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities.  In general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities.  Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default) and prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligation early, reducing the amount of interest payments).  These risks could affect the value of a particular investment possibly causing the Fund's share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.  

·

Credit Risk:  There is a risk that issuers will not make payments on fixed income securities resulting in losses to the Fund.  In addition, the credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer's financial condition changes.  Lower credit quality may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of the Fund.  Lower credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult for the Fund or an Underlying Fund to sell the security.  Default, or the market's perception that an issuer is likely to default, could reduce the value and liquidity of securities, thereby reducing the value of your investment in Fund shares.  In addition, default may cause the Fund or an Underlying Fund to incur expenses in seeking recovery of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings.

·

Foreign Currency Risk:  Investments in foreign currency denominated securities subject the Fund to risks resulting from the price movement of foreign currency values in response to shifting market supply and demand.  Interest rate risk arises whenever a country changes its stated interest rate target associated with its currency.  Country risk arises because virtually every country has interfered with international transactions in its currency. Interference has taken the form of regulation of the local exchange market, restrictions on foreign investment by residents or limits on inflows of investment funds from abroad.  Restrictions on the exchange market or on international transactions are intended to affect the level or movement of the exchange rate. This risk could include the country issuing a new currency, effectively making the "old" currency worthless.



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Foreign Investment Risk:  Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S. investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and differing auditing and legal standards.  Investing in emerging markets imposes risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed countries.  These risks are typically amplified in emerging markets.

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

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Inverse Risk:  Under certain circumstances, the adviser may invest in Underlying Funds, known as "inverse funds," which are designed to produce results opposite to market trends.  Inverse funds seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of a specific benchmark.  Some inverse Underlying Funds are funds designed to rise in price when stock prices are falling. Inverse Underlying Funds index funds seek to provide investment results that will match a certain percentage of the inverse of the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis.  For example, if a fund's current benchmark is 100% of the inverse of the S&P 500 Index and the fund meets its objective, the value of the fund will tend to increase on a daily basis when the value of the underlying index decreases (if the S&P 500 Index goes down 5% then the fund's value should go up 5%).  Conversely, when the value of the underlying index increases, the value of the fund's shares tend to decrease on a daily basis (if the S&P 500 Index goes up 5% then the fund's value should go down 5%). Additionally, inverse Underlying Funds may employ leverage, which magnifies the changes in the underlying stock index upon which they are based.  For example, if an inverse Underlying Fund's current benchmark is 200% of the inverse of the S&P 500 Index and the Underlying Fund meets its objective, the value of the Underlying Fund will tend to increase on a daily basis when the value of the underlying index decreases (e.g., if the S&P 500 Index goes down 5% then the inverse Underlying Fund's value should go up 10%).  Conversely, when the value of the Underlying Fund index increases, the value of the leveraged Underlying Fund’s shares tend to decrease on a daily basis (if the S&P 500 Index goes up 5% then the inverse Underlying Fund’s value should go down 10%).  This form of leverage will amplify Fund losses in rising markets.

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Junk Bond Risk:  Lower-quality bonds, known as junk bonds, present greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased risk of default.  An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these bonds and reduce liquidity in these bonds.  Such securities may also include "Rule 144A" securities, which are subject to resale restrictions.  The lack



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of a liquid market for these bonds could decrease the Fund's share price.  Junk bonds are considered speculative and issuers are more sensitive to economic conditions than high quality issuers and more likely to seek bankruptcy protection which, will delay resolution of bondholder claims and may eliminate liquidity.

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Management Risk:  The net asset value of the Fund changes daily based on the performance of the securities in which it invests. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the adviser's allocation of the Fund's assets using its asset allocation models.  The adviser's objective judgments, based on investment strategy, about the attractiveness and potential appreciation of particular direct or Underlying Fund investments may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the adviser's investment strategy will produce the desired results.


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

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Non-Diversification Risk:  As a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of one or more issuers.  The Fund may also invest in Underlying Funds that are non-diversified.  Because a relatively high percentage of the assets of the Fund may be invested in the securities of a limited number of issuers, the value of shares of the Fund may be more sensitive to any single economic, business, political or regulatory occurrence than the value of shares of a diversified investment company. This fluctuation, if significant, may affect the performance of the Fund.

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REIT Risk.  REITs may be affected by any changes in the value of the properties owned and other factors, and their prices tend to go up and down.  A REIT's performance depends on the types and locations of the properties it owns and on how well it manages those properties.  A decline in rental income may occur because of extended vacancies, increased competition from other properties, tenants' failure to pay rent or poor management.  A REIT's performance also depends on the company's ability to finance property purchases and renovations and manage its cash flows.  Because REITs typically are invested in a limited number of projects or in a particular market segment, they are more susceptible to adverse developments affecting a single project or market segment than more broadly diversified investments.  REIT prices can fall rapidly in response to



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developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic, political or market conditions.  

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Short Position Risk:  The Fund's long positions could decline in value at the same time that the value of short positions increases, thereby increasing the Fund's overall potential for loss. Sold short positions may result in a loss if the price of the short position instruments rise and it costs more to replace the short positions. In contrast to the Fund's long positions, for which the risk of loss is typically limited to the amount invested, the potential loss on short positions is potentially higher.  Additionally, the Fund engages in hedging activities by investing in inverse ETFs.  Inverse ETF's may employ leverage, which magnifies the changes in the underlying index upon which they are based.  Any strategy that includes inverse securities could cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and may prevent the Fund from fully participating in rising securities market prices.

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Small and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk:  The value of small or medium capitalization company stocks may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than funds that invest in larger, more established companies or the market in general.  These companies may have narrower markets, limited product lines, fewer financial resources, and they may be dependent on a limited management group.  Investing in lesser-known, small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk of volatility of the Fund's net asset value than is customarily associated with larger, more established companies.  Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they are focused are still evolving and, while this may offer better growth potential than larger, more established companies, it also may make them more sensitive to changing market conditions.

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Underlying Funds Risk:  The Fund invests in ETFs, mutual funds and closed-end investment companies.  As a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs, mutual funds and closed-end investment companies and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the Underlying Funds in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses. When the Fund invests in Underlying Funds that use margin, leverage, short sales and other forms of financial derivatives, such as options and futures, an investment in the Fund may be more volatile than investments in other mutual funds.  Short sales are speculative investments and will cause the Fund to lose money if the value of a security sold short by the Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests, does not go down as the Underlying Fund manager expects.  Additional risks of investing in ETFs, mutual funds and closed-end investment companies, where noted, are described below:

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ETF Tracking Risk:  Investment in the Fund should be made with the understanding that the ETFs in which the Fund invests will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track because the total return generated by the securities will be reduced by transaction costs



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incurred in adjusting the actual balance of the securities. In addition, the ETFs in which the Fund invests will incur expenses not incurred by their applicable indices. Certain securities comprising the indices tracked by the ETFs may, from time to time, temporarily be unavailable, which may further impede the ETFs' ability to track their applicable indices.

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Expense Risk:  The Fund invests in Underlying Funds.  As a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETF, mutual fund and closed-end investment company shares and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the Underlying Funds in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses.

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Leveraging Risk: The use of leverage by the Underlying Funds, such as borrowing money to purchase securities, engaging in reverse repurchase agreements, lending portfolio securities and engaging in forward commitment transactions, will magnify the Underlying Fund's gains or losses. During periods in which an Underlying Fund is utilizing financial leverage, the fees which are payable to its adviser as a percentage of the Underlying Fund's assets may be higher than if the Underlying Fund did not use leverage, because the fees are calculated as a percentage of the Underlying Fund's assets, including those purchased with leverage.

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Management Risk:  When the Fund invests in Underlying Funds there is a risk that the investment advisers of those Underlying Funds may make investment decisions that are detrimental to the performance of the Fund.

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Mutual Fund Risk:  The strategy of investing in Underlying Funds that are mutual funds (which includes most ETFs) could affect the timing, amount and character of distributions to you and therefore may increase the amount of taxes you pay.  In addition, certain prohibitions on the acquisition of mutual fund shares by the Fund may prevent the Fund from allocating its investments in the manner the adviser considers optimal. The Fund intends to purchase mutual funds that are either no-load or waive the sales load for purchases made by the Fund.  The Fund will not purchase mutual funds that charge a sales load upon redemption, but the Fund may purchase mutual funds that have an early redemption fee.  In the event that a mutual fund charges a redemption fee, then you will indirectly bear the expense by investing in the Fund.  Mutual funds whose shares are purchased by the Fund will be obligated to redeem shares held by the Fund only in an amount up to 1% of the mutual fund's outstanding shares during any period of less than 30 days. Shares held by the Fund in excess of 1% of a mutual fund's outstanding shares therefore, may be considered not readily marketable securities, which together with other such securities, may not exceed 15% of the Fund's total assets.  When the Fund focuses its investments in certain mutual funds, the Fund's portfolio will have a risk profile for such investments that will correspond to that of



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such mutual funds and Management Risk, described above, increases proportionately.

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Net Asset Value and Market Price Risk:  The market value of the ETF and closed-end shares may differ from their net asset value. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for fund shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may be times when shares trades at a premium or discount to net asset value.

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Strategies Risk:  Each Underlying Fund is subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the fund. These risks could include liquidity risk, sector risk, and foreign currency risk, as well as risks associated with fixed income securities and commodities.


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


Portfolio Holdings Disclosure:  A description of the Fund's policies regarding the release of portfolio holdings information is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.


MANAGEMENT


Investment Adviser:  PSG Investment Advisors, LLC, 8161 Maple Lawn Blvd., Suite 400 Maple Lawn, MD  20759, serves as investment adviser to the Fund.  Subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees, the adviser is responsible for management of the Fund's investment portfolio.  The adviser is responsible for selecting the Fund's investments according to the Fund's investment objective, policies and restrictions.  The adviser was established in 2012 for the purpose of providing investment and financial planning advice to individuals and institutions.  As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund is the adviser's sole client.  


Pursuant to an advisory agreement between the Fund and the adviser, the adviser received an advisory fee equal to 1.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.  



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The Fund's adviser has contractually agreed to waive management fees and/or to make payments to limit Fund expenses, until July 31, 2017 so that the total annual operating expenses (exclusive of any brokerage fees and commissions, indirect expenses such as acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as interest and dividend expense on securities sold short, taxes, extraordinary expenses such as litigation or expenses in connection with a merger or reorganization) of the Fund do not exceed 2.00% of average daily net assets.   These fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years on a rolling three-year basis (within the three fiscal years after the fees have been waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the lower of the foregoing expense limit or the limit then in place. This agreement may be terminated only by the Fund's Board of Trustees, on 60 days written notice to the adviser.  


A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees' approval of the advisory agreement is available in the Fund's annual shareholder report, dated March 31, 2016.


Investment Adviser Portfolio Manager:  Jonathan Giordani, CFA, Chief Investment Officer of the adviser, has over 18 years of investment management experience.  He has served the Fund as its portfolio manager since it commenced operations in May 2012.  Mr. Giordani joined the adviser when it was established in 2012.  Additionally, Mr. Giordani is Chief Investment Officer, Planning Solutions Group, LLC, a position held since December 2005.  As Chief Investment Officer for Planning Solutions Group, LLC, Mr. Giordani oversees the firm’s assets under management.  He is responsible for the development of investment policy as it relates to current economic and financial market conditions.  In addition, he is responsible for the selection of investments for inclusion in client portfolios.  Prior to joining Planning Solutions Group, Mr. Giordani worked in the institutional market place. He provided investment advice to a client base consisting of large asset management and mutual fund companies, state retirement funds and hedge funds. His experience in the institutional market included Vice President of Institutional Sales for Deutsche Bank in Baltimore and Chicago. Prior to this, Mr. Giordani worked as a research analyst for Croft-Leominster, an investment advisory firm in Baltimore. His focus was analyzing and recommending securities for inclusion in client portfolios. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. He is also NASD Series 7 and 63 registered. Mr. Giordani graduated from the Johns Hopkins University where he majored in economics.  


The Fund's Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the Portfolio Manager's compensation structure, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager, and the Portfolio Manager's ownership of shares of the Fund.


HOW SHARES ARE PRICED


The Fund's assets are generally valued at their market value using market quotations.  The Fund may use pricing services to determine market value.  If market prices are not available or, in the adviser's opinion, market prices do not reflect fair value, or if an



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event occurs after the close of trading on the domestic or foreign exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (but prior to the time the net asset value ("NAV") is calculated) that materially affects fair value, the adviser will value the Fund's assets at their fair value according to policies approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees.  For example, if trading in a portfolio security is halted and does not resume before the Fund calculates its NAV, the Adviser may need to price the security using the Fund's fair value pricing guidelines.  Without a fair value price, short term traders could take advantage of the arbitrage opportunity and dilute the NAV of long term investors.  Securities trading on overseas markets present time zone arbitrage opportunities when events effecting portfolio security values occur after the close of the overseas market, but prior to the close of the U.S. market.  Fair valuation of the Fund's portfolio securities can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing policies will prevent dilution of the Fund's NAV by short term traders.  Fair valuation involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may differ materially from the value that could be realized upon the sale of the security.  The Fund will invest in Underlying Funds.  The Fund's NAV is calculated based, in part, upon the market prices of the Underlying Funds in its portfolio, and the prospectuses of those companies explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.  Because foreign securities trade on days when Fund shares are not priced, the value of securities held by the Fund can change on days when Fund shares cannot be purchased or redeemed.

HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES

OPENING AN ACCOUNT

The Fund is a series of PSG Capital Management Trust, and you may purchase shares directly from PSG Capital Management Trust.  You also may purchase shares through a brokerage firm or other intermediary that has contracted with PSG Capital Management Trust to sell shares of the Fund.  You may be charged a separate fee by the brokerage firm or other intermediary through whom you purchase shares.  

If you are investing directly in the Fund for the first time, please call the Fund's transfer agent at 1-885-866-9825 to request a Shareholder Account Application.  You will need to establish an account before investing.  Be sure to sign up for all the account options that you plan to take advantage of.  For example, if you would like to be able to redeem your shares by telephone, you should select this option on your Shareholder Account Application.  Doing so when you open your account means that you will not need to complete additional paperwork later.

Your investment in the Fund should be intended as a long-term investment vehicle.  The Fund is not designed to provide you with a means of speculating on the short-term fluctuations in the stock market.  The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase request that it regards as disruptive to the efficient management of the Fund, which includes investors with a history of excessive trading.  The Fund also reserves the right to stop offering shares at any time.



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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.  This means that when you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We also may ask for other identifying documents or information, and may take additional steps to verify your identity. We may not be able to open your account or complete a transaction for you until we are able to verify your identity.

If you have any questions regarding the Fund, please call 1-855-866-9825.

PURCHASING SHARES

You may buy shares on any "business day."  Business days are Monday through Friday, other than days the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is closed, including the following holidays:  New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Shares of the Fund are sold at net asset value ("NAV") per share.  The NAV generally is calculated as of the close of trading on the NYSE every day the NYSE is open.  The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time ("ET").  The Fund's NAV is calculated by taking the total value of the Fund's assets, subtracting its liabilities, and then dividing by the total number of shares outstanding, rounded to the nearest cent.  

If you are purchasing directly from PSG Capital Management Trust, send the completed Shareholder Account Application and a check payable to the Fund in which you are investing to the following address:

PSG Capital Management Trust

c/o Mutual Shareholder Services, LLC

8000 Town Centre Drive, Suite 400

Broadview Heights, OH 44147-4031

Purchases orders received in "proper form" by the Fund's transfer agent before the close of trading on the NYSE will be effective at the NAV next calculated after your order is received.  On occasion, the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. ET.  When that happens, purchase orders received after the NYSE closes will be effective the following business day.  

To be in "proper form," the purchase order must include:

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Fund name and account number;

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Account name(s) and address;

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The dollar amount or number of shares you wish to purchase.

The Fund may limit the amount of purchases and refuse to sell to any person.



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Method of Payment.  All purchases (both initial and subsequent) must be made in U.S. dollars and checks must be drawn on U.S. banks.  Cash, credit cards and third party checks will not be accepted.  Third party checks and checks drawn on a non-U.S. financial institution will not be accepted, even if payment may be effected through a U.S. financial institution.  Checks made payable to any individual or company and endorsed to PSG Capital Management Trust or the Fund are considered third-party checks.

A $20 fee will be charged against your account for any payment check returned to the transfer agent or for any incomplete electronic funds transfer, or for insufficient funds, stop payment, closed account or other reasons.  If a check does not clear your bank or the Fund is unable to debit your predesignated bank account on the day of purchase, the Fund reserves the right to cancel the purchase.  If your purchase is canceled, you will be responsible for any losses or fees imposed by your bank and losses that may be incurred as a result of a decline in the value of the canceled purchase.  The Fund (or the Fund's agent) each have the authority to redeem shares in your account(s) to cover any losses due to fluctuations in share price.  Any profit on such cancellation will accrue to the Fund.  

If you choose to pay by wire, you must call the Fund's transfer agent, at 1-885-866-9825  to set up your account, to obtain an account number, and obtain instructions on how to complete the wire transfer.

Wire orders will be accepted only on a day on which the Fund, custodian and transfer agent are open for business.  A wire purchase will not be considered made until the wired money and the purchase order are received by the Fund.  Any delays that may occur in wiring money, including delays that may occur in processing by the banks, are not the responsibility of the Fund or its transfer agent.  The Fund presently does not charge a fee for the receipt of wired funds, but the Fund may charge shareholders for this service in the future.

MINIMUM INVESTMENTS


The minimum initial investment is $2,500 for all account types.  The minimum subsequent investment is $250 for all account types.  You are required to maintain a minimum account balance equal to the minimum initial investment in the Fund, and may be required to redeem your shares if the value of your shares in the Fund falls below the minimum initial investment due to redemptions.  For more information, please read "Additional Redemption Information."

The Fund reserves the right to change the amount of these minimums from time to time or to waive them in whole or in part for certain accounts.  Investment minimums may be higher or lower for investors purchasing shares through a brokerage firm or other financial institution.  To the extent investments of individual investors are aggregated into an omnibus account established by an investment adviser, brokerage firm, retirement plan sponsor or other intermediary, the account minimums apply to the omnibus account, not to the account of the individual investor.



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For accounts sold through brokerage firms and other intermediaries, it is the responsibility of the brokerage firm or intermediary to enforce compliance with investment minimums.

OTHER PURCHASE INFORMATION

If your wire does not clear, you will be responsible for any loss incurred by the Fund.  If you are already a shareholder, the Fund can redeem shares from any identically registered account in the Fund as reimbursement for any loss incurred.  You may be prohibited or restricted from making future purchases in the Fund.

The Fund may authorize certain brokerage firms and other intermediaries (including its designated correspondents) to accept purchase and redemption order on its behalf.  The Fund is deemed to have received an order when the authorized person or designee receives the order, and the order is processed at the NAV next calculated thereafter.  It is the responsibility of the brokerage firm or other intermediary to transmit orders promptly to the Fund's transfer agent.

HOW TO REDEEM SHARES

REDEEMING SHARES

You may redeem your shares on any business day.  Redemption orders received in proper form by the Fund's transfer agent or by a brokerage firm or other intermediary selling Fund shares before 4:00 p.m. ET (or before the NYSE closes if the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. ET) will be processed at that day's NAV.  Your brokerage firm or intermediary may have an earlier cut-off time.

"Proper form" means your request for redemption must:

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Include the Fund name and account number;

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Include the account name(s) and address;

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State the dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem; and

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Be signed by all registered share owner(s) in the exact name(s) and any special capacity in which they are registered.

The Fund may require that the signatures be guaranteed if the mailing address of the account has been changed within 30 days of the redemption request.  The Fund also may require that signatures be guaranteed for redemptions of $25,000 or more.  Signature guarantees are for the protection of shareholders.  You can obtain a signature guarantee from most banks and securities dealers, but not from a notary public.  All documentation requiring a signature guarantee must utilize a New Technology Medallion stamp.  For joint accounts, both signatures must be guaranteed.  Please call the transfer agent at 1-885-866-9825 if you have questions regarding signature guarantees.  At the discretion of the Fund, you may be required to furnish additional legal documents to insure proper authorization.  The Fund will not make checks payable to any person other than the shareholder(s) of record.



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Shares of the Fund may be redeemed by mail or telephone.  You may receive redemption payments in the form of a check or federal wire transfer.  A wire transfer fee of $20 will be charged to defray custodial charges for redemptions paid by wire transfer.  Any charges for wire redemptions will be deducted from your account by redemption of shares.  If you redeem your shares through a brokerage firm or other intermediary, you may be charged a fee by that institution.

REDEEMING BY MAIL

You may redeem any part of your account in the Fund by mail at no charge.  Your request, in proper form, should be addressed to:

PSG Capital Management Trust

c/o Mutual Shareholder Services, LLC

8000 Town Centre Drive, Suite 400

Broadview Heights, OH 44147-4031

TELEPHONE REDEMPTIONS

You may redeem any part of your account in the Fund by calling the transfer agent at 1- 885-866-9825.  You must first complete the Optional Telephone Redemption and Exchange section of the investment application to institute this option.  The Fund, the transfer agent and the custodian are not liable for following redemption instructions communicated by telephone to the extent that they reasonably believe the telephone instructions to be genuine.  However, if they do not employ reasonable procedures to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine, they may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions.  Procedures employed may include recording telephone instructions and requiring a form of personal identification from the caller.


The Fund may terminate the telephone redemption procedures at any time.  During periods of extreme market activity it is possible that shareholders may encounter some difficulty in telephoning the Fund, although neither the Fund nor the transfer agent has ever experienced difficulties in receiving and responding to telephone requests for redemptions or exchanges in a timely fashion.  If you are unable to reach the Fund by telephone, you may request a redemption or exchange by mail.

REDEMPTIONS IN KIND

Generally, all redemptions will be for cash.  However, if you redeem shares worth more than $250,000 or 1% of the value of the Fund's assets, the Fund reserves the right to pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in readily marketable securities instead of cash under unusual circumstances in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders, or to accommodate a request by a particular shareholder.  If payment is made in securities, the Fund will value the securities selected in the same manner in which it computes its NAV.  This process minimizes the effect of large redemptions on the Fund and its remaining shareholders.  In the event that an in-kind distribution is made, you may incur additional expenses, such as the payment of brokerage



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commissions, on the sale or other disposition of the securities received from the Fund.  Additionally, you will be exposed to market risk until securities received in kind can be sold or otherwise converted into cash.

ADDITIONAL REDEMPTION INFORMATION

If you are not certain of the redemption requirements, please call the transfer agent at 1-885-866-9825.  Redemptions specifying a certain date or share price cannot be accepted and will be returned.  You will be mailed the proceeds on or before the fifth business day following the redemption.  You may be assessed a fee if the Fund incurs bank charges because you request that the Fund re-issue a redemption check.  Also, when the NYSE is closed (or when trading is restricted) for any reason other than its customary weekend or holiday closing or under any emergency circumstances, as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Fund may suspend redemptions or postpone payment dates.

Because the Fund incurs certain fixed costs in maintaining shareholder accounts, the Fund may require that you redeem all of your shares in the Fund upon 30 days written notice if the value of your shares in the Fund is less than $2,500 due to redemption, or such other minimum amount as the Fund may determine from time to time.  You may increase the value of your shares in the Fund to the minimum amount within the 30-day period.  All shares of the Fund also are subject to involuntary redemption if the Board of Trustees determines to liquidate the Fund.  An involuntary redemption will create a capital gain or a capital loss, which may have tax consequences to you and about which you should consult your tax adviser.

FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF FUND SHARES

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


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

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Rejecting or limiting specific purchase requests; and

·

Rejecting purchase requests from certain investors.

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



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


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


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

CYBERSECURITY

The computer systems, networks and devices used by the Fund and its service providers to carry out routine business operations employ a variety of protections designed to prevent damage or interruption from computer viruses, network failures, computer and telecommunication failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches.  Despite the various protections utilized by the Fund and its service



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providers, systems, networks, or devices potentially can be breached. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result of a cybersecurity breach.

Cybersecurity breaches can include unauthorized access to systems, networks, or devices; infection from computer viruses or other malicious software code; and attacks that shut down, disable, slow, or otherwise disrupt operations, business processes, or website access or functionality. Cybersecurity breaches may cause disruptions and impact the Fund’s business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses; interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV; impediments to trading; the inability of the Fund, the Advisor, and other service providers to transact business; violations of applicable privacy and other laws; regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs; as well as the inadvertent release of confidential information.

Similar adverse consequences could result from cybersecurity breaches affecting issuers of securities in which the Fund invests; counterparties with which the Fund engages in transactions; governmental and other regulatory authorities; exchange and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies, and other financial institutions (including financial intermediaries and service providers for the Fund’s shareholders); and other parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred by these entities in order to prevent any cybersecurity breaches in the future.

TAX STATUS, DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

TAXES

In general, selling shares of the Fund and receiving distributions (whether reinvested or taken in cash) are taxable events.  Depending on the purchase price and the sale price, you may have a gain or a loss on any shares sold.  Any tax liabilities generated by your transactions or by receiving distributions are your responsibility.  You may want to avoid making a substantial investment when the Fund is about to make a taxable distribution because you would be responsible for any taxes on the distribution regardless of how long you have owned your shares.  The Fund may produce capital gains even if they do not have income to distribute and performance has been poor.

Early each year, the Fund will mail to you a statement setting forth the federal income tax information for all distributions made during the previous year.  If you do not provide your taxpayer identification number, your account will be subject to backup withholding.

The tax considerations described in this section do not apply to tax-deferred accounts or other non-taxable entities.  Because each investor's tax circumstances are unique, please consult with your tax adviser about your investment.  



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DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The Fund typically distributes substantially all of its net investment income in the form of dividends and taxable capital gains to its shareholders.  The Fund distributes dividends and capital gains annually.  The Fund expects that distributions will consist of both ordinary income and capital gains.  These distributions are automatically reinvested in the Fund from unless you request cash distributions on your application or through a written request to the Fund.  Reinvested dividends and distributions receive the same tax treatment as those paid in cash.  If you are interested in changing your election, you may call the Fund's transfer agent at 1-885-866-9825 or send a written notification to:

PSG Capital Management Trust

c/o Mutual Shareholder Services, LLC

8000 Town Centre Drive, Suite 400

Broadview Heights, OH 44147-4031

The Fund or your brokerage firm or other intermediary will send you transaction confirmation statements and quarterly account statements.  Please review these statements carefully.  


DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES

Distributor:  Arbor Court Capital, LLC, 2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 120, Cleveland, Ohio 44122, is the distributor for the shares of the Fund.  Arbor Court Capital, LLC is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc (“FINRA”).  Shares of the Fund are offered on a continuous basis.

Distribution Fees:  The Fund has adopted a plan under Rule 12b-1 that allows the Fund to pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of shares in an amount up to 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Plan”).  These are called "Rule 12b-1 Fees." Rule 12b-1 Fees are paid to brokerage firms and other intermediaries as compensation for expenses incurred in the sale of Fund shares and for services provided to shareholders.  Payments are not tied to actual expenses incurred.  Because these fees are paid out of a Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

The Fund's distributor and other entities are paid pursuant to the Plan for distribution and shareholder services provided and the expenses borne by the distributor and others in the distribution of Fund shares, including the payment of commissions for sales of the shares and incentive compensation to and expenses of dealers and others who engage in or support distribution of shares or who service shareholder accounts.


Additional Compensation to Financial Intermediaries:  The Fund's distributor, its affiliates, and the Fund’s adviser and its affiliates each may, at its own expense and out



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of its own assets including their legitimate profits from Fund-related activities, provide additional cash payments to financial intermediaries who sell shares of the Fund.  Financial intermediaries include brokers, financial planners, banks, insurance companies, retirement or 401(k) plan administrators and others.  These payments may be in addition to the Rule 12b-1 fees and any sales charges that are disclosed elsewhere in this Prospectus.  These payments are generally made to financial intermediaries that provide shareholder or administrative services, or marketing support.  Marketing support may include access to sales meetings, sales representatives and financial intermediary management representatives, inclusion of the Fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list, or other sales programs.  These payments also may be made as an expense reimbursement in cases where the financial intermediary provides shareholder services to Fund shareholders. The distributor may, from time to time, provide promotional incentives to certain investment firms.  Such incentives may, at the distributor's discretion, be limited to investment firms who allow their individual selling representatives to participate in such additional compensation.

Shareholder Statements and Reports:  The Fund or your brokerage firm or other intermediary will send you transaction confirmation statements and quarterly account statements.  Please review these statements carefully.  

To reduce expenses and conserve natural resources, the Fund will deliver a single copy of prospectuses and financial reports to individual investors who share a residential address, provided they have the same last name or the Fund reasonably believe they are members of the same family.  If you would like to receive separate mailings, please call 1-855-866-9825  and the Fund will begin individual delivery within 30 days after it receives your instructions.

You will receive a financial report from the Fund twice a year, generally in October and April.  In addition, you may periodically receive proxy statements and other reports.

Electronic copies of financial reports and prospectuses are available.  To participate (or end your participation) in the Fund's electronic delivery program, please complete the appropriate section of the Shareholder Account application or call 1-855-866-9825.


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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS


The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the period of the Fund’s operations.  Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share.  The total returns in the tables represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment if all dividends and distributions).  This information for the Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by BBD, LLP, whose report, along with the Fund's financial statements, are included in the Fund’s March 31, 2016 annual report, which is available upon request.


 

 

Years Ended

 

Period Ended (a)

 

 

3/31/2016

3/31/2015

3/31/2014

 

3/31/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at Beginning of Period

$     10.74

$     11.00

$     10.22

 

$      10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income (Loss) *

         0.07

         0.06

         0.12

 

       (0.05)

  Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  on Investments

      (1.60)

      (0.18)

         0.66

 

          0.27

     Total from Investment Operations

      (1.53)

      (0.12)

         0.78

 

          0.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income

      (0.08)

      (0.14)

              -

 

               -

  Net Realized Gains

              -

          - †

              -

 

               -

     Total Distributions

      (0.08)

      (0.14)

              -

 

               -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees

              -

              -

              -

 

            - †

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at End of Period

$       9.13

$     10.74

$     11.00

 

$      10.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return **

 (14.24)%

   (1.02)%

7.63%

 

2.20% (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Assets at End of Period (Thousands)

$   16,505

$   24,330

$   21,176

 

$    16,900

  Before Waiver/Recoupment

 

 

 

 

 

    Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

2.31%

2.17%

2.46%

 

2.28% (c)

    Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets,

         Excluding Interest and Dividends on Securities Sold Short

2.00%

1.84%

1.95%

 

2.14% (c)

    Ratio of Dividend Expense and Interest Expense on Securities Sold Short to

              Average Net Assets

0.29%

0.33%

0.51%

 

0.14% (c)

    Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to  Average Net Assets

0.75%

0.57%

1.22%

 

         (0.74)% (c)

  After Waiver/Recoupment

 

 

 

 

 

    Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

2.31%

2.20%

2.51%

 

2.14% (c)

    Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets,

         Excluding Interest and Dividends on Securities Sold Short

2.00%

1.87%

2.00%

 

2.00% (c)

    Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to

         Average Net Assets

0.75%

0.54%

1.17%

 

(0.60)% (c)

  Portfolio Turnover

114.96%

93.36%

52.58%

 

41.58% (b)

(a) For the period May 1, 2012 (commencement of investment operations) through March 31, 2013.

(b) Not Annualized

(c) Annualized

* Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of average shares method.

** Total Return in the above table represents the rate that the investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund assuming reinvestment of all Fund distributions, if any.

† Amount calculated is less than $0.005.



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PRIVACY NOTICE

PSG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TRUST (THE "TRUST")

Rev. January 2012


 

WHAT DOES THE TRUST DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?


Why?

Financial companies choose how they share your personal information.  Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some, but not all sharing.  Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information.  Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.


What?

The types of personal information we collect and share depends on the product or service that you have with us. This information can include:

·

Social Security number and wire transfer instructions

·

account transactions and transaction history

·

investment experience and purchase history
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.


How?

All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business.  In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons the Trust chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.


Reasons we can share your personal information:

Does the Trust share information?

Can you limit this sharing?

For our everyday business purposes - such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus.

YES

NO

For our marketing purposes - to offer our products and services to you.

NO

We don’t share

For joint marketing with other financial companies.

NO

We don’t share

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your transactions and records.

NO

We don’t share

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your credit worthiness.

NO

We don’t share

For our affiliates to market to you

NO

We don’t share

For non-affiliates to market to you

NO

We don’t share

QUESTIONS?  

Call 1-855-866-9825.



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PRIVACY NOTICE (continued)


 

 


What we do:


How does the Trust protect my personal information?

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law.  These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.


Our service providers are held accountable for adhering to strict policies and procedures to prevent any misuse of your nonpublic personal information.


How does the Trust collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

·

open an account or deposit money

·

direct us to buy securities or direct us to sell your securities

·

seek advice about your investments

We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.


Why cant I limit all sharing?

Federal law gives you the right to limit only:

·

sharing for affiliates everyday business purposes information about your creditworthiness.

·

affiliates from using your information to market to you.

·

sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you.

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.


Definitions

Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control.  They can be financial and non-financial companies.

·

The Trust does not share with affiliates so they can market to you.

Non-affiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control.  They can be financial and non-financial companies.

·

The Trust doesnt share with non-affiliates so they can market to you.

Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies

that together market financial products or services to you.

·

The Trust doesnt jointly market.




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PSG Tactical Growth Fund

Adviser

PSG Investment Advisors, LLC

8161 Maple Lawn Blvd., Suite 400

Maple Lawn, MD  20759

Legal Counsel

Thompson Hine LLP

41 S. High Street, 17th floor

Columbus, OH  43215

Independent Registered Public Accountant

BBD, LLP

1835 Market Street, 26th Floor

Philadelphia, PA  19103

Transfer Agent

Mutual Shareholder Services, LLC
8000 Town Center Dr., Suite 400

Broadview Heights, OH  44147

Custodian

The Huntington National Bank

7 Easton Oval

Columbus, OH  43219

Distributor

Arbor Court Capital, LLC

2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 120, Cleveland, Ohio 44122


Additional information about the Fund is included in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information dated August 1, 2016 (the "SAI").  The SAI is incorporated into this Prospectus by reference (i.e., legally made a part of this Prospectus).  The SAI provides more details about the Fund's policies and management.  Additional information about the Fund's investments is also available in the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders.  In the Fund's Annual Report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.


To obtain a free copy of the SAI and the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders, or other information about the Fund, or to make shareholder inquiries about the Fund, please call 1-855-866-9825 or visit www.psgfunds.com.  You may also write to:

PSG Capital Management Trust

c/o Mutual Shareholder Services, LLC
8000 Town Center Dr., Suite 400

Broadview Heights, OH  44147


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


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publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.


Investment Company Act File # 811-22657



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PSG TACTICAL GROWTH FUND

A Series of PSG Capital Management Trust


TICKER: PSGTX

CUSIP: 69362Y 102


STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


August 1, 2016

This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus of the PSG Tactical Growth Fund (the "Fund") dated August 1, 2016.  The Prospectus is incorporated into this SAI by reference (i.e., legally made a part of this SAI).  You can obtain copies of the Fund's Prospectus without charge by contacting the Fund's transfer agent, Mutual Shareholder Services, LLC, at 8000 Town Centre Drive, Suite 400, Broadview Heights, OH 44147, or by calling 855-866-9825.  You may also obtain a Prospectus by visiting www.psgfunds.com.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


THE FUND

1

TYPES OF INVESTMENTS

2

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

34

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

36

MANAGEMENT

37

CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS

41

INVESTMENT ADVISER

42

DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES

45

PORTFOLIO MANAGER

47

ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE

48

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

49

OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS

49

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES

50

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM

50

PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES

51

TAX STATUS

53

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

56

LEGAL COUNSEL

56

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

56

APPENDIX A - Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

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THE FUND

The PSG Tactical Growth Fund is a non-diversified series of PSG Capital Management Trust, a Delaware statutory trust organized on December 21, 2011 (the "Trust").  The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company.  The Trust is governed by its Board of Trustees (the "Board" or "Trustees").  


The Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest.  All shares of the Fund have equal rights and privileges.  Each share of the Fund is entitled to one vote on all matters as to which shares are entitled to vote.  In addition, each share of the Fund is entitled to participate equally with other shares (i) in dividends and distributions declared by the Fund and (ii) on liquidation to its proportionate share of the assets remaining after satisfaction of outstanding liabilities.  Shares of the Fund are fully paid, non-assessable and fully transferable when issued and have no pre-emptive, conversion or exchange rights.  Fractional shares have proportionately the same rights, including voting rights, as are provided for a full share.


The Board of Trustees may classify and reclassify the shares of the Fund into one or more classes of shares at a future date.  If the Board does add additional classes of shares of the Fund, each share class will represent an interest in the same assets of the Fund, have the same rights and is identical in all material respects except that (i) each class of shares may be subject to different (or no) sales loads, (ii) each class of shares may bear different distribution fees; (iii) certain other class specific expenses will be borne solely by the class to which such expenses are attributable, including transfer agent fees attributable to a specific class of shares, printing and postage expenses related to preparing and distributing materials to current shareholders of a specific class, registration fees incurred by a specific class of shares, the expenses of administrative personnel and services required to support the shareholders of a specific class, litigation or other legal expenses relating to a class of shares, Trustees' fees or expenses incurred as a result of issues relating to a specific class of shares and accounting fees and expenses relating to a specific class of shares and (iv) each class will have exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its own distribution arrangements.  


PSG Investment Advisors, LLC (the "Adviser") is the Fund's investment adviser.  The Fund's investment objective, restrictions and policies are more fully described here and in the Prospectus.  The Board may start other series and offer shares of a new fund under the Trust at any time.


Under the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Trustee will continue in office until the termination of the Trust or his/her earlier death, incapacity, resignation or removal.  Shareholders can remove a Trustee to the extent provided by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  Vacancies may be filled by a majority of the remaining Trustees, except insofar as the 1940 Act may require the election by shareholders.  As



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a result, normally no annual or regular meetings of shareholders will be held unless matters arise requiring a vote of shareholders under the Agreement and Declaration of Trust or the 1940 Act.

TYPES OF INVESTMENTS

The investment objective of the Fund and a description of its principal investment strategies are set forth under "Fund Summary" in the Prospectus.  The Fund's investment objective is not "fundamental" and may be changed without the approval of a majority of its outstanding voting securities, however, shareholders will be given at least 60 days notice of such a change.


The following information describes securities in which the Fund may invest as part of its principal investment strategy and their related risks.


EQUITY SECURITIES

Equity securities include common stock and securities convertible into common stocks, such as convertible bonds, warrants, rights and options.  The value of equity securities varies in response to many factors, including the activities and financial condition of individual companies, the business market in which individual companies compete and general market and economic conditions.  Equity securities fluctuate in value, often based on factors unrelated to the value of the issuer of the securities, and such fluctuations can be significant.

Common Stock

Common stock represents an equity (ownership) interest in a company, and usually possesses voting rights and earns dividends. Dividends on common stock are not fixed but are declared at the discretion of the issuer. Common stock generally represents the riskiest investment in a company. In addition, common stock generally has the greatest appreciation and depreciation potential because increases and decreases in earnings are usually reflected in a company's stock price.

The fundamental risk of investing in common stock is the risk that the value of the stock might decrease. Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of an individual company or in response to general market and/or economic conditions. Historically, common stocks have provided greater long-term returns and have entailed greater short-term risks than fixed-income securities and money market investments. The market value of all securities, including common stocks, is based upon the market's perception of value and not necessarily the book value of an issuer or other objective measures of a company's worth.



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Convertible Securities

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

Income Trusts

The Fund may invest in income trusts which are investment trusts that hold assets that are income producing.  The income is passed on to the "unitholders."  Each income trust has an operating risk based on its underlying business.  The term may also be used to designate a legal entity, capital structure and ownership vehicle for certain assets or businesses.  Shares or "trust units" are traded on securities exchanges just like stocks.  Income is passed on to the investors, called unitholders, through monthly or quarterly distributions.  Historically, distributions have typically been higher than dividends on common stocks.  The unitholders are the beneficiaries of a trust, and their units represent their right to participate in the income and capital of the trust. Income trusts generally invest funds in assets that provide a return to the trust and its beneficiaries based on the cash flows of an underlying business.  This return is often achieved through the acquisition by the trust of equity and debt instruments, royalty interests or real properties. The trust can receive interest, royalty or lease payments from an operating entity carrying on a business, as well as dividends and a return of capital.

Each income trust has an operating risk based on its underlying business; and, typically, the higher the yield, the higher the risk. They also have additional risk factors, including, but not limited to, poorer access to debt markets.  Similar to a dividend paying stock, income trusts do not guarantee minimum distributions or even return of capital.  If the business starts to lose money, the trust can reduce or even eliminate distributions; this is usually accompanied by sharp losses in a unit's market value.  Since the yield is one of the main attractions of income trusts, there is the risk that trust units will decline in value if interest rates offering in competing markets, such as in the cash/treasury market, increase.  Interest rate risk is also present within the trusts themselves because they hold very long term capital assets (e.g. pipelines, power plants, etc.), and much of the excess distributable income is derived from a maturity (or duration) mismatch



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between the life of the asset, and the life of the financing associated with it.  In an increasing interest rate environment, not only does the attractiveness of trust distributions decrease, but quite possibly, the distributions may themselves decrease, leading to a double whammy of both declining yield and substantial loss of unitholder value.  Because most income is passed on to unitholders, rather than reinvested in the business, in some cases, a trust can become a wasting asset unless more equity is issued.  Because many income trusts pay out more than their net income, the unitholder equity (capital) may decline over time. To the extent that the value of the trust is driven by the deferral or reduction of tax, any change in government tax regulations to remove the benefit will reduce the value of the trusts.  Generally, income trusts also carry the same risks as dividend paying stocks that are traded on stock markets.

Master Limited Partnerships

The Fund may invest in master limited partnership interests ("MLPs").  MLPs are limited partnerships the interests in which (known as "units") are typically traded on public exchanges, just like corporate stock.  MLPs are limited partnerships that provide an investor with a direct interest in a group of assets (generally, oil and gas properties).  Master limited partnership units typically trade publicly, like stock, and thus may provide the investor more liquidity than ordinary limited partnerships.  Master limited partnerships are also called publicly traded partnerships and public limited partnerships.  A limited partnership has one or more general partners (they may be individuals, corporations, partnerships or another entity) which manage the partnership, and limited partners, which provide capital to the partnership but have no role in its management.  When an investor buys units in an MLP, he or she becomes a limited partner.  MLPs are formed in several ways. A non-traded partnership may decide to go public.  Several non-traded partnerships may "roll up" into a single MLP.  A corporation may spin off a group of assets or part of its business into an MLP of which it is the general partner, either to realize what it believes to be the assets' full value or as an alternative to issuing debt.  A corporation may fully convert to an MLP, although since 1986 the tax consequences have made this an unappealing; or, a newly formed company may operate as an MLP from its inception.

There are different types of risks to investing in MLPs, including regulatory risks and interest rate risks.  Currently most partnerships enjoy pass through taxation of their income to partners, which avoids double taxation of earnings. If the government were to change MLP business tax structure, unitholders would not be able to enjoy the relatively high yields in the sector for long.  In addition, MLPs that charge government-regulated fees for transportation of oil and gas products through their pipelines are subject to unfavorable changes in government-approved rates and fees, which would affect an MLP’s revenue stream negatively.  MLPs also carry some interest rate risks.  During increases in interest rates, MLPs may not produce decent returns to shareholders.



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Publicly Traded Partnerships

The Fund may invest in publicly traded partnerships ("PTPs").  PTPs are limited partnerships the interests in which (known as "units") are traded on public exchanges, just like corporate stock.  PTPs are limited partnerships that provide an investor with a direct interest in a group of assets (generally, oil and gas properties).  Publicly traded partnership units typically trade publicly, like stock, and thus may provide the investor more liquidity than ordinary limited partnerships.  Publicly traded partnerships are also called master limited partnerships and public limited partnerships.  A limited partnership has one or more general partners (they may be individuals, corporations, partnerships or another entity) which manage the partnership, and limited partners, which provide capital to the partnership but have no role in its management.  When an investor buys units in a PTP, he or she becomes a limited partner.  PTPs are formed in several ways. A non-traded partnership may decide to go public.  Several non-traded partnerships may "roll up" into a single PTP.  A corporation may spin off a group of assets or part of its business into a PTP of which it is the general partner, either to realize what it believes to be the asset's full value or as an alternative to issuing debt.  A corporation may fully convert to a PTP, although since 1986 the tax consequences have made this an unappealing; or, a newly formed company may operate as a PTP from its inception.

There are different types of risks to investing in PTPs including regulatory risks and interest rate risks.  Currently most partnerships enjoy pass through taxation of their income to partners, which avoids double taxation of earnings. If the government were to change PTP business tax structure, unitholders would not be able to enjoy the relatively high yields in the sector for long.  In addition, PTP's which charge government-regulated fees for transportation of oil and gas products through their pipelines are subject to unfavorable changes in government-approved rates and fees, which would affect a PTPs revenue stream negatively.  PTPs also carry some interest rate risks. During increases in interest rates, PTPs may not produce decent returns to shareholders.

Real Estate Investment Trusts

The Fund may invest in securities of real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). REITs are publicly traded corporations or trusts that specialize in acquiring, holding and managing residential, commercial or industrial real estate. A REIT is not taxed at the entity level on income distributed to its shareholders or unitholders if it distributes to shareholders or unitholders at least 95% of its taxable income for each taxable year and complies with regulatory requirements relating to its organization, ownership, assets and income.

REITs generally can be classified as "Equity REITs", "Mortgage REITs" and "Hybrid REITs." An Equity REIT invests the majority of its assets directly in real property and derives its income primarily from rents and from capital gains on real estate appreciation, which are realized through property sales. A Mortgage REIT invests the majority of its assets in real estate mortgage loans and services its income primarily from interest payments. A Hybrid REIT combines the characteristics of an Equity REIT



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and a Mortgage REIT. Although the Fund can invest in all three kinds of REITs, its emphasis is expected to be on investments in Equity REITs.

Investments in the real estate industry involve particular risks. The real estate industry has been subject to substantial fluctuations and declines on a local, regional and national basis in the past and may continue to be in the future. Real property values and income from real property continue to be in the future. Real property values and income from real property may decline due to general and local economic conditions, overbuilding and increased competition, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, regulatory limitations on rents, changes in neighborhoods and in demographics, increases in market interest rates, or other factors. Factors such as these may adversely affect companies that own and operate real estate directly, companies that lend to such companies, and companies that service the real estate industry.

Investments in REITs also involve risks. Equity REITs will be affected by changes in the values of and income from the properties they own, while Mortgage REITs may be affected by the credit quality of the mortgage loans they hold. In addition, REITs are dependent on specialized management skills and on their ability to generate cash flow for operating purposes and to make distributions to shareholders or unitholders REITs may have limited diversification and are subject to risks associated with obtaining financing for real property, as well as to the risk of self-liquidation. REITs also can be adversely affected by their failure to qualify for tax-free pass-through treatment of their income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or their failure to maintain an exemption from registration under the 1940 Act. By investing in REITs indirectly through the Fund, a shareholder bears not only a proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund, but also may indirectly bear similar expenses of some of the REITs in which it invests.

Warrants

The Fund may invest in warrants. Warrants are options to purchase common stock at a specific price (usually at a premium above the market value of the optioned common stock at issuance) valid for a specific period of time. Warrants may have a life ranging from less than one year to twenty years, or longer. Warrants have expiration dates after which they are worthless. In addition, a warrant is worthless if the market price of the common stock does not exceed the warrant's exercise price during the life of the warrant. Warrants have no voting rights, pay no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation issuing them. The percentage increase or decrease in the market price of the warrant may tend to be greater than the percentage increase or decrease in the market price of the optioned common stock.

FIXED INCOME/DEBT/BOND SECURITIES

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money market and other fixed income securities markets, the size of a particular offering, the maturity of the obligation and the rating of the issue. An investment in a Fund will be subjected to risk even if all fixed income securities in the Fund's portfolio are paid in full at maturity. All fixed income securities, including U.S. Government securities, can change in value when there is a change in interest rates or the issuer's actual or perceived creditworthiness or ability to meet its obligations.

There is normally an inverse relationship between the market value of securities sensitive to prevailing interest rates and actual changes in interest rates. In other words, an increase in interest rates produces a decrease in market value. The longer the remaining maturity (and duration) of a security, the greater will be the effect of interest rate changes on the market value of that security. Changes in the ability of an issuer to make payments of interest and principal and in the markets' perception of an issuer's creditworthiness will also affect the market value of the debt securities of that issuer. Obligations of issuers of fixed income securities (including municipal securities) are subject to the provisions of bankruptcy, insolvency, and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, such as the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. In addition, the obligations of municipal issuers may become subject to laws enacted in the future by Congress, state legislatures, or referenda extending the time for payment of principal and/or interest, or imposing other constraints upon enforcement of such obligations or upon the ability of municipalities to levy taxes. Changes in the ability of an issuer to make payments of interest and principal and in the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness will also affect the market value of the debt securities of that issuer. The possibility exists, therefore, that, the ability of any issuer to pay, when due, the principal of and interest on its debt securities may become impaired.

The corporate debt securities in which the Fund may invest include corporate bonds and notes and short-term investments such as commercial paper and variable rate demand notes. Commercial paper (short-term promissory notes) is issued by companies to finance their or their affiliate's current obligations and is frequently unsecured. Variable and floating rate demand notes are unsecured obligations typically redeemable upon not more than 30 days notice. These obligations include master demand notes that permit investment of fluctuating amounts at varying rates of interest pursuant to a direct arrangement with the issuer of the instrument. The issuer of these obligations often has the right, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the obligations upon a specified number of days notice. These obligations generally are not traded, nor generally is there an established secondary market for these obligations. To the extent a demand note does not have a 7-day or shorter demand feature and there is no readily available market for the obligation, it is treated as an illiquid security.

The Fund may invest in debt securities, including non-investment grade debt securities.  The following describes some of the risks associated with fixed income debt securities:



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Interest Rate Risk. Debt securities have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest rates. In general, the price of a debt security can fall when interest rates rise and can rise when interest rates fall. Securities with longer maturities and mortgage securities can be more sensitive to interest rate changes although they usually offer higher yields to compensate investors for the greater risks. The longer the maturity of the security, the greater the impact a change in interest rates could have on the security's price. In addition, short-term and long-term interest rates do not necessarily move in the same amount or the same direction. Short-term securities tend to react to changes in short-term interest rates and long-term securities tend to react to changes in long-term interest rates.

Credit Risk. Fixed income securities have speculative characteristics and changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of those issuers to make principal or interest payments, as compared to issuers of more highly rated securities.

Extension Risk. The Fund is subject to the risk that an issuer will exercise its right to pay principal on an obligation held by the Fund (such as mortgage-backed securities) later than expected. This may happen when there is a rise in interest rates. These events may lengthen the duration (i.e. interest rate sensitivity) and potentially reduce the value of these securities.

Prepayment Risk. Certain types of debt securities, such as mortgage-backed securities, have yield and maturity characteristics corresponding to underlying assets. Unlike traditional debt securities, which may pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity when the entire principal amount comes due, payments on certain mortgage-backed securities may include both interest and a partial payment of principal. Besides the scheduled repayment of principal, payments of principal may result from the voluntary prepayment, refinancing, or foreclosure of the underlying mortgage loans.

Securities subject to prepayment are less effective than other types of securities as a means of "locking in" attractive long-term interest rates. One reason is the need to reinvest prepayments of principal; another is the possibility of significant unscheduled prepayments resulting from declines in interest rates. These prepayments would have to be reinvested at lower rates. As a result, these securities may have less potential for capital appreciation during periods of declining interest rates than other securities of comparable maturities, although they may have a similar risk of decline in market value during periods of rising interest rates. Prepayments may also significantly shorten the effective maturities of these securities, especially during periods of declining interest rates. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, a reduction in prepayments may increase the effective maturities of these securities, subjecting them to a greater risk of decline in market value in response to rising interest rates than traditional debt securities, and, therefore, potentially increasing the volatility of a Fund.

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above their par value. Prepayments may cause losses in securities purchased at a premium, as unscheduled prepayments, which are made at par, will cause the Fund to experience a loss equal to any unamortized premium.

Certificates of Deposit and Bankers' Acceptances

The Fund may invest in certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, which are considered to be short-term money market instruments.

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

Commercial Paper

The Fund may purchase commercial paper. Commercial paper consists of short-term (usually from 1 to 270 days) unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations in order to finance their current operations.  It may be secured by letters of credit, a surety bond or other forms of collateral.  Commercial paper is usually repaid at maturity by the issuer from the proceeds of the issuance of new commercial paper.  As a result, investment in commercial paper is subject to the risk the issuer cannot issue enough new commercial paper to satisfy its outstanding commercial paper, also known as rollover risk.  Commercial paper may become illiquid or may suffer from reduced liquidity in certain circumstances.  Like all fixed income securities, commercial paper prices are susceptible to fluctuations in interest rates.  If interest rates rise, commercial paper prices will decline.  The short-term nature of a commercial paper investment makes it less susceptible to interest rate risk than many other fixed income securities because interest rate risk typically increases as maturity lengths increase.  Commercial paper tends to yield smaller returns than longer-term corporate debt because securities with shorter maturities typically have lower effective yields than those with longer maturities.  As with all fixed income securities, there is a chance that the issuer will default on its commercial paper obligation.





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Time Deposits and Variable Rate Notes

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

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

Insured Bank Obligations

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

High Yield Securities

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

Greater Risk of Loss.  These securities are regarded as predominately speculative. There is a greater risk that issuers of lower rated securities will default than



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issuers of higher rated securities. Issuers of lower rated securities generally are less creditworthy and may be highly indebted, financially distressed, or bankrupt. These issuers are more vulnerable to real or perceived economic changes, political changes or adverse industry developments. In addition, high yield securities are frequently subordinated to the prior payment of senior indebtedness. If an issuer fails to pay principal or interest, the Fund would experience a decrease in income and a decline in the market value of its investments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zero-coupon debt securities. These do not pay periodic interest but are issued at a discount from their value at maturity. When held to maturity, their entire return equals the difference between their issue price and their maturity value.

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

Pay-in-kind bonds. These are bonds which allow the issuer, at its option, to make current interest payments on the bonds either in cash or in additional bonds.  These are bonds are typically sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), usually to a relatively small number of institutional investors.

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

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

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

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

Municipal Government Obligations

In general, municipal obligations are debt obligations issued by or on behalf of states, territories and possessions of the United States (including the District of Columbia) and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities.  Municipal obligations generally include debt obligations issued to obtain funds for various public purposes.  Certain types of municipal obligations are issued in whole or in part to obtain funding for privately operated facilities or projects.  Municipal obligations include general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, industrial development bonds, notes and municipal lease obligations.  Municipal obligations also include additional obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income tax, that may become available in the future as long as the Board of the Fund determines that an investment in any such type of



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obligation is consistent with a Fund's investment objectives.  Municipal obligations may be fully or partially backed by local government, the credit of a private issuer, current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets or domestic or foreign entities providing credit support such as letters of credit, guarantees or insurance.

Bonds and Notes.  General obligation bonds are secured by the issuer's pledge of its full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of interest and principal.  Revenue bonds are payable only from the revenues derived from a project or facility or from the proceeds of a specified revenue source.  Industrial development bonds are generally revenue bonds secured by payments from and the credit of private users.  Municipal notes are issued to meet the short-term funding requirements of state, regional and local governments.  Municipal notes include tax anticipation notes, bond anticipation notes, revenue anticipation notes, tax and revenue anticipation notes, construction loan notes, short-term discount notes, tax-exempt commercial paper, demand notes and similar instruments.

Municipal Lease Obligations.  Municipal lease obligations may take the form of a lease, an installment purchase or a conditional sales contract.  They are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire land, equipment and facilities, such as vehicles, telecommunications and computer equipment and other capital assets.  The Fund may invest in funds that purchase these lease obligations directly, or it may purchase participation interests in such lease obligations.  States have different requirements for issuing municipal debt and issuing municipal leases.  Municipal leases are generally subject to greater risks than general obligation or revenue bonds because they usually contain a "non-appropriation" clause, which provides that the issuer is not obligated to make payments on the obligation in future years unless funds have been appropriated for this purpose each year.  Such non-appropriation clauses are required to avoid the municipal lease obligations from being treated as debt for state debt restriction purposes.  Accordingly, such obligations are subject to "non-appropriation" risk.  Municipal leases may be secured by the underlying capital asset and it may be difficult to dispose of any such asset in the event of non-appropriation or other default.

United States Government Obligations

These consist of various types of marketable securities issued by the United States Treasury, i.e., bills, notes and bonds. Such securities are direct obligations of the United States government and differ mainly in the length of their maturity. Treasury bills, the most frequently issued marketable government security, have a maturity of up to one year and are issued on a discount basis. The Fund may also invest in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS).  TIPS are special types of treasury bonds that were created in order to offer bond investors protection from inflation.  The values of the TIPS are automatically adjusted to the inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).  If the CPI goes up by half a percent, the value of the bond (the TIPS) would also go up by half a percent.  If the CPI falls, the value of the bond does not fall because the government guarantees that the original investment will stay the same. TIPS decline in value when real interest rates rise.  However, in certain interest rate



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environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, TIPS may experience greater losses than other fixed income securities with similar duration.

United States Government Agency Obligations

These consist of debt securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the United States government, including the various types of instruments currently outstanding or which may be offered in the future. Agencies include, among others, the Federal Housing Administration, Government National Mortgage Association ("Ginnie Mae"), Farmer's Home Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Maritime Administration, and General Services Administration. Instrumentalities include, for example, each of the Federal Home Loan Banks, the National Bank for Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac" or “FHLMC”), the Farm Credit Banks, the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae" or “FNMA”), and the United States Postal Service. These securities are either: (i) backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government (e.g., United States Treasury Bills); (ii) guaranteed by the United States Treasury (e.g., Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities); (iii) supported by the issuing agency's or instrumentality's right to borrow from the United States Treasury (e.g., Fannie Mae Discount Notes); or (iv) supported only by the issuing agency's or instrumentality's own credit (e.g., Tennessee Valley Association).  On September 7, 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Authority (the "FHFA") announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had been placed into conservatorship, a statutory process designed to stabilize a troubled institution with the objective of returning the entity to normal business operations.  The U.S. Treasury Department and the FHFA at the same time established a secured lending facility and a Secured Stock Purchase Agreement with both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ensure that each entity had the ability to fulfill its financial obligations.  The FHFA announced that it does not anticipate any disruption in pattern of payments or ongoing business operations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Government-related guarantors (i.e. not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government) include Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae is a government-sponsored corporation owned by stockholders. It is subject to general regulation by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Fannie Mae purchases conventional (i.e., not insured or guaranteed by any government agency) residential mortgages from a list of approved seller/servicers which include state and federally chartered savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, commercial banks and credit unions and mortgage bankers. Pass-though securities issued by Fannie Mae are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by Fannie Mae but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.

Commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers also create pass-though pools of conventional residential mortgage loans. Such issuers may, in addition, be the originators and/or servicers of the underlying mortgage loans as well as the



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guarantors of the mortgage-related securities. Pools created by such nongovernmental issuers generally offer a higher rate of interest than government and government-related pools because there are no direct or indirect government or agency guarantees of payments in the former pools. However, timely payment of interest and principal of these pools may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, including individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance and letters of credit. The insurance and guarantees are issued by governmental entities, private insurers and the mortgage poolers.

On September 7, 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department and the FHFA announced that FNMA and FHLMC had been placed into conservatorship, a statutory process designed to stabilize a troubled institution with the objective of returning the entity to normal business operations.  The U.S. Treasury Department and the FHFA at the same time established a secured lending facility and a Secured Stock Purchase Agreement with both FNMA and FHLMC to ensure that each entity had the ability to fulfill its financial obligations.  The FHFA announced that it does not anticipate any disruption in pattern of payments or ongoing business operations of FNMA and FHLMC.

Mortgage Pass-Through Securities

Interests in pools of mortgage pass-through securities differ from other forms of debt securities (which normally provide periodic payments of interest in fixed amounts and the payment of principal in a lump sum at maturity or on specified call dates). Instead, mortgage pass-through securities provide monthly payments consisting of both interest and principal payments. In effect, these payments are a "pass-through" of the monthly payments made by the individual borrowers on the underlying residential mortgage loans, net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of such securities. Unscheduled payments of principal may be made if the underlying mortgage loans are repaid or refinanced or the underlying properties are foreclosed, thereby shortening the securities' weighted average life. Some mortgage pass-through securities (such as securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae) are described as "modified pass-through securities." These securities entitle the holder to receive all interest and principal payments owed on the mortgage pool, net of certain fees, on the scheduled payment dates regardless of whether the mortgagor actually makes the payment.

The principal governmental guarantor of mortgage pass-through securities is Ginnie Mae. Ginnie Mae is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by lending institutions approved by Ginnie Mae (such as savings and loan institutions, commercial banks and mortgage bankers) and backed by pools of mortgage loans. These mortgage loans are either insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. A "pool" or group of such mortgage loans is assembled and after being approved by Ginnie Mae, is offered to investors through securities dealers.



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Government-related guarantors of mortgage pass-through securities (i.e., not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury) include Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Fannie Mae is subject to general regulation by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Fannie Mae purchases conventional (i.e., not insured or guaranteed by any government agency) residential mortgages from a list of approved sellers/servicers which include state and federally chartered savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, commercial banks and credit unions and mortgage bankers. Mortgage pass-through securities issued by Fannie Mae are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by Fannie Mae but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury.

Freddie Mac was created by Congress in 1970 for the purpose of increasing the availability of mortgage credit for residential housing. It is a U.S. government-sponsored corporation formerly owned by the twelve Federal Home Loan Banks and now owned by stockholders. Freddie Mac issues Participation Certificates ("PCs"), which represent interests in conventional mortgages from Freddie Mac's national portfolio. Freddie Mac guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal, but PCs are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury.

Commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers also create pass-through pools of conventional residential mortgage loans. Such issuers may, in addition, be the originators and/or servicers of the underlying mortgage loans as well as the guarantors of the mortgage pass-through securities.

Resets. The interest rates paid on the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Securities ("ARMs") in which the Fund may invest generally are readjusted or reset at intervals of one year or less to an increment over some predetermined interest rate index. There are two main categories of indices: those based on U.S. Treasury securities and those derived from a calculated measure, such as a cost of funds index or a moving average of mortgage rates. Commonly utilized indices include the one-year and five-year constant maturity Treasury Note rates, the three-month Treasury Bill rate, the 180-day Treasury Bill rate, rates on longer-term Treasury securities, the National Median Cost of Funds, the one-month or three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the prime rate of a specific bank, or commercial paper rates. Some indices, such as the one-year constant maturity Treasury Note rate, closely mirror changes in market interest rate levels. Others tend to lag changes in market rate levels and tend to be somewhat less volatile.

Caps and Floors. The underlying mortgages which collateralize the ARMs in which the Fund invests will frequently have caps and floors which limit the maximum amount by which the loan rate to the residential borrower may change up or down: (1) per reset or adjustment interval, and (2) over the life of the loan. Some residential mortgage loans restrict periodic adjustments by limiting changes in the borrower's monthly principal and interest payments rather than limiting interest rate changes. These payment caps may result in negative amortization. The value of mortgage



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securities in which the Fund invests may be affected if market interest rates rise or fall faster and farther than the allowable caps or floors on the underlying residential mortgage loans. Additionally, even though the interest rates on the underlying residential mortgages are adjustable, amortization and prepayments may occur, thereby causing the effective maturities of the mortgage securities in which the Fund invests to be shorter than the maturities stated in the underlying mortgages.

Preferred Stock  

The Fund defines preferred stock as form of fixed income security because it has similar features to other forms of fixed income securities.  Preferred stocks are securities that have characteristics of both common stocks and corporate bonds. Preferred stocks may receive dividends but payment is not guaranteed as with a bond. These securities may be undervalued because of a lack of analyst coverage resulting in a high dividend yield or yield to maturity. The risks of preferred stocks include a lack of voting rights and the Fund's Adviser may incorrectly analyze the security, resulting in a loss to the Fund.  Furthermore, preferred stock dividends are not guaranteed and management can elect to forego the preferred dividend, resulting in a loss to the Fund.  Preferred stock may also be convertible in the common stock of the issuer.  Convertible securities may be exchanged or converted into a predetermined number of shares of the issuer's underlying common stock at the option of the holder during a specified period. Convertible securities are senior to common stocks in an issuer's capital structure, but are usually subordinated to similar non-convertible securities. A convertible security also gives an investor the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation of the issuing company depending upon a market price advance in the convertible security's underlying common stock.  In general, preferred stocks generally pay a dividend at a specified rate and have preference over common stock in the payment of dividends and in liquidation.  The Fund may invest in preferred stock with any or no credit rating. Preferred stock is a class of stock having a preference over common stock as to the payment of dividends and the recovery of investment should a company be liquidated, although preferred stock is usually junior to the debt securities of the issuer. Preferred stock market value may change based on changes in interest rates.

Exchange-Traded Notes and Structured Notes  

The Fund may invest in exchange-traded notes ("ETNs"), which are a type of debt security that is typically unsecured and unsubordinated.  This type of debt security differs from other types of bonds and notes because ETN returns are based upon the performance of a market index minus applicable fees, and typically, no periodic coupon payments are distributed and no principal protections exists, even at maturity.  But as debt securities, ETNs do not own the underlying commodity or other index they are tracking.  The purpose of ETNs is to create a type of security that combines both the aspects of bonds and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs").  Similar to ETFs, ETNs are traded on a major exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange during normal trading hours. However, investors such as the Fund can also hold the debt security until



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maturity. At that time, the issuer will pay the investor a cash amount that would be equal to principal amount times the return of a benchmark index, less any fees or other reductions.  Because fees reduce the amount of return at maturity or upon redemption, if the value of the underlying decreases or does not increase significantly, a Fund may receive less than the principal amount of investment at maturity or upon redemption.

The Fund may invest in structured notes, which are a type of debt security that is typically unsecured and unsubordinated.  These notes are typically issued by banks or brokerage firms, and have interest and/or principal payments which are linked to changes in the price level of certain assets or to the price performance of certain indices.  The value of a structured note will be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for this type of note, interest rate and commodity market volatility, changes in the issuer's credit quality rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced commodity.  In addition, there may be a lag between a change in the value of the underlying reference asset and the value of the structured note.  A Fund may also be exposed to increased transaction costs when it seeks to sell such notes in the secondary market.  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

The Fund may invest in investment companies such as open-end funds (mutual funds), closed-end funds, and exchange-traded funds (also referred to as "Underlying Funds").  The 1940 Act provides that the mutual funds may not: (1) purchase more than 3% of an investment company's outstanding shares, (2) invest more than 5% of its assets in any single such investment company (the "5% Limit"), and (3) invest more than 10% of its assets in investment companies overall (the "10% Limit"), unless: (i) the underlying investment company and/or the Fund have received an order for exemptive relief from such limitations from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"); and (ii) the underlying investment company and the Fund take appropriate steps to comply with any conditions in such order.  

In addition, Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, provides that the provisions of paragraph 12(d)(1) shall not apply to securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the Fund if (i) immediately after such purchase or acquisition not more than 3% of the total outstanding stock of such registered investment company is owned by the Fund and all affiliated persons of the Fund; and (ii) the Fund has not, and is not proposing to offer or sell any security issued by it through a principal underwriter or otherwise at a public or offering price which includes a sales load of more than 1 ½% percent. An investment company that issues shares to the Fund pursuant to paragraph 12(d)(1)(F) shall not be required to redeem its shares in an amount exceeding 1% of such investment company's total outstanding shares in any period of less than thirty days. The Fund (or the Adviser acting on behalf of the Fund) must comply with the following voting restrictions: when the Fund exercises voting rights, by proxy or otherwise, with respect to investment companies owned by the Fund, the Fund will either seek instruction from the Fund's shareholders with regard to the



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voting of all proxies and vote in accordance with such instructions, or vote the shares held by the Fund in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of such security.

Further, the Fund may rely on Rule 12d1-3, which allows unaffiliated mutual funds to exceed the 5% Limit and the 10% Limit, provided the aggregate sales loads any investor pays (i.e., the combined distribution expenses of both the acquiring fund and the acquired funds) does not exceed the limits on sales loads established by FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) for funds of funds.

The Fund and any "affiliated persons," as defined by the 1940 Act, may purchase in the aggregate only up to 3% of the total outstanding securities of any Underlying Fund.  Accordingly, when affiliated persons hold shares of any of the Underlying Funds, the Fund's ability to invest fully in shares of those funds is restricted, and the Adviser must then, in some instances, select alternative investments that would not have been its first preference.  The 1940 Act also provides that an Underlying Fund whose shares are purchased by the Fund will be obligated to redeem shares held by the Fund only in an amount up to 1% of the Underlying Fund's outstanding securities during any period of less than 30 days. Shares held by the Fund in excess of 1% of an Underlying Fund's outstanding securities therefore, will be considered not readily marketable securities, which, together with other such securities, may not exceed 15% of the Fund's total assets.

Under certain circumstances an Underlying Fund may determine to make payment of a redemption by the Fund wholly or partly by a distribution in kind of securities from its portfolio, in lieu of cash, in conformity with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). In such cases, the Fund may hold securities distributed by an Underlying Fund until the Adviser determines that it is appropriate to dispose of such securities.

Investment decisions by the investment advisors of the Underlying Funds are made independently of the Fund and its Adviser.  Therefore, the investment advisor of one Underlying Fund may be purchasing shares of the same issuer whose shares are being sold by the investment advisor of another such fund. The result would be an indirect expense to the Fund without accomplishing any investment purpose.  Because other investment companies employ an investment adviser, such investments by the Fund may cause shareholders to bear duplicate fees.

Closed-End Investment Companies.  The Fund may invest its assets in "closed-end" investment companies (or "closed-end funds"), subject to the investment restrictions set forth above. Shares of closed-end funds are typically offered to the public in a one-time initial public offering by a group of underwriters who retain a spread or underwriting commission of between 4% or 6% of the initial public offering price. Such securities are then listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (commonly known as "NASDAQ") and, in some cases, may be traded in other over-the-counter markets. Because the shares of closed-end funds cannot be redeemed upon demand to



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the issuer like the shares of an open-end investment company (such as the Fund), investors seek to buy and sell shares of closed-end funds in the secondary market.

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

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

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

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

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professionals and provide the investor with diversification, cost and tax efficiency, liquidity, marginability, are useful for hedging, have the ability to go long and short, and some provide quarterly dividends. Additionally, some ETFs are unit investment trusts (UITs), which are unmanaged portfolios overseen by trustees and some ETFs may be grantor trusts.  An ETF typically holds a portfolio of securities or contracts designed to track a particular market segment or index.  Some examples of ETFs are Rydex SharesTM, ProShares®, SPDRs®, streetTRACKS, DIAMONDSSM, NASDAQ 100 Index Tracking StockSM ("QQQsSM"), and iShares®.  The Fund may use EFT's as part of an overall investment strategy and as part of a hedging strategy.  To offset the risk of declining security prices, the Fund may invest in inverse ETFs.  Inverse EFTs are funds designed to rise in price when stock prices are falling.  Additionally, inverse EFT's may employ leverage which magnifies the changes in the underlying stock index upon which they are based.  Inverse ETF index funds seek to provide investment results that will match a certain percentage of the inverse of the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis.  For example, if an inverse ETF's current benchmark is 200% of the inverse of the Russell 2000 Index and the ETF meets its objective, the value of the ETF will tend to increase on a daily basis when the value of the underlying index decreases (e.g., if the Russell 2000 Index goes down 5% then the inverse ETF's value should go up 10%).  ETFs generally have two markets.  The primary market is where institutions swap "creation units" in block-multiples of 50,000 shares for in-kind securities and cash in the form of dividends.  The secondary market is where individual investors can trade as little as a single share during trading hours on the exchange.  This is different from open-ended mutual funds that are traded after hours once the net asset value (NAV) is calculated.  ETFs share many similar risks with open-end and closed-end funds.

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

The Fund could also purchase an ETF to temporarily gain exposure to a portion of the U.S. or foreign market while awaiting an opportunity to purchase securities directly.  The risks of owning an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities they are designed to track, although lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in it being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities and ETFs have management fees that increase their costs versus the costs of owning the underlying securities directly.



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ETFs are listed on national stock exchanges and are traded like stocks listed on an exchange. ETF shares may trade at a discount or a premium in market price if there is a limited market in such shares. Investments in ETFs are subject to brokerage and other trading costs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. ETFs also are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest exclusively in stocks and bonds. You will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETFs in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses. Finally, because the value of ETF shares depends on the demand in the market, the Adviser may not be able to liquidate the Fund's holdings at the most optimal time, adversely affecting the Fund's performance.

ETFs may also include high beta index funds ("HBIFs"), which track an index by investing in leveraged instruments such as equity index swaps, futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices.  HBIFs are more volatile than the benchmark index they track and typically don't invest directly in the securities included in the benchmark, or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in that benchmark.  On a day-to-day basis, HBIFs will target a volatility that is a specific percentage of the volatility of the underlying index.  HBIFs seek to provide investment results that will match a certain percentage greater than 100% of the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis.  For example, if a HBIF's current benchmark is 200% of the S&P 500 Index and it meets its objective, the value of the HBIF will tend to increase on a daily basis 200% of any increase in the underlying index (if the S&P 500 Index goes up 5% then the HBIF's value should go up 10%). When the value of the underlying index declines, the value of the HBIF's shares should also decrease on a daily basis by 200% of the value of any decrease in the underlying index (if the S&P 500 Index goes down 5% then the value of the HBIF should go down 10%).

DERIVATIVES

Futures Contracts

A futures contract provides for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific financial instrument (e.g., units of a stock index) for a specified price, date, time and place designated at the time the contract is made. Brokerage fees are paid when a futures contract is bought or sold and margin deposits must be maintained. Entering into a contract to buy is commonly referred to as buying or purchasing a contract or holding a long position. Entering into a contract to sell is commonly referred to as selling a contract or holding a short position.

Unlike when a Fund purchases or sells a security, no price would be paid or received by the Fund upon the purchase or sale of a futures contract. Upon entering into a futures contract, and to maintain the Fund's open positions in futures contracts, the Fund would be required to deposit with a custodian or futures broker in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker an amount of cash, U.S.



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government securities, suitable money market instruments, or other liquid securities, known as "initial margin." The margin required for a particular futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded, and may be significantly modified from time to time by the exchange during the term of the contract. Futures contracts are customarily purchased and sold on margins that may range upward from less than 5% of the value of the contract being traded.

If the price of an open futures contract changes (by increase in underlying instrument or index in the case of a sale or by decrease in the case of a purchase) so that the loss on the futures contract reaches a point at which the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, the broker will require an increase in the margin. However, if the value of a position increases because of favorable price changes in the futures contract so that the margin deposit exceeds the required margin, the broker will pay the excess to the Fund.

These subsequent payments, called "variation margin," to and from the futures broker, are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying assets fluctuate making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as "marking to the market." The Fund expects to earn interest income on margin deposits.

Although certain futures contracts, by their terms, require actual future delivery of and payment for the underlying instruments, in practice most futures contracts are usually closed out before the delivery date. Closing out an open futures contract purchase or sale is effected by entering into an offsetting futures contract sale or purchase, respectively, for the same aggregate amount of the identical underlying instrument or index and the same delivery date. If the offsetting purchase price is less than the original sale price, the Fund realizes a gain; if it is more, the Fund realizes a loss. Conversely, if the offsetting sale price is more than the original purchase price, the Fund realizes a gain; if it is less, the Fund realizes a loss. The transaction costs must also be included in these calculations. There can be no assurance, however, that the Fund will be able to enter into an offsetting transaction with respect to a particular futures contract at a particular time. If the Fund is not able to enter into an offsetting transaction, the Fund will continue to be required to maintain the margin deposits on the futures contract.

For example, one contract in the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index future is a contract to buy 25 Pounds Sterling multiplied by the level of the UK Financial Times 100 Share Index on a given future date. Settlement of a stock index futures contract may or may not be in the underlying instrument or index. If not in the underlying instrument or index, then settlement will be made in cash, equivalent over time to the difference between the contract price and the actual price of the underlying asset at the time the stock index futures contract expires.




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Options on Futures Contracts

The Fund may purchase and sell options on the same types of futures in which they may invest. Options on futures are similar to options on underlying instruments except that options on futures give the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put), rather than to purchase or sell the futures contract, at a specified exercise price at any time during the period of the option. Upon exercise of the option, the delivery of the futures position by the writer of the option to the holder of the option will be accompanied by the delivery of the accumulated balance in the writer's futures margin account which represents the amount by which the market price of the futures contract, at exercise, exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the futures contract. Purchasers of options who fail to exercise their options prior to the exercise date suffer a loss of the premium paid.

Regulation as a Commodity Pool Operator

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

Options On Securities

The Fund may purchase and write (i.e., sell) put and call options. Such options may relate to particular securities or stock indices, and may or may not be listed on a domestic or foreign securities exchange and may or may not be issued by the Options Clearing Corporation. Options trading is a highly specialized activity that entails greater than ordinary investment risk. Options may be more volatile than the underlying instruments, and therefore, on a percentage basis, an investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves.

A call option for a particular security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer (seller) the obligation to sell, the underlying security at the stated exercise price at any time prior to the expiration of the option, regardless of the market price of the security. The premium paid to the writer is in consideration for undertaking the obligation under the option contract. A put option for a particular security gives the purchaser the right to sell the security at the stated exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option, regardless of the market price of the security.

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difference between stock options and index options occurs when index options are exercised. In the case of stock options, the underlying security, common stock, is delivered. However, upon the exercise of an index option, settlement does not occur by delivery of the securities comprising the index. The option holder who exercises the index option receives an amount of cash if the closing level of the stock index upon which the option is based is greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option. This amount of cash is equal to the difference between the closing price of the stock index and the exercise price of the option expressed in dollars times a specified multiple. A stock index fluctuates with changes in the market value of the stocks included in the index. For example, some stock index options are based on a broad market index, such as the Standard & Poor's 500® Index or the Value Line Composite Index or a narrower market index, such as the Standard & Poor's 100®. Indices may also be based on an industry or market segment, such as the AMEX Oil and Gas Index or the Computer and Business Equipment Index. Options on stock indices are currently traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, and the NASDAQ PHLX.

The Fund's obligation to sell an instrument subject to a call option written by it, or to purchase an instrument subject to a put option written by it, may be terminated prior to the expiration date of the option by the Fund's execution of a closing purchase transaction, which is effected by purchasing on an exchange an option of the same series (i.e., same underlying instrument, exercise price and expiration date) as the option previously written. A closing purchase transaction will ordinarily be effected to realize a profit on an outstanding option, to prevent an underlying instrument from being called, to permit the sale of the underlying instrument or to permit the writing of a new option containing different terms on such underlying instrument. The cost of such a liquidation purchase plus transactions costs may be greater than the premium received upon the original option, in which event the Fund will have incurred a loss in the transaction. There is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular option. An option writer unable to effect a closing purchase transaction will not be able to sell the underlying instrument or liquidate the assets held in a segregated account, as described below, until the option expires or the optioned instrument is delivered upon exercise. In such circumstances, the writer will be subject to the risk of market decline or appreciation in the instrument during such period.

If an option purchased by a Fund expires unexercised, that Fund realizes a loss equal to the premium paid. If a Fund enters into a closing sale transaction on an option purchased by it, the Fund will realize a gain if the premium received by the Fund on the closing transaction is more than the premium paid to purchase the option or a loss if it is less. If an option written by a Fund expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it will realize a gain (or loss if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the net premium received when the option is sold). If an option written by a Fund is exercised, the proceeds of the sale will be increased by the net premium originally received and the Fund will realize a gain or loss.



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Certain Risks Regarding Options. There are several risks associated with transactions in options. For example, there are significant differences between the securities and options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve its objectives. In addition, a liquid secondary market for particular options, whether traded over-the-counter or on an exchange, may be absent for reasons which include the following: there may be insufficient trading interest in certain options; restrictions may be imposed by an exchange on opening transactions or closing transactions or both; trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions may be imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options or underlying securities or currencies; unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt normal operations on an exchange; the facilities of an exchange or the Options Clearing Corporation may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading value; or one or more exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease to exist, although outstanding options that had been issued by the Options Clearing Corporation as a result of trades on that exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.

Successful use by the Fund of options on stock indices will be subject to the ability of the Adviser to correctly predict movements in the directions of the stock market. This requires different skills and techniques than predicting changes in the prices of individual securities. In addition, the Fund's ability to effectively hedge all or a portion of the securities in a portfolio, in anticipation of or during a market decline, through transactions in put options on stock indices, depends on the degree to which price movements in the underlying index correlate with the price movements of the securities held by the Fund.  Inasmuch as the Fund's securities will not duplicate the components of an index, the correlation will not be perfect. Consequently, the Fund bears the risk that the prices of its securities being hedged will not move in the same amount as the prices of its put options on the stock indices. It is also possible that there may be a negative correlation between the index and the Fund's portfolio securities that would result in a loss on both such securities and the options on stock indices acquired by the Fund.

The hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the options markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying markets that cannot be reflected in the options markets. The purchase of options is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. The purchase of stock index options involves the risk that the premium and transaction costs paid by the Fund in purchasing an option will be lost as a result of unanticipated movements in prices of the securities comprising the stock index on which the option is based.



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There is no assurance that a liquid secondary market on an options exchange will exist for any particular option, or at any particular time, and for some options no secondary market on an exchange or elsewhere may exist. If a Fund is unable to close out a call option on securities that it has written before the option is exercised, the Fund may be required to purchase the optioned securities in order to satisfy its obligation under the option to deliver such securities. If the Fund was unable to effect a closing sale transaction with respect to options on securities purchased, the Fund would have to exercise the option in order to realize any profit and would incur transaction costs upon the purchase and sale of the underlying securities.

Cover for Options Positions. Transactions using options (other than options that the Fund has purchased) expose the Fund to an obligation to another party. The Fund will not enter into any such transactions unless it owns either (i) an offsetting ("covered") position in securities or other options or (ii) cash or liquid securities with a value sufficient at all times to cover its potential obligations not covered as provided in (i) above. The Fund will comply with SEC guidelines regarding cover for these instruments and, if the guidelines so require, set aside cash or liquid securities in a segregated account with the Custodian in the prescribed amount. Under current SEC guidelines, the Fund will segregate assets to cover transactions in which the Fund writes or sells options.

Assets used as cover or held in a segregated account cannot be sold while the position in the corresponding option is open, unless they are replaced with similar assets. As a result, the commitment of a large portion of a Fund's assets to cover or segregated accounts could impede portfolio management or a Fund's ability to meet redemption requests or other current obligations.

Dealer Options

The Fund may engage in transactions involving dealer options as well as exchange-traded options. Certain additional risks are specific to dealer options. While the Fund might look to a clearing corporation to exercise exchange-traded options, if the Fund was to purchase a dealer option it would need to rely on the dealer from which it purchased the option to perform if the option were exercised. Failure by the dealer to do so would result in the loss of the premium paid by the Fund as well as loss of the expected benefit of the transaction.

Exchange-traded options generally have a continuous liquid market while dealer options may not. Consequently, the Fund may generally be able to realize the value of a dealer option it has purchased only by exercising or reselling the option to the dealer who issued it. Similarly, when the Fund writes a dealer option, the Fund may generally be able to close out the option prior to its expiration only by entering into a closing purchase transaction with the dealer to whom the Fund originally wrote the option. While the Fund will seek to enter into dealer options only with dealers who will agree to and which are expected to be capable of entering into closing transactions with the Fund, there can be no assurance that the Fund will at any time be able to liquidate a



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dealer option at a favorable price at any time prior to expiration. Unless the Fund, as a covered dealer call option writer, is able to effect a closing purchase transaction, it will not be able to liquidate securities (or other assets) used as cover until the option expires or is exercised. In the event of insolvency of the other party, the Fund may be unable to liquidate a dealer option. With respect to options written by the Fund, the inability to enter into a closing transaction may result in material losses to the Fund. For example, because the Fund must maintain a secured position with respect to any call option on a security it writes, the Fund may not sell the assets that it has segregated to secure the position while it is obligated under the option. This requirement may impair the Fund's ability to sell portfolio securities at a time when such sale might be advantageous.

The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that purchased dealer options are illiquid securities.  The Fund may treat the cover used for written dealer options as liquid if the dealer agrees that the Fund may repurchase the dealer option it has written for a maximum price to be calculated by a predetermined formula. In such cases, the dealer option would be considered illiquid only to the extent the maximum purchase price under the formula exceeds the intrinsic value of the option. Accordingly, the Fund will treat dealer options as subject to the Fund's limitation on illiquid securities. If the SEC changes its position on the liquidity of dealer options, the Fund will change treatment of such instruments accordingly.

Spread Transactions

The Fund may purchase covered spread options from securities dealers. These covered spread options are not presently exchange-listed or exchange-traded. The purchase of a spread option gives the Fund the right to put securities that it owns at a fixed dollar spread or fixed yield spread in relationship to another security that the Fund does not own, but which is used as a benchmark. The risk to the Fund, in addition to the risks of dealer options described above, is the cost of the premium paid as well as any transaction costs. The purchase of spread options will be used to protect the Fund against adverse changes in prevailing credit quality spreads, i.e., the yield spread between high quality and lower quality securities. This protection is provided only during the life of the spread options.

Swap Agreements

The Fund may enter into interest rate, index and currency exchange rate swap agreements in an attempt to obtain a particular desired return at a lower cost to the Fund than if they had invested directly in an instrument that yielded that desired return. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a few weeks to more than one year. In a standard "swap" transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of returns) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or "swapped" between the parties are calculated with respect to a "notional amount," i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate, in a particular foreign currency, or in



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a "basket" of securities representing a particular index. The "notional amount" of the swap agreement is only a fictive basis on which to calculate the obligations the parties to a swap agreement have agreed to exchange. The Fund's obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only to the amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the positions held by each party to the agreement (the "net amount"). The Fund's obligations under a swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owing to the Fund) and any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed to a swap counterparty will be covered by the maintenance of a segregated account consisting of cash, U.S. government securities, or other liquid securities, to avoid leveraging of the Fund's portfolio.

Whether the Fund's use of swap agreements enhances the Fund's total return will depend on the Adviser's ability correctly to predict whether certain types of investments are likely to produce greater returns than other investments. Because they are two-party contracts and may have terms of greater than seven days, swap agreements may be considered to be illiquid. Moreover, the Fund bear the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. The Fund's Adviser will cause the Fund to enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that it deem creditworthy.  The swap market is a relatively new market and is largely unregulated. It is possible that developments in the swaps market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect the Fund's ability to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.

Certain Investment Techniques and Derivatives Risks.

When the Adviser of the Fund uses investment techniques such as margin, leverage and short sales, and forms of financial derivatives, such as options and futures, an investment in the Fund may be more volatile than investments in other mutual funds. Although the intention is to use such investment techniques and derivatives to minimize risk to the Fund as well as for speculative purposes, there is the possibility that improper implementation of such techniques and derivative strategies or unusual market conditions could result in significant losses to the Fund.  Derivatives are used to limit risk in the Fund or to enhance investment return and have a return tied to a formula based upon an interest rate, index, price of a security, or other measurement. Derivatives involve special risks, including: (1) the risk that interest rates, securities prices and currency markets will not move in the direction that a portfolio manager anticipates; (2) imperfect correlation between the price of derivative instruments and movements in the prices of the securities, interest rates or currencies being hedged; (3) the fact that skills needed to use these strategies are different than those needed to select portfolio securities; (4) the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument and possible exchange imposed price fluctuation limits, either of which may make it difficult or impossible to close out a position when desired; (5) the risk that adverse price movements in an instrument can result in a loss substantially greater than the Fund's initial investment in that instrument (in some cases, the potential loss in unlimited); (6) particularly in the case of privately-negotiated instruments, the risk



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that the counterparty will not perform its obligations, or that penalties could be incurred for positions held less then the required minimum holding period, which could leave the Fund worse off than if it had not entered into the position; and (7) the inability to close out certain hedged positions to avoid adverse tax consequences. In addition, the use of derivatives for non-hedging purposes (that is, to seek to increase total return) is considered a speculative practice and may present an even greater risk of loss than when used for hedging purposes.

FOREIGN SECURITIES

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

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

Emerging Markets Securities.  The Fund may invest a portion of its net assets in securities of emerging market issuers and ETFs and other closed end funds that invest in emerging market securities.  Investing in emerging market securities imposes risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed countries.  These risks include: smaller market capitalization of securities markets, which may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment;



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possible repatriation of investment income and capital. In addition, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales; future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies. The currencies of emerging market countries may experience significant declines against the U.S. dollar, and devaluation may occur subsequent to investments in these currencies by the Fund.  Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging market countries.

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

Depositary Receipts.  The Fund may invest in sponsored and unsponsored American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), which are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer. ADRs, in registered form, are designed for use in U.S. securities markets. Unsponsored ADRs may be created without the participation of the foreign issuer. Holders of these ADRs generally bear all the costs of the ADR facility, whereas foreign issuers typically bear certain costs in a sponsored ADR. The bank or trust company depositary of an unsponsored ADR may be under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the foreign issuer or to pass through voting rights.  Many of the risks described above regarding foreign securities apply to investments in ADRs.

ILLIQUID AND RESTRICTED SECURITIES

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



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

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

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

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



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LENDING PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

For the purpose of achieving income, the Fund is authorized but not obligated to lend portfolio securities, provided (1) the loan is secured continuously by collateral consisting of U.S. Government securities or cash or cash equivalents (cash, U.S. Government securities, negotiable certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances or letters of credit) maintained on a daily mark-to-market basis in an amount at least equal to the current market value of the securities loaned, (2) the Fund may at any time call the loan and obtain the return of securities loaned, (3) the Fund will receive any interest or dividends received on the loaned securities, and (4) the aggregate value of the securities loaned will not at any time exceed one-third of the total assets of the Fund.

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements. In a repurchase agreement, an investor (such as the Fund) purchases a security (known as the "underlying security") from a securities dealer or bank. Any such dealer or bank must be deemed creditworthy by the Adviser. At that time, the bank or securities dealer agrees to repurchase the underlying security at a mutually agreed upon price on a designated future date. The repurchase price may be higher than the purchase price, the difference being income to the Fund, or the purchase and repurchase prices may be the same, with interest at an agreed upon rate due to the Fund on repurchase. In either case, the income to the Fund generally will be unrelated to the interest rate on the underlying securities. Repurchase agreements must be "fully collateralized," in that the market value of the underlying securities (including accrued interest) must at all times be equal to or greater than the repurchase price. Therefore, a repurchase agreement can be considered a loan collateralized by the underlying securities.

Repurchase agreements are generally for a short period of time, often less than a week, and will generally be used by the Fund to invest excess cash or as part of a temporary defensive strategy. Repurchase agreements that do not provide for payment within seven days will be treated as illiquid securities. In the event of a bankruptcy or other default by the seller of a repurchase agreement, the Fund could experience both delays in liquidating the underlying security and losses. These losses could result from: (a) possible decline in the value of the underlying security while a Fund is seeking to enforce its rights under the repurchase agreement; (b) possible reduced levels of income or lack of access to income during this period; and (c) expenses of enforcing its rights.

WHEN-ISSUED, FORWARD COMMITMENTS AND DELAYED SETTLEMENTS

The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a when-issued, forward commitment or delayed settlement basis. In this event, the Custodian (as defined under the section entitled "Custodian") will segregate liquid assets equal to the amount of the commitment in a separate account. Normally, the Custodian will set aside portfolio securities to satisfy a purchase commitment. In such a case, the Fund may be required



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subsequently to segregate additional assets in order to assure that the value of the account remains equal to the amount of the Fund's commitment. It may be expected that the Fund's net assets will fluctuate to a greater degree when it sets aside portfolio securities to cover such purchase commitments than when it sets aside cash.

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

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

The market value of the securities underlying a when-issued purchase, forward commitment to purchase, or a delayed settlement and any subsequent fluctuations in market value is taken into account when determining the market value of the Fund starting on the day the Fund agrees to purchase the securities. The Fund does not earn interest on the securities committed to purchase.

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

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


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




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


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


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


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


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


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

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

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



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mortgage, pledge or hypothecation of assets for purposes of this limitation.  The Fund will not pledge more than one third of its assets at any one time.


2.  Borrowing.  The Fund will not purchase any security while borrowings representing more than 5% of its total assets are outstanding.  


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


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


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

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Fund is required to include a schedule of portfolio holdings in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, which are sent to shareholders within 60 days of the end of the second and fourth fiscal quarters and which are filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR within 70 days of the end of the second and fourth fiscal quarters.  The Fund also is required to file a schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC on Form N-Q within 60 days of the end of the first and third fiscal quarters.  The Fund must provide a copy of the complete schedule of portfolio holdings as filed with the SEC to any shareholder of the Fund, upon request, free of charge.  This policy is applied uniformly to all shareholders of the Fund without regard to the type of requesting shareholder (i.e., regardless of whether the shareholder is an individual or institutional investor).


Pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees, the Fund has ongoing arrangements to release portfolio holdings information on a daily basis to the Adviser, the Administrator and the Custodian and on an as needed basis to other third parties providing services to the Fund.  Additionally, the Fund has an ongoing arrangement with Morningstar, Inc. to release portfolio holdings information on a monthly basis, with a 15-day lag, for the purpose of reviewing the portfolio to allow for the development of ratings for the Fund and for purpose of compiling reports and preparing data for use by the Fund or its Adviser.  Furthermore, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund may choose to make portfolio holdings information available to other fund



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rating agencies and fund database service providers, such as Lipper or Bloomberg L.P., on a more frequent or different schedule than upon which the Fund provides such information to the SEC for the purpose of providing agreed-upon services to the Fund, provided such disclosure is in the best interests of Fund shareholders and subject to appropriate confidentiality protections.  The Adviser, the Administrator and the Custodian receive portfolio holdings information daily in order to carry out the essential operations of the Fund.  The Fund discloses portfolio holdings to its auditors, legal counsel, proxy voting services (if applicable), pricing services, printers, parties to merger and reorganization agreements and their agents, and prospective or newly hired investment advisers or sub-advisers, if any, as needed to provide services to the Fund.  The lag between the date of the information and the date on which the information is disclosed to these third parties will vary based on the identity of the party to whom the information is disclosed.  For instance, the information may be provided to auditors within days of the end of an annual period, while the information may be given to legal counsel at any time.


The Fund, the Adviser, the Administrator and the Custodian are prohibited from entering into any special or ad hoc arrangements with any persons to make available information about the Fund's portfolio holdings without the specific approval of the Board.  Any party wishing to release portfolio holdings information on an ad hoc or  special basis must submit any proposed arrangement to the Board, which will review such arrangement to determine whether it is (i) in the best interests of Fund shareholders, (ii) whether the information will be kept confidential (based on the factors discussed below) (iii) whether sufficient protections are in place to guard against personal trading based on the information and (iv) whether the disclosure presents a conflict of interest between the interests of Fund shareholders and those of the Adviser, or any affiliated person of the Fund or the Adviser. Additionally, the Adviser and any affiliated persons of the Adviser are prohibited from receiving compensation or other consideration, for themselves or on behalf of the Fund, as a result of disclosing the Fund's portfolio holdings.


Information disclosed to third parties, whether on an ongoing or ad hoc basis, is disclosed under conditions of confidentiality.  "Conditions of confidentiality" include (i) confidentiality clauses in written agreements, (ii) confidentiality implied by the nature of the relationship (e.g., attorney-client relationship), (iii) confidentiality required by fiduciary or regulatory principles (e.g., custody relationships) or (iv) understandings or expectations between the parties that the information will be kept confidential.  The agreements with the Fund's Administrator and Custodian contain confidentiality clauses, which the Board and these parties have determined extend to the disclosure of nonpublic information about the Fund's portfolio holding and the duty not to trade on the non-public information.  The Adviser has entered into a separate written confidentiality agreement that prohibits the disclosure of nonpublic information about the Fund's portfolio holdings and includes a duty not to trade on the non-public information.



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MANAGEMENT

The business of the Trust is managed under the direction of the Board in accordance with the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the Trust's By-laws, which have been filed with the SEC and are available upon request. The Board consists of four individuals, two of whom are not "interested persons" (as defined under the 1940 Act) of the Trust and the Adviser ("Independent Trustees").  Pursuant to the governing documents of the Trust, the Board shall elect officers including a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Principal Executive Officer, a Principal Accounting Officer, and a Chief Compliance Officer. The Board retains the power to conduct, operate and carry on the business of the Trust and has the power to incur and pay any expenses, which, in the opinion of the Board, are necessary or incidental to carry out any of the Trust's purposes. The Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the Trust, when acting in such capacities, shall not be subject to any personal liability except for his or her own bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties.


Board Leadership Structure.  The Trust is led by Robert H. Carson, who has served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Trust since the Fund's inception.  Paul R. Lucas serves as Lead Independent Trustee.  As Lead Independent Trustee, Mr. Lucas leads the discussion during the executive sessions, serves as the chairman of meetings of the Board of Trustees in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, and serves as the primary contact person for legal counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer when issues arise that require the attention of the Independent Trustees.  Under the Trust's Declaration of Trust, By-Laws and governance guidelines, the Chairman of the Board is generally responsible for (a) chairing board meetings, (b) setting the agendas for these meetings and (c) providing information to board members in advance of each board meeting and between board meetings.  Additionally, the Trust's governance guidelines provide that Independent Trustees will meet in executive session at each Board meeting and no less than quarterly.  The Trust does not have a Nominating Committee, but the Audit Committee performs the duties of a nominating committee when and if necessary. The Audit Committee will not consider nominees recommended by shareholders, except as required under the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.  The Trust believes that its Chairman, together with the Lead Independent Trustee, the Audit Committee, and the full Board of Trustees, provide effective leadership that is in the best interests of the Trust, its Fund and each shareholder.


Board Risk Oversight.  The Board is responsible for overseeing risk management, and the full Board regularly engages in discussions of risk management and receives compliance reports that inform its oversight of risk management from the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer at quarterly meetings and on an ad hoc basis, when and if necessary.  The Audit Committee considers financial and reporting the risk within its area of responsibilities.  Generally, the Board believes that its oversight of material risks is adequately maintained through the compliance-reporting chain where the Chief Compliance Officer is the primary recipient and communicator of such risk-related information.



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Trustee Qualifications.  Generally, the Trust believes that each Trustee is competent to serve because of their individual overall merits including (i) experience, (ii) qualifications, (iii) attributes and (iv) skills.


Mr. Robert H. Carson has over 15 years of business experience in the investment management and brokerage business.  Having served as a portfolio manager, pension consultant, and financial planner, he possesses a strong understanding of the regulatory framework under which investment companies must operate.  Ms. Meredith M. Haussler has many years of experience working as an accountant.  She possesses a strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), financial statements, and Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory controls.  Dr. Paul R. Lucas attended medical school at Ross University School of Medicine and graduated in 1995.  He is a vascular surgeon and director of the Vascular Lab at Mercy Medical Center. Dr. Lucas possess a strong business acumen based on his nearly 20 years of medical and business experience.  Mr. Jonathan V. Giordani has many years of experience as a portfolio manager and Chief Investment Officer for Planning Solutions Group, LLC.  Mr. Giordani possess a strong understanding of the regulatory framework under which investment companies must operate from his experience overseeing firm assets under management, taking responsibility for the development of investment policy as it relates to current economic and financial market conditions, and the selection of suitable investments.  The Trust does not believe any one factor is determinative in assessing a Trustee's qualifications, but that collective experience of each Trustee makes them highly qualified.


Following is a list of the Trustees and executive officers of the Trust and their principal occupation over the last five years. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee and Officer is c/o PSG Capital Management Trust, LLC, 8161 Maple Lawn Blvd., Suite 400 Maple Lawn, MD  20759.

Independent Trustees

Name, Address and Year of Birth

Position/Term of Office

Principal Occupation

During the Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex*

 Overseen by Trustee

Other Directorships held by Trustee During Past 5 Years

Meredith M. Haussler

Year of Birth: 1964

Trustee since March 2012, indefinite term

Accountant, Haussler & Associates, LLC (1/01-present)

1

none

Paul R. Lucas

Year of Birth: 1969

Trustee Since March 2012, indefinite term

Physician – Vascular Surgeon (7/02-present)

1

none



Interested Trustees and Officers

Name, Address and Age

Position/Term of Office

Principal Occupation

During the Past 5 Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex*

Overseen by Trustee

Other Directorships held by Trustee During Past 5 Years

Robert H. Carson**

Year of Birth: 1965

Trustee and President  since December 2011, indefinite term

Managing Partner, Planning Solutions Group, LLC (9/01-present); Managing Partner, PSG Companies, LLC (11/10-present); Managing Partner, PSG Family Office, LLC (11/10-present)

1

none

Jonathan V. Giordani**

Year of Birth: 1974

Trustee and Treasurer since March 2012, indefinite term

Chief Investment Officer, Planning Solutions Group, LLC (12/05-present)

1

none

Lauren G. Gretchen

Year of Birth: 1973

Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary since December 2011, indefinite term

CCO, PSG, LLC (3/11-present); Licensing, Morningstar (7/10-2/11); Financial Advisor, Mas Mutual (12/07-6/10)

n/a

n/a

* The term "Fund Complex" refers to the PSG Capital Management Trust.

** Mr. Carson and Mr. Giordani are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Trust as that term is defined under the 1940 Act, because of their affiliation with the Fund's Adviser.

Board Committees

Audit Committee.  The Board has an Audit Committee that consists of all the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. The Audit Committee's responsibilities include: (i) recommending to the Board the selection, retention or termination of the Trust's independent auditors; (ii) reviewing with the independent auditors the scope, performance and anticipated cost of their audit; (iii) discussing with the independent auditors certain matters relating to the Trust's financial statements, including any adjustment to such financial statements recommended by such independent auditors, or any other results of any audit; (iv) reviewing on a periodic basis a formal written statement from the independent auditors with respect to their independence, discussing with the independent auditors any relationships or services disclosed in the statement that may impact the objectivity and independence of the Trust's independent auditors and recommending that the Board take appropriate action in response thereto to satisfy itself of the auditor's independence; and (v) considering the comments of the independent auditors and management's responses thereto with respect to the quality and adequacy of the Trust's accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and internal controls.  The Audit Committee operates pursuant to an Audit Committee Charter.  During the last fiscal year, the Audit Committee held 3 meetings.



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Compensation

Each Trustee who is not affiliated with the Trust or Adviser will receive $4,000 per year.  The foregoing compensation will be paid in quarterly payments.


The "interested persons" who serve as Trustees of the Trust receive no compensation for their services as Trustees. None of the executive officers receive compensation from the Trust.


The table below details the amount of compensation the Trustees received from the Trust for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016. The Trust does not have a bonus, profit sharing, pension or retirement plan.

 

Name and Position

Aggregate Compensation From Trust

Pension or Retirement Benefits Accrued as Part of Fund Expenses

Estimated Annual Benefits Upon Retirement

Total Compensation From Trust and Fund Complex*

Paid to Directors

Robert H. Carson

none

none

none

none

Jonathan V. Giordani

none

none

none

none

Meredith M. Haussler

$4,000

none

none

$4,000

Paul R. Lucas

$4,000

none

none

$4,000

*The term "Fund Complex" refers to the PSG Capital Management Trust.

Trustee Ownership

As of December 31, 2015, the Independent Trustees did not own any shares of the Fund or shares of the Fund Complex.

Trustee and Management Ownership

As of July 8, 2016, the Trustees and officers, as a group, owned less than 1.00% of the Fund's shares.

CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS

A control person is one who owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a company or acknowledged the existence of control. As of July 8, 2016, National Financial Services, LLC is deemed to control the Fund by virtue of its voting authority over 99.51% the value of the outstanding interests in the Fund.   


As of July 8, 2016, the following shareholders of record owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund:

  

Name and Address of Owner

Percent (%) of Ownership

National Financial Services, LLC as holder of record for various beneficial owners

200 Liberty Street

New York, MD 10281

                99.51%



INVESTMENT ADVISER

PSG Investment Advisors, LLC, 8161 Maple Lawn Blvd., Suite 400 Maple Lawn, MD  20759, serves as investment adviser to the Fund.  The Adviser was established in 2012, and the Fund is the Adviser’s sole client.  The Adviser is majority owned by PSG Companies, LLC.  PSG Companies, LLC is owned by three individuals, each of whom may be deemed to control the company, and indirectly, the Adviser.  They are: Timothy J. Kvech, Jonathan V. Giordani and Robert H. Carson.  Subject to the supervision and direction of the Trustees, the Adviser manages the Fund's securities and investments in accordance with the Fund's stated investment objectives and policies, makes investment decisions and places orders to purchase and sell securities on behalf of the Fund.  The fee paid to the Adviser is governed by an investment management agreement ("Management Agreement") between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Adviser.


Under the Management Agreement, the Adviser, under the supervision of the Board, agrees to invest the assets of the Fund in accordance with applicable law and the investment objective, policies and restrictions set forth in the Fund's current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and subject to such further limitations as the Trust may from time to time impose by written notice to the Adviser.  The Adviser shall act as the investment adviser to the Fund and, as such shall (i) obtain and evaluate such information relating to the economy, industries, business, securities markets and securities as it may deem necessary or useful in discharging its responsibilities here under, (ii) formulate a continuing program for the investment of the assets of the Fund in a manner consistent with its investment objective, policies and restrictions, and (iii) determine from time to time securities to be purchased, sold, retained or lent by the Fund, and implement those decisions, including the selection of entities with or through which such purchases, sales or loans are to be effected; provided, that the Adviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations either directly with the issuer or with a broker or dealer, and if with a broker or dealer, (a) will attempt to obtain the best price and execution of its orders, and (b) may nevertheless in its discretion purchase and sell portfolio securities from and to brokers who provide the Adviser with research, analysis, advice and similar services and pay such brokers in return a higher commission or spread than may be charged by other brokers. The Adviser also provides the Fund with all necessary office facilities and personnel for servicing the Fund's investments, compensates all officers, Trustees and employees of the Trust who are officers, directors or employees of the Adviser, and all personnel of the Fund or the Adviser performing services relating to research, statistical and investment activities. The Management Agreement was last renewed by the Board of the Trust, including by a majority of the Independent Trustees, at a meeting held on March 3, 2016.


Expenses not expressly assumed by the Adviser under the Management Agreement or an expense limitation agreement described below are paid by the Fund. Under the terms of the Management Agreement, the Fund is responsible for the payment of the following expenses among others: (a) the fees payable to the Adviser, (b) the fees and expenses of Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Adviser (c) the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian and



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Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent (as defined under the section entitled "Transfer Agent"), including the cost of maintaining certain required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares, (d) fees and expenses of the shareholder service agent, plan agent, administrator, accounting and pricing services agent and underwriter of the Fund, (e) the charges and expenses of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Fund, (f) brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with its securities transactions, (g) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies, (h) expenses incurred directly or indirectly in connection with the sale or distribution of the Fund’s shares that the Fund is authorized to pay pursuant to Rule 12b-1, (i) the cost of share certificates representing shares of the Fund, (j) the cost of fidelity and liability insurance, (k) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of its shares with the SEC, qualifying its shares under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes, (l) all expenses of shareholders and Trustees' meetings (including travel expenses of Trustees and officers of the Fund who are directors, officers or employees of the Adviser) and of preparing, printing and mailing reports, proxy statements and prospectuses to shareholders in the amount necessary for distribution to the shareholders, (m) the Fund’s share of the Trust’s organizational expenses and (n) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business. The Management Agreement continued in effect for two years initially and thereafter shall continue from year to year provided such continuance is approved at least annually by (a) a vote of the majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval and by (b) the majority vote of either all of the Trustees or the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The Management Agreement may be terminated without penalty on 60 days written notice by a vote of a majority of the Trustees or by the Adviser, or by holders of a majority of that Trust's outstanding shares. The Management Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.


The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the Fund's total annual operating expenses (excluding any brokerage fees and commissions, indirect expenses such as acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as interest and dividend expense on securities sold short, taxes, extraordinary expenses such as litigation or expenses in connection with a merger or reorganization) at 2.00% of the Fund's average daily net assets through July 31, 2017.  Each waiver or reimbursement by the Adviser is subject to repayment by the Fund within the three fiscal years following the fiscal year in which that particular expense is incurred, if the Fund is able to make the repayment without exceeding the lesser of the expense limitation in effect at the time of the deferral and at the time of the repayment, and the repayment is approved by the Board of Trustees.


Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Adviser receives a fee at the annual rate of 1.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets, computed daily and payable monthly.  During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the Adviser earned $227,242 in advisory



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fees and $8,825 in previously waived fees was recouped by the Adviser.  During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, the Adviser earned $290,237 in advisory fees and $8,252 was recouped by the Adviser.  During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, the Adviser earned $247,202 in advisory fees of which no fees were waived by the Adviser.

Codes of Ethics

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


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

Proxy Voting Policies

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


More information.  Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Fund during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 will be available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 855-866-9825; and (2) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.  In addition, a copy of the Fund's proxy voting policies and procedures are also available by calling 855-866-9825  and will be sent within three business days of receipt of a request.



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DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES

The Distributor


Arbor Court Capital, LLC, located at 2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 120, Cleveland, Ohio 44122 (the “Distributor”) serves as the principal underwriter and distributor for the Fund pursuant to an underwriting agreement with the Trust dated March 28, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”).  The Distributor is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and each state’s securities laws and is a member of the FINRA. The offering of the Fund’s shares are continuous. The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Distributor, as agent in connection with the distribution of Fund shares, will use reasonable efforts to distribute the Fund’s shares.


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


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


The Distributor may enter into selling agreements with broker-dealers that solicit orders for the sale of shares of the Fund and may allow concessions to dealers that sell shares of the Fund. The Distributor receives the portion of the sales charge on all direct initial investments in the Fund and on all investments in accounts with no designated dealer of record.


The Distributor did not receive any compensation from the Fund during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. The Distributor received $8,100 in compensation from the Fund during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015.  The Distributor received $19,934 in compensation from the Fund during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.

Rule 12b-1 Plan

The Fund has adopted a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the "Plan").  The Plan permits the Fund to pay for certain distribution and shareholder services expenses related to the Fund.  The amount payable annually by the Fund is 0.25% of its average daily net assets.  




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Under the Plan, the Trust may engage in any activities related to the distribution of Fund shares, including without limitation the following: (a) payments, including incentive compensation, to securities dealers or other financial intermediaries, financial institutions, investment advisers and others that are engaged in the sale of shares of the Fund, or that may be advising shareholders of the Trust regarding the purchase, sale or retention of shares of the Fund; (b) expenses of maintaining personnel (including personnel of organizations with which the Trust has entered into agreements related to this Plan) who engage in or support distribution of shares of the Fund; (c) costs of preparing, printing and distributing prospectuses and statements of additional information and reports of the Fund for recipients other than existing shareholders of the Fund; (d) costs of formulating and implementing marketing and promotional activities, including, but not limited to, sales seminars, direct mail promotions and television, radio, newspaper, magazine and other mass media advertising; (e) costs of preparing, printing and distributing sales literature; (f) costs of obtaining such information, analyses and reports with respect to marketing and promotional activities as the Trust may, from time to time, deem advisable; and (g) costs of implementing and operating this Plan.


The Trustees expect that the Plan could significantly enhance the Fund's ability to expand distribution of shares of the Fund. It is also anticipated that an increase in the size of the Fund would produce economies of scale that benefit the shareholders, facilitate more efficient portfolio management, and assist the Fund in seeking to achieve its investment objective.



Actual 12b-1 Expenditures Paid by Fund Shares During the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2016

 

Total Dollars Allocated

Advertising/Marketing

 $16,544

Printing/Postage

$0

Payment to distributor

$8,422

Payment to dealers

$12,388

Compensation to sales personnel

$0

Other

$0

Total

$37,354


The Distributor is required to provide a written report, at least quarterly to the Board of the Trust, specifying in reasonable detail the amounts expended pursuant to the Plan and the purposes for which such expenditures were made.  Further, the Distributor will inform the Board of any Rule 12b-1 fees to be paid by the Distributor to Recipients.


The Plan has been approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the Plan or any related agreement, by a vote cast in person.



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 Continuation of the Plan and the related agreements must be approved by the Trustees annually, in the same manner, and the Plan or any related agreement may be terminated at any time without penalty by a majority of such independent Trustees or by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund.  Any amendment increasing the maximum percentage payable under the Plan or other material change must be approved by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, and all other material amendments to the Plan or any related agreement must be approved by a majority of the independent Trustees.

 PORTFOLIO MANAGER

The following table lists the number and types of accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager in addition to those of the Fund and assets under management in those accounts as of March 31, 2016:


 Total Other Accounts Managed

 

Number of Accounts by Account Type

Total Assets By Account Type

($ million)

Number of Accounts by Account Type Subject to a Performance Fee

Total Assets By Account Type Subject to a Performance Fee

($ million)

Jonathan Giordani

 

 

 

 

Registered Investment Company Accounts

0

0

0

0

Pooled Investment Vehicle Accounts

0

0

0

0

Other Accounts

1,766

$550,239,426

0

0

Conflicts of Interest

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


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



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conflicts.  For instance, the Adviser utilizes a system for allocating investment opportunities among portfolios that is designed to provide a fair and equitable allocation.


The portfolio manager’s compensation is a fixed annual salary, and a variable bonus based upon the overall performance of PSG Companies, LLC.  The portfolio manager’s compensation is not tied to the performance of the Fund.  

Ownership.

The portfolio manager owns between $50,001-$100,000 of Fund securities as of March 31, 2016.  


ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE

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


In selecting a broker or dealer to execute each particular transaction, the Adviser will take into consideration execution capability and available liquidity; timing and size of particular orders; commission rates; responsiveness; trading experience; reputation, and integrity and fairness in resolving disputes.  "Best execution" means the best overall qualitative execution, not necessarily the lowest possible commission cost. The Adviser will obtain information as to the general level of commission rates being charged by the brokerage community from time to time and will periodically evaluate the overall reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid on client transactions by reference to such data. The Adviser periodically reviews the past performance of the exchange members, brokers or dealers with whom it has been placing orders to execute Fund transactions in light of the factors discussed above.


Brokers or dealers executing a portfolio transaction on behalf of the Fund may receive a commission in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for executing the transaction if the Adviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage, research and other services provided to the Fund.  In allocating portfolio brokerage, the Adviser may select brokers or dealers who also provide brokerage, research and other services to other accounts over which the Adviser exercises investment discretion. Some of the services received as the result of Fund transactions may primarily benefit accounts other than the Fund, while services received as the result of portfolio transactions effected on behalf of those other accounts may primarily benefit the Fund.  For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the Fund paid brokerage commissions of $14,221. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, the Fund paid brokerage commissions of $21,151.  For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, the Fund paid brokerage commissions of $25,036.



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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

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


OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS

Fund Accounting


Pursuant to a fund accounting service agreement, Mutual Shareholder Services ("MSS"), located at 8000 Town Centre Drive, Suite 400, Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147, provides the Fund with accounting services, including: (i) daily computation of net asset value; (ii) maintenance of security ledgers and books and records as required by the 1940 Act; (iii) production of the Fund's listing of portfolio securities and general ledger reports; (iv) reconciliation of accounting records; (v) calculation of yield and total return for the Fund; (vi) maintaining certain books and records described in Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act, and reconciling account information and balances among the Fund's custodian or adviser; and (vii) monitoring and evaluating daily income and expense accruals, and sales and redemptions of shares of the Fund.


For the services rendered to the Fund, the Fund pays MSS a minimum annual fee of $22,200, and an additional fee based on assets of the Fund.  The Fund also pays MSS for any out-of-pocket expenses.


Transfer Agent


MSS acts as transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund pursuant to a written agreement with the Fund.  Under the agreement, MSS is responsible for administering and performing transfer agent functions, dividend distribution, shareholder administration, and maintaining necessary records in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.  For the services rendered to the Fund, during its first year of operations, the Fund pays MSS an annual fee equal to the greater of $7,500 or $11.50 per shareholder. The Fund also pays MSS for any out-of-pocket expenses.


For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the Fund paid MSS $31,176 for fund accounting and transfer agency services.  For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, the Fund paid MSS $31,584 for fund accounting and transfer agency services.  For the



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fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, the Fund paid MSS $32,104 for fund accounting and transfer agency services.  


Custodian


The Huntington National Bank, 7 Easton Oval, Columbus, OH  43219 (the "Custodian") serves as the custodian of the Fund's assets pursuant to a Custody Agreement by and between the Custodian and the Trust on behalf of the Fund.  The Custodian's responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the Fund's cash and securities, handling the receipt and delivery of securities, and collecting interest and dividends on the Fund's investments. Pursuant to the Custody Agreement, the Custodian also maintains original entry documents and books of record and general ledgers; posts cash receipts and disbursements; and records purchases and sales based upon communications from the Adviser. The Fund may employ foreign sub-custodians that are approved by the Board to hold foreign assets.

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES

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


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


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

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM

The Trust has established an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program (the "Program") as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 ("USA PATRIOT Act"). To ensure compliance with this law, the Trust's Program provides for the development of internal practices, procedures and controls, designation of anti-money laundering compliance officers, an ongoing training program and an independent audit function to determine the effectiveness of the Program.



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


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

PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES

Purchase of Shares

Investors may only purchase Fund shares after receipt of a current prospectus and by filling out and submitting an application supplied by the Fund.  

Pricing of Shares

The net asset value (“NAV”) of the shares of the Fund is determined at the close of trading (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on each day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business.  For a description of the methods used to determine the net asset value, see "How Shares Are Priced" in the prospectus.

 

Equity securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities.  Securities that are traded on any stock exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are generally valued by the pricing service at the last quoted sale price.  Lacking a last sale price, an equity security is generally valued by the pricing service at its last bid price.  When market quotations are not readily available, when the Adviser determines that the market quotation or the price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the current market value, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

Purchase of Shares

Orders for shares received by the Fund in good order prior to the close of business on the NYSE on each day during such periods that the NYSE is open for trading are priced at NAV per share or offering price (NAV plus a sales charge, if applicable) computed as of the close of the regular session of trading on the NYSE. Orders received in good order after the close of the NYSE, or on a day it is not open for trading, are priced at the



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close of such NYSE on the next day on which it is open for trading at the next determined NAV or offering price per share.


You may buy shares on any "business day."  Business days are Monday through Friday, other than days the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is closed, including the following holidays:  New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Redemption of Shares

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

(a) 

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

(b) 

when trading on that exchange is restricted for any reason;

(c) 

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

(d) 

when the Securities and Exchange Commission by order permits a suspension of the right to redemption or a postponement of the date of payment on redemption.

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


The redemption price is the NAV next determined after notice is received by the Fund for redemption of shares. The proceeds received by the shareholder may be more or less than his/her cost of such shares, depending upon the NAV at the time of redemption and the difference should be treated by the shareholder as a capital gain or loss for federal and state income tax purposes.


The Fund may purchase shares of Underlying Funds which charge a redemption fee to shareholders (such as the Fund) that redeem shares of the Underlying Fund within a certain period of time (such as one year). The fee is payable to the Underlying Fund. Accordingly, if the Fund were to invest in an Underlying Fund and incur a redemption fee as a result of redeeming shares in such Underlying Fund, the Fund would bear such redemption fee. The Fund will not, however, invest in shares of an Underlying Fund that is sold with a contingent deferred sales load.


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



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Market Timing

The Fund discourages and does not accommodate market timing.  Market timing is an investment strategy using frequent purchases and redemptions and/or exchanges in an attempt to profit from short term market movements.  Market timing may result in dilution of the value of Fund shares held by long term shareholders, disrupt portfolio management, and increase Fund expenses for all shareholders.  The Board of Trustees has adopted a policy requiring the Fund's transfer agent to monitor shareholder activity for purchases and redemptions and/or exchanges that reasonably indicate market timing activity. The transfer agent does not employ an objective standard and may not be able to identify all market timing activity or may misidentify certain trading activity as market timing activity.    


While the Fund attempts to deter market timing, there is no assurance that it will be able to identify and eliminate all market timers.  For example, certain accounts called "omnibus accounts" include multiple shareholders.  Omnibus accounts typically provide the Fund with a net purchase or redemption request on any given day where purchasers of Fund shares and redeemers of Fund shares are netted against one another and the identity of individual purchasers and redeemers whose orders are aggregated is not known by the Fund.   Brokers maintaining omnibus accounts with the Fund have agreed to provide shareholder transaction information, to the extent known to the broker, to the Fund upon request.  If the Fund becomes aware of market timing in an omnibus account, it will work with the broker maintaining the omnibus account to identify the shareholder engaging in the market timing activity.  The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order for any reason, including purchase orders that it does not think are in the best interest of the Fund or its shareholders or if the Fund thinks that trading is abusive.


TAX STATUS

Under provisions of Sub-Chapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, the Fund, by paying out substantially all of its investment income and realized capital gains, intends to be relieved of federal income tax on the amounts distributed to shareholders. In order to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under Sub-Chapter M, at least 90% of the Fund's income must be derived from dividends, interest and gains from securities transactions, and no more than 50% of the Fund's total assets may be in two or more securities that exceed 5% of the total assets of the Fund at the time of each security's purchase. Not qualifying under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code would cause the Fund to be considered a personal holding company subject to normal corporate income taxes. This would reduce the value of shareholder holdings by the amount of taxes paid. Any subsequent dividend distribution of the Fund's earnings after taxes would still be taxable as received by shareholders.  The Fund may invest in companies that pay "qualifying dividends." Investors in the Fund may benefit from the tax bill and its lower tax rate on taxable quarterly dividend payments, attributable to corporate dividends, distributed by the Fund.




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Certain U.S. shareholders, including individuals and estates and trusts, will be subject to an additional 3.8% Medicare tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,” which should include dividends from the Funds and net gains from the disposition of shares of the Funds. U.S. shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the implications of the additional Medicare tax resulting from an investment in the Funds.


Tax Distribution: The Fund's distributions (capital gains & dividend income), whether received by shareholders in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund, may be subject to federal income tax payable by shareholders. All income realized by the Fund including short-term capital gains, will be taxable to the shareholder as ordinary income. Dividends from net income will be made annually or more frequently at the discretion of the Fund's Board of Trustees. Dividends received shortly after purchase of Fund shares by an investor will have the effect of reducing the per share net asset value of his/her shares by the amount of such dividends or distributions. You should consult a tax adviser regarding the effect of federal, state, local, and foreign taxes on an investment in the Fund.


Federal Withholding: The Fund is required by federal law to withhold 28% of reportable payments (which may include dividends, capital gains, distributions and redemptions) paid to shareholders who have not complied with IRS regulations. In order to avoid this withholding requirement, you must certify on a W-9 tax form supplied by the Fund that your Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number provided is correct and that you are not currently subject to back-up withholding, or that you are exempt from back-up withholding.


Foreign Taxation

 

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



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


Shareholders of the Fund may be subject to state and local taxes on distributions received from the Fund and on redemptions of the Fund's shares.

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


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



Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act


Payments to a shareholder that is either a foreign financial institution (“FFI”) or a non-financial foreign entity (“NFFE”) within the meaning of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) may be subject to a generally nonrefundable 30% withholding tax on: (a) income dividends paid by a Fund after June 30, 2014 and (b) certain capital gain distributions and the proceeds arising from the sale of Fund shares paid by the Fund after December 31, 2016.  FATCA withholding tax generally can be avoided: (a) by an FFI, subject to any applicable intergovernmental agreement or other exemption, if it enters into a valid agreement with the IRS to, among other requirements, report required information about certain direct and indirect ownership of  foreign financial accounts held by U.S. persons with the FFI and (b) by an NFFE, if it: (i) certifies that it has no substantial U.S. persons as owners or (ii) if it does have such owners, reports information relating to them. A Fund may disclose the information that it receives from its shareholders to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities or other parties as necessary to comply with FATCA.  Withholding also may be required if a foreign entity that is a shareholder of a Fund fails to provide the Fund with appropriate certifications or other documentation concerning its status under FATCA.



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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


BBD, LLP, 1835 Market Street, 26th Floor Philadelphia, PA  19103, serves as the Fund's independent accountants providing services including (1) audit of annual financial statements, and (2) assistance and consultation in connection with SEC filings.

LEGAL COUNSEL

Thompson Hine LLP, 41 South High Street, Suite 1700, Columbus, Ohio 43215 serves as the Trust's legal counsel.


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Financial statement and the report of the independent registered public accounting firm that is required to be included in this SAI are incorporated by reference to the Fund’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2016.  You can obtain this report free of charge by calling toll-free 1-855-866-9825.

     



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APPENDIX A


Summary of PSG Investment Advisors, LLC

Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures


The Trust’s Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures delegate the responsibility for voting the Fund’s portfolio securities (i.e., proxies) to PSG Investment Advisors, LLC, subject to the Board’s continuing oversight. In accordance with the Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures, PSG Investment Advisors, LLC will only cast proxy votes in a manner consistent with the best interests of the Fund and the Fund’s shareholders. Absent special circumstances, which are fully described in PSG Investment Advisors, LLC’s Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures, all proxies will be voted consistent with guidelines established and described in PSG Investment Advisors, LLC’s Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures, as they may be amended from time-to-time.


A brief summary of PSG Investment Advisors, LLCs Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is as follows:

·

PSG Investment Advisors, LLC has formed a Proxy Voting Committee which is responsible for monitoring corporate actions, making voting decisions in the best interest of the Fund and the Funds shareholders, and ensuring that proxies are submitted in a timely manner.


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The Proxy Voting Committee generally votes proxies according to PSG Investment Advisors, LLCs then current Proxy Voting Guidelines. The Proxy Voting Guidelines include many specific examples of voting decisions for the types of proposals that are most frequently presented, including: composition of the board of directors; approval of independent auditors; management and director compensation; anti-takeover mechanisms and related issues; changes to capital structure; corporate and social policy issues; and issues involving mutual funds.


·

Although the Proxy Voting Guidelines are followed as a general policy, certain issues are considered on a case-by-case basis based on the relevant facts and circumstances. Since corporate governance issues are diverse and continually evolving, PSG Investment Advisors, LLC devotes an appropriate amount of time and resources to monitor these changes.


·

Neither the Fund nor the Funds shareholders can direct PSG Investment Advisors, LLCs vote on a particular solicitation but can revoke PSG Investment Advisors, LLC’s authority to vote proxies.


In situations where there may be a conflict of interest in the voting of proxies due to business or personal relationships that PSG Investment Advisors, LLC maintains with persons having an interest in the outcome of certain votes, PSG Investment Advisors, LLC takes appropriate steps to ensure that its proxy voting decisions are made in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and are not the product of such conflict.



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PART C

OTHER INFORMATION



Item 28.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(a) Articles of Incorporation.  

(i) Registrant's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, filed with the Registrant’s initial Registration Statement on January 20, 2012, is incorporated by reference.


(ii) Registrant's Certificate of Trust , filed with the Registrant’s initial Registration Statement on January 20, 2012, is incorporated by reference.


(b) By-Laws. Registrant's By-Laws, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(c) Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holder.  None other than in the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the Registrant.


(d) Investment Advisory Contracts.  


(i)  Management Agreement, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(ii)  Expense Limitation Agreement, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(e) Underwriting Contracts. Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Arbor Court Capital, LLC, as previously filed on July 30, 2014 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(f) Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts. None.


(g) Custodial Agreement. Custody Agreement, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(h) Other Material Contracts.

(i)Transfer Agent Agreement, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.

(ii) Fund Accounting Agreement, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference..


(i) Legal Opinion and Consent.

(i) Legal Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.

(ii) Legal Consent of Thompson Hine is filed herewith.


(j) Other Opinions. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm is filed herewith.


(k) Omitted Financial Statements. None.


(l) Initial Capital Agreements.  Subscription Agreement between the Trust and the Initial Investor, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(m) Rule 12b-1 Plans. Plan of Distribution Pursuant to Rule 12b-1, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(n) Rule 18f-3 Plan. None.


(o) Reserved.


(p) Code of Ethics.


(i) Code of Ethics for PSG Capital Management Trust, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(ii) Code of Ethics for PSG Investment Advisors, LLC, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(iii) Code of Ethics of Arbor Court Capital, LLC, as previously filed on July 30, 2014  to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


(q) Powers of Attorney.  Power of Attorney for the PSG Capital Management Trust, and a certificate with respect thereto, and each trustee and executive officer, as previously filed on April 18, 2012 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is incorporated by reference.


Item 29. Control Persons. None.


Item 30. Indemnification.


Reference is made to Article VIII of the Registrant's Agreement and Declaration of Trust which is included. The application of these provisions is limited by the following undertaking set forth in the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission:


Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the 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 such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. The Registrant may maintain a standard mutual fund and investment advisory professional and directors and officers liability policy. The policy, if maintained, would provide coverage to the Registrant, its Trustees and officers, and could cover its advisers, among others. Coverage under the policy would include losses by reason of any act, error, omission, misstatement, misleading statement, neglect or breach of duty.


The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Registrant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Arbor Court Capital (“ACC”), its several officers and directors, and any person who controls ACC within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act free and harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses (including the reasonable cost of investigating or defending such claims, demands or liabilities and any reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) which ACC, its officers and directors, or any such controlling persons, may incur under the Securities Act, the 1940 Act, or common law or otherwise, arising out of or based upon: (i) any untrue statement, or alleged untrue statement, of a material fact required to be stated in either any Registration Statement or any Prospectus, (ii) any omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact required to be stated in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in any of them not misleading, (iii) the Registrant’s  failure to maintain an effective Registration statement and Prospectus with respect to Shares of the Funds that are the subject of the claim or demand, or (iv)  the Registrant’s failure to provide ACC with advertising or sales materials to be filed with the FINRA on a timely basis.



Item 31. Activities of Investment Adviser.


PSG Investment Advisors, LLC, 8161 Maple Lawn Boulevard, Suite 400, Maple Lawn, MD  20759 is a registered investment adviser.  Additional information about the adviser and its officers is incorporated by reference to the Statement of Additional Information filed herewith, and the adviser’s Form ADV, file number 801-74506.


Item 32. Principal Underwriter.   


(a)  Arbor Court Capital, LLC (“ACC”), is the principal underwriter for all series of PSG Capital Management Trust.  ACC also acts as principal underwriter for the following:


·

CCA Investments Trust

·

Archer Investment Series Trust

·

TeaLeaf Management Investment Trust

·

Gator Series Trust

·

Clark Fork Trust

·

Frank Funds

·

DMS Funds

·

Conestoga Funds

·

Grand Prix Investors Trust

·

PSG Capital Management Trust

·

The MP63 Fund

·

Avondale Funds

·

Endurance Series Trust

·

Meyers Capital Investment Trust

·

GL Beyond Income Fund

·

TCG Financial Services Trust

(b) is registered with Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. The principal business address of ACC is 2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 120, Cleveland, Ohio 44122. ACC is an affiliate of Mutual Shareholder Service. To the best of Registrant’s knowledge, the following are the members and officers of ACC:

Name

Positions and Offices with Underwriter

Positions and Officers with the Fund

Christopher R. Barone

President, CEO

None

Arch Eagle Group Inc.

Member

None

Gregory B. Getts

CFO, Financial Principal

None

David W. Kuhr

CCO, SROP/CROP

None


(c) Not Applicable.  


Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.


All accounts, books and documents required to be maintained by the Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 31a-1 through 31a-3 thereunder are maintained at the office of the Registrant and the Transfer Agent.  The address of the Transfer Agent is 8000 Town Centre Drive, Suite 400, Broadview Heights, OH  44147.  The address of the Custodian is 7 Easton Oval, Columbus, OH  43219.


Item 34. Management Services. Not applicable.


Item 35. Undertakings. None.












SIGNATURES



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on the 25th day of July, 2016.


PSG Capital Management Trust


By:       /s/ JoAnn M. Strasser

JoAnn M. Strasser

Attorney-in-Fact


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 25th day of July, 2016.


Signature

Title

Robert H. Carson*

Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer

Jonathan V. Gordani*

Trustee, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Meredith M. Haussler*

Trustee

Paul R. Lucas*

Trustee


By:

/s/ JoAnn M. Strasser

JoAnn M. Strasser

Attorney-in-Fact










Exhibit Index


1.   Legal Consent

EX-99.28(i)(ii)

2.   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

EX-99.28(j)