N-CSR 1 baf-ncsra.htm BROWN ADVISORY FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT 6-30-20
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES




Investment Company Act file number:  (811-22708)



Brown Advisory Funds
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)



901 South Bond Street Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 21231
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Paul J. Chew
Principal Executive Officer
Brown Advisory Funds
901 South Bond Street Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 21231
 (Name and address of agent for service)


(410) 537-5400
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end: June 30



Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2020



Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.





ANNUAL REPORT


June 30, 2020

Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
Brown Advisory Total Return Fund
Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund
Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (www.brownadvisory.com/mf/how-to-invest), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
 
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or a bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling (800) 540-6807 or by enrolling at www.brownadvisory.com/mf.
 
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call (800) 540-6807 to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all Funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Funds.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
 
1
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
 
5
Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
 
10
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
 
14
Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
 
18
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
 
22
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
 
29
Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
 
33
Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
 
36
Brown Advisory Total Return Fund
 
42
Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund
 
51
Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
 
58
Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
 
65
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
 
70
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
 
77
Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
 
82
Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
 
92
Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
 
96
Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
 
100
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
 
104
Statements of Operations
 
109
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
114
Financial Highlights
 
124
Notes to Financial Statements
 
132
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
147
Additional Information
 
149


The views in the report contained herein were those of the Funds’ investment adviser, Brown Advisory LLC, or, for the sub-advised funds, of the respective sub-adviser, as of June 30, 2020 and may not reflect their views on the date this report is first published or anytime thereafter. This report may contain discussions about certain investments both held and not held in the portfolio as of June 30, 2020. All current and future holdings are subject to risk and are subject to change. While these views are intended to assist shareholders in understanding their investment in each Fund, they do not constitute investment advice, are not a guarantee of future performance and are not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security. Performance figures include the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS® is a service mark of MSCI, Inc. and S&P and has been licensed for use by the Administrator, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.
 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 
Alpha refers to the abnormal rate of return on a security or portfolio in excess of what would be predicted by an equilibrium model like the capital asset pricing model (CAPM).
 
Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years.
 
Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index represents domestic taxable investment-grade bonds with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities and asset-backed securities with average maturities and durations in the intermediate range. This index represents a sector of the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index.
 
Bloomberg Barclays Mortgage Backed Securities Index is a market value-weighted index which covers the mortgage-backed securities component of the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. The index is composed of agency mortgage-backed passthrough securities of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) with a minimum $150 million par amount outstanding and a weighted-average maturity of at least 1 year. The index includes reinvestment of income.
 
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market.  The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS, ABS and CMBS.
 
Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Index measures the US Dollar denominated, high-yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market.
 
Basis point(s) (bps) is a unit that is equal to 1/100th of 1%, and is used to denote the change in a financial instrument. The basis point is commonly used for calculating changes in interest rates, equity indexes and the yield of a fixed-income security. 1% is equal to 100 basis points.
 
Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole.
 
Book value is the net asset value of a company, calculated by total assets minus intangible assets (patents, goodwill) and liabilities.
 
CAPEX, or capital expenditures, are funds used by a company to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment. It is often used to undertake new projects or investments by the firm. This type of outlay is also made by companies to maintain or increase the scope of their operations.
 
Cash flow measures the cash generating capability of a company by adding non-cash charges (e.g. depreciation) and interest expense to pretax income.
 
Correlation is a statistical measurement of how two securities move in relation to each other.
 
Dividend Yield is a financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. In the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock.
 
Downside Capture is a statistical measure of a fund’s performance in down markets. For example, a fund with downside capture of 90% would only have declined 90% as much as the related index during the same down market period.
 
Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a fixed-income investment to a change in interest rates. Duration is expressed as a number of years.
 
Earnings growth is a measure of growth in a company’s net income over a specific period, often one year. The term can apply to actual data from previous periods or estimated data for future periods.
 
Earnings per share (EPS) is calculated by taking the total earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding.
 
Earnings Yield is the earnings per share for the most recent 12-month period divided by the current market price per share. The earnings yield shows the percentage of each dollar invested in the stock that was earned by the company.
 
EBITDA is the Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. An approximate measure of a company’s operating cash flow based on data from the company’s income statement.
 
Enterprise Value (EV) is a measure of a company’s value, often used as an alternative to straightforward market capitalization. Enterprise Value is calculated as market capitalization plus debt, minority interest and preferred shares, minus total cash and cash equivalents.
 
FTSE All-World Index is a market capitalization weighted index representing the performance of large and mid-capitalization stocks from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series.
 
FTSE Emerging Index is a market capitalization weighted index representing the performance of over 790 large and mid-capitalization companies in 22 emerging markets.
 
Forward price to earnings ratio uses forecasted earnings, rather than current earnings, to calculate the price to earnings ratio.
 
Free Cash Flow is the operating cash flows (net income plus amortization and depreciation) minus capital expenditures and dividends. Free cash flow is the amount of cash that a company has left over after it has paid all of its expenses, including investments.
 
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the monetary value of all the goods and services produced by an economy over a specified period. It includes consumption, government purchases, investments, and exports minus imports.
 
ICE BofAML 0-3 Month US Treasury Bill Index is a subset of the ICE BofAML US Treasury Bill Index and includes all securities with a remaining term to final maturity less than 3 months.
 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 
MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.
 
MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure small cap equity market performance in the global emerging markets.
 
MSCI Europe Index is an index that captures large and mid cap representation across 15 developed market countries in Europe.
 
Positive Convexity is a measure describing the sensitivity of a bond’s duration to changes in yield where a fall in yields leads to a greater increase in price than price declines due to an increase in yields providing downside protection for investors.
 
Price to Book Value Ratio (P/B) is ratio used to compare a stock’s market value to its book value. It is calculated by dividing the current closing price of the stock by the latest quarter’s book value per share.
 
Price to earnings ratio (P/E) is a common tool for comparing the prices of different common stocks and is calculated by dividing the current market price of a stock by the earnings per share.
 
Quantitative Easing is an expansionary monetary policy implemented by a central bank aiming to increase the money supply and decrease interest rates by buying bonds in order to inject liquidity into the economy.
 
Return of Capital (ROC) is a return from an investment that is not considered income. The return of capital is when some or all of the money an investor has in an investment is paid back to him or her, thus decreasing the value of the investment.
 
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is a financial ratio that measures a company’s profitability and the efficiency with which its capital is employed. Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is calculated as:  ROCE = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) / Capital Employed.
 
Return on Equity (ROE) is the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.
 
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is a calculation used to assess a company’s efficiency at allocating the capital under its control to profitable investments. ROIC is typically calculated by taking a company’s net income, subtracting dividends the company paid out and dividing that amount by the company’s total capital.
 
Russell Midcap Growth Index measures the performance of the mid-capitalization growth sector of the U.S. equity market.
 
Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price to book value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price to book value ratios and lower expected growth values.
 
Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with higher price to book value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index.
 
Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with lower price to book value ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
 
Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
 
S&P 500 Index (“S&P 500”) is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks.
 
Tangible Book Value (“TBV”) is a valuation ratio expressing the price of a security compared to its hard, or tangible, book value as reported in the company’s balance sheet. The tangible book value number is equal to the company’s total book value less the value of any intangible assets.
 
Tier 1 Capital Ratio is a comparison between a banking firm’s core equity capital and total risk-weighted assets. A firm’s core equity capital is known as its Tier 1 capital and is the measure of a bank’s financial strength based on the sum of its equity capital and disclosed reserves, and sometimes non-redeemable, non-cumulative preferred stock. A firm’s risk-weighted assets include all assets that the firm holds that are systematically weighted for credit risk. Central banks typically develop the weighting scale for different asset classes, such as cash and coins, which have zero risk, versus a letter or credit, which carries more risk.
 
Turnover refers to a fund buying or selling securities. (The fund “turns over” its portfolio.) A fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities. Additionally, a higher turnover rate may result in higher taxes when the fund shares are held in a taxable account.
 
Yield Curve is a line that plots the yields of securities having equal credit quality but different maturity dates.
 
Yield Spread is the difference between yields on differing securities, calculated by deducting the yield of one security from another.
 
The broad based market indexes referenced in the following management commentaries are considered representative of their indicated market, the indexes are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of fees, such as, investment management and fund accounting fees, or taxes associated with a mutual fund. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 22.70% in value. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 23.28%.
 
Equity markets have been quite volatile over this twelve month period as the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on one the longest running bull markets of all time. Stocks plunged in response to the potential havoc that the pandemic is wreaking on the global economy.  However, despite the murky economic backdrop, the stock market staged a dramatic rebound, driven in large part by mega-capitalization stocks such as Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. After the initial drawdown the Index posted its largest gain on record in the second quarter of 2020. The Fund managed to keep pace with the rebound and given the defensiveness that the portfolio exhibited during the downdraft, we are satisfied with the relative performance of the portfolio during this period.
 
Health care was the biggest positive contributor on a relative basis. Dexcom’s performance has been simply amazing in its resiliency, with the stock up 170% over this period. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has rapidly become the standard of care for diabetics to better manage their disease. Fundamental results have been better than expected as diabetes has been designated a co-morbidity factor with COVID-19. Intuitive Surgical and Edwards Lifesciences underperformed as hospitals redirected resources to fighting the virus and many non-emergency procedures such as hernia repairs were delayed. We believe that roughly half of Intuitive’s procedure volume is considered elective and could be delayed. This will undoubtedly negatively impact volumes and revenue in the near term. However, this is not a situation where competitive dynamics have shifted. The global trend toward robotically assisted surgery has a long way to go and Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) remains the industry leader. Edwards Lifesciences is experiencing a similar slowdown for its minimally invasive heart valve procedure. A heart valve procedure can only be delayed so long before it will become an emergency condition for a patient. Again, this is not a function of heart surgeons opting for another solution, but rather it is a temporary delay of a lifesaving treatment.
 
Technology was the biggest drag from a relative perspective due in part to the underweight to Apple and Microsoft.  Apple does not meet our growth criteria; however, it now comprises more than 10% of the benchmark. Microsoft is a business model that we quite like, yet at more than 10% of the benchmark, it can be a drag on performance from a relative perspective. Genpact traded down on concerns that its operations in India could be hindered by government actions to contain the virus. The company has contingency plans in place, including the ability for a significant portion of employees to work from home. These plans should enable the company to continue to provide services to its customers, and we believe the stock reaction is overblown.
 
Some of the portfolio holdings have been hit harder by the pandemic than others, such as industrial company Fortive.  We believe the company can weather the COVID-19 storm given its strong balance sheet and having the financial flexibility to navigate near-term disruption to its end markets. We are keenly focused on avoiding companies with existential risk during this period and do not believe this to be the case with any of our current portfolio holdings.
 
We maintain a fully invested portfolio. With that in mind, we have been patient with respect to portfolio trading activity. During short periods of heightened uncertainty we become keenly focused on the opportunities that arise due to pricing anomalies. This includes not just looking for new stocks that come into our price range. It also requires being fairly ruthless in trimming, or selling companies within the portfolio, in order to put more capital into our very best investment ideas, where the market has perhaps overreacted. One example is the elimination of our position in online travel (OTA) company Booking Holdings Inc. The OTA industry has become more competitive and more mature which has led to slowing growth for all participants. Given the prevailing negative backdrop on top of the recent malaise for travel, our confidence in the company’s ability to meet our growth requirements for this portfolio was severely diminished. We also took advantage of the volatility by swapping out of our position in TJX Companies into Lululemon Athletica. While nothing at TJX was broken, our action was purely an upgrade from one good business model into an even better one, in our view. We believe Lululemon has an exceptional business model within the athleisure apparel space. The company has complete control over its product line distribution which is rather unique for an apparel company. This gives the company a favorable margin structure coupled with a fast growing top line.  As compared to TJX, Lululemon also benefits from a higher percentage of sales from ecommerce which is becoming even more important both in the near and long term.
 
The stock market has clearly favored a handful of stocks that are the most obvious beneficiaries of the current environment. Some refer to this phenomenon as the fear of missing out (FOMO) trade as new investors bid up prices of technology and consumer stocks like Amazon as they rebounded.  Currently, the top five stocks in the Index account for nearly 37% of the total market capitalization of the Index. The portfolio has been and continues to be exposed to some of these stocks and the positive trends

 

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Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

they enjoy. However, we remain unwavering to the pillars of our investment process as they pertain to position sizing, diversification, and our valuation discipline. As such, we are comfortable with the underweight to mega-capitalization stocks. We have seen these kinds of movies before and they always seem to end the same way.
 
Sincerely,
 
Kenneth M. Stuzin, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in medium capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against broad-based securities market indices. The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price to book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The S&P 500 Index is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks. The indexes are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Information Technology
   
32.4
%
Health Care
   
22.9
%
Industrials
   
11.4
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
8.9
%
Communication Services
   
7.9
%
Consumer Staples
   
7.3
%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
3.9
%
Materials
   
3.2
%
Money Market Funds
   
2.2
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(0.1
)%
     
100.0
%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares1
22.88%
16.17%
16.21%
Investor Shares
22.70%
16.00%
16.04%
Advisor Shares
22.39%
15.71%
15.73%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
23.28%
15.89%
17.23%
S&P 500 Index
  7.51%
10.73%
13.99%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.70%
0.85%
1.10%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.70%
0.85%
1.10%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/growth-equity-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on October 19, 2012, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.


 

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Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 94.0%
 
   
Communication Services — 7.9%
 
   
77,133
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*
   
109,035,980
 
   
873,966
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.*
   
115,407,210
 
             
224,443,190
 
Consumer Discretionary — 8.9%
 
   
211,723
 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR*
   
45,668,651
 
   
48,326
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*
   
133,322,735
 
   
240,215
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*
   
74,949,482
 
             
253,940,868
 
Consumer Staples — 7.3%
 
   
1,119,060
 
Brown-Forman Corp.
   
71,239,360
 
   
216,602
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.
   
65,675,892
 
   
382,203
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
   
72,114,062
 
             
209,029,314
 
Health Care — 22.9%
 
   
546,229
 
Danaher Corp.
   
96,589,674
 
   
244,465
 
DexCom, Inc.*
   
99,106,111
 
   
969,989
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
67,035,940
 
   
203,694
 
Illumina, Inc.*
   
75,438,073
 
   
167,017
 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*
   
95,171,297
 
   
306,014
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
110,881,113
 
   
790,693
 
Zoetis, Inc.
   
108,356,568
 
             
652,578,776
 
Industrials — 11.4%
 
   
306,014
 
Cintas Corp.
   
81,509,889
 
   
1,189,582
 
Fortive Corp.
   
80,487,118
 
   
394,796
 
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
   
66,985,038
 
   
245,882
 
Roper Technologies, Inc.
   
95,466,145
 
             
324,448,190
 
Information Technology — 32.4%
 
   
151,118
 
Adobe, Inc.*
   
65,783,177
 
   
684,124
 
Amphenol Corp.
   
65,545,920
 
   
437,613
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
104,672,654
 
   
2,237,334
 
Genpact, Ltd.
   
81,707,438
 
   
332,932
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
98,611,129
 
   
362,054
 
MasterCard, Inc.
   
107,059,368
 
   
675,151
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
137,399,980
 
   
518,209
 
NXP Semiconductors NV
   
59,096,554
 
   
717,653
 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*
   
125,036,682
 
   
410,852
 
salesforce.com, Inc.*
   
76,964,905
 
             
921,877,807
 
Materials — 3.2%
 
   
157,729
 
Sherwin-Williams Co.
   
91,143,703
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,347,218,113)
   
2,677,461,848
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.9%
 
   
368,665
 
SBA Communications Corp.
   
109,832,677
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $34,150,272)
   
109,832,677
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 2.2%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 2.2%
 
   
63,644,358
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
63,644,358
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $63,644,358)
   
63,644,358
 
Total Investments — 100.1% (Cost $1,445,012,743)
   
2,850,938,883
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%
   
(4,042,235
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
2,846,896,648
 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
*
Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 11.12% in value. During the same period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 7.51%.
 
The Index peaked at 3,386 on February 19—before the ferocious selling related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Index bottomed at 2,237 on March 23, at which point the markets were down approximately 34% from the peak in 23 trading days. Since hitting the bottom, we saw a sharp rebound and by June 8 the Index had recovered all of its losses for the year. This is one of the sharpest corrections and fastest rebounds on record. The Fund fell behind the benchmark during the market decline but surpassed the benchmark during the current upswing.
 
Stock selection was a more meaningful contributor to the return than our sector allocation relative to the Index. Consumer discretionary, consumer staples and real estate contributed the most to the portfolio’s return relative to the Index due to a higher return than the benchmark. Energy also detracted from the return relative to the Index. While the weightings were similar, the holdings in the portfolio did not increase as much as those in the Index.
 
The biggest contributors to returns in the twelve-month period were Microsoft Corp., a leading technology services and software business, Apple Inc., a manufacturer of various personal digital, computing and communications devices, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., a leading home improvement retailer, PayPal Holdings, Inc., a digital payments company and Facebook, a leader in social media. These companies achieved strong business results and we continue to like their long-term prospects.
 
The largest detractors to returns were Delta Air Lines, an airline, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., a diversified insurance and industrial company (Warren Buffett’s company), Cimarex Energy Co., an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, Suncor Energy, an integrated Canadian energy company and Kinder Morgan, a pipeline transportation company. Delta Air Lines declined sharply with the severe disruptions in travel. Berkshire Hathaway modestly detracted from the portfolio’s return, after reporting results that underwhelmed investors. The effect of COVID-19 on the economy negatively impacted the company’s earnings. The three energy-related holdings were challenged by lower crude oil prices and poor investor sentiment toward the sector. We eliminated small holding Cimarex Energy in favor of consolidating our oil related investments by adding to Suncor Energy which we believe is a stronger company to own with oil prices at a low. We sold Delta Air Lines due to the extremely difficult present time for the airline industry.
 
Our level of activity picked up during the market declines in the first and second quarters. The broad market sell-off allowed us to make investments in new businesses that we believed were fundamentally attractive, but had refrained from buying due to their high share prices. We added four new investments and eliminated five since our December 31, 2019 Semi-Annual Report to shareholders. In addition to these purchases and sales, new holdings Raytheon Technologies Corp., Carrier Global Corp. and Otis Worldwide Corp. were the result of the acquisition of Raytheon Company by United Technologies Corp., a portfolio holding, and the subsequent spin-offs of the Carrier (air conditioning) and Otis (elevator) businesses. We purchased additional shares of Carrier Global Corp. as it was trading at a significant discount to its peer companies.
 
We initiated a new position in Analog Devices, funded by the elimination of Broadcom. Both are semiconductor companies. We believe that Analog Devices has one of the stronger business models in the semiconductor industry, with high margins and better future growth prospects, in our view. Broadcom’s business strategy shifted since our purchase, leading us to prefer Analog Devices.
 
We exited Charles Schwab as its earnings will be under pressure due to the low interest rate environment. We eliminated Wells Fargo in favor of investing in Blackstone Group. We believe that Blackstone has the strongest platform among alternative asset managers and is likely to benefit from the prevailing low interest rate environment. Wells Fargo’s growth has been limited by consent decrees that stemmed from the fraudulent opening of new accounts.
 
We added Dollar Tree, an American retail chain operating a variety of discount stores. The company has faced challenges delivering on expected synergies from its 2015 acquisition of Family Dollar. We believe the management team has initiatives in place to improve comparable sales and margins at Family Dollar to realize value.
 
We purchased Intuit, the leader of accounting solutions for small businesses (QuickBooks) and tax preparation solutions for consumers (TurboTax). We believe that Intuit has a large addressable market, dominant position, wide moat and a strong balance sheet.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020


We were able to execute on these new investments in a relatively short timeframe, as we had already completed in-depth research and analysis in previous months. We were patiently waiting for attractive prices and the sell-off gave us the opportunity to execute. Had we foreseen the pandemic, we would have unloaded our investment in Delta Airlines and lightened up on our exposure in banks earlier. Nevertheless, there were opportunities to do so in March and April, when there was overreaction and bounce backs. Prices generally respond to news headlines—slowly at first perhaps—but once the news becomes widespread it is definitely priced in—sometimes too much so. We added to stocks as prices declined, picked up new holdings and added to some existing holdings that had declined too much and exited some where we felt the future became less attractive or less clear for longer. We are pleased to report that the changes we executed have contributed positively to the portfolio performance.
 
During these volatile times, it has become a recurring theme of our letters to remind readers that it is difficult to predict where the market is going next week, next month or next year—though we expect an upward bias over time, based on long-term economic progress. As we have said before, getting out at the peak and getting back in at the bottom is mostly a fool’s errand and not something we contemplate. The quick reversal of the market in a short period is a testament that it is time, and not timing, that usually works in favor of long-term equity investors.
 
The recent equity market rebound should by no means lull one into believing that problems related to the health and financial crises are behind us. Virtually every country in the Western Hemisphere has been in a lockdown for most of the quarter, which has caused tremendous economic pain in many sectors of the economy and has resulted in unprecedented levels of unemployment from which the world has yet to recover. In the U.S., real gross domestic product (GDP) declined at a 5% annual rate in the first quarter of the year and is likely to contract at an unprecedented pace in the second quarter. The unemployment rate has swung from a 50-year low in February at 3.5%, to an 80-year high in April at 14.7%.
 
The odds of the market or the economy rebounding to the extent it has would be slim had the Federal Reserve and our elected officials not responded in a big and decisive way in a matter of days by supporting the incomes of households and small businesses. The Fed stepped in to support the flow of credit to households and companies, lowered interest rates to near zero and calmed down international dollar funding markets.
 
In addition, Congress voted to distribute approximately $2.9 trillion, about 14% of U.S. GDP, in COVID-19 relief. The forcefulness of the actions by central banks and governments have helped reduce the stress that could have amplified the shock associated with the shutdown of the vast swaths of the global economy. We agree with Warren Buffett that we collectively owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Federal Reserve for acting strongly in March and since then. Buffett is convinced that the U.S. will do fine over the long-term. Buffett notes that since the United States’ founding in 1789, it has always been a mistake to bet against America—the American miracle, or the American experiment, has always come through. If a person could pick any time and place in history to be born, America at the present time would be it.
 
We are also tremendously grateful to the medical staff in hospitals, who are still responding to the ongoing spread of the virus in the U.S.
 
We usually close our written commentaries with the following statement about our investment approach.
 
We search for investment bargains among long-term attractive businesses with shareholder-oriented managers—those with productive assets and productive managers. These businesses should have or develop competitive advantages that result in good business economics, managers who allocate capital well, capacity to adjust to changes in the world and the ability to grow business value over time.  Bargains in these types of stocks can arise for various reasons, but are often due to short-term investor perceptions, temporary business challenges that will improve, company or industry changes for the better or as-yet-unrecognized potential for long-term growth and development. Despite the occasional investment that will go awry and stretches when the general stock market is unrewarding, we are optimistic about the long-term outlook for equities of good businesses purchased at reasonable prices and our ability to find them.
 
Sincerely,
 
Maneesh Bajaj, CFA
Portfolio Manager

 

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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers. Investments in such securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. Investments in smaller and medium-sized companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer term debt securities. Investments in lower-rated and non-rated securities present a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based securities market index. The S&P 500 Index (“Index”) is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Information Technology
   
30.1
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
17.1
%
Financials
   
13.0
%
Communication Services
   
11.0
%
Health Care
   
9.6
%
Industrials
   
6.5
%
Consumer Staples
   
4.7
%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
3.1
%
Money Market Funds
   
2.6
%
Energy
   
2.3
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(0.0
)%
     
100.0
%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares1
11.29%
11.23%
14.24%
Investor Shares
11.12%
11.06%
14.07%
Advisor Shares
10.84%
10.78%
13.81%
S&P 500 Index
  7.51%
10.73%
13.99%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.58%
0.73%
0.98%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.58%
0.73%
0.98%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/flexible-equity-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on October 19, 2012, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 94.3%
 
   
Communication Services — 11.0%
 
   
5,631
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A*
   
7,985,039
 
   
12,246
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*
   
17,311,068
 
   
99,854
 
Facebook, Inc.*
   
22,673,848
 
   
63,525
 
Walt Disney Co.
   
7,083,673
 
             
55,053,628
 
Consumer Discretionary — 17.1%
 
   
67,727
 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR*
   
14,608,714
 
   
3,778
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*
   
10,422,822
 
   
8,180
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.*
   
13,025,341
 
   
206,119
 
CarMax, Inc.*
   
18,457,956
 
   
56,557
 
Dollar Tree, Inc.*
   
5,241,703
 
   
152,031
 
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
   
20,542,429
 
   
74,279
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
3,755,546
 
             
86,054,511
 
Consumer Staples — 4.7%
 
   
224,391
 
Conagra Brands, Inc.
   
7,891,832
 
   
208,632
 
Hain Celestial Group, Inc.*
   
6,573,994
 
   
425,006
 
Nomad Foods, Ltd.*
   
9,116,379
 
             
23,582,205
 
Energy — 2.3%
 
   
430,956
 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
   
6,537,603
 
   
287,247
 
Suncor Energy, Inc.
   
4,842,984
 
             
11,380,587
 
Financials — 13.0%
 
   
88,186
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
13,231,427
 
   
493,678
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
11,724,853
 
   
90,327
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.*
   
16,124,273
 
   
91,517
 
Blackstone Group, Inc.
   
5,185,353
 
   
119,651
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
11,254,373
 
   
249,805
 
KKR & Co., Inc.
   
7,713,978
 
             
65,234,257
 
Health Care — 9.6%
 
   
59,100
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
   
5,222,667
 
   
32,967
 
Anthem, Inc.
   
8,669,662
 
   
209,696
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
14,492,091
 
   
46,978
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
3,632,809
 
   
55,070
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
16,242,896
 
             
48,260,125
 
Industrials — 6.5%
 
   
62,767
 
Canadian National Railway Co.
   
5,559,273
 
   
190,702
 
Carrier Global Corp.
   
4,237,399
 
   
29,710
 
General Dynamics Corp.
   
4,440,457
 
   
23,642
 
Otis Worldwide Corp.
   
1,344,284
 
   
47,291
 
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
   
2,914,071
 
   
133,885
 
Stericycle, Inc.*
   
7,494,882
 
   
45,580
 
United Rentals, Inc.*
   
6,793,243
 
             
32,783,609
 
Information Technology — 30.1%
 
   
45,082
 
Accenture PLC
   
9,680,007
 
   
63,168
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
7,746,923
 
   
54,430
 
Apple, Inc.
   
19,856,064
 
   
22,608
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
6,696,264
 
   
91,413
 
MasterCard, Inc.
   
27,030,824
 
   
146,289
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
29,771,274
 
   
82,526
 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*
   
14,378,505
 
   
107,306
 
Taiwan Semiconductor
       
       
  Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
   
6,091,762
 
   
153,905
 
Visa, Inc.
   
29,729,829
 
             
150,981,452
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $237,548,844)
   
473,330,374
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.1%
 
   
36,611
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
6,126,851
 
   
31,465
 
SBA Communications Corp.
   
9,374,052
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $7,431,194)
   
15,500,903
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 2.6%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 2.6%
 
   
13,078,522
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
13,078,522
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $13,078,522)
   
13,078,522
 
Total Investments — 100.0% (Cost $258,058,560)
   
501,909,799
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.0)%
   
(237,955
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
501,671,844
 
                 
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
*
 Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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9


Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020
 
Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 0.24% in value. During the same period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 7.51%.
 
The past 12 months was certainly a historically unusual period for the U.S. stock market. In particular, the second half of the year will be remembered as one of the most volatile periods for investors in recent memory as stocks dropped sharply amid the COVID-19-related business shutdowns. Then, in the final months of the period, stocks rallied just as sharply as investors responded positively to various government actions to contend with the pandemic.
 
The information technology sector, which is the largest single sector in the Index, played an outsized role in determining the Index’s overall return during the period. Information technology was far and away the best performing sector in the Index, rising 36% compared to the 12% return of the next best sector, which was consumer discretionary. A number of the Fund’s information technology holdings performed well. For instance, Microsoft and Apple both benefitted from the global shift to remote working and distance learning brought on by the pandemic. However, the Fund’s holdings overall in the sector failed to keep pace with the benchmark’s impressive advance.
 
In contrast to the information technology sector’s attractive results, many other sectors were severely impacted and disrupted by the pandemic. In several instances, the reduced near-term earnings outlook resulted in changes to a company’s stated dividend policy and subsequently prompted changes to the Fund’s holdings. In consumer discretionary, jeanswear maker Kontoor Brands was eliminated prior to the eventual suspension of its dividend. Similarly in the real estate sector, timber products company Weyerhaeuser was eliminated after the unexpected suspension of its dividend. In industrials, Carrier Global was eliminated after the HVAC systems company initially refrained from instituting a dividend upon its separation from previous holding United Technologies. And in the energy sector, oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum was eliminated after weaker commodity prices resulted in a large reduction in its dividend.
 
In other instances, the gyrating stock market created opportunities to upgrade the Fund into new holdings with better near-term cash flow stability and superior long-term growth prospects versus prior holdings in our view. Semiconductor maker Analog Devices was added and fellow chip maker Broadcom was sold. Outsourced nursing home services provider Healthcare Services Group was eliminated in favor of a new position in managed care services company UnitedHealth Group. Broadline retailer Target was added and replaced apparel company VF Corp and luxury retailer Tiffany & Co., which received an acquisition offer from a rival. Bank holding company Wells Fargo was sold while asset managers T. Rowe Price Group and Blackstone Group were added. Elsewhere, railroad operator Canadian National Railway was added and agricultural products company Corteva and materials company DuPont de Nemours were both eliminated.
 
Late in the year, the Fund acquired a small position in a mandatory convertible preferred security with an attractive annual coupon issued by medical products supplier Becton, Dickinson & Co. The purchase marked the Fund’s first non-common stock purchase in several years. As companies adjust to the new operating environment presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be additional opportunities to add similar securities with attractive yields in the months to come.
 
Dividend growth has been a hallmark of the Fund for the past several years and remains an important consideration when assessing any individual investment opportunity. However, it is reasonable to expect that the overall rate of dividend growth will slow for both the Fund and the Index until the global economy fully recovers from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While the ultimate trajectory of the economic recovery remains uncertain, the Fund’s investment process and core objective remain unchanged. As always, the goal is to construct the best possible portfolio of investments offering above-average yields with a strong potential for future growth at reasonable valuations.
 
Sincerely,
 
Brian Graney, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 

 

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Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Investments in lower-rated and nonrated securities present a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities. Investments in smaller and medium capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs and Real Estate may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. Investing in Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”) entails risk related to fluctuations in energy prices, decreases in supply of or demand for energy commodities, unique tax consequences due to the partnership structure and various other risks. Private Placement issued securities are restricted securities that are not publicly traded. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to the Fund.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The S&P 500 Index (“Index”) is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Information Technology
   
24.4
%
Health Care
   
18.2
%
Financials
   
14.6
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
12.9
%
Consumer Staples
   
7.1
%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
5.3
%
Industrials
   
4.8
%
Materials
   
3.9
%
Energy
   
3.4
%
Money Market Funds
   
3.3
%
Communication Services
   
2.3
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(0.2
)%
     
100.0
%


   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(12/29/11)
Institutional Shares1
0.46%
  7.40%
  9.86%
Investor Shares
0.24%
  7.24%
  9.69%
Advisor Shares
0.05%
  6.99%
  9.43%
S&P 500 Index
7.51%
10.73%
13.47%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.81%
0.96%
1.21%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.81%
0.96%
1.21%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/equity-income-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on October 19, 2012, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.


 

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Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 91.3%
 
   
Communication Services — 2.3%
 
   
45,845
 
Comcast Corp.
   
1,787,038
 
                 
Consumer Discretionary — 12.9%
 
   
17,181
 
Best Buy Co., Inc.
   
1,499,386
 
   
15,341
 
Hasbro, Inc.
   
1,149,808
 
   
7,994
 
Home Depot, Inc.
   
2,002,577
 
   
11,881
 
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
   
1,605,360
 
   
11,734
 
McDonald’s Corp.
   
2,164,571
 
   
14,016
 
Target Corp.
   
1,680,939
 
             
10,102,641
 
Consumer Staples — 7.1%
 
   
20,699
 
Altria Group, Inc.
   
812,436
 
   
40,516
 
Coca-Cola Co.
   
1,810,255
 
   
21,465
 
Philip Morris International, Inc.
   
1,503,838
 
   
27,148
 
Unilever NV ADR
   
1,446,174
 
             
5,572,703
 
Energy — 3.4%
 
   
103,512
 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
   
1,570,277
 
   
64,056
 
Suncor Energy, Inc.
   
1,079,984
 
             
2,650,261
 
Financials — 14.6%
 
   
13,971
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
2,096,209
 
   
66,618
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
1,582,177
 
   
22,525
 
Blackstone Group, Inc.
   
1,276,266
 
   
20,950
 
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
   
1,341,429
 
   
8,863
 
Erie Indemnity Co.
   
1,700,810
 
   
21,921
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
2,061,889
 
   
11,277
 
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
   
1,392,710
 
             
11,451,490
 
Health Care — 17.9%
 
   
15,341
 
AbbVie, Inc.
   
1,506,179
 
   
13,589
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
   
1,045,538
 
   
17,048
 
Johnson & Johnson
   
2,397,460
 
   
19,360
 
Medtronic PLC
   
1,775,312
 
   
43,872
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
3,392,622
 
   
26,191
 
Novartis AG ADR
   
2,287,522
 
   
5,256
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
1,550,257
 
             
13,954,890
 
Industrials — 4.8%
 
   
8,701
 
Canadian National Railway Co.
   
770,648
 
   
8,509
 
General Dynamics Corp.
   
1,271,755
 
   
8,642
 
Otis Worldwide Corp.
   
491,384
 
   
19,860
 
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
   
1,223,773
 
             
3,757,560
 
Information Technology — 24.4%
 
   
10,821
 
Accenture PLC
   
2,323,485
 
   
7,582
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
929,857
 
   
11,586
 
Apple, Inc.
   
4,226,573
 
   
17,151
 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
   
2,553,612
 
   
69,931
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
3,261,582
 
   
28,355
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
5,770,526
 
             
19,065,635
 
Materials — 3.9%
 
   
24,395
 
Dow, Inc.
   
994,340
 
   
9,628
 
Linde PLC
   
2,042,195
 
             
3,036,535
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $42,132,952)
   
71,378,753
 
                 
Preferred Stocks — 0.3%
 
   
Health Care — 0.3%
 
   
5,176
 
Becton Dickinson and Co. Depositary Shares*^
   
275,363
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $259,007)
   
275,363
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.3%
 
   
9,687
 
American Tower Corp.
   
2,504,477
 
   
23,703
 
W.P. Carey, Inc.
   
1,603,508
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $2,378,413)
   
4,107,985
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 3.3%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 3.3%
 
   
2,565,406
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
2,565,406
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,565,406)
   
2,565,406
 
Total Investments — 100.2% (Cost $47,335,778)
   
78,327,507
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)%
   
(187,501
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
78,140,006
 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
*
Non-Income Producing
^
Each depositary share represents 1/20th interest in a share of Becton, Dickinson and Co. 6.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B. Each outstanding depositary share will automatically convert on June 1, 2023 into a number of shares of common stock. Refer to the company’s filings at sec.gov for additional information.
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund – Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 22.01% in value. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 23.28%.
 
We are pleased to have performed in line with the Index during a period marked by tremendous volatility and uncertainty.  Our stock selection remained strong and we added value in health care, industrials, real estate and communication services. Outperformance from these sectors, on a stock specific basis, more than offset underperformance in consumer discretionary, information technology, consumer staples and materials. Sector allocation was a headwind to performance during the period. Our underweight to information technology and our overweight to materials detracted from performance.
 
The coronavirus epidemic is a terrible human tragedy and we are deeply saddened by the tremendous suffering caused by this event. Our hearts go out to all those affected. The world has been transformed in ways we never would have imagined. Given the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, investor sentiment reflected in the markets is increasingly unpredictable. There has been no shortage of new information—everything from the massive fiscal stimulus to a new surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The turmoil that reached a peak in the U.S. at the end of the first quarter crested even higher with world-wide civil protests calling for racial justice.  While the macroeconomic environment remains fluid and is always uncertain, our focus remains unchanged. We seek to identify fundamentally superior companies that are using sustainability strategies to drive strong financial performance.
 
Taking a closer look at the last twelve months, Amazon and Microsoft led performance but we also had strong results from some less well-known names including West Pharmaceutical Services, Monolithic Power Systems and Tyler Technologies.  West Pharmaceuticals, a leader in drug containment, reported a very strong first quarter and raised guidance.  The company is executing well and we expect more information throughout the remainder of the year on partnerships related to COVID-19 treatments and/or vaccines. Monolithic Power Systems reported solid quarterly results and backlog despite the coronavirus. Demand for the company’s energy-efficient, analog semiconductors continues to be broad-based across multiple end markets including auto, consumer, industrial and data center. Tyler Technologies reported solid growth within its municipal and local government end-market. As more customers demand cloud solutions to manage their information technology infrastructure, we believe Tyler will be in a leadership position to gain market share.
 
In terms of our largest detractors, Marriott International, Fortive and Unilever were our worst performers during the period. Marriott came under considerable pressure given the lockdown orders in the first half of the year.  The company faces tremendous uncertainty as to the future demand for travel. We sold Marriott during the first quarter and replaced it with Accenture which we believe has a more durable business model and less volatile growth rate. Fortive declined given that the company faces three critical challenges in the near-term: finalize the IPO of its retail fueling business (i.e. Vontier), manage through the cyclical downturn in its largest businesses (Fluke and Tektronix) and integrate its largest acquisition to date, Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP). We believe the management team is up to the task given it was trained in the Danaher Business System prior to the spin out from Danaher. We added to our position during the period. Unilever reported disappointing revenue growth particularly in the developed markets. The duration of share losses in key product areas remains unclear. We sold Unilever in the first quarter and replaced it with Starbucks which we believe has a faster growth rate going forward.
 
We added six new names to the portfolio during the last twelve months including Accenture, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Etsy, Nike, ServiceNow, and Starbucks.
 
Bio-Rad is a globally diversified manufacturer of life science and clinical diagnostic instruments, consumables, software and services. The company has leadership positions in DNA and cell analysis, bio-chromatography, blood typing, quality control, and consumables for infectious disease testing. We believe the company’s sustainable business advantage (SBA) advances the discovery process and ultimately improves health outcomes.
 
Nike is a global manufacturer of footwear and apparel. For the first time in recent memory, the company should be able to grow revenue and margins simultaneously. Margin improvement should come from the increased shift to direct-to-consumer sales, cost reductions, and pricing power. While a new CEO will have to prove himself, and with room to improve on some ESG characteristics, we believe the company has evolved from approaching sustainability as a reputation management issue, to embracing sustainability more broadly as a source of innovation and growth.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Etsy is an e-commerce marketplace that specializes in connecting buyers with personalized, unique, handmade, and vintage items.  Etsy has taken a leadership position in environmental performance and gender diversity. It is the first global e-commerce company to offset 100% of the carbon emissions generated from shipments on its platform and is on track to reach its goal of powering global operations with 100% renewable electricity by 2020.
 
ServiceNow is a software provider of information technology service management (ITSM) solutions for enterprises across the globe. ServiceNow helps enterprises become more productive and efficient which is its sustainable business advantage (SBA).  Its software helps increase the productivity of new hires and moves more legacy work processes to the cloud.
 
Starbucks is the premier roaster, marketer, and retailer of specialty coffee globally operating more than 32,000 company and licensed stores in 75 countries. We believe the strength of the brand, beverage-led innovation and digital/mobile investments should drive strong growth going forward. The company has a long history of building a reliable supply of high quality coffee given its focus on ethically-sourced coffee and Fair Trade.
 
Accenture is a global professional services company providing consulting and outsourcing services to large enterprises across the globe. With thousands of personnel devoted to helping clients solve sustainability challenges, we believe Accenture has the most coverage across the globe in sustainability relative to its peers.
 
As for deletions during the period, we eliminated Marriott, Unilever, and J.B. Hunt, Mettler-Toledo, Aptiv, and salesforce.com.  We sold Marriott, Aptiv and J.B. Hunt to lower our cyclical exposure and “upgrade” the portfolio into more durable businesses including Accenture, Etsy and Nike. We exited salesforce.com, Mettler-Toledo and Unilever in favor of three faster-growing companies: ServiceNow, Bio-Rad and Starbucks.
 
We maintain a disciplined process of discerning what we believe are high-quality names poised for steady success–even in uncertain operating environments. Sustainable growth requires management teams to be resilient against many challenges, including constraints on the natural environment and resources. Our deep sustainability research helps us identify the companies that for many years now have been making the right long-term investments toward their own long-term sustainability and growth.
 
While we enter the second half of calendar year 2020 with considerable macroeconomic and political uncertainty, we will maintain focus on our disciplined, repeatable formula for stock selection which we believe will enable us to provide attractive long-term returns.
 
Sincerely,
 
David Powell, CFA and Karina Funk, CFA
Portfolio Managers
 

 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund’s investment focus on environmental factors could cause it to make or avoid investments that could result in the Fund underperforming similar funds that do not have an environmental focus. Investments in smaller and medium-sized capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITS may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 1000® Growth Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price to book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Information Technology
   
36.5
%
Health Care
   
24.7
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
15.1
%
Industrials
   
8.5
%
Materials
   
4.7
%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
4.5
%
Communication Services
   
3.9
%
Money Market Funds
   
1.3
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
0.8
%
     
100.0
%

       
     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(6/29/12)
Institutional Shares
22.01%
17.95%
17.75%
Investor Shares
21.82%
17.77%
17.56%
Advisor Shares
21.53%
17.47%
17.28%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
23.28%
15.89%
16.67%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.73%
0.88%
1.13%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.73%
0.88%
1.13%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/sustainable-growth-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 93.4%
 
   
Communication Services — 3.9%
 
   
81,331
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A*
   
115,331,425
 
                 
Consumer Discretionary — 15.1%
 
   
56,254
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*
   
155,194,660
 
   
450,710
 
Etsy, Inc.*
   
47,878,923
 
   
323,291
 
Home Depot, Inc.
   
80,987,629
 
   
678,497
 
NIKE, Inc.
   
66,526,631
 
   
689,959
 
Starbucks Corp.
   
50,774,083
 
   
985,463
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
49,825,009
 
             
451,186,935
 
Health Care — 24.7%
 
   
191,128
 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.*
   
86,292,381
 
   
738,080
 
Danaher Corp.
   
130,514,686
 
   
750,280
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
51,851,851
 
   
265,682
 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*
   
87,717,569
 
   
174,184
 
Illumina, Inc.*
   
64,509,044
 
   
311,769
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
112,966,380
 
   
374,801
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
110,547,555
 
   
415,467
 
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
   
94,381,638
 
             
738,781,104
 
Industrials — 8.5%
 
   
1,096,615
 
Fortive Corp.
   
74,196,971
 
   
392,575
 
Nordson Corp.
   
74,475,403
 
   
627,606
 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
   
106,818,541
 
             
255,490,915
 
Information Technology — 36.5%
 
   
235,183
 
Accenture PLC
   
50,498,494
 
   
242,638
 
Adobe, Inc.*
   
105,622,748
 
   
563,218
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
69,073,056
 
   
358,535
 
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
   
37,147,811
 
   
389,034
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
93,053,043
 
   
387,679
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
114,826,643
 
   
2,650,041
 
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.
   
92,910,437
 
   
761,124
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
154,896,345
 
   
347,691
 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
   
82,402,767
 
   
200,617
 
ServiceNow, Inc.*
   
81,261,922
 
   
236,538
 
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*
   
82,050,301
 
   
672,338
 
Visa, Inc.
   
129,875,532
 
             
1,093,619,099
 
Materials — 4.7%
 
   
881,765
 
Ball Corp.
   
61,273,850
 
   
400,556
 
Ecolab, Inc.
   
79,690,616
 
             
140,964,466
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,958,560,329)
   
2,795,373,944
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.5%
 
   
525,264
 
American Tower Corp.
   
135,801,754
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $92,129,038)
   
135,801,754
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 1.3%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 1.3%
 
   
39,662,331
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
39,662,331
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $39,662,331)
   
39,662,331
 
Total Investments — 99.2% (Cost $2,090,351,698)
   
2,970,838,029
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.8%
   
24,716,157
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
2,995,554,186
 

*
Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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17


Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 5.46% in value. During the same period, the Russell Midcap Growth Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 11.91%.
 
The gains cited above smooth over a meaningful drawdown in U.S equity values in the month of March due to the global pandemic and a subsequent snapback in April, May, and June. During the entire one-year period, several market themes of recent years were surprisingly bolstered by the COVID-19 pandemic and governments’ responses to the crisis. Growth continued to outpace value, large-caps materially beat small-caps, and technology’s lead versus other sectors strengthened. Some trends eased, however. Notably, the yield on the U.S. ten-year Treasury fell 134 basis points to 0.65% and the price of oil was cut by approximately one third.
 
Most of these market characteristics are interrelated. In our view, investors have continuously paid more for growth in recent years as interest rates stayed low, required returns waned, and growth became scarce late in the cycle. The recent downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic surprisingly accentuated this trend. Many technology and health care companies are insulated or benefit from the pandemic’s distinct effects, including consumers sheltering in place, working from home, and vaccine development. Investors rotated into those sectors the past four months, pushing valuations—which we viewed as mildly stretched after the market’s run in 2019—even higher. Meanwhile, cyclicals, or any business requiring physical presence such as those in the travel, retail, and services sectors, have been significantly hindered by the same trends. Simply put, beneficiaries comprise a more meaningful portion of growth and larger-cap styles, while smaller-cap and value-oriented indexes tilt more towards cyclical businesses, rate sensitive financials, and those hindered by the current crisis.
 
The Fund’s underperformance during the trailing one-year period was concentrated in the last four months. While we detail contributors and detractors below, we believe our “valuation-sensitive” or “traditional growth” style has faced a headwind since February as, perhaps ironically, the market favored more “aggressive growth” approaches. Over the last two years, we invested more in “traditionally defensive” consumer and business-services companies instead of high-growth technology stocks as valuations extended late in the cycle. We believed the former offered superior opportunities over a three- to five-year period and, in some cases, less cyclicality. This bottom-up stock selection led to an underweight in technology. Given the sector’s outperformance, the underweight provided a headwind to the Fund’s relative returns in the past four months and over the entire twelve-month period covered by this review.
 
Most of our top contributors benefited from the pandemic’s effects captioned above, while the Fund’s largest detractors were hurt by them. Top contributors during the period included Dexcom (DXCM), Etsy (ETSY) and Marvell (MRVL). Dexcom’s (DXCM) shares outperformed largely attributed to continued strong revenue growth. Dexcom also benefited from investors’ views that its continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) were insulated from the COVID-19 pandemic as compared to many other medical device products which could be hurt by a steep decline in hospital admissions. The company also benefitted from investor hope that the pandemic might accelerate the adoption of its hospital-based CGM system. Gross merchandise sales (GMS) growth on Etsy’s (ETSY) marketplace accelerated meaningfully in April as consumers shifted to purchases online. On its first-quarter 2020 earnings call, management guided investors to an 80%-100% GMS growth in the second quarter, up from +32% year-over-year in the first quarter. Marvell (MRVL) posted strong results the last two quarters despite weakness in its storage segment due to COVID-19 as 5G deployments and cloud demand drove growth in its networking division.
 
The biggest detractors during the period included KAR Auction Services (KAR), Aptiv (APTV), and Marriott (MAR). KAR Auction Services’ share-price fell 44% in the first quarter of 2020 on COVID-19 worries. Stay-at-home policies reduced demand for new cars, which in turn hurts whole-car auctioneers. Marriott faced an unprecedented environment with stay-at-home orders affecting nearly all of its hotels; revenue per available room collapsed almost entirely. We sold our position after a significant bounce in March. We think travel may be hurt for a longer period of time by virus mitigation efforts and that business travel specifically may take longer to recover. Similarly, Aptiv’s exposure to the auto industry under COVID-19 restrictions hurt the stock. We sold our position late in the quarter to fund other opportunities with similar or better risk/reward profiles.
 
During the period, the Fund added eighteen investments and exited twenty-three positions. Dollar turnover remained within historical norms. Given our three- to five-year investment time-horizon, we expect turnover to range between 20% and 50% annually, depending on market conditions, portfolio needs, and investment opportunities.

 

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18


Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020
 
Six of the new positions were in health care, three in consumer discretionary, three in information technology, two in industrials, two in communications services, one in consumer staples, and one in the materials sector. We took advantage of the recent drawdown to build positions in Bio-Rad (BIO), Dynatrace (DT), IHS Markit (INFO), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK).  Most recently, the Fund purchased Ascendis Pharma (ASND), KLA Corp (KLAC), and Zynga (ZNGA). We also participated in four IPOs during the last twelve months: Datadog (DDOG), Inari Medical (NARI), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), and Shift4 Payments (FOUR).
 
Despite lower volatility and higher prices, we also found several opportunities to build new positions during the second half of 2019. We bought shares of pesticide-maker FMC Corp (FMC). We believe its business is undergoing a transformation that is not yet fully appreciated by the market. Specifically, we think diamide insecticides acquired from DuPont are growing in excess of other pesticides in FMC’s portfolio largely attributed to a secular shift away from chemicals that harm pollinators. We also think those products carry higher gross margins and can lift the corporate total over our three- to five-year investment time horizon. In addition to FMC, we also built positions in Five Below (FIVE), Bruker Corp (BRKR), Casey’s General Stores (CASY), and Health Equity (HQY).
 
We sold positions across a variety of sectors: seven in consumer discretionary, four in information technology, four in health care, three in industrials, two in consumer staples, two in financials, and one in the communications services sector. Typically, we sell for three reasons: valuation, structural (an acquisition, for instance), or fundamentals. We sold Fair Isaac (FICO), HEICO (HEI), and Tradeweb (TW) due to valuation. Pfizer acquired Array BioPharma (ARRY) in 2019. We sold a number of other positions throughout the last twelve months, mostly to fund new positions with, in our view, more attractive risk/reward profiles.
 
As always, we remain committed to achieving attractive risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle by owning a diversified portfolio of companies that we believe could one day grow much larger. We are grateful for your support and look forward to updating you again.
 
Sincerely,
 
George Sakellaris, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers. Investments in such securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. Investments in smaller and medium-sized companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer term debt securities. Investments in lower-rated and non-rated securities present a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.

 

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19


Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund compared with the broad-based securities market index. The Russell Midcap Growth Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the mid-capitalization growth sector of the U.S. equity market. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Information Technology
   
27.3
%
Industrials
   
18.9
%
Health Care
   
18.8
%
Communication Services
   
9.5
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
8.9
%
Money Market Funds
   
8.1
%
Materials
   
6.8
%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
2.8
%
Consumer Staples
   
1.9
%
Financials
   
1.3
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(4.3
)%
     
100.0
%
 
   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
(10/2/17)
Institutional Shares1
  5.68%
13.23%
Investor Shares
  5.46%
13.03%
Russell Midcap Growth Index
11.91%
13.88%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
1.04%
1.19%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.70%
0.85%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/mid-cap-growth-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on July 2, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 93.4%
 
   
Communication Services — 9.5%
 
   
24,354
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.*
   
3,215,945
 
   
14,678
 
Liberty Broadband Corp.*
   
1,793,505
 
   
29,620
 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*
   
1,313,055
 
   
24,223
 
Match Group, Inc.*
   
2,593,072
 
   
84,977
 
Pinterest, Inc.*
   
1,883,940
 
   
146,785
 
Zynga Inc.*
   
1,400,329
 
             
12,199,846
 
Consumer Discretionary — 8.9%
 
   
14,086
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*
   
1,650,879
 
   
31,463
 
Etsy, Inc.*
   
3,342,314
 
   
5,003
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*
   
1,560,986
 
   
88,071
 
National Vision Holdings, Inc.*
   
2,687,928
 
   
21,129
 
Ross Stores, Inc.
   
1,801,036
 
   
13,296
 
Shift4 Payments, Inc.*
   
472,008
 
             
11,515,151
 
Consumer Staples — 1.9%
 
   
14,876
 
Brown-Forman Corp.
   
947,006
 
   
9,873
 
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
   
1,476,211
 
             
2,423,217
 
Financials — 1.3%
 
   
51,671
 
KKR & Co., Inc.
   
1,595,600
 
                 
Health Care — 18.8%
 
   
5,332
 
Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR*
   
788,603
 
   
14,810
 
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd.*
   
1,082,759
 
   
6,187
 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.*
   
2,793,368
 
   
9,742
 
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*
   
759,876
 
   
31,266
 
Bruker Corp.
   
1,271,901
 
   
33,043
 
Catalent, Inc.*
   
2,422,052
 
   
11,914
 
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*
   
2,077,206
 
   
12,309
 
Cooper Companies, Inc.
   
3,491,326
 
   
4,278
 
DexCom, Inc.*
   
1,734,301
 
   
31,200
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
2,156,232
 
   
6,319
 
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.*
   
398,918
 
   
22,248
 
HealthEquity, Inc.*
   
1,305,290
 
   
6,700
 
Inari Medical, Inc.*
   
324,548
 
   
7,240
 
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
   
883,280
 
   
2,567
 
Royalty Pharma PLC*
   
124,628
 
   
7,306
 
Teleflex, Inc.
   
2,659,238
 
             
24,273,526
 
Industrials — 18.9%
 
   
13,954
 
Allegion PLC
   
1,426,378
 
   
35,215
 
BWX Technologies, Inc.
   
1,994,578
 
   
5,529
 
Cintas Corp.
   
1,472,704
 
   
14,152
 
Hexcel Corp.
   
639,953
 
   
85,109
 
IAA, Inc.*
   
3,282,654
 
   
8,623
 
IDEX Corp.
   
1,362,779
 
   
30,081
 
IHS Markit Ltd.
   
2,271,116
 
   
16,982
 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*
   
1,935,439
 
   
26,263
 
TransUnion
   
2,285,931
 
   
11,453
 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
   
1,949,301
 
   
44,496
 
Waste Connections, Inc.
   
4,173,280
 
   
20,339
 
Woodward, Inc.
   
1,577,289
 
             
24,371,402
 
Information Technology — 27.3%
 
   
9,149
 
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
   
947,928
 
   
12,111
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
2,896,829
 
   
25,013
 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
   
1,945,761
 
   
12,901
 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
   
1,627,977
 
   
14,942
 
Datadog, Inc.*
   
1,299,207
 
   
44,365
 
Dynatrace, Inc.*
   
1,801,219
 
   
82,739
 
Genpact, Ltd.
   
3,021,628
 
   
47,129
 
GoDaddy, Inc.*
   
3,455,970
 
   
14,942
 
Guidewire Software, Inc.*
   
1,656,321
 
   
8,952
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
2,651,493
 
   
7,965
 
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
   
1,465,799
 
   
10,071
 
KLA Corp.
   
1,958,608
 
   
93,271
 
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.
   
3,270,081
 
   
63,190
 
Mimecast, Ltd.*
   
2,632,495
 
   
16,851
 
NXP Semiconductors NV
   
1,921,688
 
   
3,094
 
ServiceNow, Inc.*
   
1,253,256
 
   
8,294
 
WEX, Inc.*
   
1,368,593
 
             
35,174,853
 
Materials — 6.8%
 
   
56,542
 
Ball Corp.
   
3,929,104
 
   
10,334
 
Ecolab, Inc.
   
2,055,949
 
   
28,106
 
FMC Corp.
   
2,799,920
 
             
8,784,973
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $101,011,141)
   
120,338,568
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.8%
 
   
12,111
 
SBA Communications Corp.
   
3,608,109
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $2,837,703)
   
3,608,109
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 8.1%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 8.1%
 
   
10,387,009
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
10,387,009
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $10,387,009)
   
10,387,009
 
Total Investments — 104.3% (Cost $114,235,853)
   
134,333,686
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.3)%
   
(5,490,176
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
128,843,510
 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
*
Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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21


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020 the Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 2.18% in value. During the same period, The Russell 2000® Growth Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 3.48%.
 
Performance and Philosophy
 
While security selection was generally strong throughout the period, returns were punctuated by two relatively distinct environments. The first six months were highlighted by a shift in leadership to very small-cap cyclicals and biotechnology issues. Given that these are areas where the portfolio carries a philosophical underweight, the portfolio underperformed. (It is also worth noting that the first half of calendar year 2019 was a time of meaningful portfolio outperformance, which likely led to some consolidation of absolute gains in the second half of 2019 calendar year.) In the last six months, equity markets were whipsawed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stock prices experienced a decline and rally of historic proportions. Fortunately, the Fund was able to demonstrate solid downside protection in the late February and March swoon and had several above-average weight positions do exceedingly well during the recovery, allowing the portfolio to outperform. Thus, while it was an absolute and relative roller coaster ride for the full period, the portfolio held its own despite stylistic headwinds largely attributable to overall solid stock selection by our analytical team.
 
At present, the primary issue still gripping investors is the spread and lethality of the virus and its immediate and intermediate economic impacts. Although we always place great emphasis on portfolio diversification, our team is thinking deeply about our collection of holdings, attempting to achieve “balance” in these uncertain times. As a reminder, our mission is never to try and maximize returns for one given set of economic or market conditions. It is to deliver attractive long-term investment returns in the small-cap equity market, while taking on less risk to achieve that end. Instead of focusing on top-down factors, we aim to reach our goal by focusing our time and attention on finding high-quality, differentiated business franchises that we calculate have a higher-than-average probability of maturing into multi-year “compounders.” It is for this reason that we tend to protect capital reasonably well during volatile periods, but sometimes lag in pronounced “risk-on” environments. This dynamic has served the portfolio well over time and it is particularly important to embrace this ethos given the cross currents investors face today—a topic worth touching on in greater depth.
 
The Economy and Markets
 
There has been a great deal written about the divergent paths of the U.S. economy and the U.S. stock market. The former is experiencing an unprecedented negative shock that is historic in nature, and the latter is experiencing a rally in (growth) stocks that is unrelenting. At its outset, the difficulty in assessing the impact of the pandemic on equity prices was that it was an exogenous shock of which both the depth and the duration was unknown. The low point in the market corresponded with this fact. The recovery in prices is linked to a near “goldilocks” combination of monetary and fiscal stimulus (measured in trillions of dollars), a cessation of COVID-19-perceived risk and recent improvements across the board in short-cycle economic data.
 
The good news is that we know that things are getting better for the economy. The bad news is that we do not know how long the continuous improvement will last or how much of prior peak economic output will be reclaimed and when. If GDP can climb back to its recent highs in short order and grow off the base, it will be quite the accomplishment and the trillions of dollars spent to plug the temporary hole will likely be deemed worth it. However, if the economy is only able to reach 90% to 95% of prior output and then stalls, that would be a terrible predicament. We believe that pundits would surely question whether all of that money merely delayed the inevitable instead of avoiding it. Only time will be able to answer this crucial question. The answer will determine if this is simply a sugar high or something more sustainable in nature.
 
With the U.S. elections on the horizon, we are likely to err on the side of caution.
 
Investment Facts and Strategy Impact
 
Our analytical team has been producing strong stock selection of late, which is fortunate given the investment environment encountered recently. We tend to think of our portfolio as higher “quality.” According to one small-cap strategist, “If your game is quality, then the past quarter was not for you.” Lower quality factors, such as low share price, low return on equity, highly shorted, high leverage and unprofitable stocks led returns across most sectors. As is typical in market rallies, when the recovery gains steam, investors feel more comfortable moving out on the risk curve to source incremental gains. In short, what the pandemic had seemingly destroyed was restored, as headlines of fewer cases and potential vaccines sent many investors to their trading accounts to hit the BUY button.
 

 

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22


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

The leadership dynamics of unprofitable and expensive do not represent tailwinds for the portfolio. In fact, the market rise is somewhat ill-suited to our strategy of seeking to best the Index. We believe that it is truly a testament to the hard work of the colleagues that we work with that have put us in the position we are in today. It is also important to highlight that we are presently underweight both technology and health care, based on our internal sector allocation framework. We are well aware that certain components of the market are gripped by momentum and exceptionally crowded. If the momentum ever turns, there will likely be a lot of investors running for the exits at the same time and we prefer not to get trampled.
 
We have this mentality because our goal is not to be the best-performing portfolio over any short-time period. Our goal is to build an all-weather portfolio that clients can own through a full market cycle, where upside is driven by bottom-up, individual stock selection and capital conservation is achieved based on the asset quality, diversification and valuation discipline embedded in the portfolio.
 
Period Contributors and Detractors
 
Over an extended period of time, we believe that security selection will drive the vast majority of our investment results and attribution. We were pleased to see that during the last twelve months our stock picking added value. However, the portfolio lost ground to the Index due to certain sector allocations. Unfortunately, in early 2020, we had decreased our ownership in businesses with high leverage, no earnings, or extremely expensive valuations as compared to our benchmark. We rotated this capital into historically very stable, predictable and low beta consumer services and business services companies. We would have anticipated that during a very large market drawdown these portfolio tilts would have favored performance. Yet, the unique downside catalyst that was and is COVID-19 actually rendered our tactics ineffective. Stay-at home-orders prompted our stable companies to underperform. And, more astonishingly, it led to market-beating returns from the riskier cohort – non-earners actually bested the small-cap index by roughly 800 basis points! It is for this reason that our overweight in consumer discretionary/services and an underweight to biotechnology (i.e. health care) companies harmed our results.
 
At the individual company level, the pandemic was the predominant explanatory factor of what separated our winners from losers. We had a diverse set of positive contributors where the underlying investment thesis has played out nicely, but received an incremental boost given their COVID-19 positioning. Zynga, a mobile game developer, is a perceived beneficiary of stay-at-home orders as its casual gamers likely had incremental time to devote to game play. This enhanced engagement supplements a solid fundamental story anchored by new game launches and solid performance by the company’s forever franchises such as Words with Friends. Catalent, a contract drug manufacturer, did not witness a meaningful deterioration in its business due to the pandemic because of the steady nature of pharmaceutical consumption, but it also has benefitted from being selected as a manufacturing partner for several prominent COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Chegg, an online learning aid, was seeing strong subscriber growth and cash flow generation prior to COVID-19, but experienced a significant pick-up in demand as students were forced to turn to online aids as on-campus activities ceased. Hain Celestial Group, a leading producer and distributor of organic and natural products, was making progress against its strategic priorities that were likely accelerated by increased grocery store traffic and sales. And, finally, Dynatrace is a software-as-a-service company whose platform utilizes artificial intelligence and advanced automation to monitor the performance of applications, the underlying hybrid cloud infrastructure and the experience of the customers’ users. As an increasing number of workloads move to the cloud, the company has seen robust growth in existing customer usage and an increasing number of new customers sign up for its service. When companies around the world were forced to have their employees work remotely, it is likely that Dynatrace’s solutions became even more mission critical.
 
On the other side of the ledger, four out of the top five largest detractors for the period were due to COVID-19. Hexcel Corporation supplies carbon fiber to commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other industrials businesses. Its stock suffered as the outcome for new plane orders deteriorated substantially. Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a leading player in early childhood education and care, was forced to close the majority of its facilities for a period of time due to government stay-at-home orders. Webster Financial Corporation, a Northeast regional bank with a leading HSA business, witnessed a slow down in loan growth and net interest margin compression due to lower interest rates and a flattening yield curve. The position was sold. Covetrus, a position sold prior to the pandemic, failed to realize the promise of the combination of Vets First Choice innovative software platform and Henry Schein’s animal health business despite a compelling long-term rationale. Analysts were forced to lower their cash flow projections, which caused certain leverage ratios to rise instead of fall as the company’s original projections demonstrated. The final detractor for the period was EVO Payments, a global merchant acquirer and processor. While the stock has rallied strongly lately, it sold off materially during the pandemic as payment volumes plunged due to stay-at-home orders.
 
As is customary, we thoroughly analyze both our successes and failures to understand if there are lessons to be learned. If so, we may make minor alterations to the manner in which we operate with the hope of making or saving our clients more money. We strive to be continuous learners in what is an incredibly competitive business.

 

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23


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Beyond the Highlights
 
Great attention tends to be paid to the portfolio positions that have the largest positive and negative impact to performance each quarter. Yet, we have found that sometimes it is the investment stories that are outside of the highlights that tend to shed the most light on our process. We hope that the short anecdotes provided in this section help you visualize a bit more clearly how we work.
 
Over the past 12 to 18 months, we have slowly reduced our technology exposure in favor of health care, which is now the largest sector in the portfolio. The primary driver of this tilt has been what we believe is the likely unsustainable rise in the valuations across much of the information technology landscape and, secondarily, the dramatic changes in our most widely-used benchmark over the last two years. With the hard work of Mark Kelly, our small- and mid-cap health care analyst, we have sifted through dozens of ideas across his area of expertise. We have acted on several select opportunities that fit our preferred “3G” (sustainable growth, sound governance and scalable go-to-market) investment characteristics and are priced as attractive risk/reward opportunities. Phreesia (PHR), a software company providing patient check-in solutions for medical practices, is a good example. Through our network of venture capital and private equity relationships at Brown Advisory, we had known about Phreesia for a few years as a private company, although we had little direct interaction with the management team.
 
The company develops, maintains and distributes a software-as-a-service-based platform that offers health care providers with a robust suite of solutions to help manage patient intake and other core functions to securely process patient payments. Evident by its description, Phreesia represented an opportunity to add-back software content that had been removed from the portfolio—although with markedly different drivers than the typical mid-market to enterprise software business. It was here where our interest was focused.
 
In May of 2019, Phreesia began a process of selecting a group of investment banks to arrange “Test-the-Waters” meetings before an official initial public offering roadshow. The purpose of these sessions was to prepare the management team and their “story” for the rigors of the public market and to provide an early look into the business for select, long-term investors. We believe our invitation to these events is a function of our reputation, our multi-year time horizon, and the fact that, while we analyze numerous deals, we are highly selective and committed to the select few we participate in per annum.
 
After meeting with the Phreesia management team in the spring of last year, we concluded that it was likely that the business and leadership represented a strong fit with our desired portfolio characteristics. In order to validate this gut feel, we reached out to several customers to better understand their experience with the company’s products. We were fortunate to have a contact at a large medical practice that used Phreesia’s software tools. We believe that this provided us with a window into how “sticky” Phreesia’s solutions might be and what type of revenue opportunities might be available to the company through up-sell and cross-sell over time. It was through this conversation, and a few others, that we were able to help validate the management team’s assessment of their total addressable market, which is critical to understanding a company’s runway for growth. We then requested a second meeting with the company in June 2019, to better understand the underlying operations and governance of the business, so we could model how the company might scale over the next few years if our assessment of its top-line growth came to pass.
 
By the IPO on July 18, 2019, we believed we had a firm handle on the business, discussed the execution of management with a member of the board, validated the solution set with customers and were prepared to make an investment… if the price was right. The IPO was priced at $18 per share—a price we believed provided enough upside given our positive long-term views to participate in the deal. Hopefully, because of our efforts to explain our investment style, we received a reasonably good allocation in what was a rather hot offering. However, despite this allocation, we remained well below our target position weight in the name. For this reason, we participated in the December 13, 2019 secondary offering because we believed it represented an attractive source of liquidity and, given the market’s dramatic rise during the year, it represented a relatively attractive investment opportunity in our space.
 
Our final push into the name to reach our target of approximately 1% involved a bit of luck. The stock was trading in the mid-$30s until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. As elective procedures and nonessential checkups were cancelled in mass, the price of Phreesia’s stock plummeted back down to its IPO price. The market clearly was worried that practice closures would hamper Phreesia’s go-to-market motion, inhibit its future bookings and reduce patient volumes negatively, which would in turn impact payment processing revenue. Upon assessing the situation, we believed these issues were (hopefully) transient and thought it was possible that certain areas of Phreesia’s virtual software functionality might be able to help its clients during this incredibly difficult period. With this view in mind, we rounded up our stake in the business near its pandemic-induced lows. While this execution was solid, we did leave some gains on the table as we kept a little “dry powder” to potentially increase our position further should
 

 

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24


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

the virus linger, which we believed would negatively impact our medical system for a longer period of time. This was an outcome that we believed would have driven the stock even lower. This did not occur and Phreesia’s equity value soared along with other small-cap growth stocks from the late March lows.
 
We believe that this review of Phreesia is emblematic of what we are attempting to do in the portfolio. We strive to conduct rigorous, in-depth due diligence and monetize this work as the market serves up prices that we believe are attractive or skewed in favor of our clients. Today, valuations have climbed back toward their previous lofty levels—or higher still if you believe the pandemic-induced hit to earnings is more than a temporary phenomenon—and we are forced to run ever harder in search of ideas that we feel compensate our investors for the risks they are assuming. The good news is that this continues to lead to a growing “on-deck” circle of new ideas, which we believe leaves us prepared to act when the next eventual bout of volatility hits.
 
Conclusion and Outlook
 
The first half of 2020 has been nothing less than extraordinary. It started with new all-time highs in equity prices and then witnessed the swiftest market decline by magnitude in recorded history. And now, is once again, on the verge of taking out the old highs reached in February.
 
During this time, our team has been forced to assess whether any of our companies were at risk of not surviving and, in the same breath, which businesses could thrive on the other side. Whether COVID-19 lingers or vanishes via herd immunity or a vaccine, what were once long-term and slow moving economic and societal changes have been inexorably accelerated. Some of the perceived beneficiaries are now being valued as if they are nearly risk-free investments. More broadly, sectors such as technology and health care have benefited from capital flows that are, dare we say, harkening us back to memories of the late 1990s. We are forced to remember that sometimes great companies do not equal great investments. It is price versus value that matters.
 
We will continue to do our best to scour the small-cap landscape in pursuit of companies that we believe have promising futures ahead of them where the market has not already priced in all the present and future good news. We have witnessed insane volatility already this year and our goal as a team is to make sure that we are prepared for more should it come our way in the second half of the year.
 
We believe that investing remains simple—buying solid companies at attractive values—but certainly not easy. We respect and are humbled by the difficulties associated with the long-term game that we play and will strive to continue reporting that we generated solid returns… while taking on less (and, maybe more importantly today, being aware of) risk.
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Berrier
Portfolio Manager
 
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in smaller companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. Earnings growth is not representative of the fund’s future performance. Diversification does not assure a profit, nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. Privately Placement issued securities are restricted securities that are not publicly traded. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to the Fund.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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25


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund compared with the broad-based securities market index. The Russell 2000® Growth Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with higher price to book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Information Technology
   
24.5
%
Health Care
   
22.7
%
Industrials
   
15.6
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
12.2
%
Communication Services
   
6.9
%
Money Market Funds
   
6.8
%
Consumer Staples
   
4.4
%
Financials
   
3.2
%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
1.6
%
Materials
   
1.5
%
Energy
   
0.4
%
Private Placements
   
0.1
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
0.1
%
     
100.0
%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares
2.18%
10.28%
14.00%
Investor Shares
2.02%
10.10%
13.86%
Advisor Shares
1.78%
  9.85%
13.54%
Russell 2000® Growth Index
3.48%
  6.86%
12.92%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
1.00%
1.15%
1.40%
Net Expense Ratio1
1.00%
1.15%
1.40%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/small-cap-growth-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 91.4%
 
   
Communication Services — 6.9%
 
   
683,586
 
GCI Liberty, Inc.*
   
48,616,636
 
   
6,197,438
 
Zynga Inc.*
   
59,123,559
 
             
107,740,195
 
Consumer Discretionary — 12.2%
 
   
282,275
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*
   
33,082,630
 
   
514,875
 
Chegg, Inc.*
   
34,630,493
 
   
128,308
 
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
   
10,123,501
 
   
699,211
 
Clarus Corp.
   
8,096,863
 
   
269,239
 
Etsy, Inc.*
   
28,601,259
 
   
1,074,445
 
MakeMyTrip, Ltd.*
   
16,460,497
 
   
735,088
 
National Vision Holdings, Inc.*
   
22,434,886
 
   
707,836
 
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.
   
3,376,378
 
   
316,509
 
Stitch Fix, Inc.*
   
7,893,734
 
   
229,771
 
TopBuild Corp.*
   
26,141,047
 
             
190,841,288
 
Consumer Staples — 4.4%
 
   
141,202
 
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
   
21,112,523
 
   
1,529,924
 
Hain Celestial Group, Inc.*
   
48,207,905
 
             
69,320,428
 
Energy — 0.4%
 
   
270,451
 
Cactus, Inc.
   
5,579,404
 
                 
Financials — 3.2%
 
   
580,636
 
Ares Management Corp.
   
23,051,249
 
   
116,828
 
Hamilton Lane, Inc.
   
7,870,703
 
   
319,677
 
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
   
18,982,420
 
             
49,904,372
 
Health Care — 22.7%
 
   
142,097
 
Acceleron Pharma, Inc.*
   
13,537,581
 
   
273,673
 
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd.*
   
20,008,233
 
   
253,605
 
Blueprint Medicines Corp.*
   
19,781,190
 
   
321,704
 
Bruker Corp.
   
13,086,919
 
   
588,747
 
Catalent, Inc.*
   
43,155,155
 
   
287,017
 
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*
   
50,041,414
 
   
253,239
 
Coherus BioSciences, Inc.*
   
4,522,849
 
   
260,639
 
Encompass Health Corp.
   
16,141,373
 
   
488,165
 
Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.*
   
9,118,922
 
   
185,303
 
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.*
   
11,698,179
 
   
257,469
 
HealthEquity, Inc.*
   
15,105,706
 
   
141,961
 
Inari Medical, Inc.*
   
6,876,591
 
   
135,190
 
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*
   
6,352,578
 
   
237,320
 
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.*
   
6,514,434
 
   
1,231,438
 
NeoGenomics, Inc.*
   
38,149,949
 
   
194,592
 
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
   
23,740,224
 
   
85,296
 
Nevro Corp.*
   
10,190,313
 
   
316,532
 
OrthoPediatrics Corp.*
   
13,851,440
 
   
509,627
 
Phreesia, Inc.*
   
14,412,252
 
   
410,431
 
Progyny, Inc.*
   
10,593,224
 
   
152,178
 
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.*
   
8,328,702
 
             
355,207,228
 
Industrials — 15.6%
 
   
451,229
 
BWX Technologies, Inc.
   
25,557,611
 
   
79,074
 
ESCO Technologies, Inc.
   
6,684,125
 
   
156,824
 
Hexcel Corp.
   
7,091,581
 
   
919,228
 
IAA, Inc.*
   
35,454,624
 
   
85,319
 
IDEX Corp.
   
13,483,815
 
   
172,456
 
John Bean Technologies Corp.
   
14,834,665
 
   
237,243
 
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.
   
9,895,406
 
   
96,589
 
Mercury Systems, Inc.*
   
7,597,691
 
   
161,900
 
MSA Safety, Inc.
   
18,527,836
 
   
1,096,573
 
Nesco Holdings, Inc.*
   
4,408,223
 
   
346,817
 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*
   
39,526,733
 
   
547,364
 
Waste Connections, Inc.
   
51,337,270
 
   
117,928
 
Woodward, Inc.
   
9,145,316
 
             
243,544,896
 
Information Technology — 24.5%
 
   
106,070
 
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
   
10,989,913
 
   
312,027
 
BlackLine, Inc.*
   
25,870,159
 
   
61,304
 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
   
7,735,952
 
   
721,074
 
Dynatrace, Inc.*
   
29,275,604
 
   
310,027
 
Entegris, Inc.
   
18,307,094
 
   
1,416,550
 
EVO Payments, Inc.*
   
32,339,837
 
   
1,389,993
 
Genpact, Ltd.
   
50,762,544
 
   
185,868
 
Guidewire Software, Inc.*
   
20,603,468
 
   
807,973
 
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*
   
22,938,353
 
   
62,738
 
Littelfuse, Inc.
   
10,704,985
 
   
74,892
 
MAXIMUS, Inc.
   
5,276,141
 
   
889,604
 
Mimecast, Ltd.*
   
37,060,903
 
   
836,845
 
Nuance Communications, Inc.*
   
21,176,363
 
   
485,606
 
PROS Holdings, Inc.*
   
21,575,475
 
   
48,603
 
WEX, Inc.*
   
8,019,981
 
   
765,554
 
Workiva, Inc.*
   
40,949,483
 
   
1,458,171
 
Zuora, Inc.*
   
18,591,680
 
             
382,177,935
 
Materials — 1.5%
 
   
130,742
 
Quaker Chemical Corp.
   
24,272,252
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,034,832,039)
   
1,428,587,998
 
                 
Private Placements — 0.1%
       
   
19,200
 
Greenspring Global Partners IV-B, L.P.*^†
   
1,708,120
 
   
91,769
 
Greenspring Global Partners V-B, L.P.*~†
   
106,250
 
Total Private Placements (Cost $—)
   
1,814,370
 
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.6%
 
   
205,096
 
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
   
24,326,437
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $21,580,092)
   
24,326,437
 

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

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Short-Term Investments — 6.8%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 6.8%
 
   
106,446,544
 
First American Government
     
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
106,446,544
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $106,446,544)
   
106,446,544
 
Total Investments — 99.9% (Cost $1,162,858,675)
   
1,561,175,349
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%
   
1,138,179
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
1,562,313,528
 

*
Non-Income Producing
^
Security is exempt from registration under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. Security was acquired from February 2008 to April 2018 as part of a $2,000,000 capital commitment. As of the date of this report, $1,920,000 of the capital commitment has been fulfilled by the Fund.
~
Security is exempt from registration under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. Security was acquired from October 2012 to August 2018 as part of a $100,000 capital commitment. As of the date of this report, $91,000 of the capital commitment has been fulfilled by the Fund.
These securities are being fair valued, using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), under the supervision of the Board of Trustees. Further, they may not be sold by the Fund. Total unfunded capital commitments related to these holdings are immaterial and total $89,000, or 0.0% of the Fund’s net assets as of the date of this report.
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) declined 18.49% in value. During the same period, the Russell 2000® Value Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, declined 17.48%.
 
Over the course of the first half of 2020, we have witnessed the coronavirus morph from a distant and isolated event to a global health crisis. The pandemic has brought both enormous human suffering and economic damage. Small cap companies reflected the initial impact of the financial reverberations. While March 2020 was the weakest month since either October 2008 or October 1987, the full first quarter was the worst quarter since the Depression era.
 
After the first quarter’s historic decline in the equity markets, the second quarter was marked by rapid price appreciation. The increase in equity prices has been across multiple sectors and virtually all market segments. It has also been in the face of a dramatic increase in unemployment, a surge in levels of delinquent debt, and uncertainty surrounding the duration and ultimate severity of the pandemic. A number of factors seem to be driving the markets higher, including massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, promising potential of several vaccines, and what appears to be a significant increase in speculative behavior by retail investors. While small capitalization share prices have sharply rebounded off the lows of the first quarter, they are still down materially year-to-date and the spread between growth and value stocks continued to widen during the quarter.
 
For the year ended June 30, 2020, the Fund trailed its benchmark by a narrow margin. Consumer discretionary and information technology were major detractors on a relative basis, down 27.8% and 6.5%, respectively. Contrastingly, communication services and energy provided strong relative contribution, down 1.1% and 27.2%, respectively. Health care was the strongest performing sector on an absolute basis, up 17.1%.
 
Providence Service Corporation (PRSC) was the top contributor for the period. Shares in the company experienced a strong rebound following a period of pandemic-driven uncertainty as it became clear its medical transportation offerings were more essential and robust than many expected. The company also added new, critical services such as delivery services at the request of state partners. Lastly, management reached an agreement that will release it from paying a significant preferred dividend to a long-standing shareholder which should enhance realized free cash flow.
 
MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) was the largest detractor during the period. MFA is a specialty finance business that is focused on the mortgage market. The company is structured as a REIT and its primary asset is a portfolio of sub-prime mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that it opportunistically acquired with steep discounts between 2008 and 2011. Since that time, it has used cash flow and sales from the portfolio to finance other credit-related mortgage investments. We made our initial investment in 2009 and believe the team has acted prudently in order to generate an attractive return-on-equity (ROE) for its shareholders over this time period. As the fixed income markets were dramatically impacted over a short period in mid-March, MFA breached its covenants, and while we believed that the company’s liquidity and sizable pool of unencumbered assets would provide a cushion, we were wrong and sold our investment at a steep loss.
 
The Fund had the opportunity to add 20 new investments over the course of year. Notable additions include: Cardtronics plc, SPX Corporation, Helen of Troy Limited, and EastGroup Properties.
 
Cardtronics plc (CATM), which was purchased at the end of 2019, operates a network of 295,000 ATMs worldwide, with 75,000 owned by the company and 220,000 managed for financial institutions and retailers. Driven by $1 billion+ deployed for acquisitions and expanding worldwide, the company grew its topline at a double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the past decade amid the secular headwind of cash-to-card conversion at the point of sale. We like the value proposition Cardtronics brings to its partners. The current management team took over in early 2018, and shifted focus to drive organic growth through its existing network and optimize cost to achieve margin expansion.
 
SPX Corporation (SPXC), purchased during the second quarter of 2020, is a supplier of infrastructure equipment and products. The company operates in three segments: HVAC, detection and measuring, and power business. While the company trades at a sizable discount on a sum of the parts basis, we are attracted to the high levels of free cash flow due to its capital light business model.
 
Helen of Troy (HELE), purchased in March of 2020, was the second biggest contributor over the past 12 months. Helen of Troy is a manufacturer and distributor of branded small appliances and personal care and household products. Concerns around the impact of the coronavirus on both its products and retail partners presented an attractive entry point to own this company. Helen

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

of Troy benefits from market share leading brands that have compelling growth opportunities, in addition to a management team that has a strong track record of accretive mergers and acquisitions.
 
EastGroup Properties (EGP), also purchased in March 2020, is a REIT that owns industrial properties across Sun Belt markets. EastGroup’s portfolio is focused on smaller (80,000-130,000 square foot), multi-tenant properties in “in-fill” locations close to urban areas. We believe EastGroup’s unique portfolio is well insulated from new supply (which has been concentrated in the larger building types) while still benefitting from the secular growth in demand for industrial real estate. EastGroup has been able to drive consistent high single-digit rent growth over the last several years and has an attractive development pipeline that it can activate selectively over coming years.
 
The Fund was also active in selling its investments, with 25 eliminations over the course of the year. Fourteen of these sales occurred during the first quarter, when coronavirus-related shutdowns caused uncertainty in many business models. We took the opportunity in the market sell-off to repurpose these proceeds to fund new positions in higher conviction ideas.
 
There was also one acquisition that occurred during the period. Continental Building Products (CBPX) was acquired in early February, following a deal announced in November 2019, by Saint-Gobain, a European building products conglomerate.
 
This upcoming earnings season will be very telling. After months of speculation, we will finally see the actual results of companies that have been enduring the pandemic and hear about the prospects for the rest of the year. Given the resurgence of the pandemic as well as the upcoming election, our assumption is that volatility will continue to be elevated. In line with previous volatile market conditions, the team has continued to opportunistically leverage the volatility. We will continue to evaluate current conditions and results in order to assess the ongoing cash flow ability of our existing portfolio of investments, as well as potential new ones.
 
Sincerely,
 
J. David Schuster
Portfolio Manager
 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Investments in smaller companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. The risks of investments in derivatives, including options, futures contracts and options on futures contracts include imperfect correlation between the value of these instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to the derivative transactions; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the derivative transactions may not be liquid. Private Placement issued securities are restricted securities that are not publicly traded. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to the Fund. Earnings growth is not a measure of the Fund’s future performance.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 2000® Value Index (“Index”) measures the performance of small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with lower price to book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Financials
   
27.3
%
Industrials
   
16.8
%
Information Technology
   
13.3
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
10.9
%
Communication Services
   
6.5
%
Health Care
   
6.2
%
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
5.7
%
Money Market Funds
   
5.1
%
Materials
   
3.1
%
Consumer Staples
   
2.2
%
Utilities
   
1.8
%
Energy
   
1.6
%
Real Estate
   
0.2
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(0.7
)%
     
100.0
%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Institutional Shares1
-18.38%
1.01%
9.92%
Investor Shares
-18.49%
0.86%
9.76%
Advisor Shares2
-18.71%
0.61%
9.48%
Russell 2000® Value Index
-17.48%
1.26%
7.82%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio3
1.22%
1.37%
1.62%
Net Expense Ratio3
1.22%
1.37%
1.62%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/small-cap-fundamental-value-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on October 19, 2012, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Performance information for Advisor Shares, prior to commencement on July 28, 2011, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the higher expenses applicable to Advisor Shares.
3
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.


 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 89.9%
 
   
Communication Services — 6.5%
 
   
356,804
 
GCI Liberty, Inc.*
   
25,375,900
 
   
298,321
 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
   
24,966,485
 
             
50,342,385
 
Consumer Discretionary — 10.9%
 
   
439,861
 
Century Casinos, Inc.*
   
1,825,423
 
   
678,145
 
Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.
   
16,923,108
 
   
244,816
 
Culp, Inc.
   
2,107,866
 
   
815,951
 
Denny’s Corp.*
   
8,241,105
 
   
131,274
 
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
   
5,416,365
 
   
1,257,367
 
Extended Stay America, Inc.
   
14,069,937
 
   
93,012
 
Helen of Troy, Ltd.*
   
17,538,343
 
   
118,520
 
Murphy USA, Inc.*
   
13,344,167
 
   
594,154
 
Regis Corp.*
   
4,860,180
 
             
84,326,494
 
Consumer Staples — 2.2%
 
   
656,058
 
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*
   
16,788,524
 
                 
Energy — 1.6%
 
   
184,157
 
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.*
   
1,154,664
 
   
140,917
 
REX American Resources Corp.*
   
9,775,412
 
   
257,259
 
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc.
   
1,908,862
 
             
12,838,938
 
Financials — 27.3%
 
   
113,543
 
Alerus Financial Corp.
   
2,243,610
 
   
358,670
 
Ameris Bancorp
   
8,461,025
 
   
176,069
 
Assurant, Inc.
   
18,186,167
 
   
142,161
 
Kemper Corp.
   
10,309,516
 
   
909,274
 
National General Holdings Corp.
   
19,649,411
 
   
546,871
 
OceanFirst Financial Corp.
   
9,641,336
 
   
582,955
 
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
   
12,638,464
 
   
260,681
 
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.
   
4,882,555
 
   
165,492
 
Primerica, Inc.
   
19,296,367
 
   
386,356
 
Renasant Corp.
   
9,620,264
 
   
647,659
 
South Mountain Merger Corp.*^
   
6,955,858
 
   
882,210
 
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.*
   
13,859,519
 
   
288,678
 
Triumph Bancorp, Inc.*
   
7,006,215
 
   
337,517
 
UMB Financial Corp.
   
17,399,001
 
   
647,348
 
Veritex Holdings, Inc.
   
11,458,060
 
   
164,351
 
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
   
19,112,378
 
   
605,664
 
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.
   
9,393,849
 
   
405,954
 
Washington Federal, Inc.
   
10,895,805
 
             
211,009,400
 
Health Care — 6.2%
 
   
352,137
 
Magellan Health, Inc.*
   
25,698,958
 
   
280,279
 
Providence Service Corp.*
   
22,116,816
 
             
47,815,774
 
Industrials — 16.8%
 
   
248,860
 
Albany International Corp.
   
14,610,570
 
   
375,157
 
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
   
15,287,648
 
   
201,266
 
CRA International, Inc.
   
7,950,007
 
   
545,315
 
Federal Signal Corp.
   
16,212,215
 
   
154,605
 
Kadant, Inc.
   
15,407,934
 
   
309,209
 
McGrath RentCorp
   
16,700,378
 
   
1,114,272
 
Mueller Water Products, Inc.
   
10,507,585
 
   
189,756
 
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
   
16,007,816
 
   
414,664
 
SPX Corp.*
   
17,063,424
 
             
129,747,577
 
Information Technology — 13.3%
 
   
150,561
 
Cabot Microelectronics Corp.
   
21,009,282
 
   
845,503
 
Cardtronics PLC*
   
20,275,162
 
   
201,577
 
CTS Corp.
   
4,039,603
 
   
528,206
 
EchoStar Corp.*
   
14,768,640
 
   
255,082
 
MAXIMUS, Inc.
   
17,970,527
 
   
245,127
 
Onto Innovation, Inc.*
   
8,344,123
 
   
190,378
 
PC Connection, Inc.
   
8,825,924
 
   
166,425
 
Vectrus, Inc.*
   
8,176,460
 
             
103,409,721
 
Materials — 3.1%
 
   
238,906
 
Eagle Materials, Inc.
   
16,775,980
 
   
145,894
 
Neenah, Inc.
   
7,215,917
 
             
23,991,897
 
Real Estate — 0.2%
 
   
37,951
 
CTO Realty Growth, Inc.
   
1,499,065
 
   
Utilities — 1.8%
 
   
179,802
 
Portland General Electric Co.
   
7,517,522
 
   
774,578
 
Star Group L.P.
   
6,793,049
 
             
14,310,571
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $581,713,870)
   
696,080,346
 
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.7%
 
   
119,142
 
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
   
14,131,433
 
   
994,819
 
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
   
14,763,114
 
   
381,690
 
Getty Realty Corp.
   
11,328,559
 
   
385,111
 
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
   
3,593,086
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $38,285,462)
   
43,816,192
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 5.1%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 5.1%
 
   
39,343,921
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
39,343,921
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $39,343,921)
   
39,343,921
 
Total Investments — 100.7% (Cost $659,343,253)
   
779,240,459
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.7)%
   
(5,443,328
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
773,797,131
 

*
Non-Income Producing
^
Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The warrants expire on June 20, 2024. Refer to the company’s filings at sec.gov for additional information.  Categorized as a Level 2 security as of the date of this report. All other common stocks are categorized as Level 1.
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 7.68% in value. During the same period, the FTSE All-World Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 2.12%.
 
The Fund nearly reached its five-year anniversary as of June 30, 2020, and since its July 1, 2015 inception, the Fund has returned 10.52% annualized vs. 6.29% annualized for the benchmark.
 
Despite having lived through multiple crises before, the speed and ferocity of the COVID-19 crisis of 2020 on people and businesses are unparalleled in the decades that we have been investing. Before we share some of our observations and actions, we hope that you and your families are healthy and safe at this difficult time.
 
At a time like this, we believe it is even more important to focus on the two key elements of our process which provide our greatest source of investment edge: our long-term vision and understanding of human behavior. As a reminder, the Fund is focused on delivering long-term performance by buying a concentrated portfolio of companies that we believe uniquely satisfy their customers to generate attractive economics for shareholders. We are bottom-up stock-pickers and invest in companies and management teams, not countries, economies or macroeconomic factors. Given its concentration, the Fund’s performance is an output of our stock-picking. Relative performance benefitted from our holdings in a number of sectors, but most notably, from the communication services and information technology sectors.
 
We have a list of “ready-to-buy” potential investments that we monitor as if we own them. The only questions on investing are price and fit within the portfolio. Over the past year we have invested in four new companies: Roche, Autodesk, Intuit and Aspen Tech. The last three of these purchases all happened within the space of four weeks in March and April as global equity markets fell. In a moment of crisis a couple of potential long-term investments passed our valuation test. Valuation discipline is probably our toughest test as most potential investments fail here. We combine probability into our cash flow based payoff incorporating both base case internal rate of return (IRR) and discounted cash flow (DCF) fair value in order to think about the expected return of each investment. We pass on many good companies when we feel they are simply not inexpensive enough, for we believe that overpaying for good businesses is an ever-present risk for quality-focused investors.
 
We believe capital allocation is equally as important as stock selection and focus our behavioral work here in order to get big capital behind the big percentage winners and minimizing the impact of our losers. We are happy to report that the Fund outperformed an equal-weighted version of the portfolio; this is the third year running we have achieved this. We would like to thank our investors for their support and for placing their faith in us over the last five years.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mick Dillon, CFA and Bertie Thomson, CFA
Portfolio Managers
 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund invests in small and medium capitalization companies which carry greater risk than is associated with larger companies for various reasons, such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The value of the Fund’s investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. Private Placement issued securities are restricted securities that are not publicly traded. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to the Fund.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.

 

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Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The FTSE All-World Index (“Index”) is a market capitalization weighted index representing the performance of large and mid-capitalization stocks from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Information Technology
   
32.4
%
Financials
   
15.4
%
Communication Services
   
14.4
%
Industrials
   
10.7
%
Consumer Staples
   
9.0
%
Health Care
   
5.6
%
Materials
   
5.0
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
4.5
%
Money Market Funds
   
3.0
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
0.0
%
     
100.0
%

   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
(7/1/15)
Institutional Shares1
7.85%
10.68%
Investor Shares
7.68%
10.52%
FTSE All-World Index
2.12%
  6.29%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.90%
1.05%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.76%
0.91%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/global-leaders-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on October 31, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 97.0%
 
   
China — 6.6%
 
   
2,047,901
 
AIA Group, Ltd.
   
19,163,449
 
   
394,358
 
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.
   
25,269,638
 
             
44,433,087
 
France — 2.2%
 
   
148,462
 
Safran SA
   
14,933,916
 
                 
Germany — 6.0%
 
   
373,772
 
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA
   
15,607,159
 
   
137,499
 
Deutsche Boerse AG
   
24,884,006
 
             
40,491,165
 
India — 3.6%
 
   
1,732,203
 
HDFC Bank, Ltd.
   
24,347,018
 
                 
Indonesia — 3.2%
 
   
100,803,722
 
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero
   
21,515,862
 
                 
Netherlands — 3.2%
 
   
277,125
 
Wolters Kluwer NV
   
21,644,942
 
                 
Sweden — 2.8%
 
   
507,344
 
Atlas Copco AB
   
18,851,910
 
                 
Switzerland — 5.7%
 
   
62,470
 
Roche Holding AG
   
21,642,703
 
   
68,865
 
Schindler Holding AG
   
16,325,932
 
             
37,968,635
 
Taiwan — 3.9%
 
   
462,143
 
Taiwan Semiconductor
       
       
  Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
   
26,235,858
 
                 
United Kingdom — 3.0%
 
   
373,158
 
Unilever PLC
   
20,128,476
 
                 
United States — 56.8%
 
   
Communication Services — 8.4%
 
   
21,109
 
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C*
   
29,839,893
 
   
201,085
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.*
   
26,553,274
 
             
56,393,167
 
Consumer Discretionary — 4.5%
 
   
10,945
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.*
   
17,428,161
 
   
256,066
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
12,946,697
 
             
30,374,858
 
Consumer Staples — 6.0%
 
   
283,413
 
Brown-Forman Corp.
   
18,042,072
 
   
117,297
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
   
22,131,597
 
             
40,173,669
 
Financials — 2.0%
 
   
406,673
 
Charles Schwab Corp.
   
13,721,147
 
Health Care — 2.4%
 
   
235,954
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*
   
16,306,781
 
                 
Information Technology — 28.5%
 
   
92,018
 
Aspen Technology, Inc.*
   
9,533,985
 
   
77,374
 
Autodesk, Inc.*
   
18,507,087
 
   
50,516
 
Intuit, Inc.
   
14,962,334
 
   
601,833
 
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.
   
21,100,265
 
   
99,607
 
MasterCard, Inc.
   
29,453,790
 
   
298,911
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
60,831,379
 
   
192,332
 
Visa, Inc.
   
37,152,772
 
             
191,541,612
 
Materials — 5.0%
 
   
76,827
 
Ecolab, Inc.
   
15,284,732
 
   
31,968
 
Sherwin-Williams Co.
   
18,472,708
 
             
33,757,440
 
Total United States
   
382,268,674
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $538,512,164)
   
652,819,543
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 3.0%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 3.0%
 
   
19,955,498
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
19,955,498
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $19,955,498)
   
19,955,498
 
Total Investments — 100.0% (Cost $558,467,662)
   
672,775,041
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.0%
   
21,312
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
672,796,353
 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
*
Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

 

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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 5.55% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 6.60%.
 
The Fund aims to generate performance primarily through individual security analysis, supported by a detailed and disciplined credit process and focus on capital conservation. Duration and sector weightings are set mainly by an analysis of the intermediate-term risk/reward as opposed to any particular macroeconomic forecast.
 
The last half of 2019 was marked by three consecutive Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rates reductions to help perpetuate U.S. economic momentum.  At that time, various economic metrics pointed to ongoing weakness in the manufacturing sector while inflation on average remained at or below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.  Consumer spending remained resilient and expected to generate positive economic impact. This trend changed when COVID-19 started to become more pronounced in the United States, necessitating shelter-in-place orders that stifled economic activity across broad swaths of the economy.
 
As economic activity ground to a halt and equity markets around the world dropped precipitously, an acute need for cash developed resulting in a severe liquidity crisis in the fixed income markets. In response, the Federal Reserve lowered its policy rate to zero and re-started Quantitative Easing, or buying hundreds of billions in Treasury and agency bonds in March and April which helped to free up capacity among Wall Street banks to conduct customer trading again normally.
 
In this environment, spreads of all types widened significantly in conjunction with declining Treasury rates.  Our exposure to securitized products such as mortgage-backed and commercial mortgage-backed bonds, which was a source of income and stability in a low spread environment, quickly came under pressure as investors began to aggressively liquidate these securities to raise cash.
 
As the various monetary and fiscal interventions began to take hold, liquidity began to return to the fixed income markets, especially the corporate bond market. In early March, the new issue bond market re-opened and the torrent of bonds being issued consisted of the best relative value opportunity available.  We aggressively re-positioned the portfolio to capitalize on this opportunity to not only upgrade the overall quality and liquidity profile of the fund, but also to dramatically improve the portfolio’s upside potential in our view. This shift to a greater overweight of corporate bonds was largely funded by a reduction of our exposure to the previously mentioned securitized bonds.
 
We are pleased with the portfolio’s future potential. Looking forward, there is elevated uncertainty about general economic growth, which is something we will take into account as we position portfolios. However, we will continue to build portfolios that we believe have the potential to generate attractive income while focusing on capital preservation.
 
Sincerely,
 
Jason T. Vlosich
Portfolio Manager
 
Paul D. Corbin
Portfolio Manager
 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of increases in market interest rates. Investments in Asset Backed and Mortgage Backed Securities include additional risks that investors should be aware of such as credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. The risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Inflation-indexed bonds see the principal value of the security increased as the Consumer Price Index increases. Should the Consumer Price Index decline, those securities should be adversely impacted. Diversification does not assure a profit, nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.

 

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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based bond index. The Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index (“Index”) represents domestic taxable investment grade bonds, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities with average maturities and durations in the intermediate range. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
36.8
%
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
19.3
%
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
17.9
%
Affiliated Mutual Funds
   
11.6
%
Asset Backed Securities
   
9.6
%
Money Market Funds
   
4.3
%
Municipal Bonds
   
1.1
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(0.6
)%
     
100.0
%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Investor Shares
5.55%
3.18%
2.80%
Advisor Shares
5.32%
2.93%
2.56%
Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate US Aggregate Bond Index
6.60%
3.40%
3.14%

 
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.63%
0.88%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.57%
0.82%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/intermediate-income-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020
                     
Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 36.8%
 
1,425,000
 
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
   
1.50
%
 
10/15/2025
   
1,470,982
 
1,390,000
 
American Tower Corp.
   
2.75
%
 
01/15/2027
   
1,494,132
 
1,440,000
 
Amphenol Corp.
   
2.05
%
 
03/01/2025
   
1,501,803
 
660,000
 
AT&T, Inc.
   
4.10
%
 
02/15/2028
   
755,497
 
1,445,000
 
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
   
2.30
%
 
03/01/2030
   
1,520,084
 
655,000
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.
   
4.50
%
 
04/13/2027
   
753,402
 
1,475,000
 
BorgWarner, Inc.
   
2.65
%
 
07/01/2027
   
1,515,702
 
680,000
 
Boston Properties L.P.
   
3.65
%
 
02/01/2026
   
753,549
 
660,000
 
BP Capital Markets America, Inc.
   
3.80
%
 
09/21/2025
   
745,826
 
1,371,000
 
CC Holdings GS V LLC
   
3.85
%
 
04/15/2023
   
1,481,901
 
710,000
 
Chevron Corp.
   
2.00
%
 
05/11/2027
   
744,148
 
1,275,000
 
Cigna Corp.^
   
4.50
%
 
02/25/2026
   
1,484,298
 
1,448,000
 
Clorox Co.
   
1.80
%
 
05/15/2030
   
1,464,280
 
655,000
 
Colonial Enterprises, Inc.^
   
3.25
%
 
05/15/2030
   
714,651
 
703,000
 
Comcast Corp.
   
3.40
%
 
04/01/2030
   
804,482
 
670,000
 
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
   
3.35
%
 
04/01/2030
   
762,456
 
1,355,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
3.30
%
 
07/01/2030
   
1,493,432
 
1,045,000
 
Digital Realty Trust L.P.
   
3.95
%
 
07/01/2022
   
1,107,930
 
650,000
 
Dollar General Corp.
   
4.15
%
 
11/01/2025
   
750,910
 
1,330,000
 
Dollar Tree, Inc.
   
4.00
%
 
05/15/2025
   
1,498,595
 
730,000
 
Edison International
   
4.13
%
 
03/15/2028
   
772,596
 
1,420,000
 
Energy Transfer Operating L.P.
   
4.50
%
 
04/15/2024
   
1,541,282
 
670,000
 
Exelon Corp.
   
4.05
%
 
04/15/2030
   
775,207
 
1,395,000
 
FMC Corp.
   
3.20
%
 
10/01/2026
   
1,507,969
 
645,000
 
General Dynamics Corp.
   
3.50
%
 
05/15/2025
   
722,044
 
1,181,000
 
Hasbro, Inc.
   
3.50
%
 
09/15/2027
   
1,227,304
 
675,000
 
Healthcare Trust of America Holdings L.P.
   
3.75
%
 
07/01/2027
   
713,315
 
725,000
 
Hexcel Corp.
   
3.95
%
 
02/15/2027
   
778,549
 
650,000
 
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
   
3.88
%
 
03/01/2026
   
742,872
 
650,000
 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
   
4.60
%
 
04/06/2027
   
765,486
 
730,000
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
3.10
%
 
03/26/2030
   
832,276
 
1,380,000
 
Land O’Lakes, Inc.^
   
6.00
%
 
11/15/2022
   
1,426,251
 
760,000
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
   
2.50
%
 
03/15/2030
   
766,625
 
658,000
 
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
   
4.88
%
 
06/22/2028
   
792,551
 
670,000
 
Mastercard, Inc.
   
3.35
%
 
03/26/2030
   
776,115
 
695,000
 
Morgan Stanley
   
3.75
%
 
02/25/2023
   
750,324
 
671,000
 
NIKE, Inc.
   
2.75
%
 
03/27/2027
   
739,820
 
640,000
 
Northrop Grumman Corp.
   
4.40
%
 
05/01/2030
   
777,418
 
670,000
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
2.85
%
 
04/01/2030
   
746,933
 
1,375,000
 
NXP BV^
   
3.88
%
 
06/18/2026
   
1,541,055
 
1,350,000
 
Oracle Corp.
   
2.80
%
 
04/01/2027
   
1,476,571
 
675,000
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
   
3.00
%
 
03/25/2030
   
773,787
 
1,235,000
 
SYSCO Corp.
   
5.95
%
 
04/01/2030
   
1,554,221
 
1,490,000
 
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
   
2.05
%
 
03/31/2030
   
1,492,462
 
700,000
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
3.20
%
 
08/15/2027
   
781,884
 
1,320,000
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
3.75
%
 
04/15/2027
   
1,509,801
 
1,410,000
 
Truist Financial Corp.
   
2.75
%
 
04/01/2022
   
1,462,120
 
710,000
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
2.00
%
 
05/15/2030
   
744,319
 
1,435,000
 
USAA Capital Corp.^
   
1.50
%
 
05/01/2023
   
1,472,895
 
1,430,000
 
VF Corp.
   
2.40
%
 
04/23/2025
   
1,507,030
 
650,000
 
Walt Disney Co.
   
3.80
%
 
03/22/2030
   
761,775
 
918,000
 
Xylem, Inc.
   
1.95
%
 
01/30/2028
   
927,785
 
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $52,171,132)
 

55,978,702

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020
                       
Par Value
 
 Security Description
 
Rate
   
 Maturity
   
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 17.9%
825,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                 
   
  Series 2018-DSNY C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.35%)^
   
1.53
%
 
09/15/2034
   
750,487
 
750,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                   
   
  Series 2019-RLJ C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
04/15/2036
   
625,001
 
700,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-IND B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.90%)^
   
1.08
%
 
11/15/2035
   
692,722
 
350,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-IND D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
1.48
%
 
11/15/2035
   
346,014
 
1,433,101
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-XL D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.63
%
 
10/15/2036
   
1,402,007
 
500,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BXLP (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.25%)^
   
1.43
%
 
12/15/2036
   
484,214
 
500,000
 
BX Trust, Series 2019-CALM C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
1.48
%
 
11/15/2032
   
487,908
 
913,543
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
07/15/2032
   
902,271
 
750,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.43%)^
   
1.61
%
 
05/15/2036
   
738,632
 
1,000,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
05/15/2036
   
972,153
 
500,000
 
DBGS Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-C1 7EA^
   
4.64
%
 
10/17/2051
   
482,254
 
846
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C0-0210
   
8.00
%
 
01/01/2023
   
892
 
103,082
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1B-0889 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.59%)
   
2.90
%
 
05/01/2033
   
103,574
 
242,415
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4778 GA
   
4.50
%
 
10/15/2042
   
244,867
 
990,821
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4711 NA
   
3.50
%
 
11/15/2042
   
1,011,012
 
1,086,084
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4665 KA
   
4.00
%
 
12/15/2042
   
1,111,062
 
1,026,620
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4747 DA
   
3.50
%
 
04/15/2043
   
1,050,188
 
338,993
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4784 EG
   
3.50
%
 
06/15/2044
   
345,143
 
515,904
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4840 BK
   
4.50
%
 
09/15/2046
   
534,700
 
500,000
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2014-DN2 M3 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 3.60%)
   
3.78
%
 
04/25/2024
   
445,404
 
500,000
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2014-HQ2 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 3.75%)
   
3.93
%
 
09/25/2024
   
515,505
 
1,773,832
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT1#
   
2.66
%
 
04/25/2028
   
1,807,159
 
391,062
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT2#
   
2.55
%
 
10/25/2028
   
399,503
 
498,639
 
FHMS, Series Q-010 APT1#
   
2.94
%
 
04/25/2046
   
501,259
 
501,873
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT1#
   
2.98
%
 
10/25/2047
   
520,648
 
562,084
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT2#
   
3.33
%
 
10/25/2047
   
608,310
 
10,321
 
FNMA, Pool# 628837
   
6.50
%
 
03/01/2032
   
11,848
 
50,019
 
FNMA, Pool# 663238
   
5.50
%
 
09/01/2032
   
55,108
 
26,997
 
FNMA, Pool# 744805 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
   
2.89
%
 
11/01/2033
   
27,223
 
11,107
 
FNMA, Pool# 741373 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.28%)
   
4.03
%
 
12/01/2033
   
11,149
 
26,227
 
FNMA, Pool# 764342 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
   
3.40
%
 
02/01/2034
   
26,467
 
155,698
 
FNMA, Pool# BN0202
   
5.50
%
 
09/01/2048
   
176,315
 
285,302
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-M5 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.72%)
   
1.44
%
 
04/25/2023
   
285,970
 
787,750
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-115 AI~
   
3.00
%
 
04/25/2031
   
44,454
 
329,493
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-24
   
3.50
%
 
11/25/2040
   
332,404
 
425,425
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-M6 1AC#
   
3.55
%
 
02/25/2043
   
476,456
 
700,000
 
Fontainebleau Miami Beach Trust, Series 2019-FBLU D#^
   
4.09
%
 
12/10/2036
   
640,304
 
500,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-K737#^
   
3.30
%
 
11/25/2026
   
522,213
 
1,150,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-K723 B#^
   
3.70
%
 
10/25/2039
   
1,205,729
 
750,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K735 B#^
   
4.16
%
 
05/25/2052
   
815,592
 
19,580
 
GNMA, Pool# 781186X
   
9.00
%
 
06/15/2030
   
20,484
 
700,000
 
GS Mortgage Securities Corp Trust, Series 2017-500K (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.00)^
   
1.18
%
 
07/15/2032
   
688,810
 
632,624
 
IMT Trust, Series 2017-APTS DFL (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.55%)^
   
1.73
%
 
06/15/2034
   
563,063
 
700,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2019-BKWD C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
09/17/2029
   
657,890
 
500,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2019-MFP C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.36%)^
   
1.54
%
 
07/15/2036
   
476,830
 
500,000
 
KNDL Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KNSQ C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.05%)^
   
1.23
%
 
05/15/2036
   
485,224
 
500,000
 
MRCD Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-PARK C^
   
2.72
%
 
12/15/2036
   
492,224
 
900,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.70%)^
   
0.88
%
 
11/15/2034
   
895,287
 
899,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.40%)^
   
1.58
%
 
11/15/2034
   
872,874
 
400,000
 
MSC, Series 2019-NUGS B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
2.80
%
 
12/15/2036
   
374,526
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $27,795,369)
 
27,241,333

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

 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Asset Backed Securities — 9.6%
 
510,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2015-SFR2 C^
   
4.69
%
 
10/18/2052
   
570,993
 
500,000
 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2018-2 D^
   
3.97
%
 
10/22/2024
   
503,929
 
500,000
 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2019-1 D^
   
3.45
%
 
03/24/2025
   
499,293
 
750,000
 
DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-3A D^
   
2.96
%
 
04/15/2025
   
754,142
 
218,002
 
Federal Express Corp., Series 1998-1
   
6.72
%
 
07/15/2023
   
235,567
 
500,000
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.87
%
 
06/18/2026
   
497,365
 
700,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2019-1A D^
   
2.72
%
 
09/20/2029
   
689,190
 
500,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2020-1A D^
   
2.26
%
 
02/20/2030
   
483,132
 
500,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.64
%
 
12/19/2036
   
497,251
 
998,535
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.80%)^
   
1.99
%
 
12/19/2036
   
991,294
 
734,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.25%)^
   
1.44
%
 
03/19/2037
   
724,055
 
500,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFRI D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.64
%
 
03/19/2037
   
488,270
 
700,000
 
Madison Park Funding XVI, Ltd., Series 2015-16A A2R (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.90%)^
   
3.04
%
 
04/20/2026
   
699,982
 
500,000
 
Mariner CLO LLC, Series 2016-3A AR2 (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.99%)^
   
2.03
%
 
07/23/2029
   
492,966
 
500,000
 
OCP CLO Ltd., Series 2015-8R (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.85%)^
   
2.98
%
 
04/17/2027
   
491,814
 
1,000,000
 
Oportun Funding VIII LLC, Series 2018-A A^
   
3.61
%
 
03/08/2024
   
1,002,194
 
400,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C A^
   
4.10
%
 
10/08/2024
   
401,939
 
350,000
 
Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd., Series 2019-3A A2 (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.98
%
 
08/20/2027
   
344,157
 
410,000
 
Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1A D^
   
3.61
%
 
10/16/2023
   
417,266
 
700,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 C^
   
3.40
%
 
12/19/2034
   
711,076
 
500,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 C^
   
3.68
%
 
03/17/2035
   
508,015
 
699,149
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 A^
   
3.26
%
 
03/19/2035
   
708,838
 
715,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR3 D^
   
4.43
%
 
10/18/2035
   
738,842
 
600,000
 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3 D
   
2.68
%
 
10/15/2025
   
599,425
 
500,000
 
Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2019-A C
   
3.22
%
 
09/20/2023
   
521,478
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $14,516,133)
 

14,572,473
   
Municipal Bonds — 1.1%
 
1,600,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.50
%
 
08/01/2038
   
1,600,000
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,467,633)
 

1,600,000
                         
U.S. Treasury Notes — 19.3%
 
10,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
0.38
%
 
03/31/2022
   
10,036,914
 
10,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
1.63
%
 
08/15/2022
   
10,310,937
 
6,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
2.25
%
 
03/31/2026
   
6,640,547
 
1,910,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
2.88
%
 
05/15/2028
   
2,254,509
 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $28,061,006)
 

29,242,907

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

 

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Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020
             
 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Affiliated Mutual Funds (Note 3) — 11.6%
 
   
1,685,742
 
Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund — Institutional Shares
   
17,632,866
 
Total Affiliated Mutual Funds (Cost $17,277,460)
   
17,632,866
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 4.3%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 4.3%
 
   
6,524,838
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
   
6,524,838
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $6,524,838)
   
6,524,838
 
Total Investments — 100.6% (Cost $147,813,571)
   
152,793,119
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)%
   
(868,997
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
151,924,122
 

^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
~
Interest Only Security
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Total Return Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Total Return Fund – Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 7.90% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 8.74%.
 
The Fund aims to generate performance primarily through individual security analysis, supported by a detailed and disciplined credit process and focus on capital conservation. Interest rate and sector weightings are set mainly by an analysis of the intermediate-term risk/reward as opposed to any particular macroeconomic forecast.
 
This 12-month period included some of the most volatile fixed income markets in memory. In the first quarter of 2020, corporate bonds underperformed Treasury bonds by 11.8%, as shown by data from the Index. That is the worst relative performance for corporate bonds in the Index’s history dating back to 1973. That was followed by the second quarter, where corporate bonds outperformed Treasury bonds by 8.5%, the second best performance in the history of the Index.
 
The volatility stemmed from two related but separate sources. The first was obviously the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic havoc that was wreaking. The second was a severe liquidity crisis in fixed income markets, brought on by an acute need for cash. Everyone from large endowments to small business owners to foreign investors was scrambling to sell anything denominated in dollars and convert it to cash.
 
The uncertainty around the public health crisis was especially challenging. Not only is there no way to know exactly how the pandemic itself will progress, but there is also no historic precedent for how the economy will respond. While some actions by policy makers undoubtedly avoided an even worse outcome, there is only so much economic policy can do in the face of this kind of public health emergency.
 
However, the solution to the liquidity crunch was straightforward. In March of 2020, we were experiencing a kind of “run” on the fixed income market-making banks. As demand for cash surged, these banks were asked to bid on more bonds than they had the capital to buy.
 
Central banks are able to deal with bank runs by offering the bank an alternative source of liquidity, such as short-term lending against good collateral. During the March 2020 liquidity crisis, the Federal Reserve employed a similar tactic using Quantitative Easing or QE. By buying hundreds of billions in Treasury and agency bonds in March and April, the Fed essentially freed up capacity among Wall Street banks, who could then conduct customer trading normally again.
 
In this environment of high uncertainty, we believed that the best portfolio positioning would be to buy bonds that would benefit from improving liquidity conditions, while concurrently avoiding bonds that needed improving economic fundamentals to perform. The liquidity problem markets faced was solvable, and moreover, there was an entity that was willing and able to solve it. The economic fundamentals were uncertain then and remain uncertain now.
 
For the Fund, this meant selling some of our structured credit, especially consumer-oriented asset-backed securities and loan obligations, and replacing these positions with corporate bonds. We focused these corporate buys on companies with excellent balance sheets, lower business cyclicality, and high franchise value. Some examples include NVIDIA, Nike, and Consolidated Edison. These are companies that we believe will be survivors even if the COVID-19 recession is deeper or lasts longer than anyone expects. Even when we considered some more impacted companies, such as Disney, TJX Companies or Marriott, these companies had such ample liquidity that even extending the recession years out into the future would not threaten their survival, in our view.
 
This rotation was successful. The kinds of higher quality bonds we were adding in March and April not only outperformed materially the items we sold, they also outperformed the corporate bond market broadly. While this was not enough to produce outperformance for the whole 12-month period, we are confident that this set of lower-risk corporate bonds is positioned well to produce outperformance in a more positive market environment and be resilient if the economy weakens from here.
 
Despite the significant improvement in market sentiment, economic uncertainty remains extremely high. This is evidenced most starkly by the late June surge in COVID-19 cases. However, we also have uncertainty stemming from various other places. How much of the strength in consumer spending is from one-time government stimulus measures? How many reopened businesses in the restaurant and leisure sectors will survive long-term under reduced capacity? How many “temporarily” laid off workers will become permanently laid off in the coming months? These are all crucial questions to which we do not have answers.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Total Return Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Hence, we plan to stick to a strategy of owning securities with what we believe is reduced uncertainty. As risk markets have rallied, we have not sought higher yielding bonds that also carry more risk. If lower quality bonds continue to rally like they did in May and June, that may mean we have left some performance on the table. However, we believe our portfolio of thoroughly researched securities where each bond has a wide margin for error should be able to produce strong performance in various scenarios. In this period of heightened uncertainty, we think this is the best approach.
 
Sincerely,
 
Thomas D.D. Graff, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Investments in Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed securities include additional risks that investor should be aware of including credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. Investments in lower rated and non-rated securities present a great risk of loss to principal and interest than higher rated securities. In addition, the fund is susceptible to risks from investments in derivatives, U.S. Government securities, and changes in interest rates. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the Federal Alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Total Return Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (“Index”) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade US dollar-denominated, fixed rate taxable bond market.  The Index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS, ABS and CMBS.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 
 

 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
51.7
%
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
22.7
%
Asset Backed Securities
   
15.0
%
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
11.4
%
Money Market Funds
   
3.1
%
Municipal Bonds
   
2.1
%
U.S. Treasury Bills
   
0.4
%
Preferred Stocks
   
0.2
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(6.6
)%
     
100.0
%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(10/30/14)
Institutional Shares
7.90%
4.68%
4.01%
Investor Shares
7.85%
4.63%
3.96%
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index
8.74%
4.30%
3.90%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.49%
0.54%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.49%
0.54%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/total-return-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Total Return Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 51.7%
 
3,675,000
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
   
2.10
%
 
06/04/2030
   
3,774,182
 
1,805,000
 
Allison Transmission, Inc.^
   
5.88
%
 
06/01/2029
   
1,882,443
 
3,470,000
 
American Tower Corp.
   
3.13
%
 
01/15/2027
   
3,802,168
 
3,545,000
 
Amphenol Corp.
   
2.80
%
 
02/15/2030
   
3,777,140
 
3,655,000
 
Anthem, Inc.
   
2.25
%
 
05/15/2030
   
3,754,479
 
1,076,000
 
Aptiv PLC
   
4.35
%
 
03/15/2029
   
1,153,464
 
3,645,000
 
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
   
2.30
%
 
03/01/2030
   
3,834,399
 
1,600,000
 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.^
   
3.70
%
 
07/15/2030
   
1,879,732
 
1,570,000
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.
   
4.63
%
 
04/13/2030
   
1,856,756
 
3,745,000
 
BorgWarner, Inc.
   
2.65
%
 
07/01/2027
   
3,848,342
 
3,305,000
 
BP Capital Markets America, Inc.
   
3.63
%
 
04/06/2030
   
3,757,883
 
3,435,000
 
Broadcom, Inc.^
   
4.15
%
 
11/15/2030
   
3,740,526
 
1,855,000
 
BWX Technologies, Inc.^
   
4.13
%
 
06/30/2028
   
1,857,319
 
3,725,000
 
Carrier Global Corp.^
   
2.72
%
 
02/15/2030
   
3,748,878
 
1,760,000
 
Centene Corp.^
   
3.38
%
 
02/15/2030
   
1,779,844
 
1,777,000
 
Chevron Corp.
   
2.24
%
 
05/11/2030
   
1,863,395
 
3,195,000
 
Cigna Corp.
   
4.38
%
 
10/15/2028
   
3,783,861
 
3,405,000
 
Colonial Enterprises, Inc.^
   
3.25
%
 
05/15/2030
   
3,715,096
 
1,900,000
 
Colt Merger Sub, Inc.^
   
5.75
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,915,580
 
1,630,000
 
CommonSpirit Health
   
4.19
%
 
10/01/2049
   
1,666,972
 
5,313,000
 
Conservation Fund
   
3.47
%
 
12/15/2029
   
5,708,985
 
1,655,000
 
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
   
3.35
%
 
04/01/2030
   
1,883,380
 
3,395,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
3.30
%
 
07/01/2030
   
3,741,845
 
3,230,000
 
CVS Health Corp.
   
4.30
%
 
03/25/2028
   
3,780,165
 
3,620,000
 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
   
3.85
%
 
05/01/2027
   
3,735,645
 
3,840,000
 
Energy Transfer Operating L.P. (Fixed until 02/15/2023, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.03%)
   
6.25
%
 
05/15/2023
   
2,953,901
 
3,430,000
 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Fixed until 08/16/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 2.99%)
   
4.88
%
 
08/16/2077
   
2,989,228
 
3,210,000
 
Exelon Corp.
   
4.05
%
 
04/15/2030
   
3,714,051
 
3,050,000
 
Ferguson Finance PLC^
   
4.50
%
 
10/24/2028
   
3,390,640
 
3,510,000
 
FMC Corp.
   
3.20
%
 
10/01/2026
   
3,794,246
 
1,184,000
 
frontdoor, Inc.^
   
6.75
%
 
08/15/2026
   
1,262,215
 
1,460,000
 
Graphic Packaging International LLC^
   
4.75
%
 
07/15/2027
   
1,545,498
 
2,740,000
 
Hasbro, Inc.
   
3.50
%
 
09/15/2027
   
2,847,429
 
2,775,000
 
Healthcare Trust of America Holdings L.P.
   
3.75
%
 
07/01/2027
   
2,932,516
 
3,663,000
 
Hexcel Corp.
   
3.95
%
 
02/15/2027
   
3,933,551
 
3,700,000
 
IDEX Corp.
   
3.00
%
 
05/01/2030
   
3,865,802
 
1,390,000
 
KeHE Distributors LLC^
   
8.63
%
 
10/15/2026
   
1,483,610
 
2,681,000
 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
   
4.60
%
 
04/06/2027
   
3,157,334
 
3,445,000
 
Kinross Gold Corp.
   
4.50
%
 
07/15/2027
   
3,766,450
 
3,685,000
 
Lear Corp.
   
4.25
%
 
05/15/2029
   
3,785,887
 
1,650,000
 
Marriott International, Inc.
   
5.75
%
 
05/01/2025
   
1,794,359
 
1,865,000
 
Marriott International, Inc.
   
4.65
%
 
12/01/2028
   
1,933,251
 
3,813,000
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
   
2.50
%
 
03/15/2030
   
3,846,240
 
3,279,000
 
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
   
4.88
%
 
06/22/2028
   
3,949,504
 
1,965,000
 
Mercer International, Inc.
   
5.50
%
 
01/15/2026
   
1,853,300
 
2,455,000
 
MPLX L.P.
   
4.80
%
 
02/15/2029
   
2,733,023
 
1,790,000
 
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (Fixed until 12/01/2027, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 2.41%)
   
4.80
%
 
12/01/2077
   
1,858,541
 
1,624,000
 
NIKE, Inc.
   
2.85
%
 
03/27/2030
   
1,808,268
 
1,570,000
 
Northrop Grumman Corp.
   
4.40
%
 
05/01/2030
   
1,907,103
 
1,759,000
 
Novelis Corp.^
   
4.75
%
 
01/30/2030
   
1,684,207
 
1,696,000
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
2.85
%
 
04/01/2030
   
1,890,744
 
3,445,000
 
NXP BV^
   
3.88
%
 
06/18/2026
   
3,861,042
 
1,460,000
 
ServiceMaster Co. LLC
   
7.45
%
 
08/15/2027
   
1,585,210
 
1,915,000
 
Southern California Edison Co. (Fixed until 02/01/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.20%)
   
6.25
%
 
08/01/2049
   
1,884,390
 
3,970,000
 
Southwest Airlines Co.
   
2.63
%
 
02/10/2030
   
3,571,753
 
3,055,000
 
SYSCO Corp.
   
5.95
%
 
04/01/2030
   
3,844,651
 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 51.7% (Continued)
 
3,835,000
 
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
   
2.05
%
 
03/31/2030
   
3,841,337
 
3,415,000
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
3.20
%
 
08/15/2027
   
3,814,478
 
3,072,000
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
3.88
%
 
04/15/2030
   
3,617,511
 
2,885,000
 
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
   
3.38
%
 
04/01/2030
   
3,327,327
 
1,680,000
 
TransDigm, Inc.^
   
6.25
%
 
03/15/2026
   
1,678,732
 
3,400,000
 
Trimble, Inc.
   
4.90
%
 
06/15/2028
   
3,907,854
 
3,360,000
 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
   
4.00
%
 
06/15/2025
   
3,801,449
 
3,530,000
 
VF Corp.
   
2.95
%
 
04/23/2030
   
3,779,132
 
1,460,000
 
Viking Cruises, Ltd.^
   
5.88
%
 
09/15/2027
   
872,620
 
3,465,000
 
Vulcan Materials Co.
   
3.50
%
 
06/01/2030
   
3,779,199
 
1,550,000
 
Walt Disney Co.
   
3.80
%
 
03/22/2030
   
1,816,541
 
1,735,000
 
Walt Disney Co.
   
2.65
%
 
01/13/2031
   
1,842,747
 
1,388,000
 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.^
   
5.38
%
 
04/15/2026
   
1,339,982
 
3,825,000
 
Xylem, Inc.
   
2.25
%
 
01/30/2031
   
3,856,126
 
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $193,086,083)
   

202,945,458
   
Mortgage Backed Securities — 22.7%
1,400,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                   
   
  Series 2018-DSNY C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.35%)^
   
1.53
%
 
09/15/2034
   
1,273,554
 
750,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                   
   
  Series 2018-DSNY D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)^
   
1.88
%
 
09/15/2034
   
675,302
 
1,250,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                   
   
  Series 2019-RLJ C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
04/15/2036
   
1,041,669
 
1,000,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                   
   
  Series 2019-RLJ D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.95%)^
   
2.13
%
 
04/15/2036
   
747,184
 
400,000
 
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-TALL C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.12%)^
   
1.31
%
 
03/16/2037
   
377,644
 
350,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-IND B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.90%)^
   
1.08
%
 
11/15/2035
   
346,361
 
840,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-IND D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
1.48
%
 
11/15/2035
   
830,434
 
1,433,101
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-XL D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.63
%
 
10/15/2036
   
1,402,007
 
1,500,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BXLP (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.25%)^
   
1.43
%
 
12/15/2036
   
1,452,640
 
940,000
 
BX Trust, Series 2019-CALM C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
1.48
%
 
11/15/2032
   
917,266
 
500,000
 
CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-LIFE B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.25%)^
   
1.43
%
 
12/15/2037
   
492,016
 
500,000
 
CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-LIFE C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.63
%
 
12/15/2037
   
491,379
 
1,461,669
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.97%)^
   
1.15
%
 
07/15/2032
   
1,443,929
 
1,423,301
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
07/15/2032
   
1,405,738
 
1,370,315
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.15%)^
   
2.33
%
 
07/15/2032
   
1,340,497
 
750,000
 
CORE Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-CORE C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
1.48
%
 
12/15/2031
   
730,644
 
1,250,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.43%)^
   
1.61
%
 
05/15/2036
   
1,231,054
 
2,950,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
05/15/2036
   
2,867,852
 
2,000,000
 
DBGS Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-C1 7EA^
   
4.64
%
 
10/17/2051
   
1,929,017
 
1,487,574
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4094 NI~
   
2.50
%
 
03/15/2027
   
60,182
 
804,124
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4107 LI~
   
3.00
%
 
08/15/2027
   
117,248
 
1,158,472
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4143 IA~
   
3.50
%
 
09/15/2042
   
123,916
 
275,000
 
FHLMC SCRTT, Series 2016-1 M1#^
   
3.00
%
 
09/25/2055
   
272,434
 
300,000
 
FHLMC SCRTT, Series 2017-1 M1#^
   
4.00
%
 
01/25/2056
   
299,302
 
1,658,946
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2013-DN1 M2 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 7.15%)
   
7.33
%
 
07/25/2023
   
1,481,835
 
2,000,000
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2014-DN2 M3 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 3.60%)
   
3.78
%
 
04/25/2024
   
1,781,616
 
4,019,768
 
FHMS, Series K-021 X1#~
   
1.55
%
 
06/25/2022
   
88,581
 
10,286,223
 
FHMS, Series K-C02 X1#~
   
0.51
%
 
03/25/2024
   
131,657
 
4,465,220
 
FHMS, Series K-038 X1#~
   
1.28
%
 
03/25/2024
   
156,575
 
65,060,547
 
FHMS, Series K-047 X1#~
   
0.26
%
 
05/25/2025
   
434,748
 
19,150,000
 
FHMS, Series K-C06 X1#~
   
0.90
%
 
06/25/2025
   
728,410
 
10,388,677
 
FHMS, Series K-734 X1#~
   
0.79
%
 
02/25/2026
   
326,287
 
6,993,804
 
FHMS, Series K-735 X1#~
   
1.10
%
 
05/25/2026
   
342,847
 
8,497,995
 
FHMS, Series K-736 X1#~
   
1.44
%
 
07/25/2026
   
563,245
 
669,905
 
FHMS, Series K-058 X1#~
   
1.05
%
 
08/25/2026
   
32,984
 
2,999,866
 
FHMS, Series K-C04 X1#~
   
1.41
%
 
12/25/2026
   
175,888
 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 22.7% (Continued)
 
5,999,990
 
FHMS, Series K-738 X1#~
   
1.63
%
 
01/25/2027
   
489,255
 
6,000,000
 
FHMS, Series K-738 XAM#~
   
1.48
%
 
03/25/2027
   
490,462
 
1,375,585
 
FHMS, Series K-W03 X1#~
   
0.98
%
 
06/25/2027
   
59,688
 
7,492,531
 
FHMS, Series K-C05 X1#~
   
1.20
%
 
07/25/2027
   
447,082
 
9,929,274
 
FHMS, Series K-070 X1#~
   
0.46
%
 
11/25/2027
   
223,186
 
688,867
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT1#
   
2.66
%
 
04/25/2028
   
701,810
 
4,985,975
 
FHMS, Series K-087 X1#~
   
0.51
%
 
12/25/2028
   
143,089
 
3,995,748
 
FHMS, Series K-092 X1#~
   
0.85
%
 
04/25/2029
   
219,475
 
5,499,091
 
FHMS, Series K-G01 X1#~
   
1.11
%
 
04/25/2029
   
337,658
 
3,543,565
 
FHMS, Series K-094 X1#~
   
1.02
%
 
06/25/2029
   
239,445
 
4,498,446
 
FHMS, Series K-103 X1#~
   
0.76
%
 
11/25/2029
   
234,697
 
6,999,853
 
FHMS, Series K-108 XAM#~
   
1.78
%
 
03/25/2030
   
982,798
 
4,800,000
 
FHMS, Series K-110 XAM#~
   
1.87
%
 
04/25/2030
   
781,130
 
5,030,000
 
FHMS, Series K-109 XAM#~
   
1.92
%
 
04/25/2030
   
772,422
 
498,639
 
FHMS, Series Q-010 APT1#
   
2.94
%
 
04/25/2046
   
501,259
 
4,397,255
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT2#
   
3.33
%
 
10/25/2047
   
4,758,889
 
264,156
 
FNMA, Pool# 467095
   
5.90
%
 
01/01/2041
   
308,274
 
174,790
 
FNMA, Pool# 469130
   
4.87
%
 
10/01/2041
   
209,260
 
325,486
 
FNMA, Pool# BH7686
   
4.50
%
 
12/01/2047
   
353,694
 
174,297
 
FNMA, Pool# BK5105
   
5.50
%
 
05/01/2048
   
197,376
 
175,078
 
FNMA, Pool# BK8032
   
5.50
%
 
06/01/2048
   
198,261
 
155,698
 
FNMA, Pool# BN0202
   
5.50
%
 
09/01/2048
   
176,315
 
223,598
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4936
   
5.50
%
 
12/01/2048
   
251,819
 
253,422
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4921
   
5.50
%
 
01/01/2049
   
285,735
 
20,996,914
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2019-M23 X3#~
   
0.38
%
 
10/27/2031
   
612,824
 
484,680
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-65 HJ
   
5.00
%
 
07/25/2040
   
552,404
 
7,500,000
 
FNMA, 2.0%, TBA August
   
2.00
%
 
08/15/2035
   
7,747,265
 
7,500,000
 
FNMA, 2.0%, TBA September
   
2.00
%
 
09/15/2050
   
7,643,670
 
7,500,000
 
FNMA, 2.5%, TBA September
   
2.50
%
 
09/15/2050
   
7,790,740
 
1,650,000
 
Fontainebleau Miami Beach Trust, Series 2019-FBLU D#^
   
4.09
%
 
12/10/2036
   
1,509,289
 
1,750,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-K723 B#^
   
3.70
%
 
10/25/2039
   
1,834,804
 
780,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-K729 B#^
   
3.80
%
 
11/25/2049
   
824,808
 
1,500,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K89 B#^
   
4.43
%
 
01/25/2051
   
1,673,968
 
1,500,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K734 B#^
   
4.19
%
 
02/25/2051
   
1,625,132
 
2,000,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K735 B#^
   
4.16
%
 
05/25/2052
   
2,174,913
 
750,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K736 B#^
   
3.88
%
 
09/25/2052
   
801,342
 
503,338
 
GNMA, Pool# 723334X
   
5.00
%
 
09/15/2039
   
576,471
 
951,279
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-45 B1#~
   
0.74
%
 
07/16/2054
   
32,593
 
695,344
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-135 I0#~
   
0.71
%
 
01/16/2056
   
26,115
 
702,930
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2015-172 I0#~
   
0.78
%
 
03/16/2057
   
30,698
 
1,068,573
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-40 I0#~
   
0.69
%
 
07/16/2057
   
45,922
 
866,200
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-56 I0#~
   
0.88
%
 
11/16/2057
   
46,606
 
1,114,615
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-98 I0#~
   
0.92
%
 
05/16/2058
   
66,694
 
614,695
 
HPLY Trust, Series 2019-HIT D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.00%)^
   
2.18
%
 
11/17/2036
   
555,237
 
451,874
 
IMT Trust, Series 2017-APTS DFL (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.55%)^
   
1.73
%
 
06/15/2034
   
402,188
 
1,000,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2019-BKWD C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
09/17/2029
   
939,842
 
1,500,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2019-MFP C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.36%)^
   
1.54
%
 
07/15/2036
   
1,430,490
 
1,500,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2020-NNN DFX^
   
3.62
%
 
01/16/2037
   
1,460,950
 
1,350,000
 
KKR Industrial Portfolio Trust, Series 2020-AIP D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.03%)^
   
2.21
%
 
03/16/2037
   
1,309,442
 
500,000
 
KNDL Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KNSQ D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.35%)^
   
1.53
%
 
05/15/2036
   
483,495
 
385,000
 
MAD Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-330M B#^
   
3.48
%
 
08/17/2034
   
396,076
 
750,000
 
MRCD Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-PARK C^
   
2.72
%
 
12/15/2036
   
738,336
 
275,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.00%)^
   
1.18
%
 
11/15/2034
   
268,126
 
925,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.40%)^
   
1.58
%
 
11/15/2034
   
898,118
 
781,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.95%)^
   
2.13
%
 
11/15/2034
   
755,296
 
600,000
 
MSC, Series 2019-NUGS B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
2.80
%
 
12/15/2036
   
561,789
 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 22.7% (Continued)
 
1,000,000
 
Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-2PAC C^
   
3.40
%
 
12/16/2038
   
998,581
 
500,000
 
Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 2017-1 M1#^
   
3.55
%
 
05/25/2047
   
494,767
 
333,514
 
Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 2018-2 A#^
   
4.05
%
 
10/25/2048
   
341,357
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $89,732,205)
   

89,127,369
   
Asset Backed Securities — 15.0%
 
540,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR2 D^
   
5.15
%
 
10/17/2036
   
596,065
 
320,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2015-SFR1 D^
   
4.41
%
 
04/18/2052
   
350,437
 
614,707
 
California Street CLO XII, Ltd., Series 2013-12A AR (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.03%)^
   
2.25
%
 
10/15/2025
   
612,530
 
600,000
 
CCG Receivables Trust, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.22
%
 
09/14/2026
   
614,911
 
500,000
 
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2020-A A4
   
1.51
%
 
04/15/2027
   
509,143
 
1,000,000
 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2018-1 C^
   
3.53
%
 
06/22/2023
   
1,018,352
 
750,000
 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2018-2 D^
   
3.97
%
 
10/22/2024
   
755,894
 
1,250,000
 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2019-1 D^
   
3.45
%
 
03/24/2025
   
1,248,232
 
1,000,000
 
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3 D
   
3.18
%
 
10/15/2026
   
1,016,002
 
1,320,000
 
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1
   
2.70
%
 
05/15/2027
   
1,319,413
 
500,000
 
DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-2A D^
   
3.48
%
 
02/18/2025
   
500,660
 
1,250,000
 
DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-3A D^
   
2.96
%
 
04/15/2025
   
1,256,904
 
1,500,000
 
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3A D^
   
3.11
%
 
08/15/2025
   
1,514,675
 
196,202
 
Federal Express Corp., Series 1998-1
   
6.72
%
 
07/15/2023
   
212,011
 
2,000,000
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.87
%
 
06/18/2026
   
1,989,461
 
1,406,176
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2020-2CP A^
   
4.52
%
 
06/18/2027
   
1,419,241
 
2,000,000
 
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities XI, Ltd., Series 2015-11A AR2 (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.07%)^
   
2.21
%
 
01/21/2031
   
1,964,864
 
500,000
 
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.37
%
 
02/18/2025
   
520,410
 
500,000
 
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2019-1 C^
   
3.54
%
 
02/17/2026
   
520,400
 
300,000
 
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2018-1 C^
   
3.14
%
 
06/16/2025
   
301,947
 
500,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2019-1A D^
   
2.72
%
 
09/20/2029
   
492,278
 
750,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2020-1A C^
   
2.03
%
 
02/20/2030
   
736,292
 
1,000,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2020-1A D^
   
2.26
%
 
02/20/2030
   
966,265
 
1,380,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.15%)^
   
1.34
%
 
12/19/2036
   
1,377,937
 
1,200,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.64
%
 
12/19/2036
   
1,193,402
 
1,997,070
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.80%)^
   
1.99
%
 
12/19/2036
   
1,982,587
 
800,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.95%)^
   
1.14
%
 
03/19/2037
   
784,210
 
2,200,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.25%)^
   
1.44
%
 
03/19/2037
   
2,170,193
 
999,863
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.00%)^
   
2.19
%
 
03/19/2037
   
972,326
 
1,000,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR2 B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.08%)^
   
1.26
%
 
06/18/2037
   
982,964
 
1,500,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.63
%
 
06/18/2037
   
1,459,060
 
2,100,000
 
Madison Park Funding XVI, Ltd., Series 2015-16A A2R (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.90%)^
   
3.04
%
 
04/20/2026
   
2,099,947
 
750,000
 
Madison Park Funding XVII, Ltd., Series 2015-17A B1R (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.75%)^
   
2.86
%
 
07/21/2030
   
731,904
 
1,500,000
 
Mariner CLO LLC, Series 2016-3A AR2 (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.99%)^
   
2.03
%
 
07/23/2029
   
1,478,898
 
364,853
 
Newtek Small Business Loan Trust, Series 2018-1 A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)^
   
1.88
%
 
02/25/2044
   
356,093
 
2,000,000
 
Octagon Investment Partners 36, Ltd., Series 2018-1A A1 (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.97%)^
   
2.19
%
 
04/15/2031
   
1,953,494
 
1,000,000
 
Octagon Investment Partners XIX, Ltd., Series 2014-1A CR (3 Month LIBOR USD + 2.10%)^
   
3.32
%
 
04/15/2026
   
982,954
 
1,500,000
 
Octagon Investment Partners XXIII, Ltd., Series 2015-1A CR (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.85%)^
   
3.07
%
 
07/15/2027
   
1,453,207
 
250,000
 
Oportun Funding IX LLC, Series 2018-B B^
   
4.50
%
 
07/08/2024
   
240,073
 
1,000,000
 
Oportun Funding VII LLC, Series 2017-B C^
   
5.29
%
 
10/10/2023
   
958,271
 
1,000,000
 
Oportun Funding VIII LLC, Series 2018-A A^
   
3.61
%
 
03/08/2024
   
1,002,194
 
1,100,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C A^
   
4.10
%
 
10/08/2024
   
1,105,332
 
400,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C B^
   
4.59
%
 
10/08/2024
   
385,530
 
500,000
 
Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1A D^
   
3.61
%
 
10/16/2023
   
508,860
 
1,000,000
 
Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-1A D^
   
3.01
%
 
08/15/2025
   
1,008,186
 
1,000,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2017-SFR1 D^
   
3.57
%
 
08/17/2034
   
1,018,053
 
1,300,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 C^
   
3.40
%
 
12/19/2034
   
1,320,569
 
850,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 B^
   
3.48
%
 
03/17/2035
   
862,483
 
1,500,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 C^
   
3.68
%
 
03/17/2035
   
1,524,045
 
1,140,612
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 A^
   
3.26
%
 
03/19/2035
   
1,156,418
 
1,750,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR3 D^
   
4.43
%
 
10/18/2035
   
1,808,355
 


 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par
                   
Value/Shares
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Asset Backed Securities — 15.0% (Continued)
 
790,000
 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3 D
   
2.68
%
 
10/15/2025
   
789,243
 
19,331
 
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2015-3A A^
   
2.58
%
 
09/20/2032
   
19,311
 
108,849
 
Southwest Airlines Co., Series 2007-1
   
6.15
%
 
02/01/2024
   
109,061
 
1,250,000
 
Treman Park CLO, Ltd., Series 2015-1A ARR (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.07%)^
   
2.21
%
 
10/20/2028
   
1,237,618
 
562,040
 
Westgate Resorts LLC, Series 2018-1A C^
   
4.10
%
 
12/20/2031
   
535,782
 
2,000,000
 
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2A A2A^
   
0.93
%
 
02/15/2024
   
2,001,459
 
1,000,000
 
Westlake Automobile Receivables, Series 2020-2A C^
   
2.01
%
 
07/15/2025
   
1,002,547
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $59,198,190)
   

59,008,953
   
U.S. Treasury Notes — 11.4%
 
29,575,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
0.38
%
 
03/31/2022
   
29,684,173
 
13,930,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
2.75
%
 
04/30/2023
   
14,942,374
 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $44,572,296)
   

44,626,547
   
Municipal Bonds — 2.1%
 
230,000
 
American Municipal Power, Inc.
   
6.05
%
 
02/15/2043
   
334,261
 
3,500,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.50
%
 
08/01/2038
   
3,500,000
 
250,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.53
%
 
08/01/2038
   
250,000
 
1,200,000
 
Health Care Authority for Baptist Health
   
5.50
%
 
11/15/2043
   
1,557,576
 
2,000,000
 
Oregon Health & Science University
   
3.00
%
 
07/01/2032
   
2,050,280
 
655,000
 
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
   
3.15
%
 
08/01/2037
   
693,246
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $7,768,908)
   

8,385,363
                         
Preferred Stocks — 0.2%
 
19,576
 
AGNC Investment Corp., Series C, 7.00% (Fixed until 10/15/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR + 5.11%)
               
444,179
 
10,000
 
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.,
                   
   
  Series G, 6.50% (Fixed until 03/31/2023, then 3 Month LIBOR + 4.17%)
               
200,000
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $745,293)
   

644,179

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

 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Par
         
 
Value/Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Short-Term Investments — 3.5%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 3.1%
 
   
12,291,267
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
   
12,291,267
 
   
U.S. Treasury Bills — 0.4%
 
   
1,600,000
 
United States Treasury Bill, 0.12%†
   
1,599,922
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $13,891,187)
   
13,891,189
 
Total Investments — 106.6% (Cost $408,994,162)
   
418,629,058
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.6)%
   
(26,006,287
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
392,622,771
 

#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
~
Interest Only Security
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
This security is pledged as collateral in connection with open futures contracts. Rate disclosed is yield to maturity as of the date of this report.

Futures Contracts — Long (Note 6)
 
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures
   
240
 
09/30/2020
 
$
30,095,839
   
$
30,178,125
   
$
82,286
 
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note Futures
   
140
 
09/30/2020
   
30,904,552
     
30,915,938
     
11,386
 
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note Futures
   
13
 
09/21/2020
   
1,801,578
     
1,809,234
     
7,656
 
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures
   
58
 
09/21/2020
   
10,271,264
     
10,356,625
     
85,361
 
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond Futures
   
155
 
09/21/2020
   
33,639,270
     
33,814,219
     
174,949
 
               
$
106,712,503
   
$
107,074,141
   
$
361,638
 
                                   
Futures Contracts — Short (Note 6)
                           
               
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Note Futures
   
(324)

09/21/2020
 
$
(50,666,485
)
 
$
(51,024,938
)
 
$
(358,453
)
               
$
(50,666,485
)
 
$
(51,024,938
)
 
$
(358,453
)

There is no variation margin due to or from the Fund as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020
 
Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 0.42% in value. During the same period, the ICE BofAML 0-3 Month US Treasury Bill Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s primary benchmark, increased 1.47%. The Fund also underperformed the 8.74% return of its secondary benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index, during the same period.
 
The severe selloff in credit instruments in February and March related to the lockdown of the global economy and the ensuing liquidity squeeze in financial markets were the drivers of the underperformance. While the Fund recovered most of the March drawdown in the three months through June, it was not enough to pull the one-year performance numbers above either benchmark.
 
The Fund’s strategy is founded upon deep credit research that in turn feeds our proprietary, factor-based risk pricing models. We believe this process helps us to consistently identify individual securities offering the best risk-adjusted return. We analyze investment ideas using rigorous underwriting standards and fundamental analysis to identify, assess, and price a bond’s risks. Our methodology allows us to compare the relative value of bonds across multiple sectors, using our process to adjust for both the impairment risk and interest rate risk, thereby driving our capital allocation decisions from the bottom-up. Idiosyncratic risks are mitigated by the strict application of a sizing model focused on a bond’s estimated downside.
 
The Fund attempts to mitigate duration risk in order to reduce its correlation to general interest rate movements. As such, the Fund has been managed with a duration of around 2.0 years over the past year. As we have previously stated, we are not attempting to generate meaningful alpha by making a bet on the direction of interest rates. Instead, we aim to keep our sensitivity to interest rates low by buying shorter-dated bonds, using hedges such as Treasury futures, and by purchasing floating rate instruments. Our relative lack of duration was a major contributor to our underperformance against our secondary benchmark.
 
The biggest single driver influencing the last twelve month’s performance was the drawdown that began in late February and ended on or around March 25, and the subsequent rebound that occurred through the end of June. The drawdown was a function of the sell-off in fixed income assets resulting from COVID-19-related shelter-in-place orders that went into effect across the northern hemisphere, crippling economic activity and prompting a global dollar funding crisis.  Demand for dollar liquidity prompted a global selling spree across virtually every fixed income sector until the Federal Reserve intervened at the end of March, restoring liquidity to markets.  The Fund was especially hard hit due to its lack of duration. Longer-duration sectors benefited from the over 10% gain in 7-10 year Treasuries during the March quarter as investors sought the safety of U.S. Government debt. Nearly every sector in the Fund experienced a meaningful decline in market prices.
 
The drawdown, however, opened up an opportunity in late March to reposition the portfolio in a way that allowed the Fund to benefit from the ensuing rally.  As bids returned to certain structured products, namely collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and credit risk transfer securities (CRTs), we began selling them and rotating into investment grade corporates. Credit risk transfer securities (CRTs), also known as GSE risk-sharing securities, are notes sold by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and are designed to share the risk of loss in agency-backed residential mortgage pools. CLOs and CRTs were viewed as having limited relative upside due to par calls and mortgage prepayments, respectively. They had also just experienced rapid declines in market liquidity and severe volatility driven by market technicals as well as uncertainty around the severity and duration of COVID-19’s impact to the economy, and hence the default risk for both of their underlying sectors (corporate and consumer) and, in the case of CLOs, downgrade risks. High quality, investment-grade corporates, on the other hand, offered relatively better visibility due to their strong cash balances and long-term franchise value offering lenders protection through the cycle. As issuers came to market, we were able to deploy capital at relatively cheap levels to companies with solid balance sheets, an abundance of cash, and dominant business models. Our exposure to the sector increased from a high-single digit average allocation over the eight months ending February 2020, to an average portfolio weight of 28% in the three months ending June 2020.  This allocation, combined with our high yield corporate allocation, which stayed roughly the same over both time periods, was the largest contributor to performance in the post-March rebound. Many of the structured products we sold have yet to return to a par market value, whereas the investment grade corporate bonds we purchased have benefited from spread tightening that is close to or equal to pre-COVID-19 levels.  We believe this shift in portfolio allocation resulted in attractive risk-adjusted returns as the trade improved the trading liquidity of the portfolio and limited the downside relative to many of the instruments we sold.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Our investment process is focused on maximizing risk-adjusted return through the disciplined application of a deep due diligence process and proprietary risk pricing models designed to optimize capital allocation decisions. Our process is designed to facilitate consistently better decision-making, grounded in our thorough understanding of each investment’s cash flow profile, liquidity, structural terms, and enterprise value coverage.  We believe that adhering to this process can continue to add value whether credit is widening or tightening, and may allow us to consistently minimize losses and drive outperformance through market and business cycles.
 
Sincerely,
 
Robert H. Snyder
Co-Portfolio Manager
 
Thomas D.D. Graff, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Investments in lower-rated and nonrated securities present a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities. Municipal securities are subject to adverse political or economic factors, including changes in the tax law. Inflation-indexed bonds see the principal value of the security increased as the Consumer Price Index increases. Should the Consumer Price Index decline, those securities should be adversely impacted. A non-diversified fund may concentrate its assets in fewer individual holdings than a diversified fund. Therefore, a non-diversified fund is more exposed to individual stock volatility than a diversified fund. The fund may make short sales of securities, which involve the risk that losses in a security may exceed the original amount invested in that security. The risks of investments in derivatives, including options on futures contracts and options on futures contracts include imperfect correlation between the value of these instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to the derivative transactions; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the derivative transactions may not be liquid. Income from tax-exempt securities may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for certain investors. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by a private independent rating service such as Standard & Poor’s. The firm evaluates a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when the rating agency has not issued a formal rating, the Adviser will classify the security as non-rated.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020
 
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based bond index. The ICE BofAML 0-3 Month US Treasury Bill Index is a subset of the ICE BofAML US Treasury Bill Index and includes all securities with a remaining term to final maturity less than 3 months. The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade US dollar-denominated, fixed rate taxable bond market and includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS, ABS and CMBS. The indexes are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
52.5
%
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
36.4
%
Asset Backed Securities
   
16.2
%
Money Market Funds
   
2.2
%
Municipal Bonds
   
2.1
%
Preferred Stocks
   
0.7
%
U.S. Treasury Bills
   
0.2
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(10.3
)%
     
100.0
%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(9/30/11)
Institutional Shares1
0.37%
2.29%
1.58%
Investor Shares
0.42%
2.11%
1.35%
ICE BofAML 0-3 Month US Treasury Bill Index
1.47%
1.12%
0.66%
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index
8.74%
4.30%
3.48%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.61%
0.66%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.61%
0.66%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/strategic-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on October 31, 2014, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.


 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 52.5%
 
3,935,000
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
   
2.10
%
 
06/04/2030
   
4,041,198
 
1,000,000
 
American Tower Corp.
   
2.90
%
 
01/15/2030
   
1,069,519
 
1,500,000
 
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
   
2.80
%
 
05/15/2030
   
1,582,131
 
706,000
 
Aptiv PLC
   
4.35
%
 
03/15/2029
   
756,827
 
605,000
 
AT&T, Inc.
   
2.30
%
 
06/01/2027
   
627,317
 
2,000,000
 
Bank of America Corp. (Fixed until 06/20/2024, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 3.29%)
   
5.13
%
 
12/20/2024
   
1,972,887
 
1,000,000
 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.^
   
3.70
%
 
07/15/2030
   
1,174,832
 
1,000,000
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.
   
4.10
%
 
04/13/2025
   
1,123,591
 
2,000,000
 
BorgWarner, Inc.
   
2.65
%
 
07/01/2027
   
2,055,190
 
1,500,000
 
Broadcom, Inc.^
   
3.15
%
 
11/15/2025
   
1,598,432
 
995,000
 
BWX Technologies, Inc.^
   
4.13
%
 
06/30/2028
   
996,244
 
943,000
 
CCO Holdings LLC/Capital Corp.^
   
4.50
%
 
08/15/2030
   
965,307
 
1,000,000
 
Colonial Enterprises, Inc.^
   
3.25
%
 
05/15/2030
   
1,091,071
 
1,250,000
 
Colt Merger Sub, Inc.^
   
5.75
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,260,250
 
260,000
 
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
   
3.35
%
 
04/01/2030
   
295,878
 
500,000
 
Core & Main Holdings L.P. (PIK 9.38%)^
   
8.63
%
 
09/15/2024
   
502,310
 
1,000,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
3.30
%
 
07/01/2030
   
1,102,164
 
2,000,000
 
Dana, Inc.
   
5.63
%
 
06/15/2028
   
1,990,400
 
1,250,000
 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
   
3.85
%
 
05/01/2027
   
1,289,933
 
3,750,000
 
Dentsply Sirona, Inc.
   
3.25
%
 
06/01/2030
   
3,950,629
 
1,333,000
 
Ecolab, Inc.
   
4.80
%
 
03/24/2030
   
1,691,817
 
3,264,000
 
Energy Transfer Operating L.P. (Fixed until 02/15/2023, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.03%)
   
6.25
%
 
05/15/2023
   
2,510,816
 
2,975,000
 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Fixed until 08/16/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 2.99%)
   
4.88
%
 
08/16/2077
   
2,592,698
 
1,500,000
 
Exelon Corp.
   
4.05
%
 
04/15/2030
   
1,735,538
 
1,800,000
 
frontdoor, Inc.^
   
6.75
%
 
08/15/2026
   
1,918,908
 
1,000,000
 
General Dynamics Corp.
   
3.63
%
 
04/01/2030
   
1,171,356
 
1,000,000
 
HCA, Inc.
   
3.50
%
 
09/01/2030
   
964,392
 
1,050,000
 
H-Food Holdings LLC^
   
8.50
%
 
06/01/2026
   
982,648
 
1,100,000
 
JC Penney Corp., Inc.^
   
5.88
%
 
07/01/2023
   
424,737
 
2,000,000
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Fixed until 02/01/2025, then SOFR + 3.13%)
   
4.60
%
 
05/01/2169
   
1,787,500
 
1,000,000
 
KeHE Distributors LLC^
   
8.63
%
 
10/15/2026
   
1,067,345
 
1,000,000
 
Land O’ Lakes, Inc.^
   
7.25
%
 
07/14/2027
   
914,295
 
1,000,000
 
Lear Corp.
   
4.25
%
 
05/15/2029
   
1,027,378
 
1,000,000
 
Marriott International, Inc.
   
5.75
%
 
05/01/2025
   
1,087,491
 
2,000,000
 
Marriott International, Inc.
   
4.63
%
 
06/15/2030
   
2,079,284
 
1,000,000
 
Mastercard, Inc.
   
3.35
%
 
03/26/2030
   
1,158,381
 
2,350,000
 
Mercer International, Inc.
   
5.50
%
 
01/15/2026
   
2,216,414
 
1,000,000
 
MPLX L.P. (Fixed until 02/15/2023, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.65%)
   
6.88
%
 
08/15/2023
   
899,727
 
2,250,000
 
Nathan’s Famous, Inc.^
   
6.63
%
 
11/01/2025
   
2,278,125
 
1,000,000
 
NIKE, Inc.
   
2.85
%
 
03/27/2030
   
1,113,465
 
453,000
 
Northrop Grumman Corp.
   
4.40
%
 
05/01/2030
   
550,266
 
129,000
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
2.85
%
 
04/01/2030
   
143,812
 
750,000
 
Olin Corp.
   
5.63
%
 
08/01/2029
   
690,956
 
2,280,000
 
ServiceMaster Co. LLC
   
7.45
%
 
08/15/2027
   
2,475,533
 
2,000,000
 
Southern California Edison Co. (Fixed until 02/01/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.20%)
   
6.25
%
 
08/01/2049
   
1,968,032
 
2,435,000
 
Southwest Airlines Co.
   
2.63
%
 
02/10/2030
   
2,190,735
 
1,500,000
 
SYSCO Corp.
   
5.95
%
 
04/01/2030
   
1,887,717
 
1,000,000
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
4.50
%
 
03/25/2030
   
1,240,915
 
1,750,000
 
Titan International, Inc.
   
6.50
%
 
11/30/2023
   
1,149,146
 
2,000,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc.^
   
1.50
%
 
02/15/2026
   
2,004,860
 
2,000,000
 
VOC Escrow, Ltd.^
   
5.00
%
 
02/15/2028
   
1,489,630
 
815,000
 
West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd.^
   
4.35
%
 
10/15/2024
   
827,197
 
832,000
 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.^
   
5.38
%
 
04/15/2026
   
803,217
 
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $75,257,917)
   

76,490,441

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 36.4%
 
400,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
               
   
  Series 2018-DSNY C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.35%)^
   
1.53
%
 
09/15/2034
   
363,873
 
1,410,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                   
   
  Series 2018-DSNY D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)^
   
1.88
%
 
09/15/2034
   
1,269,567
 
2,483,000
 
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
                   
   
  Series 2019-RLJ D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.95%)^
   
2.13
%
 
04/15/2036
   
1,855,257
 
400,000
 
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-TALL C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.12%)^
   
1.31
%
 
03/16/2037
   
377,644
 
350,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-IND B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.90%)^
   
1.08
%
 
11/15/2035
   
346,361
 
1,400,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-IND D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
1.48
%
 
11/15/2035
   
1,384,057
 
1,000,000
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BXLP E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
12/15/2036
   
961,534
 
2,283,858
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
07/15/2032
   
2,255,678
 
2,283,858
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.15%)^
   
2.33
%
 
07/15/2032
   
2,234,162
 
1,000,000
 
CORE Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-CORE D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.65%)^
   
1.83
%
 
12/15/2031
   
958,796
 
1,500,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
05/15/2036
   
1,458,230
 
2,000,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.15%)^
   
2.33
%
 
05/15/2036
   
1,918,479
 
2,000,000
 
DBGS Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-C1 7EA^
   
4.64
%
 
10/17/2051
   
1,929,017
 
804,123
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4107 LI~
   
3.00
%
 
08/15/2027
   
117,248
 
1,158,472
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4143 IA~
   
3.50
%
 
09/15/2042
   
123,916
 
335,000
 
FHLMC SCRTT, Series 2016-1 M1#^
   
3.00
%
 
09/25/2055
   
331,874
 
1,290,292
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2013-DN1 M2 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 7.15%)
   
7.33
%
 
07/25/2023
   
1,152,538
 
1,500,000
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2014-DN2 M3 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 3.60%)
   
3.78
%
 
04/25/2024
   
1,336,212
 
4,019,768
 
FHMS, Series K-021 X1#~
   
1.55
%
 
06/25/2022
   
88,581
 
2,444,145
 
FHMS, Series K-023 X1#~
   
1.36
%
 
08/25/2022
   
52,796
 
2,330,075
 
FHMS, Series K-722 X1#~
   
1.44
%
 
03/25/2023
   
63,783
 
10,286,223
 
FHMS, Series K-C02 X1#~
   
0.51
%
 
03/25/2024
   
131,657
 
4,465,220
 
FHMS, Series K-038 X1#~
   
1.28
%
 
03/25/2024
   
156,575
 
8,000,000
 
FHMS, Series K-C06 X1#~
   
0.90
%
 
06/25/2025
   
304,297
 
10,388,677
 
FHMS, Series K-734 X1#~
   
0.79
%
 
02/25/2026
   
326,287
 
6,993,804
 
FHMS, Series K-735 X1#~
   
1.10
%
 
05/25/2026
   
342,847
 
8,497,995
 
FHMS, Series K-736 X1#~
   
1.44
%
 
07/25/2026
   
563,245
 
669,905
 
FHMS, Series K-058 X1#~
   
1.05
%
 
08/25/2026
   
32,984
 
2,999,866
 
FHMS, Series K-C04 X1#~
   
1.41
%
 
12/25/2026
   
175,888
 
1,375,585
 
FHMS, Series K-W03 X1#~
   
0.98
%
 
06/25/2027
   
59,688
 
7,492,531
 
FHMS, Series K-C05 X1#~
   
1.20
%
 
07/25/2027
   
447,082
 
9,929,274
 
FHMS, Series K-070 X1#~
   
0.46
%
 
11/25/2027
   
223,186
 
688,867
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT1#
   
2.66
%
 
04/25/2028
   
701,809
 
4,985,975
 
FHMS, Series K-087 X1#~
   
0.51
%
 
12/25/2028
   
143,088
 
4,498,446
 
FHMS, Series K-103 X1#~
   
0.76
%
 
11/25/2029
   
234,697
 
160,371
 
FNMA, Pool# AB9392
   
2.50
%
 
05/01/2023
   
168,119
 
34,840
 
FNMA, Pool# 910181 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.68%)
   
3.67
%
 
03/01/2037
   
36,738
 
12,998,090
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2019-M23 X3#~
   
0.38
%
 
10/27/2031
   
379,367
 
484,680
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-65 HJ
   
5.00
%
 
07/25/2040
   
552,404
 
5,000,000
 
FNMA, 2.0%, TBA August
   
2.00
%
 
08/15/2035
   
5,164,844
 
5,000,000
 
FNMA, 2.0%, TBA September
   
2.00
%
 
09/15/2050
   
5,095,780
 
5,000,000
 
FNMA, 2.5%, TBA September
   
2.50
%
 
09/15/2050
   
5,193,827
 
1,650,000
 
Fontainebleau Miami Beach Trust, Series 2019-FBLU D#^
   
4.09
%
 
12/10/2036
   
1,509,288
 
780,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-K729 B#^
   
3.80
%
 
11/25/2049
   
824,808
 
90,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-K10 B#^
   
4.74
%
 
11/25/2049
   
90,394
 
132,987
 
GNMA, Pool# 004527M
   
5.00
%
 
09/20/2024
   
144,048
 
485,072
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-45 B1#~
   
0.74
%
 
07/16/2054
   
16,620
 
347,672
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-135 I0#~
   
0.71
%
 
01/16/2056
   
13,057
 
351,465
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2015-172 I0#~
   
0.78
%
 
03/16/2057
   
15,349
 
534,286
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-40 I0#~
   
0.69
%
 
07/16/2057
   
22,961
 
431,374
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-56 I0#~
   
0.88
%
 
11/16/2057
   
23,210
 
557,308
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-98 I0#~
   
0.92
%
 
05/16/2058
   
33,347
 
614,695
 
HPLY Trust, Series 2019-HIT D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.00%)^
   
2.18
%
 
11/17/2036
   
555,237
 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 36.4% (Continued)
 
460,912
 
IMT Trust, Series 2017-APTS DFL (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.55%)^
   
1.73
%
 
06/15/2034
   
410,232
 
1,050,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2019-MFP C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.36%)^
   
1.54
%
 
07/15/2036
   
1,001,343
 
1,500,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2020-NNN DFX^
   
3.62
%
 
01/16/2037
   
1,460,950
 
1,000,000
 
KKR Industrial Portfolio Trust, Series 2020-AIP D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.03%)^
   
2.21
%
 
03/16/2037
   
969,957
 
1,000,000
 
KNDL Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KNSQ D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.35%)^
   
1.53
%
 
05/15/2036
   
966,989
 
385,000
 
MAD Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-330M B#^
   
3.48
%
 
08/17/2034
   
396,076
 
750,000
 
MRCD Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-PARK C^
   
2.72
%
 
12/15/2036
   
738,336
 
275,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.00%)^
   
1.18
%
 
11/15/2034
   
268,126
 
925,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.40%)^
   
1.58
%
 
11/15/2034
   
898,118
 
790,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.95%)^
   
2.13
%
 
11/15/2034
   
764,000
 
500,000
 
Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 2017-1 M1#^
   
3.55
%
 
05/25/2047
   
494,767
 
333,514
 
Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 2018-2 A#^
   
4.05
%
 
10/25/2048
   
341,357
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $54,482,872)
   

52,972,582
   
Asset Backed Securities — 16.2%
 
210,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2014-SFR2 E^
   
6.23
%
 
10/17/2036
   
234,418
 
170,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent Trust, Series 2014-SFR1 E^
   
5.64
%
 
04/18/2052
   
188,379
 
225,000
 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-3 D
   
3.18
%
 
07/18/2023
   
230,611
 
636,000
 
CCG Receivables Trust, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.22
%
 
09/14/2026
   
651,806
 
750,000
 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2018-2 D^
   
3.97
%
 
10/22/2024
   
755,894
 
1,250,000
 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2019-1 D^
   
3.45
%
 
03/24/2025
   
1,248,232
 
500,000
 
DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-2A D^
   
3.48
%
 
02/18/2025
   
500,660
 
130,801
 
Federal Express Corp., Series 1998-1
   
6.72
%
 
07/15/2023
   
141,340
 
1,500,000
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.87
%
 
06/18/2026
   
1,492,096
 
468,725
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2020-2CP A^
   
4.52
%
 
06/18/2027
   
473,080
 
300,000
 
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2018-1 C^
   
3.14
%
 
06/16/2025
   
301,947
 
1,200,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.64
%
 
12/19/2036
   
1,193,402
 
2,387,497
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.80%)^
   
1.99
%
 
12/19/2036
   
2,370,183
 
1,200,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.25%)^
   
1.44
%
 
03/19/2037
   
1,183,741
 
999,863
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.00%)^
   
2.19
%
 
03/19/2037
   
972,326
 
1,400,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.63
%
 
06/18/2037
   
1,361,790
 
750,000
 
Madison Park Funding XVII, Ltd., Series 2015-17A B1R (3 Month LIBOR USD + 1.75%)^
   
2.86
%
 
07/21/2030
   
731,904
 
364,853
 
Newtek Small Business Loan Trust, Series 2018-1 A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)^
   
1.88
%
 
02/25/2044
   
356,093
 
750,000
 
OHA Credit Partners IX, Ltd., Series 2013-9A DR (3 Month LIBOR USD + 3.30%)^
   
4.44
%
 
10/20/2025
   
746,067
 
250,000
 
Oportun Funding IX LLC, Series 2018-B B^
   
4.50
%
 
07/08/2024
   
240,073
 
1,000,000
 
Oportun Funding VIII LLC, Series 2018-A A^
   
3.61
%
 
03/08/2024
   
1,002,194
 
1,500,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C A^
   
4.10
%
 
10/08/2024
   
1,507,271
 
400,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C B^
   
4.59
%
 
10/08/2024
   
385,530
 
79,349
 
OSCAR U.S. Funding Trust VII LLC, Series 2017-2A A3^
   
2.45
%
 
12/10/2021
   
79,506
 
500,000
 
Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1A D^
   
3.61
%
 
10/16/2023
   
508,860
 
1,000,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2017-SFR1 D^
   
3.57
%
 
08/17/2034
   
1,018,053
 
800,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 D^
   
3.60
%
 
12/19/2034
   
813,999
 
850,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR1 B^
   
3.48
%
 
03/17/2035
   
862,483
 
1,250,000
 
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2018-SFR3 D^
   
4.43
%
 
10/18/2035
   
1,291,682
 
19,331
 
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2015-3A A^
   
2.58
%
 
09/20/2032
   
19,311
 
154,031
 
Southwest Airlines Co., Series 2007-1
   
6.15
%
 
02/01/2024
   
154,332
 
562,040
 
Westgate Resorts LLC, Series 2018-1A C^
   
4.10
%
 
12/20/2031
   
535,782
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $23,626,006)
   

23,553,045
   
Municipal Bonds — 2.1%
 
2,500,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.50
%
 
08/01/2038
   
2,500,000
 
250,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.53
%
 
08/01/2038
   
250,000
 
350,000
 
Washington State Housing Finance Commission^
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2024
   
355,015
 
5,000
 
Yamhill County Oregon Hospital Authority
   
3.50
%
 
11/15/2020
   
4,988
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $2,971,928)
 

3,110,003

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

 

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Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020
 
Par
         
 
Value/Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Preferred Stocks — 0.7%
 
   
29,576
 
AGNC Investment Corp., Series C, 7.00%
     
       
  (Fixed until 10/15/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 5.11%)
   
671,080
 
   
10,000
 
Annaly Capital Management, Inc., Series G, 6.50%
       
       
  (Fixed until 03/31/2023, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.17%)
   
200,000
 
   
7,648
 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., 5.20%
   
192,500
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,203,435)
   
1,063,580
 
   
Short-Term Investments — 2.4%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 2.2%
 
   
3,191,691
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
   
3,191,691
 
   
U.S. Treasury Bills — 0.2%
 
   
275,000
 
United States Treasury Bill, 0.12%†
   
274,987
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,466,678)
   
3,466,678
 
Total Investments — 110.3% (Cost $161,008,836)
   
160,656,329
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (10.3)%
   
(14,994,222
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
145,662,107
 

PIK —   Payment-in-kind security.  The issuer may make payments of interest in cash or by payment-in-kind.  A payment-in-kind occurs when the security holder receives additional par value of the security rather than cash.
#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
~
Interest Only Security
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
This security is pledged as collateral in connection with open futures contracts. Rate disclosed is yield to maturity as of the date of this report.

Futures Contracts — Short (Note 6)
 
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures
   
(100)

09/30/2020
 
$
(12,560,470
)
 
$
(12,574,219
)
 
$
(13,749
)
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Note Futures
   
(125)

09/21/2020
   
(19,547,254
)
   
(19,685,547
)
   
(138,293
)
               
$
(32,107,724
)
 
$
(32,259,766
)
 
$
(152,042
)

There is no variation margin due to or from the Fund as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 8.09% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 8.74%.
 
The Fund aims to generate performance primarily through individual security selection that augments fundamental credit analysis with integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research. The Fund has an equal weight on performance and impact and will not sacrifice one for the other. We do not solely focus on green or other labeled bonds. We also invest in issuers where the investment is actively solving environmental and/or social challenges through innovative products and services, and/or operating in a resource efficient and socially responsible manner. Equally important, we also invest in issuers we think are managing their material ESG and fundamental risks. Duration and sector weightings are set mainly by an analysis of the intermediate-term risk/reward, as opposed to any particular macroeconomic forecast.
 
In the first quarter of 2020, corporate bonds underperformed Treasury bonds by 11.8% using data from the Index. That is the worst relative performance for corporate bonds in the Index’s history dating back to 1973. That was followed by the second quarter, where corporate bonds outperformed Treasury bonds by 8.5%, the second best performance in the history of the Index.
 
The volatility stemmed from two related but separate sources. The first was obviously the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic havoc it was wreaking. The second was a severe liquidity crisis in fixed income markets, brought on by an acute need for cash. Everyone from large endowments to small business owners to foreign investors were scrambling to sell anything denominated in dollars and convert those assets in to cash.
 
The uncertainty around the public health crisis was especially challenging. Not only is there no way to know exactly how the pandemic itself will progress, there is also no historic precedent for how the economy will respond. While some actions by policy makers undoubtedly avoided an even worse outcome, there is only so much economic policy can do in the face of this kind of public health emergency. It was also a time to analyze and reflect on how companies prioritize various stakeholders, balancing societal well-being with profits.
 
However, the solution to the liquidity crunch was straightforward. In March of 2020, we were experiencing a kind of “run” on the fixed income market-making banks. As demand for cash surged, these banks were asked to bid on more bonds than they had the capital to buy.
 
Central banks are able to deal with bank runs by offering the bank an alternative source of liquidity, such as short-term lending against good collateral. During the March 2020 liquidity crisis, the Federal Reserve employed a similar tactic using Quantitative Easing or QE. By buying hundreds of billions in Treasury and agency bonds in March and April, the Fed essentially freed up capacity among Wall Street banks, who could then conduct customer trading normally again.
 
In this environment of high uncertainty, we believed the best portfolio positioning would be to buy bonds that would benefit from improving liquidity conditions while avoiding bonds that needed improving economic fundamentals to perform. The liquidity problem markets faced was solvable, and moreover, there was an entity that was willing and able to solve it. The economic fundamentals were uncertain then and remain uncertain now.
 
For the Fund, this meant selling some of our structured credit, especially consumer-oriented asset-backed securities and replacing these positions with corporate bonds. We focused these corporate buys on companies with excellent balance sheets, lower business cyclicality, and high franchise value. Some examples include NVIDIA, Nike, and Consolidated Edison. These are companies that we expect to be survivors even if the COVID-19 recession is deeper or lasts longer than anyone expects. Even when we considered some more impacted companies, such as Disney, TJX Companies or Marriott, these companies had such ample liquidity that even extending the recession years out into the future should not threaten their survival.
 
This rotation was successful. The kinds of higher quality bonds we were adding in March and April not only outperformed the items we sold materially, but they also outperformed the corporate bond market broadly. While this was not enough to produce outperformance for the whole 12-month period, we believe that this set of lower-risk corporate bonds can produce outperformance in a more positive market environment and may be resilient if the economy weakens from here.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Despite the significant improvement in market sentiment, economic uncertainty remains extremely high. This is evidenced most starkly by the late June surge in COVID-19 cases. However, we also have uncertainty stemming from various other places. How much of the strength in consumer spending is from one-time government stimulus measures? How many reopened businesses in the restaurant and leisure sectors will survive long-term under reduced capacity? How many “temporarily” laid off workers will become permanently laid off in the coming months? These are all crucial questions to which we do not have answers.
 
Hence, we plan to stick to a strategy of owning securities with what we believe is reduced uncertainty. As risk markets have rallied, we have not sought higher yielding bonds that also carry more risk. If lower quality bonds continue to rally like they did in May and June, that may mean we have left some performance on the table. However, we believe our portfolio of thoroughly researched securities where each bond has a wide margin for error will be well positioned to produce strong performance in various scenarios. In this period of heightened uncertainty, we think this is the best approach.
 
Sincerely,
 
Amy Hauter, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Thomas D.D. Graff, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Investments in Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed securities include additional risks that investor should be aware of including credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. Investments in lower rated and non-rated securities present a great risk of loss to principal and interest than higher rated securities. In addition, the fund is susceptible to risks from investments in derivatives, U.S. Government securities, and changes in interest rates. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the Federal Alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (“Index”) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade US dollar-denominated, fixed rate taxable bond market.  The Index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS, ABS and CMBS.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
51.5
%
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
18.1
%
Municipal Bonds
   
15.6
%
Asset Backed Securities
   
7.1
%
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
4.0
%
Foreign Government Bonds
   
2.2
%
Money Market Funds
   
1.6
%
U.S. Treasury Bills
   
0.2
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(0.3
)%
     
100.0
%

 
   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
(8/7/17)
Institutional Shares1
8.14%
4.92%
Investor Shares
8.09%
4.87%
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index
8.74%
5.28%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.52%
0.57%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.52%
0.57%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/sustainable-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect. In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced. Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on July 2, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.


 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 51.5%
 
1,490,000
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
   
2.10
%
 
06/04/2030
   
1,530,212
 
1,440,000
 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
   
3.80
%
 
04/15/2026
   
1,617,833
 
660,000
 
Allison Transmission, Inc.^
   
5.88
%
 
06/01/2029
   
688,317
 
2,055,000
 
American Tower Corp.
   
3.13
%
 
01/15/2027
   
2,251,716
 
1,605,000
 
Amphenol Corp.
   
2.80
%
 
02/15/2030
   
1,710,101
 
756,000
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
   
2.95
%
 
04/01/2025
   
819,891
 
1,470,000
 
Anthem, Inc.
   
2.25
%
 
05/15/2030
   
1,510,009
 
429,000
 
Aptiv PLC
   
4.35
%
 
03/15/2029
   
459,885
 
1,555,000
 
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
   
2.30
%
 
03/01/2030
   
1,635,799
 
710,000
 
Ball Corp.
   
4.88
%
 
03/15/2026
   
773,311
 
2,300,000
 
Bank of America Corp. (Fixed until 05/19/2023, then SOFR + 1.46%)
   
1.49
%
 
05/19/2024
   
2,338,297
 
1,530,000
 
BorgWarner, Inc.
   
2.65
%
 
07/01/2027
   
1,572,220
 
1,815,000
 
Boston Properties L.P.
   
3.65
%
 
02/01/2026
   
2,011,312
 
730,000
 
Centene Corp.^
   
3.38
%
 
02/15/2030
   
738,231
 
1,275,000
 
Cigna Corp.
   
4.38
%
 
10/15/2028
   
1,509,991
 
2,399,000
 
Conservation Fund
   
3.47
%
 
12/15/2029
   
2,577,802
 
730,000
 
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
   
3.35
%
 
04/01/2030
   
830,736
 
1,465,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
3.30
%
 
07/01/2030
   
1,614,670
 
2,125,000
 
CVS Health Corp.
   
4.30
%
 
03/25/2028
   
2,486,951
 
1,905,000
 
Digital Realty Trust L.P.
   
3.95
%
 
07/01/2022
   
2,019,720
 
765,000
 
Ford Foundation
   
2.42
%
 
06/01/2050
   
788,175
 
685,000
 
Graphic Packaging International LLC^
   
4.75
%
 
07/15/2027
   
725,114
 
2,285,000
 
Hasbro, Inc.
   
3.50
%
 
09/15/2027
   
2,374,590
 
1,470,000
 
Hexcel Corp.
   
3.95
%
 
02/15/2027
   
1,578,575
 
1,470,000
 
IDEX Corp.
   
3.00
%
 
05/01/2030
   
1,535,873
 
1,440,000
 
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
   
3.88
%
 
03/01/2026
   
1,645,746
 
610,000
 
KeHE Distributors LLC^
   
8.63
%
 
10/15/2026
   
651,080
 
1,715,000
 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
   
4.60
%
 
04/06/2027
   
2,019,705
 
790,000
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
3.10
%
 
03/26/2030
   
900,682
 
1,400,000
 
Land O’Lakes, Inc.^
   
7.25
%
 
07/14/2027
   
1,280,013
 
700,000
 
Marriott International, Inc.#
   
5.75
%
 
05/01/2025
   
761,243
 
760,000
 
Marriott International, Inc.
   
4.65
%
 
12/01/2028
   
787,813
 
2,135,000
 
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
   
4.88
%
 
06/22/2028
   
2,571,573
 
1,370,000
 
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (Fixed until 12/01/2027, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 2.41%)
   
4.80
%
 
12/01/2077
   
1,422,459
 
731,000
 
NIKE, Inc.
   
2.85
%
 
03/27/2030
   
813,943
 
2,740,000
 
Northwell Healthcare, Inc.
   
4.26
%
 
11/01/2047
   
3,006,843
 
761,000
 
Novelis Corp.^
   
4.75
%
 
01/30/2030
   
728,642
 
730,000
 
NVIDIA Corp.
   
2.85
%
 
04/01/2030
   
813,823
 
2,205,000
 
NXP BV^
   
3.88
%
 
06/18/2026
   
2,471,291
 
1,470,000
 
Oracle Corp.
   
2.95
%
 
04/01/2030
   
1,640,469
 
780,000
 
Southern California Edison Co. (Fixed until 02/01/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.20%)
   
6.25
%
 
08/01/2049
   
767,532
 
1,725,000
 
Southwest Airlines Co.
   
2.63
%
 
02/10/2030
   
1,551,958
 
1,515,000
 
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
   
2.05
%
 
03/31/2030
   
1,517,503
 
1,440,000
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
3.20
%
 
08/15/2027
   
1,608,448
 
1,470,000
 
TJX Companies, Inc.
   
3.88
%
 
04/15/2030
   
1,731,035
 
730,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc.^
   
3.88
%
 
04/15/2030
   
813,830
 
2,095,000
 
Trimble, Inc.
   
4.90
%
 
06/15/2028
   
2,407,929
 
900,000
 
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
   
4.01
%
 
08/15/2047
   
976,378
 
2,155,000
 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
   
4.00
%
 
06/15/2025
   
2,438,132
 
2,055,000
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
3.88
%
 
02/08/2029
   
2,432,332
 
1,475,000
 
VF Corp.
   
2.95
%
 
04/23/2030
   
1,579,099
 
690,000
 
Walt Disney Co.
   
3.80
%
 
03/22/2030
   
808,654
 
725,000
 
Walt Disney Co.
   
2.65
%
 
01/13/2031
   
770,024
 
1,550,000
 
Xylem Inc/NY
   
2.25
%
 
01/30/2031
   
1,562,613
 
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $75,032,553)
   

80,180,123

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

 

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Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value  
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 18.1%
 
500,000
 
CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-LIFE B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.25%)^
   
1.43
%
 
12/15/2037
   
492,016
 
500,000
 
CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-LIFE C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.63
%
 
12/15/2037
   
491,379
 
913,543
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC B (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.97%)^
   
1.15
%
 
07/15/2032
   
902,456
 
1,370,315
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
07/15/2032
   
1,353,406
 
456,772
 
CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC E (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.15%)^
   
2.33
%
 
07/15/2032
   
446,832
 
750,000
 
CORE Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-CORE C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.30%)^
   
1.48
%
 
12/15/2031
   
730,644
 
500,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.43%)^
   
1.61
%
 
05/15/2036
   
492,422
 
1,350,000
 
CSMC, Series 2019-ICE4 D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.60%)^
   
1.78
%
 
05/15/2036
   
1,312,406
 
73,372
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2014-HQ2 M2 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.20%)
   
2.38
%
 
09/25/2024
   
74,098
 
500,000
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2014-HQ2 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 3.80%)
   
3.93
%
 
09/25/2024
   
515,505
 
500,000
 
FHLMC STACR, Series 2015-HQ2 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 3.30%)
   
3.43
%
 
05/27/2025
   
520,662
 
185,342
 
FHMS, Series K-W01 A1
   
2.59
%
 
05/25/2025
   
196,162
 
600,000
 
FHMS, Series K-G01 A7
   
2.88
%
 
04/25/2026
   
663,747
 
589,536
 
FHMS, Series K-W03 X1#~
   
0.98
%
 
06/25/2027
   
25,580
 
300,000
 
FHMS, Series K-W03 A2
   
3.02
%
 
06/25/2027
   
335,769
 
774,975
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT1#
   
2.66
%
 
04/25/2028
   
789,536
 
637,737
 
FHMS, Series K-W04 A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.24%)
   
0.42
%
 
09/25/2028
   
630,289
 
5,499,091
 
FHMS, Series K-G01 X1#~
   
1.11
%
 
04/25/2029
   
337,658
 
6,250,000
 
FHMS, Series K-G02 X1#~
   
1.14
%
 
08/25/2029
   
451,021
 
498,639
 
FHMS, Series Q-010 APT1#
   
2.94
%
 
04/25/2046
   
501,259
 
926,535
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT1#
   
2.98
%
 
10/25/2047
   
961,197
 
174,297
 
FNMA, Pool# BK5105
   
5.50
%
 
05/01/2048
   
197,376
 
175,078
 
FNMA, Pool# BK8032
   
5.50
%
 
06/01/2048
   
198,261
 
155,698
 
FNMA, Pool# BN0202
   
5.50
%
 
09/01/2048
   
176,315
 
223,598
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4936
   
5.50
%
 
12/01/2048
   
251,819
 
253,422
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4921
   
5.50
%
 
01/01/2049
   
285,735
 
300,000
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-M10 AV2#
   
2.65
%
 
07/25/2024
   
316,480
 
80,000
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-M2 A2#
   
2.89
%
 
02/25/2027
   
88,061
 
831,000
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-M13 A2#
   
3.03
%
 
09/25/2027
   
931,292
 
930,000
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2019-M1 A2#
   
3.67
%
 
09/25/2028
   
1,094,937
 
1,000,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-K737#^
   
3.30
%
 
11/25/2026
   
1,044,425
 
1,000,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K89 B#^
   
4.43
%
 
01/25/2051
   
1,115,979
 
1,000,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K734 B#^
   
4.19
%
 
02/25/2051
   
1,083,422
 
1,250,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K735 B#^
   
4.16
%
 
05/25/2052
   
1,359,320
 
399,457
 
IMT Trust, Series 2017-APTS BFL (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.95%)^
   
1.13
%
 
06/15/2034
   
378,723
 
1,008,583
 
IMT Trust, Series 2017-APTS CFL (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.10%)^
   
1.28
%
 
06/15/2034
   
921,563
 
677,811
 
IMT Trust, Series 2017-APTS DFL (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.55%)^
   
1.73
%
 
06/15/2034
   
603,282
 
1,000,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2019-MFP C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.36%)^
   
1.54
%
 
07/15/2036
   
953,660
 
1,345,000
 
KNDL Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KNSQ C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.05%)^
   
1.23
%
 
05/15/2036
   
1,305,252
 
500,000
 
KNDL Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KNSQ D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.35%)^
   
1.53
%
 
05/15/2036
   
483,495
 
700,000
 
MRCD Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-PARK C^
   
2.72
%
 
12/15/2036
   
689,114
 
200,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.70%)^
   
0.88
%
 
11/15/2034
   
198,953
 
100,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.00%)^
   
1.18
%
 
11/15/2034
   
97,501
 
1,110,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.40%)^
   
1.58
%
 
11/15/2034
   
1,077,742
 
1,000,000
 
Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-2PAC C^
   
3.40
%
 
12/16/2038
   
998,581
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $27,732,067)
   

28,075,332

Municipal Bonds — 15.6%
 
300,000
 
Atlanta Development Authority
   
3.57
%
 
12/01/2036
   
322,785
 
2,650,000
 
California Health Facilities Financing Authority
   
3.03
%
 
06/01/2034
   
2,745,585
 
1,625,000
 
California Municipal Finance Authority
   
2.88
%
 
11/01/2035
   
1,624,674
 
1,625,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.50
%
 
08/01/2038
   
1,625,000
 
50,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.53
%
 
08/01/2038
   
50,000
 
1,060,000
 
Grant County Washington Public Utility District No. 2
   
5.63
%
 
01/01/2027
   
1,335,070
 
100,000
 
Honolulu, City & County Hawaii
   
3.00
%
 
09/01/2027
   
113,231
 
850,000
 
Honolulu, City & County Hawaii
   
4.00
%
 
09/01/2036
   
985,677
 
30,000
 
Los Angeles California Community College District
   
6.60
%
 
08/01/2042
   
49,614
 

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

 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 15.6% (Continued)
 
430,000
 
Los Angeles California Wastewater System Revenue
   
3.49
%
 
06/01/2029
   
476,143
 
25,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
   
3.24
%
 
09/01/2048
   
25,709
 
1,345,000
 
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of
   
3.28
%
 
06/01/2046
   
1,560,293
 
675,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Educational Facilities Authority
   
4.47
%
 
04/01/2051
   
714,326
 
650,000
 
Montgomery County Virginia Economic Development Authority
   
3.95
%
 
06/01/2039
   
710,314
 
1,000,000
 
New York City Housing Development Corp.
   
2.71
%
 
08/01/2031
   
1,055,190
 
340,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority
   
4.00
%
 
07/01/2039
   
366,840
 
2,470,000
 
Oregon Health & Science University
   
3.00
%
 
07/01/2032
   
2,532,095
 
475,000
 
Oregon State University
   
3.75
%
 
04/01/2049
   
495,720
 
250,000
 
Pennsylvania Economic Development
   
3.20
%
 
11/15/2027
   
274,200
 
20,000
 
San Diego California Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency
   
4.00
%
 
09/01/2040
   
21,140
 
500,000
 
San Francisco, City & County of California Community Facilities District No. 2014-1
   
3.75
%
 
09/01/2037
   
529,990
 
595,000
 
San Francisco, City & County of California Community Facilities District No. 2014-1
   
4.37
%
 
09/01/2049
   
654,631
 
60,000
 
San Francisco, City & County of California Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue
   
3.55
%
 
11/01/2031
   
65,624
 
2,735,000
 
Santa Clara California Valley Water District
   
3.82
%
 
06/01/2039
   
2,952,049
 
480,000
 
Southern California Public Power Authority
   
4.31
%
 
07/01/2029
   
527,242
 
790,000
 
Texas A&M University
   
3.82
%
 
05/15/2047
   
866,922
 
355,000
 
University of California
   
2.99
%
 
05/15/2026
   
388,860
 
850,000
 
University of Massachusetts Building Authority
   
5.45
%
 
11/01/2040
   
1,181,169
 
25,000
 
University of North Texas System
   
3.69
%
 
04/15/2030
   
28,131
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $22,715,566)
   

24,278,224
   
Asset Backed Securities — 7.1%
 
500,000
 
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2020-A A4
   
1.51
%
 
04/15/2027
   
509,143
 
1,000,000
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.87
%
 
06/18/2026
   
994,730
 
937,451
 
FREED ABS Trust, Series 2020-2CP A^
   
4.52
%
 
06/18/2027
   
946,161
 
500,000
 
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2019-1 B^
   
3.37
%
 
02/18/2025
   
520,410
 
500,000
 
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2019-1 C^
   
3.54
%
 
02/17/2026
   
520,400
 
1,000,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2019-1A D^
   
2.72
%
 
09/20/2029
   
984,557
 
1,000,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2020-1A D^
   
2.26
%
 
02/20/2030
   
966,265
 
729,705
 
Newtek Small Business Loan Trust, Series 2018-1 A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)^
   
1.88
%
 
02/25/2044
   
712,185
 
500,000
 
Oportun Funding IX LLC, Series 2018-B A^
   
3.91
%
 
07/08/2024
   
504,175
 
1,000,000
 
Oportun Funding VIII LLC, Series 2018-A A^
   
3.61
%
 
03/08/2024
   
1,002,194
 
1,000,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C A^
   
4.10
%
 
10/08/2024
   
1,004,847
 
250,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C B^
   
4.59
%
 
10/08/2024
   
240,956
 
327,000
 
Oportun Funding XIII LLC, Series 2019 -A A^
   
3.08
%
 
08/08/2025
   
321,971
 
750,000
 
Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2019-A C
   
3.22
%
 
09/20/2023
   
782,217
 
1,000,000
 
Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2019-B C
   
2.60
%
 
12/20/2023
   
997,754
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $10,976,449)
   

11,007,965
                         
Foreign Government Bonds — 2.2%
 
1,000,000
 
Industrial Bank of Korea (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.60%)^
   
1.16
%
 
08/02/2021
   
999,570
 
2,425,000
 
Korea Development Bank (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.73%)
   
2.10
%
 
07/06/2022
   
2,430,054
 
Total Foreign Government Bonds (Cost $3,430,685)
   

3,429,624
   
U.S. Treasury Notes — 4.0%
 
3,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
0.38
%
 
03/31/2022
   
3,011,074
 
2,890,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
1.75
%
 
11/15/2029
   
3,191,305
 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $6,147,675)
   

6,202,379

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

 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Shares/
               
Par Value
 
Security Description
     
 
Value $
 
Short-Term Investments — 1.8%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 1.6%
 
2,507,583
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
           
2,507,583
 
                     
U.S. Treasury Bills — 0.2%
 
350,000
 
United States Treasury Bill, 0.12%†
           
349,983
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,857,566)
           
2,857,566
 
Total Investments — 100.3% (Cost $148,892,561)
           
156,031,213
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)%
           
(434,185
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
         
$
155,597,028
 

#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
~
Interest Only Security
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.
This security is pledged as collateral in connection with open futures contracts. Rate disclosed is yield to maturity as of the date of this report.

Futures Contracts — Long (Note 6)
 
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures
   
134
 
09/30/2020
 
$
16,800,876
   
$
16,849,453
   
$
48,577
 
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note Futures
   
103
 
09/30/2020
   
22,736,920
     
22,745,297
     
8,377
 
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures
   
29
 
09/21/2020
   
5,135,632
     
5,178,313
     
42,681
 
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond Futures
   
32
 
09/21/2020
   
6,971,695
     
6,981,000
     
9,305
 
               
$
51,645,123
   
$
51,754,063
   
$
108,940
 
                                   
Futures Contracts — Short (Note 6)
                 
               
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note Futures
   
(87)

09/21/2020
 
$
(12,055,202
)
 
$
(12,107,953
)
 
$
(52,751
)
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Note Futures
   
(146)

09/21/2020
   
(22,831,194
)
   
(22,992,719
)
   
(161,525
)
               
$
(34,886,396
)
 
$
(35,100,672
)
 
$
(214,276
)

There is no variation margin due to or from the Fund as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 1.44% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 3.83%.
 
The Fund trailed its benchmark for the year ended June 30, 2020 – a period where the landscape for municipal bond investments quickly pivoted from an environment that was supportive of risk, to one of the most challenging environments in recent history. Municipal market conditions during the first eight months of this period were much like the conditions of the past couple of years: low overall volatility, limited signs of downside economic risks, and a Federal Reserve that appeared likely to remain on hold for an extended period of time. All of that changed in March as signs of the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S. began to roil investment markets. The municipal market, typically a staid safe-haven asset class experienced one of the largest liquidity shocks on record. During mid-March municipal bond yields completely dislocated from U.S. Treasury yields as both high quality “rates” and municipal credit spreads spiked simultaneously.
 
We entered this period with an overweight in both portfolio duration and credit-sensitive holdings. Our duration overweight was designed to take advantage of the relatively steep municipal yield curve, and to provide some defense as interest rates have typically fallen against the risk of a weakening economy. Additionally, our overweight in middle-quality (A and BBB-rated) investment grade bonds is a function of the opportunities we were finding in our bottom-up fundamental credit process. Unfortunately, the liquidity-driven nature of the selloff ignored historical correlations and investment grade municipals performed less like a safe-haven asset and more like corporate bonds. Our overweight in A-rated and lower rating categories universally underperformed during this period.
 
It is our belief that the vast majority of municipal market underperformance as an asset class has been due to liquidity conditions rather than true credit impairment. However, we are very aware of the unique credit challenges facing certain sectors of the market, for municipals are largely an idiosyncratic market. While a top-down macroeconomic-driven shock like the coronavirus shutdown certainly weighs on most credits, it is important to separate headline risk and price dislocation from actual impairment risk. We have spent the past several months assessing the pockets of vulnerability in the Fund, and actively re-underwriting holdings as new information has become available. We have also been very active finding value and adding strong essential service credits whose values had plummeted due to market technicals, or headline risks. Many of the best opportunities were found in issuers with dominant market share in sectors that have been out of favor due to the COVID-19-sensitive industries where they operate (airports, mass-transportation, etc.).
 
These changes, along with our deep fundamental credit process, paid off in May and June as liquidity conditions improved and the market began to discern relative credit strength within some of those harder hit issuers and sectors. We believe the market will continue to balance the risk and reward across the municipal market. Given the fragmented nature of the market, with over 50,000 distinct issuers, generic credit spreads have been slower to recover than other investment grade U.S. fixed income markets. We see this lag, and the resulting cheap valuations, as an opportunity as we continue to find very attractive relative values across the market.
 
Sincerely,
 
Stephen M. Shutz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Joshua R. Perry, CFA, CAIA, FRM
Portfolio Manager
 

 

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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified which means it may invest a large percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Investment in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk than if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers. The Fund is also subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of an increase in market interest rates. Municipal securities are subject to adverse political or economic factors, including changes in the tax law. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report. Credit Quality weights by rating are derived from the highest bond rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by private independent rating services such as S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. These firms evaluate a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when none of the three rating agencies have issued a formal rating, the Advisor will classify the security as nonrated.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based municipal bond index. The Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (“Index”) is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Revenue Bonds
   
77.2
%
General Obligation Bonds
   
20.3
%
Money Market Funds
   
1.3
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
1.2
%
     
100.0
%

Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
Ten Year
Investor Shares
1.44%
2.64%
2.38%
Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index
3.83%
2.97%
3.09%

 
 
Investor Shares
 
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.49%
 
Net Expense Ratio1
0.49%
 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/maryland-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Investment performance reflects periods during which fee waivers were in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would have been reduced.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 97.5%
 
   
General Obligation Bonds — 20.3%
 
1,650,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2028
   
1,933,965
 
6,000,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
03/01/2032
   
7,915,920
 
5,000,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
03/01/2036
   
6,020,950
 
1,080,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
10/15/2032
   
1,368,198
 
2,400,000
 
Maryland State
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2024
   
2,850,120
 
1,400,000
 
Maryland State
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2031
   
1,835,624
 
5,000,000
 
Montgomery County Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2023
   
5,777,900
 
5,000,000
 
Prince George’s County Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
07/15/2037
   
5,924,850
 
2,040,000
 
Wicomico County Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2021
   
2,142,102
 
                     
35,769,629
 
Revenue Bonds — 77.2%
 
1,000,000
 
Austin, Texas
   
7.88
%
 
09/01/2026
   
1,020,160
 
1,000,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2028
   
1,246,910
 
1,320,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2028
   
1,655,346
 
520,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
06/15/2030
   
584,454
 
1,000,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2032
   
1,132,170
 
670,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
06/15/2033
   
744,584
 
1,000,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
07/01/2034
   
1,186,220
 
1,600,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2035
   
1,916,704
 
1,260,000
 
Baltimore, Maryland^
   
3.50
%
 
06/01/2039
   
1,128,872
 
1,750,000
 
California Municipal Finance Authority^
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2039
   
1,882,352
 
1,550,000
 
Franklin County Ohio
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2034
   
1,617,394
 
1,000,000
 
Frederick County Maryland^
   
5.00
%
 
09/01/2027
   
1,071,990
 
5,050,000
 
Frederick County Maryland^
   
5.00
%
 
09/01/2032
   
5,384,260
 
1,110,000
 
Frederick County Maryland^
   
5.00
%
 
09/01/2037
   
1,164,390
 
1,410,000
 
Frederick County Maryland
   
3.75
%
 
07/01/2039
   
1,269,212
 
2,260,000
 
Frederick County Maryland
   
5.50
%
 
07/01/2040
   
2,263,390
 
1,000,000
 
Gaithersburg, City of Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2028
   
1,090,340
 
2,000,000
 
Gaithersburg, City of Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2033
   
2,161,160
 
2,000,000
 
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Hospital Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2035
   
2,020,240
 
1,245,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
   
5.00
%
 
09/01/2030
   
1,601,481
 
1,030,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
   
5.00
%
 
09/01/2031
   
1,311,993
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland Community Development Administration
   
3.25
%
 
03/01/2036
   
1,066,600
 
5,000,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2026
   
5,214,300
 
700,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2027
   
748,160
 
400,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2027
   
410,464
 
850,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2031
   
910,138
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.#
   
0.17
%
 
02/15/2043
   
1,000,000
 
4,500,000
 
Maryland Economic Development Corp.
   
4.50
%
 
07/01/2044
   
4,211,460
 
830,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority#
   
0.12
%
 
03/01/2026
   
830,000
 
3,000,000
 
Maryland Stadium Authority
   
5.00
%
 
05/01/2030
   
3,567,240
 
1,055,000
 
Maryland State Department of Transportation
   
4.00
%
 
05/15/2022
   
1,128,945
 
1,715,000
 
Maryland State Department of Transportation
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2027
   
2,163,558
 
485,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2023
   
504,579
 
500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
08/15/2023
   
559,890
 
500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2024
   
538,340
 
1,450,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,648,418
 
1,060,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,139,627
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
6.00
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,046,390
 
1,500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,767,450
 
2,500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.25
%
 
07/01/2026
   
2,971,575
 
420,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2026
   
492,534
 
1,605,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2028
   
1,816,314
 
3,500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2029
   
4,273,535
 

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Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par
                   
Value/Shares
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 97.5% (Continued)
 
   
Revenue Bonds — 77.2% (Continued)
 
100,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
4.00
%
 
10/01/2030
   
106,985
 
1,130,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
6.25
%
 
07/01/2031
   
1,176,533
 
300,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
4.00
%
 
10/01/2031
   
319,878
 
1,070,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2032
   
1,200,840
 
250,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2033
   
281,085
 
1,250,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
08/15/2033
   
1,418,725
 
5,525,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities#
   
0.09
%
 
07/01/2034
   
5,525,000
 
15,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2034
   
15,012
 
1,955,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2034
   
2,237,243
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities#
   
0.12
%
 
04/01/2035
   
1,000,000
 
1,300,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities#
   
0.14
%
 
04/01/2035
   
1,300,000
 
200,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
4.50
%
 
07/01/2035
   
200,076
 
430,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2036
   
479,626
 
1,200,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2037
   
1,374,732
 
1,500,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2038
   
1,641,150
 
3,000,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities#
   
0.12
%
 
07/01/2041
   
3,000,000
 
1,310,000
 
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2043
   
1,421,979
 
4,255,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
03/01/2022
   
4,538,766
 
1,000,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2022
   
1,072,470
 
2,500,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2023
   
2,851,650
 
850,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2024
   
1,006,111
 
1,510,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2025
   
1,844,692
 
4,420,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2028
   
5,643,633
 
4,330,000
 
Maryland State Transportation Authority
   
4.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
4,821,368
 
1,500,000
 
Metropolitan Washington DC Airports Authority
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2039
   
1,864,335
 
1,185,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.75
%
 
07/01/2051
   
993,291
 
2,000,000
 
Newport News Virginia Economic Development Authority
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2031
   
2,028,300
 
2,000,000
 
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2031
   
2,039,600
 
1,005,000
 
Prince William County Virginia Industrial Development Authority
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2023
   
1,038,075
 
1,000,000
 
St Mary’s College of Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
09/01/2024
   
1,106,370
 
4,335,000
 
University System of Maryland
   
5.00
%
 
04/01/2022
   
4,695,325
 
3,280,000
 
Washington State Housing Finance Commission^
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2026
   
3,281,246
 
2,900,000
 
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission#
   
0.13
%
 
06/01/2023
   
2,900,000
 
                     
135,887,235
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $167,038,561)
   

171,656,864
                         
Short-Term Investments — 1.3%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 1.3%
 
2,340,126
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
               
2,340,126
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,340,126)
   

2,340,126
Total Investments — 98.8% (Cost $169,378,687)
   

173,996,990
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.2%
   

2,201,301
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 

$
176,198,291

#
Variable rate security. Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 1.64% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 3.83%.
 
The Fund trailed its benchmark for the year ended June 30, 2020—a period where the landscape for municipal bond investment quickly pivoted from an environment that was supportive of risk, to one of the most challenging environments in recent history. Municipal market conditions during the first eight months of this period were much like the conditions of the past couple of years: low overall volatility, limited signs of downside economic risks, and a Federal Reserve that appeared likely to remain on hold for an extended period of time. All of that changed in March as signs of the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S. began to roil investment markets. The municipal market, typically a staid safe-haven asset class, experienced one of the largest liquidity shocks on record. During mid-March municipal bond yields completely dislocated from U.S. Treasury yields as both high quality “rates” and municipal credit spreads spiked simultaneously.
 
We entered this period with an overweight in both portfolio duration and credit-sensitive holdings. Our duration overweight was designed to take advantage of the relatively steep municipal yield curve, and to provide some defense as interest rates have typically fallen against the risk of a weakening economy. Additionally, our overweight in middle-quality (A- and BBB-rated) investment grade bonds is a function of the opportunities we were finding in our bottom-up fundamental credit process. Unfortunately, the liquidity driven nature of the selloff ignored historical correlations and investment grade municipals performed less like a safe-haven asset and more like corporate bonds, and our overweight in A-rated and lower rating categories universally underperformed during this period.
 
It is our belief that the vast majority of municipal market underperformance, as an asset class, has been due to liquidity conditions rather than true credit impairment. However, we are very aware of the unique credit challenges facing certain sectors of the market, yet municipals are largely an idiosyncratic market. While a top-down macroeconomic-driven shock like the coronavirus shutdown certainly weighs on most credits, it is important to separate headline risk and price dislocation from actual impairment risk. We have spent the past several months assessing the pockets of vulnerability in the Fund, and actively re-underwriting holdings as new information has become available. We have also been very active finding value and adding strong essential service credits whose values had plummeted due to market technicals, or headline risks. Many of the best opportunities were found in issuers with dominant market share in sectors that have been out of favor due to the COVID-19-sensitive industries where they operate (airports, mass-transportation, etc.).
 
These changes, along with our deep fundamental credit process paid off in May and June as liquidity conditions improved and the market began to discern relative credit strength within some of those harder hit issuers and sectors. We believe the market will continue to balance the risk and reward across the municipal market. Given the fragmented nature of the market, with over 50,000 distinct issuers, generic credit spreads have been slower to recover than other investment grade U.S. fixed income markets. We see this lag, and the resulting cheap valuations, as an opportunity as we continue to find very attractive relative values across the market.
 
Sincerely,
 
Stephen M. Shutz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Joshua R. Perry, CFA, CAIA, FRM
Portfolio Manager
 

 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified which means it may invest a large percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Concentration in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk than if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers. The Fund is also subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of an increase in market interest rates. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the Federal Alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Credit Quality weights by rating are derived from the highest bond rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by private independent rating services such as S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. These firms evaluate a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when none of the three rating agencies have issued a formal rating, the Advisor will classify the security as nonrated.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based municipal bond index. The Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (“Index”) is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 


PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Revenue Bonds
   
87.9
%
General Obligation Bonds
   
11.2
%
Money Market Funds
   
0.4
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
0.5
%
     
100.0
%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(6/29/12)
Institutional Shares1
1.59%
3.31%
2.67%
Investor Shares
1.64%
3.28%
2.63%
Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index
3.83%
2.97%
2.64%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.43%
0.48%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.43%
0.48%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/tax-exempt-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on July 2, 2018, is based on the performance of Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.


 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 99.1%
 
   
General Obligation Bonds — 11.2%
 
4,480,000
 
Alameda California Unified School District+
   
2.45
%
 
08/01/2032
   
3,547,398
 
3,600,000
 
California, State of
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2033
   
4,255,704
 
2,000,000
 
California, State of
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2034
   
2,357,520
 
2,800,000
 
Chicago Illinois Park District
   
5.75
%
 
01/01/2038
   
3,011,232
 
1,750,000
 
Connecticut, State of
   
4.00
%
 
06/15/2036
   
1,996,960
 
1,700,000
 
Connecticut, State of
   
4.00
%
 
06/15/2037
   
1,934,056
 
8,045,000
 
Grossmont California Healthcare District+
   
2.44
%
 
07/15/2033
   
6,321,439
 
25,140,000
 
Illinois, State of
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2024
   
26,976,980
 
14,295,000
 
Illinois, State of
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2025
   
15,484,201
 
5,000,000
 
Kane, McHenry, Cook & DeKalb Counties Illinois Unit School District No. 300
   
5.25
%
 
01/01/2033
   
5,522,350
 
1,435,000
 
Lane County Oregon School District No 19 Springfield+
   
3.49
%
 
06/15/2032
   
1,156,883
 
5,240,000
 
Louisiana, State of
   
4.00
%
 
05/01/2035
   
5,831,963
 
1,280,000
 
Madera California Unified School District+
   
3.16
%
 
08/01/2029
   
1,124,634
 
2,895,000
 
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.57%)
   
1.03
%
 
05/01/2037
   
2,789,883
 
830,000
 
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.57%)
   
1.03
%
 
05/01/2037
   
799,863
 
6,160,000
 
McHenry & Kane Counties Illinois Community Consolidated School District No. 158 Huntley
   
5.00
%
 
01/15/2033
   
6,524,241
 
5,255,000
 
Memphis, City of Tennessee
   
4.00
%
 
05/01/2033
   
6,263,592
 
10,690,000
 
Palomar Health+
   
4.17
%
 
08/01/2039
   
6,690,871
 
4,600,000
 
Texas, State of
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2036
   
4,786,484
 
4,640,000
 
Twin Rivers California Unified School District+
   
2.36
%
 
08/01/2032
   
3,604,445
 
5,315,000
 
Victor Valley California Union High School District+
   
3.76
%
 
08/01/2035
   
3,822,920
 
8,300,000
 
West Contra Costa Unified School District+
   
2.43
%
 
08/01/2033
   
6,389,755
 
                     
121,193,374
 
Revenue Bonds — 87.9%
 
8,990,000
 
Anaheim California Public Financing Authority+
   
2.73
%
 
09/01/2031
   
7,431,494
 
1,285,000
 
Arizona Sports & Tourism Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2028
   
1,343,031
 
1,500,000
 
Arlington, Texas
   
5.00
%
 
02/15/2037
   
1,769,370
 
10,000,000
 
Austin Texas Water & Wastewater System Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2043
   
11,458,300
 
4,275,000
 
Austin, Texas
   
7.88
%
 
09/01/2026
   
4,361,184
 
17,000,000
 
Black Belt Energy Gas District#
   
4.00
%
 
12/01/2048
   
18,560,090
 
10,475,000
 
Buckeye Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority
   
4.00
%
 
06/01/2038
   
12,025,405
 
23,845,000
 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa#
   
0.26
%
 
08/15/2029
   
22,175,850
 
8,100,000
 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa#
   
0.54
%
 
08/15/2032
   
7,452,000
 
5,190,000
 
Central Plains Energy Project
   
5.00
%
 
09/01/2032
   
5,554,546
 
26,840,000
 
Central Plains Energy Project
   
5.25
%
 
09/01/2037
   
28,867,225
 
4,000,000
 
Chicago Illinois Waterworks Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2039
   
4,339,520
 
6,330,000
 
Chicago O’Hare International Airport
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2033
   
7,182,208
 
1,300,000
 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2027
   
1,363,791
 
8,715,000
 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2035
   
9,308,317
 
12,735,000
 
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2028
   
12,908,069
 
6,805,000
 
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2029
   
6,895,847
 
5,530,000
 
Dauphin County Pennsylvania General Authority
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2042
   
5,874,408
 
2,500,000
 
Delaware State Health Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2034
   
2,942,375
 
15,000,000
 
Delaware Valley Pennsylvania Regional Finance Authority (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.75%)
   
0.98
%
 
06/01/2037
   
13,268,250
 
6,750,000
 
Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2034
   
9,165,352
 
9,150,000
 
Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2036
   
12,486,090
 
9,000,000
 
Detroit Michigan Sewage Disposal System (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.60%)
   
1.56
%
 
07/01/2032
   
8,803,350
 
20,700,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.53
%
 
08/01/2037
   
20,700,000
 
4,855,000
 
District of Columbia
   
5.00
%
 
03/01/2038
   
6,379,033
 
5,000,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.50
%
 
08/01/2038
   
5,000,000
 
3,675,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.53
%
 
08/01/2038
   
3,675,000
 
15,000,000
 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2031
   
18,239,100
 
14,260,000
 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2032
   
17,220,376
 
6,800,000
 
Grand Forks County North Dakota
   
6.38
%
 
12/15/2043
   
5,546,080
 

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

 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 99.1% (Continued)
 
   
Revenue Bonds — 87.9% (Continued)
 
11,150,000
 
Harris County Texas (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.67%)
   
0.93
%
 
08/15/2035
   
10,135,015
 
3,865,000
 
Harris County Texas Sports Authority+
   
4.40
%
 
11/15/2034
   
2,229,293
 
1,300,000
 
Henrico County Virginia Economic Development Authority#
   
0.34
%
 
08/23/2027
   
1,300,000
 
6,070,000
 
Imperial California Irrigation District Electric System Revenue
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2037
   
6,949,361
 
3,720,000
 
Kansas City Missouri Municipal Assistance Corp.+
   
3.02
%
 
04/15/2026
   
3,450,746
 
3,000,000
 
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Hospital Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2035
   
3,030,360
 
2,280,000
 
Las Vegas Nevada Redevelopment Agency
   
5.00
%
 
06/15/2028
   
2,669,629
 
5,235,000
 
Lees Summit Missouri Industrial Development Authority
   
5.25
%
 
08/15/2039
   
5,315,933
 
3,000,000
 
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority
   
3.50
%
 
06/01/2030
   
3,049,620
 
1,000,000
 
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2036
   
1,162,920
 
10,595,000
 
Louisiana State Gasoline & Fuels Tax Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
05/01/2036
   
12,106,589
 
7,000,000
 
Louisiana State Gasoline & Fuels Tax Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
05/01/2041
   
8,124,690
 
10,370,000
 
Love Field Texas Airport Modernization Corp.
   
5.25
%
 
11/01/2040
   
10,429,316
 
16,005,000
 
Love Field Texas Airport Modernization Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2028
   
16,460,182
 
25,000,000
 
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.75%)
   
0.87
%
 
04/01/2048
   
24,802,000
 
39,000,000
 
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.83%)
   
0.95
%
 
08/01/2048
   
38,746,500
 
20,000,000
 
Main Street Natural Gas, Inc.#
   
4.00
%
 
03/01/2050
   
22,988,000
 
9,455,000
 
Maricopa County Arizona Pollution Control Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
9,481,190
 
5,030,000
 
Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority
   
5.50
%
 
01/01/2036
   
5,684,755
 
1,615,000
 
Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority#
   
0.61
%
 
07/01/2023
   
1,615,000
 
5,100,000
 
Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority#
   
0.85
%
 
07/01/2023
   
5,100,000
 
1,200,000
 
Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority#
   
0.61
%
 
07/01/2023
   
1,200,000
 
4,105,000
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
   
4.00
%
 
12/01/2033
   
4,283,444
 
10,000,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
   
4.21
%
 
06/15/2035
   
5,547,400
 
10,165,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
   
4.14
%
 
06/15/2037
   
5,108,319
 
10,470,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
   
3.70
%
 
06/15/2038
   
4,999,425
 
10,000,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
   
4.00
%
 
06/15/2050
   
9,546,300
 
5,225,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
   
5.00
%
 
06/15/2057
   
5,496,857
 
1,705,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority+
   
3.20
%
 
11/15/2029
   
1,263,541
 
6,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority+
   
3.61
%
 
11/15/2033
   
3,675,000
 
10,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
10,626,200
 
13,205,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
13,914,373
 
10,000,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
   
5.25
%
 
11/15/2044
   
10,822,300
 
2,895,000
 
Miami Beach Florida Health Facilities
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2029
   
3,084,275
 
6,760,000
 
Miami-Dade County Florida Water & Sewer System Revenue
   
4.00
%
 
10/01/2035
   
7,852,619
 
2,775,000
 
Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota Housing & Redevelopment Authority#
   
0.12
%
 
08/01/2027
   
2,775,000
 
1,000,000
 
Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota Housing & Redevelopment Authority#
   
0.15
%
 
08/01/2028
   
1,000,000
 
4,345,000
 
Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota Metropolitan Airports Commission
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2022
   
4,596,619
 
1,080,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2031
   
957,215
 
1,750,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.25
%
 
07/01/2036
   
1,510,950
 
4,000,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2046
   
3,317,040
 
1,250,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.50
%
 
07/01/2046
   
1,034,650
 
1,000,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.75
%
 
07/01/2051
   
838,220
 
15,000,000
 
New Mexico Municipal Energy Acquisition Authority#
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2039
   
17,652,450
 
12,250,000
 
New York & New Jersey Port Authority
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2034
   
14,063,490
 
2,375,000
 
New York City Industrial Development Agency
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2039
   
2,375,237
 
3,000,000
 
New York City Industrial Development Agency
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2046
   
3,000,300
 
7,575,000
 
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue
   
4.00
%
 
05/01/2043
   
8,661,103
 
2,340,000
 
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue
   
4.00
%
 
05/01/2045
   
2,712,107
 
5,000,000
 
New York Convention Center Development Corp.+
   
3.77
%
 
11/15/2041
   
2,316,300
 
5,000,000
 
New York Convention Center Development Corp.+
   
2.67
%
 
11/15/2043
   
2,121,700
 
2,000,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority
   
5.00
%
 
03/15/2036
   
2,359,000
 
20,035,000
 
New York State Thruway Authority
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2037
   
25,328,247
 
5,000,000
 
New York Transportation Development Corp.
   
4.00
%
 
07/01/2041
   
5,122,050
 
3,375,000
 
Newport News Virginia Economic Development Authority
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2031
   
3,422,756
 

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June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 99.1% (Continued)
 
   
Revenue Bonds — 87.9% (Continued)
 
1,760,000
 
Niagara County New York Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
05/15/2024
   
1,893,637
 
2,000,000
 
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2031
   
2,039,600
 
3,765,000
 
North Carolina Turnpike Authority+
   
3.91
%
 
01/01/2034
   
2,623,264
 
4,165,000
 
North Texas Tollway Authority
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2032
   
4,780,004
 
2,275,000
 
Ohio, State of#
   
0.26
%
 
09/01/2041
   
2,207,091
 
1,000,000
 
Onondaga County New York Trust for Cultural Resources
   
4.00
%
 
12/01/2049
   
1,151,160
 
5,790,000
 
Oregon State Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2031
   
6,801,108
 
1,000,000
 
Park Creek Colorado Metropolitan District
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2034
   
1,169,100
 
10,000,000
 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2029
   
11,807,200
 
6,360,000
 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
   
4.00
%
 
12/01/2036
   
7,099,032
 
2,300,000
 
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Airport Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
06/15/2027
   
2,381,190
 
6,225,000
 
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
   
5.00
%
 
10/15/2032
   
6,483,151
 
1,110,000
 
Prince William County Virginia Industrial Development Authority
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2025
   
1,167,864
 
3,120,000
 
Prince William County Virginia Industrial Development Authority
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2031
   
3,278,746
 
6,050,000
 
Public Finance Authority
   
2.63
%
 
11/01/2025
   
6,346,571
 
17,483,000
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sales Tax Revenue+
   
4.65
%
 
07/01/2033
   
11,323,389
 
4,230,000
 
Sales Tax Securitization Corp.
   
5.50
%
 
01/01/2032
   
5,215,928
 
6,745,000
 
San Diego California Tobacco Settlement Revenue Funding Corp.
   
4.00
%
 
06/01/2032
   
6,757,411
 
22,140,000
 
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp.#
   
4.00
%
 
05/01/2048
   
23,842,123
 
7,150,000
 
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp.#
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2049
   
8,103,095
 
3,045,000
 
Terrebonne Parish Louisiana+
   
3.11
%
 
04/01/2036
   
2,106,166
 
21,425,000
 
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp II (3 Month LIBOR USD + 0.87%)
   
1.08
%
 
09/15/2027
   
20,991,358
 
6,995,000
 
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. III
   
5.00
%
 
12/15/2023
   
7,571,458
 
2,055,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Authority
   
5.25
%
 
06/01/2032
   
2,109,663
 
11,105,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2031
   
13,659,816
 
20,000,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
22,249,200
 
5,000,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2046
   
5,741,300
 
1,045,000
 
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority+
   
3.38
%
 
11/15/2031
   
776,153
 
9,030,000
 
TSASC, Inc.
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2031
   
10,751,931
 
4,850,000
 
University of Missouri
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2034
   
5,515,226
 
2,000,000
 
University of Missouri
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2035
   
2,268,100
 
10,000,000
 
Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2040
   
10,118,700
 
5,312,925
 
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (3 Month LIBOR USD + 3.00%)
   
3.34
%
 
12/03/2035
   
5,328,970
 
5,755,000
 
Virginia Public Building Authority
   
4.00
%
 
08/01/2036
   
6,835,213
 
3,300,000
 
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2034
   
3,397,878
 
4,000,000
 
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2034
   
4,118,640
 
19,290,000
 
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2049
   
19,833,592
 
1,000,000
 
Washington State Housing Finance Commission^
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2026
   
1,000,380
 
2,655,000
 
Washington State Housing Finance Commission^
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2031
   
2,738,128
 
3,655,000
 
Wayne County Michigan Airport Authority
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2038
   
4,121,707
 
1,610,000
 
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
05/01/2027
   
1,820,475
 
1,730,000
 
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
08/15/2028
   
1,886,946
 
650,000
 
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
09/15/2037
   
657,924
 
                     
951,780,835
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,049,668,704)
   

1,072,974,209

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

 

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June 30, 2020

Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Short-Term Investments — 0.4%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 0.4%
 
4,372,487
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
   
4,372,487
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $4,372,487)
   
4,372,487
 
Total Investments — 99.5% (Cost $1,054,041,191)
   
1,077,346,696
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.5%
   
5,079,458
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
1,082,426,154
 

+
Zero coupon bond. Rate disclosed is calculated yield to maturity as of the date of this report.
#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
The Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund (the “Fund”) launched December 2, 2019 and during the period ended June 30, 2020, the Fund declined 0.37% in value since inception. During the same period, the Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 2.50%.
 
The Fund has trailed its benchmark since inception on December 2, 2019 through the period ended June 30, 2020—a time where the landscape for municipal bond investment quickly pivoted from an environment that was supportive of risk, to one of the most challenging environments in recent history. Municipal market conditions during the first eight months of this period were much like the conditions of the past couple of years: low overall volatility, limited signs of downside economic risks, and a Federal Reserve that appeared likely to remain on hold for an extended period of time. All of that changed in March as signs of the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S. began to roil investment markets. The municipal market, typically a staid safe-haven asset class experienced one of the largest liquidity shocks on record. During mid-March municipal bond yields completely dislocated from U.S. Treasury yields as both high quality “rates” and municipal credit spreads spiked simultaneously.
 
We entered this period with an overweight in both portfolio duration and credit-sensitive holdings. Our duration overweight was designed to take advantage of the relatively steep municipal yield curve, and to provide some defense as interest rates have typically fallen against the risk of a weakening economy. Additionally, our overweight in middle-quality (A- and BBB-rated) investment grade bonds is a function of the opportunities we were finding in our bottom-up fundamental credit process. Unfortunately, the liquidity driven nature of the sell-off ignored historical correlations and investment grade municipals performed less like a safe-haven asset and more like corporate bonds, and our overweight in A-rated and lower rating categories universally underperformed during this period.
 
Given the Fund’s focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) specific credits and sectors, the portfolio did benefit from low (or no) exposure to some of the worst performing sectors in the investment-grade municipal bond market during March. These include tobacco MSA-backed bonds, industrial revenue bonds, and to a lesser degree airport bonds. That does not mean that there are not sectors that could have specific challenges as much of the nation dramatically adapts its behavior to cope with the COVID-19 crisis. These sectors include not-for-profit hospitals and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), both of which face acute near-terms risks during this crisis. As we assess pockets of vulnerability within these sectors (and holdings in general), it is important to separate headline risk and price dislocation from actual impairment risk.
 
It is our belief that the vast majority of municipal market underperformance as an asset class has been due to liquidity conditions rather than true credit impairment. However, we are very aware of the unique credit challenges facing certain sectors of the market, but municipals are largely an idiosyncratic market. While a top-down macroeconomic-driven shock like the coronavirus shutdown certainly weighs on most credits, it is important to separate headline risk and price dislocation from actual impairment risk. We have spent the past several months assessing the pockets of vulnerability in the Fund, and actively re-underwriting holdings as new information has become available. We have also been very active finding value and adding strong essential service credits whose values had plummeted due to market technicals, or headline risks. Many of the best opportunities were found in issuers with dominant market share in sectors that have been out of favor due to the COVID-19-sensitive industries where they operate (airports, mass-transportation, etc.).
 
These changes, along with our deep ESG and fundamental credit process paid off in May and June as liquidity conditions improved and the market began to discern relative credit strength within some of those harder hit issuers and sectors. We believe the market will continue to balance risk and reward across the municipal market. Given the fragmented nature of the market, with over 50,000 distinct issuers, generic credit spreads have been slower to recover than other investment grade U.S. fixed income markets. We see this lag, and the resulting inexpensive valuations, as an opportunity as we continue to find attractive relative values across the market.
 
From an ESG perspective, we focused on the municipal issuers we invested in that have responded to COVID-19 and how their employees and customers have been affected. We also sought to analyze how issuers were supporting and promoting social and racial equality or access to essential services for underserved populations. Our ESG research process seeks to dynamically respond to complex problems. We have used this process in an effort to examine a wide range of factors that we believe influence an issuer’s long-term health and prosperity. These factors are always meaningful for issuers. We believe that the social issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and racial inequality, reinforce how important these factors are. We seek to continue to approach social

 

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A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

issues—like racism—through ESG and fundamental research integration and direct engagement with municipal issuers. We also intend to invest in municipal issuers that help ensure equitable access to essential resources and services—like affordable housing, public transit and education.
 
Sincerely,
 
Stephen M. Shutz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Amy N. Hauter, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund is non-diversified which means it may invest a large percentage of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Concentration in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk than if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers. The Fund is also subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of an increase in market interest rates. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Income from tax-exempt funds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the Federal Alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
 
Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Credit Quality weights by rating are derived from the highest bond rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch. Bond ratings are grades given to bonds that indicate their credit quality as determined by private independent rating services such as S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. These firms evaluate a bond issuer’s financial strength, or its ability to pay a bond’s principal and interest in a timely fashion. Ratings are expressed as letters ranging from ‘AAA’, which is the highest grade, to ‘D’, which is the lowest grade. In limited situations when none of the three rating agencies have issued a formal rating, the Advisor will classify the security as nonrated.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against the broad-based municipal bond index. The Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Municipal Bond Index (“Index”) is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years. The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Revenue Bonds
   
73.5
%
General Obligation Bonds
   
17.6
%
Money Market Funds
   
7.4
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
1.5
%
     
100.0
%

 
Since Inception
Cumulative Total Return
(12/2/19)
Investor Shares
-0.37%
Bloomberg Barclays 1-10 Year Municipal Bond Index
  2.50%

 
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.66%
Net Expense Ratio1
0.58%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/tax-exempt-bond-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated December 2, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.


 

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Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 91.1%
 
   
General Obligation Bonds — 17.6%
 
850,000
 
California, State of (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.38%)
   
0.51
%
 
12/01/2027
   
842,682
 
1,350,000
 
California, State of
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2028
   
1,593,041
 
1,000,000
 
California, State of
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2033
   
1,182,140
 
2,710,000
 
Chicago Illinois Metropolitan Water Reclamation
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2030
   
2,852,519
 
1,080,000
 
Coachella Valley California Unified School District+
   
2.61
%
 
08/01/2034
   
797,126
 
3,450,000
 
Compton Unified School District+
   
2.99
%
 
06/01/2037
   
2,224,250
 
1,000,000
 
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
   
5.00
%
 
02/15/2024
   
1,164,890
 
1,000,000
 
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
   
5.00
%
 
02/15/2025
   
1,205,880
 
1,125,000
 
Detroit City School District
   
5.00
%
 
05/01/2039
   
1,404,090
 
1,000,000
 
Illinois, State of
   
5.38
%
 
05/01/2023
   
1,063,470
 
2,500,000
 
Illinois, State of
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2026
   
2,726,600
 
1,000,000
 
Lewisville Texas Independent School District
   
5.00
%
 
08/15/2023
   
1,144,000
 
3,000,000
 
Oak Grove California School District+
   
2.39
%
 
08/01/2035
   
2,193,540
 
1,100,000
 
Placentia-Yorba Linda California Unified School District+
   
2.65
%
 
08/01/2036
   
784,586
 
3,000,000
 
Texas, State of
   
4.50
%
 
08/01/2029
   
3,834,419
 
2,000,000
 
Weld County Colorado School District
   
5.00
%
 
12/01/2032
   
2,660,180
 
                     
27,673,413
 
Revenue Bonds — 73.5%
 
2,225,000
 
Allegheny County Pennsylvania Hospital Development Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/15/2023
   
2,494,247
 
950,000
 
Arlington County Virginia Industrial Development Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2026
   
1,151,011
 
425,000
 
Arlington Texas Higher Education Finance Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
08/15/2026
   
523,141
 
3,000,000
 
Aurora Colorado Water Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2041
   
3,622,409
 
2,300,000
 
Austin, Texas
   
7.88
%
 
09/01/2026
   
2,346,367
 
1,000,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2039
   
1,093,360
 
725,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2040
   
790,866
 
1,500,000
 
Baltimore County Maryland
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2045
   
1,576,260
 
1,950,000
 
Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2034
   
2,178,111
 
630,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank
   
4.00
%
 
08/01/2023
   
693,233
 
500,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank
   
4.00
%
 
08/01/2024
   
563,995
 
1,005,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
1,269,948
 
1,000,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2039
   
1,260,180
 
3,045,000
 
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.20%)
   
0.32
%
 
10/01/2047
   
3,033,612
 
1,170,000
 
California Municipal Finance Authority^
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2029
   
1,314,518
 
1,575,000
 
California Municipal Finance Authority^
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2049
   
1,661,279
 
1,180,000
 
California School Finance Authority^
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2037
   
1,338,946
 
2,000,000
 
California Statewide Communities Development Authority#
   
2.63
%
 
11/01/2033
   
2,080,100
 
975,000
 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa#
   
0.54
%
 
08/15/2032
   
897,000
 
1,020,000
 
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2032
   
1,228,029
 
2,250,000
 
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2045
   
2,636,190
 
900,000
 
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority#
   
0.14
%
 
11/15/2046
   
900,000
 
1,000,000
 
Connecticut State Clean Water Fund
   
4.00
%
 
02/01/2035
   
1,197,200
 
1,500,000
 
Connecticut State Clean Water Fund
   
5.00
%
 
05/01/2036
   
1,857,240
 
3,000,000
 
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
   
5.25
%
 
11/01/2030
   
3,359,760
 
2,000,000
 
Detroit Michigan Water Supply System Revenue
   
5.25
%
 
07/01/2041
   
2,099,740
 
3,000,000
 
District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2039
   
3,603,959
 
1,450,000
 
Douglas County Nebraska Hospital Authority No. 2
   
4.00
%
 
11/15/2039
   
1,657,437
 
1,700,000
 
Douglas County Nebraska Hospital Authority No. 2
   
4.00
%
 
11/15/2040
   
1,937,133
 
1,200,000
 
Grand Forks County North Dakota
   
5.75
%
 
09/15/2028
   
1,071,552
 
1,000,000
 
Grand Forks County North Dakota
   
6.38
%
 
12/15/2043
   
815,600
 
600,000
 
Harris County Texas Flood Control District
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2027
   
727,356
 
1,405,000
 
Hartford County Connecticut Metropolitan District Clean Water Project
   
5.00
%
 
11/01/2036
   
1,579,656
 
1,730,000
 
Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri
   
5.75
%
 
02/01/2031
   
1,765,707
 
1,005,000
 
JEA Water & Sewer System Revenue#
   
0.18
%
 
10/01/2036
   
1,005,000
 
1,000,000
 
Lower Colorado River Authority
   
5.00
%
 
05/15/2022
   
1,083,620
 

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

 

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Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par
                   
Value/Shares
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Municipal Bonds — 91.1% (Continued)
 
   
Revenue Bonds — 73.5% (Continued)
 
1,000,000
 
Lower Colorado River Authority
   
5.00
%
 
05/15/2025
   
1,201,200
 
1,000,000
 
Maricopa County Arizona Industrial Development Authority
                   
   
  (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.38%)
   
0.51
%
 
01/01/2035
   
994,890
 
1,000,000
 
Massachusetts Port Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2040
   
1,003,030
 
1,000,000
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority#
   
0.15
%
 
08/01/2037
   
1,000,000
 
905,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority+
   
3.21
%
 
12/15/2038
   
422,698
 
1,000,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
   
5.00
%
 
06/15/2042
   
1,015,060
 
2,000,000
 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
   
4.00
%
 
06/15/2050
   
1,909,260
 
1,955,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
   
5.25
%
 
11/15/2033
   
2,378,433
 
1,050,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2035
   
1,238,234
 
1,250,000
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2038
   
1,539,663
 
1,475,000
 
Miami Beach Florida Health Facilities Authority
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2029
   
1,571,436
 
1,350,000
 
Michigan Finance Authority
   
5.00
%
 
10/01/2020
   
1,365,836
 
1,000,000
 
Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota Housing & Redevelopment Authority
   
5.25
%
 
08/15/2025
   
1,005,810
 
850,000
 
Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota Housing & Redevelopment Authority#
   
0.15
%
 
08/01/2028
   
850,000
 
2,000,000
 
Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
   
5.25
%
 
10/01/2035
   
2,023,580
 
1,000,000
 
New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.75%)
   
0.88
%
 
10/01/2033
   
999,980
 
1,190,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.50
%
 
07/01/2046
   
984,987
 
885,000
 
New Hope Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp.
   
5.75
%
 
07/01/2051
   
741,825
 
2,000,000
 
New York City Housing Development Corp.
   
2.60
%
 
11/01/2034
   
2,076,540
 
5,000,000
 
New York City Water & Sewer System#
   
0.13
%
 
06/15/2043
   
5,000,000
 
2,425,000
 
New York Liberty Development Corp.
   
4.00
%
 
09/15/2035
   
2,529,251
 
3,000,000
 
New York Liberty Development Corp.
   
5.00
%
 
09/15/2040
   
3,178,980
 
1,000,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2050
   
1,092,070
 
2,500,000
 
New York State Housing Finance Agency
   
1.60
%
 
11/01/2024
   
2,519,625
 
1,000,000
 
Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission#
   
1.63
%
 
12/01/2034
   
997,380
 
950,000
 
Ohio, State of#
   
0.19
%
 
03/01/2036
   
933,489
 
1,500,000
 
Ohio, State of (SIFMA Municipal Swap Index + 0.40%)
   
0.53
%
 
01/01/2052
   
1,490,490
 
2,500,000
 
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Water & Wastewater Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
01/01/2036
   
2,543,800
 
1,500,000
 
Portland Maine Metropolitan General Airport Revenue
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2038
   
1,683,525
 
1,500,000
 
Regional Transportation Authority
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2031
   
1,655,445
 
1,250,000
 
Southern California Public Power Authority
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2021
   
1,309,613
 
2,000,000
 
Springfield Illinois Water Revenue
   
5.00
%
 
03/01/2037
   
2,140,660
 
1,200,000
 
Tampa Florida Hospital Revenue
   
4.00
%
 
07/01/2039
   
1,349,532
 
1,000,000
 
Tampa Florida Hospital Revenue
   
4.00
%
 
07/01/2045
   
1,105,960
 
2,350,000
 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill#
   
0.11
%
 
02/15/2031
   
2,350,000
 
721,211
 
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (3 Month LIBOR USD + 3.00%)
   
3.34
%
 
12/03/2035
   
723,389
 
                     
115,339,433
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $143,355,909)
   

143,012,846
   
Short-Term Investments — 7.4%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 7.4%
 
11,631,402
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
               
11,631,402
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $11,631,402)
   

11,631,402
Total Investments — 98.5% (Cost $154,987,311)
   

154,644,248
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.5%
   

2,387,536
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 

$
157,031,784

+
Zero coupon bond. Rate disclosed is calculated yield to maturity as of the date of this report.
#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund – Investor Shares (the “Fund”) increased 6.15% in value. During the same period, the Bloomberg Barclays Mortgage Backed Securities Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, increased 5.67%.
 
It has become clear that the public health crisis spurred by COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented slowdown in the real economy. The tremendous fiscal and economic stimulus taken by central banks and governments has had undeniable impact on insulating both the economy and financial markets from continued immediate distress. The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut its primary interest rate target to 0% and restart its quantitative easing (QE) program have had profound implications for fixed income markets. During the final weeks of March, the Fed was buying more bonds per day than it was per month during prior QE programs.
 
As a consequence of the Fed’s direct and meaningful participation in the mortgage market, we expect the agency mortgage-backed security (MBS) market to remain consistently supported as the road to recovery for the broader economy may be arduous and long. The mortgage sector in particular is highly sensitive to interest rate volatility and assumptions around borrower refinancing behavior. Given that the 10-year Treasury rapidly fell from 2.00% to 0.66% during the period, the mortgage market does face short-term technical pressure as borrowers rush to refinance loans, save money and help alleviate cash flow short-falls that may have been caused by the recent downturn.
 
Our security selection within agency commercial mortgage bonds largely drove the outperformance over the period. “Positively convex” products such as these are insulated from accelerated prepayment rates and tend to outperform during periods of large interest rate moves. Within this bucket we still see value in select seasoned mortgage pools, but chose to reduce our exposure to this segment due to some having very high dollar prices. In these cases, the dollar prices are approaching $120 and start to carry amplified risk to idiosyncratic and unexpected prepayment events.
 
During March we utilized the opportunistic nature of our non-agency bucket to capitalize on severe liquidity dislocations we observed in very high quality assets. One segment of weakness in the portfolio was the performance of credit risk transfer (CRTs). In CRTs, we viewed the selloff starting in mid-2018 – driven by fears of elevated prepayments – as an opportunity. However, uncertainties around fundamental credit risk due to the coronavirus led us to exit our positions as we viewed increasing forbearance and looming defaults as a thesis-violating risk for our positions. In aggregate, the non-agency allocation was additive to performance and we feel comfortable that these holdings will continue to be an important driver of performance given our bottom-up approach to investing.
 
Looking forward, we believe that mortgage investors will face a more difficult environment due to lower rates and more disparate prepayment profiles. Our objective for the Fund is to build a portfolio that is resilient to a wide variety of challenging markets. By balancing the pursuit of attractive income generation with stable prepayment profiles and fundamentally sound credits, we aim to deliver incremental return with the stability of a government-related mandate.
 
Sincerely,
 
John Henry Iucker, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Thomas D.D. Graff, CFA
Portfolio Manager

 

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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. Investments in Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed securities include additional risks that investor should be aware of including credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. Certain fixed income securities held by the Fund may be difficult (or impossible) to sell at the time and at the price the Adviser would like. As a result, the Fund may have to hold these securities longer than it would like and may forego other investment opportunities. Issuers may experience an acceleration in prepayments of mortgage loans or other receivables backing the issuers’ fixed income securities when interest rates decline, which can shorten the maturity of the security, force the Fund to invest in securities with lower interest rates, and reduce the Fund’s return. Issuers may decrease prepayments of principal when interest rates increase, extending the maturity of a fixed income security and causing the value of the security to decline. Investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investors should consult a tax professional for advice and information concerning the tax features of mortgage backed securities and fixed coupon bonds. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are bonds secured by a mortgage or collection of mortgages. Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based bond index.  The Bloomberg Barclays Mortgage Backed Securities Index (“Index”) is a market value-weighted index which covers the mortgage-backed securities component of the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. The Index is composed of agency mortgage-backed passthrough securities of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) with a minimum $150 million par amount outstanding and a weighted-average maturity of at least 1 year. The Index includes reinvestment of income.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
93.4
%
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
4.5
%
Asset Backed Securities
   
4.4
%
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
3.1
%
Money Market Funds
   
1.4
%
Municipal Bonds
   
1.4
%
Preferred Stocks
   
0.5
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
(8.7
)%
     
100.0
%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(12/26/13)
Institutional Shares1
6.09%
3.31%
3.37%
Investor Shares
6.15%
3.27%
3.33%
Bloomberg Barclays Mortgage Backed Securities Index
5.67%
3.23%
3.49%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.47%
0.52%
Net Expense Ratio2
0.47%
0.52%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/mortgage-securities-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Performance information for the Institutional Shares, prior to commencement of operations on May 13, 2014, is based on the performance of the Investor Shares, and adjusted for the lower expenses applicable to the Institutional Shares.
2
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 93.4%
 
2,000,000
 
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-TALL A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.72%)^
   
0.91
%
 
03/15/2037
   
1,908,394
 
986,000
 
DBGS Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-C1 7EA^
   
4.64
%
 
10/17/2051
   
951,005
 
49,513
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N3-0530
   
5.50
%
 
01/01/2029
   
51,373
 
94,460
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C5-3878
   
5.50
%
 
12/01/2030
   
106,953
 
235,979
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C9-1366
   
4.50
%
 
04/01/2031
   
257,480
 
61,254
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C6-6421
   
6.50
%
 
02/01/2032
   
68,193
 
218,078
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N7-0078
   
5.50
%
 
01/01/2033
   
237,338
 
48,161
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1B-0889 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.59%)
   
2.90
%
 
05/01/2033
   
48,391
 
95,020
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# A1-4256
   
5.50
%
 
10/01/2033
   
107,400
 
272,716
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G3-0932
   
4.50
%
 
03/01/2034
   
297,673
 
50,290
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1J-0204 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.75%)
   
3.19
%
 
05/01/2035
   
53,098
 
168,715
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N7-0071
   
6.00
%
 
06/01/2035
   
185,908
 
68,023
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# A4-6629
   
5.00
%
 
08/01/2035
   
78,053
 
1,112,601
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# K9-3365
   
3.50
%
 
11/01/2035
   
1,191,102
 
546,600
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# K9-3349
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2035
   
582,793
 
30,585
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1L-1263 (1 Year CMT  Rate + 2.25%)
   
3.75
%
 
03/01/2036
   
32,294
 
26,600
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1H-1348 (1 Year CMT  Rate + 2.14%)
   
4.26
%
 
10/01/2036
   
27,825
 
272,166
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G2-0028
   
7.50
%
 
12/01/2036
   
311,621
 
102,117
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1891
   
5.38
%
 
01/01/2037
   
112,193
 
123,807
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 84-7727 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.74%)
   
3.69
%
 
02/01/2037
   
124,843
 
199,367
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1900
   
5.38
%
 
02/01/2037
   
218,994
 
117,023
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1934
   
5.38
%
 
04/01/2037
   
128,530
 
71,333
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1950
   
5.10
%
 
05/01/2037
   
78,041
 
94,735
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-1976
   
5.10
%
 
05/01/2037
   
103,562
 
174,330
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# A6-7884
   
5.38
%
 
05/01/2037
   
191,224
 
56,432
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1J-1681 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.98%)
   
2.86
%
 
06/01/2037
   
59,874
 
168,870
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# B3-2000
   
5.10
%
 
06/01/2037
   
184,676
 
95,563
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0471
   
5.10
%
 
07/01/2037
   
104,440
 
54,909
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0653
   
5.13
%
 
07/01/2037
   
60,464
 
226,534
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0681
   
5.10
%
 
09/01/2037
   
247,686
 
73,377
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0606
   
5.10
%
 
09/01/2037
   
80,293
 
51,708
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# 1G-2249 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.78%)
   
3.65
%
 
10/01/2037
   
52,278
 
264,156
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# T3-0346
   
5.38
%
 
10/01/2037
   
291,213
 
84,169
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-0800
   
5.10
%
 
11/01/2037
   
92,006
 
144,751
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-1874
   
5.38
%
 
04/01/2038
   
158,880
 
349,231
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# N7-0082
   
6.00
%
 
07/01/2038
   
388,248
 
200,579
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-4655
   
6.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
238,617
 
238,492
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-4540
   
6.00
%
 
08/01/2038
   
283,716
 
111,810
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# U3-2470
   
5.10
%
 
11/01/2038
   
122,177
 
127,575
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-8348
   
5.00
%
 
06/01/2039
   
146,759
 
643,098
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# C0-3427
   
5.50
%
 
10/01/2039
   
737,200
 
469,139
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# Q3-8585
   
4.00
%
 
10/01/2043
   
502,011
 
6,237,264
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# ZA-5113
   
4.00
%
 
12/01/2047
   
6,781,559
 
582,648
 
FHLMC PC, Pool# G0-8828
   
5.50
%
 
04/01/2048
   
651,050
 
1,232,501
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4318 DI~
   
2.50
%
 
08/15/2022
   
20,938
 
1,388,184
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4329 CI~
   
2.50
%
 
01/15/2023
   
29,662
 
33,292
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 1843 Z
   
7.00
%
 
04/15/2026
   
36,036
 
145,960
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 2517 Z
   
5.50
%
 
10/15/2032
   
162,035
 
341,842
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 2890 ZA
   
5.00
%
 
11/15/2034
   
395,133
 
552,151
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 3150 DZ
   
5.50
%
 
05/15/2036
   
645,873
 
236,870
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 3294 CB
   
5.50
%
 
03/15/2037
   
277,532
 
1,102,038
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4309 BI~
   
3.00
%
 
08/15/2039
   
38,097
 
385,530
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4675 CA
   
3.50
%
 
02/15/2042
   
392,226
 
2,165,000
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4784 NB
   
4.00
%
 
05/15/2042
   
2,190,640
 
531,653
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4775 DA
   
4.00
%
 
07/15/2042
   
539,537
 
402,643
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4693 NA
   
3.50
%
 
08/15/2042
   
410,288
 

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

 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 93.4% (Continued)
 
1,431,083
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4773 EA
   
4.00
%
 
10/15/2042
   
1,456,995
 
6,055,018
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4711 NA
   
3.50
%
 
11/15/2042
   
6,178,409
 
5,540,113
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4665 KA
   
4.00
%
 
12/15/2042
   
5,667,527
 
418,687
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4703 KA
   
3.50
%
 
02/15/2043
   
428,594
 
328,730
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4808 EA
   
4.50
%
 
02/15/2043
   
332,371
 
6,673,148
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4747 DA
   
3.50
%
 
04/15/2043
   
6,826,341
 
1,708,200
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4870 LA
   
4.00
%
 
04/15/2043
   
1,729,684
 
440,670
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4845 DA
   
4.00
%
 
05/15/2043
   
444,898
 
408,132
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4848 EA
   
4.50
%
 
08/15/2043
   
413,264
 
2,645,000
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4801 LT
   
4.00
%
 
12/15/2043
   
2,714,393
 
266,310
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4830 WA
   
4.00
%
 
04/15/2044
   
269,470
 
484,762
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4848 WA
   
4.00
%
 
07/15/2044
   
489,861
 
1,990,983
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4840 BH
   
5.00
%
 
07/15/2044
   
2,029,836
 
454,597
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4830 DA
   
4.50
%
 
11/15/2044
   
463,062
 
2,424,503
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4829 JA
   
4.50
%
 
12/15/2044
   
2,469,651
 
307,933
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4828 NA
   
4.50
%
 
12/15/2044
   
313,708
 
885,702
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4844 HJ
   
4.00
%
 
02/15/2045
   
899,056
 
1,649,680
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4827 GB
   
4.00
%
 
03/15/2045
   
1,677,143
 
515,846
 
FHLMC REMIC, Series 4842 EA
   
4.50
%
 
03/15/2045
   
526,379
 
1,450,000
 
FHLMC SCRTT, Series 2016-1 M1#^
   
3.00
%
 
09/25/2055
   
1,436,469
 
1,000,000
 
FHLMC SCRTT, Series 2017-1 M1#^
   
4.00
%
 
01/25/2056
   
997,672
 
158,601
 
FHLMC WLST, Series 2017-SC02 2A1
   
3.50
%
 
05/25/2047
   
160,128
 
2,941,738
 
FHMS, Series K-017 X1#~
   
1.43
%
 
12/25/2021
   
39,296
 
13,223,303
 
FHMS, Series K-019 X1#~
   
1.73
%
 
03/25/2022
   
299,922
 
12,059,305
 
FHMS, Series K-021 X1#~
   
1.55
%
 
06/25/2022
   
265,744
 
24,417,432
 
FHMS, Series K-025 X1#~
   
0.93
%
 
10/25/2022
   
381,361
 
13,070,535
 
FHMS, Series K-035 X1#~
   
0.50
%
 
08/25/2023
   
132,223
 
63,356,592
 
FHMS, Series K-C02 X1#~
   
0.51
%
 
03/25/2024
   
810,926
 
16,074,793
 
FHMS, Series K-038 X1#~
   
1.28
%
 
03/25/2024
   
563,669
 
40,348,034
 
FHMS, Series K-040 X1#~
   
0.86
%
 
09/25/2024
   
1,036,981
 
17,876,707
 
FHMS, Series K-C03 X1#~
   
0.63
%
 
11/25/2024
   
337,954
 
134,901,132
 
FHMS, Series K-047 X1#~
   
0.26
%
 
05/25/2025
   
901,436
 
295,759
 
FHMS, Series K-W01 A1
   
2.59
%
 
05/25/2025
   
313,025
 
28,948,000
 
FHMS, Series K-C06 X1#~
   
0.90
%
 
06/25/2025
   
1,101,098
 
14,661,493
 
FHMS, Series K-053 X1#~
   
1.02
%
 
12/25/2025
   
615,020
 
31,395,780
 
FHMS, Series K-734 X1#~
   
0.79
%
 
02/25/2026
   
986,076
 
9,408,809
 
FHMS, Series K-055 X1#~
   
1.50
%
 
03/25/2026
   
623,230
 
27,838,338
 
FHMS, Series K-735 X1#~
   
1.10
%
 
05/25/2026
   
1,364,677
 
17,545,861
 
FHMS, Series K-736 X1#~
   
1.44
%
 
07/25/2026
   
1,162,936
 
5,359,244
 
FHMS, Series K-058 X1#~
   
1.05
%
 
08/25/2026
   
263,875
 
6,478,637
 
FHMS, Series K-059 X1#~
   
0.43
%
 
09/25/2026
   
109,080
 
26,776,718
 
FHMS, Series K-737 X1#~
   
0.64
%
 
10/25/2026
   
920,953
 
21,929,018
 
FHMS, Series K-C04 X1#~
   
1.41
%
 
12/25/2026
   
1,285,744
 
55,209,523
 
FHMS, Series K-063 X1#~
   
0.42
%
 
01/25/2027
   
933,924
 
6,098,990
 
FHMS, Series K-738 X1#~
   
1.63
%
 
01/25/2027
   
497,328
 
22,353,336
 
FHMS, Series K-064 X1#~
   
0.74
%
 
03/25/2027
   
793,803
 
6,050,000
 
FHMS, Series K-738 XAM#~
   
1.48
%
 
03/25/2027
   
494,549
 
4,343,901
 
FHMS, Series K-W03 X1#~
   
0.98
%
 
06/25/2027
   
188,485
 
15,519,529
 
FHMS, Series K-C05 X1#~
   
1.20
%
 
07/25/2027
   
926,057
 
12,572,709
 
FHMS, Series K-068 X1#~
   
0.57
%
 
08/25/2027
   
347,193
 
30,358,009
 
FHMS, Series K-069 X1#~
   
0.49
%
 
09/25/2027
   
734,895
 
42,695,878
 
FHMS, Series K-070 X1#~
   
0.46
%
 
11/25/2027
   
959,701
 
31,701,860
 
FHMS, Series K-072 X1#~
   
0.49
%
 
12/25/2027
   
782,855
 
6,268,689
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT1#
   
2.66
%
 
04/25/2028
   
6,386,466
 
1,824,958
 
FHMS, Series Q-006 APT2#
   
2.55
%
 
10/25/2028
   
1,864,347
 
19,943,900
 
FHMS, Series K-087 X1#~
   
0.51
%
 
12/25/2028
   
572,354
 

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

 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 93.4% (Continued)
 
18,188,287
 
FHMS, Series K-091 X1#~
   
0.70
%
 
03/25/2029
   
799,581
 
12,666,809
 
FHMS, Series K-092 X1#~
   
0.85
%
 
04/25/2029
   
695,751
 
9,998,346
 
FHMS, Series K-G01 X1#~
   
1.11
%
 
04/25/2029
   
613,924
 
6,288,767
 
FHMS, Series K-093 X1#~
   
1.09
%
 
05/25/2029
   
451,764
 
10,992,712
 
FHMS, Series K-094 X1#~
   
1.02
%
 
06/25/2029
   
742,798
 
6,250,000
 
FHMS, Series K-G02 X1#~
   
1.14
%
 
08/25/2029
   
451,021
 
9,996,546
 
FHMS, Series K-103 X1#~
   
0.76
%
 
11/25/2029
   
521,548
 
7,449,843
 
FHMS, Series K-108 XAM#~
   
1.78
%
 
03/25/2030
   
1,045,977
 
4,800,000
 
FHMS, Series K-110 XAM#~
   
1.87
%
 
04/25/2030
   
781,130
 
5,030,000
 
FHMS, Series K-109 XAM#~
   
1.92
%
 
04/25/2030
   
772,422
 
831,065
 
FHMS, Series Q-010 APT1#
   
2.94
%
 
04/25/2046
   
835,432
 
4,401,157
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT1#
   
2.98
%
 
10/25/2047
   
4,565,804
 
4,014,885
 
FHMS, Series Q-007 APT2#
   
3.33
%
 
10/25/2047
   
4,345,073
 
1,667,971
 
FHS, Series 366 IO~
   
4.00
%
 
08/15/2049
   
325,440
 
27,352
 
FNMA, Pool# 922791
   
6.50
%
 
12/01/2021
   
27,580
 
403,240
 
FNMA, Pool# BL0273
   
4.36
%
 
10/01/2023
   
441,831
 
1,000,000
 
FNMA, Pool# AN9202
   
3.32
%
 
05/01/2025
   
1,105,890
 
1,209,118
 
FNMA, Pool# 109465
   
3.58
%
 
08/01/2025
   
1,332,238
 
39,458
 
FNMA, Pool# 336422 (H15T3Y + 2.30%)
   
4.64
%
 
10/01/2025
   
39,850
 
135,950
 
FNMA, Pool# 344903
   
5.50
%
 
10/01/2025
   
149,558
 
468,171
 
FNMA, Pool# BL1166
   
3.62
%
 
01/01/2026
   
523,127
 
448,664
 
FNMA, Pool# BL1165
   
3.62
%
 
01/01/2026
   
501,330
 
79,902
 
FNMA, Pool# 356232
   
6.50
%
 
01/01/2026
   
88,964
 
37,714
 
FNMA, Pool# 406521 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.52%)
   
4.90
%
 
05/01/2026
   
37,731
 
1,500,000
 
FNMA, Pool# BL0723
   
3.84
%
 
09/01/2026
   
1,704,986
 
58,910
 
FNMA, Pool# 356329 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.64%)
   
4.26
%
 
01/01/2027
   
59,398
 
19,146
 
FNMA, Pool# 363850 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.13%)
   
3.63
%
 
04/01/2027
   
19,380
 
40,490
 
FNMA, Pool# 406380 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.17%)
   
3.99
%
 
11/01/2027
   
40,743
 
893,832
 
FNMA, Pool# 257203
   
5.00
%
 
05/01/2028
   
975,262
 
835,988
 
FNMA, Pool# 958720
   
5.65
%
 
10/01/2028
   
951,994
 
761,288
 
FNMA, Pool# 957502
   
3.98
%
 
07/01/2029
   
840,604
 
44,227
 
FNMA, Pool# 520478 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.10%)
   
3.85
%
 
11/01/2029
   
44,480
 
39,366
 
FNMA, Pool# 559439 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.27%)
   
4.02
%
 
09/01/2030
   
39,567
 
52,111
 
FNMA, Pool# 573097 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.21%)
   
3.96
%
 
02/01/2031
   
52,376
 
159,744
 
FNMA, Pool# AL0898
   
5.00
%
 
02/01/2031
   
179,259
 
39,498
 
FNMA, Pool# 590852 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.11%)
   
4.49
%
 
07/01/2031
   
39,779
 
2,447,239
 
FNMA, Pool# AI4717
   
4.50
%
 
07/01/2031
   
2,687,670
 
42,622
 
FNMA, Pool# 656181 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.16%)
   
3.75
%
 
08/01/2031
   
42,799
 
38,339
 
FNMA, Pool# 723313 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.54%)
   
4.54
%
 
09/01/2031
   
38,562
 
10,328
 
FNMA, Pool# 642122 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.27%)
   
3.77
%
 
03/01/2032
   
10,365
 
9,676
 
FNMA, Pool# 628837
   
6.50
%
 
03/01/2032
   
11,108
 
30,237
 
FNMA, Pool# 640225 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.27%)
   
3.77
%
 
04/01/2032
   
30,348
 
41,213
 
FNMA, Pool# 662138 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.30%)
   
4.30
%
 
09/01/2032
   
41,365
 
42,037
 
FNMA, Pool# 668309 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.02%)
   
4.02
%
 
11/01/2032
   
42,416
 
30,328
 
FNMA, Pool# 696546 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 2.26%)
   
4.01
%
 
03/01/2033
   
30,386
 
17,124
 
FNMA, Pool# 555819 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.03%)
   
1.90
%
 
07/01/2033
   
17,298
 
40,215
 
FNMA, Pool# 744805 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
   
2.89
%
 
11/01/2033
   
40,552
 
23,012
 
FNMA, Pool# 751498 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.22%)
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2033
   
23,097
 
28,276
 
FNMA, Pool# 741373 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.28%)
   
4.03
%
 
12/01/2033
   
28,383
 
31,376
 
FNMA, Pool# 764342 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
   
3.40
%
 
02/01/2034
   
31,664
 
30,429
 
FNMA, Pool# 774969 (1 Year CMT  Rate + 2.28%)
   
3.78
%
 
04/01/2034
   
30,630
 
121,239
 
FNMA, Pool# 783554 (1 Year CMT  Rate + 2.21%)
   
4.59
%
 
07/01/2034
   
121,196
 
21,290
 
FNMA, Pool# 819649 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.52%)
   
3.52
%
 
03/01/2035
   
21,644
 
71,119
 
FNMA, Pool# 889829
   
5.00
%
 
07/01/2035
   
81,672
 
41,809
 
FNMA, Pool# 830970 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.83%)
   
4.39
%
 
08/01/2035
   
42,118
 
74,129
 
FNMA, Pool# 837329 (1 Year CMT  Rate + 2.04%)
   
4.12
%
 
09/01/2035
   
75,043
 

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

 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 93.4% (Continued)
 
55,859
 
FNMA, Pool# 836715 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.77%)
   
3.77
%
 
10/01/2035
   
56,064
 
135,123
 
FNMA, Pool# 842006
   
4.25
%
 
10/01/2035
   
144,485
 
36,218
 
FNMA, Pool# 922680 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.91%)
   
3.52
%
 
11/01/2035
   
38,347
 
268,734
 
FNMA, Pool# 850232
   
4.25
%
 
12/01/2035
   
289,237
 
13,704
 
FNMA, Pool# 865849 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.54%)
   
3.54
%
 
03/01/2036
   
13,819
 
333,488
 
FNMA, Pool# AB0577
   
4.00
%
 
03/01/2036
   
365,533
 
43,473
 
FNMA, Pool# 877009 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 2.38%)
   
4.21
%
 
03/01/2036
   
46,466
 
43,598
 
FNMA, Pool# 868568 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.75%)
   
3.63
%
 
04/01/2036
   
46,179
 
65,906
 
FNMA, Pool# 882017 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.56%)
   
2.84
%
 
05/01/2036
   
66,612
 
24,628
 
FNMA, Pool# 745626 (1 Year CMT  Rate + 2.09%)
   
3.15
%
 
05/01/2036
   
24,781
 
11,816
 
FNMA, Pool# 872895 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)
   
2.70
%
 
06/01/2036
   
11,880
 
22,404
 
FNMA, Pool# 886163 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.84%)
   
4.47
%
 
07/01/2036
   
22,787
 
458,289
 
FNMA, Pool# 896838
   
5.45
%
 
07/01/2036
   
514,999
 
138,973
 
FNMA, Pool# 745818
   
6.50
%
 
09/01/2036
   
162,282
 
162,731
 
FNMA, Pool# 894270 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.50%)
   
4.25
%
 
10/01/2036
   
163,194
 
4,648
 
FNMA, Pool# 905193 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.99%)
   
4.11
%
 
11/01/2036
   
4,670
 
81,113
 
FNMA, Pool# 902770
   
5.38
%
 
11/01/2036
   
89,138
 
112,587
 
FNMA, Pool# 940309 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.50%)
   
3.37
%
 
01/01/2037
   
113,272
 
18,254
 
FNMA, Pool# 910181 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.68%)
   
3.67
%
 
03/01/2037
   
19,248
 
41,828
 
FNMA, Pool# 888445 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.55%)
   
3.55
%
 
04/01/2037
   
42,311
 
57,721
 
FNMA, Pool# 995521 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.84%)
   
3.43
%
 
05/01/2037
   
58,375
 
79,262
 
FNMA, Pool# 950382 (6 Month LIBOR USD + 1.11%)
   
2.85
%
 
08/01/2037
   
80,469
 
147,199
 
FNMA, Pool# 941050 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.70%)
   
4.33
%
 
08/01/2037
   
146,599
 
58,049
 
FNMA, Pool# 952835 (1 Year CMT Rate + 2.32%)
   
3.86
%
 
09/01/2037
   
61,402
 
4,098,247
 
FNMA, Pool# MA3208
   
4.50
%
 
10/01/2037
   
4,459,001
 
134,320
 
FNMA, Pool# 955233
   
6.50
%
 
12/01/2037
   
161,040
 
30,510
 
FNMA, Pool# 962656 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.18%)
   
3.07
%
 
04/01/2038
   
30,941
 
6,556
 
FNMA, Pool# 982237 (12 Month LIBOR USD + 1.84%)
   
2.72
%
 
05/01/2038
   
6,588
 
367,060
 
FNMA, Pool# AD0100
   
7.00
%
 
12/01/2038
   
441,585
 
104,424
 
FNMA, Pool# 930507
   
6.50
%
 
02/01/2039
   
119,868
 
2,971,180
 
FNMA, Pool# AS2249
   
4.00
%
 
04/01/2039
   
3,264,008
 
398,397
 
FNMA, Pool# AL0407
   
6.50
%
 
04/01/2039
   
462,941
 
332,087
 
FNMA, Pool# AD0427
   
5.50
%
 
10/01/2039
   
385,179
 
433,400
 
FNMA, Pool# AD0941
   
5.50
%
 
04/01/2040
   
508,795
 
616,364
 
FNMA, Pool# 467095
   
5.90
%
 
01/01/2041
   
719,306
 
465,751
 
FNMA, Pool# AH8447
   
5.50
%
 
04/01/2041
   
515,422
 
961,345
 
FNMA, Pool# 469130
   
4.87
%
 
10/01/2041
   
1,150,928
 
758,094
 
FNMA, Pool# BC1738
   
4.50
%
 
09/01/2043
   
838,597
 
593,998
 
FNMA, Pool# AS1429
   
4.00
%
 
12/01/2043
   
638,719
 
582,010
 
FNMA, Pool# AV7739
   
4.00
%
 
01/01/2044
   
640,492
 
404,286
 
FNMA, Pool# AW6485
   
4.00
%
 
06/01/2044
   
433,299
 
709,750
 
FNMA, Pool# AY0382
   
4.00
%
 
11/01/2044
   
778,874
 
615,806
 
FNMA, Pool# AW9534
   
4.00
%
 
03/01/2045
   
685,163
 
626,674
 
FNMA, Pool# AZ4154
   
4.00
%
 
06/01/2045
   
682,164
 
2,305,113
 
FNMA, Pool# AZ7828
   
4.00
%
 
08/01/2045
   
2,496,905
 
1,080,601
 
FNMA, Pool# BA3674
   
4.50
%
 
10/01/2045
   
1,177,675
 
441,763
 
FNMA, Pool# BC6366
   
4.50
%
 
02/01/2046
   
490,164
 
347,602
 
FNMA, Pool# BD1241
   
4.50
%
 
05/01/2046
   
376,358
 
1,259,294
 
FNMA, Pool# BD5189
   
4.50
%
 
07/01/2046
   
1,393,374
 
695,844
 
FNMA, Pool# BD8599
   
4.50
%
 
11/01/2046
   
782,616
 
972,291
 
FNMA, Pool# BH7686
   
4.50
%
 
12/01/2047
   
1,056,555
 
1,282,982
 
FNMA, Pool# BJ8287
   
4.50
%
 
01/01/2048
   
1,396,508
 
968,929
 
FNMA, Pool# AN8989
   
4.07
%
 
04/01/2048
   
1,204,027
 
854,747
 
FNMA, Pool# BK5105
   
5.50
%
 
05/01/2048
   
967,926
 
620,075
 
FNMA, Pool# BK8032
   
5.50
%
 
06/01/2048
   
702,180
 
496,199
 
FNMA, Pool# BN0202
   
5.50
%
 
09/01/2048
   
561,905
 

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

 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 93.4% (Continued)
 
558,849
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4936
   
5.50
%
 
12/01/2048
   
629,383
 
364,790
 
FNMA, Pool# BN4921
   
5.50
%
 
01/01/2049
   
411,304
 
7,500,000
 
FNMA, 2.0%, Due TBA August
   
2.00
%
 
08/15/2035
   
7,747,266
 
7,500,000
 
FNMA, 2.0%, Due TBA September
   
2.00
%
 
09/15/2050
   
7,643,670
 
7,500,000
 
FNMA, 2.5%, Due TBA September
   
2.50
%
 
09/15/2050
   
7,790,740
 
3,144
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 1990-116 H
   
9.00
%
 
10/25/2020
   
3,160
 
28,830
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 1991-136 J
   
7.50
%
 
10/25/2021
   
29,386
 
493,328
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-M5 FA1 (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.67%)
   
1.39
%
 
04/25/2024
   
489,386
 
93,012
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 1996-23 G
   
6.50
%
 
07/25/2026
   
99,221
 
1,707,256
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-139 HI~
   
2.50
%
 
12/25/2027
   
98,341
 
125,485
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-15 QI~
   
3.00
%
 
03/25/2028
   
8,756
 
2,321,707
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-M8 A1#
   
3.44
%
 
06/25/2028
   
2,592,252
 
169,023
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-M10 A1
   
2.10
%
 
07/25/2028
   
171,037
 
1,717,298
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-M14 A1#
   
3.70
%
 
08/25/2028
   
1,920,444
 
2,883,156
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2019-M14 A1
   
2.30
%
 
06/25/2029
   
3,079,517
 
1,000,706
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-78 VB
   
4.00
%
 
12/25/2029
   
1,027,039
 
500,000
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-M13 A2#
   
3.82
%
 
09/25/2030
   
602,294
 
4,072,440
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-14 LI~
   
3.00
%
 
04/25/2031
   
95,002
 
1,484,571
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-115 AI~
   
3.00
%
 
04/25/2031
   
83,776
 
12,998,090
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2019-M23 X3#~
   
0.38
%
 
10/27/2031
   
379,367
 
222,116
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2001-80 Z
   
6.00
%
 
01/25/2032
   
248,089
 
378,638
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-M2 A2A#
   
5.27
%
 
10/25/2032
   
428,554
 
507,627
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-71 MB
   
5.50
%
 
08/25/2033
   
598,559
 
2,911,330
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-8 IQ~
   
4.00
%
 
03/25/2034
   
402,212
 
2,401,442
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2005-73 EZ
   
5.50
%
 
08/25/2035
   
2,858,953
 
904,566
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2005-110 GL
   
5.50
%
 
12/25/2035
   
1,058,394
 
533,285
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-21 Z
   
5.50
%
 
04/25/2036
   
615,170
 
35,470
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-30 DA
   
3.00
%
 
08/25/2036
   
35,897
 
1,618,816
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-112 QC
   
5.50
%
 
11/25/2036
   
1,906,959
 
669,432
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2007-22 A
   
5.50
%
 
03/25/2037
   
819,514
 
1,938,719
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-65 HJ
   
5.00
%
 
07/25/2040
   
2,209,616
 
203,489
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-10 UF (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.55%)
   
0.73
%
 
02/25/2042
   
204,563
 
997,165
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-34 IG~
   
3.00
%
 
05/25/2042
   
87,563
 
1,701,702
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-M6 1AC#
   
3.55
%
 
02/25/2043
   
1,905,824
 
1,091,232
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-21 JB
   
4.00
%
 
03/25/2043
   
1,104,423
 
9,755
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W10 3A5
   
4.30
%
 
06/25/2043
   
10,768
 
2,826
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 1A9
   
4.48
%
 
06/25/2043
   
3,174
 
16,954
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 1A8
   
4.55
%
 
06/25/2043
   
18,941
 
9,584
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 2A7
   
4.68
%
 
06/25/2043
   
10,591
 
11,182
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W12 2A6
   
5.00
%
 
06/25/2043
   
12,552
 
775,924
 
FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2015-40 LI~
   
4.50
%
 
03/25/2045
   
137,406
 
9,407,393
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-K17 X2A^~
   
0.10
%
 
12/25/2044
   
9,206
 
21,209,776
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-K20 X2A^~
   
0.20
%
 
05/25/2045
   
64,467
 
750,000
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K736 B#^
   
3.88
%
 
09/25/2052
   
801,342
 
14,735
 
GNMA, Pool# 004295M
   
6.00
%
 
10/20/2023
   
14,984
 
163,841
 
GNMA, Pool# 783374X
   
5.50
%
 
04/15/2024
   
173,369
 
247,188
 
GNMA, Pool# 728160X
   
5.25
%
 
11/15/2024
   
264,050
 
2,824,538
 
GNMA, Pool# 752842X
   
3.95
%
 
07/15/2025
   
2,877,435
 
329,563
 
GNMA, Pool# 623145X
   
5.50
%
 
10/15/2028
   
366,158
 
1,330,075
 
GNMA, Pool# 589694X
   
4.50
%
 
08/15/2029
   
1,478,313
 
40,641
 
GNMA, Pool# 728157X
   
3.75
%
 
11/15/2029
   
43,366
 
377,104
 
GNMA, Pool# 770225C
   
4.25
%
 
08/20/2031
   
408,944
 
485,944
 
GNMA, Pool# 003160M
   
6.00
%
 
11/20/2031
   
557,427
 
683,649
 
GNMA, Pool# 003489M
   
6.00
%
 
12/20/2033
   
790,567
 
370,379
 
GNMA, Pool# 782173M
   
5.50
%
 
05/20/2035
   
427,093
 
167,755
 
GNMA, Pool# 784315X
   
6.00
%
 
06/15/2036
   
186,364
 

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Par Value
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 93.4% (Continued)
 
370,944
 
GNMA, Pool# 770226C
   
4.75
%
 
09/20/2036
   
405,921
 
234,259
 
GNMA, Pool# 004194M
   
5.50
%
 
07/20/2038
   
270,101
 
95,124
 
GNMA, Pool# 706295C
   
5.10
%
 
12/20/2038
   
103,623
 
1,112,859
 
GNMA, Pool# AC0521C
   
5.50
%
 
05/20/2042
   
1,265,449
 
1,413,015
 
GNMA, Pool# BM9287C
   
4.00
%
 
08/20/2049
   
1,547,009
 
573,843
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-168 IA~
   
2.50
%
 
11/16/2028
   
33,004
 
94,986
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-94 AB
   
4.00
%
 
04/16/2033
   
94,972
 
795,545
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2004-93 PD
   
5.00
%
 
11/16/2034
   
893,924
 
127,408
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2006-40 B
   
6.00
%
 
08/20/2036
   
148,749
 
648,868
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-52 WA#
   
6.18
%
 
04/20/2038
   
766,260
 
1,086,662
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-012 KI~
   
5.00
%
 
09/20/2038
   
208,610
 
717,351
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-083 ID~
   
7.00
%
 
01/20/2039
   
155,569
 
943,852
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2011-2 DP#
   
5.46
%
 
03/20/2039
   
1,071,596
 
1,403,926
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2010-105 IB~
   
4.50
%
 
01/16/2040
   
157,120
 
863,654
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-68 IC#~
   
6.00
%
 
01/20/2040
   
175,785
 
682,000
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2011-156 PM
   
2.00
%
 
04/20/2040
   
689,091
 
1,532,167
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-083 IK~
   
6.00
%
 
05/20/2040
   
380,298
 
449,757
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-112 AW#
   
7.11
%
 
12/20/2040
   
543,360
 
2,117,364
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-143 IC~
   
5.00
%
 
10/16/2041
   
368,540
 
831,612
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-97 GB
   
2.00
%
 
08/16/2042
   
854,880
 
1,216,508
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2013-86 IA~
   
5.00
%
 
06/20/2043
   
188,462
 
1,468,990
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2017-103 IM~
   
5.00
%
 
06/20/2043
   
263,858
 
725,000
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2012-44 B
   
2.95
%
 
08/16/2043
   
743,087
 
872,603
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-06 IG~
   
4.50
%
 
01/16/2044
   
115,960
 
1,074,010
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-127 PB
   
3.00
%
 
09/20/2047
   
1,139,169
 
360,195
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-166 AB
   
4.00
%
 
10/20/2047
   
380,808
 
1,023,816
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2018-153 QA
   
3.50
%
 
11/20/2048
   
1,111,963
 
3,302,885
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2014-135 I0#~
   
0.71
%
 
01/16/2056
   
124,044
 
3,338,918
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2015-172 I0#~
   
0.78
%
 
03/16/2057
   
145,817
 
5,203,337
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-40 I0#~
   
0.69
%
 
07/16/2057
   
223,612
 
4,224,017
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-56 I0#~
   
0.88
%
 
11/16/2057
   
227,273
 
5,294,422
 
GNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2016-98 I0#~
   
0.92
%
 
05/16/2058
   
316,797
 
745,000
 
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2017-500K (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.70%)^
   
0.88
%
 
07/15/2032
   
739,420
 
765,000
 
JPMCC, Series 2019-MFP A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.96%)^
   
1.14
%
 
07/15/2036
   
743,315
 
830,000
 
KKR Industrial Portfolio Trust, Series 2020-AIP D (1 Month LIBOR USD + 2.03%)^
   
2.21
%
 
03/16/2037
   
805,064
 
2,000,000
 
MSC, Series 2017-CLS A (1 Month LIBOR USD + 0.70%)^
   
0.88
%
 
11/15/2034
   
1,989,527
 
659,563
 
SBA, Pool# 522053 (PRIME + 0.58%)
   
3.83
%
 
05/25/2026
   
680,802
 
1,122,000
 
Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 2017-1 M1#^
   
3.55
%
 
05/25/2047
   
1,110,257
 
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $222,724,562)
   

231,625,923
   
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 3.1%
 
2,000,000
 
American Tower Corp.
   
2.90
%
 
01/15/2030
   
2,139,037
 
2,000,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
3.30
%
 
07/01/2030
   
2,204,327
 
1,296,000
 
Energy Transfer Operating L.P. (Fixed until 02/15/2023, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.03%)
   
6.25
%
 
05/15/2023
   
996,942
 
800,000
 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC
                   
   
  (Fixed until 08/16/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 2.99%)
   
4.88
%
 
08/16/2077
   
697,196
 
460,000
 
Land O’ Lakes, Inc.^
   
7.25
%
 
07/14/2027
   
420,576
 
500,000
 
Marriott International, Inc.
   
5.75
%
 
05/01/2025
   
543,745
 
800,000
 
Southern California Edison Co. (Fixed until 02/01/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.20%)
   
6.25
%
 
08/01/2049
   
787,213
 
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $7,537,975)
   

7,789,036
                         
Asset Backed Securities — 4.4%
 
1,990,852
 
American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR2 Trust, Series 2014-SFR2 A^
   
3.79
%
 
10/17/2036
   
2,144,158
 
2,130,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR2 Trust, Series 2014-SFR2 B^
   
4.29
%
 
10/17/2036
   
2,326,647
 
1,236,898
 
American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR3 Trust, Series 2014-SFR3 A^
   
3.68
%
 
12/18/2036
   
1,327,939
 
330,608
 
American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR1, Series 2015-SFR2 A^
   
3.47
%
 
04/18/2052
   
354,950
 
250,000
 
American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR2 Trust, Series 2015-SFR2 C^
   
4.69
%
 
10/18/2052
   
279,899
 

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

 

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Par
                   
Value/Shares
 
Security Description
 
Rate
   
Maturity
 
Value $
 
Asset Backed Securities — 4.4% (Continued)
 
600,000
 
Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2 C (1 Month LIBOR USD + 1.45%)^
   
1.64
%
 
12/19/2036
   
596,701
 
750,000
 
OHA Credit Partners IX, Ltd., Series 2013-9A DR (3 Month LIBOR USD + 3.30%)^
   
4.44
%
 
10/20/2025
   
746,067
 
500,000
 
Oportun Funding IX LLC, Series 2018-B B^
   
4.50
%
 
07/08/2024
   
480,146
 
1,000,000
 
Oportun Funding VII LLC, Series 2017-B C^
   
5.29
%
 
10/10/2023
   
958,271
 
950,000
 
Oportun Funding X LLC, Series 2018-C B^
   
4.59
%
 
10/08/2024
   
915,634
 
198,830
 
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2015-3A A^
   
2.58
%
 
09/20/2032
   
198,630
 
586,477
 
Westgate Resorts LLC, Series 2018-1A C^
   
4.10
%
 
12/20/2031
   
559,077
 
Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $10,494,777)
   

10,888,119
                         
Municipal Bonds — 1.4%
 
2,800,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.50
%
 
08/01/2038
   
2,800,000
 
600,000
 
District of Columbia#
   
0.53
%
 
08/01/2038
   
600,000
 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $3,132,051)
   

3,400,000
                         
U.S. Treasury Notes — 4.5%
 
11,000,000
 
United States Treasury Note
   
0.38
%
 
03/31/2022
   
11,040,605
 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes (Cost $11,033,351)
   

11,040,605
   

Preferred Stocks — 0.5%
 
32,768
 
AGNC Investment Corp., Series C, 7.00%
     
   
  (Fixed until 10/15/2022, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 5.11%)
   
743,506
 
25,000
 
Annaly Capital Management, Inc., Series G, 6.50%
       
   
  (Fixed until 03/31/2023, then 3 Month LIBOR USD + 4.17%)
   
500,000
 
2,352
 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Series L, 5.20%
   
59,200
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,510,122)
   
1,302,706
 
             
Short-Term Investments — 1.4%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 1.4%
 
3,593,631
 
First American Government Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%*
   
3,593,631
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,593,631)
   
3,593,631
 
Total Investments — 108.7% (Cost $260,026,469)
   
269,640,020
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (8.7)%
   
(21,683,611
)
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
247,956,409
 

#
Variable rate security.  Rate disclosed is as of the date of this report.
^
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
~
Interest Only Security
*
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

Futures Contracts — Short (Note 6)
 
             
Notional
   
Notional
   
Unrealized Appreciation
 
Issue
 
Contracts
 
Expiration Date
 
Amount
   
Value
   
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures
   
(150)

09/30/2020
 
$
(18,840,705
)
 
$
(18,861,328
)
 
$
(20,623
)

There is no variation margin due to or from the Fund as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund – Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) decreased 0.66% in value. During the same period, the MSCI Europe Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, decreased 6.78%.
 
For the year ended June 30, 2020, the Fund outperformed the Index. Sector allocation, a residual of our bottom-up stock selection process, contributed to relative performance, driven by the Fund’s overweight to health care and lack of exposure to energy, and was partially offset by our lack of exposure to utilities. Security selection also contributed to returns; with selection within financials, industrials and communications services contributing to relative outperformance. This was partially offset by weaker selection within health care and consumer discretionary sectors. Since the escalation of the COVID-19 situation, the team have been finding opportunities in health care, industrials and information technology, whose share prices we believe have reacted more negatively than is justified. In addition, the team has been adding to high-quality asset managers and insurers within the financials sector.
 
From an individual stock perspective, our top relative contributors during the period were overweight positions in UCB (health care), United Internet (communication services) and not holding Royal Dutch Shell (energy). At the end of the period, we continue to hold UCB and United Internet. Our top relative detractors were out-of-benchmark holdings in Ipsen (health care), Elior Group (consumer discretionary), and not holding Roche Holding (health care). During the period, we purchased new positions in Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and Fresenius. We sold positions in Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and Ipsen.
 
UCB is a Belgian biopharmaceutical company. The stock has continued to outperform over the year as it benefitted from positive developments in its product pipeline, particularly an osteoporosis drug called Evenity which received European regulatory approval earlier this year. In addition, the company has presented promising phase III studies on its bimekizumab drug for the treatment of psoriasis, demonstrating remarkable efficacy amongst all available therapeutics in the space. We believe UCB is a compelling investment over the long-term, offering both top-line growth and margin expansion opportunities.
 
Ipsen is a French pharmaceutical company. The stock underperformed through the year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a clinical hold on its key drug treatment for rare bone diseases, and after its CEO resignation. We eliminated our position as the thesis for one of its key growth drivers deteriorated.
 
Despite the economic fallout from the pandemic, the speed and magnitude of the rally in European equities has been unprecedented relative to past economic shocks, as the accommodative response by central banks and governments have dwarfed historical standards. We believe these factors support the long-term growth story in Europe. As we have done over time, we continue to seek to identify and invest in companies exposed to structural growth drivers and that have built strong competitive advantages. These intrinsic qualities drive margins and returns, as well as high free-cash-flow generation, which we believe have the potential to create long-term value.
 
Sincerely,
 
Carl Dirk Enderlein, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 

 

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Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments focused in a single geographic region may be exposed to greater risk than investments diversified among various geographies. Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks not associated with investments in domestic securities, such as volatility of currency exchange rates, and in some cases, political and economic instability and relatively illiquid markets. These risks are greater in emerging markets. Investments in smaller and medium capitalization companies generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger companies for various reasons such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. The value of investments in REITs may change in response to changes in the real estate market such as declines in the value of real estate, lack of available capital or financing opportunities, and increases in property taxes or operating costs. Derivatives involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments. Investors will indirectly bear the principal risks and its share of the fees and expenses of the Fund’s investment in other Investment Companies.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The MSCI Europe Index (“Index”) is an index that captures large and mid cap representation across 15 developed market countries in Europe.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
United Kingdom
   
23.9
%
Germany
   
16.2
%
Sweden
   
14.5
%
Switzerland
   
13.7
%
France
   
10.9
%
Netherlands
   
7.1
%
Belgium
   
4.0
%
Spain
   
2.9
%
Portugal
   
2.1
%
Money Market Funds
   
1.9
%
Denmark
   
1.5
%
Austria
   
0.4
%
Finland
   
0.3
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
0.6
%
     
100.0
%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(10/21/13)
Institutional Shares
-0.66%
4.57%
3.87%
Investor Shares
-0.77%
4.40%
3.71%
Advisor Shares
-1.04%
4.14%
3.47%
MSCI Europe Index
-6.78%
1.46%
1.26%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
1.07%
1.22%
1.47%
Net Expense Ratio1
1.07%
1.22%
1.47%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/wmc-strategic-european-equity-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 96.7%
 
   
Austria — 0.4%
 
   
71,263
 
Porr AG*
   
1,182,301
 
                 
Belgium — 4.0%
 
   
109,404
 
UCB S.A.
   
12,695,886
 
                 
Denmark — 1.5%
 
   
8,476
 
ALK-Abello A/S*
   
2,268,918
 
   
6,766
 
DSV Panalpina A/S
   
831,101
 
   
22,647
 
Netcompany Group A/S*
   
1,488,435
 
             
4,588,454
 
Finland — 0.3%
 
   
14,425
 
Kone OYJ
   
994,879
 
                 
France — 10.9%
 
   
47,111
 
Amundi S.A.*
   
3,703,539
 
   
357,032
 
Elior Group S.A.
   
2,042,619
 
   
491,510
 
Elis S.A.*
   
5,766,492
 
   
105,863
 
Legrand S.A.
   
8,043,696
 
   
41,238
 
Pernod Ricard S.A.
   
6,493,568
 
   
68,566
 
Safran S.A.*
   
6,897,111
 
   
5,044
 
Virbac S.A.*
   
1,105,618
 
             
34,052,643
 
Germany — 15.4%
 
   
32,006
 
Beiersdorf AG
   
3,639,521
 
   
136,897
 
Brenntag AG
   
7,258,258
 
   
206,268
 
Fresenius SE & Co KGaA*
   
10,252,066
 
   
11,626
 
Hannover Rueck SE
   
2,009,244
 
   
20,919
 
Jenoptik AG
   
488,707
 
   
21,780
 
Knorr-Bremse AG
   
2,210,349
 
   
69,694
 
Merck KGaA
   
8,115,680
 
   
79,653
 
Siemens Healthineers AG
   
3,828,753
 
   
217,047
 
United Internet AG
   
9,221,644
 
   
30,911
 
Washtec AG*
   
1,273,855
 
             
48,298,077
 
Netherlands — 7.1%
 
   
8,816
 
ASM International NV
   
1,357,187
 
   
4,578
 
ASML Holding NV
   
1,674,685
 
   
28,703
 
BE Semiconductor Industries NV
   
1,272,677
 
   
116,030
 
Heineken NV
   
10,697,265
 
   
76,434
 
QIAGEN NV*
   
3,292,378
 
   
49,731
 
Wolters Kluwer NV
   
3,884,257
 
             
22,178,449
 
Portugal — 2.1%
 
   
368,001
 
Jeronimo Martins SGPS S.A.
   
6,439,970
 
                 
Spain — 2.9%
 
   
214,687
 
Almirall S.A.*
   
2,833,730
 
   
69,327
 
Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi S.A.
   
1,970,579
 
   
87,550
 
Masmovil Ibercom S.A.*
   
2,243,324
 
   
33,267
 
Viscofan S.A.
   
2,171,505
 
             
9,219,138
 
Sweden — 14.5%
 
   
460,591
 
Alfa Laval AB*
   
10,160,725
 
   
334,332
 
Assa Abloy AB
   
6,842,938
 
   
17,738
 
Atlas Copco AB
   
755,381
 
   
529,037
 
Cloetta AB*
   
1,352,011
 
   
686,893
 
Epiroc AB
   
8,607,046
 
   
295,568
 
Hexpol AB*
   
2,205,499
 
   
133,561
 
Swedish Match AB
   
9,423,483
 
   
406,960
 
Trelleborg AB*
   
5,970,823
 
             
45,317,906
 
Switzerland — 13.7%
 
   
3,481
 
Geberit AG
   
1,746,543
 
   
221,340
 
Julius Baer Group, Ltd.
   
9,295,748
 
   
12,583
 
Kuehne & Nagel International AG*
   
2,095,932
 
   
171,787
 
Novartis AG
   
14,966,267
 
   
1,269,353
 
UBS Group AG
   
14,659,840
 
             
42,764,330
 
United Kingdom — 23.9%
 
   
777,354
 
Beazley PLC
   
3,940,903
 
   
223,785
 
Bunzl PLC
   
6,002,588
 
   
261,895
 
Compass Group PLC
   
3,603,259
 
   
873,744
 
ConvaTec Group PLC
   
2,110,168
 
   
137,752
 
Diageo PLC
   
4,578,497
 
   
972,178
 
Electrocomponents PLC
   
8,092,740
 
   
593,154
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
   
11,981,489
 
   
278,921
 
IMI PLC
   
3,182,124
 
   
214,462
 
Lancashire Holdings Ltd.
   
2,150,575
 
   
629,639
 
Prudential PLC
   
9,487,411
 
   
823,544
 
Rotork PLC
   
2,850,282
 
   
379,020
 
Smith & Nephew PLC
   
7,062,498
 
   
291,669
 
Smiths Group PLC
   
5,098,916
 
   
104,616
 
Softcat PLC
   
1,414,940
 
   
105,144
 
Spectris PLC
   
3,283,908
 
             
74,840,298
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $264,112,187)
   
302,572,331
 
                 
Preferred Stocks — 0.8%
 
   
Germany — 0.8%
 
   
60,821
 
Fuchs Petrolub SE
   
2,444,617
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $2,428,627)
   
2,444,617
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 1.9%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 1.9%
 
   
6,096,432
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
6,096,432
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $6,096,432)
   
6,096,432
 
Total Investments — 99.4% (Cost $272,637,246)
   
311,113,380
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.6%
   
2,007,671
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
313,121,051
 

*
Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020
 
Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund – Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) declined 4.04% in value. During the same period, the FTSE Emerging Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, declined 3.60%.
 
During the year, the Fund performed well in Eastern Europe. The Fund’s underweight to Latin America was beneficial as performance in the region was challenged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Asia, the largest exposure in the Index, overweight allocations to Hong Kong and India and an underweight allocation to China mitigated returns. In China, economic activity has recovered more quickly than other countries following the COVID-19 lockdowns; however, Hong Kong has continued to underperform mainland China primarily due to continued political pressure.
 
From a sector perspective, an overweight to information technology was a positive contributor to returns, while an underweight to communication services detracted. Bolstered by the perceived benefits of the pandemic for online business models, high multiple communication and software companies have been outsized performers.
 
From an individual stock perspective, Taiwan Semiconductor, the largest position in the portfolio, was the Fund’s top contributor. Chinese Internet conglomerates, Alibaba and Tencent, were also strong contributors during the period. Sasol, a South African chemicals company; CEMIG, a Brazilian utility; and Punjab National Bank, an Indian government owned bank, were the largest detractors. In all three cases, COVID-19 accentuated concerns around earnings.
 
Over the 12-month period, the portfolio experienced heightened turnover due to extreme market drawdowns within the emerging market regions. We believe this created opportunities to purchase quality companies that had previously traded at extreme valuations and upgrade from companies with more challenged business models as a result of COVID-19.
 
Overall, we believe the Fund is well positioned to benefit from the current economic recovery occurring across Asia and the meaningful upside of mispriced value opportunities across emerging markets.
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris H. Bartlett
Portfolio Manager
 

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. These risks are greater in emerging markets. Derivatives may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, management, and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous. Investing in derivatives could lose more than the amount invested. The Fund invests in smaller and medium-sized companies which carry greater risk than is associated with larger companies for various reasons, such as narrower markets, limited financial resources and less liquid stock.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.

 

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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index.  The FTSE Emerging Index (“Index”) is a market capitalization weighted index representing the performance of over 790 large and mid-capitalization companies in 22 emerging markets.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
 
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
China
   
38.4
%
South Korea
   
14.4
%
Taiwan
   
13.5
%
India
   
7.4
%
United States
   
3.7
%
Money Market Funds
   
3.7
%
Russia
   
3.6
%
United Kingdom
   
2.0
%
Singapore
   
1.9
%
Thailand
   
1.8
%
Indonesia
   
1.8
%
Turkey
   
1.6
%
Brazil
   
1.1
%
United Arab Emirates
   
1.1
%
Czech Republic
   
1.0
%
Malaysia
   
0.9
%
Philippines
   
0.6
%
Hungary
   
0.6
%
South Africa
   
0.6
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
0.3
%
     
100.0
%

     
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
Five Year
(12/12/12)
Institutional Shares
-4.04%
-0.19%
-0.11%
Investor Shares
-4.29%
-0.37%
-0.27%
Advisor Shares
-4.61%
-0.62%
-0.54%
FTSE Emerging Index
-3.60%
  2.57%
  2.07%

 
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Gross Expense Ratio1
1.27%
1.42%
1.67%
Net Expense Ratio1
1.27%
1.42%
1.67%

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/emerging-markets-select-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 93.1%
 
   
China — 37.7%
 
   
553,462
 
AIA Group, Ltd.
   
5,179,079
 
   
61,110
 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR*
   
13,181,427
 
   
21,163
 
Baidu, Inc. ADR*
   
2,537,232
 
   
5,116
 
BeiGene, Ltd. ADR*
   
963,854
 
   
2,088,761
 
Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, Ltd.
   
1,890,508
 
   
3,187,000
 
China Construction Bank Corp.
   
2,592,252
 
   
663,679
 
China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd.
   
2,544,931
 
   
539,954
 
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.
   
2,502,224
 
   
369,500
 
China Mobile, Ltd.
   
2,494,886
 
   
378,000
 
China Resources Beer Holdings Co., Ltd.
   
2,109,996
 
   
301,869
 
China Resources Gas Group Ltd.
   
1,476,989
 
   
3,254,000
 
China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
   
3,838,395
 
   
118,492
 
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp., Ltd.
   
2,596,909
 
   
4,253,811
 
Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd.
   
2,565,447
 
   
166,875
 
ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd.
   
1,885,769
 
   
323,000
 
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.
   
2,215,699
 
   
78,616
 
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.
   
3,348,392
 
   
2,088,000
 
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Ltd.
   
1,262,339
 
   
8,703
 
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.
   
1,807,332
 
   
6,942,000
 
Lenovo Group, Ltd.
   
3,873,232
 
   
446,884
 
Longfor Group Holdings, Ltd.
   
2,139,161
 
   
1,245,983
 
MGM China Holdings, Ltd.
   
1,619,301
 
   
228,900
 
Midea Group Co., Ltd.
   
1,940,529
 
   
17,278
 
New Oriental Education &
       
       
  Technology Group, Inc. ADR*
   
2,250,114
 
   
834,900
 
Ping An Bank Co., Ltd.
   
1,516,636
 
   
317,900
 
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China, Ltd.
   
3,169,143
 
   
530,666
 
Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.
   
2,268,739
 
   
47,776
 
TAL Education Group ADR*
   
3,266,923
 
   
153,000
 
Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.
   
1,513,867
 
   
182,358
 
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.
   
11,685,120
 
   
159,070
 
Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR*
   
2,141,082
 
   
122,036
 
Trip.com Group, Ltd. ADR*
   
3,163,173
 
   
105,084
 
WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd.
   
1,372,362
 
   
320,500
 
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.
   
488,528
 
   
39,266
 
Yum China Holdings, Inc.
   
1,887,517
 
   
12,765
 
Zai Lab Ltd. ADR*
   
1,048,389
 
             
102,337,476
 
Czech Republic — 1.0%
 
   
128,318
 
CEZ AS
   
2,747,579
 
                 
Hungary — 0.6%
 
   
48,007
 
OTP Bank
   
1,687,701
 
                 
India — 7.4%
 
   
286,423
 
Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd.
   
2,927,051
 
   
33,436
 
Bajaj Auto, Ltd.
   
1,250,803
 
   
89,559
 
Escorts, Ltd.
   
1,233,992
 
   
97,939
 
Godrej Properties, Ltd.*
   
1,127,423
 
   
350,131
 
ICICI Bank, Ltd.
   
1,632,362
 
   
2,567,802
 
NTPC, Ltd.
   
3,266,887
 
   
217,425
 
Oberoi Realty, Ltd.
   
1,051,326
 
   
78,618
 
PVR, Ltd.
   
1,046,984
 
   
183,700
 
Reliance Industries Ltd.
   
4,178,517
 
   
1,022,721
 
State Bank of India*
   
2,422,797
 
             
20,138,142
 
Indonesia — 1.8%
 
   
776,552
 
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT
   
1,553,726
 
   
5,887,300
 
Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT
   
2,044,248
 
   
6,530,106
 
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT
   
1,393,806
 
             
4,991,780
 
Malaysia — 0.9%
 
   
4,163,100
 
Genting Malaysia Bhd
   
2,476,007
 
                 
Philippines — 0.6%
 
   
653,922
 
Universal Robina Corp.
   
1,711,854
 
                 
Russia — 3.6%
 
   
77,642
 
LUKOIL PJSC ADR
   
5,765,695
 
   
793,836
 
Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC GDR
   
3,991,407
 
             
9,757,102
 
Singapore — 1.9%
 
   
116,436
 
DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.
   
1,751,993
 
   
1,202,208
 
Wilmar International, Ltd.
   
3,555,856
 
             
5,307,849
 
South Africa — 0.6%
 
   
203,017
 
Sasol, Ltd.
   
1,558,925
 
                 
South Korea — 14.0%
 
   
115,260
 
DB Insurance Co., Ltd.
   
4,133,871
 
   
25,970
 
Hana Financial Group, Inc.
   
590,619
 
   
126,327
 
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.
   
2,614,499
 
   
3,200
 
Hugel, Inc.*
   
1,259,549
 
   
90,012
 
KB Financial Group, Inc.
   
2,548,203
 
   
37,575
 
Korea Shipbuilding &
       
       
  Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd.*
   
2,765,998
 
   
2,087
 
LG Household & Health Care, Ltd.
   
2,339,130
 
   
36,723
 
POSCO
   
5,348,947
 
   
267,847
 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
   
11,856,953
 
   
93,720
 
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.
   
2,264,858
 
   
30,695
 
SK Hynix, Inc.
   
2,191,577
 
             
37,914,204
 
Taiwan — 13.5%
 
   
133,000
 
Advantech Co., Ltd.
   
1,338,478
 
   
445,000
 
Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.
   
3,372,287
 
   
298,220
 
Chroma ATE, Inc.
   
1,543,346
 
   
1,969,000
 
Compal Electronics, Inc.
   
1,288,808
 
   
143,262
 
Globalwafers Co., Ltd.
   
1,973,174
 
   
1,699,000
 
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
   
4,988,528
 
   
627,406
 
Lite-On Technology Corp.
   
987,947
 
   
177,475
 
MediaTek, Inc.
   
3,508,793
 
   
1,396,900
 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
   
14,918,222
 
   
1,108,856
 
Uni-President Enterprises Corp.
   
2,686,544
 
             
36,606,127
 
Thailand — 1.8%
 
   
713,800
 
Bangkok Bank PCL NVDR
   
2,488,918
 
   
1,062,300
 
Siam Commercial Bank PCL NVDR
   
2,503,778
 
             
4,992,696
 

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

 

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Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 93.1% (Continued)
 
   
Turkey — 1.6%
 
   
2,279,143
 
Akbank T.A.S.*
   
2,021,914
 
   
221,288
 
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S.
   
2,296,300
 
             
4,318,214
 
United Arab Emirates — 1.1%
 
   
2,124,234
 
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC
   
2,878,419
 
                 
United Kingdom — 2.0%
 
   
177,730
 
Antofagasta PLC
   
2,057,104
 
   
601,027
 
Standard Chartered PLC
   
3,258,033
 
             
5,315,137
 
United States — 3.0%
 
   
73,098
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
   
4,153,428
 
   
395,321
 
Flex, Ltd.*
   
4,052,040
 
             
8,205,468
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $246,739,300)
   
252,944,680
 
   
Preferred Stocks — 1.5%
 
   
Brazil — 1.1%
 
   
1,425,996
 
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais
   
2,908,055
 
                 
South Korea — 0.4%
 
   
23,925
 
Hyundai Motor Co.
   
1,107,615
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $6,443,170)
   
4,015,670
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%
 
   
China — 0.7%
 
   
220,674
 
Link REIT
   
1,811,770
 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $2,126,758)
   
1,811,770
 
                 
Exchange Traded Funds — 0.7%
 
   
United States — 0.7%
 
   
26,900
 
iShares MSCI All Country Asia
       
       
  ex Japan Exchange Traded Fund
   
1,860,673
 
Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $1,840,527)
   
1,860,673
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 3.7%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 3.7%
 
   
10,035,436
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
10,035,436
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $10,035,436)
   
10,035,436
 
Total Investments — 99.7% (Cost $267,185,191)
   
270,668,229
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.3%
   
868,357
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
271,536,586
 

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR — Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
*
Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Dear Shareholders:
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund – Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) increased 3.27% in value. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, decreased 8.84%.
 
Going into the latter part of 2019, market angst centered around trade tensions, the feared impact of slowing economic growth on corporate earnings, and liquidity issues in the repurchase agreement (repo) market. Each pocket of uncertainty was seemingly addressed early in the period, however, and the Index finished the year up 7.41%. Similarly, despite a tumultuous first quarter of 2020 driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, the U.S. market rebounded in the second quarter, albeit amid significant volatility.
 
Stock selection provided a meaningful source of outperformance over the one year period, with the most meaningful contributions coming from the financials, information technology, consumer staples and health care sectors.
 
From an individual stock perspective, KLA-Tencor, NortonLifeLock and Amgen were the most notable contributors on an absolute-return basis. KLA outperformed following a surprise increase in management’s forward guidance. NortonLifeLock held up during the subsequent market rout following the sale of its enterprise-security business to Broadcom. Amgen was up on stronger-than-forecast results around its EVENITY® treatment for severe osteoporosis. Detractors over the period included Omnicom and Harley-Davidson, both of which were negatively impacted by COVID-19.
 
The significant volatility in the latter part of the period enabled us to initiate positions in three new stocks: PPG Industries, a global paint and coating provider, Wabtec Corp., a pure-play rail equipment business and SEI Investments, a provider of technology infrastructure and services to the wealth management industry. LyondellBasell and Wells Fargo were sold following downside reviews after both stocks breached their downside targets.
 
KLA was subject to two process-driven trims in the period after having reached its target prices. We trimmed Parker Hannifin and added to our positions in Flowserve and Merck & Co., the latter of which had been subject to another one-third process-driven trim in the fourth quarter of 2019.
 
As the market reacted indiscriminately to fears around COVID-19, we took advantage of the opportunity provided by the market decline to add broadly to many of our existing holdings. We also conducted two further process-driven one-third sales, as Ingersoll-Rand (now Trane Technologies plc) and NortonLifeLock hit our target prices. Finally, we trimmed our positions in Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg to add to positions with more attractive risk and reward potential. JPMorgan and American Express were trimmed having reached their target prices, while our position in Halliburton was sold outright. The resulting proceeds were used to fund additions to a number of existing holdings.
 
The initial reaction to mass uncertainty in equity markets is mayhem – everything typically goes down, a scenario we certainly saw in the first quarter of the year. In the rebounds that generally follow, whether months or years later, investors tend to favor high-quality businesses trading at low valuations over low-quality ones trading at high valuations. Although we expect to see continued volatility in the months ahead, both in markets and portfolio performance, we continue to trust in our process, which has helped us navigate through many types of drawdowns. We are confident that the quality businesses we hold are relatively inexpensive not only relative to their intrinsic values, but also relative to the value market overall. As a result, we believe the portfolio is well positioned to outperform regardless of how equity markets move.
 
Sincerely,
 
Rui Cardoso, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 
Glenn Fortin, CFA
Portfolio Manager
 

 

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Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
A Message to Our Shareholders
June 30, 2020

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund may invest in ETFs, which may trade at a discount to the aggregate value of the underlying securities and although expense ratios for ETFs are generally low, frequent trading of ETFs by the Fund can generate brokerage expenses. In addition, the Fund is susceptible to risks from investments in derivatives, private placements, REITs, and its investments in other investment companies. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a significant portion of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers. Investment by the Fund in securities of a limited number of issuers exposes it to greater risk and potential monetary losses than if its assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of issuers. If a Fund is non-diversified, then its investments are not required to meet certain requirements under Federal law. A non-diversified fund is permitted to invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer than a diversified fund. Thus, the Fund may have fewer holdings than other funds. As a result, a decline in the value of those investments would cause the Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund held a more diversified portfolio. The risks of derivatives include imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to the derivative transactions; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in portfolio positions ad risks that the derivative transactions may not be liquid.
 
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. For a complete list of fund holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments provided in this report.
 
Definitions for terms and indices are provided in the Glossary of Terms.
 

 

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Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
Performance Information & Portfolio Holdings Summary
June 30, 2020

GROWTH OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT
 
The following chart reflects the change in value of a hypothetical $1,000,000 investment, including reinvested dividends and distributions, in the Fund as measured against a broad-based securities market index. The Russell 1000® Value Index (“Index”) measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price to book ratios and lower expected growth values.  The Index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees, such as investment management fees.  Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
 
% of Net Assets
 
Industrials
   
17.3
%
Financials
   
15.6
%
Information Technology
   
15.2
%
Health Care
   
13.7
%
Communication Services
   
13.7
%
Consumer Staples
   
12.4
%
Consumer Discretionary
   
5.5
%
Materials
   
3.3
%
Money Market Funds
   
3.1
%
Other Assets and Liabilities
   
0.2
%
     
100.0
%

   
Since Inception
Average Annual Total Return
One Year
(2/13/18)
Institutional Shares
3.27%
4.26%
Russell 1000® Value Index
-8.84%
-0.29%

 
Institutional Shares
 
Gross Expense Ratio1
0.61%
 
Net Expense Ratio1
0.61%
 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and net asset value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit our website at brownadvisory.com/mf/beutel-goodman-large-cap-value-fund.  The performance table and graph above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Performance data does not reflect the imposition of the redemption fee of 1.00% on shares redeemed within 14 days, and if it did, performance would have been lower. Returns shown are calculated using the net asset values (“NAV”) that were used for shareholder transactions as of the respective period ends.  These NAV, and the returns calculated from them, may differ from the NAV and returns shown elsewhere in this report.
 
1
Per the Fund’s prospectus dated October 31, 2019. Refer to the financial highlights for the gross and net expense ratios for the year ended as of the date of this report. Please note that the expense ratios per the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses (as applicable) and the expense ratios in the financial highlights do not.

 

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Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020

 
Shares
 
Security Description
 
Value $
 
Common Stocks — 96.7%
 
   
Communication Services — 13.7%
 
   
490,790
 
Comcast Corp.
   
19,130,994
 
   
381,902
 
Omnicom Group, Inc.
   
20,851,849
 
   
398,260
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
21,956,074
 
             
61,938,917
 
Consumer Discretionary — 5.5%
 
   
9,265
 
AutoZone, Inc.*
   
10,452,032
 
   
614,469
 
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
   
14,605,928
 
             
25,057,960
 
Consumer Staples — 12.4%
 
   
308,050
 
Campbell Soup Co.
   
15,288,522
 
   
330,681
 
Kellogg Co.
   
21,844,786
 
   
132,910
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
18,786,829
 
             
55,920,137
 
Financials — 15.6%
 
   
204,850
 
American Express Co.
   
19,501,720
 
   
144,230
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
21,640,269
 
   
37,575
 
BlackRock, Inc.
   
20,444,182
 
   
72,550
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
6,824,053
 
   
38,130
 
SEI Investments Co.
   
2,096,387
 
             
70,506,611
 
Health Care — 13.7%
 
   
251,471
 
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
   
25,340,733
 
   
93,455
 
Amgen, Inc.
   
22,042,296
 
   
189,505
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
14,654,422
 
             
62,037,451
 
Industrials — 17.3%
 
   
121,285
 
Cummins, Inc.
   
21,013,839
 
   
270,454
 
Flowserve Corp.
   
7,713,348
 
   
641,484
 
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*
   
18,038,530
 
   
71,590
 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
   
13,120,299
 
   
61,140
 
Trane Technologies PLC
   
5,440,237
 
   
226,075
 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.
   
13,015,138
 
             
78,341,391
 
Information Technology — 15.2%
 
   
358,737
 
Amdocs, Ltd.
   
21,839,909
 
   
33,370
 
KLA Corp.
   
6,489,798
 
   
784,150
 
NortonLifeLock, Inc.
   
15,549,695
 
   
447,320
 
Oracle Corp.
   
24,723,376
 
             
68,602,778
 
Materials — 3.3%
 
   
140,365
 
PPG Industries, Inc.
   
14,887,112
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $416,578,601)
   
437,292,357
 
                 
Short-Term Investments — 3.1%
 
   
Money Market Funds — 3.1%
 
   
13,822,201
 
First American Government
       
       
  Obligations Fund — Class Z, 0.06%#
   
13,822,201
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $13,822,201)
   
13,822,201
 
Total Investments — 99.8% (Cost $430,400,802)
   
451,114,558
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.2%
   
897,077
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
 
$
452,011,635
 

*
Non-Income Producing
#
Annualized seven-day yield as of the date of this report.

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

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
GROWTH
   
FLEXIBLE
   
EQUITY
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
EQUITY
   
EQUITY
   
INCOME
   
GROWTH
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
                       
Total investments, at cost
 
$
1,445,012,743
   
$
258,058,560
   
$
47,335,778
   
$
2,090,351,698
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
1,405,926,140
     
243,851,239
     
30,991,729
     
880,486,331
 
Total investments, at market value
   
2,850,938,883
     
501,909,799
     
78,327,507
     
2,970,838,029
 
Cash
   
     
22,760
     
3,122
     
 
Receivables:
                               
Fund shares sold
   
2,059,902
     
403,076
     
74
     
27,315,076
 
Interest and dividends
   
704,445
     
91,532
     
180,788
     
1,283,944
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
90,872
     
29,543
     
33,300
     
158,788
 
Total Assets
   
2,853,794,102
     
502,456,710
     
78,544,791
     
2,999,595,837
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Payables:
                               
Fund shares redeemed
   
4,929,282
     
443,618
     
102,802
     
1,939,624
 
Distribution to shareholders
   
     
     
215,763
     
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
1,339,702
     
181,599
     
38,929
     
1,352,784
 
Service fees
   
122,143
     
45,217
     
6,993
     
165,130
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
226,080
     
44,211
     
7,637
     
233,148
 
Business management fees
   
116,202
     
20,651
     
3,244
     
117,392
 
Trustee fees
   
15,738
     
2,769
     
434
     
15,551
 
Distribution fees
   
2,730
     
904
     
181
     
59,782
 
Professional fees
   
88,866
     
33,511
     
22,818
     
78,135
 
Custody fees
   
15,731
     
3,119
     
686
     
13,233
 
Other liabilities
   
40,980
     
9,267
     
5,298
     
66,872
 
Total Liabilities
   
6,897,454
     
784,866
     
404,785
     
4,041,651
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
2,846,896,648
   
$
501,671,844
   
$
78,140,006
   
$
2,995,554,186
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
1,432,545,333
   
$
254,638,585
   
$
44,618,275
   
$
2,151,102,598
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
1,414,351,315
     
247,033,259
     
33,521,731
     
844,451,588
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
2,846,896,648
   
$
501,671,844
   
$
78,140,006
   
$
2,995,554,186
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
1,849,565,139
   
$
134,574,183
   
$
22,025,839
   
$
1,601,989,253
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
63,669,458
     
5,525,162
     
1,698,594
     
50,132,346
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
29.05
   
$
24.36
   
$
12.97
   
$
31.96
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
983,639,529
   
$
362,694,723
   
$
55,228,342
   
$
1,108,023,057
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
34,344,287
     
14,921,693
     
4,260,214
     
35,148,103
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
28.64
   
$
24.31
   
$
12.96
   
$
31.52
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
13,691,980
   
$
4,402,938
   
$
885,825
   
$
285,541,876
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
510,056
     
181,227
     
68,366
     
9,251,920
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
26.84
   
$
24.30
   
$
12.96
   
$
30.86
 

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

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
MID-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
GLOBAL
 
   
GROWTH
   
GROWTH
   
FUNDAMENTAL
   
LEADERS
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
VALUE FUND
   
FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
                       
Total investments, at cost
 
$
114,235,853
   
$
1,162,858,675
   
$
659,343,253
   
$
558,467,662
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
20,097,833
     
398,316,674
     
119,897,206
     
114,307,379
 
Total investments, at market value
   
134,333,686
     
1,561,175,349
     
779,240,459
     
672,775,041
 
Foreign currency (Cost of $—, $—, $— and $90,297, respectively.)
   
     
     
     
90,297
 
Receivables:
                               
Investments sold
   
     
9,833,470
     
     
 
Fund shares sold
   
383,350
     
1,706,868
     
1,215,310
     
2,075,246
 
Interest and dividends
   
35,642
     
443,294
     
876,535
     
475,226
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
27,966
     
74,856
     
39,272
     
45,582
 
Total Assets
   
134,780,644
     
1,573,233,837
     
781,371,576
     
675,461,392
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Payables:
                               
Investments purchased
   
5,837,353
     
8,327,991
     
4,876,570
     
2,152,852
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
     
1,108,288
     
1,911,740
     
31,266
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees, net
   
51,740
     
1,074,149
     
545,149
     
309,143
 
Service fees
   
3,480
     
63,616
     
54,008
     
8,333
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
10,123
     
125,547
     
77,599
     
52,583
 
Business management fees
   
4,963
     
63,185
     
32,068
     
27,034
 
Trustee fees
   
685
     
8,294
     
3,988
     
3,693
 
Distribution fees
   
     
2,561
     
948
     
 
Professional fees
   
20,542
     
57,715
     
42,184
     
32,655
 
Custody fees
   
2,900
     
7,946
     
6,169
     
37,151
 
Other liabilities
   
5,348
     
81,017
     
24,022
     
10,329
 
Total Liabilities
   
5,937,134
     
10,920,309
     
7,574,445
     
2,665,039
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
128,843,510
   
$
1,562,313,528
   
$
773,797,131
   
$
672,796,353
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
113,991,924
   
$
1,191,091,523
   
$
804,970,901
   
$
581,482,327
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
14,851,586
     
371,222,005
     
(31,173,770
)
   
91,314,026
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
128,843,510
   
$
1,562,313,528
   
$
773,797,131
   
$
672,796,353
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
100,366,655
   
$
1,039,126,120
   
$
336,818,545
   
$
605,982,895
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
7,241,759
     
23,451,175
     
17,500,196
     
36,987,457
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
13.86
   
$
44.31
   
$
19.25
   
$
16.38
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
28,476,855
   
$
511,028,158
   
$
432,498,477
   
$
66,813,458
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
2,061,630
     
23,088,871
     
22,507,449
     
4,084,102
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
13.81
   
$
22.13
   
$
19.22
   
$
16.36
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
12,159,250
   
$
4,480,109
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
576,295
     
234,562
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
21.10
   
$
19.10
   
$
 

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

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
INTERMEDIATE
   
TOTAL
   
STRATEGIC
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
INCOME
   
RETURN
   
BOND
   
BOND
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
                       
Investments – unaffiliated, at cost
 
$
130,536,111
   
$
408,994,162
   
$
161,008,836
   
$
148,892,561
 
Investments – affiliated, at cost (Note 3)
   
17,277,460
     
     
     
 
Total investments, at cost
   
147,813,571
     
408,994,162
     
161,008,836
     
148,892,561
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – unaffiliated
   
4,624,142
     
9,634,896
     
(352,507
)
   
7,138,652
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – affiliated (Note 3)
   
355,406
     
     
     
 
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
4,979,548
     
9,634,896
     
(352,507
)
   
7,138,652
 
Investments – unaffiliated, at market value
   
135,160,253
     
418,629,058
     
160,656,329
     
156,031,213
 
Investments – affiliated, at market value (Note 3)
   
17,632,866
     
     
     
 
Total investments, at market value
   
152,793,119
     
418,629,058
     
160,656,329
     
156,031,213
 
Cash deposit at broker – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
134,370
     
198,823
     
411,472
     
155,063
 
Gross unrealized appreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
361,638
     
     
108,940
 
Receivables:
                               
Investments sold
   
1,770,633
     
5,248,811
     
1,154,565
     
2,036,076
 
Fund shares sold
   
141,079
     
873,867
     
153,589
     
303,700
 
Interest and dividends
   
631,522
     
2,318,158
     
1,073,439
     
868,457
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
32,050
     
33,212
     
19,470
     
42,715
 
Total Assets
   
155,502,773
     
427,663,567
     
163,468,864
     
159,546,164
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Gross unrealized depreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
358,453
     
152,042
     
214,276
 
Payables:
                               
Investments purchased
   
3,253,610
     
33,955,842
     
16,853,059
     
3,369,795
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
90,773
     
69,887
     
426,013
     
56,226
 
Distribution to shareholders
   
136,489
     
456,831
     
257,681
     
214,034
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees, net
   
32,641
     
94,712
     
49,359
     
37,857
 
Service fees
   
6,116
     
177
     
15
     
83
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
19,247
     
46,308
     
27,229
     
20,985
 
Business management fees
   
6,116
     
15,785
     
6,170
     
6,309
 
Trustee fees
   
863
     
2,255
     
839
     
913
 
Distribution fees
   
738
     
     
     
 
Professional fees
   
24,925
     
30,992
     
26,763
     
22,298
 
Custodian fees
   
1,617
     
2,879
     
1,677
     
1,264
 
Other liabilities
   
5,516
     
6,675
     
5,910
     
5,096
 
Total Liabilities
   
3,578,651
     
35,040,796
     
17,806,757
     
3,949,136
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
151,924,122
   
$
392,622,771
   
$
145,662,107
   
$
155,597,028
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
146,941,835
   
$
375,260,039
   
$
157,376,613
   
$
146,176,166
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
4,982,287
     
17,362,732
     
(11,714,506
)
   
9,420,862
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
151,924,122
   
$
392,622,771
   
$
145,662,107
   
$
155,597,028
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
388,099,758
   
$
145,280,170
   
$
153,471,587
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
36,933,078
     
15,635,730
     
14,557,108
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
10.51
   
$
9.29
   
$
10.54
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
148,300,092
   
$
4,523,013
   
$
381,937
   
$
2,125,441
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
13,408,978
     
430,441
     
41,076
     
201,578
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
11.06
   
$
10.51
   
$
9.30
   
$
10.54
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
3,624,030
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
335,084
     
     
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
10.82
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

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

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2020

               
BROWN
       
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
ADVISORY
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
TAX-EXEMPT
   
ADVISORY
 
   
MARYLAND
   
TAX-EXEMPT
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
MORTGAGE
 
   
BOND
   
BOND
   
BOND
   
SECURITIES
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
 
ASSETS
                       
Investments:
                       
Total investments, at cost
 
$
169,378,687
   
$
1,054,041,191
   
$
154,987,311
   
$
260,026,469
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
4,618,303
     
23,305,505
     
(343,063
)
   
9,613,551
 
Total investments, at market value
   
173,996,990
     
1,077,346,696
     
154,644,248
     
269,640,020
 
Cash deposit at broker – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
140,860
 
Gross unrealized appreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
 
Receivables:
                               
Investments sold
   
     
     
     
20,450
 
Fund shares sold
   
360,202
     
1,763,250
     
8,755,000
     
382,467
 
Interest and dividends
   
2,289,990
     
7,370,491
     
1,186,482
     
1,391,377
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
5,778
     
81,261
     
18,290
     
33,433
 
Total Assets
   
176,652,960
     
1,086,561,698
     
164,604,020
     
271,608,607
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Gross unrealized depreciation – futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
20,623
 
Payables:
                               
Investments purchased
   
     
     
7,368,063
     
23,202,350
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
83,383
     
1,907,306
     
2,533
     
25,682
 
Distribution to shareholders
   
261,177
     
1,744,245
     
120,681
     
251,078
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
42,944
     
268,823
     
33,055
     
61,406
 
Service fees
   
7,157
     
408
     
5,509
     
331
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
19,141
     
93,918
     
13,357
     
40,609
 
Business management fees
   
7,157
     
44,804
     
5,509
     
10,234
 
Trustee fees
   
1,031
     
6,609
     
672
     
1,471
 
Professional fees
   
25,481
     
51,563
     
16,207
     
28,147
 
Custodian fees
   
988
     
6,805
     
847
     
3,987
 
Other liabilities
   
6,210
     
11,063
     
5,803
     
6,280
 
Total Liabilities
   
454,669
     
4,135,544
     
7,572,236
     
23,652,198
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
176,198,291
   
$
1,082,426,154
   
$
157,031,784
   
$
247,956,409
 
                                 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                               
Paid-in capital
 
$
174,432,190
   
$
1,081,673,542
   
$
157,257,683
   
$
242,531,726
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
1,766,101
     
752,612
     
(225,899
)
   
5,424,683
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
176,198,291
   
$
1,082,426,154
   
$
157,031,784
   
$
247,956,409
 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                               
Institutional Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
1,072,443,729
   
$
   
$
238,201,655
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
106,351,269
     
     
22,779,028
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
10.08
   
$
   
$
10.46
 
Investor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
176,198,291
   
$
9,982,425
   
$
157,031,784
   
$
9,754,754
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
16,513,306
     
989,752
     
15,900,601
     
931,591
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
10.67
   
$
10.09
   
$
9.88
   
$
10.47
 
Advisor Shares:
                               
Net assets
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
     
     
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

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

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
             
   
ADVISORY –
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
WMC
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY –
 
   
STRATEGIC
   
EMERGING
   
BEUTEL
 
   
EUROPEAN
   
MARKETS
   
GOODMAN
 
   
EQUITY
   
SELECT
   
LARGE-CAP
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
VALUE FUND
 
ASSETS
                 
Investments:
                 
Total investments, at cost
 
$
272,637,246
   
$
267,185,191
   
$
430,400,802
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
38,476,134
     
3,483,038
     
20,713,756
 
Total investments, at market value
   
311,113,380
     
270,668,229
     
451,114,558
 
Foreign currency (Cost of $433, $358,987 and $—, respectively.)
   
433
     
359,087
     
 
Receivables:
                       
Investments sold
   
     
432,814
     
 
Fund shares sold
   
264,539
     
2,355,297
     
514,370
 
Interest and dividends
   
3,190,267
     
1,222,669
     
786,353
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
23,191
     
48,216
     
26,862
 
Total Assets
   
314,591,810
     
275,086,312
     
452,442,143
 
LIABILITIES
                       
Payables:
                       
Investments purchased
   
163,294
     
1,392,969
     
 
Fund shares redeemed
   
885,592
     
1,799,925
     
161,788
 
Accrued Liabilities:
                       
Investment advisory fees
   
238,031
     
202,263
     
168,976
 
Service fees
   
3,164
     
520
     
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
26,859
     
25,634
     
37,585
 
Business management fees
   
13,224
     
11,237
     
18,775
 
Trustee fees
   
1,755
     
1,552
     
2,532
 
Distribution fees
   
801
     
11
     
 
Professional fees
   
32,219
     
29,952
     
29,357
 
Custodian fees
   
34,229
     
68,102
     
4,415
 
Other liabilities
   
71,591
     
17,561
     
7,080
 
Total Liabilities
   
1,470,759
     
3,549,726
     
430,508
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
313,121,051
   
$
271,536,586
   
$
452,011,635
 
                         
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
                       
Paid-in capital
 
$
291,514,176
   
$
305,031,295
   
$
437,854,668
 
Total distributable earnings (loss)
   
21,606,875
     
(33,494,709
)
   
14,156,967
 
NET ASSETS
 
$
313,121,051
   
$
271,536,586
   
$
452,011,635
 
                         
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
                       
Institutional Shares:
                       
Net assets
 
$
287,081,027
   
$
267,281,866
   
$
452,011,635
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
27,322,373
     
30,182,502
     
42,616,567
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
10.51
   
$
8.86
   
$
10.61
 
Investor Shares:
                       
Net assets
 
$
22,223,667
   
$
4,202,360
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
2,120,804
     
474,901
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
10.48
   
$
8.85
   
$
 
Advisor Shares:
                       
Net assets
 
$
3,816,357
   
$
52,360
   
$
 
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)
   
367,714
     
5,900
     
 
Net asset value per share
 
$
10.38
   
$
8.87
   
$
 

 

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For the Year Ended June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
GROWTH
   
FLEXIBLE
   
EQUITY
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
EQUITY
   
EQUITY
   
INCOME
   
GROWTH
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income
 
$
12,538,141
   
$
4,991,562
   
$
2,111,203
   
$
14,368,171
 
Less: foreign taxes withheld
   
(114,583
)
   
(93,574
)
   
(34,706
)
   
(131,545
)
Interest Income
   
895,727
     
184,848
     
60,519
     
615,479
 
Total investment income
   
13,319,285
     
5,082,836
     
2,137,016
     
14,852,105
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
14,617,201
     
2,171,857
     
520,654
     
11,578,675
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
1,308,100
     
528,966
     
90,787
     
1,012,376
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
13,903
     
7,024
     
1,406
     
390,085
 
Business management fees
   
1,260,655
     
246,482
     
43,388
     
984,617
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
816,311
     
163,106
     
30,843
     
663,501
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
147,885
     
39,283
     
22,584
     
194,240
 
Professional fees
   
163,792
     
48,603
     
25,566
     
130,358
 
Trustee fees
   
114,180
     
22,903
     
4,167
     
81,140
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
23,172
     
11,707
     
2,343
     
650,141
 
Custody fees
   
78,999
     
16,139
     
3,487
     
65,272
 
Registration fees
   
117,973
     
56,214
     
45,938
     
135,140
 
Insurance fees
   
33,987
     
6,962
     
1,305
     
19,537
 
Total Expenses
   
18,696,158
     
3,319,246
     
792,468
     
15,905,082
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
(5,376,873
)
   
1,763,590
     
1,344,548
     
(1,052,977
)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
   
209,265,648
     
11,364,792
     
4,124,769
     
(33,269,143
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
336,064,454
     
38,237,879
     
(6,022,094
)
   
505,822,522
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
545,330,102
     
49,602,671
     
(1,897,325
)
   
472,553,379
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
539,953,229
   
$
51,366,261
   
$
(552,777
)
 
$
471,500,402
 

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

 

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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
MID-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
SMALL-CAP
   
GLOBAL
 
   
GROWTH
   
GROWTH
   
FUNDAMENTAL
   
LEADERS
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
VALUE FUND
   
FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income
 
$
394,032
   
$
5,277,925
   
$
16,565,019
   
$
4,892,269
 
Less: foreign taxes withheld
   
(5,627
)
   
(60,532
)
   
     
(390,386
)
Interest Income
   
31,639
     
1,628,950
     
550,365
     
145,699
 
Total investment income
   
420,044
     
6,846,343
     
17,115,384
     
4,647,582
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
460,432
     
11,824,663
     
7,632,507
     
2,513,752
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
15,733
     
721,658
     
805,951
     
49,480
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
20,497
     
10,467
     
 
Business management fees
   
35,418
     
695,568
     
448,971
     
193,366
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
26,748
     
458,543
     
306,497
     
131,765
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
22,817
     
255,422
     
79,180
     
41,023
 
Professional fees
   
22,151
     
100,335
     
71,812
     
41,595
 
Trustee fees
   
2,859
     
61,810
     
44,507
     
15,447
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
     
34,162
     
17,444
     
 
Custody fees
   
13,133
     
45,176
     
37,973
     
162,907
 
Registration fees
   
37,296
     
101,844
     
66,191
     
57,617
 
Insurance fees
   
640
     
19,144
     
14,599
     
3,310
 
Total Expenses
   
637,227
     
14,338,822
     
9,536,099
     
3,210,262
 
Expenses waived by adviser – expense cap (Note 3)
   
(125,645
)
   
     
     
(260,299
)
Net Expenses
   
511,582
     
14,338,822
     
9,536,099
     
2,949,963
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
(91,538
)
   
(7,492,479
)
   
7,579,285
     
1,697,619
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
   
(4,741,929
)
   
(20,160,153
)
   
(130,124,556
)
   
(20,527,544
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
12,639,597
     
72,885,748
     
(56,534,126
)
   
78,134,617
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
7,897,668
     
52,725,595
     
(186,658,682
)
   
57,607,073
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
7,806,130
   
$
45,233,116
   
$
(179,079,397
)
 
$
59,304,692
 

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

 

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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
 
   
INTERMEDIATE
   
TOTAL
   
STRATEGIC
   
SUSTAINABLE
 
   
INCOME
   
RETURN
   
BOND
   
BOND
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income – unaffiliated
 
$
   
$
60,819
   
$
83,760
   
$
 
Dividend income – affiliated (Note 3)
   
326,588
     
     
     
 
Interest Income
   
3,566,499
     
9,997,440
     
7,447,083
     
4,341,664
 
Total investment income
   
3,893,087
     
10,058,259
     
7,530,843
     
4,341,664
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
427,569
     
982,568
     
792,285
     
418,244
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
69,463
     
2,062
     
778
     
612
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
1,798
     
     
     
 
Business management fees
   
71,262
     
163,761
     
99,036
     
69,707
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
75,992
     
168,001
     
121,847
     
76,608
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
24,621
     
27,353
     
24,340
     
19,469
 
Professional fees
   
29,326
     
40,009
     
33,200
     
26,274
 
Trustee fees
   
6,788
     
14,112
     
9,549
     
6,308
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
8,993
     
     
     
 
Custodian fees
   
9,201
     
16,915
     
10,058
     
8,527
 
Registration fees
   
37,482
     
46,380
     
44,630
     
42,966
 
Insurance fees
   
1,982
     
3,543
     
2,920
     
1,814
 
Interest expense – line of credit
   
     
223
     
     
 
Total Expenses
   
764,477
     
1,464,927
     
1,138,643
     
670,529
 
Expenses waived by adviser – investments in affiliates (Note 3)
   
(56,928
)
   
     
     
 
Net Expenses
   
707,549
     
1,464,927
     
1,138,643
     
670,529
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
3,185,538
     
8,593,332
     
6,392,200
     
3,671,135
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on:
                               
Investments – unaffiliated
   
(902,596
)
   
(497,025
)
   
(6,421,817
)
   
1,986,255
 
Investments – affiliated (Note 3)
   
395,848
     
     
     
 
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
2,247,113
     
16,157,055
     
(91,501
)
   
2,545,754
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
1,740,365
     
15,660,030
     
(6,513,318
)
   
4,532,009
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
                               
Investments – unaffiliated
   
2,570,737
     
5,064,634
     
(2,211,882
)
   
3,091,154
 
Investments – affiliated (Note 3)
   
374,849
     
     
     
 
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
(342,163
)
   
(2,808,121
)
   
(152,042
)
   
(515,899
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
2,603,423
     
2,256,513
     
(2,363,924
)
   
2,575,255
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
4,343,788
     
17,916,543
     
(8,877,242
)
   
7,107,264
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
7,529,326
   
$
26,509,875
   
$
(2,485,042
)
 
$
10,778,399
 

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

 

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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2020

               
BROWN
       
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
   
ADVISORY
   
BROWN
 
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY
   
TAX-EXEMPT
   
ADVISORY
 
   
MARYLAND
   
TAX-EXEMPT
   
SUSTAINABLE
   
MORTGAGE
 
   
BOND
   
BOND
   
BOND
   
SECURITIES
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
FUND*
   
FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                       
Dividend income
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
119,444
 
Interest Income
   
5,104,967
     
31,544,291
     
1,017,554
     
3,849,577
 
Total investment income
   
5,104,967
     
31,544,291
     
1,017,554
     
3,969,021
 
EXPENSES
                               
Investment advisory fees
   
547,941
     
3,374,494
     
152,258
     
775,762
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
91,323
     
7,351
     
25,376
     
947
 
Business management fees
   
91,323
     
562,416
     
25,376
     
129,294
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
77,317
     
389,974
     
24,368
     
162,856
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
25,949
     
72,371
     
17,744
     
26,928
 
Professional fees
   
31,094
     
86,228
     
16,207
     
36,379
 
Trustee fees
   
8,834
     
49,616
     
1,655
     
12,888
 
Custodian fees
   
5,752
     
35,875
     
2,358
     
23,898
 
Registration fees
   
8,850
     
91,261
     
14,680
     
39,899
 
Insurance fees
   
2,597
     
13,501
     
30
     
4,015
 
Interest expense – secured borrowing from tender option bonds
   
     
43,341
     
     
 
Total Expenses
   
890,980
     
4,726,428
     
280,052
     
1,212,866
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
4,213,987
     
26,817,863
     
737,502
     
2,756,155
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on:
                               
Investments
   
40,685
     
(10,370,011
)
   
117,164
     
7,056,769
 
Securities sold short
   
     
     
     
(154,102
)
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
3,497,152
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
40,685
     
(10,370,011
)
   
117,164
     
10,399,819
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
                               
Investments
   
(1,469,500
)
   
(5,369,003
)
   
(343,063
)
   
3,165,354
 
Futures contracts (Note 6)
   
     
     
     
(1,099,731
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(1,469,500
)
   
(5,369,003
)
   
(343,063
)
   
2,065,623
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
(1,428,815
)
   
(15,739,014
)
   
(225,899
)
   
12,465,442
 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
2,785,172
   
$
11,078,849
   
$
511,603
   
$
15,221,597
 

*
Fund commenced operations on December 2, 2019.  Information is for the period from December 2, 2019 to June 30, 2020.

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

 

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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2020

   
BROWN
             
   
ADVISORY –
   
BROWN
   
BROWN
 
   
WMC
   
ADVISORY
   
ADVISORY –
 
   
STRATEGIC
   
EMERGING
   
BEUTEL
 
   
EUROPEAN
   
MARKETS
   
GOODMAN
 
   
EQUITY
   
SELECT
   
LARGE-CAP
 
   
FUND
   
FUND
   
VALUE FUND
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
                 
Dividend income
 
$
6,357,769
   
$
8,711,122
   
$
22,293,964
 
Less: foreign taxes withheld
   
(603,476
)
   
(1,101,518
)
   
 
Interest Income
   
192,156
     
151,017
     
178,170
 
Total investment income
   
5,946,449
     
7,760,621
     
22,472,134
 
EXPENSES
                       
Investment advisory fees
   
3,873,776
     
2,877,445
     
1,733,518
 
Service fees – Investor Shares (Note 3)
   
26,329
     
6,970
     
 
Service fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
8,374
     
199
     
 
Business management fees
   
215,210
     
159,858
     
192,613
 
Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees
   
141,364
     
112,789
     
128,538
 
Miscellaneous expenses
   
94,553
     
66,196
     
27,559
 
Professional fees
   
46,019
     
32,737
     
40,044
 
Trustee fees
   
22,905
     
14,261
     
16,597
 
Distribution fees – Advisor Shares (Note 3)
   
13,957
     
332
     
 
Custodian fees
   
238,642
     
374,989
     
23,157
 
Registration fees
   
61,215
     
66,422
     
34,193
 
Insurance fees
   
7,093
     
4,687
     
4,200
 
Interest expense – line of credit
   
366
     
395
     
10
 
Total Expenses
   
4,749,803
     
3,717,280
     
2,200,429
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
   
1,196,646
     
4,043,341
     
20,271,705
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
                       
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
   
17,572,658
     
(23,123,861
)
   
(16,714,433
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
   
(41,969,646
)
   
(3,503,124
)
   
3,067,903
 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
   
(24,396,988
)
   
(26,626,985
)
   
(13,646,530
)
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
(23,200,342
)
 
$
(22,583,644
)
 
$
6,625,175
 

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

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   
BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
GROWTH EQUITY FUND
   
FLEXIBLE EQUITY FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
(5,376,873
)
 
$
(5,831,050
)
 
$
1,763,590
   
$
3,065,658
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
209,265,648
     
169,374,545
     
11,364,792
     
19,425,595
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
336,064,454
     
154,675,163
     
38,237,879
     
16,141,116
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
539,953,229
     
318,218,658
     
51,366,261
     
38,632,369
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(78,470,295
)
   
(31,938,112
)
   
(6,703,163
)
   
(4,982,976
)
Investor Shares
   
(41,945,136
)
   
(170,284,138
)
   
(16,756,039
)
   
(11,627,698
)
Advisor Shares
   
(435,105
)
   
(633,523
)
   
(222,591
)
   
(152,574
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(120,850,536
)
   
(202,855,773
)
   
(23,681,793
)
   
(16,763,248
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
400,871,155
     
1,214,065,021
     
15,519,730
     
15,209,667
 
Investor Shares
   
203,436,442
     
173,036,435
     
36,125,316
     
37,630,673
 
Advisor Shares
   
8,657,340
     
1,736,644
     
529,537
     
173,850
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
71,765,266
     
25,119,029
     
4,713,060
     
4,128,381
 
Investor Shares
   
38,531,279
     
158,805,779
     
8,421,752
     
6,006,030
 
Advisor Shares
   
384,904
     
570,681
     
194,869
     
131,607
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(419,582,417
)
   
(199,631,475
)
   
(28,046,512
)
   
(21,274,184
)
Investor Shares
   
(231,327,940
)
   
(1,199,080,020
)
   
(46,101,607
)
   
(31,566,261
)
Advisor Shares
   
(3,671,135
)
   
(2,115,835
)
   
(1,127,841
)
   
(2,321,621
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
16,456
     
3,234
     
119
     
 
Investor Shares
   
8,733
     
2,185
     
312
     
 
Advisor Shares
   
107
     
4
     
4
     
3
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
69,090,190
     
172,511,682
     
(9,771,261
)
   
8,118,145
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
488,192,883
     
287,874,567
     
17,913,207
     
29,987,266
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
2,358,703,765
     
2,070,829,198
     
483,758,637
     
453,771,371
 
End of period
 
$
2,846,896,648
   
$
2,358,703,765
   
$
501,671,844
   
$
483,758,637
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
15,650,481
     
56,772,050
     
685,993
     
695,341
 
Investor Shares
   
8,240,080
     
7,510,920
     
1,589,985
     
1,758,262
 
Advisor Shares
   
360,197
     
78,798
     
22,425
     
8,068
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
2,761,264
     
1,280,930
     
189,312
     
213,265
 
Investor Shares
   
1,502,780
     
8,190,086
     
339,273
     
309,491
 
Advisor Shares
   
15,991
     
31,185
     
7,852
     
6,780
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(16,182,952
)
   
(8,717,249
)
   
(1,248,345
)
   
(990,468
)
Investor Shares
   
(9,207,220
)
   
(56,836,557
)
   
(2,039,015
)
   
(1,470,632
)
Advisor Shares
   
(155,510
)
   
(96,472
)
   
(52,209
)
   
(105,832
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
2,985,111
     
8,213,691
     
(504,729
)
   
424,275
 

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
EQUITY INCOME FUND
   
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
1,344,548
   
$
1,609,667
   
$
(1,052,977
)
 
$
(221,299
)
Net realized gain (loss)
   
4,124,769
     
7,006,550
     
(33,269,143
)
   
14,589,301
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(6,022,094
)
   
2,049,045
     
505,822,522
     
168,526,897
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
(552,777
)
   
10,665,262
     
471,500,402
     
182,894,899
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(2,414,169
)
   
(3,458,904
)
   
(7,161,993
)
   
(14,400,593
)
Investor Shares
   
(5,617,757
)
   
(8,182,576
)
   
(4,864,731
)
   
(4,531,789
)
Advisor Shares
   
(86,596
)
   
(124,204
)
   
(2,000,138
)
   
(7,216,074
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(8,118,522
)
   
(11,765,684
)
   
(14,026,862
)
   
(26,148,456
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,634,954
     
1,204,412
     
793,321,819
     
341,962,244
 
Investor Shares
   
4,418,792
     
2,199,841
     
815,575,575
     
358,637,346
 
Advisor Shares
   
117,418
     
46,946
     
51,251,840
     
33,138,882
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,966,393
     
3,219,492
     
4,922,448
     
10,630,756
 
Investor Shares
   
2,374,278
     
3,472,257
     
4,633,379
     
4,159,852
 
Advisor Shares
   
77,983
     
112,078
     
1,807,570
     
6,736,941
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(5,336,182
)
   
(5,635,593
)
   
(195,572,031
)
   
(59,777,923
)
Investor Shares
   
(7,985,179
)
   
(9,087,646
)
   
(244,928,528
)
   
(128,921,185
)
Advisor Shares
   
(232,876
)
   
(220,207
)
   
(68,597,926
)
   
(32,840,757
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
41,514
     
2,125
 
Investor Shares
   
     
     
27,442
     
7,666
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
15
     
9,470
     
351
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(2,964,419
)
   
(4,688,405
)
   
1,162,492,572
     
533,736,298
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(11,635,718
)
   
(5,788,827
)
   
1,619,966,112
     
690,482,741
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
89,775,724
     
95,564,551
     
1,375,588,074
     
685,105,333
 
End of period
 
$
78,140,006
   
$
89,775,724
   
$
2,995,554,186
   
$
1,375,588,074
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
118,475
     
89,966
     
28,646,694
     
14,360,645
 
Investor Shares
   
319,670
     
167,988
     
29,732,433
     
15,163,632
 
Advisor Shares
   
8,186
     
3,826
     
1,911,307
     
1,408,385
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
141,578
     
258,861
     
176,558
     
505,024
 
Investor Shares
   
169,098
     
282,353
     
168,303
     
199,801
 
Advisor Shares
   
5,612
     
9,047
     
66,972
     
329,274
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(430,780
)
   
(421,246
)
   
(7,111,324
)
   
(2,501,182
)
Investor Shares
   
(633,456
)
   
(662,890
)
   
(9,126,936
)
   
(5,473,465
)
Advisor Shares
   
(17,381
)
   
(15,743
)
   
(2,528,241
)
   
(1,438,394
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(318,998
)
   
(287,838
)
   
41,935,766
     
22,553,720
 

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
MID-CAP GROWTH FUND
   
SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
(91,538
)
 
$
(12,223
)
 
$
(7,492,479
)
 
$
(4,469,244
)
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(4,741,929
)
   
9,412
     
(20,160,153
)
   
70,447,097
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
12,639,597
     
6,000,860
     
72,885,748
     
85,126,028
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
7,806,130
     
5,998,049
     
45,233,116
     
151,103,881
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(147,231
)
   
(251,515
)
   
(18,379,205
)
   
(18,857,505
)
Investor Shares
   
(3,180
)
   
(28,594
)
   
(9,927,383
)
   
(20,274,985
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(295,436
)
   
(736,847
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(150,411
)
   
(280,109
)
   
(28,602,024
)
   
(39,869,337
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
59,227,073
     
45,446,576
     
374,470,987
     
453,596,629
 
Investor Shares
   
31,906,535
     
4,870,115
     
112,714,527
     
84,662,520
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
3,190,952
     
3,596,032
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
105,612
     
175,744
     
17,184,357
     
17,134,301
 
Investor Shares
   
3,180
     
6,330
     
6,524,308
     
13,467,349
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
235,996
     
472,665
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(10,777,556
)
   
(7,410,342
)
   
(202,151,171
)
   
(123,532,084
)
Investor Shares
   
(4,613,788
)
   
(24,847,122
)
   
(107,708,327
)
   
(124,299,139
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(5,389,945
)
   
(9,409,409
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
1,729
     
332
 
Investor Shares
   
     
     
869
     
9
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
23
     
308
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
75,851,056
     
18,241,301
     
199,074,305
     
315,689,513
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
83,506,775
     
23,959,241
     
215,705,397
     
426,924,057
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
45,336,735
     
21,377,494
     
1,346,608,131
     
919,684,074
 
End of period
 
$
128,843,510
   
$
45,336,735
   
$
1,562,313,528
   
$
1,346,608,131
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
4,918,916
     
3,888,574
     
9,043,798
     
11,137,950
 
Investor Shares
   
2,204,386
     
411,866
     
5,730,004
     
4,315,251
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
156,259
     
188,531
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
7,754
     
17,435
     
392,516
     
504,201
 
Investor Shares
   
234
     
628
     
298,050
     
789,396
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
11,297
     
29,009
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(910,792
)
   
(680,128
)
   
(4,943,275
)
   
(3,128,368
)
Investor Shares
   
(366,462
)
   
(2,071,357
)
   
(5,234,383
)
   
(6,245,404
)
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
(276,297
)
   
(480,780
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
5,854,036
     
1,567,018
     
5,177,969
     
7,109,786
 

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND
   
GLOBAL LEADERS FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
7,579,285
   
$
11,586,937
   
$
1,697,619
   
$
1,023,454
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(130,124,556
)
   
87,538,333
     
(20,527,544
)
   
(3,182,936
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(56,534,126
)
   
(151,351,080
)
   
78,134,617
     
21,420,078
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
(179,079,397
)
   
(52,225,810
)
   
59,304,692
     
19,260,596
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(17,665,988
)
   
(61,245,393
)
   
(1,110,880
)
   
(320,277
)
Investor Shares
   
(29,652,680
)
   
(69,753,987
)
   
(61,528
)
   
(26,825
)
Advisor Shares
   
(388,948
)
   
(2,165,335
)
   
     
 
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(47,707,616
)
   
(133,164,715
)
   
(1,172,408
)
   
(347,102
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
175,871,287
     
286,399,463
     
385,866,483
     
206,071,635
 
Investor Shares
   
208,267,812
     
64,699,564
     
50,300,050
     
59,641,568
 
Advisor Shares
   
378,763
     
1,897,188
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
12,695,459
     
41,165,697
     
257,184
     
87,785
 
Investor Shares
   
18,062,610
     
44,121,355
     
46,787
     
14,683
 
Advisor Shares
   
368,764
     
2,090,046
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(223,014,986
)
   
(202,513,956
)
   
(43,163,681
)
   
(14,648,283
)
Investor Shares
   
(222,672,600
)
   
(311,577,993
)
   
(11,848,832
)
   
(122,987,577
)
Advisor Shares
   
(2,823,549
)
   
(17,532,405
)
   
     
 
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
236
     
5,423
     
112
     
36
 
Investor Shares
   
365
     
9
     
12
     
157
 
Advisor Shares
   
5
     
261
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(32,865,834
)
   
(91,245,348
)
   
381,458,115
     
128,180,004
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(259,652,847
)
   
(276,635,873
)
   
439,590,399
     
147,093,498
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
1,033,449,978
     
1,310,085,851
     
233,205,954
     
86,112,456
 
End of period
 
$
773,797,131
   
$
1,033,449,978
   
$
672,796,353
   
$
233,205,954
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
9,485,098
     
10,281,751
     
25,846,034
     
15,186,717
 
Investor Shares
   
10,851,428
     
2,606,432
     
3,607,720
     
4,223,089
 
Advisor Shares
   
16,534
     
71,572
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
499,923
     
1,856,445
     
15,218
     
7,172
 
Investor Shares
   
712,736
     
1,989,311
     
2,770
     
1,200
 
Advisor Shares
   
14,634
     
94,809
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(10,565,739
)
   
(8,146,724
)
   
(2,933,381
)
   
(1,134,303
)
Investor Shares
   
(12,378,205
)
   
(11,298,838
)
   
(770,558
)
   
(9,212,269
)
Advisor Shares
   
(137,221
)
   
(689,443
)
   
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(1,500,812
)
   
(3,234,685
)
   
25,767,803
     
9,071,606
 

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND
   
TOTAL RETURN FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
3,185,538
   
$
3,440,312
   
$
8,593,332
   
$
5,925,817
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
1,740,365
     
(689,393
)
   
15,660,030
     
2,250,768
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
2,603,423
     
5,357,033
     
2,256,513
     
8,569,473
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
7,529,326
     
8,107,952
     
26,509,875
     
16,746,058
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
(15,553,156
)
   
(5,843,105
)
Investor Shares
   
(3,179,760
)
   
(3,236,114
)
   
(182,090
)
   
(107,565
)
Advisor Shares
   
(74,932
)
   
(84,055
)
   
     
 
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(3,254,692
)
   
(3,320,169
)
   
(15,735,246
)
   
(5,950,670
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
222,481,486
     
134,263,932
 
Investor Shares
   
47,528,552
     
31,974,326
     
1,981,023
     
2,404,176
 
Advisor Shares
   
79,040
     
81,553
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
8,508,031
     
1,804,015
 
Investor Shares
   
1,015,867
     
928,274
     
140,974
     
72,245
 
Advisor Shares
   
68,639
     
57,663
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
(99,570,279
)
   
(22,004,981
)
Investor Shares
   
(39,581,033
)
   
(27,451,535
)
   
(2,682,606
)
   
(345,153
)
Advisor Shares
   
(251,405
)
   
(430,919
)
   
     
 
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
128
     
 
Investor Shares
   
     
1
     
3
     
 
Advisor Shares
   
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
8,859,660
     
5,159,363
     
130,858,760
     
116,194,234
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
13,134,294
     
9,947,146
     
141,633,389
     
126,989,622
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
138,789,828
     
128,842,682
     
250,989,382
     
123,999,760
 
End of period
 
$
151,924,122
   
$
138,789,828
   
$
392,622,771
   
$
250,989,382
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
21,740,019
     
13,690,421
 
Investor Shares
   
4,387,167
     
3,079,002
     
193,932
     
241,142
 
Advisor Shares
   
7,481
     
8,014
     
     
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
835,677
     
183,175
 
Investor Shares
   
93,839
     
89,217
     
13,795
     
7,349
 
Advisor Shares
   
6,485
     
5,649
     
     
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
(9,712,425
)
   
(2,220,358
)
Investor Shares
   
(3,683,244
)
   
(2,642,447
)
   
(258,127
)
   
(35,530
)
Advisor Shares
   
(23,583
)
   
(42,328
)
   
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
788,145
     
497,107
     
12,812,871
     
11,866,199
 

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
STRATEGIC BOND FUND
   
SUSTAINABLE BOND FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
6,392,200
   
$
6,350,755
   
$
3,671,135
   
$
2,813,703
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(6,513,318
)
   
(1,451,277
)
   
4,532,009
     
91,953
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(2,363,924
)
   
2,922,328
     
2,575,255
     
5,217,046
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
(2,485,042
)
   
7,821,806
     
10,778,399
     
8,122,702
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(6,509,752
)
   
(6,353,117
)
   
(5,317,862
)
   
(2,447,030
)
Investor Shares
   
(48,237
)
   
(35,886
)
   
(40,327
)
   
(359,798
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(6,557,989
)
   
(6,389,003
)
   
(5,358,189
)
   
(2,806,828
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
60,731,099
     
91,338,915
     
79,922,729
     
137,251,390
 
Investor Shares
   
420,131
     
1,984,929
     
2,242,093
     
13,050,813
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,823,106
     
1,270,091
     
2,196,982
     
389,456
 
Investor Shares
   
46,932
     
35,545
     
36,876
     
121,617
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(112,840,919
)
   
(30,848,146
)
   
(60,501,878
)
   
(16,988,816
)
Investor Shares
   
(1,565,735
)
   
(487,540
)
   
(1,071,319
)
   
(66,081,904
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
139
     
150
     
1,401
     
 
Investor Shares
   
1
     
40
     
19
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(51,385,246
)
   
63,293,984
     
22,826,903
     
67,742,556
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(60,428,277
)
   
64,726,787
     
28,247,113
     
73,058,430
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
206,090,384
     
141,363,597
     
127,349,915
     
54,291,485
 
End of period
 
$
145,662,107
   
$
206,090,384
   
$
155,597,028
   
$
127,349,915
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
6,406,284
     
9,600,905
     
7,806,001
     
14,165,832
 
Investor Shares
   
44,158
     
209,165
     
217,078
     
1,348,441
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
193,660
     
133,702
     
216,092
     
39,625
 
Investor Shares
   
4,909
     
3,739
     
3,605
     
12,602
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(12,304,019
)
   
(3,241,949
)
   
(5,944,196
)
   
(1,726,246
)
Investor Shares
   
(192,255
)
   
(51,135
)
   
(106,285
)
   
(6,869,071
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(5,847,263
)
   
6,654,427
     
2,192,295
     
6,971,183
 

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
MARYLAND BOND FUND
   
TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
4,213,987
   
$
4,845,626
   
$
26,817,863
   
$
21,795,193
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
40,685
     
(543,793
)
   
(10,370,011
)
   
(1,493,959
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(1,469,500
)
   
5,517,531
     
(5,369,003
)
   
26,180,265
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
2,785,172
     
9,819,364
     
11,078,849
     
46,481,499
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
(30,647,912
)
   
(17,854,169
)
Investor Shares
   
(4,826,066
)
   
(4,845,626
)
   
(399,133
)
   
(3,941,024
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(4,826,066
)
   
(4,845,626
)
   
(31,047,045
)
   
(21,795,193
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
615,524,124
     
1,049,625,643
 
Investor Shares
   
32,579,695
     
36,672,964
     
11,031,021
     
84,945,677
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
7,064,583
     
3,636,859
 
Investor Shares
   
1,125,659
     
1,358,666
     
259,177
     
957,286
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
(481,534,100
)
   
(129,045,070
)
Investor Shares
   
(37,539,392
)
   
(42,164,096
)
   
(20,193,394
)
   
(504,486,079
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
15,020
     
782
 
Investor Shares
   
1,579
     
     
173
     
312
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(3,832,459
)
   
(4,132,466
)
   
132,166,604
     
505,635,410
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(5,873,353
)
   
841,272
     
112,198,408
     
530,321,716
 
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
182,071,644
     
181,230,372
     
970,227,746
     
439,906,030
 
End of period
 
$
176,198,291
   
$
182,071,644
   
$
1,082,426,154
   
$
970,227,746
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
60,408,578
     
105,870,655
 
Investor Shares
   
3,032,321
     
3,489,427
     
1,072,669
     
8,578,932
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
693,059
     
363,223
 
Investor Shares
   
104,031
     
128,831
     
25,314
     
96,722
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
     
     
(47,976,531
)
   
(13,007,715
)
Investor Shares
   
(3,483,049
)
   
(4,011,799
)
   
(2,009,926
)
   
(51,214,148
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(346,697
)
   
(393,541
)
   
12,213,163
     
50,687,669
 

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY
       
   
TAX-EXEMPT SUSTAINABLE
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
BOND FUND
   
MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020*
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                 
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
737,502
   
$
2,756,155
   
$
6,665,501
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
117,164
     
10,399,819
     
922,064
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(343,063
)
   
2,065,623
     
10,790,297
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
511,603
     
15,221,597
     
18,377,862
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
(4,158,492
)
   
(7,953,449
)
Investor Shares
   
(737,502
)
   
(32,311
)
   
(7,313
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(737,502
)
   
(4,190,803
)
   
(7,960,762
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                       
Sale of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
49,987,536
     
42,679,230
 
Investor Shares
   
167,248,379
     
11,565,585
     
140,547
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
667,996
     
1,072,618
 
Investor Shares
   
115,022
     
32,110
     
7,312
 
Redemption of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
(105,124,840
)
   
(73,075,085
)
Investor Shares
   
(10,105,718
)
   
(2,198,388
)
   
(210,771
)
Redemption fees:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
1,179
     
 
Investor Shares
   
     
13
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
157,257,683
     
(45,068,809
)
   
(29,386,149
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
157,031,784
     
(34,038,015
)
   
(18,969,049
)
NET ASSETS
                       
Beginning of period
   
     
281,994,424
     
300,963,473
 
End of period
 
$
157,031,784
   
$
247,956,409
   
$
281,994,424
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                       
Sale of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
4,865,234
     
4,411,309
 
Investor Shares
   
16,911,731
     
1,116,122
     
14,369
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
65,368
     
110,676
 
Investor Shares
   
11,664
     
3,096
     
755
 
Redemption of shares:
                       
Institutional Shares
   
     
(10,277,006
)
   
(7,540,833
)
Investor Shares
   
(1,022,794
)
   
(214,179
)
   
(21,775
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
15,900,601
     
(4,441,365
)
   
(3,025,499
)

*  Fund commenced operations on December 2, 2019.  Information is for the period from December 2, 2019 to June 30, 2020.

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY –
   
BROWN ADVISORY
 
   
WMC STRATEGIC
   
EMERGING MARKETS
 
   
EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND
   
SELECT FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
                       
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
1,196,646
   
$
4,252,319
   
$
4,043,341
   
$
3,981,554
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
17,572,658
     
45,646,473
     
(23,123,861
)
   
35,869,933
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
(41,969,646
)
   
(81,646,181
)
   
(3,503,124
)
   
(72,194,485
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
(23,200,342
)
   
(31,747,389
)
   
(22,583,644
)
   
(32,342,998
)
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(24,582,304
)
   
(74,718,358
)
   
(4,125,513
)
   
(8,210,572
)
Investor Shares
   
(865,242
)
   
(1,440,449
)
   
(46,220
)
   
(1,023,238
)
Advisor Shares
   
(308,735
)
   
(877,353
)
   
(1,296
)
   
(5,109
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(25,756,281
)
   
(77,036,160
)
   
(4,173,029
)
   
(9,238,919
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
93,369,220
     
153,465,228
     
113,704,766
     
220,418,141
 
Investor Shares
   
10,769,625
     
10,126,285
     
1,096,194
     
6,679,100
 
Advisor Shares
   
358,021
     
965,406
     
6,426
     
10,724
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
13,910,236
     
54,307,922
     
705,403
     
2,455,975
 
Investor Shares
   
806,296
     
1,336,888
     
43,772
     
889,506
 
Advisor Shares
   
302,297
     
832,723
     
1,296
     
5,109
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(243,637,655
)
   
(558,385,244
)
   
(147,468,241
)
   
(371,214,620
)
Investor Shares
   
(6,471,686
)
   
(6,787,813
)
   
(1,623,716
)
   
(37,547,635
)
Advisor Shares
   
(3,895,250
)
   
(6,409,594
)
   
(95,199
)
   
(9,609
)
Redemption fees:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
211
     
172
     
272
     
3,838
 
Investor Shares
   
11
     
     
4
     
130
 
Advisor Shares
   
3
     
51
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
(134,488,671
)
   
(350,547,976
)
   
(33,629,023
)
   
(178,309,341
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(183,445,294
)
   
(459,331,525
)
   
(60,385,696
)
   
(219,891,258
)
NET ASSETS
                               
Beginning of period
   
496,566,345
     
955,897,870
     
331,922,282
     
551,813,540
 
End of period
 
$
313,121,051
   
$
496,566,345
   
$
271,536,586
   
$
331,922,282
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                               
Sale of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
8,968,861
     
14,506,240
     
13,203,555
     
23,815,702
 
Investor Shares
   
1,053,546
     
930,583
     
125,988
     
717,214
 
Advisor Shares
   
33,648
     
88,786
     
725
     
1,139
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
1,221,044
     
5,614,751
     
71,325
     
291,337
 
Investor Shares
   
71,108
     
138,631
     
4,426
     
105,642
 
Advisor Shares
   
26,901
     
87,135
     
130
     
603
 
Redemption of shares:
                               
Institutional Shares
   
(25,118,358
)
   
(52,569,893
)
   
(18,060,646
)
   
(40,192,817
)
Investor Shares
   
(631,412
)
   
(624,135
)
   
(198,402
)
   
(4,078,896
)
Advisor Shares
   
(378,649
)
   
(572,179
)
   
(12,782
)
   
(1,017
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
(14,753,311
)
   
(32,400,081
)
   
(4,865,681
)
   
(19,341,093
)

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

 

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BROWN ADVISORY –
 
   
BEUTEL GOODMAN
 
   
LARGE-CAP VALUE FUND
 
   
Fiscal
   
Fiscal
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
 
OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
20,271,705
   
$
4,261,824
 
Net realized gain (loss)
   
(16,714,433
)
   
(1,911,535
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
3,067,903
     
21,553,306
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
   
6,625,175
     
23,903,595
 
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM EARNINGS
               
Institutional Shares
   
(7,657,728
)
   
(4,272,001
)
Total Distributions from earnings
   
(7,657,728
)
   
(4,272,001
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
257,251,330
     
181,152,872
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
3,633,330
     
1,717,764
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(104,804,022
)
   
(56,543,596
)
Redemption fees:
               
Institutional Shares
   
955
     
 
Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions
   
156,081,593
     
126,327,040
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
155,049,040
     
145,958,634
 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of period
   
296,962,595
     
151,003,961
 
End of period
 
$
452,011,635
   
$
296,962,595
 
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Sale of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
24,554,210
     
18,467,748
 
Reinvestment of distributions:
               
Institutional Shares
   
314,395
     
185,951
 
Redemption of shares:
               
Institutional Shares
   
(10,606,917
)
   
(6,065,208
)
Increase (Decrease) in shares outstanding
   
14,261,688
     
12,588,491
 

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

 

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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
   
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                         
BROWN ADVISORY GROWTH EQUITY FUND:
 
                                                                                         
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
24.80
     
(0.04
)
 
5.56
     
5.52
     
     
(1.27
)
   
(1.27
)
 
$
29.05
     
22.88
%
 
$
1,849,565
     
(0.16
)%
   
0.69
%
   
0.69
%
   
22
%
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
23.91
     
(0.04
)
 
3.38
     
3.34
     
     
(2.45
)
   
(2.45
)
   
24.80
     
16.69
     
1,523,633
     
(0.19
)
   
0.70
     
0.70
     
22
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
20.03
     
(0.06
)
 
5.62
     
5.56
     
     
(1.68
)
   
(1.68
)
   
23.91
     
28.89
     
289,434
     
(0.29
)
   
0.71
     
0.71
     
25
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
19.16
     
(0.03
)
 
2.47
     
2.44
     
     
(1.57
)
   
(1.57
)
   
20.03
     
13.91
     
276,592
     
(0.16
)
   
0.72
     
0.72
     
40
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
20.33
     
(0.02
)
 
0.13
     
0.11
     
     
(1.28
)
   
(1.28
)
   
19.16
     
0.49
     
253,640
     
(0.12
)
   
0.72
     
0.72
     
24
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.50
     
(0.08
)
 
5.49
     
5.41
     
     
(1.27
)
   
(1.27
)
   
28.64
     
22.70
     
983,640
     
(0.31
)
   
0.84
     
0.84
     
22
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
23.69
     
(0.08
)
 
3.34
     
3.26
     
     
(2.45
)
   
(2.45
)
   
24.50
     
16.50
     
828,388
     
(0.34
)
   
0.85
     
0.85
     
22
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
19.89
     
(0.10
)
 
5.58
     
5.48
     
     
(1.68
)
   
(1.68
)
   
23.69
     
28.69
     
1,775,180
     
(0.44
)
   
0.86
     
0.86
     
25
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
19.06
     
(0.06
)
 
2.46
     
2.40
     
     
(1.57
)
   
(1.57
)
   
19.89
     
13.77
     
1,484,383
     
(0.31
)
   
0.87
     
0.87
     
40
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
20.26
     
(0.05
)
 
0.13
     
0.08
     
     
(1.28
)
   
(1.28
)
   
19.06
     
0.34
     
1,916,472
     
(0.27
)
   
0.87
     
0.87
     
24
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
23.09
     
(0.14
)
 
5.16
     
5.02
     
     
(1.27
)
   
(1.27
)
   
26.84
     
22.39
     
13,692
     
(0.56
)
   
1.09
     
1.09
     
22
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
22.53
     
(0.13
)
 
3.14
     
3.01
     
     
(2.45
)
   
(2.45
)
   
23.09
     
16.22
     
6,683
     
(0.59
)
   
1.10
     
1.10
     
22
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
19.04
     
(0.14
)
 
5.31
     
5.17
     
     
(1.68
)
   
(1.68
)
   
22.53
     
28.32
     
6,215
     
(0.69
)
   
1.11
     
1.11
     
25
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
18.35
     
(0.10
)
 
2.36
     
2.26
     
     
(1.57
)
   
(1.57
)
   
19.04
     
13.53
     
5,479
     
(0.56
)
   
1.12
     
1.12
     
40
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
19.60
     
(0.10
)
 
0.13
     
0.03
     
     
(1.28
)
   
(1.28
)
   
18.35
     
0.09
     
33,304
     
(0.52
)
   
1.12
     
1.12
     
24
 
                                                                                                                 
BROWN ADVISORY FLEXIBLE EQUITY FUND:
 
                                                                                                                 
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.92
     
0.11
   
2.50
     
2.61
     
(0.15
)
   
(1.02
)
   
(1.17
)
   
24.36
     
11.29
     
134,574
     
0.47
     
0.56
     
0.56
     
12
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
21.94
     
0.17
   
1.63
     
1.80
     
(0.08
)
   
(0.74
)
   
(0.82
)
   
22.92
     
8.94
     
135,190
     
0.78
     
0.57
     
0.57
     
14
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
18.53
     
0.10
   
3.43
     
3.53
     
(0.12
)
   
     
(0.12
)
   
21.94
     
19.07
     
131,218
     
0.48
     
0.72
     
0.72
     
15
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
15.15
     
0.11
   
3.37
     
3.48
     
(0.10
)
   
     
(0.10
)
   
18.53
     
23.05
     
101,431
     
0.61
     
0.73
     
0.73
     
15
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
15.92
     
0.11
   
(0.77
)
   
(0.66
)
   
(0.11
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
15.15
     
(4.16
)
   
24,012
     
0.71
     
0.73
     
0.73
     
15
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.88
     
0.07
   
2.49
     
2.56
     
(0.11
)
   
(1.02
)
   
(1.13
)
   
24.31
     
11.12
     
362,695
     
0.32
     
0.71
     
0.71
     
12
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
21.90
     
0.14
   
1.63
     
1.77
     
(0.05
)
   
(0.74
)
   
(0.79
)
   
22.88
     
8.77
     
343,917
     
0.63
     
0.72
     
0.72
     
14
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
18.50
     
0.07
   
3.42
     
3.49
     
(0.09
)
   
     
(0.09
)
   
21.90
     
18.88
     
316,109
     
0.33
     
0.87
     
0.87
     
15
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
15.12
     
0.08
   
3.37
     
3.45
     
(0.07
)
   
     
(0.07
)
   
18.50
     
22.90
     
310,360
     
0.46
     
0.88
     
0.88
     
15
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
15.89
     
0.08
   
(0.76
)
   
(0.68
)
   
(0.09
)
   
     
(0.09
)
   
15.12
     
(4.30
)
   
306,456
     
0.56
     
0.88
     
0.88
     
15
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.90
     
0.02
   
2.48
     
2.50
     
(0.08
)
   
(1.02
)
   
(1.10
)
   
24.30
     
10.84
     
4,403
     
0.07
     
0.96
     
0.96
     
12
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
21.91
     
0.08
   
1.65
     
1.73
     
     
(0.74
)
   
(0.74
)
   
22.90
     
8.52
     
4,652
     
0.38
     
0.97
     
0.97
     
14
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
18.50
     
0.02
   
3.42
     
3.44
     
(0.03
)
   
     
(0.03
)
   
21.91
     
18.61
     
6,445
     
0.08
     
1.12
     
1.12
     
15
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
15.12
     
0.04
   
3.37
     
3.41
     
(0.03
)
   
     
(0.03
)
   
18.50
     
22.56
     
5,842
     
0.21
     
1.13
     
1.13
     
15
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
15.88
     
0.05
   
(0.77
)
   
(0.72
)
   
(0.04
)
   
     
(0.04
)
   
15.12
     
(4.56
)
   
7,168
     
0.31
     
1.13
     
1.13
     
15
 

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

 

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Financial Highlights

           
From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
     
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                           
BROWN ADVISORY EQUITY INCOME FUND:
 
                                                                                           
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
14.15
     
0.23
     
(0.10
)
   
0.13
     
(0.23
)
   
(1.08
)
   
(1.31
)
 
$
12.97
     
0.46
%
 
$
22,026
     
1.66
%
   
0.80
%
   
0.80
%
   
16
%
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
14.41
     
0.26
     
1.33
     
1.59
     
(0.27
)
   
(1.58
)
   
(1.85
)
   
14.15
     
13.12
     
26,449
     
1.87
     
0.80
     
0.80
     
11
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
13.80
     
0.24
     
1.07
     
1.31
     
(0.25
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.70
)
   
14.41
     
9.51
     
27,975
     
1.70
     
0.77
     
0.77
     
14
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
12.87
     
0.26
     
1.41
     
1.67
     
(0.26
)
   
(0.48
)
   
(0.74
)
   
13.80
     
13.36
     
29,587
     
1.94
     
0.77
     
0.77
     
7
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
13.14
     
0.28
     
(0.13
)
   
0.15
     
(0.29
)
   
(0.13
)
   
(0.42
)
   
12.87
     
1.31
     
13,840
     
2.24
     
0.75
     
0.75
     
17
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
14.15
     
0.21
     
(0.11
)
   
0.10
     
(0.21
)
   
(1.08
)
   
(1.29
)
   
12.96
     
0.24
     
55,228
     
1.51
     
0.95
     
0.95
     
16
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
14.40
     
0.24
     
1.34
     
1.58
     
(0.25
)
   
(1.58
)
   
(1.83
)
   
14.15
     
13.03
     
62,309
     
1.72
     
0.95
     
0.95
     
11
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
13.80
     
0.22
     
1.06
     
1.28
     
(0.23
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.68
)
   
14.40
     
9.27
     
66,512
     
1.55
     
0.92
     
0.92
     
14
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
12.86
     
0.24
     
1.42
     
1.66
     
(0.24
)
   
(0.48
)
   
(0.72
)
   
13.80
     
13.28
     
81,890
     
1.79
     
0.92
     
0.92
     
7
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
13.13
     
0.26
     
(0.13
)
   
0.13
     
(0.27
)
   
(0.13
)
   
(0.40
)
   
12.86
     
1.15
     
112,116
     
2.09
     
0.90
     
0.90
     
17
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
14.14
     
0.17
     
(0.10
)
   
0.07
     
(0.17
)
   
(1.08
)
   
(1.25
)
   
12.96
     
0.05
     
886
     
1.26
     
1.20
     
1.20
     
16
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
14.40
     
0.21
     
1.33
     
1.54
     
(0.22
)
   
(1.58
)
   
(1.80
)
   
14.14
     
12.67
     
1,017
     
1.47
     
1.20
     
1.20
     
11
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
13.78
     
0.19
     
1.06
     
1.25
     
(0.18
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.63
)
   
14.40
     
9.04
     
1,077
     
1.30
     
1.17
     
1.17
     
14
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
12.84
     
0.20
     
1.43
     
1.63
     
(0.21
)
   
(0.48
)
   
(0.69
)
   
13.78
     
13.02
     
2,422
     
1.54
     
1.17
     
1.17
     
7
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
13.11
     
0.23
     
(0.13
)
   
0.10
     
(0.24
)
   
(0.13
)
   
(0.37
)
   
12.84
     
0.90
     
2,980
     
1.84
     
1.15
     
1.15
     
17
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
26.39
     
0.01
     
5.77
     
5.78
     
     
(0.21
)
   
(0.21
)
   
31.96
     
22.01
     
1,601,989
     
0.05
     
0.70
     
0.70
     
20
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
23.02
     
0.03
     
4.12
     
4.15
     
     
(0.78
)
   
(0.78
)
   
26.39
     
18.89
     
749,949
     
0.10
     
0.73
     
0.73
     
21
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
18.94
     
0.01
     
4.42
     
4.43
     
     
(0.35
)
   
(0.35
)
   
23.02
     
23.59
     
369,642
     
0.05
     
0.73
     
0.73
     
29
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
16.05
     
(0.02
)
   
3.03
     
3.01
     
     
(0.12
)
   
(0.12
)
   
18.94
     
18.83
     
221,177
     
(0.10
)
   
0.73
     
0.73
     
41
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
15.69
     
(0.02
)
   
1.13
     
1.11
     
     
(0.75
)
   
(0.75
)
   
16.05
     
7.17
     
122,008
     
(0.11
)
   
0.74
     
0.74
     
30
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
26.07
     
(0.03
)
   
5.69
     
5.66
     
     
(0.21
)
   
(0.21
)
   
31.52
     
21.82
     
1,108,023
     
(0.10
)
   
0.85
     
0.85
     
20
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
22.79
     
(0.01
)
   
4.07
     
4.06
     
     
(0.78
)
   
(0.78
)
   
26.07
     
18.68
     
374,769
     
(0.05
)
   
0.88
     
0.88
     
21
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
18.78
     
(0.02
)
   
4.38
     
4.36
     
     
(0.35
)
   
(0.35
)
   
22.79
     
23.41
     
102,201
     
(0.10
)
   
0.88
     
0.88
     
29
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
15.94
     
(0.04
)
   
3.00
     
2.96
     
     
(0.12
)
   
(0.12
)
   
18.78
     
18.65
     
36,954
     
(0.25
)
   
0.88
     
0.88
     
41
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
15.61
     
(0.04
)
   
1.12
     
1.08
     
     
(0.75
)
   
(0.75
)
   
15.94
     
7.01
     
25,676
     
(0.26
)
   
0.89
     
0.89
     
30
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
25.59
     
(0.09
)
   
5.57
     
5.48
     
     
(0.21
)
   
(0.21
)
   
30.86
     
21.53
     
285,542
     
(0.35
)
   
1.10
     
1.10
     
20
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
22.44
     
(0.07
)
   
4.00
     
3.93
     
     
(0.78
)
   
(0.78
)
   
25.59
     
18.39
     
250,871
     
(0.30
)
   
1.13
     
1.13
     
21
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
18.54
     
(0.07
)
   
4.32
     
4.25
     
     
(0.35
)
   
(0.35
)
   
22.44
     
23.12
     
213,262
     
(0.35
)
   
1.13
     
1.13
     
29
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
15.78
     
(0.08
)
   
2.96
     
2.88
     
     
(0.12
)
   
(0.12
)
   
18.54
     
18.33
     
172,012
     
(0.50
)
   
1.13
     
1.13
     
41
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
15.50
     
(0.08
)
   
1.11
     
1.03
     
     
(0.75
)
   
(0.75
)
   
15.78
     
6.73
     
201,727
     
(0.51
)
   
1.14
     
1.14
     
30
 

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

 

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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
     
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                           
BROWN ADVISORY MID-CAP GROWTH FUND:
 
                                                                                           
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
13.14
     
(0.01
)
   
0.77
     
0.76
     
     
(0.04
)
   
(0.04
)
 
$
13.86
     
5.68
%
 
$
100,367
     
(0.11
)%
   
0.70
%
   
0.88
%
   
35
%
07/02/18^
06/30/19
   
11.42
     
(0.00
)
   
1.83
     
1.83
     
     
(0.11
)
   
(0.11
)
   
13.14
     
16.36
     
42,404
     
(0.00
)
   
0.70
     
1.04
     
46
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
13.12
     
(0.03
)
   
0.76
     
0.73
     
     
(0.04
)
   
(0.04
)
   
13.81
     
5.46
     
28,477
     
(0.26
)
   
0.85
     
1.03
     
35
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
11.36
     
(0.02
)
   
1.89
     
1.87
     
     
(0.11
)
   
(0.11
)
   
13.12
     
16.80
     
2,933
     
(0.15
)
   
0.85
     
1.19
     
46
 
10/02/17^
06/30/18
   
10.00
     
(0.01
)
   
1.37
     
1.36
     
     
     
     
11.36
     
13.60
     
21,377
     
(0.16
)
   
0.85
     
1.58
     
29
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
44.24
     
(0.20
)
   
1.15
     
0.95
     
     
(0.88
)
   
(0.88
)
   
44.31
     
2.18
     
1,039,126
     
(0.48
)
   
0.97
     
0.97
     
29
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
40.64
     
(0.15
)
   
5.52
     
5.37
     
(0.18
)
   
(1.59
)
   
(1.77
)
   
44.24
     
14.56
     
838,698
     
(0.36
)
   
0.98
     
0.98
     
44
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
35.15
     
(0.16
)
   
6.31
     
6.15
     
(0.15
)
   
(0.51
)
   
(0.66
)
   
40.64
     
17.64
     
424,449
     
(0.42
)
   
0.98
     
0.98
     
30
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
31.19
     
(0.16
)
   
5.25
     
5.09
     
     
(1.13
)
   
(1.13
)
   
35.15
     
16.57
     
165,615
     
(0.49
)
   
0.98
     
0.98
     
22
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
35.91
     
(0.14
)
   
0.51
     
0.37
     
     
(5.09
)
   
(5.09
)
   
31.19
     
1.61
     
17,037
     
(0.45
)
   
0.98
     
0.98
     
32
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
22.13
     
(0.13
)
   
0.57
     
0.44
     
     
(0.44
)
   
(0.44
)
   
22.13
     
2.02
     
511,028
     
(0.63
)
   
1.12
     
1.12
     
29
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
20.34
     
(0.10
)
   
2.77
     
2.67
     
(0.08
)
   
(0.80
)
   
(0.88
)
   
22.13
     
14.40
     
493,421
     
(0.51
)
   
1.13
     
1.13
     
44
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
17.61
     
(0.11
)
   
3.15
     
3.04
     
(0.06
)
   
(0.25
)
   
(0.31
)
   
20.34
     
17.44
     
476,786
     
(0.57
)
   
1.13
     
1.13
     
30
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
15.65
     
(0.11
)
   
2.63
     
2.52
     
     
(0.56
)
   
(0.56
)
   
17.61
     
16.40
     
335,185
     
(0.64
)
   
1.13
     
1.13
     
22
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
18.05
     
(0.10
)
   
0.26
     
0.16
     
     
(2.56
)
   
(2.56
)
   
15.65
     
1.43
     
268,390
     
(0.60
)
   
1.13
     
1.13
     
32
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
21.15
     
(0.18
)
   
0.55
     
0.37
     
     
(0.42
)
   
(0.42
)
   
21.10
     
1.78
     
12,159
     
(0.88
)
   
1.37
     
1.37
     
29
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
19.46
     
(0.15
)
   
2.64
     
2.49
     
(0.04
)
   
(0.76
)
   
(0.80
)
   
21.15
     
14.08
     
14,489
     
(0.76
)
   
1.38
     
1.38
     
44
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
16.85
     
(0.15
)
   
3.02
     
2.87
     
(0.02
)
   
(0.24
)
   
(0.26
)
   
19.46
     
17.21
     
18,449
     
(0.82
)
   
1.38
     
1.38
     
30
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
15.02
     
(0.14
)
   
2.51
     
2.37
     
     
(0.54
)
   
(0.54
)
   
16.85
     
16.04
     
32,852
     
(0.89
)
   
1.38
     
1.38
     
22
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
17.35
     
(0.13
)
   
0.26
     
0.13
     
     
(2.46
)
   
(2.46
)
   
15.02
     
1.27
     
9,704
     
(0.85
)
   
1.38
     
1.38
     
32
 

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

 

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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
     
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                           
BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND:
 
                                                                                           
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
24.77
     
0.21
     
(4.46
)
   
(4.25
)
   
(0.13
)
   
(1.14
)
   
(1.27
)
 
$
19.25
     
(18.38
)
 
$
336,819
     
0.94
%
   
0.97
%
   
0.97
%
   
56
%
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
29.16
     
0.29
     
(1.54
)
   
(1.25
)
   
(0.21
)
   
(2.93
)
   
(3.14
)
   
24.77
     
(2.91
)
   
447,846
     
1.10
     
0.97
     
0.97
     
36
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
27.11
     
0.15
     
3.11
     
3.26
     
(0.20
)
   
(1.01
)
   
(1.21
)
   
29.16
     
12.13
     
410,785
     
0.52
     
0.97
     
0.97
     
32
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
22.75
     
0.17
     
4.31
     
4.48
     
(0.09
)
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.12
)
   
27.11
     
19.73
     
341,038
     
0.68
     
0.97
     
0.97
     
30
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
23.61
     
0.13
     
(0.44
)
   
(0.31
)
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.55
)
   
22.75
     
(1.17
)
   
156,205
     
0.59
     
0.98
     
0.98
     
30
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.75
     
0.18
     
(4.46
)
   
(4.28
)
   
(0.11
)
   
(1.14
)
   
(1.25
)
   
19.22
     
(18.49
)
   
432,498
     
0.79
     
1.12
     
1.12
     
56
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
29.12
     
0.25
     
(1.53
)
   
(1.28
)
   
(0.16
)
   
(2.93
)
   
(3.09
)
   
24.75
     
(3.05
)
   
577,212
     
0.95
     
1.12
     
1.12
     
36
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
27.08
     
0.10
     
3.10
     
3.20
     
(0.15
)
   
(1.01
)
   
(1.16
)
   
29.12
     
11.95
     
874,269
     
0.37
     
1.12
     
1.12
     
32
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
22.73
     
0.13
     
4.31
     
4.44
     
(0.06
)
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.09
)
   
27.08
     
19.54
     
834,317
     
0.53
     
1.12
     
1.12
     
30
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
23.59
     
0.10
     
(0.44
)
   
(0.34
)
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.52
)
   
22.73
     
(1.32
)
   
774,547
     
0.44
     
1.13
     
1.13
     
30
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
24.64
     
0.12
     
(4.44
)
   
(4.32
)
   
(0.08
)
   
(1.14
)
   
(1.22
)
   
19.10
     
(18.71
)
   
4,480
     
0.54
     
1.37
     
1.37
     
56
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
28.98
     
0.19
     
(1.51
)
   
(1.32
)
   
(0.09
)
   
(2.93
)
   
(3.02
)
   
24.64
     
(3.27
)
   
8,393
     
0.70
     
1.37
     
1.37
     
36
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
26.95
     
0.03
     
3.08
     
3.11
     
(0.07
)
   
(1.01
)
   
(1.08
)
   
28.98
     
11.65
     
25,032
     
0.12
     
1.37
     
1.37
     
32
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
22.62
     
0.07
     
4.29
     
4.36
     
     
(0.03
)
   
(0.03
)
   
26.95
     
19.29
     
24,974
     
0.28
     
1.37
     
1.37
     
30
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
23.48
     
0.04
     
(0.44
)
   
(0.40
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.45
)
   
(0.46
)
   
22.62
     
(1.58
)
   
52,883
     
0.19
     
1.38
     
1.38
     
30
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY GLOBAL LEADERS FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
15.24
     
0.07
     
1.13
     
1.20
     
(0.06
)
   
     
(0.06
)
   
16.38
     
7.85
%
   
605,983
     
0.45
     
0.75
     
0.82
     
27
 
10/31/18^
06/30/19
   
13.13
     
0.07
     
2.07
     
2.14
     
(0.03
)
   
     
(0.03
)
   
15.24
     
16.38
     
214,263
     
0.71
     
0.75
     
0.88
     
23
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
15.23
     
0.05
     
1.12
     
1.17
     
(0.04
)
   
     
(0.04
)
   
16.36
     
7.68
     
66,813
     
0.30
     
0.90
     
0.97
     
27
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
13.82
     
0.08
     
1.36
     
1.44
     
(0.03
)
   
     
(0.03
)
   
15.23
     
10.49
     
18,943
     
0.60
     
0.86
     
1.07
     
23
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
11.50
     
0.08
     
2.25
     
2.33
     
(0.01
)
   
     
(0.01
)
   
13.82
     
20.28
     
86,112
     
0.60
     
0.85
     
1.10
     
26
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
9.65
     
0.04
     
1.83
     
1.87
     
(0.02
)
   
     
(0.02
)
   
11.50
     
19.39
     
39,354
     
0.39
     
0.85
     
1.16
     
35
 
07/01/15^
06/30/16
   
10.00
     
0.05
     
(0.40
)
   
(0.35
)
   
     
     
     
9.65
     
(3.50
)
   
26,367
     
0.55
     
0.85
     
1.41
     
53
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Investor Shares*
                                                                                       
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.72
     
0.24
     
0.35
     
0.59
     
(0.25
)
   
     
(0.25
)
   
11.06
     
5.55
     
148,300
     
2.24
     
0.49
     
0.53
     
105
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.35
     
0.27
     
0.36
     
0.63
     
(0.26
)
   
     
(0.26
)
   
10.72
     
6.24
     
135,175
     
2.63
     
0.47
     
0.53
     
82
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.60
     
0.23
     
(0.24
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.24
)
   
     
(0.24
)
   
10.35
     
(0.12
)
   
125,060
     
2.20
     
0.45
     
0.51
     
35
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.78
     
0.20
     
(0.16
)
   
0.04
     
(0.22
)
   
     
(0.22
)
   
10.60
     
0.40
     
131,941
     
1.88
     
0.45
     
0.51
     
62
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.63
     
0.20
     
0.22
     
0.42
     
(0.21
)
   
(0.06
)
   
(0.27
)
   
10.78
     
3.99
     
137,900
     
1.92
     
0.43
     
0.50
     
68
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.49
     
0.21
     
0.34
     
0.55
     
(0.22
)
   
     
(0.22
)
   
10.82
     
5.32
     
3,624
     
1.99
     
0.74
     
0.78
     
105
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.13
     
0.24
     
0.36
     
0.60
     
(0.24
)
   
     
(0.24
)
   
10.49
     
6.01
     
3,615
     
2.38
     
0.72
     
0.78
     
82
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.38
     
0.20
     
(0.24
)
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.21
)
   
     
(0.21
)
   
10.13
     
(0.38
)
   
3,782
     
1.95
     
0.70
     
0.76
     
35
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.56
     
0.17
     
(0.15
)
   
0.02
     
(0.20
)
   
     
(0.20
)
   
10.38
     
0.16
     
4,098
     
1.63
     
0.70
     
0.76
     
62
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.42
     
0.17
     
0.21
     
0.38
     
(0.18
)
   
(0.06
)
   
(0.24
)
   
10.56
     
3.71
     
8,972
     
1.67
     
0.68
     
0.75
     
68
 

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

 

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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
     
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                           
BROWN ADVISORY TOTAL RETURN FUND:
 
                                                                                           
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
10.22
     
0.27
     
0.52
     
0.79
     
(0.28
)
   
(0.22
)
   
(0.50
)
 
$
10.51
     
7.90
%
 
$
388,100
     
2.62
%
   
0.45
%
   
0.45
%
   
143
%
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.78
     
0.32
     
0.44
     
0.76
     
(0.32
)
   
     
(0.32
)
   
10.22
     
7.90
     
246,074
     
3.26
     
0.49
     
0.49
     
106
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.00
     
0.28
     
(0.22
)
   
0.06
     
(0.28
)
   
     
(0.28
)
   
9.78
     
0.61
     
121,381
     
2.79
     
0.50
     
0.50
     
209
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.18
     
0.24
     
(0.16
)
   
0.08
     
(0.25
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.26
)
   
10.00
     
0.80
     
107,686
     
2.36
     
0.51
     
0.51
     
216
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.83
     
0.25
     
0.37
     
0.62
     
(0.27
)
   
     
(0.27
)
   
10.18
     
6.46
     
83,854
     
2.55
     
0.51
     
0.51
     
218
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.22
     
0.26
     
0.52
     
0.78
     
(0.27
)
   
(0.22
)
   
(0.49
)
   
10.51
     
7.85
     
4,523
     
2.57
     
0.50
     
0.50
     
143
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.78
     
0.32
     
0.43
     
0.75
     
(0.31
)
   
     
(0.31
)
   
10.22
     
7.85
     
4,916
     
3.21
     
0.54
     
0.54
     
106
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.00
     
0.27
     
(0.21
)
   
0.06
     
(0.28
)
   
     
(0.28
)
   
9.78
     
0.56
     
2,619
     
2.74
     
0.55
     
0.55
     
209
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.18
     
0.23
     
(0.16
)
   
0.07
     
(0.24
)
   
(0.01
)
   
(0.25
)
   
10.00
     
0.75
     
2,668
     
2.31
     
0.56
     
0.56
     
216
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.83
     
0.25
     
0.37
     
0.62
     
(0.27
)
   
     
(0.27
)
   
10.18
     
6.40
     
1,957
     
2.50
     
0.56
     
0.56
     
218
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY STRATEGIC BOND FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.57
     
0.31
     
(0.28
)
   
0.03
     
(0.31
)
   
     
(0.31
)
   
9.29
     
0.37
     
145,280
     
3.23
     
0.57
     
0.57
     
151
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.51
     
0.34
     
0.05
     
0.39
     
(0.33
)
   
     
(0.33
)
   
9.57
     
4.23
     
204,326
     
3.55
     
0.60
     
0.60
     
115
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
9.61
     
0.27
     
(0.10
)
   
0.17
     
(0.27
)
   
     
(0.27
)
   
9.51
     
1.80
     
141,150
     
2.85
     
0.70
     
0.67
     
200
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
9.47
     
0.23
     
0.14
     
0.37
     
(0.23
)
   
     
(0.23
)
   
9.61
     
3.92
     
114,651
     
2.39
     
0.70
     
0.72
     
259
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.83
     
0.30
     
(0.19
)
   
0.11
     
(0.47
)
   
     
(0.47
)
   
9.47
     
1.18
     
39,211
     
3.21
     
0.70
     
0.73
     
288
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.57
     
0.30
     
(0.26
)
   
0.04
     
(0.31
)
   
     
(0.31
)
   
9.30
     
0.42
     
382
     
3.18
     
0.62
     
0.62
     
151
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.51
     
0.33
     
0.06
     
0.39
     
(0.33
)
   
     
(0.33
)
   
9.57
     
4.18
     
1,764
     
3.50
     
0.65
     
0.65
     
115
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
9.61
     
0.25
     
(0.10
)
   
0.15
     
(0.25
)
   
     
(0.25
)
   
9.51
     
1.54
     
214
     
2.60
     
0.95
     
0.92
     
200
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
9.47
     
0.20
     
0.14
     
0.34
     
(0.20
)
   
     
(0.20
)
   
9.61
     
3.65
     
248
     
2.14
     
0.95
     
0.97
     
259
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.82
     
0.28
     
(0.20
)
   
0.08
     
(0.43
)
   
     
(0.43
)
   
9.47
     
0.84
     
865
     
2.96
     
0.95
     
0.98
     
288
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY SUSTAINABLE BOND FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.13
     
0.27
     
0.54
     
0.81
     
(0.28
)
   
(0.12
)
   
(0.40
)
   
10.54
     
8.14
     
153,472
     
2.63
     
0.48
     
0.48
     
97
 
07/02/18^
06/30/19
   
9.70
     
0.30
     
0.42
     
0.72
     
(0.29
)
   
     
(0.29
)
   
10.13
     
7.60
     
126,466
     
3.08
     
0.55
     
0.52
     
66
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.13
     
0.26
     
0.54
     
0.80
     
(0.27
)
   
(0.12
)
   
(0.39
)
   
10.54
     
8.09
     
2,125
     
2.58
     
0.53
     
0.53
     
97
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.70
     
0.29
     
0.43
     
0.72
     
(0.29
)
   
     
(0.29
)
   
10.13
     
7.54
     
884
     
3.03
     
0.60
     
0.57
     
66
 
08/07/17^
06/30/18
   
10.00
     
0.21
     
(0.34
)
   
(0.13
)
   
(0.17
)
   
     
(0.17
)
   
9.70
     
(1.27
)
   
54,291
     
2.41
     
0.60
     
0.71
     
64
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY MARYLAND BOND FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.80
     
0.25
     
(0.09
)
   
0.16
     
(0.29
)
   
     
(0.29
)
   
10.67
     
1.44
     
176,198
     
2.31
     
0.49
     
0.49
     
37
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.50
     
0.28
     
0.30
     
0.58
     
(0.28
)
   
     
(0.28
)
   
10.80
     
5.65
     
182,072
     
2.69
     
0.49
     
0.49
     
33
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.62
     
0.26
     
(0.12
)
   
0.14
     
(0.26
)
   
     
(0.26
)
   
10.50
     
1.29
     
181,230
     
2.42
     
0.48
     
0.48
     
25
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.92
     
0.23
     
(0.26
)
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.23
)
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.27
)
   
10.62
     
(0.27
)
   
181,518
     
2.14
     
0.49
     
0.49
     
53
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.65
     
0.23
     
0.32
     
0.55
     
(0.23
)
   
(0.05
)
   
(0.28
)
   
10.92
     
5.24
     
183,705
     
2.12
     
0.48
     
0.48
     
80
 
                                                                                                                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
     
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                           
BROWN ADVISORY TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND:
 
                                                                                           
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
10.20
     
0.24
     
(0.08
)
   
0.16
     
(0.28
)
   
     
(0.28
)
 
$
10.08
     
1.59
%
 
$
1,072,444
     
2.38
%
   
0.42
%
   
0.42
%
   
80
%
07/02/18^
06/30/19
   
9.90
     
0.33
     
0.30
     
0.63
     
(0.33
)
   
     
(0.33
)
   
10.20
     
6.51
     
950,832
     
3.36
     
0.43
     
0.43
     
53
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.20
     
0.24
     
(0.07
)
   
0.17
     
(0.28
)
   
     
(0.28
)
   
10.09
     
1.64
     
9,982
     
2.33
     
0.47
     
0.47
     
80
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.90
     
0.33
     
0.30
     
0.63
     
(0.33
)
   
     
(0.33
)
   
10.20
     
6.49
     
19,395
     
3.31
     
0.48
     
0.48
     
53
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
9.94
     
0.31
     
(0.04
)
   
0.27
     
(0.31
)
   
     
(0.31
)
   
9.90
     
2.78
     
439,906
     
3.16
     
0.48
     
0.48
     
55
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.26
     
0.29
     
(0.32
)
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.29
)
   
     
(0.29
)
   
9.94
     
(0.29
)
   
257,602
     
2.88
     
0.49
     
0.49
     
55
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.93
     
0.25
     
0.33
     
0.58
     
(0.25
)
   
     
(0.25
)
   
10.26
     
5.94
     
233,675
     
2.51
     
0.49
     
0.49
     
119
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY TAX-EXEMPT SUSTAINABLE BOND FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Investor Shares*
 
12/02/19^
06/30/20
   
10.00
     
0.08
     
(0.12
)
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.08
)
   
     
(0.08
)
   
9.88
     
(0.37
)
   
157,032
     
1.45
     
0.55
     
0.55
     
39
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.02
     
0.11
     
0.50
     
0.61
     
(0.17
)
   
     
(0.17
)
   
10.46
     
6.09
     
238,202
     
1.07
     
0.47
     
0.47
     
139
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.65
     
0.22
     
0.42
     
0.64
     
(0.27
)
   
     
(0.27
)
   
10.02
     
6.72
     
281,728
     
2.29
     
0.47
     
0.47
     
200
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
9.87
     
0.18
     
(0.16
)
   
0.02
     
(0.24
)
   
     
(0.24
)
   
9.65
     
0.16
     
300,643
     
1.86
     
0.47
     
0.47
     
336
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.20
     
0.15
     
(0.21
)
   
(0.06
)
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.27
)
   
9.87
     
(0.52
)
   
342,705
     
1.53
     
0.46
     
0.46
     
414
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.06
     
0.22
     
0.21
     
0.43
     
(0.25
)
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.29
)
   
10.20
     
4.32
     
377,908
     
2.12
     
0.45
     
0.45
     
244
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
10.02
     
0.11
     
0.50
     
0.61
     
(0.16
)
   
     
(0.16
)
   
10.47
     
6.15
     
9,755
     
1.02
     
0.52
     
0.52
     
139
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.66
     
0.22
     
0.40
     
0.62
     
(0.26
)
   
     
(0.26
)
   
10.02
     
6.55
     
266
     
2.24
     
0.52
     
0.52
     
200
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
9.87
     
0.18
     
(0.16
)
   
0.02
     
(0.23
)
   
     
(0.23
)
   
9.66
     
0.21
     
321
     
1.81
     
0.52
     
0.52
     
336
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
10.21
     
0.15
     
(0.22
)
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.27
)
   
9.87
     
(0.68
)
   
738
     
1.48
     
0.51
     
0.51
     
414
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.06
     
0.21
     
0.22
     
0.43
     
(0.24
)
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.28
)
   
10.21
     
4.33
     
1,793
     
2.07
     
0.50
     
0.50
     
244
 

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

 

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From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
     
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                           
BROWN ADVISORY – WMC STRATEGIC EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND:
 
                                                                                           
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
11.15
     
0.03
     
(0.07
)
   
(0.04
)
   
(0.10
)
   
(0.50
)
   
(0.60
)
 
$
10.51
     
(0.66
)%
 
$
287,081
     
0.29
%
   
1.09
%
   
1.09
%
   
53
%
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
12.42
     
0.07
     
(0.16
)
   
(0.09
)
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.98
)
   
(1.18
)
   
11.15
     
0.84
     
470,903
     
0.62
     
1.07
     
1.07
     
34
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
12.05
     
0.13
     
0.35
     
0.48
     
(0.11
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
12.42
     
3.97
     
927,916
     
1.03
     
1.07
     
1.07
     
33
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
9.90
     
0.12
     
2.16
     
2.28
     
(0.13
)
   
     
(0.13
)
   
12.05
     
23.32
     
1,176,492
     
1.10
     
1.09
     
1.09
     
27
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.20
     
0.13
     
(0.40
)
   
(0.27
)
   
(0.03
)
   
     
(0.03
)
   
9.90
     
(2.68
)
   
1,059,870
     
1.30
     
1.11
     
1.11
     
31
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
11.12
     
0.01
     
(0.06
)
   
(0.05
)
   
(0.09
)
   
(0.50
)
   
(0.59
)
   
10.48
     
(0.77
)
   
22,224
     
0.14
     
1.24
     
1.24
     
53
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
12.41
     
0.05
     
(0.17
)
   
(0.12
)
   
(0.19
)
   
(0.98
)
   
(1.17
)
   
11.12
     
0.58
     
18,100
     
0.47
     
1.22
     
1.22
     
34
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
12.05
     
0.11
     
0.36
     
0.47
     
(0.11
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
12.41
     
3.85
     
14,669
     
0.88
     
1.22
     
1.22
     
33
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
9.90
     
0.10
     
2.17
     
2.27
     
(0.12
)
   
     
(0.12
)
   
12.05
     
23.18
     
7,367
     
0.95
     
1.24
     
1.24
     
27
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.19
     
0.12
     
(0.41
)
   
(0.29
)
   
     
     
     
9.90
     
(2.85
)
   
13,031
     
1.15
     
1.26
     
1.26
     
31
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
11.03
     
(0.01
)
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.08
)
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.50
)
   
(0.57
)
   
10.38
     
(1.04
)
   
3,816
     
(0.11
)
   
1.49
     
1.49
     
53
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
12.30
     
0.02
     
(0.16
)
   
(0.14
)
   
(0.15
)
   
(0.98
)
   
(1.13
)
   
11.03
     
0.42
     
7,563
     
0.22
     
1.47
     
1.47
     
34
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
11.98
     
0.08
     
0.35
     
0.43
     
(0.11
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
12.30
     
3.54
     
13,313
     
0.63
     
1.47
     
1.47
     
33
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
9.85
     
0.08
     
2.15
     
2.23
     
(0.10
)
   
     
(0.10
)
   
11.98
     
22.91
     
10,740
     
0.70
     
1.49
     
1.49
     
27
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
10.17
     
0.09
     
(0.41
)
   
(0.32
)
   
     
     
     
9.85
     
(3.15
)
   
745
     
0.90
     
1.51
     
1.51
     
31
 
                                                                                                                   
BROWN ADVISORY EMERGING MARKETS SELECT FUND:
 
                                                                                                                   
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.34
     
0.11
     
(0.48
)
   
(0.37
)
   
(0.11
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
8.86
     
(4.04
)
   
267,282
     
1.27
     
1.16
     
1.16
     
62
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.06
     
0.11
     
(0.48
)
   
(0.37
)
   
(0.35
)
   
     
(0.35
)
   
9.34
     
(3.35
)
   
326,693
     
1.20
     
1.26
     
1.26
     
131
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.17
     
0.17
     
(0.17
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
10.06
     
(0.12
)
   
513,535
     
1.57
     
1.15
     
1.15
     
13
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
8.73
     
0.12
     
1.43
     
1.55
     
(0.11
)
   
     
(0.11
)
   
10.17
     
18.04
     
407,616
     
1.31
     
1.17
     
1.17
     
23
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.74
     
0.13
     
(1.05
)
   
(0.92
)
   
(0.09
)
   
     
(0.09
)
   
8.73
     
(9.40
)
   
319,993
     
1.56
     
1.17
     
1.17
     
19
 
   
Investor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.33
     
0.10
     
(0.49
)
   
(0.39
)
   
(0.09
)
   
     
(0.09
)
   
8.85
     
(4.29
)
   
4,202
     
1.12
     
1.31
     
1.31
     
62
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.03
     
0.10
     
(0.48
)
   
(0.38
)
   
(0.32
)
   
     
(0.32
)
   
9.33
     
(3.42
)
   
5,063
     
1.05
     
1.41
     
1.41
     
131
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.15
     
0.16
     
(0.19
)
   
(0.03
)
   
(0.09
)
   
     
(0.09
)
   
10.03
     
(0.37
)
   
38,106
     
1.42
     
1.30
     
1.30
     
13
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
8.71
     
0.11
     
1.43
     
1.54
     
(0.10
)
   
     
(0.10
)
   
10.15
     
17.90
     
183,378
     
1.16
     
1.32
     
1.32
     
23
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.73
     
0.12
     
(1.06
)
   
(0.94
)
   
(0.08
)
   
     
(0.08
)
   
8.71
     
(9.60
)
   
196,841
     
1.41
     
1.32
     
1.32
     
19
 
   
Advisor Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
   
9.37
     
0.08
     
(0.50
)
   
(0.42
)
   
(0.08
)
   
     
(0.08
)
   
8.87
     
(4.61
)
   
52
     
0.87
     
1.56
     
1.56
     
62
 
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
10.07
     
0.07
     
(0.47
)
   
(0.40
)
   
(0.30
)
   
     
(0.30
)
   
9.37
     
(3.66
)
   
167
     
0.80
     
1.66
     
1.66
     
131
 
07/01/17
06/30/18
   
10.19
     
0.13
     
(0.18
)
   
(0.05
)
   
(0.07
)
   
     
(0.07
)
   
10.07
     
(0.60
)
   
172
     
1.17
     
1.55
     
1.55
     
13
 
07/01/16
06/30/17
   
8.73
     
0.08
     
1.45
     
1.53
     
(0.07
)
   
     
(0.07
)
   
10.19
     
17.65
     
253
     
0.91
     
1.57
     
1.57
     
23
 
07/01/15
06/30/16
   
9.70
     
0.10
     
(1.05
)
   
(0.95
)
   
(0.02
)
   
     
(0.02
)
   
8.73
     
(9.82
)
   
281
     
1.16
     
1.57
     
1.57
     
19
 

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

 

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Financial Highlights

           
From Investment
   
Distributions to
                     
Ratios to Average
       
           
Operations
   
Shareholders From
                     
Net Assets(b)
       
                 
Net
                                                                   
For a Share
             
Realized
                           
Net
         
Net
                         
Outstanding
 
Net Asset
   
Net
     
&
                           
Asset
         
Assets at
   
Net
                   
Throughout
 
Value,
   
Investment
   
Unrealized
         
Net
   
Net
         
Value,
         
End of
   
Investment
         
Gross
   
Portfolio
 
Each Fiscal Period:
 
Beginning
   
Income
   
Gains
         
Investment
   
Realized
         
End of
   
Total
   
Period
   
Income
   
Net
   
Expenses
   
Turnover
 
Beginning
Ending
 
of Period
   
(Loss)(a)
   
(Losses)
   
Total
   
Income
   
Gains
   
Total
   
Period
   
Return(c)
     
(000’s
)
 
(Loss)
   
Expenses
   
(d)
   
Rate(c)
 
                                                                                           
BROWN ADVISORY – BEUTEL GOODMAN LARGE-CAP VALUE FUND:
 
                                                                                           
Institutional Shares*
 
07/01/19
06/30/20
 
$
10.47
     
0.56
     
(0.20
)
   
0.36
     
(0.10
)
   
(0.12
)
   
(0.22
)
 
$
10.61
     
3.27
%
 
$
452,012
     
5.26
%
   
0.57
%
   
0.57
%
   
32
%
07/01/18
06/30/19
   
9.58
     
0.20
     
0.89
     
1.09
     
(0.11
)
   
(0.09
)
   
(0.20
)
   
10.47
     
11.62
     
296,963
     
1.97
     
0.60
     
0.60
     
45
 
02/13/18^
06/30/18
   
10.00
     
0.06
     
(0.48
)
   
(0.42
)
   
     
     
     
9.58
     
(4.20
)
   
151,004
     
1.61
     
0.67
     
0.67
     
11
 

*
Redemption fees of less than $0.005/share are not presented and are included in net realized & unrealized gains (losses) from investment operations. Prior to July 1, 2018, Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund Institutional Shares and Investor Shares were known as Investor Shares and Advisor Shares, respectively. The increase in the portfolio turnover rate for Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund for the year ended June 30, 2019 was primarily the result of a change in sub-advisers during the year.
^
Commencement of operations.
(a)
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the fiscal period.
(b)
Annualized for periods less than one year.  Ratios include only income and expenses of the funds themselves, as presented in the Statements of Operations, and do not include any additional or pro rata amounts of income or expenses from the ownership of any other investment companies (as applicable).
(c)
Not annualized for periods less than one year.  Portfolio turnover rates are calculated at the fund level (not by individual share class).
(d)
Reflects the expense ratio excluding any expense waivers or expense recoupments.

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2020

Note 1. Organization
 
Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-ended management investment company. The Trust offers the following series of shares (each a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”):
 
Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund (“Growth Equity Fund”) seeks to achieve capital appreciation by primarily investing in equity securities,
 
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund (“Flexible Equity Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital,
 
Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund (“Equity Income Fund”) seeks to provide current dividend yield and dividend growth,
 
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund (“Sustainable Growth Fund”) seeks to achieve capital appreciation,
 
Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund (“Mid-Cap Growth Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation,
 
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund (“Small-Cap Growth Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by primarily investing in equity securities,
 
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund (“Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation,
 
Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund (“Global Leaders Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in global equities,
 
Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund (“Intermediate Income Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of principal within an intermediate-term maturity structure,
 
Brown Advisory Total Return Fund (“Total Return Fund”) seeks to provide a competitive total return consistent with the preservation of principal,
 
Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund (“Strategic Bond Fund”) seeks to achieve capital appreciation and income with a low correlation to interest rate movements,
 
Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund (“Sustainable Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a competitive total return consistent with the preservation of principal while giving special consideration to certain environmental, social and governance criteria,
 
Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund (“Maryland Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from both Federal and Maryland State income taxes without undue risk,
 
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (“Tax-Exempt Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from Federal income tax by investing primarily in intermediate-term investment grade municipal bonds,
 
Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund (“Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from Federal income tax by investing primarily in intermediate-term investment grade municipal bonds while giving special consideration to certain environmental, social, and governance criteria,
 
Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund (“Mortgage Securities Fund”) seeks to maximize total return consistent with preservation of capital,
 
Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund (“WMC Strategic European Equity Fund”) seeks to achieve total return by investing principally in equity securities issued by companies established or operating in Europe,
 
Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund (“Emerging Markets Select Fund”) seeks to achieve total return by investing principally in equity securities issued by companies established or operating in emerging markets, and
 
Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund (“Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund”) seeks to achieve capital appreciation.


 

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Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2020
 
The Funds commenced operations as follows:
 
 
Institutional
Investor
Advisor
   
Institutional
Investor
Advisor
Fund
Shares
Shares
Shares
 
Fund
Shares
Shares
Shares
Growth Equity
10/19/2012
6/28/1999
5/18/2006
 
Strategic Bond1
10/31/2014
9/30/2011
Flexible Equity
10/19/2012
11/30/2006
1/24/2007
 
Sustainable Bond
7/2/2018
8/7/2017
Equity Income
10/19/2012
12/29/2011
12/29/2011
 
Maryland Bond
12/21/2000
Sustainable Growth
6/29/2012
6/29/2012
6/29/2012
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
7/2/2018
6/29/2012
Mid-Cap Growth
7/2/2018
10/2/2017
 
Tax-Exempt
     
Small-Cap Growth
9/20/2002
6/28/1999
4/25/2006
 
  Sustainable Bond
12/2/2019
Small-Cap
       
Mortgage Securities
5/13/2014
12/26/2013
   Fundamental Value
10/19/2012
12/31/2008
7/28/2011
 
WMC Strategic
     
Global Leaders
10/31/2018
7/1/2015
 
  European Equity
10/21/2013
10/21/2013
10/21/2013
Intermediate Income
11/2/1995
5/13/1991
 
Emerging Markets Select
12/12/2012
12/12/2012
12/12/2012
Total Return
10/30/2014
10/30/2014
 
Beutel Goodman
     
         
  Large-Cap Value
2/13/2018

1  Prior to July 1, 2018, Institutional Shares and Investor Shares were known as Investor Shares and Advisor Shares, respectively.
 
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Funds are investment companies and follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies, which is part of U.S. GAAP.
 
A. Security Valuation – The Funds have adopted fair valuation accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs, if any, during the period. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
Level 1 –
Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
 
Level 2 –
Evaluated price based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment spreads, credit risk, etc).
 
Level 3 –
Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
Domestic Equity Securities – Domestic equity securities that are traded on a national securities exchange, except those listed on the NASDAQ Global Market® (“NASDAQ”), are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded or NASDAQ security does not trade, then the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices will be used. All equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are valued at the last sale price in the over- the counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. Such domestic equity securities are typically categorized as Level 1 securities. Investments in other domestic open-ended mutual funds are valued at their reported Net Asset Value (“NAV”) and are typically categorized as Level 1 securities. Investments in Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) and Closed-End Funds are valued at their last reported sale price and are typically categorized as Level 1 securities.
 
Foreign Equity Securities – For foreign equity securities that are traded on foreign exchanges, the Funds have selected ICE Data Services (“ICE”) to provide pricing data. The use of ICE’s pricing services with respect to these foreign exchange traded securities is designed to capture events occurring after a foreign exchange closes that may affect the value of certain holdings of the Funds that are traded on those foreign exchanges. The Funds utilize a confidence interval when determining whether or not to utilize these prices provided by ICE. The confidence interval is a measure of the relationship that each foreign exchange traded security has to movements in various indices and the price of the foreign exchange traded security’s corresponding American Depositary Receipt, if one exists. ICE provides a confidence interval for each foreign exchange traded security for which it provides a price. If
 

 

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the confidence interval provided by ICE is equal to or greater than a predefined level utilized by the Funds, the Funds will value that foreign exchange traded security at that price. If the confidence interval provided by ICE is less than the predefined level utilized by the Funds, the Funds will value that foreign exchange traded security at the preceding closing price on its respective foreign exchange, or, if there were no transactions on the preceding day, at the mean between the bid and the asked prices. Such foreign securities are typically categorized as Level 2 securities. Foreign securities for which the local market closing prices are utilized are typically categorized as Level 1 securities.
 
Debt Securities – Debt securities are valued by using the mean between the closing bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service. If the closing bid and asked prices are not readily available, the independent pricing service may provide a price determined by a matrix pricing method. These techniques generally consider such factors as yields or prices of bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity, ratings and general market conditions. Fixed income debt instruments, such as commercial paper, banker’s acceptances and U.S. Treasury Bills, having a maturity of less than 60 days are valued at amortized cost when the amortized cost value is determined to approximate fair value established using market-based and issuer-specific factors. Such debt securities are typically categorized as Level 2.
 
Exchange Traded Options – Exchange traded options are valued at the composite price, using the National Best Bid and Offer quotes (NBBO). NBBO consists of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across any of the exchanges on which an option is quoted, thus providing a view across the entire U.S. options marketplace. Specifically, composite pricing calculates the mean of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across the exchanges where the option is traded. Such options are typically categorized as Level 2.
 
Futures Contracts – Futures contracts are generally valued at the settlement prices established each day on the exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 securities.
 
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts – Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rates of the underlying currencies and are categorized as Level 2 securities.
 
Securities for which quotations are not readily available, or for which quotations are deemed to be inaccurate or unreliable, are valued at their respective fair values as determined in good faith under guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. These are generally considered Level 3 securities when significant unobservable inputs are utilized in the determination of the fair value. When a security is “fair valued,” consideration is given to the facts and circumstances relevant to the particular situation, including a review of various factors set forth in the guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Fair value pricing is an inherently subjective process, and no single standard exists for determining fair value. Different funds could reasonably arrive at different values for the same security. The use of fair value pricing by a fund may cause the net asset value of its shares to differ significantly from the net asset value that would be calculated without regard to such considerations. As of June 30, 2020, the Small-Cap Growth Fund held Level 3 securities for which significant and unobservable inputs or assumptions were used in the determination of fair value. The total market value of such securities held as of June 30, 2020 was $1,814,370  or 0.1% of Small-Cap Growth Fund’s net assets.
 
The following is a summary of inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of June 30, 2020:
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Growth Equity Fund
                 
Common Stocks
 
$
2,677,461,848
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
109,832,677
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
63,644,358
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
2,850,938,883
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Flexible Equity Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
473,330,374
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
15,500,903
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
13,078,522
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
501,909,799
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Equity Income Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
71,378,753
   
$
   
$
 
Preferred Stocks
   
275,363
     
     
 
REIT^
   
4,107,985
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
2,565,406
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
78,327,507
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Sustainable Growth Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
2,795,373,944
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
135,801,754
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
39,662,331
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
2,970,838,029
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
120,338,568
   
$
   
$
 
REIT^
   
3,608,109
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
10,387,009
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
134,333,686
   
$
   
$
 
                         
Small-Cap Growth Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
1,428,587,998
   
$
   
$
 
Private Placements
   
     
     
1,814,370
 
REIT^
   
24,326,437
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
106,446,544
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
1,559,360,979
   
$
   
$
1,814,370
 

 

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Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
                 
Common Stocks
 
$
689,124,488
   
$
6,955,858
   
$
 
REIT^
   
43,816,192
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
39,343,921
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
772,284,601
   
$
6,955,858
   
$
 
                         
Global Leaders Fund
                       
Common Stocks:
                       
  China
 
$
   
$
44,433,087
   
$
 
  France
   
     
14,933,916
     
 
  Germany
   
     
40,491,165
     
 
  India
   
     
24,347,018
     
 
  Indonesia
   
     
21,515,862
     
 
  Netherlands
   
21,644,942
     
     
 
  Sweden
   
     
18,851,910
     
 
  Switzerland
   
     
37,968,635
     
 
  Taiwan
   
26,235,858
     
     
 
  United Kingdom
   
     
20,128,476
     
 
  United States
   
382,268,674
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
19,955,498
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
450,104,972
   
$
222,670,069
   
$
 
                         
Intermediate Income Fund
                       
Corporate Bonds & Notes
 
$
   
$
55,978,702
   
$
 
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
     
27,241,333
     
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
14,572,473
     
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
1,600,000
     
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
     
29,242,907
     
 
Affiliated Mutual Funds
   
17,632,866
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
6,524,838
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
24,157,704
   
$
128,635,415
   
$
 
                         
Total Return Fund
                       
Corporate Bonds & Notes
 
$
   
$
202,945,458
   
$
 
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
     
89,127,369
     
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
59,008,953
     
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
     
44,626,547
     
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
8,385,363
     
 
Preferred Stocks
   
644,179
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
12,291,267
     
1,599,922
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
12,935,446
   
$
405,693,612
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Long*
 
$
361,638
   
$
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Short*
 
$
(358,453
)
 
$
   
$
 
                         
Strategic Bond Fund
                       
Corporate Bonds & Notes
 
$
   
$
76,490,441
   
$
 
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
     
52,972,582
     
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
23,553,045
     
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
3,110,003
     
 
Preferred Stocks
   
1,063,580
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
3,191,691
     
274,987
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
4,255,271
   
$
156,401,058
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Short*
 
$
(152,042
)
 
$
   
$
 
                         
Sustainable Bond Fund
                       
Corporate Bonds & Notes
 
$
   
$
80,180,123
   
$
 
Mortgage Backed Securities
   
     
28,075,332
     
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
24,278,224
     
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
11,007,965
     
 
Foreign Government Bonds
   
     
3,429,624
     
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
     
6,202,379
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
2,507,583
     
349,983
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
2,507,583
   
$
153,523,630
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Long*
 
$
108,940
   
$
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Short*
 
$
(214,276
)
 
$
   
$
 
                         
Maryland Bond Fund
                       
Municipal Bonds
 
$
   
$
171,656,864
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
2,340,126
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
2,340,126
   
$
171,656,864
   
$
 
                         
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
                       
Municipal Bonds
 
$
   
$
1,072,974,209
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
4,372,487
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
4,372,487
   
$
1,072,974,209
   
$
 
                         
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
                       
Municipal Bonds
 
$
   
$
143,012,846
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
11,631,402
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
11,631,402
   
$
143,012,846
   
$
 
                         
Mortgage Securities Fund
                       
Mortgage Backed Securities
 
$
   
$
231,625,923
   
$
 
Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
     
7,789,036
     
 
Asset Backed Securities
   
     
10,888,119
     
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
3,400,000
     
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
   
     
11,040,605
     
 
Preferred Stocks
   
1,302,706
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
3,593,631
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
4,896,337
   
$
264,743,683
   
$
 
Futures Contracts – Short*
 
$
(20,623
)
 
$
   
$
 
                         
WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
                       
Common Stocks:
                       
  Austria
 
$
   
$
1,182,301
   
$
 
  Belgium
   
     
12,695,886
     
 
  Denmark
   
     
4,588,454
     
 
  Finland
   
     
994,879
     
 
  France
   
     
34,052,643
     
 
  Germany
   
     
48,298,077
     
 
  Netherlands
   
17,873,900
     
4,304,549
     
 
  Portugal
   
     
6,439,970
     
 
  Spain
   
4,142,084
     
5,077,054
     
 
  Sweden
   
     
45,317,906
     
 
  Switzerland
   
     
42,764,330
     
 
  United Kingdom
   
     
74,840,298
     
 
Preferred Stocks
   
     
2,444,617
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
6,096,432
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
28,112,416
   
$
283,000,964
   
$
 
                         


 

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Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Emerging Markets Select Fund
                 
Common Stocks:
                 
  China
 
$
30,439,711
   
$
71,897,765
   
$
 
  Czech Republic
   
     
2,747,579
     
 
  Hungary
   
     
1,687,701
     
 
  India
   
     
20,138,142
     
 
  Indonesia
   
     
4,991,780
     
 
  Malaysia
   
     
2,476,007
     
 
  Philippines
   
     
1,711,854
     
 
  Russia
   
9,757,102
     
     
 
  Singapore
   
     
5,307,849
     
 
  South Africa
   
     
1,558,925
     
 
  South Korea
   
     
37,914,204
     
 
  Taiwan
   
     
36,606,127
     
 
  Thailand
   
     
4,992,696
     
 
  Turkey
   
2,021,914
     
2,296,300
     
 
  United Arab Emirates
   
     
2,878,419
     
 
  United Kingdom
   
     
5,315,137
     
 
  United States
   
8,205,468
     
     
 
Preferred Stocks:
                       
  Brazil
   
2,908,055
     
     
 
  South Korea
   
     
1,107,615
     
 
REIT^
   
     
1,811,770
     
 
Exchange Traded Funds
   
1,860,673
     
     
 
Short-Term Investments
   
10,035,436
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
65,228,359
   
$
205,439,870
   
$
 
                         
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
437,292,357
   
$
   
$
 
Short-Term Investments
   
13,822,201
     
     
 
Total Investments
 
$
451,114,558
   
$
   
$
 

^
Real Estate Investment Trusts
*
Amounts presented for Futures Contracts represent total unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of June 30, 2020.

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 securities for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value.
 
Small-Cap Growth Fund
 
Private Placements
 
Balance as of June 30, 2019
 
$
2,403,334
 
Purchases
   
 
Distributions / Returns of Capital
   
(649,750
)
Realized Gains
   
649,750
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
   
(588,964
)
Balance as June 30, 2020
 
$
1,814,370
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) for Level 3 investments held at June 30, 2020
 
$
(588,964
)

Private Placements – The inputs utilized in valuing the Private Placements consist of annual audited financial statements and quarterly capital statements which are provided by the issuer. These valuations are adjusted periodically for certain events (additional contributions of capital or purchases made by the Fund, distributions to the Fund made by the issuer, etc) that may occur prior to receipt of the next quarterly capital statement or Annual Report.
 
B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Investment securities transactions are accounted for on trade date. Discounts/premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted/amortized to contractual maturity, estimated maturity, or next call date, as applicable. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Income and capital gains on some foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding or capital gains taxes. Identified cost of investments sold is used to determine the gain and loss for both financial statement and Federal income tax purposes. Distributions deemed to be a return of capital are recorded as a reduction of the cost of the related investments or as realized capital gains when there is no remaining cost basis on the investments.
 
C. Expenses and Share Class Allocations – Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated to the respective Funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. In Funds with multiple share classes, each share class has equal rights to earnings and assets except that each share class bears different shareholder servicing and/or Rule 12b-1 distribution expenses. Each share class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect just that share class. Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific share class), and realized and unrealized capital gains or losses on investments are allocated to each share class on the basis of relative net assets.
 

 

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D. Foreign Currency – Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. Dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. Dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions.
 
The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments. Some of the Funds may invest in forward foreign currency contracts. These amounts are presented separately from realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments in the financial statements.
 
E. Options – The Funds may invest in options. When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by a Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by a Fund on the expiration date as realized gain from investments. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency determining whether a Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchase by a Fund. A Fund, as a writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.
 
When a Fund purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium paid by a Fund is recorded as an investment and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option purchased. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if a Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a call option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If a put option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. Written and purchased options are non- income producing securities. None of the Funds purchased, sold or wrote any options during the year ended June 30, 2020.
 
F. To-Be-Announced Securities – Some of the Funds may invest in to-be-announced securities (“TBAs”). TBAs is a term that is generally used to describe forward-settling mortgage-backed securities. These TBAs are generally issued by U.S. Government Agencies or U.S. Government Sponsored Entities such as Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae. The actual mortgage-backed security that will be delivered to the buyer at the time TBAs trades are entered into is not known, however, the terms of the acceptable pools of loans that will comprise the mortgage-backed security are determined at the time the trade is entered into (coupon rate, maturity, credit quality, etc.). Investment in TBAs will generally increase a Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk and could also expose a Fund to counterparty default risk. In order to mitigate counterparty default risk, the Funds only enter into TBAs with counterparties for which the risk of default is determined to be remote. As a purchaser or seller of TBAs, the Funds segregate cash or cash equivalents as collateral as required in accordance with applicable industry regulations.
 
G. Tender Option Bonds – Maryland Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund may engage in tender option bond (“TOB”) transactions up to 5% of its net assets which are accounted for by the funds as a secured borrowing.  In a typical TOB transaction, a Fund or another party deposits fixed-rate municipal bonds or other securities into a special purposes entity, referred to as a tender option bond trust (a “TOB Trust”). The TOB Trust generally issues short-term floating rate interests (“Floaters”), which are generally sold to third party investors (often money market funds) and residual interests (“Residual Interests”), which are generally held by the Fund or party that contributed the securities to the TOB Trust. The interest rates payable on the Residual Interests bear an inverse relationship to the interest rate on the Floaters. The interest rate on the Floaters is reset by a remarketing process typically every 7 to 35 days. After income is paid on the Floaters at current, short-term rates, the residual income from the underlying bond held by the TOB Trust goes to the Residual Interests. If a Fund is the depositor of the municipal bonds or other securities to the TOB Trust, the Fund will receive the proceeds from the TOB Trust’s sale of the Floaters, less certain transaction costs. These proceeds may be used by the Fund to invest in other securities, which would have a leveraging effect on the Fund.
 
Residual Interests may be more volatile and less liquid than other municipal bonds of comparable maturity. In most circumstances, the holder of the Residual Interests bears substantially all of the underlying bond’s downside investment risk and also benefits from any appreciation in the value of the underlying bond. Investments in Residual Interests typically will involve greater risk than investments in the underlying municipal bond, including the risk of loss of principal. Because changes in the interest rate on the Floaters inversely affect the residual interest paid on the Residual Interests, the value of the Residual Interests is
 

 

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generally more volatile than that of a fixed-rate municipal bond. Floaters and Residual Interests are subject to interest rate adjustment formulas which generally reduce or, in the extreme, eliminate the interest received by the Residual Interests when short-term interest rates rise, and increase the interest received when short-term interest rates fall.
 
The Residual Interests held by a Fund provide the Fund with the right to: (1) cause the holders of the Floaters to tender their notes at par, and (2) cause the sale of the underlying bond held by the TOB Trust, thereby collapsing the TOB Trust. A Fund may invest in a TOB Trust on either a non-recourse and recourse basis. Each Fund does not currently intend to invest in a TOB Trust on a recourse basis, although each Fund reserves the right to do so in the future. TOB Trusts are typically supported by a liquidity facility provided by a third-party bank or other financial institution (the “Liquidity Provider”) that allows the holders of the Floaters to tender their Floaters in exchange for payment of par plus accrued interest on any business day (subject to the non-occurrence of a TOTE, as such term is defined below). Depending on the structure of the TOB Trust, the Liquidity Provider may purchase the tendered Floaters, or the TOB Trust may draw upon a loan from the Liquidity Provider to purchase the tendered Floaters.
 
The TOB Trust may also be collapsed without the consent of a Fund, as the holder of the Residual Interest, upon the occurrence of certain “tender option termination events” (or “TOTEs”) as defined in the TOB Trust agreements. Such termination events typically include the bankruptcy or default of the municipal bond, a substantial downgrade in credit quality of the municipal bond, or a judgment or ruling that interest on the underlying municipal bond is subject to federal income taxation. Upon the occurrence of a TOTE, the TOB Trust would generally be liquidated in full with the proceeds typically applied first to any accrued fees owed to the trustee, remarketing agent and liquidity provider, and then to the holders of the Floaters up to par plus accrued interest owed on the Floaters and a portion of gain share, if any, with the balance paid out to the holder of the Residual Interests. In the case of a mandatory termination event, as defined in the TOB Trust agreements, after the payment of fees, the holders of the Floaters would be paid before the holders of the Residual Interests (i.e., the Fund). In contrast, in the case of a TOTE, after payment of fees, the holders of the Floaters and the holders of the Residual Interests would be paid pro rata in proportion to the respective face values of their certificates.
 
The use of Residual Interests will require the Fund to earmark or segregate liquid assets in an amount equal to any Floaters, plus any accrued but unpaid interest due on the Floaters, issued by a TOB Trust sponsored by, or on behalf of, the Fund that are not owned by the Fund. The use of Residual Interests may also require the Fund to earmark or segregate liquid assets in an amount equal to loans provided by the Liquidity Provider to the TOB Trust to purchase tendered Floaters. The Fund reserves the right to modify its asset segregation policies in the future to the extent that such changes are in accordance with applicable regulations or interpretations.
 
Under GAAP, securities of a Fund that are deposited into a TOB Trust continue to be treated as investments of the Fund and are presented on the Fund’s Schedule of Investments and outstanding Floaters issued by a TOB Trust are presented as liabilities in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Interest income from the underlying security is recorded by the Fund on an accrual basis and included as part of  “Interest Income” on the Statements of Operations. Interest expense incurred on the Floaters is included on the Statement of Operations as “Interest expense – secured borrowing from tender option bonds” and other expenses related to remarketing, administration and trustee services to a TOB Trust are included as part of the “Miscellaneous expenses” of the Fund.  During the year ended as of the date of this report, only the Tax-Exempt Bond Fund engaged in TOB transactions and $17,227 of such miscellaneous expenses were incurred.  As of the year ended as of the date of this report, the Funds were not engaged in any TOB transactions.
 
H. Distributions to Shareholders – For Maryland Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund, distributions of net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions to shareholders of net investment income, if any, are declared and paid monthly for the Intermediate Income Fund, Total Return Fund, Strategic Bond Fund, Sustainable Bond Fund and Mortgage Securities Fund and quarterly for the Equity Income Fund. The remaining Funds declare and pay net investment income, if any, at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of net capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. If a Fund is involved in a reorganization in which it acquires, or is being acquired by another fund, an additional distribution of net investment income and/or capital gains may be made prior to such reorganization.
 
I. Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 

 

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J. Federal Taxes – Each Fund has elected to be taxed as a “regulated investment company” and intends to distribute substantially all taxable income to its shareholders and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes or excise taxes has been made.
 
The Funds recognize tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities.
 
The Funds have analyzed their tax positions and have concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain income tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years (2017-2019) as of June 30, 2020 or are expected to be taken in the Funds’ 2020 tax returns. The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and Delaware State; however, the Funds are not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next year.
 
K. Redemption Fees – A shareholder who redeems or exchanges shares of the Funds within fourteen days of purchase will incur a redemption fee of 1.00% of the current net asset value of shares redeemed or exchanged, subject to certain exceptions. The fee is charged for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and will be paid to the Fund to help offset transaction costs. The fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. Each Fund reserves the right to modify the terms of or terminate the fee at any time.
 
L. Guarantees and Indemnifications – In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
M. New Accounting Pronouncements – In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-08, Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (“ASU 2017-08”). The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities, held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and has been adopted by the Funds as of the beginning of the year ended June 30, 2020. In accordance with ASU 2017-08, the Funds have made a retrospective cumulative adjustment, as applicable, which decreased the beginning cost of investments and increased the beginning unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments by the amounts shown in the following table. These adjustments to cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were offset by corresponding adjustments which decreased the undistributed net investment income component of total distributable earnings (loss). These adjustments did not impact the tax cost of investments or the net assets of the Funds.
 
 
Adjustment to Unrealized
Adjustment to Total
 
Fund
Appreciation (Depreciation)
Distributable Earnings (Loss)
Impact on Net Assets
Maryland Bond
$1,120,859
$(1,120,859)
$          —
Tax-Exempt Bond
  2,692,405
  (2,692,405)
            —
 
In March 2020 the FASB issued ASU 2020-04 Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.  The main objective of this ASU is to provide relief to companies that will be impacted by the expected change in benchmark interest rates at the end of 2021.  At the end of 2021, participating banks will no longer be required to submit London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) quotes to the UK Financial Conduct Authority.  This ASU allows companies to account for modifications as a continuance of the existing contract without additional analysis when certain conditions are met.  Management is currently assessing the impact of this ASU on the Funds.
 
Note 3. Commitments and Other Affiliated Party Transactions
 
Investment Adviser – Brown Advisory LLC serves as Investment Adviser (“the Adviser”) to the Funds. Pursuant to investment advisory agreements, the Adviser receives a management fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, from each Fund at an annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:
 
Fund
Breakpoint
Annual Fee

Fund
Breakpoint
Annual Fee
Growth Equity and
First $1.5 billion
0.60%
 
Flexible Equity
First $150 million
0.50%
Sustainable Growth
$1.5 billion to $3 billion
0.55%
   
$150 million to $250 million
0.45%
 
$3 billion to $6 billion
0.50%
   
$250 million to $1 billion
0.40%
 
Over $6 billion
0.45%
   
Over $1 billion
0.38%


 

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Fund
Annual Fee

Fund
Annual Fee
Equity Income
0.60%
 
Sustainable Bond
0.30%
Mid-Cap Growth
0.65%
 
Maryland Bond
0.30%
Small-Cap Growth
0.85%
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
0.30%
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
0.85%
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
0.30%
Global Leaders1
0.65%
 
Mortgage Securities Fund
0.30%
Intermediate Income
0.30%
 
WMC Strategic European Equity2
0.90%
Total Return
0.30%
 
Emerging Markets Select2,3
0.90%
Strategic Bond
0.40%
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value4
0.45%

1
Brown Advisory Limited (“BAL”) serves as sub-adviser to the Global Leaders Fund and makes investment decisions on its behalf. BAL is compensated for its services by the Adviser.
2
Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington”) serves as sub-adviser to the WMC Strategic European Equity Fund and the Emerging Markets Select Fund and makes investment decisions on their behalf. Wellington is compensated for its services by the Adviser.
3
Pzena Investment Management, LLC (“Pzena”) serves as sub-adviser to the Emerging Markets Select Fund and makes investment decisions on its behalf. Pzena is compensated for its services by the Adviser.
4
Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. (“Beutel Goodman”) serves as sub-adviser to the Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund and makes investment decisions on its behalf. Beutel Goodman is compensated for its services by the Adviser.

These fees are reported on the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Investment advisory fees”.
 
Business Management Fees – The Adviser is also entitled to receive an annual business management fee of 0.05%, accrued daily and payable monthly, of the Funds’ average daily net assets in exchange for its management and oversight of the non-investment advisory services provided to the Funds and the Trust. These fees are reported on the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Business management fees”.
 
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements (Operating Expense Caps) – The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse certain expenses to limit total annual operating expenses as follows:
 
Fund(s):
Institutional Shares
Investor Shares
Advisor Shares
Growth Equity, Flexible Equity, Equity Income and Sustainable Growth
1.00%
1.15%
1.35%
Mid-Cap Growth and Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
0.70%
0.85%
1.10%
Small-Cap Growth and Small-Cap Fundamental Value
1.25%
1.40%
1.60%
Global Leaders
0.75%
0.90%
1.15%
Intermediate Income, Total Return,
     
Sustainable Bond, Maryland Bond, Tax-Exempt Bond and Mortgage Securities
0.55%
0.60%
0.80%
Strategic Bond
0.65%
0.70%
0.95%
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
0.52%
0.57%
0.82%
WMC Strategic European Equity and Emerging Markets Select
1.60%
1.75%
2.00%

 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, the Adviser waived $125,645 in expenses for Mid-Cap Growth Fund and $260,299 in expenses for Global Leaders Fund. The Adviser may recoup any waived amounts from the Funds if such reimbursement does not cause the Funds to exceed its existing expense limitations or the limitation in place at the time the reduction was originally made and the amount recouped is made within three years after the date on which the Adviser waived the expense. The Funds must pay their current ordinary operating expenses before the Adviser is entitled to any recoupment of previously waived fees and/or expenses. The cumulative amounts of previously waived fees that the Adviser may recoup from the Funds are shown below:
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2021
   
2022
   
2023
   
Total
 
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
 
$
59,874
   
$
103,738
   
$
125,645
   
$
289,257
 
Global Leaders Fund
   
138,801
     
231,484
     
260,299
     
630,584
 

Distribution – ALPS Distributors, Inc. (“the Distributor”) serves as principal underwriter for shares of the Funds and acts as each Fund’s Distributor in a continuous public offering of each Fund’s shares.

 

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Rule 12b-1 Distribution Fees – Under a Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act (“Distribution Plan”), each Fund pays ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), or any other entity as authorized by the Board, as compensation for the distribution-related and/or shareholder services provided by such entities an aggregate fee equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Advisor Shares for each Fund. The Distributor may pay any or all amounts received under the Rule 12b-1 Plan to financial intermediaries or other persons, including the Adviser, for any distribution or service activity. These fees are reported in the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Distribution fees – Advisor Shares”.
 
Shareholder Servicing Fees – The Trust has also adopted a Shareholder Service Plan under which each Fund may pay a fee of up to 0.15% of the average daily net assets of each Fund’s Investor and Advisor Shares (except for the Intermediate Income Fund, Total Return Fund, Strategic Bond Fund, Sustainable Bond Fund, Maryland Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund and Mortgage Securities Fund, which may pay a fee of up to 0.05%) for shareholder services provided to the Funds by financial institutions, including the Adviser. The Adviser serves as the shareholder servicing agent of the Funds. These fees are reported in the Funds’ Statements of Operations as “Service fees – Investor Shares” and “Service fees – Advisor Shares”.
 
Investments in Affiliates – Intermediate Income Fund
The Intermediate Income Fund and Mortgage Securities Fund are considered affiliates since Brown Advisory LLC is the Adviser to both of the Funds. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Intermediate Income Fund invests a portion of its assets into the Mortgage Securities Fund. As of June 30, 2020, the Intermediate Income Fund owned shares of the Mortgage Securities Fund with a total market value of $17,632,866, or 11.6% of the Intermediate Income Fund’s net assets.
 
The Intermediate Income Fund has entered into a Fee Waiver Agreement (“the Agreement”) with the Adviser. Per the Agreement, the Intermediate Income Fund will waive Advisory Fees in an amount equal to the Advisory Fees earned by the Mortgage Securities Fund on the assets invested into it by the Intermediate Income Fund. For example, if the Intermediate Income Fund owned $10,000,000 worth of the Mortgage Securities Fund for an entire year, it would waive, on an annual basis, $30,000 in Advisory Fees ($10,000,000 multiplied by 0.30%, the annual Advisory Fee ratio for the Mortgage Securities Fund). For the year ended June 30, 2020, the Intermediate Income Fund waived $56,928 in Advisory Fees per the terms of the Agreement. This is a permanent waiver of fees and these waived fees may not be recouped by the Adviser at any time in the future.
 
See the table below for details of the Intermediate Income Fund’s investment in the Mortgage Securities Fund Institutional Shares for the year ended June 30, 2020:
 
     
Net
Change In
       
Beginning
   
Realized
Unrealized
Ending
   
Shares
Market Value
   
Gains
Appreciation
Market Value
Dividend
Capital Gain
Owned at
6/30/2019
Purchases
Sales
(Losses)
(Depreciation)
6/30/2020
Income
Distributions
6/30/2020
$27,337,169
$14,425,000
$(24,900,000)
$395,848
$374,849
$17,632,866
$326,588
$—
1,685,742

Other Service Providers – U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“Fund Services”), doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, serves as the Funds’ Administrator (“Administrator”), and in that capacity, performs various administrative services for the Funds. Fund Services also serves as the Funds’ fund accountant and transfer agent. Certain officers of the Trust are employees of Fund Services and the Funds’ custodian, U.S. Bank, N.A., is an affiliate of the Administrator. Fees paid to Fund Services and U.S. Bank, N.A. for its service can be found in the Statements of Operations as “Administration, accounting and transfer agent fees” and “Custodian fees”, respectively. Additional amounts for miscellaneous expenses may be paid by the Funds to Fund Services and included in “Miscellaneous expenses” in the Statements of Operations.
 
Rule 17a-7 Transactions – Each Fund is permitted to purchase and sell securities to certain affiliated parties under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to these procedures, during the year ended June 30, 2020, Maryland Bond Fund engaged in securities sales of $2,459,588 with a net realized loss of $105,586; Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund engaged in securities purchases of $2,459,588; WMC Strategic European Equity Fund engaged in securities sales of $2,348,190 with a net realized loss of $367,691; and Emerging Markets Select Fund engaged in securities purchases of $185,566 and sales of $236,781 with a net realized loss of $28,199. These transactions are included in the purchases and sales table in Note 4.
 

 

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Note 4. Purchases and Sales of Securities
 
The cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales of investments (including maturities), other than short-term investments, for the year ended June 30, 2020 were as follows:
 
Fund

Purchases


Sales

Fund

Purchases


Sales
 
Growth Equity
 
$
546,410,555
   
$
596,603,336
 
Strategic Bond
 
$
284,960,380
   
$
315,318,267
 
Flexible Equity
   
57,631,409
     
94,100,720
 
Sustainable Bond
   
156,291,228
     
130,627,131
 
Equity Income
   
13,226,175
     
22,297,514
 
Maryland Bond
   
65,752,894
     
69,368,367
 
Sustainable Growth
   
1,512,371,118
     
381,137,673
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
1,038,828,813
     
878,300,803
 
Mid-Cap Growth
   
97,612,328
     
24,721,600
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
173,610,571
     
31,169,133
 
Small-Cap Growth
   
502,725,068
     
363,919,370
 
Mortgage Securities
   
355,852,118
     
365,154,984
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
486,691,686
     
548,246,013
 
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
220,866,279
     
370,068,584
 
Global Leaders
   
471,819,945
     
101,076,558
 
Emerging Markets Select
   
193,080,825
     
221,479,537
 
Intermediate Income
   
153,876,941
     
146,658,151
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
284,551,190
     
118,918,299
 
Total Return
   
616,556,532
     
457,583,747
                   

Purchases and sales of U.S. Government securities are included in the totals above and include U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes. The Funds listed below purchased and sold U.S. Government securities for the year ended June 30, 2020 as follows:
 
Fund
 
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Fund
 
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Intermediate Income
 
$
21,753,863
   
$
15,913,650
 
Sustainable Bond
 
$
34,647,613
   
$
30,205,319
 
Total Return
   
120,071,301
     
94,930,795
 
Mortgage Securities
   
55,092,033
     
47,108,515
 

Note 5. Federal Income Tax and Distribution Information
 
At June 30, 2020, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
   
Growth
   
Flexible
   
Equity
   
Sustainable
   
Mid-Cap
   
Small-Cap
 
   
Equity
   
Equity
   
Income
   
Growth
   
Growth
   
Growth
 
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
 
Cost of investments
 
$
1,449,475,734
   
$
258,943,098
   
$
47,287,118
   
$
2,102,820,375
   
$
115,581,659
   
$
1,164,650,905
 
Unrealized appreciation
   
1,428,124,548
     
250,320,970
     
32,602,715
     
891,122,716
     
23,989,026
     
454,656,354
 
Unrealized depreciation
   
(26,661,399
)
   
(7,354,269
)
   
(1,562,326
)
   
(23,105,062
)
   
(5,236,999
)
   
(58,131,910
)
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
1,401,463,149
     
242,966,701
     
31,040,389
     
868,017,654
     
18,752,027
     
396,524,444
 
Undistributed income
   
     
1,541,061
     
837
     
     
     
 
Undistributed capital gains
   
16,120,213
     
2,525,497
     
2,480,505
     
     
     
 
Total undistributed earnings
   
16,120,213
     
4,066,558
     
2,481,342
     
     
     
 
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
(3,232,047
)
   
     
     
(23,566,066
)
   
(3,900,441
)
   
(25,302,439
)
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
1,414,351,315
   
$
247,033,259
   
$
33,521,731
   
$
844,451,588
   
$
14,851,586
   
$
371,222,005
 
                                                 
                                                 
   
Small-Cap
   
Global
   
Intermediate
   
Total
   
Strategic
   
Sustainable
 
   
Fundamental
   
Leaders
   
Income
   
Return
   
Bond
   
Bond
 
   
Value Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Fund
 
Cost of investments
 
$
705,256,690
   
$
567,461,790
   
$
147,816,872
   
$
409,037,576
   
$
161,099,858
   
$
148,892,561
 
Unrealized appreciation
   
175,046,127
     
124,840,098
     
5,941,844
     
15,271,619
     
4,804,293
     
8,021,635
 
Unrealized depreciation
   
(101,062,358
)
   
(19,526,847
)
   
(965,597
)
   
(5,680,137
)
   
(5,247,822
)
   
(882,983
)
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
73,983,769
     
105,313,251
     
4,976,247
     
9,591,482
     
(443,529
)
   
7,138,652
 
Undistributed income
   
3,530,855
     
1,300,516
     
142,529
     
2,450,268
     
282,261
     
780,190
 
Undistributed capital gains
   
     
     
     
5,777,813
     
     
1,716,053
 
Total undistributed earnings
   
3,530,855
     
1,300,516
     
142,529
     
8,228,081
     
282,261
     
2,496,243
 
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
(108,688,394
)
   
(15,299,741
)
   
(136,489
)
   
(456,831
)
   
(11,553,238
)
   
(214,033
)
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
(31,173,770
)
 
$
91,314,026
   
$
4,982,287
   
$
17,362,732
   
$
(11,714,506
)
 
$
9,420,862
 

 

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Maryland
   
Tax-Exempt
   
Tax-Exempt
   
Mortgage
   
WMC Strategic
   
Emerging
 
   
Bond
   
Bond
   
Sustainable
   
Securities
   
European
   
Markets
 
   
Fund
   
Fund
   
Bond Fund
   
Fund
   
Equity Fund
   
Select Fund
 
Cost of investments
 
$
170,664,556
   
$
1,059,910,869
   
$
154,987,311
   
$
260,026,469
   
$
299,130,062
   
$
272,217,003
 
Unrealized appreciation
   
6,657,878
     
38,060,774
     
1,425,828
     
12,440,802
     
51,749,697
     
37,405,059
 
Unrealized depreciation
   
(3,325,444
)
   
(20,624,947
)
   
(1,768,891
)
   
(2,827,251
)
   
(39,766,379
)
   
(38,953,833
)
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
3,332,434
     
17,435,827
     
(343,063
)
   
9,613,551
     
11,983,318
     
(1,548,774
)
Undistributed income
 
261,177
^  
1,744,275
^  
237,845
^    
275,697
     
     
741,953
 
Undistributed capital gains
   
     
     
     
     
9,571,328
     
 
Total undistributed earnings
 
261,177
^  
1,744,275^
   
237,845^
     
275,697
     
9,571,328
     
741,953
 
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
(1,827,510
)
   
(18,427,490
)
   
(120,681
)
   
(4,464,565
)
   
52,229
     
(32,687,888
)
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
1,766,101
   
$
752,612
   
$
(225,899
)
 
$
5,424,683
   
$
21,606,875
   
$
(33,494,709
)
                                                 
   
Beutel
                                         
   
Goodman
                                         
   
Large-Cap
                                         
   
Value Fund
                                         
Cost of investments
 
$
445,894,958
                                         
Unrealized appreciation
   
46,191,705
                                         
Unrealized depreciation
   
(40,972,105
)
                                       
Net unrealized app (dep)
   
5,219,600
                                         
Undistributed income
   
19,313,517
                                         
Undistributed capital gains
   
                                         
Total undistributed earnings
   
19,313,517
                                         
Other accumulated gains (losses)
   
(10,376,150
)
                                       
Total distributable earnings (losses)
 
$
14,156,967
                                         

^  Represents income that is exempt from federal income taxes.
 
The differences between tax basis and book basis amounts are primarily due to wash sales, post-October losses, post-December ordinary losses, timing differences related to the amortization of premium on certain fixed income securities, and distributions payable.
 
At June 30, 2020, the following capital loss carryforwards and tax deferrals were available and outstanding, respectively:
 
   
Capital Loss Carryforwards
   
Tax Deferrals
 
                     
Post-October
   
Post-December
 
Fund
 
Short-Term
   
Long-Term
   
Total
   
Capital Losses
   
Ordinary Losses
 
Growth Equity
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
(3,232,047
)
Flexible Equity
   
     
     
     
     
 
Equity Income
   
     
     
     
     
 
Sustainable Growth
   
(22,835,694
)
   
     
(22,835,694
)
   
     
(730,372
)
Mid-Cap Growth
   
(2,742,698
)
   
(1,125,440
)
   
(3,868,138
)
   
     
(32,303
)
Small-Cap Growth
   
     
     
     
(21,077,752
)
   
(4,224,687
)
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
     
     
     
(108,688,394
)
   
 
Global Leaders
   
(9,296,076
)
   
(6,008,937
)
   
(15,305,013
)
   
     
 
Intermediate Income
   
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return
   
     
     
     
     
 
Strategic Bond
   
(6,245,571
)
   
(5,049,986
)
   
(11,295,557
)
   
     
 
Sustainable Bond
   
     
     
     
     
 
Maryland Bond
   
     
(1,566,333
)
   
(1,566,333
)
   
     
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
(16,683,215
)
   
     
(16,683,215
)
   
     
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
     
     
     
     
 
Mortgage Securities
   
(4,213,487
)
   
     
(4,213,487
)
   
     
 
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
     
     
     
     
 
Emerging Markets Select
   
(19,941,814
)
   
(12,722,128
)
   
(32,663,942
)
   
     
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
(3,511,850
)
   
(6,864,300
)
   
(10,376,150
)
   
     
 

 

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June 30, 2020

Distributions during the fiscal periods ended as noted were characterized for tax purposes as follows:
 
   
Tax Exempt Income
   
Ordinary Income
   
Long-Term Capital Gain^
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
Fund
 
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
Growth Equity
 
$
   
$
   
$
4,888,278
   
$
   
$
115,962,258
   
$
202,855,773
 
Flexible Equity
   
     
     
2,585,878
     
2,104,882
     
21,095,915
     
14,658,366
 
Equity Income
   
     
     
1,352,123
     
1,928,181
     
6,766,399
     
9,837,503
 
Sustainable Growth
   
     
     
     
1,432,651
     
14,026,862
     
24,715,805
 
Mid-Cap Growth
   
     
     
105,406
     
280,109
     
45,005
     
 
Small-Cap Growth
   
     
     
3,942,913
     
11,630,630
     
24,659,111
     
28,238,707
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
     
     
4,501,408
     
20,916,108
     
43,206,208
     
112,248,607
 
Global Leaders
   
     
     
1,172,408
     
347,102
     
     
 
Intermediate Income
   
     
     
3,254,692
     
3,320,169
     
     
 
Total Return
   
     
     
12,593,609
     
5,950,670
     
3,141,637
     
 
Strategic Bond
   
     
     
6,557,989
     
6,389,003
     
     
 
Sustainable Bond
   
     
     
4,662,725
     
2,806,828
     
695,464
     
 
Maryland Bond
   
4,788,290
     
4,779,731
     
37,776
     
65,895
     
     
 
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
30,262,146
     
21,013,692
     
784,899
     
781,501
     
     
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
702,671
     
N/A
     
34,831
     
N/A
     
     
N/A
 
Mortgage Securities
   
     
     
4,190,803
     
7,960,762
     
     
 
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
     
     
5,422,293
     
13,352,788
     
20,333,988
     
63,683,372
 
Emerging Markets Select
   
     
     
4,173,029
     
9,238,919
     
     
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
     
     
6,225,197
     
4,272,001
     
1,432,531
     
 

^
Designated as a long-term capital gain dividend, pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3).  The Funds, as applicable, have also designated earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on the redemption of shares as capital gains in order to reduce earnings and profits of the Fund related to net capital gains to zero as of the date of this report.

U.S GAAP requires that certain components of net assets (presented on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities) be reclassified for permanent differences between financial reporting and tax reporting. These reclassifications are primarily the result of net operating losses, investments in real estate investment trusts, foreign currency transactions, distribution reclassifications, and income adjustments to asset-backed security transactions. These reclassifications have no impact on the net assets of the Funds or the Funds’ NAV’s. For the year ended June 30, 2020, the following reclassifications were made:
 
   
Paid-in
   
Distributable
       
Paid-in
   
Distributable
 
Fund
 
Capital
   
Earnings (Loss)
   
Fund
 
Capital
   
Earnings (Loss)
 
Growth Equity
 
$
149,144,345
   
$
(149,144,345
)
 
Strategic Bond
 
$
   
$
 
Flexible Equity
   
1,296,975
     
(1,296,975
)
 
Sustainable Bond
   
460,233
     
(460,233
)
Equity Income
   
480,408
     
(480,408
)
 
Maryland Bond
   
60
     
(60
)
Sustainable Growth
   
(323,227
)
   
323,227
   
Tax-Exempt Bond
   
(160
)
   
160
 
Mid-Cap Growth
   
(10,220
)
   
10,220
   
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
   
     
 
Small-Cap Growth
   
(5,396,305
)
   
5,396,305
   
Mortgage Securities
   
     
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
   
(58
)
   
58
   
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
7,437,749
     
(7,437,749
)
Global Leaders
   
     
   
Emerging Markets Select
   
     
 
Intermediate Income
   
229,824
     
(229,824
)
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
     
 
Total Return
   
1,216,737
     
(1,216,737
)
                   

Note 6. Futures Contracts
 
The Intermediate Income Fund, Total Return Fund, Strategic Bond Fund, Sustainable Bond Fund, and Mortgage Securities Fund invested in futures contracts during the year ended June 30, 2020. At the time a Fund purchases or enters into a futures contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral an initial margin with the broker, as required by the terms of the contract. This collateral may consist of cash and / or securities (generally U.S. Treasury Bills). Thereafter, in connection with changes in the market value of the futures contracts, the Funds may send or receive collateral to or from the broker. Such amounts are included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as “Cash deposit at broker – futures contracts” or “Cash collateral from broker – futures contracts”. Securities pledged as collateral, if there are any, are included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as part of “Total investments, at market value”. These securities are also tickmarked on the Schedules of Investments as being pledged in connection with open futures contracts.

 

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June 30, 2020

Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the fluctuation in the value of the contract. These daily fluctuations are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses on futures contracts. When these futures contracts are closed, realized gains or losses on futures contracts are recorded by the Fund. The realized gains or losses are reported in the Statement of Operations as net realized gains or losses from futures contracts. Depending upon the agreement with the broker, the Funds may or may not settle variation margin daily. The Funds attempt to mitigate counterparty credit risk by only entering into futures contracts with brokers that the Funds believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of these brokers. The “Notional Amount” of futures contracts shown on the Schedule of Investments represents the notional market value of the futures contracts on the day they were opened. The “Notional Value” of futures contracts shown on the Schedule of Investments represents the notional market value of the futures contracts as of the date of this report. For long futures contracts, an excess of Notional Value over Notional Amount results in unrealized appreciation on the futures contract (and an excess of Notional Amount over Notional Value results in unrealized depreciation on the futures contract). The opposite is true for short futures contracts. These unrealized appreciation (depreciation) amounts represent the net impact on a Fund’s net assets as a result of open futures contracts as of the date of this report. The use of long futures contracts by the Funds subjects them to a risk of loss in excess of the gross unrealized appreciation and/or gross unrealized depreciation amounts shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and up to the total Notional Amount of the futures contract as shown on the Schedule of Investments. The use of short futures contracts by the Funds subjects them to a risk of loss in excess of the gross unrealized appreciation and/or gross unrealized depreciation amounts shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and, hypothetically, up to an unlimited amount of loss that could exceed the Notional Amount of the futures contracts as shown on the Schedules of Investments.
 
During the year ended June 30, 2020, investments in futures contracts were as follows:
 
      
Average Notional Value Outstanding
 
Fund
Risk Type
 
Long Futures Contracts
   
Short Futures Contracts
 
Intermediate Income
Interest Rate
 
$
30,461,645
   
$
 
Total Return
Interest Rate
   
124,155,365
     
(13,569,863
)
Strategic Bond
Interest Rate
   
     
(4,761,632
)
Sustainable Bond
Interest Rate
   
46,849,109
     
(15,195,739
)
Mortgage Securities
Interest Rate
   
47,612,683
     
(4,419,868
)

Investment in long futures contracts increases a Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk, while investment in short futures contracts serves to reduce a Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk.  Assets and/or liabilities related to futures contracts were not subject to an arrangement wherein those assets and/or liabilities were, or could have been, settled on a net basis with any other derivative related obligations.
 
Note 7. Line of Credit
 
As of June 30, 2020, Brown Advisory Funds has an unsecured line of credit of up to $100,000,000 with U.S. Bank, N.A. The interest rate on the line of credit as of June 30, 2020 was 3.25% (prime rate). The following table shows the details of the Funds’ borrowing activity during the year ended June 30, 2020. Funds that are not listed did not utilize the line of credit during the period.
 
   
Maximum
         
Total Interest
   
Average
 
   
Outstanding
   
Average Daily
   
Expense
   
Annual
 
Fund
 
Balance
   
Balance
   
Incurred
   
Interest Rate
 
Total Return
 
$
1,294,000
   
$
6,740
   
$
223
     
3.25
%
WMC Strategic European Equity
   
758,000
     
11,071
     
366
     
3.25
%
Emerging Markets Select
   
2,054,000
     
11,943
     
395
     
3.25
%
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
   
82,000
     
224
     
10
     
4.25
%

As of the date of this report, none of the Funds had any outstanding borrowings under the line of credit.

 

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June 30, 2020

Note 8. COVID-19
 
The global outbreak of COVID-19 (commonly referred to as “coronavirus”) has significantly disrupted economic markets.  The ultimate short-term and long-term impact on economies, markets, industries, and individual issuers in which the Funds invest is unknown. The financial performance of the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest depends on future developments including the duration and spread of the outbreak.  This uncertainty may adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Funds’ investments.
 
Note 9. Subsequent Events
 
In preparing these financial statements, the Funds have evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition through the date the financial statements were issued. No material events or transactions occurred subsequent to June 30, 2020 that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
Brown Advisory Funds
Baltimore, MD
 
Opinion on the Financial Statements
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund, Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Fund, Brown Advisory Equity Income Fund, Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund, Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund, Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund, Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund, Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund, Brown Advisory Total Return Fund, Brown Advisory Strategic Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Sustainable Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund, Brown Advisory Mortgage Securities Fund, Brown Advisory – WMC Strategic European Equity Fund, Brown Advisory Emerging Markets Select Fund, and Brown Advisory – Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”), including the schedules of investments, as of June 30, 2020, the related statements of operations, the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of June 30, 2020, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets and their financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Individual Funds
constituting
Brown Advisory
Statement of
Statements of
 
Funds
Operations
Changes in Net Assets
Financial Highlights
Brown Advisory Growth
For the year ended
For each of the two years
For each of the five years in the period
Equity Fund, Brown Advisory
June 30, 2020
in the period ended
ended June 30, 2020
Flexible Equity Fund, Brown
 
June 30, 2020
 
Advisory Equity Income Fund,
     
Brown Advisory Sustainable
     
Growth Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Small-Cap Growth Fund,
     
Brown Advisory Small-Cap
     
Fundamental Value Fund,
     
Brown Advisory Global
     
Leaders Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Intermediate Income Fund,
     
Brown Advisory Total Return
     
Fund, Brown Advisory Strategic
     
Bond Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Maryland Bond Fund, Brown
     
Advisory Tax-Exempt Bond
     
Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Mortgage Securities Fund,
     
Brown Advisory – WMC
     
Strategic European Equity
     
Fund, Brown Advisory
     
Emerging Markets Select Fund
     
       
Brown Advisory
For the year ended
For each of the two years
For each of the two years in the period
Mid-Cap
June 30, 2020
in the period ended
ended June 30, 2020 and the period from
Growth Fund
 
June 30, 2020
October 2, 2017 (commencement of
     
operations) through June 30, 2018


 

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Individual Funds
     
constituting
     
Brown Advisory
Statement of
Statements of
 
Funds
Operations
Changes in Net Assets
Financial Highlights
Brown Advisory
For the year ended
For each of the two years
For each of the two years in the period
Sustainable
June 30, 2020
in the period ended
ended June 30, 2020 and the period from
Bond Fund
 
June 30, 2020
August 7, 2017 (commencement of
     
operations) through June 30, 2018
       
Brown Advisory
For the period from
For the period from
For the period from December 2, 2019
Tax-Exempt
December 2, 2019
December 2, 2019
(commencement of operations)
Sustainable
(commencement of
(commencement of
through June 30, 2020
Bond Fund
operations) through
operations) through
 
 
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020
 
       
Brown Advisory –
For the year ended
For each of the two years
For each of the two years in the period
Beutel Goodman
June 30, 2020
in the period ended
ended June 30, 2020 and the period
Large-Cap
 
June 30, 2020
from February 13, 2018 (commencement
Value Fund
   
of operations) through June 30, 2018

Basis for Opinion
 
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We have served as the auditor of one or more of the funds in the Trust since 2008.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
 
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2020 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
 
TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 25, 2020

 

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Expense Example For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including investment advisory fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses.  This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.  The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020).
 
Actual Expenses
 
The Actual Expenses columns in the following table provides information about actual account values based on actual returns and actual expenses.  As a shareholder you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ transfer agent.  If you request that a redemption be made by wire transfer, currently, the Funds’ transfer agent charges a $15.00 fee.  You will be charged a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net amount of the redemption if you redeem your shares less than 14 days after you purchase, with certain limited exceptions.  Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRA”) that are held directly at the Funds will be charged a $15.00 annual maintenance fee. IRAs held by broker-dealers or through other means, may or may not incur an annual maintenance fee. Yet, if IRAs maintenance fees are charged to accounts held elsewhere, the fees charged may be more or may be less than $15.00.  To the extent the Funds invest in shares of other investment companies as part of their investment strategy, you will indirectly bear your proportionate share of any fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Funds invest in addition to the expenses of the Funds.  Actual expenses of the underlying funds may vary.  These expenses are not included in the example below.  The example below includes, but is not limited to, investment advisory, shareholder servicing, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees.  However, the example below does not include portfolio trading commissions and related expenses.  You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.  Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6). Then, multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
 
The Hypothetical Expenses columns in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values based on a hypothetical return and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return.  The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds.  To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.  Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees or exchange fees.  Therefore, the hypothetical information in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.  In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 

   
Actual Expenses
Hypothetical Expenses
 
 
Beginning
Ending
 
Ending
 
Annualized
 
Account Value
Account Value
Expenses Paid
Account Value
Expenses Paid
Net Expense
 
January 1, 2020
June 30, 2020
During the Period*
June 30, 2020
During the Period*
Ratio*
Growth Equity Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,104.60
$3.56
$1,021.48
$3.42
0.68%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,103.70
$4.34
$1,020.74
$4.17
0.83%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,101.80
$5.64
$1,019.49
$5.42
1.08%
             
Flexible Equity Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   976.70
$2.75
$1,022.08
$2.82
0.56%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   975.90
$3.49
$1,021.33
$3.57
0.71%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$   974.70
$4.71
$1,020.09
$4.82
0.96%


 

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Expense Example For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

   
Actual Expenses
Hypothetical Expenses
 
 
Beginning
Ending
 
Ending
 
Annualized
 
Account Value
Account Value
Expenses Paid
Account Value
Expenses Paid
Net Expense
 
January 1, 2020
June 30, 2020
During the Period*
June 30, 2020
During the Period*
Ratio*
Equity Income Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   918.90
$3.86
$1,020.84
$4.07
0.81%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   917.50
$4.58
$1,020.09
$4.82
0.96%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$   916.80
$5.77
$1,018.85
$6.07
1.21%
             
Sustainable Growth Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,133.70
$3.66
$1,021.43
$3.47
0.69%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,132.60
$4.45
$1,020.69
$4.22
0.84%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,131.20
$5.78
$1,019.44
$5.47
1.09%
             
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,004.40
$3.49
$1,021.38
$3.52
0.70%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,002.90
$4.23
$1,020.64
$4.27
0.85%
             
Small-Cap Growth Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,002.30
$4.83
$1,020.04
$4.87
0.97%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,001.40
$5.57
$1,019.29
$5.62
1.12%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,000.50
$6.81
$1,018.05
$6.87
1.37%
             
Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   753.10
$4.23
$1,020.04
$4.87
0.97%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   752.50
$4.88
$1,019.29
$5.62
1.12%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$   751.40
$5.97
$1,018.05
$6.87
1.37%
             
Global Leaders Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   966.90
$3.67
$1,021.13
$3.77
0.75%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   966.30
$4.40
$1,020.39
$4.52
0.90%
             
Intermediate Income Fund
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,036.80
$2.58
$1,022.33
$2.56
0.51%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,036.40
$3.85
$1,021.08
$3.82
0.76%
             
Total Return Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,051.00
$2.24
$1,022.68
$2.21
0.44%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,050.80
$2.50
$1,022.43
$2.46
0.49%
             
Strategic Bond Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   977.50
$2.80
$1,022.03
$2.87
0.57%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   979.20
$3.05
$1,021.78
$3.12
0.62%
             
Sustainable Bond Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,057.60
$2.40
$1,022.53
$2.36
0.47%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,057.40
$2.66
$1,022.28
$2.61
0.52%
             
Maryland Bond Fund
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   993.20
$2.43
$1,022.43
$2.46
0.49%
             
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   991.80
$2.08
$1,022.77
$2.11
0.42%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   992.50
$2.33
$1,022.53
$2.36
0.47%
             
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   994.40
$2.73
$1,022.13
$2.77
0.55%
             
Mortgage Securities Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$1,042.40
$2.39
$1,022.53
$2.36
0.47%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$1,042.10
$2.64
$1,022.28
$2.61
0.52%


 

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Expense Example For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

   
Actual Expenses
Hypothetical Expenses
 
 
Beginning
Ending
 
Ending
 
Annualized
 
Account Value
Account Value
Expenses Paid
Account Value
Expenses Paid
Net Expense
 
January 1, 2020
June 30, 2020
During the Period*
June 30, 2020
During the Period*
Ratio*
WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   931.70
$5.33
$1,019.34
$5.57
1.11%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   931.60
$6.05
$1,018.60
$6.32
1.26%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$   930.10
$7.25
$1,017.35
$7.57
1.51%
             
Emerging Markets Select Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   891.30
$5.64
$1,018.90
$6.02
1.20%
Investor Shares
$1,000.00
$   890.30
$6.34
$1,018.15
$6.77
1.35%
Advisor Shares
$1,000.00
$   888.80
$7.51
$1,016.91
$8.02
1.60%
             
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
Institutional Shares
$1,000.00
$   921.80
$2.68
$1,022.08
$2.82
0.56%

*
The calculations are based on expenses incurred during the most recent six-month period ended as of the date of this report.  The dollar amounts shown as expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized six-month net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value during the period, multiplied by the number of days (182) in the most recent six-month period divided by the number of days in the Funds’ fiscal year (366).


Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

In accordance with Rule 22e-4 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”), Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for each investment series of the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) which seeks to assess, manage and review each Fund’s Liquidity Risk. “Liquidity Risk” is defined in Rule 22e-4 as the risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interest in the fund.  The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assess and manage each Fund’s Liquidity Risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable and (iv) compliance with the Liquidity Rule’s 15% limit on holdings of illiquid investments.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Funds has designated Brown Advisory LLC (the “Adviser”), investment adviser to the Trust, to administer the Program.  The Adviser has delegated the day-to-day management of the Program to its Investment Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”) which consists of representatives from various departments at the Adviser, including portfolio management, due diligence, trading and legal and compliance.  Certain aspects of the Program rely on third parties to perform certain functions, including the provision of market data.
 
At the meeting of the Board on May 13, 2020, the Adviser provided a written report to the Board addressing the operations and effectiveness of the Program for the period from December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019 (the “Reporting Period”) and specific liquidity events arising during the Reporting Period, including the impact on Fund liquidity caused by certain extended non-U.S. market closures.  During the Reporting Period, each of the Funds qualified as a fund that primarily holds assets that are highly liquid investments and, therefore, no Fund was required to establish an HLIM.  The report concluded that the Program was adequately implemented and is operating effectively to assess and manage each Fund’s Liquidity Risk and it was further reported that the Program continues to be reasonably designed to monitor and respond to the Funds’ liquidity developments, as applicable.
 
Please refer to your Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to Liquidity Risk and other risks to which it may be subject.
 

 

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Trustees and Executive Officers

The Board is responsible for the overall management of the Trust, including general supervision and review of the investment activities of the Funds.  The Board, in turn, elects the Officers of the Trust, who are responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the Trust and each of the Funds.  The current Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their ages and positions with the Trust, term of office with the Trust and length of time served, their principal occupations for the past five years and other directorships held during the past five years are set forth in the table below.
 
Additional information about the Trustees of the Trust can be found in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available, without charge, upon request, by calling Brown Advisory Funds toll free at 1-800-540-6807 or by accessing our website at www.brownadvisory.com/mf/how-to-invest.

       
Number of
Other
   
Term of
 
Portfolios in
Directorships
   
Office and
 
Fund Complex
Held During
Name, Age
Position with
Length of
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
the Past
and Address
the Trust
Time Served
During Past 5 Years
Trustees
5 Years(2)
Independent Trustees of the Trust(1)
         
Henry H. Hopkins
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
Retired; Formerly, Vice President and Chief
19
None.
Age: 77
 
Since 2012
Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
   
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
Lead
Indefinite Term;
(investment management firm) (1998 to 2008).
   
901 South Bond Street
Independent
Since 2015
     
Suite 400
Trustee
       
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Kyle Prechtl Legg
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
Retired;  Formerly President and Chief Executive
19
Director, SunTrust
Age: 68
 
Since 2012
Officer, Legg Mason Capital Management, LLC
 
Banks, Inc. (bank
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
   
(investment management firm) (2006 to 2009).
 
holding company)
901 South Bond Street
       
(2011 to 2018);
Suite 400
       
Director, BrightSphere
Baltimore, MD 21231
       
Investment Group
         
plc (asset management
         
holding company)
         
(since 2014); Director,
         
Eastman Kodak Co.
         
(printing equipment
         
and supplies company)
         
(2010 to 2013).
Thomas F. O’Neil III
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
Global Compliance Officer, Cigna Corporation
19
None.
Age: 63
 
Since 2012
(health services company) (since 2017), Formerly,
   
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
   
President, The Saranac Group LLC (strategic
   
901 South Bond Street
   
consulting firm) (2010 to 2016); Formerly,
   
Suite 400
   
Executive Vice Chairman (previously, Senior
   
Baltimore, MD 21231
   
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary)
   
     
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(managed healthcare
   
     
organization) (2008 to 2009); Formerly, Partner
   
     
and Joint Global Practice Group Leader, DLA
   
     
Piper US LLP (law firm) (2002 to 2008).
   
Neal F. Triplett, CFA
Trustee
Indefinite Term;
President, DUMAC, Inc. (university endowment
19
None.
Age: 49
 
Since 2012
investment organization) (since 1999).
   
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
         
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
           
Interested Trustees and Officers of the Trust
         
Michael D. Hankin(3)
Trustee
Indefinite Term
President and Chief Executive Officer, Brown
19
Stanley Black &
Age: 62
 
Since 2012
Advisory Incorporated and affiliates (investment
 
Decker, Inc. (industrial
c/o Brown Advisory
   
management firm) (since 1993).
 
tools and hardware)
Incorporated
       
(since 2016).
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         


 

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Number of
Other
   
Term of
 
Portfolios in
Directorships
   
Office and
 
Fund Complex
Held During
Name, Age
Position with
Length of
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
the Past
and Address
the Trust
Time Served
During Past 5 Years
Trustees
5 Years(2)
Interested Trustees and Officers of the Trust
         
Joseph R. Hardiman(3)
Chairman
Indefinite Term;
Business Consultant (financial services industry
19
Director of Franklin
Age: 83
and Trustee
Since 2012
consulting) (since 1997); Formerly; Director of
 
Resources, Inc.
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
   
Brown Advisory Incorporated (investment
 
(investment
901 South Bond Street
   
management firm) (2001 to 2012).
 
management firm)
Suite 400
       
(2005 to 2013).
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Paul J. Chew
President/
Indefinite Term;
Chief Investment Officer, Brown Advisory
Not
Not
Age: 54
Principal
Since October 2018
Incorporated and affiliates (investment
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o  Brown Advisory
Executive
 
management firm) (since 1995).
   
Incorporated
Officer
       
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
Senior Vice
2016 to
     
Baltimore, MD 21231
President
October 2018
     
Carey E. Taylor
Vice
Indefinite Term;
Chief Operating Officer of
Not
Not
Age: 32
President
Since 2015
Institutional Investing, Brown Advisory
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o  Brown Advisory
   
Incorporated and affiliates (investment
   
Incorporated
   
management firm) (since 2018); Formerly,
   
901 South Bond Street
   
Product Manager, Brown Advisory
   
Suite 400
   
Incorporated and affiliates (investment
   
Baltimore, MD 21231
   
management firm) (2013 to 2018).
   
Jason T. Meix
Treasurer/
Indefinite Term;
Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund
Not
Not
Age:  41
Principal
Since 2012
Services, LLC (fund administrative services firm)
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
Financial
 
(since 2008).
   
901 South Bond Street
Officer
       
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Edward L. Paz
Secretary
Indefinite Term;
Vice President and Counsel, U.S. Bancorp Fund
Not
Not
Age: 49
 
Since 2012
Services, LLC (fund administrative services firm)
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory LLC
   
(since 2007).
   
901 South Bond Street
         
Suite 400
         
Baltimore, MD 21231
         
Brett D. Rogers
Chief
Indefinite Term;
General Counsel and Chief Compliance
Not
Not
Age: 44
Compliance
Since 2012
Officer, Brown Advisory Incorporated and
Applicable.
Applicable.
c/o Brown Advisory
Officer
 
affiliates (investment management firm)
   
Incorporated
   
(since 2009).
   
901 South Bond Street
Anti-Money
Indefinite Term:
     
Suite 400
Laundering
Since 2012
     
Baltimore, MD 21231
Officer
       

(1)
The Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”).
(2)
The directorships disclosed in this column include only the directorships of those companies that a Trustee serves on that are required to report to the SEC under applicable Federal securities laws including publicly traded corporations that are registered with the SEC under the 1934 Act and investment companies that are registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act, and it therefore excludes various other types of directorships that the Trustees of the Trust may currently hold in other types of organizations, including private companies and not-for-profit organizations, which are expressly excluded from the disclosure requirements for mutual fund board members.
(3)
Mr. Hankin is considered an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, because of his current position with Brown Advisory Incorporated, the parent company of the Adviser, and Mr. Hardiman is considered an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, because of his previous position with Brown Advisory Incorporated and his ownership interest in Brown Advisory Incorporated.


 

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Information About Proxy Voting (Unaudited)
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge upon request by calling toll-free at (800) 540-6807 and by accessing the Funds’ website at www.brownadvisory.com/mf/how-to-invest (refer to Appendix B in the Statement of Additional Information). Furthermore, you can obtain the description on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the year ended June 30 is available without charge, by calling toll-free at (800) 540-6807. In addition, you can obtain the Funds’ proxy voting records on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Information About the Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited)
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings for their first and third fiscal quarters with the SEC on Form N-PORT.  The Funds’ Form N-PORT is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free at (800) 540-6807. Furthermore, you can obtain the Form N-PORT on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ schedules of portfolio holdings are posted on their website at www.brownadvisory.com/mf/how-to-invest within ten business days after calendar quarter end.
 
Householding (Unaudited)
In an effort to decrease costs, the Funds will reduce the number of duplicate Prospectuses and annual and semi-annual reports that you receive by sending only one copy of each to those addresses shown by two or more accounts. Please call the Transfer Agent toll free at (800) 540-6807 to request individual copies of these documents. The Funds will begin sending individual copies 30 days after receiving your request. This policy does not apply to account statements.

Federal Tax Status of Dividends Declared during the Tax Year (Unaudited)
For Federal Income Tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are classified as ordinary income.  The percentage of ordinary income distributions designated as qualifying for the corporate dividend received deduction (“DRD”), the individual qualified dividend rate (“QDI”), the qualifying interest income exempt from U.S. tax for foreign shareholders (“QII”) and the qualifying short-term capital gain distributions exempt from U.S. tax for foreign shareholders (“QSTCG”) is presented below:
 
 
Income Distributions
       
Fund
Exempt from Federal Tax
QDI
DRD
QII
QSTCG
Growth Equity
  0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
     3.80%
100.00%
Flexible Equity
  0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
    2.44%
    0.00%
Equity Income
  0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
    2.83%
    0.00%
Sustainable Growth
  0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
Mid-Cap Growth
  0.00%
  56.22%
  59.93%
    3.38%
100.00%
Small-Cap Growth
  0.00%
  87.99%
  87.10%
    9.03%
100.00%
Small-Cap Fundamental Value
  0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
    3.13%
    0.00%
Global Leaders
  0.00%
100.00%
  92.00%
  16.90%
    0.00%
Intermediate Income
  0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
100.00%
    0.00%
Total Return
  0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
  84.20%
  29.54%
Strategic Bond
  0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
100.00%
    0.00%
Sustainable Bond
  0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
  82.89%
  18.82%
Maryland Bond
99.22%
    0.00%
    0.00%
100.00%
    0.00%
Tax-Exempt Bond
97.47%
    0.00%
    0.00%
100.00%
    0.00%
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond
95.28%
    0.00%
    0.00%
100.00%
    0.00%
Mortgage Securities
  0.00%
    0.00%
    0.00%
100.00%
    0.00%
WMC Strategic European Equity
  0.00%
100.00%
    0.00%
    2.52%
    0.00%
Emerging Markets Select
  0.00%
100.00%
    1.15%
    2.18%
    0.00%
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value
  0.00%
  65.03%
  60.75%
    1.24%
  43.96%

The Funds, as applicable, intend to elect to pass through to shareholders the credit for taxes paid to foreign countries.  Such credits for taxes paid to foreign countries will be included in shareholders' Form 1099-DIV.
 

 

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BROWN ADVISORY FUNDS
 
At Brown Advisory, we believe that you deserve frank and open communication on all aspects of our relationship. In this spirit, we provide this annual summary of our policies relating to confidentiality and privacy of client information, mutual funds, conflicts of interest, trading commissions, proxy voting and Form ADV annual notice.
 
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY POLICY
 
Brown Advisory takes the confidentiality of your personal information and the privacy of your account very seriously. Our commitment to safeguard your personal information goes beyond our legal obligation to process your transactions accurately and securely. Whether we serve you online, in person, on the telephone or by mail, the principles that guide the way in which we conduct business are built upon the core values of trust and integrity.
 
We limit access to your personal information to only those employees with a business reason to know such information. We train and consistently remind all employees to respect client privacy and to recognize the importance of the confidentiality of such information. Those who violate our privacy policy are subject to disciplinary action. This commitment also applies to the sharing of information among Brown Advisory and its affiliates.
 
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable laws and regulations to protect your personal information, including various measures to protect your personal information while it is stored electronically.
 
Federal law requires us to inform you that we have on record personal information about you and that we obtain such information from you directly (e.g., information you provide to us on account applications and other forms, such as your name, address, social security number, occupation, assets and income) and indirectly (e.g., information on our computer systems about your transactions with us, such as your account balance and account holdings). Any personal information you choose to provide is kept confidential and allows us to: (i) provide better and more complete investment and strategic advice; (ii) develop new services that meet additional needs you may have; and, (iii) comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
 
In addition, in the normal conduct of our business, it may become necessary for us to share information relating to our clients that we have on record, as described above, with companies not affiliated with us who are under contract to perform services on our behalf. For example, we have contracted with companies to assist us in complying with anti-terrorist and anti-money laundering statutory requirements (including the identification and reporting of activities that may involve terrorist acts or money laundering activities), companies that provide clearing services, and other vendors that provide services directly related to your account relationship with us. Our agreements with these companies require that they keep your information confidential and not use such information for any unrelated purpose.
 
We do not sell information about you to third parties, and we do not otherwise disclose information to third parties without your permission or unless required by law.

 

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INVESTMENT ADVISER
Brown Advisory LLC
901 South Bond Street, Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 21231
www.brownadvisory.com
 
DISTRIBUTOR
ALPS Distributors, Inc.
1290 Broadway, Suite 1000
Denver, CO 80203
 
CUSTODIAN
U.S. Bank, N.A.
Custody Operations
1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212
 
TRANSFER AGENT
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201
(800) 540-6807
 
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
Two Liberty Place
50 South 16th Street, Suite 2900
Philadelphia, PA 19102
 
LEGAL COUNSEL
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
 
   
Institutional Shares
 
Investor Shares
   
Advisor Shares
 
   
Symbol
   
CUSIP
 
Symbol
 
CUSIP
   
Symbol
   
CUSIP
 
Growth Equity Fund
 
BAFGX
     
115233702
 
BIAGX
   
115233504
   
BAGAX
     
115233603
 
Flexible Equity Fund
 
BAFFX
     
115233843
 
BIAFX
   
115233868
   
BAFAX
     
115233850
 
Equity Income Fund
 
BAFDX
     
115233660
 
BIADX
   
115233686
   
BADAX
     
115233678
 
Sustainable Growth Fund
 
BAFWX
     
115233207
 
BIAWX
   
115233306
   
BAWAX
     
115233405
 
Mid-Cap Growth Fund
 
BAFMX
     
115233413
 
BMIDX
   
115233439
     
     
 
Small-Cap Growth Fund
 
BAFSX
     
115233819
 
BIASX
   
115233835
   
BASAX
     
115233827
 
Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund
 
BAUUX
     
115233777
 
BIAUX
   
115233793
   
BAUAX
     
115233785
 
Global Leaders Fund
 
BAFLX
     
115233355
 
BIALX
   
115233462
     
     
 
Intermediate Income Fund
   
     
 
BIAIX
   
115233744
   
BAIAX
     
115233736
 
Total Return Fund
 
BAFTX
     
115233538
 
BIATX
   
115233520
     
     
 
Strategic Bond Fund
 
BIABX
     
115233470
 
BATBX
   
115233710
     
     
 
Sustainable Bond Fund
 
BAISX
     
115233389
 
BASBX
   
115233447
     
     
 
Maryland Bond Fund
   
     
 
BIAMX
   
115233751
     
     
 
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund
 
BTEIX
     
115233371
 
BIAEX
   
115233108
     
     
 
Tax-Exempt Sustainable Bond Fund
   
     
 
BITEX
   
115233348
     
     
 
Mortgage Securities Fund
 
BAFZX
     
115233546
 
BIAZX
   
115233587
     
     
 
WMC Strategic European Equity Fund
 
BAFHX
     
115233629
 
BIAHX
   
115233611
   
BAHAX
     
115233595
 
Emerging Markets Select Fund
 
BAFQX
     
115233652
 
BIAQX
   
115233645
   
BAQAX
     
115233637
 
Beutel Goodman Large-Cap Value Fund
 
BVALX
     
115233421
 
   
     
     
 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of each Fund. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which includes information regarding the Funds’ risks, objectives, fees and expenses, experience of their management, and other information.


BX-ANNUAL


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer.  The registrant has not made any amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report.  The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

A copy of the registrant’s Code of Ethics is filed herewith.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has not designated an audit committee financial expert.  The Registrant has determined that it will retain the services of an independent third party to assist it if circumstances arise that require specific investment company auditing expertise.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The Registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years.  “Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.  “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit.  “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.  There were no “Other services” provided by the principal accountant.  The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.

 
FYE  6/30/2020
FYE  6/30/2019
Audit Fees
$330,850
$310,650
Audit-Related Fees
N/A
N/A
Tax Fees
$53,200
$50,400
All Other Fees
N/A
N/A

The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre‑approve all audit and non‑audit services of the Registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the Registrant.

The percentages of fees billed by Tait, Weller & Baker LLP applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:

 
FYE  6/30/2020
FYE  6/30/2019
Audit-Related Fees
0%
0%
Tax Fees
0%
0%
All Other Fees
0%
0%

All of the principal accountant’s hours spent on auditing the Registrant’s financial statements were attributed to work performed by full‑time permanent employees of the principal accountant.

The following table indicates the non-audit fees billed or expected to be billed by the Registrant’s accountant for services to the Registrant and to the Registrant’s investment adviser (and any other controlling entity, etc.—not sub-adviser) for the last two fiscal years.  The audit committee of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Registrant's investment adviser is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.

Non-Audit Related Fees
FYE  6/30/2020
FYE  6/30/2019
Registrant
N/A
N/A
Registrant’s Investment Adviser
N/A
N/A

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

(a)
Not applicable to registrants who are not listed issuers (as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
(b)
Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

(a)
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b)
Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed‑End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)
The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

(b)
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 13. Exhibits.



(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c‑1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant. There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant)                      Brown Advisory Funds

By (Signature and Title)*                    /s/ Paul J. Chew
Paul J. Chew, Principal Executive Officer

Date     September 4, 2020


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)*                    /s/ Paul J. Chew
Paul J. Chew, Principal Executive Officer

Date     September 4, 2020

By (Signature and Title)*                   /s/ Jason T. Meix
Jason T. Meix, Principal Financial Officer

Date     September 4, 2020

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.