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Angel Oak Flexible Income Fund
Angel Oak Flexible Income Fund
Investment Objective
The Angel Oak Flexible Income Fund (the “Fund”) seeks current income
with a secondary objective of total return.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts or waivers if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Class A shares of the Fund. More information about these and other discounts or waivers is available from your financial professional and in the section “Sales Charges—Class A Shares” on page 25 of this Prospectus.
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees Angel Oak Flexible Income Fund
Class A
Institutional Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of the offering price) 2.25% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of amount redeemed) none none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses Angel Oak Flexible Income Fund
Class A
Institutional Class
Management Fees 0.89% 0.89%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses [1] 3.95% 3.95%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [2] 0.01% 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 5.10% 4.85%
Less Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement 3.85% 3.85%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement [3] 1.25% 1.00%
[1] "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[2] "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses" are indirect fees and expenses that the Fund incurs from investing in the shares of other investment companies, including money market funds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), and are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[3] Angel Oak Capital Advisors, LLC (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse certain expenses (exclusive of any front-end sales loads, taxes, interest on borrowings, dividends on securities sold short, brokerage commissions, 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization and extraordinary expenses and inclusive of organizational expenses) to limit the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement to 0.99% of the Fund's average daily net assets (the "Expense Limit") through May 31, 2016. The contractual arrangement may only be changed or eliminated by the Board of Trustees upon 60 days' written notice to the Adviser. The Adviser may recoup from the Fund any waived amount or reimbursed expenses pursuant to this agreement if such recoupment does not cause the Fund to exceed existing expense limitations and the recoupment is made within three years after the fiscal year in which the Adviser incurred the expense.
Expense Example:
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or continue to hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Only the one year number shown below reflects the Adviser’s agreement to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example Angel Oak Flexible Income Fund (USD $)
One Year
Three Years
Class A
349 1,015
Institutional Class
102 733
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example above, affect the Fund’s performance.  Because the Fund had not yet commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus, no portfolio turnover rate has been provided.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund seeks to generate current income across various market environments with a secondary focus on generating positive total return. In pursuit of the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser has the flexibility to allocate the Fund’s assets among a broad range of fixed income instruments and derivatives using a variety of strategies, which means that the Fund’s investment universe is not limited by the investments in a particular index.  The Adviser may allocate the Fund’s assets across several different sectors and issuers or may select a single or limited number of securities, strategies or sectors, including cash and short-term investments.

The fixed-income instruments in which the Fund principally invests may include corporate debt obligations (domestic and non-U.S.); foreign debt securities (including emerging markets debt securities); asset-backed securities and residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities; structured or non-structured debt instruments (such as collateralized debt and loan obligations); high-yield securities (also known as “junk bonds”); U.S. Government securities; non-U.S. government debt obligations; and floating or variable rate obligations.

The Fund’s portfolio of fixed-income instruments will depend on the views of the Adviser as to the best value relative to what is currently presented in the marketplace. The Fund’s portfolio managers lead a team of sector specialists responsible for researching opportunities within their sector and making recommendations to the Fund’s portfolio managers. In selecting investments, the Adviser may consider maturity, yield and ratings information and opportunities for price appreciation among other criteria. The Adviser may sell investments if it determines that any of the mentioned factors have changed materially from its initial analysis or that other factors indicate that an investment is no longer earning a return commensurate with its risk.

The Fund may invest, without limitation, in fixed-income instruments of any quality and maturity.  The Adviser will allocate the Fund’s investments based on its analysis of market conditions and investment opportunities in light of domestic and foreign fiscal, economic and political environments. The Fund’s portfolio managers will manage the Fund’s duration based on the Adviser’s expectations of future interest rates and market conditions. The Adviser is not limited to constructing a portfolio with a certain target duration and may cause the Fund’s duration to be negative. Duration is a measure of a fixed income security’s price sensitivity to interest rate changes.  In other words, the longer a fund’s duration, the more sensitive its market value will be to changes in interest rates.

Certain instruments in which the Fund may invest may be deemed illiquid. Among its fixed-income investments, the Fund may invest in preferred securities, bank loans, whole loans and in the securities of other investment companies that invest primarily in fixed-income securities.

In pursuing its investment objectives or for hedging purposes, the Fund may utilize (i) short selling, (ii) borrowing and (iii) various types of over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivative instruments, including structured products, swaps, futures and forward contracts and options. The Fund may borrow to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, which generally means that the Fund may borrow up to one-third of its total assets. The Fund may also invest in repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements.

The Fund is a non-diversified portfolio under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities as part of its primary investment strategies. Although the Fund is non-diversified and may invest its assets in a single or limited number of securities, strategies or sectors, the Fund will not concentrate its investments in a single industry.
Principal Risks
The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. There may be circumstances that could prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective and you may lose money by investing in the Fund. You should carefully consider the Fund’s investment risks before deciding whether to invest in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit at a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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Borrowing Risks and Leverage Risks. Borrowing for investment purposes creates leverage, which will exaggerate the effect of any change in the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and, therefore, may increase the volatility of the Fund.

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Collateralized Debt Obligations (“CDOs”) Risks. Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other CDOs are subject to the typical risks associated with fixed-income securities and asset-backed securities. Additionally, the risks of an investment in a CDO depend largely on the type of the collateral securities and the class of the CDO in which the Fund invests. Such collateral may be insufficient to meet payment obligations and the class of the CDO may be subordinate to other classes. CLOs and other CDOs are typically privately offered and sold, and thus, are not registered under the securities laws. As a result, investments in certain CDOs may be characterized by the Fund as illiquid securities.

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Derivatives Risks.  The Fund’s derivative investments have risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of such instruments and the underlying assets, rate or index; the loss of principal, including the potential loss of amounts greater than the initial amount invested in the derivative instrument; the possible default of the other party to the transaction; and illiquidity of the derivative investments. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under a derivative contract due to financial difficulties, the Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery under the derivative contract in a   bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding. Certain derivatives may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the risk of loss.

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Extension Risk. When interest rates rise, certain obligations may be paid off by the obligor more slowly than anticipated, causing the value of these securities to fall.

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Fixed-Income Instruments Risks. The Fund will invest in loans and other types of fixed-income instruments and securities. Such investments may be secured, partially secured or unsecured and may be unrated, and whether or not rated, may have speculative characteristics. The market price of the Fund’s investments will change in response to changes in interest rates and other factors. Generally, when interest rates rise, the values of fixed-income instruments fall, and vice versa. In typical interest rate environments, the prices of longer-term fixed-income instruments generally fluctuate more than the prices of shorter-term fixed-income instruments as interest rates change. These risks may be greater in the current market environment because certain interest rates are near historically low levels. In addition, a fund with a longer average portfolio duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average portfolio duration. A fund with a negative average portfolio duration may decline in value as interest rates decrease. Most high yield investments pay a fixed rate of interest and are therefore vulnerable to inflation risk. The obligor of a fixed-income instrument may not be able or willing to pay interest or to repay principal when due in accordance with the terms of the associated agreement.

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Floating or Variable Rate Obligations Risk. Floating or variable rate securities pay interest at rates that adjust in response to changes in a specified interest rate or reset at predetermined dates (such as the end of a calendar quarter).  Securities with floating or variable interest rates are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with fixed interest rates, but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates. Although floating or variable rate securities are generally less sensitive to interest rate risk than fixed rate securities, they are subject to credit, liquidity and default risk and may be subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, which could impair their value.

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Foreign Currency Risks. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates may affect the value of securities in the Fund and the unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments. Currencies of certain countries may be volatile and therefore may affect the value of the Fund’s investments in foreign currencies or securities denominated in such currencies, which means that the Fund’s NAV could decline as a result of changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. Dollar. The Fund’s use of forward, futures or options contracts to purchase or sell foreign currencies may result in reduced returns to the Fund.

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High-Yield Securities Risks.    High-yield securities carry a greater degree of risk and are more volatile than investment grade securities and are considered speculative. High-yield securities may be issued by companies that are restructuring, are smaller and less creditworthy, or are more highly indebted than other companies. This means that they may have more difficulty making scheduled payments of principal and interest. Changes in the value of high-yield securities are influenced more by changes in the financial and business position of the issuing company than by changes in interest rates when compared to investment grade securities. The Fund’s investments in high-yield securities expose it to a substantial degree of credit risk.

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Illiquid Securities Risks. The Fund may, at times, hold illiquid securities, by virtue of the absence of a readily available market for certain of its investments, or because of legal or contractual restrictions on sales. The Fund could lose money if it is unable to dispose of an investment at a time that is most beneficial to the Fund.

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Loan Risks. If a borrower under a loan is unable or unwilling to pay scheduled interest or principal, the Fund may recover only a fraction of what is owed on the loan, or nothing at all. Collateral used to secure loans may be illiquid or insufficient to satisfy the borrower’s payment obligations. Unsecured loans have lower priority in right of payment to any higher ranking obligations of the borrower and are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral. Unsecured loans generally have greater price volatility than secured loans and may be less liquid. The market for loans may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods.

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Management Risk. The Fund may not meet its investment objective based on the Adviser’s success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund.

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Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risks. Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities are subject to the risks of traditional fixed-income instruments. However, they are also subject to prepayment risk and extension risk, meaning that if interest rates fall, the underlying debt may be repaid ahead of schedule, reducing the value of the Fund’s investments and if interest rates rise, there may be fewer prepayments, which would cause the average bond maturity to rise, increasing the potential for the Fund to lose money.

Certain mortgage-backed securities may be secured by pools of mortgages on single-family, multi-family properties, as well as commercial properties. Similarly, asset-backed securities may be secured by pools of loans, such as student loans, automobile loans and credit card receivables. The credit risk on such securities is affected by homeowners or borrowers defaulting on their loans. The values of assets underlying mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may decline and therefore may not be adequate to cover underlying investors. Some mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities have experienced extraordinary weakness and volatility in recent years. Possible legislation in the area of residential mortgages, credit cards and other loans that may collateralize the securities in which the Fund may invest could negatively impact the value of the Fund’s investments. To the extent the Fund focuses its investments in particular types of mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities, the Fund may be more susceptible to risk factors affecting such types of securities.

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New Fund Risk.  The Fund is new with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decisions.

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Non-Diversification Risks. The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act. As a result, it can invest a greater portion of its assets in obligations of a single issuer than a “diversified” fund. The Fund may therefore be more susceptible than a diversified fund to being adversely affected by a single corporate, economic, political or regulatory occurrence.

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Non-U.S. Securities Risks. Investments in securities or other instruments of non-U.S. issuers involve certain risks not involved in domestic investments and may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value than investments in securities of U.S. companies. Financial markets in foreign countries often are not as developed, efficient or liquid as financial markets in the United States, and therefore, the prices of non-U.S. securities and instruments can be more volatile. In addition, the Fund will be subject to risks associated with adverse political and economic developments in foreign countries, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions. Generally, there is less readily available and reliable information about non-U.S. issuers due to less rigorous disclosure or accounting standards and regulatory practices. The foreign securities in which the Fund may invest may be issued by companies or governments located in emerging market countries. Investing in the securities of issuers operating in emerging markets involves a high degree of risk and special considerations not typically associated with investing in the securities of other foreign or U.S. issuers.

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Other Investment Companies Risks. The Fund will incur higher and duplicative expenses when it invests in mutual funds, ETFs, and other investment companies. There is also the risk that the Fund may suffer losses due to the investment practices of the underlying funds. When the Fund invests in other investment companies, the Fund will be subject to substantially the same risks as those associated with the direct ownership of securities held by such investment companies.

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Portfolio Turnover Risk.   Frequent trading increases the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and may increase transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  Increased transaction costs could detract from the Fund’s performance.

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Preferred Securities Risk. Preferred securities may pay fixed or adjustable rates of return and are subject to many of the risks associated with debt securities (e.g., interest rate risk, call risk and extension risk). In addition, preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Because many preferred securities allow the issuer to convert their preferred stock into common stock, preferred securities are often sensitive to declining common stock values. A company’s preferred securities generally pay dividends only after the company makes required payments to holders of its bonds and other debt. For this reason, the value of preferred securities will usually react more strongly than bonds and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects. Preferred securities of smaller companies may be more vulnerable to adverse developments than preferred stock of larger companies.

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Rating Agencies Risks.  Ratings are not an absolute standard of quality, but rather general indicators that reflect only the view of the originating rating agencies from which an explanation of the significance of such ratings may be obtained.  There is no assurance that a particular rating will continue for any given period of time or that any such rating will not be revised downward or withdrawn entirely.  Such changes may negatively affect the liquidity or market price of the securities in which the Fund invests.  The ratings of securitized assets may not adequately reflect the credit risk of those assets due to their structure.

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Repurchase Agreement Risks. Repurchase agreements typically involve the acquisition by the Fund of fixed-income securities from a selling financial institution such as a bank or broker-dealer. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to a repurchase agreement is unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations to repurchase the underlying security.

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Reverse Repurchase Agreement Risks. A reverse repurchase agreement is the sale by the Fund of a debt obligation to a party for a specified price, with the simultaneous agreement by the Fund to repurchase that debt obligation from that party on a future date at a higher price. Similar to borrowing, reverse repurchase agreements provide the Fund with cash for investment purposes, which creates leverage and subjects the Fund to the risks of leverage.  Reverse repurchase agreements also  involve the risk that the other party may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all.  The Fund could lose money if it is unable to recover the securities and/or if the value of collateral held by the Fund, including the value of the investments made with cash collateral, is less than the value of securities.

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RIC-Related Risks of Investments Generating Non-Cash Taxable Income.  Certain of the Fund’s investments will require the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash generated on those investments in that tax year, which could cause the Fund to have difficulty satisfying the annual distribution requirements applicable to regulated investment companies (“RICs”) and avoiding Fund-level U.S. federal income and/or excise taxes.

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Risks Relating to Fund’s RIC Status.  To qualify and remain eligible for the special tax treatment accorded to a RIC and its shareholders under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Fund must meet certain source-of-income, asset diversification and annual distribution requirements. If the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC for any reason and becomes subject to corporate tax, the resulting corporate taxes could substantially reduce its net assets, the amount of income available for distribution and the amount of its distributions. Such a failure would have a material adverse effect on the Fund and its shareholders.

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Short Sales Risks. The Fund may make short sales of securities, which involves selling a security it does not own in anticipation that the price of the security will decline. Short sales may involve substantial risk and leverage. Short sales expose the Fund to the risk that it will be required to buy (“cover”) the security sold short when the security has appreciated in value or is unavailable, thus resulting in a loss to the Fund.

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Structured Products Risks. Holders of structured products bear risks of the underlying investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to issuer repayment or counterparty risk. Certain structured products may be thinly traded or have a limited trading market and as a result may be characterized by the Fund as illiquid securities.

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Uncertain Tax Treatment.  Below investment grade instruments may present special tax issues for the Fund. U.S. federal income tax rules are not entirely clear about issues such as when the Fund may cease to accrue interest, original issue discount (“OID”) or market discount, when and to what extent deductions may be taken for bad debts or worthless instruments, how payments received on obligations in default should be allocated between principal and income and whether exchanges of debt obligations in a bankruptcy or workout context are taxable, which may make it difficult for the Fund to satisfy the annual distribution requirements applicable to RICs.

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U.S. Government Securities Risks. U.S. Government securities are not guaranteed against price movement and may decrease in value. Some U.S. Government securities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, while others may be supported only by the discretionary authority of the U.S. government to purchase certain obligations of a federal agency or U.S. government sponsored enterprise (“GSE”) or only by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. While the U.S. government provides financial support to such agencies and GSEs, no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will always do so. Other obligations are backed solely by the GSE’s own resources. Investments in securities issued by GSEs that are not backed by the U.S. Treasury are subject to higher credit risk than those that are backed by the U.S. Treasury.
Performance
Performance information for the Fund is not included because the Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. Performance information will be available once the Fund has at least one calendar year of performance.