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Meridian Contrarian Fund
Schedule of Investments
September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Common Stocks - 93.0%
Communication Services - 1.0%
Interactive Media & Services - 1.0%
Eventbrite, Inc. Class A 1,2 321,000  $ 5,684,910
Total Communication Services   5,684,910
Consumer Discretionary - 16.3%
Auto Components - 1.4%
Lear Corp. 67,000  7,899,300
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.9%
Brinker International, Inc. 199,000  8,491,330
Penn National Gaming, Inc. 1,2 427,000  7,952,875
    16,444,205
Leisure Products - 1.9%
Polaris, Inc. 119,000  10,473,190
Specialty Retail - 3.3%
Children's Place, Inc. (The) 2 133,000  10,239,670
Designer Brands, Inc. Class A 2 491,000  8,405,920
    18,645,590
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 6.8%
Gildan Activewear, Inc. (Canada) 463,000  16,436,500
Hanesbrands, Inc. 2 635,000  9,728,200
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A 1 333,000  12,437,550
    38,602,250
Total Consumer Discretionary   92,064,535
Consumer Staples - 4.5%
Food Products - 4.5%
Nomad Foods Ltd. (United Kingdom) 1 429,000  8,794,500
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 1,2 299,000  16,579,550
Total Consumer Staples   25,374,050
Energy - 3.2%
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.4%
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. Class A 2 558,000  6,043,140
Nine Energy Service, Inc. 1,2 349,000  2,153,330
    8,196,470
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.8%
California Resources Corp. 1,2 204,571  2,086,624
EOG Resources, Inc. 107,000  7,941,540
    10,028,164
Total Energy   18,224,634
Financials - 14.6%
Banks - 5.3%
Bank of Hawaii Corp. 2 140,968  12,113,380
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 338,409  11,969,527
  Shares Value
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 354,000  $ 5,826,840
    29,909,747
Capital Markets - 5.8%
Credit Suisse Group AG ADR (Switzerland) 741,000  9,047,610
Pivotal Acquisition Corp. 1 450,000  5,181,750
Pivotal Acquisition Corp. Class A 1 100,000  1,018,000
Pivotal Investment Corp. II 1,2 300,000  3,054,000
SEI Investments Co. 251,000  14,873,005
    33,174,365
Insurance - 3.5%
American International Group, Inc. 251,000  13,980,700
Assurant, Inc. 45,000  5,661,900
    19,642,600
Total Financials   82,726,712
Health Care - 7.1%
Biotechnology - 4.1%
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1,2 62,000  2,008,800
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1 169,000  5,735,860
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. 1,2 422,790  7,821,615
Immunomedics, Inc. 1,2 445,000  5,900,700
Precision BioSciences, Inc. 1,2 229,151  1,922,577
    23,389,552
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.5%
Axogen, Inc. 1 230,747  2,879,723
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 1 192,000  5,848,320
    8,728,043
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7%
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. 1,2 200,000  3,714,000
Pharmaceuticals - 0.8%
WaVe Life Sciences Ltd. 1,2 212,000  4,352,360
Total Health Care   40,183,955
Industrials - 12.5%
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.6%
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. 1 151,000  3,420,150
Building Products - 1.8%
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 312,000  10,068,240
Commercial Services & Supplies - 4.6%
ABM Industries, Inc. 2 386,752  14,046,833
Covanta Holding Corp. 2 704,020  12,172,506
    26,219,339
Industrial Conglomerates - 2.5%
Carlisle Cos., Inc. 95,000  13,826,300

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Meridian Contrarian Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Machinery - 1.1%
Xylem, Inc. 75,610  $ 6,020,068
Marine - 1.9%
Matson, Inc. 291,886  10,948,644
Total Industrials   70,502,741
Information Technology - 19.7%
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.3%
Trimble, Inc. 1 197,156  7,651,624
IT Services - 3.2%
CACI International, Inc. Class A 1 40,800  9,435,408
Switch, Inc. Class A 545,656  8,523,147
    17,958,555
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.0%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1,2 360,000  10,436,400
Ambarella, Inc. 1 60,000  3,770,100
Micron Technology, Inc. 1 65,000  2,785,250
NVIDIA Corp. 32,000  5,570,240
    22,561,990
Software - 11.2%
Benefitfocus, Inc. 1 116,335  2,769,936
FireEye, Inc. 1,2 653,000  8,711,020
LogMeIn, Inc. 164,000  11,637,440
Microsoft Corp. 40,700  5,658,521
Nuance Communications, Inc. 1 1,026,000  16,734,060
Verint Systems, Inc. 1 284,000  12,149,520
Zuora, Inc. Class A 1,2 378,000  5,688,900
    63,349,397
Total Information Technology   111,521,566
Materials - 4.7%
Containers & Packaging - 2.4%
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. 900,000  13,275,000
Metals & Mining - 2.3%
Newmont Goldcorp Corp. 346,000  13,120,320
Total Materials   26,395,320
Real Estate - 6.1%
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) - 3.2%
VICI Properties, Inc. 2 795,493  18,017,916
Real Estate Management & Development - 2.9%
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. 2 748,000  16,396,160
Total Real Estate   34,414,076
Utilities - 3.3%
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers - 2.4%
TerraForm Power, Inc. Class A 745,000  13,577,625
  Shares Value
Water Utilities - 0.9%
AquaVenture Holdings Ltd. 1,2 255,000  $ 4,954,650
Total Utilities   18,532,275
Total Common Stocks - 93.0%
(Cost $459,044,845)
  525,624,774
  Shares/
Principal
Amount
 
Short-Term Investments - 3.8%3
Repurchase Agreements - 3.8%
Bank of America Securities Inc., dated 9/30/19, due 10/1/19, 2.30% total to be received $1,475,547 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury Obligations, 1.13% - 2.25%, 8/31/21 - 11/15/27, totaling $1,504,962)  $ 1,475,453  1,475,453
BNP Paribas S.A., dated 9/30/19, due 10/1/19, 2.36% total to be received $4,987,841 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency and U.S. Treasury Obligations, 0.00% - 6.25%, 11/21/19 - 5/15/49, totaling $5,087,264)  4,987,514  4,987,514
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 9/30/19, due 10/1/19, 2.32% total to be received $4,987,835 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency, 2.50% - 9.00%, 6/1/24 - 10/1/49, totaling $5,087,266)  4,987,514  4,987,514
National Bank Financial Ltd. dated 9/30/19, due 10/1/19, 1.91% total to be received $4,987,779 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury Obligations, 0.00% - 5.25%, 10/1/19 - 2/15/40, totaling $5,087,264)  4,987,514  4,987,514
 

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Meridian Contrarian Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)
  Shares/
Principal
Amount
Value
RBC Dominion Securities Inc., dated 9/30/19, due 10/1/19, 2.37% total to be received $4,987,842 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency and U.S. Treasury Obligations, 0.00% - 6.50%, 10/15/19 - 9/1/49, totaling $5,087,264)  $ 4,987,514  $ 4,987,514
Total Repurchase Agreements   21,425,509
Total Short-Term Investments - 3.8%
(Cost $21,425,509)
  21,425,509
Total Investments - 96.8%
(Cost $480,470,354)
 
547,050,283
Cash and Other Assets, Less Liabilities - 3.2%   17,948,615
Net Assets - 100.0%   $564,998,898
ADR—American Depositary Receipt
1 Non-income producing securities.
2 All or portion of this security is on loan at September 30, 2019. Total value of such securities at period-end amounts to
$120,164,142 and represents 21.27% of net assets. Securities loaned with a value of $1,803,230 have been sold and are pending settlement as of September 30, 2019.
3 Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in short-term investments.

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