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Meridian Hedged Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Common Stocks - 129.3%
Communication Services - 13.9%
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5%
Starry, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 3/28/22,
Cost $1,250,0031,2
166,667  $1,500
Verizon Communications, Inc. 5,892  229,140
    230,640
Entertainment - 5.0%
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.2,3 26,300  1,841,000
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.2,4 4,977  293,992
Walt Disney Co. (The)2 3,546  355,061
    2,490,053
Interactive Media & Services - 5.9%
Alphabet, Inc. Class C2,3 18,400  1,913,600
IAC, Inc.2 4,170  215,172
Pinterest, Inc. Class A2,3 30,700  837,189
    2,965,961
Media - 2.5%
Boston Omaha Corp. Class A2 9,662  228,699
Liberty Broadband Corp. Class C2 7,553  617,080
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM Class A2 12,951  363,794
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM Class C2 799  22,364
    1,231,937
Total Communication Services   6,918,591
Consumer Discretionary - 24.4%
Automobiles - 7.2%
Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class A2,3 232,370  3,597,088
Broadline Retail - 1.6%
Amazon.com, Inc.2 7,494  774,055
Distributors - 2.0%
Pool Corp.3 2,900  993,076
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.4%
Airbnb, Inc. Class A2,3 9,800  1,219,120
Specialty Retail - 7.2%
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 1,717  208,804
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1,148  338,798
Lowe's Cos., Inc. 1,853  370,544
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.2,3 170,000  2,648,600
    3,566,746
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 4.0%
Levi Strauss & Co. Class A3 89,000  1,622,470
  Shares Value
NIKE, Inc. Class B 3,025  $370,986
    1,993,456
Total Consumer Discretionary   12,143,541
Consumer Staples - 18.4%
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.5%
Costco Wholesale Corp. 773  384,081
Target Corp. 2,234  370,017
    754,098
Food Products - 13.1%
Dole Plc4 32,645  383,252
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.3 58,500  6,114,420
    6,497,672
Personal Care Products - 3.8%
Coty, Inc. Class A2,3 158,000  1,905,480
Total Consumer Staples   9,157,250
Financials - 15.3%
Banks - 6.8%
Bank of America Corp.3 23,900  683,540
Citigroup, Inc.3 24,100  1,130,049
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4,000  521,240
U.S. Bancorp 17,777  640,861
Wells Fargo & Co.3 11,700  437,346
    3,413,036
Capital Markets - 4.8%
Blue Owl Capital, Inc.3 72,000  797,760
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)3 12,200  639,036
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 6,664  694,989
S&P Global, Inc. 690  237,891
    2,369,676
Financial Services - 3.7%
PayPal Holdings, Inc.2,3 12,460  946,212
Visa, Inc. Class A 3,911  881,774
    1,827,986
Total Financials   7,610,698
Health Care - 7.8%
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 4.9%
Align Technology, Inc.2,3 7,300  2,439,222
Health Care Providers & Services - 2.3%
Laboratory Corp. of America
Holdings3
5,100  1,170,042
Pharmaceuticals - 0.6%
Johnson & Johnson 1,775  275,125
Total Health Care   3,884,389
Industrials - 14.5%
Aerospace & Defense - 8.4%
Boeing Co. (The)2 1,195  253,854

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Meridian Hedged Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Maxar Technologies, Inc.3 77,000  $3,931,620
    4,185,474
Commercial Services & Supplies - 3.6%
ACV Auctions, Inc. Class A2,4 26,594  343,329
GFL Environmental, Inc. (Canada) 17,526  603,595
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc. (Canada)3 14,500  816,205
    1,763,129
Professional Services - 2.5%
Alight, Inc. Class A2 27,247  250,945
CACI International, Inc. Class A2 840  248,875
CoStar Group, Inc.2,3 8,100  557,685
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. 17,376  203,994
    1,261,499
Total Industrials   7,210,102
Information Technology - 25.1%
IT Services - 1.3%
Twilio, Inc. Class A2,3 9,700  646,311
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.3%
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (Japan)2 6,690  321,053
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.2 4,200  303,156
NVIDIA Corp.3 5,953  1,653,565
QUALCOMM, Inc.3 6,800  867,544
    3,145,318
Software - 15.7%
Alkami Technology, Inc.2 15,037  190,368
Microsoft Corp. 3,849  1,109,667
Salesforce, Inc.2,3 3,229  645,090
ServiceNow, Inc.2,3 3,500  1,626,520
Splunk, Inc.2,3 11,800  1,131,384
Workday, Inc. Class A2,3 6,300  1,301,202
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Class A2,3 24,300  1,794,312
    7,798,543
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.8%
Apple, Inc. 5,388  888,481
Total Information Technology   12,478,653
Materials - 2.3%
Chemicals - 2.3%
Huntsman Corp.3 43,000  1,176,480
Total Materials   1,176,480
Real Estate - 6.0%
Office REITs - 0.7%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 2,549  320,129
Real Estate Management & Development - 3.5%
DigitalBridge Group, Inc.3 146,000  1,750,540
  Shares Value
Specialized REITs - 1.8%
American Tower Corp. 1,721  $351,669
Equinix, Inc. 772  556,643
    908,312
Total Real Estate   2,978,981
Utilities - 1.6%
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.6%
Vistra Corp. 33,609  806,616
Total Utilities   806,616
Total Common Stocks - 129.3%
(Cost $60,118,905)
  64,365,301
Warrants - 0.0%
Energy - 0.0%
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.0%
Granite Ridge Resources, Inc., Strike Price $11.50, Expires 9/25/282 4,325  2,768
Total Energy   2,768
Total Warrants - 0.0%
(Cost $3,409)
  2,768
  Shares/
Principal
Amount
 
Short-Term Investments - 0.6%5
Repurchase Agreements - 0.6%
Bank of America Securities, Inc., dated 3/31/23, due 4/3/23, 4.83% total to be received $18,646 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency, 1.50% - 3.00%, 11/1/49 - 2/1/51, totaling $19,011)  $18,638  18,638
 

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Meridian Hedged Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
  Shares/
Principal
Amount
Value
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 3/31/23, due 4/3/23, 4.82% total to be received $250,100 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency and U.S. Treasury Obligations, 0.00% - 6.38%, 4/6/23 - 2/20/53, totaling $255,000)  $250,000  $250,000
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $268,638)
  268,638
Total Short-Term
Investments - 0.6%
(Cost $268,638)
  268,638
Total Investments - 129.9%
(Cost $60,390,952)
 
64,636,707
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (29.9)%   (14,863,430)
Net Assets - 100.0%   $49,773,277
    Value
Call Options Written - (42.3)%
Total Call Options Written - (42.3)%
(Premium received $(18,087,321))
  $(21,063,825)
 
Plc—Public Limited Company
1 Restricted security; cannot be offered for public resale without first being registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and related rules and agreements. Acquisition date represents the date on which an enforceable right to acquire such security is obtained and is presented along with related cost in the security description. The Fund has registration rights for certain restricted securities. Any costs related to such registration are borne by the issuer.  The aggregate value of restricted securities at period-end amounts to $1,500 and represents 0.00% of net assets.
2 Non-income producing securities.
3 Securities, or a portion thereof, were pledged as collateral for written options by the fund.
4 All or portion of this security is on loan at March 31, 2023. Total value of such securities at period-end amounts to
$897,948 and represents 1.80% of net assets.
5 Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in short-term investments.

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Meridian Hedged Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
Exchange-Traded Options Written
Description   Strike Price   Expiration Date   Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
  Premium
Received
  Value
Call                        
Alphabet, Inc. Class C   90.00   6/16/23   63    $655,200    $(167,291)    $(105,525)
Citigroup, Inc.   40.00   6/16/23   241    1,130,049    (300,086)    (177,135)
Pinterest, Inc. Class A   10.00   6/16/23   107    291,789    (144,231)    (187,785)
Workday, Inc. Class A   120.00   6/16/23   63    1,301,202    (330,178)    (529,137)
CoStar Group, Inc.   65.00   7/21/23   81    557,685    (125,331)    (62,370)
ServiceNow, Inc.   250.00   8/18/23   10    464,720    (155,424)    (223,200)
DigitalBridge Group, Inc.   10.00   10/20/23   1,460    1,750,540    (627,290)    (584,000)
Pool Corp.   270.00   12/15/23   29    993,076    (300,894)    (269,990)
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc. (Canada)   48.92   12/15/23   145    816,205    (190,653)    (185,600)
Airbnb, Inc. Class A   65.00   1/19/24   98    1,219,120    (515,960)    (631,120)
Align Technology, Inc.   120.00   1/19/24   73    2,439,222    (733,917)    (1,637,390)
Bank of America Corp.   25.00   1/19/24   239    683,540    (228,501)    (137,425)
Blue Owl Capital, Inc.   7.50   1/19/24   720    797,760    (225,431)    (309,600)
Coty, Inc. Class A   7.00   1/19/24   1,580    1,905,480    (764,267)    (869,000)
Huntsman Corp.   25.00   1/19/24   430    1,176,480    (344,784)    (202,100)
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings   210.00   1/19/24   51    1,170,042    (266,264)    (194,310)
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   45.00   1/19/24   585    6,114,420    (994,441)    (3,691,350)
Levi Strauss & Co. Class A   20.00   1/19/24   890    1,622,470    (612,832)    (144,180)
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.   50.00   1/19/24   263    1,841,000    (865,997)    (660,130)
Maxar Technologies, Inc.   17.50   1/19/24   770    3,931,620    (957,646)    (2,664,200)
PayPal Holdings, Inc.   60.00   1/19/24   93    706,242    (241,378)    (199,950)
Pinterest, Inc. Class A   10.00   1/19/24   200    545,400    (190,320)    (362,000)
QUALCOMM, Inc.   125.00   1/19/24   68    867,544    (166,543)    (126,140)
Salesforce, Inc.   110.00   1/19/24   15    299,670    (74,987)    (146,175)
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.   12.50   1/19/24   1,700    2,648,600    (1,342,714)    (850,000)
ServiceNow, Inc.   300.00   1/19/24   9    418,248    (163,866)    (171,090)
Splunk, Inc.   90.00   1/19/24   118    1,131,384    (440,686)    (237,770)
Twilio, Inc. Class A   70.00   1/19/24   97    646,311    (485,616)    (126,585)
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Class A   70.00   1/19/24   243    1,794,312    (1,253,662)    (399,735)
Alphabet, Inc. Class C   68.00   6/21/24   58    603,200    (182,094)    (261,000)
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)   27.50   6/21/24   122    639,036    (406,057)    (344,040)
NVIDIA Corp.   125.00   6/21/24   26    722,202    (153,216)    (439,400)
Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class A   5.00   6/21/24   2,282    3,532,536    (3,261,407)    (2,578,660)
Alphabet, Inc. Class C   70.00   1/17/25   63    655,200    (203,645)    (289,800)
Salesforce, Inc.   110.00   1/17/25   17    339,626    (99,945)    (178,245)
ServiceNow, Inc.   300.00   1/17/25   16    743,552    (251,749)    (343,520)
Wells Fargo & Co.   32.50   1/17/25   116    433,608    (150,707)    (114,492)
NVIDIA Corp.   135.00   6/20/25   26    722,202    (167,311)    (429,676)
                Total   $(18,087,321)   $(21,063,825)

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