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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: 811-04262

 

AMERICAN PENSION INVESTORS TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

2303 Yorktown Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (434) 846-1361

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

David D. Basten

President

American Pension Investors Trust

2303 Yorktown Avenue

Lynchburg, Virginia 24501

 

Copy to:

 

David C. Mahaffey, Esq.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

1666 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006

 

Date of fiscal year end: January 31

 

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2018

 

 

Item 1.Report to Shareholders.

 

 

YORKTOWN GROWTH FUND

YORKTOWN CAPITAL INCOME FUND

YORKTOWN MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

YORKTOWN SHORT TERM BOND FUND

YORKTOWN MASTER ALLOCATION FUND

YORKTOWN SMALL CAP FUND

YORKTOWN MID CAP FUND

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT DATED JANUARY 31, 2018

 

 

 

CONTENTS

Letter to Shareholders

1-4

Financial Statements

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Growth Fund

5-8

Capital Income Fund

9-12

Multi-Asset Income Fund

13-20

Short Term Bond Fund

21-27

Master Allocation Fund

28

Small Cap Fund

29

Mid Cap Fund

30

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

31-34

Statements of Operations

35-36

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

37-44

Financial Highlights

 

Growth Fund

45-47

Capital Income Fund

48-50

Multi-Asset Income Fund

51-54

Short Term Bond Fund

55-57

Master Allocation Fund

58-60

Small Cap Fund

61-63

Mid Cap Fund

64-66

Notes to Financial Statements

67-84

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

85-86

Additional Federal Income Tax Information

87

Performance and Growth of $10,000 Graphs

88-92

Expense Examples

93-95

Other Information

96-99

Trustees and Officers

100-101

 

 

 

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

 

We are pleased to provide you with this annual report for our fiscal year ended January 31, 2018 which discusses your Yorktown Funds market outlook, as well as our plans to continue to provide products and services that strive to meet the evolving needs of our shareholders and their financial advisors.

 

Equity markets rallied over the fiscal year, supported by strong corporate earnings and signs of a synchronized global economic upturn. Several indexes reached record highs.

 

The Federal Reserve did what just about everyone expected at the end of January, keeping short-term interest rates unchanged while providing forward guidance that economic growth remains on track for further hikes in 2018. The federal funds rate remains in a range from 1.25 - 1.50% and the Fed continues to pay banks 1.50% on their reserve balances.

 

The primary changes in the language of that statement reflect increased confidence that inflation is moving towards the Fed’s 2% target. While the December statement noted that inflation was “expected to remain below 2% in the near term”, the Fed now expects inflation to “move up this year and stabilize around the Committee’s 2 percent objective in the medium term.”

 

The Year In Review

 

We hope that this review of market conditions over the last year will provide relevant context for your review of the information contained in this report.

 

 

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All major market indexes appeared positive for the fiscal year. The solid gains were buoyed by continued economic expansion throughout the United States and countries abroad. The biggest winners of the fiscal year were the FTSE Emerging Index 37.48% and the FTSE All-World ex US Index 29.63%. Followed by the S&P 500 Index with a gain of 26.41%, Russell 1000 with a 25.84% gain, S&P Mid Cap 400 with a gain of 17.61% and the S&P Small Cap 600 index rounds out the group with a gain of 16.56%. Please note the wide range of performance across the world Indices.

 

 

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Confidence, Confidence, Confidence. There are some big things happening in the financial markets. Stocks are hitting record highs and bond yields are bouncing off record lows. The S&P 500 index is up almost 35% since just before the November 2016 election. 10 year T-Bond yields are now 2.64%, almost twice as high as their all-time record low of 1.36% in July 2016. It’s not because equity prices were soaring and therefore the downside bubble popping risks were greater, it’s because the markets are exhibiting more confidence and more willingness to take risk. Inflation is still the risk that will break confidence if excess money relative to the demand for it occurs. Fortunately it has not developed and confidence remains strong.

 

The U.S. Economy. The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace in the fourth quarter, as previously reported, and appeared to remain on a moderate growth path as President Donald Trump took office with a promise to reinvigorate manufacturing and

 

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protect jobs. Trump has pledged to boost annual economic growth to 4% through a mix of infrastructure spending, sweeping tax cuts and deregulation. U.S unemployment continued to experience steady gains over the past year, and lower gas prices helped to stimulate consumer spending.

 

Low Volatility Environment

 

In 2017 we finally experienced a swift and significant decoupling of sector correlations, which led to a US equity market devoid of volatility. Prior to 2017, sector correlations held reliably above 80% each month ever since 2009. In 2017, however, sector correlations dropped to 50% and remained there throughout the year. A reduction of this magnitude coupled with improving company fundamentals and an incoming pro-business administration led to a tranquil melt-up in equity prices, with only minimal flare ups in volatility around the Trump administration’s failure to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and rising geopolitical tension with North Korea. Both sets of events were short lived and of limited impact in the eyes of market participants, particularly when juxtaposed with the passage of tax reform later in the year. It is no wonder then that the Chicago Board of Exchange Volatility Index (VIX)—often referred to as the “investor fear gauge”—closed under 10 for back-to-back weeks during the year.

 

US Dollar, Global Exposure, Domestic Economy

 

Over the course of 2017, the US dollar depreciated nearly 10% relative to a basket of currencies comprised of its major trading partners; thereby, reducing the cost of US exports thus spurring their demand globally. A weaker dollar and stronger global growth were mutually reinforcing and beneficial to US multinational companies as well. For example, companies in the S&P 500 index that generated more than half their revenues outside the US experienced, on average, faster earnings and revenue growth relative to their less globally exposed counterparts. Going forward, however, as more of the Trump administration’s policy focus centers on infrastructure, immigration, and defense, we anticipate a larger share of the benefit to be directed toward smaller domestic companies, which would lead to a further reduction in unemployment, higher wages, and stronger growth.

 

The Market Impact

 

Income Funds

 

Multi-Asset Income Fund

 

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018, the Multi-Asset Income Fund’s Class A Shares (APIUX) had a total return of 10.10% vs. a total return of 5.83% for the Dow Jones Conservative Relative Risk Index over the same period. The Fund’s performance during the year was enhanced by its diversified investments in Business Development Companies, fixed income and REITs. The Fund also benefited from a timely shift to equities and a more total return focus after the 3rd quarter. Underweighted equities were a drag on the portfolio for much of the fiscal year until after the November 2017 elections.

 

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Short Term Bond Fund

 

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018, the Short Term Bond Fund Fund’s Class A Shares (APIMX) had a total return of 4.18% vs. a total return of 2.15% for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index over the same period. The Fund’s performance during the year was enhanced by its investments in front end bonds, asset heavy bonds, high coupon and callable bonds. Energy-related issue concerns that plagued the market as the year began settled down. By year end, a more rational market had returned and the very issues that had caused the greatest concern finished 2017 among the year’s best performers. The Fund owed some of its performance throughout the year to security selection and, most recently, to floating rate notes, fixed-to-float hybrids and corporate bonds with better spread/yield. Meanwhile, benchmark returns faltered as a result of larger positions in treasuries and the tight spread from large index paper that incurred more interest rate risk after the election.

 

Interest Rates. The US Treasury curve for the fiscal year saw a large move higher in rates on the short end while the long end (30 year) actually fell. This caused the curve to flatten - especially 5 years and out. At fiscal year end, the 5 year sat at 2.51% while the 30 year was 2.93%. That is 42 basis points for 25 years additional length! That is the flattest since October of 2007. The 1 year treasury saw the largest increase year over year with rates moving higher by 106 basis points. While the tightening has been happening since the Fed began its tapering of QE back in 2014, only recently have investors been paying attention as many don’t associate tapering with the beginning of the tightening cycle. Historically interest rate hikes begin the process, but we are exiting an unusual period with the Fed implementation of QE.

 

Credit trends remain supportive of the tightening in the market but volatility at historic lows could be a concern. Companies continue to post growth in the top line and earnings along with lower tax rates continue to benefit the credit markets across the board. Flows are still solid in the Fixed Income market and the US continues to look like the relative value around the globe. As we enter the next fiscal year we will learn more on the impact repatriation, policy changes, Federal Reserve rate hikes and tax reform will have on not only real rates but the shape of the yield curve and spreads.

 

Equity Funds

 

Yorktown Capital Income Fund
Yorktown Growth Fund
Yorktown Master Allocation Fund
Yorktown Mid-Cap Fund
Yorktown Small-Cap Fund

 

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018, the Capital Income Fund’s Class A Shares (APIGX) had a total return of 19.21%; the Growth Fund’s Class A Shares (AFGGX) had a total return of 29.38%; and the Master Allocation Fund’s Class A Shares (APIFX) had a total return of 18.55% vs. a total return of 26.52% for the MSCI World Index over the same period. The Yorktown Growth Fund outperformed its benchmark index for the fiscal year because of its inclusion of the broad spectrum of small, medium, and large international holdings, with the primary boost being the emerging markets. The Capital

 

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Income Fund and Master Allocation Fund underperformed their index because of the inclusion of higher yielding equities and domestic small and mid cap companies which underperformed. The same is true for the Yorktown Mid-Cap Fund’s Class A Shares (YWBAX) which had a total return of 9.04% vs. a total return of 20.08% for the Russell Mid Cap Index and the Yorktown Small-Cap Fund’s Class A Shares (YOVAX) which had a total return of 12.37% vs. a total return of 17.18% for the Russell 2000 Index over the same period.

 

Protecting Your Financial Future. We firmly believe that, in addition to your active involvement in the investment process, a financial advisor is a key resource to help you build a complete picture of your current and future financial needs. Financial advisors can provide professional expertise, as well as an understanding of the market’s history and factors such as long-term returns and the volatility of various asset classes. With your financial advisor, you can develop an investment program that incorporates factors such as your goals, your investment timeline, and your risk tolerance. Please contact your financial advisor if you have any questions about the contents of this report.

 

On behalf of Yorktown Funds, I would like to thank you for your continued support and confidence in our products. We value the trust you have placed in us and look forward to continuing to serve you and your financial advisor in the future.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

David D. Basten
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Yorktown Funds

 

Investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Diversification does not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss. High yield securities are subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk. In general, as prevailing interest rates rise, fixed income securities prices will fall.

 

You should carefully consider the investment objectives, potential risks, management fees, and charges and expenses of the Fund before investing. The Fund’s prospectus contains this and other information about the Fund, and should be read carefully before investing. You may obtain a current copy of the Fund’s prospectus by calling 1-800-544-6060. The performance quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

 

Distributed by Unified Financial Securities, LLC. (Member FINRA)

 

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YORKTOWN GROWTH FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2018

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
COMMON STOCKS — 99.49%
Consumer Discretionary — 18.78%

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

   270   $391,740 

ASOS PLC(a)

   4,000    422,230 
Autoliv, Inc.   2,500    380,525 

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

   420    321,485 

Bojangles', Inc.(a)

   24,500    300,125 
Christian Dior SE   1,000    386,840 

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)

   4,300    324,392 
Entercom Communications Corporation, Class A   26,000    287,300 
Foot Locker, Inc.   7,000    344,050 
Gentex Corporation   18,000    426,240 
Hermes International SA   625    345,438 
KB Home   8,400    264,768 
LCI Industries   2,680    295,470 
Lear Corporation   2,000    386,280 

Liberty Broadband Corporation, Class A(a)

   3,700    350,168 

Liberty Broadband Corporation, Class C(a)

   3,600    343,980 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

   5,000    234,450 

Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty SiriusXM - Series A(a)

   7,200    324,072 

Liberty Ventures - Series A(a)

   5,600    330,008 

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, Class B(a)

   10,000    320,000 

LKQ Corporation(a)

   7,600    319,428 
Lowe's Companies, Inc.   3,600    377,028 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE - ADR   6,200    388,585 
Naspers Limited, Class N - ADR   6,700    385,786 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A   5,886    442,038 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   4,900    334,278 
Nitori Holdings Company Limited   2,300    366,285 

NVR, Inc.(a)

   110    349,599 
Panasonic Corporation - ADR   22,500    335,250 
RELX NV - ADR   16,918    371,519 
SEB SA   1,400    289,212 
Sekisui Chemical Company Limited   16,000    304,860 
Tenneco, Inc.   5,400    313,254 
Thor Industries, Inc.   3,000    409,980 
Toll Brothers, Inc.   8,000    372,640 
Valeo SA - ADR   11,400    449,844 
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Limited - ADR   14,500    324,800 
         12,913,947 
Consumer Staples — 5.24%
Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA - ADR   13,000    381,810 
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   1,700    373,099 
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV - ADR   3,200    312,128 
Henkel AG & Company KGaA   2,500    312,849 
L'Oreal SA - ADR   7,000    318,360 
Nestlé SA - ADR   2,900    250,560 
Pernod Ricard SA - ADR   11,000    351,230 
Pigeon Corporation   7,800    304,383 
Shiseido Company Limited - ADR   7,200    372,240 
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.   2,700    319,842 
Tassal Group Limited   98,000    310,347 
         3,606,848 
Energy — 0.55%

Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. - ADR(a)

   16,500    377,850 

 

Financials — 12.33%
AIA Group Limited - ADR   10,000    343,400 
Aon PLC   2,300    326,991 
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.   4,800    179,280 
Banco Macro S.A. - ADR   3,400    369,036 
Bank of Communications Company Limited   375,000    325,017 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A(a)

   1    323,375 
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A   9,000    376,830 
Chubb Ltd.   2,500    390,375 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
CNO Financial Group, Inc.   10,000   $245,900 

Essent Group Ltd.(a)

   7,800    362,856 
Evercore, Inc., Class A   3,500    351,925 
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.   347    183,115 
Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. - ADR   7,700    537,460 
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)   3,000    339,450 
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited   9,500    359,954 
Itau CorpBanca - ADR   20,000    305,800 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   6,500    387,790 

Markel Corporation(a)

   300    344,307 

Noah Holdings Limited - ADR(a)

   9,500    469,395 
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Limited - ADR   15,400    363,132 
Piper Jaffray Companies   4,300    396,890 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.   3,500    337,365 
Sampo Oyj - ADR   10,600    308,354 
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.   5,800    273,091 
Washington Federal, Inc.   7,800    280,020 
         8,481,108 
Health Care — 10.57%

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)

   6,200    332,630 
BioMerieux   4,200    397,840 
Cantel Medical Corporation   3,100    343,883 

Centene Corporation(a)

   3,500    375,340 

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

   3,000    316,320 
Chemed Corporation   1,700    442,969 

China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc.(a)

   4,000    323,720 
China Medical System Holdings Limited   120,000    257,405 
CSL Ltd. - ADR   5,000    296,150 

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)

   8,600    419,594 
Essilor International SA - ADR   4,200    298,956 
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Company KGaA - ADR   6,800    391,068 

Genmab A/S(a)

   1,400    256,426 
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.   2,300    196,259 

Medidata Solutions, Inc.(a)

   4,600    313,306 

Neogen Corporation(a)

   4,933    291,195 
Novo Nordisk A/S - ADR   5,500    305,250 

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

   700    256,655 
Roche Holding AG - ADR   12,000    372,000 
Sinopharm Group Company Limited   60,500    267,207 
STERIS PLC   4,500    409,140 

Waters Corporation(a)

   1,900    409,659 
         7,272,972 
Industrials — 16.81%
A.O. Smith Corporation   5,300    353,934 
Aircastle Ltd.   14,000    330,680 
Allegion PLC   3,700    318,607 

American Woodmark Corporation(a)

   3,200    434,720 
Assa Abloy AB - ADR   27,300    301,665 
Cintas Corporation   2,300    387,435 

Copart, Inc.(a)

   9,400    414,258 
Fujitec Company Limited - ADR   17,500    240,324 
Graco, Inc.   9,000    421,200 
Hexcel Corporation   5,900    403,265 
IDEX Corporation   2,350    337,178 
IMCD Group NV   4,500    300,559 
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited - ADR   5,500    348,425 
KAR Auction Services, Inc.   6,100    332,694 
Kingspan Group PLC - ADR   9,000    417,077 
KION Group AG   4,400    403,784 
Makita Corporation - ADR   7,000    340,970 
Masco Corporation   9,200    410,872 
NN, Inc.   13,000    374,400 
Robert Half International, Inc.   6,200    358,856 
Rockwell Collins, Inc.   2,400    332,376 
Secom Company Limited - ADR   16,000    307,360 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

   Shares   Fair Value 

Sensata Technologies Holding NV(a)

   6,500   $365,625 
SGS SA - ADR   11,300    302,614 
SMC Corporation   750    367,700 

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

   2,000    381,840 
Toro Company (The)   4,800    315,120 
Universal Forest Products, Inc.   8,100    302,373 
US Ecology, Inc.   6,500    339,625 
Viad Corporation   5,600    318,080 
Waste Connections, Inc.   4,350    312,417 
Wolters Kluwer NV - ADR   7,500    396,450 
Woodward, Inc.   3,700    286,824 
         11,559,307 
Information Technology — 26.14%
Accenture PLC, Class A   2,500    401,750 

Adobe Systems, Inc.(a)

   2,000    399,520 

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

   6,200    415,338 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

   250    295,555 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

   250    292,485 
Amadeus IT Group S.A. - ADR   4,300    333,637 
Amdocs Limited   5,000    342,000 
Apple, Inc.   1,900    318,117 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   3,500    432,705 
Blackbaud, Inc.   2,900    277,878 

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

   6,900    309,534 
CDK Global, Inc.   5,500    392,095 
CDW Corporation   5,200    388,908 

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

   6,200    307,334 

Coherent, Inc.(a)

   1,100    285,472 
Convergys Corporation   12,000    279,240 

CoreLogic, Inc.(a)

   7,000    331,520 
Criteo SA - ADR   7,000    166,670 

Electronic Arts, Inc.(a)

   2,500    317,400 

Ellie Mae, Inc.(a)

   3,500    327,250 

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

   1,800    336,402 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.   2,000    401,380 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   4,000    409,440 

Gartner, Inc.(a)

   3,000    416,220 
Genpact Ltd.   12,000   407,280 
Harris Corporation   2,400    382,512 
Hexagon AB, Class B   7,450    443,614 

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(a)

   11,500    343,850 
Intel Corporation   8,400    404,376 
Intuit, Inc.   2,300    386,170 
Littelfuse, Inc.   1,560    339,050 
Logitech International, S.A.   10,000    423,000 
MAXIMUS, Inc.   4,600    313,628 
Murata Manfacturing Company Limited - ADR   9,000    331,830 

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)

   12,100    344,850 
Nintendo Company Limited - ADR   8,000    456,640 
Open Text Corporation   7,700    263,725 
Oracle Corporation   6,200    319,858 

Orbotech Limited(a)

   6,000    319,560 

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

   1,600    252,592 
Renishaw PLC   4,300    303,331 
SAP SE - ADR   3,400    385,050 
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation - ADR   7,300    362,664 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited - ADR   7,250    328,498 

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

   3,200    405,344 
Tencent Holdings Limited - ADR   5,500    325,435 
Tokyo Electron Limited - ADR   6,400    301,632 

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

   1,600    322,416 

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(a)

   1,500    349,335 
Universal Display Corporation   1,800    286,920 

Worldpay, Inc., Class A(a)

   4,900    393,519 

YY, Inc. - ADR(a)

   2,300    305,808 
         17,980,337 
Materials — 4.71%
Givaudan SA - ADR   7,100    342,291 
Glencore PLC - ADR   34,000    388,620 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
Graphic Packaging Holding Company   22,000   $355,300 
Hitachi Metals Limited   15,500    210,567 
Norsk Hydro ASA - ADR   41,000    297,455 
Novozymes A/S - ADR   5,700    316,749 

Nutrien Limited(a)

   5,575    291,795 
PPG Industries, Inc.   2,600    308,698 
Stora Enso Oyj - ADR   19,900    341,683 
Symrise AG - ADR   18,500    386,835 
         3,239,993 
Real Estate — 1.54%
Big Yellow Group PLC   27,000    332,583 
Cresud SACIF y A - ADR   17,131    371,229 
Henderson Land Development Company Limited - ADR   49,912    351,880 
         1,055,692 
Telecommunication Services — 1.82%
Chunghwa Telecom Company Limited - ADR   8,500    314,925 
KDDI Corporation   12,000    302,624 
Telecom Argentina S.A. - ADR   9,600    358,656 

T-Mobile US, Inc.(a)

   4,200    273,420 
         1,249,625 
Utilities — 1.00%
Enel Americas S.A. - ADR   21,000    247,380 
Ormat Technologies, Inc.   6,300    441,504 
         688,884 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $41,885,306)        68,426,563 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.51%        349,509 
Net Assets — 100.00%       $68,776,072 

 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

 

MLP – Master Limited Partnership

 

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

 

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January 31, 2018

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
COMMON STOCKS — 84.71%
Consumer Discretionary — 9.34%
Bayerische Moteren Werke AG - ADR   8,700   $332,166 
Daimler AG   3,600    329,976 
Entercom Communications Corporation, Class A   27,000    298,350 
Foschini Group Limited (The)   21,000    343,104 
Garmin Ltd.   5,600    352,464 
Greene King PLC   41,800    309,823 
Las Vegas Sands Corporation   4,400    341,088 
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.   9,298    313,436 
Meredith Corporation   4,300    284,402 
Nissan Motor Company Limited - ADR   6,500    139,750 
Omnicom Group, Inc.   1,500    114,975 
Vail Resorts, Inc.   1,200    262,272 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   5,700    292,011 
         3,713,817 
Consumer Staples — 5.87%
Altria Group, Inc.   4,100    288,394 
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV - ADR   2,400    272,352 
British American Tobacco PLC - ADR   3,600    245,160 
Imperial Brands PLC - ADR   2,000    83,940 
Kraft Heinz Company (The)   2,000    156,780 
Nestle SA - ADR   4,000    345,600 
Orkla ASA - ADR   28,500    294,975 
Procter & Gamble Company (The)   2,700    233,118 
Unilever PLC - ADR   7,300    412,231 
         2,332,550 
Energy — 5.57%
BP PLC - ADR   5,750    246,042 
Chevron Corporation   2,550    319,643 
Enagas S.A. - ADR   16,400    222,220 
Enbridge, Inc.   3,444    126,154 
Schlumberger Limited   4,600    338,468 
Sunoco LP - Series MLP   9,600    306,336 
TransCanada Corporation   6,500    299,260 
Valero Energy Corporation   3,700   355,089 
         2,213,212 
Financials — 21.75%
Aegon NV - ADR   46,000    312,340 
Allianz SE - ADR   19,000    481,080 
Apollo Global Management LLC, Class A - Series MLP   11,100    396,825 
Aviva PLC - ADR   26,500    394,055 
AXA SA - ADR   13,200    434,280 
Banco Bradesco SA - ADR   24,000    304,800 
Banco Santander S.A. - ADR   44,800    331,968 
Bank of China Limited - ADR   19,000    284,050 
Bank of Nova Scotia (The)   3,300    219,417 
Chimera Investment Corporation   12,500    212,375 
CMC Markets PLC   130,000    293,869 
Credit Suisse Group AG - ADR   20,000    386,800 
Great-West Lifeco, Inc.   10,800    304,884 
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.   20,400    443,496 
Hannover Rueckversicherung SE - ADR   4,700    322,608 
ING Groep N.V. - ADR   23,000    453,100 
Invesco Limited   7,800    281,814 
Manning & Napier, Inc.   130,000    507,000 
MetLife, Inc.   3,300    158,631 
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG - ADR   14,000    329,280 
Provident Financial Services, Inc.   10,000    263,100 
Royal Bank of Canada   3,700    316,979 
Safety Insurance Group, Inc.   3,100    240,715 
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. - ADR   33,000    299,640 

 

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   Shares   Fair Value 
Validus Holdings Ltd.   10,000   $677,000 
         8,650,106 
Health Care — 8.36%
AbbVie, Inc.   4,200    471,324 
Amgen, Inc.   1,700    316,285 
AstraZeneca PLC - ADR   13,800    483,828 
Koninklijke Philips NV - ADR   8,100    330,156 
Merck & Company, Inc.   8,500    503,625 
Novartis AG - ADR   5,700    513,342 
Pfizer, Inc.   5,900    218,536 
Sanofi - ADR   11,100    487,623 
         3,324,719 
Industrials — 7.30%
Atlantia SpA - ADR   24,000    396,720 
Experian PLC - ADR   14,100    326,415 
Macquarie Infrastructure Company, LLC   2,000    132,700 
PageGroup PLC   48,500    374,634 
Schneider Electric SE   19,900    372,329 
Siemens AG - ADR   5,000    381,250 
Steelcase, Inc., Class A   20,700    321,885 
Veidekke ASA   29,000    310,330 
Vinci SA   10,600    286,200 
         2,902,463 
Information Technology — 5.90%
AU Optronics Corporation - ADR   57,000    273,030 
CA, Inc.   7,300    261,705 
Cisco Systems, Inc.   5,500    228,470 
International Business Machines Corporation   1,500    245,550 
iomart Group PLC   58,000    312,953 
Paychex, Inc.   3,500    238,875 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited - ADR   8,500    385,135 
Total System Services, Inc.   4,500    399,870 
         2,345,588 
Materials — 4.53%
BASF SE - ADR   12,000    351,600 
Compass Minerals International, Inc.   4,300    313,470 
International Paper Company   5,800    364,588 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A   2,000    239,680 
Rio Tinto plc - ADR   5,100    286,161 
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited - ADR   4,000    247,120 
         1,802,619 
Real Estate — 8.05%
Alexander's, Inc.   500    181,680 
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.   22,800    328,092 
Camden Property Trust   2,500    216,400 
Crown Castle International Corporation   2,700    304,479 
Extra Space Storage, Inc.   3,900    325,572 
Hammerson PLC   42,300    296,111 

HFF, Inc., Class A(a)

   6,800    334,628 
Iron Mountain, Inc.   7,900    276,737 
National Storage Affiliates Trust   13,300    337,421 
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   10,500    303,555 
Wharf Holdings Limited (The)   27,000    110,620 

Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited(a)

   27,000    186,554 
         3,201,849 
Telecommunication Services — 3.52%
AT&T, Inc.   6,500    243,425 
BCE, Inc. - ADR   4,650    217,387 
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation - ADR   4,600    222,180 
NTT DOCOMO, Inc. - ADR   5,000    124,750 
Orange SA - ADR   13,000    236,210 
Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B   7,300    356,240 
         1,400,192 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
Utilities — 4.52%
Avangrid, Inc.   6,900   $336,168 
Black Hills Corporation   5,100    283,305 
DTE Energy Company   2,200    232,408 
National Grid PLC - ADR   1,375    79,310 
NRG Yield, Inc., Class C   16,600    313,740 
Veolia Environnement SA - ADR   12,000    302,160 
WEC Energy Group, Inc.   3,900    250,770 
         1,797,861 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $27,249,397)        33,684,976 
           
    

Principal

Amount

      
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — 7.55%
Energy — 0.66%
Southwestern Energy Company, 7.50%, 4/1/2026  $250,000    261,875 
           
Financials — 2.56%

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 5.16%, 6/29/2023 (b)

   250,000    253,135 

Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund, LP, 5.00%, 8/1/2021 (c)

   250,000    258,074 

Hunt Companies, Inc., 9.63%, 3/1/2021 (c)

   250,000    263,500 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, 4.37%, 12/21/2065 (b)(c)

   250,000    245,000 
         1,019,709 
Health Care — 0.61%
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV BV, 3.65%, 11/10/2021   250,000    242,456 
           
Industrials — 1.17%

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 5.63%, 10/1/2024 (c)

   200,000    212,440 
General Electric Company, Series D, 5.00%, Perpetual   250,000    253,437 
         465,877 

Information Technology — 1.31%

Alliance Data Systems Company, 5.38%, 8/1/2022 (c)

  250,000   254,000 
Qorvo, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/2023   250,000    267,188 
         521,188 
Materials — 0.67%

Standard Industries, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/2025 (c)

   250,000    266,875 
           
Real Estate — 0.57%
MPT Operating Partnership LP, 6.38%, 3/1/2024   210,000    224,553 
           
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes          
(Cost $3,006,134)        3,002,533 
           
    

Shares

      
INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 5.53%
Closed-End Funds — 0.50%
Putnam High Income Securities Fund   21,800    199,470 
           
Exchange-Traded Funds — 5.03%
First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF   9,900    199,386 
First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund   10,000    198,000 
First Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF   6,700    198,722 
Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF   16,400    199,588 
iShares International Preferred Stock ETF   10,400    203,944 
iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF   5,300    199,386 
PowerShares Preferred Portfolio   13,700    198,102 
PowerShares Variable Rate Preferred Portfolio Fund   7,900    201,134 
SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF   4,700    200,784 

 

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   Shares   Fair Value 
VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF   10,300   $198,584 
         1,997,630 
Total Investment Companies          
(Cost $2,212,501)        2,197,100 
Total Investments — 97.79%          
(Cost $32,468,032)        38,884,609 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 2.21%        879,562 
Net Assets — 100.00%       $39,764,171 

 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

(b)Variable or Floating rate security. Rate disclosed is as of January 31, 2018.

 

(c)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2018

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
COMMON STOCKS — 28.72%
Consumer Discretionary — 2.01%
Carnival Corporation   25,000   $1,790,250 
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   7,000    1,235,360 
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.   30,000    745,500 
Hanesbrands, Inc.   40,000    868,800 
Home Depot, Inc. (The)   11,000    2,209,900 
Leggett & Platt, Inc.   50,000    2,325,500 
Lowe's Companies, Inc.   13,000    1,361,490 
Magna International, Inc.   15,000    857,250 
McDonald's Corporation   7,000    1,197,980 
Omnicom Group, Inc.   8,000    613,200 
Starbucks Corporation   18,000    1,022,580 
Tapestry, Inc.   18,000    846,720 
Walt Disney Company (The)   10,700    1,162,769 
         16,237,299 
Consumer Staples — 1.04%
B&G Foods, Inc.   15,000    495,000 
Coca-Cola Company (The)   15,000    713,850 
CVS Health Corporation   10,000    786,900 
Hershey Company (The)   5,000    551,650 
Kraft Heinz Company (The)   7,000    548,730 
Pinnacle Foods, Inc.   15,000    929,100 
Walgreen Boots Alliance, Inc.   8,000    602,080 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.   35,000    3,731,000 
         8,358,310 
Energy — 3.89%
Andeavor   10,000    1,081,600 
BP PLC - ADR   160,000    6,846,400 
Chevron Corporation   10,000    1,253,500 
ConocoPhillips   22,000    1,293,820 
Exxon Mobil Corporation   50,000    4,365,000 
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   4,000    288,120 
Occidental Petroleum Corporation   8,000    599,760 
ONEOK, Inc.   18,000    1,059,480 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A - ADR   100,000    7,024,000 
Schlumberger Limited   21,000    1,545,180 
SemGroup Corporation, Class A   145,000    4,154,250 
Valero Energy Corporation   6,500    623,805 
Williams Companies, Inc. (The)   40,000   1,255,600 
         31,390,515 
Financials — 11.52%
Ally Financial, Inc.   120,000    3,572,400 
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.   510,000    9,266,700 
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.   50,000    407,500 
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation   230,000    2,914,100 
Bank of America Corporation   71,000    2,272,000 
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.   5,000    249,750 
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A   400,000    5,724,000 
BlackRock, Inc.   300    168,540 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   90,000    2,790,000 
Citigroup, Inc.   30,000    2,354,400 
Compass Diversified Holdings LLC - Series MLP   55,000    929,500 
Ellington Financial LLC - Series MLP   135,000    1,969,650 
First American Financial Corporation   18,000    1,063,260 
Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.   259,947    4,481,486 
Invesco Limited   15,000    541,950 
Ladder Capital Corporation   360,000    5,209,200 
Legg Mason, Inc.   5,000    213,100 
Lincoln National Corporation   20,000    1,656,000 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   17,000    1,014,220 
Medley Management, Inc., Class A   20,000    128,000 
MetLife, Inc.   32,000    1,538,240 
MFA Financial, Inc.   470,000    3,365,200 
Morningstar, Inc.   3,000    288,360 
New Residential Investment Corporation   1,270,000    21,958,300 
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.   190,000    3,874,100 
Synchrony Financial   18,000    714,240 
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   10,000    1,116,300 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
Two Harbors Investment Corporation   750,000   $11,062,500 
Wells Fargo & Company   32,000    2,104,960 
         92,947,956 
Health Care — 1.32%          
AbbVie, Inc.   15,000    1,683,300 
AstraZeneca PLC - ADR   30,000    1,051,800 
Eli Lilly & Company   6,000    488,700 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.   40,000    3,352,000 
Johnson & Johnson   8,400    1,160,796 
Merck & Company, Inc.   11,000    651,750 
Pfizer, Inc.   50,000    1,852,000 
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   3,000    381,360 
         10,621,706 
Industrials — 2.51%
Alaska Air Group, Inc.   19,000    1,248,870 
Boeing Company (The)   4,000    1,417,480 
Covanta Holding Corporation   70,000    1,144,500 
Emerson Electric Company   8,000    577,840 
Fastenal Company   25,000    1,374,000 
FedEx Corporation   7,000    1,837,360 
Grainger (W.W.), Inc.   5,000    1,348,300 
Honeywell International, Inc.   8,000    1,277,360 
Johnson Controls International PLC   70,000    2,739,100 
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., Class A   11,000    1,032,680 
Mueller Industries, Inc.   20,000    661,800 
Southwest Airlines Company   17,000    1,033,600 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B   25,000    3,183,000 
United Technologies Corporation   10,000    1,380,100 
         20,255,990 
Information Technology — 3.95%
Analog Devices, Inc.   3,000    275,640 
Apple, Inc.   8,700    1,456,641 
Broadcom Ltd.   4,000    992,120 
Cisco Systems, Inc.   50,000    2,077,000 
Hackett Group, Inc. (The)   30,000    480,300 
Intel Corporation   40,000    1,925,600 
InterDigital, Inc.   15,000   1,170,750 
International Business Machines Corporation   45,000    7,366,500 
Lam Research Corporation   10,500    2,010,960 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.   3,000    183,000 
Microsoft Corporation   17,000    1,615,170 
Motorola Solutions, Inc.   12,000    1,193,520 
QUALCOMM, Inc.   20,000    1,365,000 
Seagate Technology PLC   130,000    7,176,000 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   14,000    1,360,940 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)

   15,000    325,350 
Western Digital Corporation   10,000    889,800 
         31,864,291 
Materials — 1.10%
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   13,000    551,720 
Compass Minerals International, Inc.   15,000    1,093,500 
DowDuPont, Inc.   25,000    1,889,500 
Eastman Chemical Company   13,500    1,338,930 
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A   7,000    838,880 
Monsanto Company   10,000    1,218,000 
PPG Industries, Inc.   2,000    237,460 
Praxair, Inc.   1,250    201,863 
Rio Tinto PLC - ADR   10,000    561,100 
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   20,000    905,600 
         8,836,553 
Telecommunication Services — 1.21%
AT&T, Inc.   90,000    3,370,500 
Verizon Communications, Inc.   65,000    3,514,550 
Vodafone Group PLC - ADR   90,000    2,899,800 
         9,784,850 
Utilities — 0.17%
National Fuel Gas Company   10,000    557,500 
PPL Corporation   25,000    796,750 
         1,354,250 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $208,914,308)        231,651,720 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
PREFERRED STOCKS — 8.33%
Energy — 0.96%
GasLog Partners LP, Series B, 8.20%   49,100   $1,252,050 
NuStar Energy LP, Series A, 8.50%   140,000    3,530,800 
NuStar Energy LP, Series B, 7.63%   50,000    1,181,500 
NuStar Energy LP, Series C, 9.00%   40,000    1,022,000 
Scorpio Tankers, Inc., 6.75%   21,040    516,532 
Teekay LNG Partners LP, Series B, 8.50%   10,000    245,900 
         7,748,782 
Financials — 4.42%
AGNC Investment Corporation, Series C, 7.00%   51,000    1,297,440 
Annaly Capital Management, Inc., Series F, 6.95%   90,000    2,281,500 
Annaly Capital Management, Inc., Series G, 6.50%   15,000    369,150 
Apollo Global Management LLC, 6.38%   10,000    254,700 
Arlington Asset Investment Corporation, 6.63%   156,977    3,783,146 
B. Riley Financial, Inc., 7.25%   70,000    1,753,500 
B. Riley Financial, Inc., 7.50%   40,000    1,010,000 
Capitala Finance Corporation, 5.75%   27,244    673,472 
Capstead Mortgage Corporation, Series E, 7.50%   20,000    505,200 
Carlyle Group LP (The), Series A, 5.88%   10,000    241,500 
Compass Diversified Holdings, Series A, 7.25%   160,000    3,824,000 
CYS Investments, Inc., Series A, 7.75%   40,000    990,400 
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Limited, Series A, 5.25%   45,000    1,102,046 
Fidus Investment Corp, 5.875%   20,000   498,000 
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 7.62%   50,000    1,301,000 
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc., Series B, 7.75%   10,000    254,500 
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc., Series C, 7.50%   68,000    1,659,200 
Medley Capital Corporation, 6.13%   96,996    2,437,509 
Medley LLC, 6.88%   35,200    854,656 
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., Series B, 7.75%   30,000    723,600 
NuStar Logistics LP, 7.63%   29,000    735,730 
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation, 6.13%   9,915    245,396 
Resource Capital Corporation, 8.25%   24,963    619,082 
RiverNorth Marketplace Lending Corporation, Series A, 5.88%   30,000    753,000 
Sutherland Asset Management Corporation, 7.00%   60,000    1,506,000 
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corporation, 5.75%   40,000    1,000,000 
Two Harbors Investment Corporation, Series A, 8.13%   55,000    1,437,700 
Two Harbors Investment Corporation, Series B, 7.63%   40,000    1,007,200 
Two Harbors Investment Corporation, Series C, 7.25%   20,000    485,400 
Wells Fargo & Co, Series L, 7.50%   1,600    2,048,000 
         35,652,027 
Industrials — 0.97%
Seaspan Corporation, 6.38%   131,600    3,353,168 
Seaspan Corporation, 7.13%   80,000    1,902,400 
Seaspan Corporation, Series D, 7.95%   10,000    243,700 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
Seaspan Corporation, Series G, 8.20%   34,675   $836,014 
Seaspan Corporation, Series H, 7.88%   30,000    704,700 
Teekay Offshore Partners LP, Series E, 8.875%   30,000    749,100 
         7,789,082 
Real Estate — 1.76%
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., Series G, 7.38%   20,000    470,800 
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., Series H, 7.50%   30,000    709,800 
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Series A, 8.25%   5,000    126,000 
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Series C, 7.63%   40,000    980,736 
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Series D, 7.13%   37,000    913,900 
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series D, 7.38%   190,000    3,817,100 
City Office REIT, Inc., Series A, 6.63%   5,000    124,850 
Colony NorthStar, Inc., Series J, 7.13%   50,000    1,145,500 
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., Series A, 7.38%   60,000    1,517,400 
Global Medical REIT, Inc., 7.50%   30,000    733,200 
Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series D, 6.50%   3,500    84,735 
Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series E, 6.50%   5,000    116,750 
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Series D, 6.88%   10,000    234,500 
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc., Series A, 7.50%   20,000    500,600 
Sotherly Hotels, Inc., Series B, 8.00%   20,000    503,400 
Sotherly Hotels, Inc., Series C, 7.88%   77,500    1,936,725 
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., Series A, 6.00%   10,000    243,300 
         14,159,296 
Telecommunication Services — 0.10%
Qwest Corporation, 6.50%   40,000   816,000 
           
Utilities — 0.12%
Georgia Power Company, Series 2017, 5.00%   21,162    503,232 
Spark Energy, Inc., Series A, 8.75%   20,000    487,800 
         991,032 
Total Preferred Stocks          
(Cost $68,854,568)        67,156,219 
           
    

Principal

Amount

      
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — 56.85%
Consumer Discretionary — 5.54%

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 6.25%, 4/1/2025 (b)

  $3,000,000    3,142,500 
Hertz Corporation, 5.88%, 10/15/2020   3,850,000    3,869,250 
Hertz Corporation, 7.38%, 1/15/2021   4,000,000    4,020,000 
Hertz Corporation, 6.25%, 10/15/2022   2,000,000    1,930,000 
International Game Technology PLC, 5.35%, 10/15/2023   810,000    834,300 
McClatchy Company (The), 9.00%, 12/15/2022   830,000    868,180 

Mclaren Finance PLC, 5.75%, 8/1/2022 (b)

   250,000    257,562 

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 7.88%, 10/15/2024 (b)

   2,500,000    2,571,875 
Quad/Graphics, Inc., 7.00%, 5/1/2022   6,933,000    7,210,320 

Silversea Cruse Finance Limited, 7.25%, 2/1/2025 (b)

   5,831,000    6,314,973 

Stena International SA, 5.75%, 3/1/2024 (b)

   2,330,000    2,196,025 
Under Armour, Inc., 3.25%, 6/15/2026   6,742,000    5,910,320 
Vista Outdoor, Inc., 5.88%, 10/1/2023   5,690,000    5,533,525 
         44,658,830 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

  

Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
Consumer Staples — 3.83%

Endo Finance LLC, 7.25%, 1/15/2022 (b)

  $1,700,000   $1,487,500 
HRG Group, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/2022   1,000,000    1,043,250 

JBS USA LUX SA, 7.25%, 6/1/2021 (b)

   6,840,000    7,011,000 
JBS USA LUX SA, 7.25%, 6/1/2021   2,332,000    2,390,300 

JBS USA LUX SA, 7.25%, 6/1/2021 (b)

   1,700,000    1,742,500 

Land O' Lakes, Inc., 7.25%, Perpetual (b)

   3,500,000    3,902,500 

Land O' Lakes, Inc., 8.00%, Perpetual (b)

   2,000,000    2,280,000 

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA, 5.50%, 4/15/2025 (b)

   2,000,000    1,660,000 

Rite Aid Corporation, 6.13%, 4/1/2023 (b)

   1,000,000    936,250 
SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/2021   2,928,000    2,898,720 

Vector Group Limited, 6.13%, 2/1/2025 (b)

   5,345,000    5,558,800 
         30,910,820 
Energy — 15.41%

Andeavor Logistics LP, Series A, 6.87%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 465.20bps)(c)

   1,000,000    1,035,815 
Archrock Partners LP, 6.00%, 4/1/2021   450,000    457,875 
Bristow Group, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/2022   4,002,000    3,401,700 
CVR Refining LLC, 6.50%, 11/1/2022   6,000,000    6,210,000 

DCP Midstream LP, Series A, 7.38%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 514.80bps)(c)

   5,000,000    5,150,000 

DCP Midstream Operating LP, 5.85%, 5/21/2043 (3MO LIBOR + 385bps)(b)(c)

   3,000,000    2,906,250 

Delek Logistics Partners LP, 6.75%, 5/15/2025 (b)

   7,277,000    7,440,733 

Energy Transfer Partners LP, 4.39%, 11/1/2066 (3MO LIBOR + 301.75bps)(c)

  9,281,000   8,352,900 

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Series A, 6.25%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 402.80bps)(c)

   2,500,000    2,504,687 
Gulfport Energy Corporation, 6.63%, 5/1/2023   3,215,000    3,335,563 
Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC, 6.50%, 4/1/2019   2,515,000    2,543,294 
NuStar Logistics LP, 5.63%, 4/28/2027   2,000,000    2,096,900 
PBF Holding Company LLC, 7.00%, 11/15/2023   2,681,000    2,828,455 
PBF Holding Company LLC, 7.25%, 6/15/2025   15,075,000    15,916,939 

Plains All American Pipeline LP, Series B, 6.13%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 411bps)(c)

   3,500,000    3,530,625 
SemGroup Corporation, 5.63%, 11/15/2023   7,000,000    6,938,750 

SemGroup Corporation, 6.38%, 3/15/2025 (b)

   5,521,000    5,562,407 
Southwestern Energy Company, 7.50%, 4/1/2026   6,700,000    7,018,250 
Teekay Corporation, 8.50%, 1/15/2020   9,000,000    9,410,400 
Tidewater, Inc., 8.00%, 8/1/2022   3,000,000    3,082,500 

Transocean, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/2023 (b)

   13,000,000    14,316,250 
Ultra Resources, Inc., 6.88%, 4/15/2022   3,212,000    3,256,165 

Ultra Resources, Inc., 7.13%, 4/15/2025 (b)

   7,000,000    7,008,750 
         124,305,208 
Financials — 13.65%

Allstate Corporation (The), 3.35%, 5/15/2037 (3MO LIBOR + 193.50bps)(c)

   3,500,000    3,465,000 

 

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Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., 6.13%, 8/15/2023  $5,200,000   $5,069,865 

Avison Young Canada, Inc., 9.50%, 12/15/2021 (b)

   8,400,000    8,547,000 
Barclays PLC, 7.88%, Perpetual   1,000,000    1,095,322 
CBL & Associates LP, 5.25%, 12/1/2023   1,873,000    1,754,082 
CBL & Associates LP, 5.95%, 12/15/2026   5,000,000    4,615,198 

Citadel LP, 5.38%, 1/17/2023 (b)

   8,000,000    8,195,657 
Credit Acceptance Corporation, 6.13%, 2/15/2021   2,200,000    2,233,000 

Credit Agricole SA, 7.88%, Perpetual (USSW5 + 489.8bps)(b)(c)

   2,000,000    2,276,070 

Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund, LP, 5.00%, 8/1/2021 (b)

   1,200,000    1,238,756 
Enova International, Inc., 9.75%, 6/1/2021   1,768,000    1,891,760 
Fly Leasing Limited, 6.38%, 10/15/2021   1,000,000    1,045,000 
Genworth Holdings, Inc., 6.52%, 5/22/2018   4,769,000    4,772,974 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, 4.00%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 76.75bps)(c)

   3,000,000    2,647,500 

Hunt Companies, Inc., 9.63%, 3/1/2021 (b)

   6,000,000    6,324,000 
Icahn Enterprises LP, 6.25%, 2/1/2022   2,000,000    2,060,000 
Icahn Enterprises LP, 6.75%, 2/1/2024   3,500,000    3,653,125 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, 4.37%, 12/21/2065 (USD CMT 30YR + 155bps)(b)(c)

   5,330,000    5,223,400 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, 4.37%, 12/21/2065 (USD CMT 30YR + 155bps)(c)

   590,000    578,200 

Jefferies Finance, LLC, 6.88%, 4/15/2022 (b)

   4,675,000    4,815,250 
Jeffries Finance, LLC, 7.25%, 8/15/2024  3,000,000    3,123,750 

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP, 5.25%, 10/1/2025 (b)

   2,000,000    2,005,000 

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.49%, 3/15/2037 (3MO LIBOR + 290.50bps)(b)(c)

   2,500,000    2,462,500 

Lincoln National Corporation, 3.78%, 5/17/2066 (3MO LIBOR + 235.75bps)(c)

   1,000,000    963,750 

Och-Ziff Finance Company LLC, 4.50%, 11/20/2019 (b)

   11,000,000    10,849,300 
PennyMac Corporation, 5.38%, 5/1/2020   1,000,000    985,142 
PRA Group, Inc., 3.00%, 8/1/2020   5,020,000    4,843,165 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.50%, Perpetual (USSW5 + 580bps)(c)

   2,500,000    2,653,125 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 8.00%, Perpetual (USSW5 + 572bps)(c)

   500,000    573,440 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 8.62%, Perpetual (USSW5 + 759.8bps)(c)

   2,000,000    2,237,500 

TMX Finance LLC, 8.50%, 9/15/2018 (b)

   2,000,000    1,960,000 

USB Capital IX, 3.50%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 102bps)(c)

   500,000    454,375 
Washington Prime Group LP, 5.95%, 8/15/2024   4,000,000    4,064,800 

XLIT Limited, Class E, 4.18%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 245.75bps)(c)

   1,534,000    1,443,878 
         110,120,884 
Health Care — 3.47%
Community Health Systems, Inc., 8.00%, 11/15/2019   2,500,000    2,348,438 

Mallinckrodt Finance SB, 5.75%, 8/1/2022 (b)

   4,000,000    3,690,000 

 

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Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
Mallinkrodt International Finance SA, 4.75%, 4/15/2023  $4,500,000   $3,712,500 
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 2.80%, 7/21/2023   10,443,000    9,251,116 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7.50%, 7/15/2021 (b)

   8,306,000    8,357,912 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.63%, 12/1/2021 (b)

   650,000    628,908 
         27,988,874 
Industrials — 2.66%

Eletson Holdings, Inc., 9.63%, 1/15/2022 (b)(d)

   4,500,000    2,385,000 
Huron Consulting Group, Inc., 1.25%, 10/1/2019   2,000,000    1,877,500 
Mueller Industries, Inc., 6.00%, 3/1/2027   7,717,000    7,948,510 

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-1, Class A, 4.88%, 5/10/2028 (b)

   1,905,121    1,917,028 
Teekay Offshore Partners LP, 6.00%, 7/30/2019   7,335,000    7,353,337 
         21,481,375 
Information Technology — 5.77%

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, 6.38%, 4/1/2020 (b)

   2,000,000    2,020,000 

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, 5.38%, 8/1/2022 (b)

   3,527,000    3,583,432 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corporation, 8.38%, 8/15/2022 (b)

   2,000,000    2,090,000 
Ingram Micro, Inc., 5.00%, 8/10/2022   3,000,000    2,995,798 
Lexmark International, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/2020   3,325,000    3,429,073 
Qorvo, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/2023   1,657,000    1,770,919 
Qorvo, Inc., 7.00%, 12/1/2025   1,605,000    1,741,425 

Rackspace Hosting, Inc., 8.63%, 11/15/2024 (b)

   9,000,000    9,596,250 
Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.75%, 1/1/2025  2,000,000   1,988,099 
Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.88%, 6/1/2027   8,000,000    7,884,214 
Seagate HDD Cayman, 5.75%, 12/1/2034   2,180,000    2,124,261 

Unisys Corporation, 10.75%, 4/15/2022 (b)

   6,500,000    7,312,500 
         46,535,971 
Materials — 1.64%

Century Aluminum Company, 7.50%, 6/1/2021 (b)

   750,000    775,313 

First Quantum Minerals Limited, 7.25%, 5/15/2022 (b)

   1,000,000    1,042,500 
Kinross Gold Corporation, 6.88%, 9/1/2041   5,205,000    6,063,825 

Rayonier Advanced Materials Products, Inc., 5.50%, 6/1/2024 (b)

   5,250,000    5,295,937 
         13,177,575 
Real Estate — 0.49%
MPT Operating Partnership LP, 6.38%, 3/1/2024   3,685,000    3,940,371 
           
Structured Notes — 2.78%
Credit Suisse AG, Contingent Coupon Callable Yield Notes, 9.00%, 6/17/2020   3,000,000    2,982,600 
Credit Suisse AG, Contingent Coupon Callable Yield Notes, 9.25%, 6/19/2020   4,500,000    4,484,250 

Morgan Stanley Contingent Income Buffered Securities, 8.75%, 5/30/2028 (c)

   2,000,000    2,445,900 

Morgan Stanley Contingent Income Buffered Securities, S&P 500 Index and Russell 2000 Index, 8.50%,
6/28/2028 (c)

   3,000,000    3,670,350 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

  

Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 

Morgan Stanley Contingent Income Securities, Leveraged CMS Curve and S&P Index, 4.26%, 8/30/2028 (c)

  $3,000,000   $2,261,250 

Morgan Stanley Contingent Income Securities, Russell 200 Index and EURO STOXX 50 Index, 7.70%, 6/28/2028 (c)

   3,000,000    3,332,100 

Morgan Stanley Contingent Income Securities, S&P 500 Index, Russell 2000 Index and EURO STOXX 50 Index, 8.00%, 3/13/2029 (c)

   3,000,000    3,237,600 
         22,414,050 
Telecommunication Services — 1.18%
Frontier Communications Corporation, 8.50%, 4/15/2020   1,000,000    978,750 
Frontier Communications Corporation, 10.50%, 9/15/2022   4,000,000    3,315,000 

Gogo Intermediate Holdings, LLC, 12.50%, 7/1/2022 (b)

   2,000,000    2,262,500 

MDC Partners, Inc., 6.50%, 5/1/2024 (b)

   2,000,000    2,025,000 
SixSigma Networks Mexico SA de CV, 8.25%, 11/7/2021   901,000    956,186 
         9,537,436 
Utilities — 0.43%

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, 5.75%, 10/15/2019 (b)

   40,000    41,900 

Crockett Cogeneration LP, 5.87%, 3/30/2025 (b)

   454,225    451,567 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc., Series A, 4.36%, 3/30/2067 (3MO LIBOR + 266.50bps)(c)

   3,000,000    2,985,000 
         3,478,467 
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes          
(Cost $450,789,751)        458,549,861 
           
SECURITIZED DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 0.53%
Asset Backed Securities — 0.53%

ECAF I Limited, Series 2015-1A, Class B, 5.80%, 6/15/2022 (b)

  2,750,656    2,819,853 
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2016-C, Class M, 1.98%, 8/15/2023   1,500,000    1,478,545 
 
Total Securitized Debt Obligations
(Cost $4,275,896)        4,298,398 
           
    

Shares

      
INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 3.17%
Open-End Funds — 3.17% (e)
Yorktown Mid Cap Fund, Institutional Class   1,047,259    12,012,060 
Yorktown Small Cap Fund, Institutional Class   1,178,500    13,529,177 
           
Total Investment Companies          
(Cost $22,404,389)        25,541,237 
Total Investments — 97.60%          
(Cost $755,238,912)        787,197,435 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 2.40%        19,396,777 
Net Assets — 100.00%       $806,594,212 

 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

(b)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(c)Variable or Floating rate security. Rate disclosed is as of January 31, 2018. The benchmark on which the rate is calculated is shown parenthetically.

 

(d)In default.

 

(e)Affiliated issuer.

 

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2018

 

  

Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — 91.93%
Consumer Discretionary — 6.71%
Brinker International, Inc., 2.60%, 5/15/2018  $250,000   $249,688 

Brunswick Corporation, 4.63%, 5/15/2021 (a)

   1,755,000    1,776,645 

Hyundai Capital America, 2.40%, 10/30/2018 (a)

   1,000,000    998,433 

Hyundai Capital America, 2.50%, 3/18/2019 (a)

   500,000    498,270 

Hyundai Capital America, 2.00%, 7/1/2019 (a)

   850,000    839,910 

Hyundai Capital America, 1.75%, 9/27/2019 (a)

   3,000,000    2,942,917 

Hyundai Capital America, 2.55%, 4/3/2020 (a)

   1,000,000    988,040 

Hyundai Capital America, 2.60%, 9/18/2020 (3MO LIBOR + 100bps)(a)(b)

   1,000,000    1,003,443 
International Game Technology, 7.50%, 6/15/2019   100,000    105,875 

Li & Fung Limited, 6.00%, Perpetual (H15T5Y + 527.6bps)(b)

   3,000,000    3,007,500 
Macy's Retail Holdings, Inc., 9.50%, 4/15/2021   1,064,700    1,108,325 
PVH Corporation, 7.75%, 11/15/2023   1,436,000    1,730,380 
         15,249,426 
Consumer Staples — 0.50%

Land O' Lakes, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/2022 (a)

   550,000    609,125 
Louis Dreyfus Company BV, 5.25%, 6/13/2023   500,000    513,908 
         1,123,033 
Energy — 9.09%
Andeavor, 5.38%, 10/1/2022   1,234,000    1,273,179 
Andeavor Logistics LP, 6.38%, 5/1/2024   3,296,000    3,576,160 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Series A, 5.08%, 8/1/2066 (3MO LIBOR + 370.75bps)(b)

   1,945,000    1,950,349 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.26%, 6/1/2067 (3MO LIBOR + 277.75bps)(b)

  200,000    199,700 

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC, 6.70%, 9/15/2019 (a)

   4,500,000    4,685,625 
MPLX LP, 5.50%, 2/15/2023   2,558,000    2,630,845 
Murphy Oil Corporation, 4.45%, 12/1/2022   1,000,000    1,007,500 
PBF Holding Company LLC, 7.00%, 11/15/2023   350,000    369,250 

Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Series A, 4.01%, 6/1/2067 (3MO LIBOR + 253bps)(b)

   1,035,000    1,029,825 
Williams Partners LP, 4.88%, 3/15/2024   3,765,000    3,929,719 
         20,652,152 
Financials — 36.59%

Allstate Corporation (The), 3.35%, 5/15/2037 (3MO LIBOR + 193.50bps)(b)

   5,650,000    5,593,500 

Army Hawaii Family Housing Trust Certificates, 1.96%, 6/15/2050 (1MO LIBOR + 40bps)(a)(b)

   1,330,000    1,001,042 

Athene Global Funding, 2.88%, 10/23/2018 (a)

   2,120,000    2,126,791 

Athene Global Funding, 4.00%, 1/25/2022 (a)

   2,000,000    2,040,624 

Bank of America Corporation, 2.35%, 9/15/2026 (3MO LIBOR + 76bps)(b)

   100,000    96,407 

Bank of America Corporation, Series V, 5.12%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 338.7bps)(b)

   3,068,000    3,110,185 

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., 5.50%, 7/1/2026 (3MO LIBOR + 442.50bps)(b)

   277,000    288,591 
CBL & Associates LP, 5.25%, 12/1/2023   1,500,000    1,404,764 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

  

Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
CBRE Services, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/2023  $2,562,000   $2,633,627 

Charles Schwab Corporation (The), Series E, 4.62%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 331.50bps)(b)

   1,000,000    1,023,436 

Chubb Corporation (The), 3.97%, 4/15/2037 (3MO LIBOR + 225bps)(b)

   6,005,000    5,997,494 

Citadel LP, 5.38%, 1/17/2023 (a)

   1,000,000    1,024,457 

Citigroup, Inc., 2.01%, 8/25/2036 (3MO LIBOR + 55bps)(b)

   100,000    87,568 

Citigroup, Inc., Series N, 5.80%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 409.3bps)(b)

   1,000,000    1,037,500 

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 5.16%, 6/29/2023 (3MO LIBOR + 355.80bps)(b)

   500,000    506,269 

CNP Assurances SA, 6.78%, Perpetual (USSW6 + 500bps)(b)

   800,000    840,580 

CNP Assurances SA, 7.50%, Perpetual (USSW6 + 648.1bps)(b)

   700,000    721,668 

Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (The), Series C, 4.88%, 12/31/2049 (3MO LIBOR + 316.70bps)(a)(b)

   2,000,000    2,065,000 
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/2019   127,000    138,159 

Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP, 5.00%, 8/1/2021 (a)

   4,320,000    4,459,520 

Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc., 3.80%, 5/15/2037 (3MO LIBOR + 238.50bps)(b)

   1,373,000    1,335,243 

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, 5.80%, 5/15/2021 (a)

   300,000    318,802 

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc., 6.38%, 4/1/2021 (a)

  1,881,000    1,923,323 
First American Financial Corporation, 4.30%, 2/1/2023   1,500,000    1,524,300 
Fly Leasing Limited, 6.38%, 10/15/2021   800,000    836,000 

Friends Life Holdings PLC, 7.87%, Perpetual (USSW6 + 682.8bps)(b)

   2,000,000    2,078,750 
GFI Group, Inc., 8.38%, 7/19/2018   1,500,000    1,533,750 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, 4.00%, 12/29/2049 (3MO LIBOR + 76.75bps)(b)

   1,739,000    1,534,668 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 2.00%, 4/29/2021   100,000    97,172 
Government Properties Income Trust, 4.00%, 7/15/2022   2,000,000    2,008,495 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital LP II, 3.96%, 5/16/2046 (3MO LIBOR + 253.80bps)(a)(b)

   4,125,000    4,094,063 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), Series ICON, 3.54%, 2/12/2047 (3MO LIBOR + 212.50bps)(a)(b)

   5,070,000    4,968,093 

Highmark, Inc., 4.75%, 5/15/2021 (a)

   2,500,000    2,595,688 
Icahn Enterprises, LP, 6.00%, 8/1/2020   500,000    512,038 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, 4.37%, 12/21/2065 (USD CMT 30YR + 155bps)(a)(b)

   1,000,000    980,000 

ING Bank NV, Series EMTN, 4.13%, 11/21/2023 (USISDA05 + 270bps)(b)

   1,250,000    1,263,223 

Jackson National Life Global Funding, 4.70%, 6/1/2018 (a)

   100,000    100,878 

 

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Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
Jefferies Group LLC, Series 1687, 4.25%, 7/21/2031  $100,000   $98,752 

JPMorgan Chase & Company, MTN, 2.69%, 3/21/2023 (3MO LIBOR + 105bps)(b)

   100,000    98,925 

JPMorgan Chase & Company, Series 1, 7.90%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 347bps)(b)

   3,000,000    3,045,000 

La Mondiale SAM, 7.62%, Perpetual (USSW6 + 653bps)(b)

   200,000    210,658 

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.49%, 3/15/2037 (3MO LIBOR + 290.50bps)(a)(b)

   750,000    738,750 

Lincoln National Corporation, 3.78%, 5/17/2066 (3MO LIBOR + 235.75bps)(b)

   2,250,000    2,168,437 
Main Street Capital Corporation, 4.50%, 12/1/2019   560,000    565,427 

Mellon Capital IV, Series 1, 4.00%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 56.50bps)(b)

   500,000    469,375 
MetLife, Inc., Series C, 5.25%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 357.50bps)   250,000    257,525 

Morgan Stanley, MTN, 5.00%, 1/25/2019 (3MO LIBOR + 300bps)(b)

   100,000    102,375 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 3.88%, 12/15/2024 (3MO LIBOR + 229bps)(a)(b)

   1,475,000    1,471,029 
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund, 2.50%, 1/1/2022   1,250,000    1,232,031 

Och-Ziff Finance Company LLC, 4.50%, 11/20/2019 (a)

   1,450,000    1,430,135 

QBE Insurance Group Limited, 7.50%, 11/24/2043 (USSW10 + 603bps)(b)

  350,000   403,812 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., 4.25%, 12/15/2065 (3MO LIBOR + 266.50bps)(b)

   500,000    488,750 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.50%, Perpetual (USSW5 + 580bps)(b)

   200,000    212,250 
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., 2.88%, 5/15/2019   2,500,000    2,496,550 

Synovus Financial Corporation, 5.75%, 12/15/2025 (3MO LIBOR + 418.20bps)(b)

   250,000    263,950 

US Bancorp, Series I, 5.13%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 348.60bps)(b)

   100,000    103,875 

USB Capital IX, 3.50%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 102bps)(b)

   1,924,000    1,748,435 

XLIT Ltd., Class E, 4.18%, Perpetual (3MO LIBOR + 245.75bps)(b)

   1,716,000    1,615,185 
         83,122,894 
Health Care — 3.05%

Becton Dickinson and Company, 3.00%, 5/15/2026 (a)

   200,000    200,365 
HCA, Inc., 6.50%, 2/15/2020   250,000    267,187 

MEDNAX, Inc., 5.25%, 12/1/2023 (a)

   2,385,000    2,441,644 
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Company LLC, Series C, 0.25%, 2/1/2026   1,000,000    901,173 
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance III BV, 2.20%, 7/21/2021   1,000,000    932,635 
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV BV, 3.65%, 11/10/2021   2,250,000    2,182,107 
         6,925,111 

 

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Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
Industrials — 11.89%
Actuant Corporation, 5.63%, 6/15/2022  $650,000   $665,437 

Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 5.38%, 5/15/2021 (a)

   62,343    65,460 
America West Airlines, Inc. Pass Through Trust, Series 1999-1, Class G, 7.93%, 1/2/2019   641,572    657,612 
America West Airlines, Inc. Pass Through Trust, Series 2000-1, Class G, 8.06%, 7/2/2020   71,008    79,476 

American Airlines, Inc. Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 5.63%, 1/15/2021 (a)

   1,436,894    1,490,346 

American Airlines, Inc. Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-2, Class B, 5.60%, 1/15/2022 (a)

   595,982    615,411 
American Airlines, Inc. Pass Through Trust, Series 2014-1, Class B, 4.38%, 10/1/2022   99,606    101,285 

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 5.63%, 10/1/2024 (a)

   2,380,000    2,528,036 

Aviation Capital Group Corporation, 2.88%, 9/17/2018 (a)

   200,000    200,412 
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 1998-3, Class A-1, 6.82%, 5/1/2018   333,437    338,439 
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2010, Class B, 6.00%, 1/12/2019   275,524    281,723 
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-B, Class B, 6.25%, 4/11/2020   524,876    548,653 
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2000-1, Class A-1, 8.05%, 11/1/2020   33,976    36,709 
Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1, Class B, 6.88%, 5/7/2019  335,069   348,890 
Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class B, 8.02%, 8/10/2022   297,695    336,023 
Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-1, 4.25%, 7/30/2023   100,098    103,477 

Doric Nimrod Air Alpha Limited Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 6.13%, 11/30/2019 (a)

   738,502    763,426 

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Limited Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1, Class B, 6.50%, 5/30/2021 (a)

   434,338    444,736 

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Limited Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1, Class A, 5.13%, 11/30/2022 (a)

   1,726,868    1,796,409 

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Limited Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A, 5.25%, 5/30/2023 (a)

   2,361,333    2,471,607 
Equifax, Inc., 2.30%, 6/1/2021   930,000    911,441 
FTI Consulting, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/2022   915,000    943,594 

General Electric Company, MTN, 1.90%, 8/15/2036 (3MO LIBOR + 48BPS)(b)

   250,000    204,362 
General Electric Company, Series D, 5.00%, 12/29/2049   1,510,000    1,530,763 
Hainan Airlines Hong Kong Company Limited, 3.63%, 2/7/2020   1,000,000    1,001,801 

 

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Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
Hawaiian Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 4.95%, 1/15/2022  $141,852   $145,774 
Huron Consulting Group, Inc., 1.25%, 10/1/2019   2,000,000    1,877,500 
Kennametal, Inc., 2.65%, 11/1/2019   200,000    199,407 
Latam Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-1, Class B, 4.50%, 11/15/2023   1,634,880    1,633,858 
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/2022   614,000    632,556 
Spirit Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-1, B, 4.45%, 4/1/2024   547,394    558,753 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 5.75%, 12/15/2053 (3MO LIBOR + 430.40bps)(b)

   100,000    103,500 
United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2014-1, Class B, 4.75%, 4/11/2022   184,807    190,582 
United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A, 6.64%, 7/2/2022   921,258    996,857 
United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2014-2, Class B, 4.63%, 9/3/2022   219,011    225,982 
US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1, Class B, 8.00%, 10/1/2019   1,662,364    1,787,042 
US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 5.38%, 8/15/2021   181,317    189,150 
         27,006,489 
Information Technology — 12.66%

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, 6.38%, 4/1/2020 (a)

   3,104,000    3,135,040 

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, 5.88%, 11/1/2021 (a)

  2,510,000   2,585,300 

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, 5.38%, 8/1/2022 (a)

   2,523,000    2,563,368 
Broadcom Corporation, 2.70%, 11/1/2018   1,394,000    1,388,083 
Ingram Micro, Inc., 5.00%, 8/10/2022   2,000,000    1,997,198 
Leidos Holdings, Inc., 4.45%, 12/1/2020   300,000    309,375 
Lexmark International, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/2020   1,500,000    1,546,950 
Qorvo, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/2023   6,110,000    6,530,063 

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.25%, 3/1/2022 (a)

   800,000    812,368 

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.88%, 3/1/2024 (a)

   1,000,000    1,015,329 

Western Digital Corporation, 7.38%, 4/1/2023 (a)

   5,486,000    5,986,598 
Western Digital Corporation, 10.50%, 4/1/2024   750,000    878,625 
         28,748,297 
Materials — 6.09%
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC, 5.38%, 4/15/2020   325,000    340,438 

BHP Billiton Finance USA Limited, 6.25%, 10/19/2075 (USSW5 + 497.1bps)(b)

   600,000    646,050 

FMG Resources Limited, 9.75%, 3/1/2022 (a)

   2,299,000    2,538,211 
INVISTA Finance LLC, 4.25%, 10/15/2019   240,000    244,500 

INVISTA Finance LLC, 4.25%, 10/15/2019 (a)

   4,528,000    4,612,900 
Kinross Gold Corporation, 5.13%, 9/1/2021   175,000    184,625 
Methanex Corporation, 3.25%, 12/15/2019   200,000    199,798 
SSR Mining, Inc., 2.88%, 2/1/2033   1,500,000    1,497,037 

Standard Industries, Inc., 5.38%, 11/15/2024 (a)

   500,000    520,000 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS, Continued

 

  

Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 

Standard Industries, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/2025 (a)

  $2,131,000   $2,274,843 
Westlake Chemical Corporation, 4.88%, 5/15/2023   750,000    775,312 
         13,833,714 
Real Estate — 2.61%
Crown Castle Towers LLC, 4.88%, 8/15/2020   200,000    209,878 
MPT Operating Partnership LP, 6.38%, 3/1/2024   5,355,000    5,726,101 
         5,935,979 
Utilities — 2.74%

Dominion Energy, Inc., Series 6, Class A, 4.16%, 6/30/2066 (3MO LIBOR + 282.50bps)(b)

   100,000    99,625 

Dominion Energy, Inc., Series 6, Class B, 3.99%, 9/30/2066 (3MO LIBOR + 230bps)(b)

   1,688,000    1,601,912 

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 3.40%, 10/1/2066 (3MO LIBOR + 206.75bps)(b)

   200,000    193,250 

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 3.71%, 6/15/2067 (3MO LIBOR + 212.50bps)(b)

   250,000    240,032 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc., Series A, 4.36%, 3/30/2067 (3MO LIBOR + 266.50bps)(b)

   4,015,000    3,994,925 

WEC Energy Group, Inc., 3.53%, 5/15/2067 (3MO LIBOR + 211.25bps)(b)

   100,000    97,467 
         6,227,211 
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes          
(Cost $208,461,403)        208,824,306 

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.68%
Financials — 0.54%        
Argo Group U.S., Inc., 6.50%   22,907   $580,005 
Compass Diversified Holdings, 7.25%   6,000    143,400 
Medley Capital Corporation, 6.13%   5,802    145,804 
Medley LLC, 6.88%   4,000    97,120 
THL Credit, Inc., 6.75%   2,000    50,580 
Triangle Capital Corporation, 6.38%   4,000    100,800 
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corporation, 5.75%   4,000    100,000 
         1,217,709 
Industrials — 0.11%
Seaspan Corporation, 6.38%   10,000    254,800 
           
Real Estate — 0.03%
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Series D, 7.13%   3,000    74,100 
           
Total Preferred Stocks          
(Cost $1,554,400)        1,546,609 
           
    

Principal

Amount

      
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.02%
New Jersey — 0.02%
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Revenue, Series B, 1.76%, 12/15/2018  $50,000    49,642 
           
Total Municipal Bonds          
(Cost $49,577)        49,642 

 

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Principal

Amount

   Fair Value 
SECURITIZED DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 1.63%
Asset Backed Securities — 1.62%
Apollo Aviation Securitization Equity Trust, Series 2016-1, Class A, 4.88%, 3/17/2036  $396,279   $402,550 

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding, Series 2015-1A, Class A, 2.50%, 7/20/2021 (b)

   500,000    497,375 

Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2016-1, Class D, 3.24%, 7/22/2022 (a)

   300,000    301,188 

Emerald Aviation Finance Limited, 4.65%, 10/15/2038 (a)

   550,988    553,128 
Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, Series 2015-3A, Class C, 4.44%, 9/25/2021   100,000    100,065 
Longtrain Leasing III LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A1, 2.98%, 1/15/2045   345,630    344,319 

Spirit Master Funding, LLC, Series 2014-4A, Class A1, 3.50%, 1/20/2045 (a)

   999,636    998,103 
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2016-C, Class M, 1.98%, 8/15/2023   500,000    492,848 
         3,689,576 
Mortgage Backed Securities — 0.01%
Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-3, Class A2, 3.00%, 7/25/2042   22,175    21,766 
           
Total Securitized Debt Obligations
(Cost $3,728,871)        3,711,342 
           
U.S. TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS — 0.22%
United States Treasury Note, 1.00%, 3/15/2018   500,000   499,800 
           
Total U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds
(Cost $499,958)        499,800 
Total Investments — 94.48%
(Cost $214,294,209)        214,631,699 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 5.52%        12,531,157 
Net Assets — 100.00%       $227,162,856 

 

 

(a)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(b)Variable or Floating rate security. Rate disclosed is as of January 31, 2018. The benchmark on which the rate is calculated is shown parenthetically.

 

BDC – Business Development Company

 

MTN – Medium Term Note

 

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

 

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January 31, 2018

 

   Shares   Fair Value 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 97.76% (a)

Income Funds — 30.21%
Yorktown Capital Income Fund, Institutional Class   198,650   $8,675,032 
           
Growth Funds — 32.16%
Yorktown Growth Fund, Institutional Class   476,735    9,234,362 
           
Mid Cap Funds — 16.68%
Yorktown Mid Cap Fund, Institutional Class   417,401    4,787,589 
           
Small Cap Funds — 18.71%
Yorktown Small Cap Fund, Institutional Class   468,078    5,373,539 
Total Investment Companies          
(Cost $17,960,897)        28,070,522 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 2.24%        642,290 
Net Assets — 100.00%       $28,712,812 

 

 

(a)Affiliated issuer.

 

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

 

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January 31, 2018

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
COMMON STOCKS — 94.98%
Consumer Discretionary — 14.77%
Children's Place, Inc. (The)   4,100   $614,180 

Conn's, Inc.(a)

   8,550    284,715 
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   3,900    688,272 

Eldorado Resorts, Inc.(a)

   8,000    276,400 
Hooker Furniture Corporation   6,000    222,900 

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)

   6,500    361,075 
Papa John's International, Inc.   4,200    272,538 

Sotheby's(a)

   5,050    266,438 
Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.   30,000    280,500 
         3,267,018 
Consumer Staples — 1.12%
Weis Markets, Inc.   6,250    248,500 
           
Financials — 13.62%          
Charter Financial Corporation   18,600    357,678 
First American Financial Corporation   16,850    995,330 
Independent Bank Group, Inc.   5,350    383,862 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   8,415    502,039 
Main Street Capital Corporation   8,800    334,048 
Morningstar, Inc.   4,575    439,749 
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   1    54 
         3,012,760 
Health Care — 13.80%

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

   5,150    1,210,250 
Cantel Medical Corporation   5,000    554,650 

Inogen, Inc.(a)

   4,500    548,280 
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.   8,500    295,800 

MiMedx Group, Inc.(a)

   26,500    443,875 
         3,052,855 
Industrials — 10.96%
Douglas Dynamics, Inc.   8,700    358,440 

Gencor Industries, Inc.(a)

   17,835    299,628 
Granite Construction, Inc.   8,775    585,205 
Mueller Industries, Inc.   20,983    694,327 

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)

   10,000   487,500 
         2,425,100 
Information Technology — 30.76%

CEVA, Inc.(a)

   8,500    374,000 

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

   9,000    446,130 

Fabrinet(a)

   14,050    348,580 

GrubHub, Inc.(a)

   13,500    975,375 
Hackett Group, Inc. (The)   35,650    570,757 

Ichor Holdings Limited(a)

   13,100    418,152 
InterDigital, Inc.   3,400    265,370 
MAXIMUS, Inc.   10,950    746,571 
Mesa Laboratories, Inc.   3,100    438,681 

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

   9,400    861,416 

Tech Data Corporation(a)

   7,100    711,917 

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)

   26,150    431,213 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)

   10,000    216,900 
         6,805,062 
Materials — 3.10%
Hecla Mining Company   72,200    277,248 
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   9,000    407,520 
         684,768 
Real Estate — 2.89%
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A   15,600    324,324 
Getty Realty Corporation   12,000    314,880 
         639,204 
Utilities — 3.96%
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation   7,000    514,500 
New Jersey Resources Corporation   9,300    360,840 
         875,340 
Total Common Stocks          
(Cost $19,201,066)        21,010,607 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 5.02%        1,111,616 
Net Assets — 100.00%       $22,122,223 

 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2018

 

   Shares   Fair Value 
COMMON STOCKS — 94.41%
Consumer Discretionary — 15.88%
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.   5,400   $631,746 
Newell Brands, Inc.   19,400    512,936 

Party City Holdco, Inc.(a)

   55,000    797,500 
Signet Jewelers Ltd.   18,300    968,070 
Tapestry, Inc.   21,100    992,544 
         3,902,796 
Energy — 12.21%

Antero Resources Corporation(a)

   32,600    633,418 
Devon Energy Corporation   8,300    343,371 
EQT Corporation   12,000    651,480 
Plains GP Holdings LP, Class A   20,000    425,600 

Weatherford International PLC(a)

   240,000    945,600 
         2,999,469 
Financials — 19.25%
Ally Financial, Inc.   41,600    1,238,432 

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

   13,100    841,806 

E*TRADE Financial Corporation(a)

   11,000    579,700 
Lincoln National Corporation   12,000    993,600 

SVB Financial Group(a)

   1,000    246,550 
Voya Financial, Inc.   16,000    830,560 
         4,730,648 
Health Care — 16.94%
AmerisourceBergen Corporation   11,000    1,096,370 

DaVita, Inc.(a)

   13,000    1,014,520 
Perrigo Company PLC   11,400    1,033,068 
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   8,000    1,016,960 
         4,160,918 
Industrials — 11.52%

AECOM(a)

   26,000    1,016,860 
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., Class A   11,400    1,070,232 
NN, Inc.   25,800    743,040 
         2,830,132 
Information Technology — 12.63%

CommScope Holding Company, Inc.(a)

   18,400   710,792 
CSRA, Inc.   15,000    499,200 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company   60,000    984,000 

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

   9,900    462,528 
Motorola Solutions, Inc.   4,500    447,570 
         3,104,090 
Materials — 5.98%

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(a)

   25,500    497,250 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company   11,100    972,249 
         1,469,499 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $20,983,204)        23,197,552 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 5.59%        1,373,468 
Net Assets — 100.00%       $24,571,020 

 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

The sectors shown on the schedule of investments are based on Global Industry Classification Standard, or GICS® (“GICS”). The GICS was developed by and/or 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.

 

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

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

January 31, 2018

 

   Growth
Fund
  

Capital

Income
Fund

  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Assets:                
Investments in unaffiliated issuers at value (identified cost of $41,885,306, $32,468,032, $732,834,523 and $214,294,209, respectively)  $68,426,563   $38,884,609   $761,656,198   $214,631,699 
Investments in affiliated issuers at value (identified cost of $—, $—, $22,404,389 and $—, respectively)           25,541,237     
Total investments   68,426,563    38,884,609    787,197,435    214,631,699 
Cash   1,052,329    1,527,547    12,619,510    8,026,183 
Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $—, $9,223, $— and $—, respectively)       9,557         
Dividends and interest receivable   13,296    74,846    7,076,870    2,601,246 
Receivable for securities sold   338,267        1,355,539     
Reclaims receivable   24,647    6,319         
Receivable for shareholder purchases       76,305    720,353    5,058,132 
Other assets   12,742    7,159    56,678    34,540 
Total Assets   69,867,844    40,586,342    809,026,385    230,351,800 
                     
Liabilities:                    
Payable for shareholder redemptions   7,660    39,645    437,855    430,188 
Payable for securities purchased   970,602    725,000    1,145,228    2,497,108 
Accrued distribution fees   25,952    13,556    391,406    95,649 
Accrued advisory fees   57,569    19,993    275,774    98,405 
Accrued accounting service and transfer agent fees   11,325    9,656    69,273    18,740 
Other accrued expenses   18,664    14,321    112,637    48,854 
Total Liabilities   1,091,772    822,171    2,432,173    3,188,944 
                     
Net Assets  $68,776,072   $39,764,171   $806,594,212   $227,162,856 

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, Continued

 

   Growth
Fund
  

Capital

Income
Fund

  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized; no par value)                
Class A: Shares outstanding   812,042    139,492    13,672,986    2,737,704 
Net assets  $14,942,797   $5,941,322   $145,651,079   $10,869,022 
Net asset value per share  $18.40   $42.59   $10.65   $3.97 
Maximum offering price per share (Note 2)  $19.52   $45.19   $11.30   $4.06 
Class L: Shares outstanding   1,979,671    359,628    36,558,905    33,018,152 
Net assets  $30,890,178   $14,749,606   $368,369,827   $120,009,011 
Net asset value per share  $15.60   $41.01   $10.08   $3.63 
Class C: Shares outstanding             1,928,805      
Net assets            $19,098,950      
Net asset value per share            $9.90      
Institutional Class: Shares outstanding   1,184,594    436,782    24,528,976    22,812,910 
Net assets  $22,943,097   $19,073,243   $273,474,356   $96,284,823 
Net asset value per share  $19.37   $43.67   $11.15   $4.22 
                     
Net assets consist of:                    
Paid-in capital  $36,912,110   $29,671,297   $904,207,970   $227,202,438 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)   (234,414)   7,925    288,325    1,393,341 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from security transactions   5,554,798    3,667,409    (129,860,606)   (1,770,413)
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   26,543,578    6,417,540    31,958,523    337,490 
                     
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares of beneficial interest  $68,776,072   $39,764,171   $806,594,212   $227,162,856 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, Continued

 

  

Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Assets:            
Investments in unaffiliated issuers at value (identified cost of $—, $19,201,066 and $20,983,204, respectively)  $   $21,010,607   $23,197,552 
Investments in affiliated issuers at value (identified cost of $17,960,897, $— and $—, respectively)   28,070,522         
Total investments   28,070,522    21,010,607    23,197,552 
Cash   724,206    1,094,289    1,355,216 
Dividends and interest receivable   637    7,343    16,288 
Reclaims receivable       6     
Receivable for shareholder purchases       30,920    24,350 
Other assets   12,185    11,224    12,996 
Total Assets   28,807,550    22,154,389    24,606,402 
                
Liabilities:               
Payable for shareholder redemptions   46,938         
Accrued distribution fees   18,154    377    722 
Accrued advisory fees   7,236    5,907    8,799 
Accrued accounting service and transfer agent fees   9,369    8,060    8,172 
Other accrued expenses   13,041    17,822    17,689 
Total Liabilities   94,738    32,166    35,382 
                
Net Assets  $28,712,812   $22,122,223   $24,571,020 

 

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Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized; no par value)            
Class A: Shares outstanding   203,281    3,085    17,134 
Net assets  $6,141,276   $35,254   $195,565 
Net asset value per share  $30.21   $11.43   $11.41 
Maximum offering price per share (Note 2)  $32.05   $12.13   $12.11 
Class L: Shares outstanding   698,492    42,957    72,183 
Net assets  $19,855,807   $484,657   $815,127 
Net asset value per share  $28.43   $11.28   $11.29 
Institutional Class: Shares outstanding   84,317    1,882,222    2,054,310 
Net assets  $2,715,729   $21,602,312   $23,560,328 
Net asset value per share  $32.21   $11.48   $11.47 
                
Net assets consist of:               
Paid-in capital  $15,809,859   $20,143,367   $22,003,676 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)   13,987         
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from security transactions   2,779,341    169,315    352,996 
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   10,109,625    1,809,541    2,214,348 
                
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares of beneficial interest  $28,712,812   $22,122,223   $24,571,020 

 

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

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2018

 

   Growth
Fund
  

Capital

Income
Fund

  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Investment Income                
Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes withheld of $24,803, $21,639, $24,803, and $—, respectively)  $869,748   $1,196,819   $22,496,708   $86,703 
Dividends from affiliated issuers           147,229     
Interest   3,329    7,493    29,856,750    6,267,802 
Total income   873,077    1,204,312    52,500,687    6,354,505 
Expenses                    
Investment advisory fees   641,815    241,484    3,154,401    1,023,159 
Distribution fees                    
Class L   286,375    146,101    3,742,034    762,783 
Class A       15,447    759,397     
Class C             127,930      
Accounting service fees   52,667    50,420    119,864    60,261 
Transfer agent fees   77,214    54,331    752,643    123,798 
Custodial fees   17,562    15,020    88,632    25,270 
Professional fees   17,865    14,661    109,326    31,430 
Registration fees   42,268    44,775    86,534    63,483 
Trustee fees   8,766    5,841    107,056    15,743 
Insurance   4,544    3,208    53,815    6,917 
Shareholder reports   14,382    5,926    160,624    21,129 
Miscellaneous   28,525    22,501    147,696    69,994 
Total operating expenses   1,191,983    619,715    9,409,952    2,203,967 
Less expenses waived by investment adviser               (85,223)
Net operating expenses   1,191,983    619,715    9,409,952    2,118,744 
Net investment income (loss)   (318,906)   584,597    43,090,735    4,235,761 
Realized & Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments                    
Net realized gain from security transactions in unaffiliated issuers   6,688,834    8,217,326    7,468,866    576,200 
Net realized gain from security transactions in affiliated issuers           2,345,367     
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in unaffiliated issuers   9,896,705    (1,792,027)   21,507,393    (219,168)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in affiliated issuers           368,077     
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments   16,585,539    6,425,299    31,689,703    357,032 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $16,266,633   $7,009,896   $74,780,438   $4,592,793 

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS, Continued

 

  

Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Investment Income            
Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes withheld of $—, $— and $271, respectively)  $944   $220,073   $241,207 
Dividends from affiliated issuers   254,034         
Interest   1,112    3,617    3,131 
Total income   256,090    223,690    244,338 
Expenses               
Investment advisory fees   86,922    176,026    232,614 
Distribution fees               
Class L   206,018    2,319    5,027 
Class A   15,594    38    265 
Accounting service fees   49,378    48,476    48,557 
Transfer agent fees   57,861    33,970    34,730 
Custodial fees   7,424    17,524    4,145 
Professional fees   13,361    17,957    18,046 
Registration fees   40,943    43,330    43,472 
Trustee fees   4,363    1,975    1,971 
Insurance   2,250    1,287    1,182 
Shareholder reports   7,519    6,366    6,308 
Offering costs       12,128    12,259 
Miscellaneous   17,141    25,194    10,016 
Total operating expenses   508,774    386,590    418,592 
Less expenses waived by investment adviser       (154,492)   (155,469)
Less fees waived by transfer agent       (4,835)   (4,923)
Net operating expenses   508,774    227,263    258,200 
Net investment income (loss)   (252,684)   (3,573)   (13,862)
Realized & Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments               
Net realized gain from security transactions in unaffiliated issuers       3,413,899    696,458 
Net realized gain from security transactions in affiliated issuers   5,503,562         
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in unaffiliated issuers       (996,426)   1,350,274 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in affiliated issuers   (527,455)        
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments   4,976,107    2,417,473    2,046,732 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $4,723,423   $2,413,900   $2,032,870 

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN FUNDS

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2018

 

   Growth
Fund
  

Capital

Income
Fund

  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Operations:                
Net investment income (loss)  $(318,906)  $584,597   $43,090,735   $4,235,761 
Net realized gain (loss) from security transactions   6,688,834    8,217,326    9,814,233    576,200 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   9,896,705    (1,792,027)   21,875,470    (219,168)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   16,266,633    7,009,896    74,780,438    4,592,793 
                     
Distributions:                    
From net investment income:                    
Class A       (151,070)   (8,985,352)   (311,938)
Class L       (269,000)   (21,573,376)   (1,628,121)
Class C             (734,735)     
Institutional Class       (529,032)   (15,053,313)   (1,563,313)
        (949,102)   (46,346,776)   (3,503,372)
From realized gain on security transactions:                    
Class A   (898,289)   (858,787)        
Class L   (2,166,212)   (2,035,374)        
Institutional Class   (1,274,089)   (2,538,596)        
    (4,338,590)   (5,432,757)        
                     
Capital Transactions — Class A:                    
Proceeds from shares sold   972,211    486,038    22,988,001    7,677,347 
Reinvestment of distributions   893,455    980,714    7,035,635    235,508 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (17,549,590)   (2,780,125)   (46,688,307)   (7,308,270)
Total Class A   (15,683,924)   (1,313,373)   (16,664,671)   604,585 
Capital Transactions — Class L:                    
Proceeds from shares sold   1,633,320    1,089,334    61,160,834    114,709,231 
Reinvestment of distributions   2,089,843    2,286,330    18,886,903    1,522,085 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (4,621,555)   (4,257,147)   (94,521,224)   (37,204,394)
Total Class L   (898,392)   (881,483)   (14,473,487)   79,026,922 
Capital Transactions — Class C:                    
Proceeds from shares sold             12,728,415      
Reinvestment of distributions             425,651      
Amount paid for shares redeemed             (702,596)     
Total Class C             12,451,470      

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS, Continued

 

   Growth
Fund
  

Capital

Income
Fund

  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Capital Transactions — Institutional Class:                
Proceeds from shares sold  $14,463,926   $3,034,429   $105,008,670   $88,614,826 
Reinvestment of distributions   724,987    1,623,636    12,531,426    1,337,103 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (3,875,175)   (5,766,169)   (71,963,992)   (39,723,987)
Total Institutional Class   11,313,738    (1,108,104)   45,576,104    50,227,942 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions   (5,268,578)   (3,302,960)   26,889,416    129,859,449 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   6,659,465    (2,674,923)   55,323,078    130,948,870 
Net Assets                    
Beginning of year   62,116,607    42,439,094    751,271,134    96,213,986 
End of year  $68,776,072   $39,764,171   $806,594,212   $227,162,856 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)  $(234,414)  $7,925   $288,325   $1,393,341 
Share Transactions — Class A:                    
Shares sold   56,151    10,762    2,195,357    1,939,031 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   51,975    23,778    673,597    59,459 
Shares redeemed   (1,013,219)   (63,525)   (4,459,108)   (1,839,752)
Total Class A   (905,093)   (28,985)   (1,590,154)   158,738 
Share Transactions — Class L:                    
Shares sold   111,137    25,498    6,164,384    31,551,135 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   143,140    57,725    1,907,890    418,561 
Shares redeemed   (316,666)   (98,039)   (9,521,888)   (10,234,945)
Total Class L   (62,389)   (14,816)   (1,449,614)   21,734,751 
Share Transactions — Class C:                    
Shares sold             1,303,738      
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions             43,652      
Shares redeemed             (71,795)     
Total Class C             1,275,595      
Share Transactions — Institutional Class:                    
Shares sold   783,552    69,867    9,590,575    21,010,834 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   40,077    38,402    1,147,267    317,458 
Shares redeemed   (216,224)   (126,183)   (6,553,253)   (9,433,046)
Total Institutional Class   607,405    (17,914)   4,184,589    11,895,246 

 

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Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Operations:            
Net investment income (loss)  $(252,684)  $(3,573)  $(13,862)
Net realized gain (loss) from security transactions   5,503,562    3,413,899    696,458 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   (527,455)   (996,426)   1,350,274 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   4,723,423    2,413,900    2,032,870 
                
Distributions:               
From net investment income:               
Class A   (42,716)        
Class L   (5,874)        
Institutional Class   (16,713)        
    (65,303)        
From realized gain on security transactions:               
Class A   (1,023,861)   (1,977)   (2,991)
Class L   (3,436,374)   (50,849)   (12,238)
Institutional Class   (317,690)   (2,966,417)   (353,662)
    (4,777,925)   (3,019,243)   (368,891)
                
Capital Transactions — Class A:               
Proceeds from shares sold   395,893    20,687    170,166 
Reinvestment of distributions   1,022,264    1,977    2,991 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (1,736,096)   (7)   (171)
Total Class A   (317,939)   22,657    172,986 
Capital Transactions — Class L:               
Proceeds from shares sold   1,441,414    319,451    719,708 
Reinvestment of distributions   3,408,253    50,849    9,379 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (6,691,774)   (7,272)   (65,798)
Total Class L   (1,842,107)   363,028    663,289 

 

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Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Capital Transactions — Institutional Class:            
Proceeds from shares sold  $1,075,803   $1,619,089   $6,527,816 
Reinvestment of distributions   321,015    2,966,417    80,709 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (1,013,743)   (51,909)   (498,644)
Total Institutional Class   383,075    4,533,597    6,109,881 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions   (1,776,971)   4,919,282    6,946,156 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   (1,896,776)   4,313,939    8,610,135 
Net Assets               
Beginning of year   30,609,588    17,808,284    15,960,885 
End of year  $28,712,812   $22,122,223   $24,571,020 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)  $13,987   $   $ 
Share Transactions — Class A:               
Shares sold   12,425    1,862    16,267 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   35,558    184    285 
Shares redeemed   (55,264)   (1)   (16)
Total Class A   (7,281)   2,045    16,536 
Share Transactions — Class L:               
Shares sold   48,284    27,062    68,556 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   126,790    4,784    902 
Shares redeemed   (222,417)   (632)   (6,451)
Total Class L   (47,343)   31,214    63,007 
Share Transactions — Institutional Class:               
Shares sold   33,439    138,324    607,547 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   10,459    274,923    7,650 
Shares redeemed   (30,491)   (4,426)   (47,721)
Total Institutional Class   13,407    408,821    567,476 

 

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

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the Year/Period Ended January 31, 2017 (a)

 

   Growth
Fund
  

Capital

Income
Fund

  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Operations:                
Net investment income (loss)  $(352,413)  $588,421   $48,371,035   $1,404,783 
Net realized gain (loss) from security transactions   3,430,439    1,979,225    (15,222,400)   (175,642)
Capital gain distributions from investment companies           6,461     
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities   6,934,396    2,521,652    100,050,835    1,503,954 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations   10,012,422    5,089,298    133,205,931    2,733,095 
                     
Distributions:                    
From net investment income:                    
Class A       (106,604)   (10,809,976)   (150,679)
Class L       (156,021)   (25,139,170)   (448,833)
Class C             (110,302)     
Institutional Class       (421,189)   (12,583,082)   (449,488)
        (683,814)   (48,642,530)   (1,049,000)
From realized gain on security transactions:                    
Class A   (239,455)   (191,004)        
Class L   (285,864)   (441,844)        
Institutional Class   (82,314)   (521,148)        
    (607,633)   (1,153,996)        
                     
Capital Transactions — Class A:                    
Proceeds from shares sold   1,093,302    1,402,823    32,210,927    8,397,559 
Issued in connection with reorganization (Note 9)        6,833,560           
Reinvestment of distributions   136,996    283,574    8,666,885    129,509 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (6,183,837)   (7,335,834)   (43,707,942)   (4,042,316)
Total Class A   (4,953,539)   1,184,123    (2,830,130)   4,484,752 
Capital Transactions — Class L:                    
Proceeds from shares sold   2,622,926    1,472,169    64,125,993    31,479,839 
Issued in connection with reorganization
(Note 9)
        6,787,090           
Reinvestment of distributions   276,506    587,826    22,925,192    432,634 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (8,104,755)   (3,745,427)   (91,469,416)   (12,838,878)
Total Class L   (5,205,323)   5,101,658    (4,418,231)   19,073,595 
Capital Transactions — Class C:                    
Proceeds from shares sold             6,150,764      
Reinvestment of distributions             71,372      
Amount paid for shares redeemed             (51,151)     
Total Class C             6,170,985      

 

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   Growth
Fund
  

Capital

Income
Fund

  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Capital Transactions — Institutional Class:                
Proceeds from shares sold  $4,494,495   $2,045,395   $96,440,623   $48,753,318 
Issued in connection with reorganization (Note 9)        701,908           
Reinvestment of distributions   82,205    417,667    10,193,399    355,895 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (8,399,239)   (3,505,178)   (57,361,859)   (8,215,660)
Total Institutional Class   (3,822,539)   (340,208)   49,272,163    40,893,553 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions   (13,981,401)   5,945,573    48,194,787    64,451,900 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   (4,576,612)   9,197,061    132,758,188    66,135,995 
Net Assets                    
Beginning of year/period   66,693,219    33,242,033    618,512,946    30,077,991 
End of year/period  $62,116,607   $42,439,094   $751,271,134   $96,213,986 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)  $   $340,536   $2,359,386   $587,233 
Share Transactions — Class A:                    
Shares sold   75,893    33,238    3,270,540    2,166,110 
Issued in connection with reorganization (Note 9)        163,899           
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   9,263    6,782    888,445    33,641 
Shares redeemed   (430,495)   (177,281)   (4,462,772)   (1,050,288)
Total Class A   (345,339)   26,638    (303,787)   1,149,463 
Share Transactions — Class L:                    
Shares sold   209,255    36,516    6,847,614    8,807,640 
Issued in connection with reorganization (Note 9)        167,715           
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   21,568    14,479    2,471,251    121,989 
Shares redeemed   (643,032)   (92,681)   (9,827,837)   (3,618,331)
Total Class L   (412,209)   126,029    (508,972)   5,311,298 
Share Transactions — Class C:                    
Shares sold             651,047      
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions             7,594      
Shares redeemed             (5,431)     
Total Class C             653,210      
Share Transactions — Institutional Class:                    
Shares sold   294,863    47,735    9,335,479    11,830,494 
Issued in connection with reorganization (Note 9)        16,503           
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   5,296    9,796    1,001,212    86,641 
Shares redeemed   (555,751)   (83,604)   (5,639,669)   (1,999,074)
Total Institutional Class   (255,592)   (9,570)   4,697,022    9,918,061 

 

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Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Operations:            
Net investment income (loss)  $(288,058)  $28,926   $(716)
Net realized gain (loss) from security transactions   6,755,257    (202,690)   59,595 
Capital gain distributions from investment companies   473,678         
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities   (2,511,481)   2,805,967    864,074 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations   4,429,396    2,632,203    922,953 
                
Distributions:               
From net investment income:               
Class A       (90)   (1)
Class L            
Institutional Class       (47,914)   (17,436)
        (48,004)   (17,437)
From realized gain on security transactions:               
Class A   (1,227,524)       (1)
Class L   (4,279,012)       (12)
Institutional Class   (368,785)       (2,138)
    (5,875,321)       (2,151)
                
Capital Transactions — Class A:               
Proceeds from shares sold   275,637    36,658    6,095 
Reinvestment of distributions   1,173,569    30    2 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (1,962,126)   (25,083)    
Total Class A   (512,920)   11,605    6,097 
Capital Transactions — Class L:               
Proceeds from shares sold   1,975,417    132,806    94,275 
Reinvestment of distributions   4,230,554        12 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (7,650,027)   (5,190)    
Total Class L   (1,444,056)   127,616    94,287 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS, Continued

 

  

Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Capital Transactions — Institutional Class:            
Proceeds from shares sold  $639,933   $15,084,201   $14,957,861 
Reinvestment of distributions   358,723    2,377    912 
Amount paid for shares redeemed   (341,804)   (1,714)   (1,637)
Total Institutional Class   656,852    15,084,864    14,957,136 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions   (1,300,124)   15,224,085    15,057,520 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   (2,746,049)   17,808,284    15,960,885 
Net Assets               
Beginning of year/period   33,355,637         
End of year/period  $30,609,588   $17,808,284   $15,960,885 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)  $   $(19,078)  $(13,504)
Share Transactions — Class A:               
Shares sold   8,109    3,113    598 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   38,693    3    (b)
Shares redeemed   (55,974)   (2,076)    
Total Class A   (9,172)   1,040    598 
Share Transactions — Class L:               
Shares sold   58,259    12,239    9,175 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   146,386        1 
Shares redeemed   (225,278)   (496)    
Total Class L   (20,633)   11,743    9,176 
Share Transactions — Institutional Class:               
Shares sold   18,140    1,473,363    1,486,909 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions   11,224    197    87 
Shares redeemed   (9,354)   (159)   (162)
Total Institutional Class   20,010    1,473,401    1,486,834 

 

 

(a)Commencement of operations was May 9, 2016, for the Small Cap Fund and May 10, 2016, for the Mid Cap Fund.

 

(b)Amount is less than 0.5 shares.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Class A Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $15.18   $13.11   $14.35   $13.99   $11.50 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (loss) (1)(2)

   (3)   (0.02)   0.03    (0.02)   (0.05)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   4.38    2.23    (0.88)   0.38    2.54 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   4.38    2.21    (0.85)   0.36    2.49 
                          
Distributions                         
From net realized gain on security transactions   (1.16)   (0.14)   (0.39)        
Total distributions   (1.16)   (0.14)   (0.39)        
Net asset value, end of year  $18.40   $15.18   $13.11   $14.35   $13.99 
                          
Total return (excludes sales charge)   29.38%   16.88%   (6.18)%   2.57%   21.65%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $14,943   $26,070   $27,046   $29,343   $27,745 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (4)

   1.40%   1.44%   1.38%   1.38%   1.45%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   (0.01)%   (0.11)%   0.21%   (0.15)%   (0.38)%
Portfolio turnover rate   33%   37%   47%   60%   50%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment loss by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

 

(4)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class L Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $13.15   $11.49   $12.75   $12.55   $10.42 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment loss (1)(2)

   (0.15)   (0.14)   (0.10)   (0.15)   (0.16)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   3.76    1.94    (0.77)   0.35    2.29 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   3.61    1.80    (0.87)   0.20    2.13 
                          
Distributions                         
From net realized gain on security transactions   (1.16)   (0.14)   (0.39)        
Total distributions   (1.16)   (0.14)   (0.39)        
Net asset value, end of year  $15.60   $13.15   $11.49   $12.75   $12.55 
                          
Total return   28.04%   15.69%   (7.12)%   1.59%   20.44%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $30,890   $26,852   $28,196   $34,911   $33,954 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   2.40%   2.44%   2.38%   2.38%   2.45%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (1.05)%   (1.11)%   (0.79)%   (1.15)%   (1.38)%
Portfolio turnover rate   33%   37%   47%   60%   50%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment loss by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Institutional Class Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31,   For the
Period Ended
January 31, *
 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period                    
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $15.93   $13.75   $15.03   $14.65   $13.00 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (loss) (1)(2)

   (0.02)   (0.02)   0.03    (0.02)   (0.04)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   4.62    2.34    (0.92)   0.40    1.69 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   4.60    2.32    (0.89)   0.38    1.65 
                          
Distributions                         
From net realized gain on security transactions   (1.16)   (0.14)   (0.39)        
Total distributions   (1.16)   (0.14)   (0.39)        
Net asset value, end of year/period  $19.37   $15.93   $13.75   $15.03   $14.65 
                          
Total return   29.38%   16.89%   (6.17)%   2.59%   12.69%(3)
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year/period (000’s omitted)  $22,943   $9,194   $11,451   $7,744   $4,216 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (5)

   1.40%   1.44%   1.38%   1.38%   1.45%(4)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   (0.12)%   (0.11)%   0.21%   (0.15)%   (0.38)%(4)
Portfolio turnover rate   33%   37%   47%   60%   50%(3)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was June 1, 2013.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income (loss) by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Not annualized.

 

(4)Annualized.

 

(5)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Class A Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $42.63   $38.80   $44.41   $43.49   $40.51 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.72    0.64    0.97    1.03    0.95 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   7.03    5.13    (3.93)   1.23    3.29 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   7.75    5.77    (2.96)   2.26    4.24 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (1.11)   (0.79)   (0.91)   (0.87)   (0.99)
From net realized gain on security transactions   (6.68)   (1.15)   (1.74)   (0.47)   (0.27)
Total distributions   (7.79)   (1.94)   (2.65)   (1.34)   (1.26)
Net asset value, end of year  $42.59   $42.63   $38.80   $44.41   $43.49 
                          
Total return (excludes sales charge)   19.21%   15.04%   (7.01)%   5.13%   10.51%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $5,941   $7,182   $5,504   $5,559   $5,500 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   1.39%   1.77%   1.66%   1.61%   1.74%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.61%   1.54%   2.23%   2.24%   2.23%
Portfolio turnover rate   92%   67%   30%   28%   16%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN CAPITAL INCOME FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class L Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $41.31   $37.70   $43.23   $42.40   $39.54 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.37    0.42    0.74    0.78    0.72 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   6.80    4.96    (3.82)   1.19    3.22 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   7.17    5.38    (3.08)   1.97    3.94 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.79)   (0.62)   (0.71)   (0.67)   (0.81)
From net realized gain on security transactions   (6.68)   (1.15)   (1.74)   (0.47)   (0.27)
Total distributions   (7.47)   (1.77)   (2.45)   (1.14)   (1.08)
Net asset value, end of year  $41.01   $41.31   $37.70   $43.23   $42.40 
                          
Total return   18.33%   14.42%   (7.45)%   4.59%   9.98%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $14,750   $15,469   $9,364   $12,206   $10,417 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   2.14%   2.27%   2.16%   2.11%   2.24%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.85%   1.04%   1.73%   1.74%   1.73%
Portfolio turnover rate   92%   67%   30%   28%   16%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN CAPITAL INCOME FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Institutional Class Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $43.52   $39.58   $45.22   $44.24   $41.15 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.85    0.87    1.21    1.28    1.19 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   7.20    5.21    (4.00)   1.24    3.35 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   8.05    6.08    (2.79)   2.52    4.54 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (1.22)   (0.99)   (1.11)   (1.07)   (1.18)
From net realized gain on security transactions   (6.68)   (1.15)   (1.74)   (0.47)   (0.27)
Total distributions   (7.90)   (2.14)   (2.85)   (1.54)   (1.45)
Net asset value, end of year  $43.67   $43.52   $39.58   $45.22   $44.24 
                          
Total return   19.55%   15.58%   (6.52)%   5.63%   11.09%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $19,073   $19,788   $18,374   $19,971   $19,541 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   1.14%   1.27%   1.16%   1.11%   1.24%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.86%   2.04%   2.73%   2.74%   2.73%
Portfolio turnover rate   92%   67%   30%   28%   16%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Class A Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $10.26   $9.02   $10.69   $11.87   $12.24 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.58    0.72    0.78    0.88    0.83 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   0.43    1.22    (1.65)   (1.25)   (0.41)
Total income (loss) from investment operations   1.01    1.94    (0.87)   (0.37)   0.42 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.62)   (0.70)   (0.80)   (0.81)   (0.79)
Total distributions   (0.62)   (0.70)   (0.80)   (0.81)   (0.79)
Net asset value, end of year  $10.65   $10.26   $9.02   $10.69   $11.87 
                          
Total return (excludes sales charge)   10.10%   22.19%   (8.78)%   (3.48)%   3.58%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $145,651   $156,664   $140,412   $186,423   $226,003 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   1.11%   1.13%   1.12%   1.11%   1.12%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   5.54%   7.22%   7.60%   7.46%   6.93%
Portfolio turnover rate   92%   102%   101%   50%   59%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class L Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $9.75   $8.60   $10.24   $11.41   $11.81 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.50    0.63    0.70    0.78    0.74 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   0.40    1.18    (1.58)   (1.19)   (0.40)
Total income (loss) from investment operations   0.90    1.81    (0.88)   (0.41)   0.34 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.57)   (0.66)   (0.76)   (0.76)   (0.74)
Total distributions   (0.57)   (0.66)   (0.76)   (0.76)   (0.74)
Net asset value, end of year  $10.08   $9.75   $8.60   $10.24   $11.41 
                          
Total return   9.53%   21.71%   (9.28)%   (3.94)%   3.02%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $368,370   $370,470   $331,362   $424,727   $359,011 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   1.61%   1.63%   1.62%   1.61%   1.62%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   5.04%   6.72%   7.10%   6.96%   6.43%
Portfolio turnover rate   92%   102%   101%   50%   59%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class C Shares 
   For the
Year Ended
January 31,
2018
   For the
Period Ended
January 31,
2017 *
 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period        
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $9.59   $9.00 
Income from investment operations          

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.50    0.44 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   0.39    0.63 
Total income from investment operations   0.89    1.07 
           
Distributions          
From net investment income   (0.58)   (0.48)
Total distributions   (0.58)   (0.48)
Net asset value, end of year/period  $9.90   $9.59 
           
Total return (excludes sales charge)   9.55%   12.17%(4)
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net assets, end of year/period (000’s omitted)  $19,099   $6,267 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   1.61%   1.63%(5)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   5.10%   6.35%(5)
Portfolio turnover rate   92%   102%(4)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was May 6, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(4)Not annualized.

 

(5)Annualized.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Institutional Class Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $10.71   $9.38   $11.08   $12.26   $12.61 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.66    0.79    0.87    0.96    0.91 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   0.44    1.29    (1.72)   (1.27)   (0.42)
Total income (loss) from investment operations   1.10    2.08    (0.85)   (0.31)   0.49 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.66)   (0.75)   (0.85)   (0.87)   (0.84)
Total distributions   (0.66)   (0.75)   (0.85)   (0.87)   (0.84)
Net asset value, end of year  $11.15   $10.71   $9.38   $11.08   $12.26 
                          
Total return   10.63%   22.84%   (8.33)%   (2.94)%   4.09%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $273,474   $217,871   $146,738   $184,049   $106,305 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   0.61%   0.63%   0.62%   0.61%   0.62%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   6.06%   7.72%   8.10%   7.96%   7.43%
Portfolio turnover rate   92%   102%   101%   50%   59%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN SHORT TERM BOND FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Class A Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, * 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $3.92   $3.76   $4.04   $4.22   $4.36 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.14    0.12    0.16    0.21    0.18 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   0.02    0.13    (0.27)   (0.21)   (0.17)
Total income (loss) from investment operations   0.16    0.25    (0.11)       0.01 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.17)   (0.18)   (0.15)
Total distributions   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.17)   (0.18)   (0.15)
Net asset value, end of year  $3.97   $3.92   $3.76   $4.04   $4.22 
                          
Total return (excludes sales charge)   4.18%   6.82%   (2.81)%   (0.01)%   0.26%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $10,869   $10,114   $5,377   $3,285   $3,322 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)(4)

   0.93%   1.20%   1.39%   1.32%   1.30%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   3.44%   3.08%   4.14%   5.05%   4.36%
Portfolio turnover rate   36%   55%   84%   31%   103%

 

 

*Adjusted to reflect 3:1 stock split effective February 1, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(4)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 0.98%, 1.20%, 1.44%, 1.62%, and 1.59%, respectively.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN SHORT TERM BOND FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class L Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, * 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $3.60   $3.47   $3.74   $3.92   $4.07 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.09    0.07    0.11    0.16    0.13 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   0.02    0.12    (0.24)   (0.19)   (0.16)
Total income (loss) from investment operations   0.11    0.19    (0.13)   (0.03)   (0.03)
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.08)   (0.06)   (0.14)   (0.15)   (0.12)
Total distributions   (0.08)   (0.06)   (0.14)   (0.15)   (0.12)
Net asset value, end of year  $3.63   $3.60   $3.47   $3.74   $3.92 
                          
Total return   3.09%   5.58%   (3.73)%   (1.00)%   (0.72)%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $120,009   $40,665   $20,715   $15,396   $14,282 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)(4)

   1.93%   2.20%   2.39%   2.32%   2.30%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.41%   2.08%   3.14%   4.05%   3.40%
Portfolio turnover rate   36%   55%   84%   31%   103%

 

 

*Adjusted to reflect 3:1 stock split effective February 1, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(4)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 1.98%, 2.20%, 2.44%, 2.62%, and 2.59%, respectively.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN SHORT TERM BOND FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Institutional Class Shares 
  

For the Year Ended January 31,

  

For the
Period Ended
January 31,

 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014* 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period                    
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $4.16   $3.99   $4.27   $4.45   $4.50 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (1)(2)

   0.15    0.13    0.17    0.22    0.14 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   0.02    0.13    (0.28)   (0.22)   (0.09)
Total income (loss) from investment operations   0.17    0.26    (0.11)       0.05 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.17)   (0.18)   (0.10)
Total distributions   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.17)   (0.18)   (0.10)
Net asset value, end of year/period  $4.22   $4.16   $3.99   $4.27   $4.45 
                          
Total return   4.18%   6.77%   (2.82)%   (0.01)%   1.13%(4)
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year/period (000’s omitted)  $96,285   $45,434   $3,986   $5,276   $1,019 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)(6)

   0.93%   1.20%   1.39%   1.32%   1.30%(5)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   3.42%   3.08%   4.14%   5.05%   4.91%(5)
Portfolio turnover rate   36%   55%   84%   31%   103%(4)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was June 1, 2013.

 

Adjusted to reflect 3:1 stock split effective February 1, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(4)Not annualized.

 

(5)Annualized.

 

(6)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 0.98%, 1.20%, 1.44%, 1.62%, and 1.68%, respectively.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN MASTER ALLOCATION FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Class A Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $30.74   $32.93   $36.13   $35.24   $30.39 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment loss (1)(2)

   (0.11)   (0.19)   (0.20)   (0.16)   (0.16)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   5.47    4.98    (2.64)   1.17    5.01 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   5.36    4.79    (2.84)   1.01    4.85 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.21)                
From net realized gain on security transactions   (5.68)   (6.98)   (0.36)   (0.12)    
Total distributions   (5.89)   (6.98)   (0.36)   (0.12)    
Net asset value, end of year  $30.21   $30.74   $32.93   $36.13   $35.24 
                          
Total return (excludes sales charge)   18.55%   14.84%   (7.96)%   2.86%   15.96%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $6,141   $6,474   $7,235   $10,087   $11,907 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   1.24%   1.44%   1.30%   1.16%   1.23%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (0.35)%   (0.55)%   (0.54)%   (0.44)%   (0.47)%
Portfolio turnover rate   8%   27%   1%   7%   3%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment loss by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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YORKTOWN MASTER ALLOCATION FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class L Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31, 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 
For a share outstanding throughout each year                    
Net asset value, beginning of year  $29.28   $31.81   $35.08   $34.40   $29.81 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment loss (1)(2)

   (0.34)   (0.35)   (0.37)   (0.34)   (0.32)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   5.18    4.80    (2.54)   1.14    4.91 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   4.84    4.45    (2.91)   0.80    4.59 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.01)                
From net realized gain on security transactions   (5.68)   (6.98)   (0.36)   (0.12)    
Total distributions   (5.69)   (6.98)   (0.36)   (0.12)    
Net asset value, end of year  $28.43   $29.28   $31.81   $35.08   $34.40 
                          
Total return   17.66%   14.29%   (8.40)%   2.32%   15.40%
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)  $19,856   $21,838   $24,379   $29,539   $29,125 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   1.99%   1.94%   1.80%   1.66%   1.73%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (1.11)%   (1.05)%   (1.04)%   (0.94)%   (0.97)%
Portfolio turnover rate   8%   27%   1%   7%   3%

 

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment loss by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Institutional Class Shares 
   For the Year Ended January 31,   For the
Period Ended
January 31,
 
   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014 * 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period                    
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $32.41   $34.21   $37.33   $36.23   $33.00 
Income from investment operations                         

Net investment income (loss) (1)(2)

   (0.04)   (0.02)   (0.02)   0.02    0.03 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   5.80    5.20    (2.74)   1.20    3.20 
Total income (loss) from investment operations   5.76    5.18    (2.76)   1.22    3.23 
                          
Distributions                         
From net investment income   (0.28)                
From net realized gain on security transactions   (5.68)   (6.98)   (0.36)   (0.12)    
Total distributions   (5.96)   (6.98)   (0.36)   (0.12)    
Net asset value, end of year/period  $32.21   $32.41   $34.21   $37.33   $36.23 
                          
Total return   18.84%   15.44%   (7.49)%   3.36%   9.79%(4)
                          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year/period (000’s omitted)  $2,716   $2,298   $1,741   $2,877   $1,560 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)

   0.99%   0.94%   0.80%   0.66%   0.73%(5)
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (0.13)%   (0.05)%   (0.04)%   (0.06)%   (0.13)%(5)
Portfolio turnover rate   8%   27%   1%   7%   3%(4)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was June 1, 2013.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income (loss) by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(4)Not annualized.

 

(5)Annualized.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Class A Shares 
   For the
Year Ended
January 31,
2018
  

For the
Period Ended
January 31,

2017 *

 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period        
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $11.97   $10.00 
Income from investment operations          

Net investment income (loss) (1)(2)

   (0.04)   (3)
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   1.40    2.00 
Total income from investment operations   1.36    2.00 
           
Distributions          
From net investment income       (0.03)
From net realized gain on security transactions   (1.90)    
Total distributions   (1.90)   (0.03)
Net asset value, end of year/period  $11.43   $11.97 
           
Total return (excludes sales charge)   12.37%   19.99%(5)
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          
Net assets, end of year/period (000's omitted)  $35   $12 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (4)(7)

   1.40%   1.40%(6)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   (0.35)%   0.06%(6)
Portfolio turnover   143%   41%(5)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was May 9, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income (loss) by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Amount is less that $0.005 per share.

 

(4)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(5)Not annualized.

 

(6)Annualized.

 

(7)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 2.21% and 2.84%, respectively.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class L Shares 
   For the
Year Ended
January 31,
2018
  

For the
Period Ended
January 31,

2017 *

 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period        
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $11.93   $10.00 
Income from investment operations          

Net investment loss (1)(2)

   (0.13)   (0.07)
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   1.38    2.00 
Total income from investment operations   1.25    1.93 
           
Distributions          
From net realized gain on security transactions   (1.90)    
Total distributions   (1.90)    
Net asset value, end of year/period  $11.28   $11.93 
           
Total return   11.46%   19.30%(4)
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          
Net assets, end of year/period (000's omitted)  $485   $140 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (3)(6)

   2.15%   2.15%(5)
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (1.08)%   (0.81)%(5)
Portfolio turnover   143%   41%(4)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was May 9, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment loss by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(4)Not annualized.

 

(5)Annualized.

 

(6)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 2.96% and 3.59%, respectively.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Institutional Class Shares 
   For the
Year Ended
January 31,
2018
   For the
Period Ended
January 31,
2017 *
 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period        
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $11.98   $10.00 
Income from investment operations          

Net investment income (loss) (1)(2)

   (3)   0.02 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   1.40    1.99 
Total income from investment operations   1.40    2.01 
           
Distributions          
From net investment income       (0.03)
From net realized gain on security transactions   (1.90)    
Total distributions   (1.90)   (0.03)
Net asset value, end of year/period  $11.48   $11.98 
           
Total return   12.71%   20.12%(5)
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          
Net assets, end of year/period (000's omitted)  $21,602   $17,656 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (4)(7)

   1.15%   1.15%(6)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   (0.01)%   0.29%(6)
Portfolio turnover   143%   41%(5)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was May 9, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Amount is less than $(0.005).

 

(4)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(5)Not annualized.

 

(6)Annualized.

 

(7)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 1.96%, and 2.59%, respectively.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Class A Shares 
   For the
Year Ended
January 31,
2018
  

For the
Period Ended
January 31,

2017 *

 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period        
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $10.65   $10.00 
Income from investment operations          

Net investment loss (1)(2)

   (0.04)   (0.02)
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   0.99    0.67 
Total income from investment operations   0.95    0.65 
           
Distributions          
From net investment income       (3)
From net realized gain on security transactions   (0.19)   (3)
Total distributions   (0.19)   (3)
Net asset value, end of year/period  $11.41   $10.65 
           
Total return (excludes sales charge)   9.04%   6.53%(5)
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          
Net assets, end of year/period (000's omitted)  $196   $6 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (4)(7)

   1.50%   1.50%(6)
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (0.38)%   (0.31)%(6)
Portfolio turnover   93%   44%(5)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was May 10, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment loss by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Amount is less that $(0.005) per share.

 

(4)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(5)Not annualized.

 

(6)Annualized.

 

(7)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 2.29% and 3.06%, respectively.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Class L Shares 
   For the
Year Ended
January 31,
2018
   For the
Period Ended
January 31,
2017 *
 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period        
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $10.60   $10.00 
Income from investment operations          

Net investment loss (1)(2)

   (0.12)   (0.07)
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   1.00    0.67 
Total income from investment operations   0.88    0.60 
           
Distributions          
From net realized gain on security transactions   (0.19)   (3)
Total distributions   (0.19)   (3)
Net asset value, end of year/period  $11.29   $10.60 
           
Total return   8.42%   6.01%(5)
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          
Net assets, end of year/period (000's omitted)  $815   $97 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (4)(7)

   2.25%   2.25%(6)
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (1.10)%   (0.99)%(6)
Portfolio turnover   93%   44%(5)

 

 

*Commencement of operations was May 10, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment loss by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Amount is less that $(0.005) per share.

 

(4)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(5)Not annualized.

 

(6)Annualized.

 

(7)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 3.04% and 3.81%, respectively.

 

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

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued

 

   Institutional Class Shares 
   For the
Year Ended
January 31,
2018
   For the
Period Ended
January 31,
2017 *
 
For a share outstanding throughout each year/period        
Net asset value, beginning of year/period  $10.67   $10.00 
Income from investment operations          

Net investment income (1)(2)

   (3)   (3)
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   0.99    0.68 
Total income from investment operations   0.99    0.68 
           
Distributions          
From net investment income       (0.01)
From net realized gain on security transactions   (0.19)   (4)
Total distributions   (0.19)   (0.01)
Net asset value, end of year/period  $11.47   $10.67 
           
Total return   9.40%   6.83%(6)
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          
Net assets, end of year/period (000's omitted)  $23,560   $15,858 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (5)(8)

   1.25%   1.25%(7)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   (0.04)%   0.00%(7)(9)
Portfolio turnover   93%   44%(6)

 

 
*Commencement of operations was May 10, 2016.

 

(1)Per share information has been calculated using the average number of shares outstanding.

 

(2)Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests.

 

(3)Amount is less that $0.005 per share.

 

(4)Amount is less than $(0.005) per share.

 

(5)Does not include expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.
  
(6)Not annualized.

 

(7)Annualized.

 

(8)Without fees waived by the investment adviser, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 2.04% and 2.81%, respectively.

 

(9)Amount is less that 0.005% per share.

 

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

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

January 31, 2018

 

1.

Organization

 

American Pension Investors Trust (the “Trust”) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The accompanying financial statements include the Growth Fund, Capital Income Fund, Multi-Asset Income Fund, Short Term Bond Fund, Master Allocation Fund, Small Cap Fund, and Mid Cap Fund (collectively the “Funds”). Each Fund offers Class A, Class L and Institutional Class shares. In addition, the Multi-Asset Income Fund also offers Class C shares.

 

The Growth Fund’s investment objective is growth of capital. The Capital Income Fund’s investment objective is to seek to achieve high current income, as well as growth of capital and income. The Capital Income Fund and Growth Fund invest primarily in the common stock of U.S. and foreign issuers, securities issued by investment companies (“Underlying Funds”), including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds, business development companies, unit investment trusts, and foreign investment companies, long-, intermediate- or short-term bonds and other fixed-income securities, and index securities (“Index Securities”), including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and similar securities that represent interests in a portfolio of common stocks or fixed income securities seeking to track the performance of a securities index or similar benchmark.

 

The Multi-Asset Income Fund’s investment objective is current income with limited credit risk. The Multi-Asset Income Fund invests primarily in debt securities, including U.S. Government securities, corporate bonds and structured notes, common stock of U.S. and foreign issuers, securities issued by Underlying Funds, and Index Securities.

 

The Short Term Bond Fund’s investment objective is to seek income consistent with the preservation of capital. Under normal circumstances, the Short Term Bond Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in fixed income securities that, in the opinion of Yorktown Management & Research Company, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”), offer the opportunity for income consistent with preservation of capital. The Fund’s portfolio will have an average aggregate maturity of not more than three years.

 

The Master Allocation Fund’s investment objective is long term capital appreciation and current income. Under normal conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by investing in a variety of equity and debt securities. The Adviser currently invests Fund assets in securities issued by other Underlying

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

 

1.

Organization, continued

 

Funds managed by the Adviser, but reserves the right to invest Fund assets in other equity and debt securities as it deems appropriate in seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

 

The Small Cap Fund’s investment objective is to seek to achieve long term capital appreciation. Under normal conditions, the Adviser and Sapphire Star Capital, LLC, the Small Cap Fund’s sub-adviser, seek to achieve the Small Cap Fund’s investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in the common stock of U.S. small capitalized (“small cap”) value companies. The Fund may also invest in securities issued by Underlying Funds, and Index Securities, including ETFs and similar securities that represent interests in a portfolio of common stocks or fixed income securities seeking to track the performance of a securities index or similar benchmark. Vericimetry Advisors, LLC acted as the Small Cap Fund’s sub-adviser from May 9, 2016 through September 30, 2017.

 

The Mid Cap Fund’s investment objective is to seek to achieve long term capital appreciation. Under normal conditions, the Adviser and Poplar Forest Capital LLC, the Mid Cap Fund’s sub-adviser, seek to achieve the Mid Cap Fund’s investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in the common stock of medium capitalized (“mid cap”) companies. The Fund may also invest in securities issued by Underlying Funds, and Index Securities.

 

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies”.

 

2.

Significant Accounting Policies

 

Portfolio Valuation

 

The Funds’ investments in Underlying Funds are valued daily at their respective closing net asset values in accordance with the 1940 Act. Securities that are listed on U.S. exchanges (other than ETFs) are valued at the last sales price on the day the securities are valued or, lacking any sales on such day at the previous day’s closing price. ETFs are valued at the last sales price on the ETF’s primary exchange on the day the securities are valued or, lacking any sales on such day, either at the value assigned by a nationally recognized third-party pricing service or at the previous day’s closing price. Securities listed on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

 

2.

Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Price. U.S. Treasury securities and corporate bonds are valued at an evaluated mean of the bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are unavailable or unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees.

 

The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis. Generally accepted accounting principles establish a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:

 

 

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets that the Funds have the ability to access.

 

 

Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

 

 

Level 3—Unobservable inputs for the asset, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing a Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset, and would be based on the best information available.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

 

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

 

2.

Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2018, in valuing the Funds’ assets carried at fair value.

 

Growth Fund

 

Investments in Securities  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks  $67,769,162   $657,401   $   $68,426,563 
Total  $67,769,162   $657,401   $   $68,426,563 

 

Capital Income Fund

 

Investments in Securities  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks  $33,684,976   $   $   $33,684,976 
Corporate Bonds and Notes       3,002,533        3,002,533 
Investment Companies   2,197,100            2,197,100 
Total  $35,882,076   $3,002,533   $   $38,884,609 

 

Multi-Asset Income Fund

 

Investments in Securities  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks  $231,651,720   $   $   $231,651,720 
Corporate Bonds and Notes       458,549,861        458,549,861 
Investment Companies   25,541,237            25,541,237 
Preferred Stocks   67,156,219            67,156,219 
Securitized Debt Obligations       4,298,398        4,298,398 
Total  $324,349,176   $462,848,259   $   $787,197,435 

 

Short Term Bond Fund

 

Investments in Securities  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Corporate Bonds and Notes  $   $208,824,306   $   $208,824,306 
Municipal Bonds       49,642        49,642 
Preferred Stocks   1,546,609            1,546,609 
Securitized Debt Obligations       3,711,342        3,711,342 
U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds       499,800        499,800 
Total  $1,546,609   $213,085,090   $   $214,631,699 

 

Master Allocation Fund

 

Investments in Securities  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investment Companies  $28,070,522   $   $   $28,070,522 
Total  $28,070,522   $   $   $28,070,522 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

 

2.

Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

Small Cap Fund

 

Investments in Securities  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks  $21,010,607   $   $   $21,010,607 
Total  $21,010,607   $   $   $21,010,607 

 

Mid Cap Fund

 

Investments in Securities  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks  $23,197,552   $   $   $23,197,552 
Total  $23,197,552   $   $   $23,197,552 

 

See schedule of investments for breakdown of industries in which the Funds invest.

 

The Trust recognizes transfers between fair value hierarchy levels at the end of the reporting period. The transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 represent securities which were valued using observable inputs of a similar asset at the end of the period that were not at the beginning of the period. The following is a summary of the transfer between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as of January 31, 2018 based on input levels assigned at January 31, 2017:

 

   Growth
Fund
   Multi-Asset
Income Fund
 
Transfers into Level 1  $582,422   $503,400 
Transfers out of Level 1   (240,324)    
Net Transfers in (out) of Level 1  $342,098   $503,400 
           
Transfers into Level 2  $240,324   $ 
Transfers out of Level 2   (582,422)   (503,400)
Net Transfers in (out) of Level 2  $(342,098)  $(503,400)

 

Security Transactions and Investment Income

 

Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are reported on an identified-cost basis for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis.

 

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 and

 

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2.

Significant Accounting Policies, continued

 

disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Class Net Asset Values and Expenses

 

All income and expenses not attributable to a particular class, and realized and unrealized gains are allocated to each class proportionately for purposes of determining the net asset value of each class. Certain shareholder servicing and distribution fees are allocated to the particular class to which they are attributable.

 

The Funds currently offer Class A shares which include a front-end sales charge (load). The maximum front-end sales charge is 2.25% for the Short Term Bond Fund and 5.75% for the remaining Funds. Class A shares may be purchased without a front-end sales charge under certain circumstances. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is generally imposed on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year of the date of purchase.

 

Other

 

In the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

In preparing these financial statements, management has evaluated Fund related events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued. There were no events or transactions that occurred during the period that materially impacted the amounts or disclosures in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

3.

Principal Risks

 

In the normal course of business the Funds may trade securities, including structured notes, where the risk of potential loss exists due to such things as changes in the market (market risk), the size of the companies it invests in (small company risk), or failure or inability of the other party to a transaction to perform (credit and counterparty risk). Structured notes are hybrid securities that generally combine both debt and equity characteristics into a single note form. The risks of investing in structured notes include unfavorable price movements in the underlying security or index and the

 

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credit risk of the issuing financial institution. There may be no guarantee of interest payments or return of principal with structured notes, and structured notes may be less liquid than other investments held by a Fund.

 

Market Risks—The Funds’ investments in securities expose the Funds to various risks such as, but not limited to, interest rate and equity risks.

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that fixed income securities, as well as structured notes, will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, as interest rates rise, the value of certain fixed income securities held by a Fund is likely to decrease. Fixed income securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities with shorter durations.

 

The market value of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities, may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally. They may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. Equity securities and equity related investments generally have greater market price volatility than fixed income securities.

 

Small Company Risks—Small company securities tend to be less liquid and more difficult to sell than those issued by larger companies. Small company stocks can be more volatile and may underperform the market or become out of favor with investors. Small company securities may be very sensitive to changing economic conditions and market downturns because the issuers may often have narrow markets, fewer product lines, and limited managerial and financial resources.

 

Credit and Counterparty Risks—The Funds will be exposed to credit risk due to the entities with whom they trade. A Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security or structured note is unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.

 

Similar to credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which a Fund has unsettled or open transactions will default. All transactions in listed securities are settled/paid for upon delivery

 

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using approved counterparties. The risk of default is considered minimal, as delivery of securities is only made once a Fund has received payment. Payment is made on a purchase once the securities have been delivered by the counterparty. The trade will fail if either party fails to meet its obligation.

 

4.

Investment Advisory and Accounting Services Agreements

 

The Adviser, whose principal stockholder is also a trustee of the Trust, serves as the Funds’ investment adviser and manager. For its services, the Adviser receives a fee, calculated daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily net assets of the Growth Fund; 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Capital Income Fund; 0.40% of the average daily net assets of the Multi-Asset Income Fund; 0.70% of the average daily net assets of the Short Term Bond Fund; 0.30% of the average daily net assets of the Master Allocation Fund; 0.90% of the average daily net assets of the Small Cap Fund; and 1.15% of the first $50 million of the average daily net assets of the Mid Cap Fund, 1.00% on the next $50 million of the average daily net assets, 0.95% on the next $100 million of the average daily net assets, 0.90% on the next $300 million of the average daily net assets and 0.85% of the average daily net assets exceeding $500 million.

 

In the interest of limiting expenses of the Funds, the Adviser has entered into a contractual expense limitation agreement with the Trust. Pursuant to the expense limitation agreement, the Adviser has agreed to waive or limit its fees and assume other expenses of the Funds (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenditures capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business) so that the Growth Fund’s ratio of total annual operating expenses is limited to 1.75% for Class A shares, 2.50% for Class L shares, and 1.50% for Institutional Class shares, Capital Income Fund’s ratio of total annual operating expenses is limited to 1.75% for Class A shares, 2.50% for Class L shares, and 1.50% for Institutional Class shares, Multi-Asset Income Fund’s ratio of total annual operating expenses is limited to 1.75% for Class A shares, 1.90% for Class L shares, 1.90% for Class C shares, and 1.00% for Institutional Class shares, Short Term Bond Fund’s ratio of total annual operating expenses is limited to 0.95% for Class A shares, 1.95% for Class L shares, and 0.95% for Institutional Class shares, the Small Cap Fund’s ratio of total annual operating expenses is limited to 1.40% for Class A shares, 2.15% for Class L shares, and 1.15% for Institutional Class shares, and that the Mid Cap Fund’s ratio of total annual operating expenses is limited to 1.50% for Class A shares, 2.25% for Class L shares, and 1.25% for Institutional Class shares. The Adviser is entitled to the reimbursement of fees waived or reimbursed subject to the limitations that

 

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the reimbursement is made only for fees and expenses incurred not more than three years prior to the date of reimbursement, and the reimbursement may not be made if it would cause the applicable Fund’s annual expense limitations to be exceeded. The reimbursement amount may not include any additional charges or fees, such as interest accruable on the reimbursement account. The expense limitation agreement may be terminated only by the Board of Trustees by providing 90 days notice, or if the Adviser ceases to serve as adviser to the Funds. Further, any recoupments will be subject to any lower expenses limitations that have been later implemented by the Board of Trustees. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018, the Adviser contractually waived fees and reimbursed expenses of $85,223, $154,492, and $155,469 in the Short Term Bond Fund, Small Cap Fund, and Mid Cap Fund, respectively. As of January 31, 2018, the Adviser may seek repayment of investment advisory fee waivers and expense reimbursements as follows:

 

   Amount  

Recoupable

through

January 31,

 
Short Term Bond Fund  $85,223    2021 
Small Cap Fund   125,765    2020 
    154,492    2021 
Mid Cap Fund   126,840    2020 
    155,469    2021 

 

Adviser has retained sub-advisers to provide portfolio management and related services to the Funds. The sub-advisers receive a fee from the Adviser (not the Funds) for these services.

 

In addition, the Adviser provided certain accounting and pricing services for the Growth Fund, Capital Income Fund, Multi-Asset Income Fund, Short Term Bond Fund, and Master Allocation Fund through July 31, 2017. For the six months ended July 31, 2017, the Adviser received $22,981, $21,913, $54,008, $25,704, and $21,310 from the Growth Fund, Capital Income Fund, Multi-Asset Income Fund, Short Term Bond Fund, and Master Allocation Fund, respectively for these services. Effective August 1, 2017, the Trust retained Ultimus Asset Services, LLC (“Ultimus”), to provide certain transfer agency, fund accounting, fund administration, and compliance support services for the aforementioned Funds. For the six months ended January 31, 2018, Ultimus received $41,077, $41,205, $149,606, $56,177, and $42,128 from the Growth Fund, Capital Income Fund, Multi-Asset Income Fund, Short Term Bond Fund, and Master Allocation Fund, respectively for these services. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018, Ultimus earned fees of $77,350 and $77,432 for fund transfer agency, accounting, fund administration, and compliance support services from the

 

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Small Cap Fund and Mid Cap Fund, respectively. Ultimus contractually agreed to reduce its base minimum transfer agency fee by 100% for the first six months and 50% for the second six months after the inception of the Small Cap Fund and Mid Cap Fund.

 

5.

Distribution Plan and Fees

 

The Trust has adopted Rule 12b-1 Plans of Distribution providing for the payment of distribution and service fees to the Funds’ distributor. Class A shares of the Capital Income Fund, Master Allocation Fund, Small Cap Fund and Mid Cap Fund pay a fee of 0.25% of each Class A shares’ average daily net assets for distribution fees. Class A shares of the Multi-Asset Income Fund pay a fee of 0.50% of the Class A shares’ average daily net assets for distribution fees. Class L shares of each of the Funds pay a fee of 1.00% of each Class L shares’ average daily net assets. Of this amount, 0.75% represents distribution fees and 0.25% represents shareholder servicing fees. Class C shares of Multi-Asset Income Fund pay a fee of 1.00% of Class C share’s average daily net assets. Of this amount, 0.75% represents distribution fees and 0.25% represents shareholder servicing fees.

 

6.

Investment Activity

 

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018, total aggregate purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) were as follows:

 

   Purchases   Sales   U.S.
Government Purchases
   U.S.
Government
Sales
 
Growth Fund  $21,017,398   $30,571,241   $   $ 
Capital Income Fund   36,183,893    45,704,345         
Multi-Asset Income Fund   759,791,936    708,059,831         
Short Term Bond Fund   213,124,543    50,862,848         
Master Allocation Fund   2,546,419    7,025,000         
Small Cap Fund   27,816,649    26,849,050         
Mid Cap Fund   23,403,350    17,938,405         

 

7.

Federal Income Tax Information

 

Each of the Funds is a separate taxable entity and intends to continue to qualify for the tax treatment applicable to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and is required to make the requisite distributions to its shareholders which will relieve it from Federal income or excise taxes. Therefore, no provision has been recorded for Federal income or excise

 

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Federal Income Tax Information, continued

 

taxes. Under current tax law, capital losses realized after October 31 may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following fiscal year. Required fund distributions are based on income and capital gain amounts determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the composition of net assets and distributions for tax purposes may differ from amounts reflected in the accompanying financial statements. These differences are primarily due to differing treatment for losses deferred with respect to wash sales, and excise tax regulations. For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts and distributions to shareholders are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book/tax differences.

 

FASB Accounting Standard Codification "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes", Topic 740 requires an evaluation of tax positions taken (or expected to be taken) in the course of preparing a Fund's tax returns to determine whether these positions meet a "more-likely-than-not" standard that, based on the technical merits, have a more than fifty percent likelihood of being sustained by a taxing authority upon examination. The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken in the Funds’ 2017 tax returns, in addition to the Funds' previous three open tax years. The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and Virginia State; however the Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

 

At January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments owned by the Funds, based on cost for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

 

   Growth
Fund
   Capital
Income
Fund
  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Cost of investments  $42,083,987   $32,460,107   $755,831,614   $214,307,513 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $26,499,480   $6,667,839   $43,987,313   $1,462,781 
Gross unrealized depreciation   (156,904)   (243,337)   (12,621,492)   (1,138,595)
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments  $26,342,576   $6,424,502   $31,365,821   $324,186 

 

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Master

Allocation
Fund

   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Cost of investments  $18,173,848   $19,201,066   $20,993,117 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $9,896,674   $2,480,313   $3,148,535 
Gross unrealized depreciation       (670,772)   (944,100)
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments  $9,896,674   $1,809,541   $2,204,435 

 

The difference between cost amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes is due primarily to timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses in security transactions and wash sales.

 

Generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. For the year ended January 31, 2018, permanent differences in book and tax accounting have been reclassified to paid-in capital, accumulated net investment income/loss and accumulated net realized gain/loss as follows:

 

   Increase (Decrease) 
  

Paid-in

Capital

  

Accumulated

Net

Investment Income/(Loss)

  

Accumulated

Net Realized

Gain/(Loss)

 
Growth Fund  $(89,452)  $84,492   $4,960 
Capital Income Fund       31,894    (31,894)
Multi-Asset Income Fund   (649,003)   1,184,980    (535,977)
Short Term Bond Fund   (2,966,687)   73,719    2,892,968 
Master Allocation Fund   4,164    331,974    (336,138)
Small Cap Fund       22,651    (22,651)
Mid Cap Fund       27,366    (27,366)

 

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As of January 31, 2018, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

   Growth
Fund
   Capital
Income
Fund
  

Multi-Asset

Income
Fund

  

Short Term

Bond
Fund

 
Undistributed ordinary income  $   $576,828   $   $1,405,314 
Undistributed long term capital gains   5,569,284    3,090,581         
Accumulated earnings   5,569,284    3,667,409        1,405,314 
Accumulated capital and other losses   (50,219)       (128,979,579)   (1,769,082)
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments   26,344,897    6,425,465    31,365,821    324,186 
Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)  $31,863,962   $10,092,874   $(97,613,758)  $(39,582)

 

   Master
Allocation
Fund
   Small Cap
Fund
   Mid Cap
Fund
 
Undistributed ordinary income  $21,779   $166,127   $318,888 
Undistributed long term capital gains   2,984,500    3,188    44,021 
Accumulated earnings   3,006,279    169,315    362,909 
Accumulated capital and other losses            
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments   9,896,674    1,809,541    2,204,435 
Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)  $12,902,953   $1,978,856   $2,567,344 

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:

 

   January 31, 2018 
  

Ordinary

Income

  

Long Term

Capital Gains

  

Total

Distributions

 
Growth Fund  $   $4,338,590   $4,338,590 
Capital Income Fund   1,367,985    5,013,874    6,381,859 
Multi-Asset Income Fund   46,346,776        46,346,776 
Short Term Bond Fund   3,503,372        3,503,372 
Master Allocation Fund   65,303    4,777,925    4,843,228 
Small Cap Fund   635,555    2,383,688    3,019,243 
Mid Cap Fund   365,754    3,137    368,891 

 

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   January 31, 2017 
  

Ordinary

Income

  

Long Term

Capital Gains

  

Total

Distributions

 
Growth Fund  $   $607,633   $607,633 
Capital Income Fund   683,814    1,153,996    1,837,810 
Multi-Asset Income Fund   48,642,530        48,642,530 
Short Term Bond Fund   1,049,000        1,049,000 
Master Allocation Fund       5,875,321    5,875,321 
Small Cap Fund   48,004        48,004 
Mid Cap Fund   17,437    2,151    19,588 

 

At January 31, 2018, the Funds had accumulated capital loss carryforwards as follows:

 

   Not Subject to Expiration    
   Short Term   Long Term    Total 
Growth Fund  $   $   $ 
Capital Income Fund            
Multi-Asset Income Fund   61,386,004    67,593,575    128,979,579 
Short Term Bond Fund   608,250    1,160,832    1,769,082 
Master Allocation Fund            
Small Cap Fund            
Mid Cap Fund            

 

At January 31, 2018, the Multi-Asset Income Fund and Short Term Bond Fund had capital loss carryforwards expired of $62,312 and $2,966,687, respectively.

 

To the extent that a Fund may realize future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any of its unused capital loss carryforward. Future capital loss carryforward utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations.

 

Post-October capital losses incurred after October 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Fund’s next taxable year. As of January 31, 2018, the Funds had Post-October capital losses of:

 

Growth Fund  $50,219 
Capital Income Fund    
Multi-Asset Income Fund    
Short Term Bond Fund    
Master Allocation Fund    
Small Cap Fund    
Mid Cap Fund    

 

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8.

Transactions with Affiliates

 

The Multi-Asset Income Fund and Master Allocation Fund invest in other mutual funds which are managed by the Adviser. Transactions with affiliates during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

Multi-Asset Income Fund

 

Affiliated Fund Name 

Balance of

Shares Held
on 1/31/17

   Purchases/
Additions
   Sales/
Reductions
 
Short Term Bond Fund   2,672,103        (2,672,103)
Small Cap Fund   1,002,004    176,496     
Mid Cap Fund   1,000,000    47,259     
Total   4,674,107    223,755    (2,672,103)

 

Affiliated Fund Name 

Balance of

Shares Held
on 1/31/18

   Value
1/31/18
   Dividend Income  

Realized

Gain (Loss)

on Security

Transactions

 
Short Term Bond Fund      $   $147,229   $245,811 
Small Cap Fund   1,178,500    13,529,177        1,904,389 
Mid Cap Fund   1,047,259    12,012,060        195,167 
Total   2,225,759   $25,541,237   $147,229   $2,345,367 

 

Master Allocation Fund

 

Affiliated Fund Name 

Balance of

Shares Held
on 1/31/17

   Purchases/
Additions
   Sales/
Reductions
 
Growth Fund            
Institutional Class       534,963    (58,228)
Class A   728,774        (728,774)
Capital Income Fund   227,764    28,220    (57,334)
Small Cap Fund   397,977    70,101     
Mid Cap Fund   417,401         
Total   1,771,916    633,284    (844,336)

 

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Affiliated Fund Name 

Balance of

Shares Held
on 1/31/18

   Value
1/31/18
  

Dividend

Income

  

Realized

Gain (Loss)

on Security

Transactions

 
Growth Fund                
Institutional Class   476,735   $9,234,362   $   $1,058,003 
Class A               1,865,150 
Capital Income Fund   198,650    8,675,032    254,034    1,746,234 
Small Cap Fund   468,078    5,373,539        756,388 
Mid Cap Fund   417,401    4,787,589        77,787 
Total   1,560,864   $28,070,522   $254,034   $5,503,562 

 

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the voting securities of a fund creates a presumption of control of a fund under Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act. At January 31, 2018, the Multi-Asset Income Fund, as record shareholder, owned 61% and 49%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of the Small Cap Fund and Mid Cap Fund.

 

The Funds may also engage in direct transactions with certain other Yorktown Funds when practical. When one Fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both Funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2018, each Fund’s total aggregate security transactions with other Yorktown Funds, as well as any realized gains (losses), were as follows:

 

   Total
Aggregate
Transactions
   Realized
Gains
(Losses)
 
Multi-Asset Income Fund  $2,799,354   $105,085 
Short Term Bond Fund   2,799,354     

 

9.

Fund Reorganization

 

On October 7, 2016, the Capital Income Fund acquired all the net assets of the API Value Fund (“Value Fund”) pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by Value Fund shareholders on September 29, 2016. The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 348,117 shares of the Capital Income Fund, valued at $14,322,558 for 858,933 shares of the Value Fund outstanding on October 7, 2016. The investment portfolio of the Value Fund, with a fair value of $14,324,911 and identified cost of $10,012,780, was the principal asset acquired by the Capital Income Fund. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Capital Income Fund were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments

 

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received from the Value Fund was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Capital Income Fund’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes. Immediately prior to the merger, the net assets of the Capital Income Fund were $30,893,726.

 

Assuming the acquisition had been completed on February 1, 2016, the beginning of the annual reporting period, the Capital Income Fund’s pro forma results of operations on the statement of changes in net assets for the year ended January 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Net investment income  $730,267 
Net gain on investments   1,781,052 
Change in unrealized appreciation on investments   701,940 
Net increase in assets resulting from operations  $3,213,259 

 

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Value Fund that have been included as part of the Capital Income Fund’s statement of changes in net assets since October 7, 2016.

 

10. Subsequent Event

 

Management of the Funds has evaluated the need for disclosure and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date these financials were issued. Management has determined that there were no additional items requiring additional disclosure.

 

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11.

Proxy Voting Results (Unaudited)

 

On August 18, 2017, a special meeting of the shareholders was held at the offices of the Trust for the purpose of voting on the proposals set forth below:

 

   For   Against   Abstain 
Approval of a new investment advisory agreement on behalf of the Growth Fund   2,201,909    37,702    97,026 
Approval of a new investment advisory agreement on behalf of the Capital Income Fund   580,366    49,100    11,749 
Approval of a new investment advisory agreement on behalf of the Multi-Asset Income Fund   29,125,405    4,318,996    2,994,568 
Approval of a new investment advisory agreement on behalf of the Short Term Bond Fund   14,282,680    3,290,337    910,133 
Approval of a new investment advisory agreement on behalf of the Master Allocation Fund   518,924    35,151    13,959 
Approval of a new investment advisory agreement on behalf of the Small Cap Fund   1,565,507    1,993    0 
Approval of a new investment advisory agreement on behalf of the Mid Cap Fund   1,837,683    21,507    3,275 

 

On October 16, 2017, a special meeting of the shareholders was held at the offices of the Trust for the purpose of approving a new investment sub-advisory agreement with Sapphire Star Capital, LLC on behalf of the Small Cap Fund and to transact such other business as may properly come before the special meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof. Below are the voting results for the Small Cap Fund from the special meeting:

 

   For   Against   Abstain 
Approval of a new investment sub-advisory agreement with Sapphire Star Capital, LLC on behalf of the Small Cap Fund   1,419,862    0    0 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of American Pension Investors Trust

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Yorktown Growth Fund, Yorktown Capital Income Fund, Yorktown Multi-Asset Income Fund, Yorktown Short Term Bond Fund, Yorktown Master Allocation Fund, Yorktown Small Cap Fund and Yorktown Mid Cap Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of American Pension Investors Trust (the “Trust”), including the schedules of investments, as of January 31, 2018, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, with respect to Yorktown Growth Fund, Yorktown Capital Income Fund, Yorktown Multi-Asset Income Fund, Yorktown Short Term Bond Fund, Yorktown Master Allocation Fund, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, with respect to Yorktown Small Cap Fund, the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period May 9, 2016 (commencement of operations) through January 31, 2017, with respect to Yorktown Mid Cap Fund, the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period May 10, 2016 (commencement of operations) through January 31, 2017, 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 January 31, 2018, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets and their financial highlights for the periods indicated above, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

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 2005.

 

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.

 

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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 January 31, 2018 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
April 2, 2018

 

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ADDITIONAL FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)

 

The Form 1099-DIV you received in January 2018 shows the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2017. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisor with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund. As required by the Internal Revenue Code and/or regulations, shareholders must be notified regarding the status of qualified dividend income for individuals and the dividends received deduction for corporations.

 

For the year ended January 31, 2018, the following Funds paid qualified dividend income:

 

 

Qualified
Dividend
Income

Growth Fund

0%

Capital Income Fund

73%

Multi-Asset Income Fund

27%

Short Term Bond Fund

0%

Master Allocation Fund

100%

Small Cap Fund

21%

Mid Cap Fund

48%

 

For the taxable year ended January 31, 2018, the following percentage of ordinary income dividends paid by the Funds qualify for the dividends received deduction available to corporations:

 

 

Dividends
Received
Deduction

Growth Fund

0%

Capital Income Fund

70%

Multi-Asset Income Fund

12%

Short Term Bond Fund

0%

Master Allocation Fund

100%

Small Cap Fund

23%

Mid Cap Fund

47%

 

The Funds designate the following amounts as long-term capital gains distributions. The amounts designated may not agree with long term capital gains in the tax character of distribution table due to utilization of earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares.

 

 

Long Term
Capital Gains
Paid Amount

Growth Fund

$ 4,338,590

Capital Income Fund

5,013,874

Multi-Asset Income Fund

Short Term Bond Fund

Master Allocation Fund

4,777,925

Small Cap Fund

2,383,688

Mid Cap Fund

3,137

 

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The graphs that follow assume an initial investment of $10,000 made on January 31, 2008 (or, if a shorter period, commencement of a Fund’s operations) and held through January 31, 2018. THE FUNDS’ RETURNS REPRESENT PAST PERFORMANCE AND DO NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS. The MSCI World Index is a widely recognized unmanaged index of equity prices and is representative of a broader market and range of securities than is found in the Funds’ portfolios. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade fixed-rate taxable bond market and also is representative of a broader market and range of securities than is found in the Funds’ portfolios. The Dow Jones Conservative Relative Risk Index is made up of underlying indexes designed to measure portfolios at conservative risk levels. The Russell 2000 Index is a widely recognized unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with lower price/book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000 Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with higher price/book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Russell Midcap Index measures the performance of the 800 companies with the lowest market capitalizations in the Russell 1000 Index. Individuals cannot invest directly in the Indexes; however, an individual can invest in exchange-traded funds or other investment vehicles that attempt to track the performance of a benchmark index.

 

Gross operating expense ratios by Fund and share class, as disclosed in the current prospectus as of the date of this report, are: Growth Fund Class A - 1.48%; Growth Fund Class L - 2.48%; Growth Fund Institutional Class - 1.48%; Capital Income Fund Class A - 1.63%; Capital Income Fund Class L - 2.38%; Capital Income Fund Institutional Class -1.38%; Multi-Asset Income Fund Class A – 1.17%; Multi-Asset Income Fund Class L – 1.67%; Multi-Asset Income Fund Class C – 1.67%; Multi-Asset Income Fund Institutional Class – 0.67%; Short Term Bond Fund Class A - 1.20%; Short Term Bond Fund Class L - 2.20%; Short Term Bond Fund Institutional Class - 1.20%; Master Allocation Fund Class A - 2.60%; Master Allocation Fund Class L - 3.35%; Master Allocation Fund Institutional Class - 2.35%. Small Cap Fund Class A – 2.36%; Small Cap Fund Class L – 3.11%; Small Cap Fund Institutional Class – 2.11%; Mid Cap Fund Class A – 2.55%; Mid Cap Fund Class L – 3.30%; Mid Cap Fund Institutional Class – 2.30%. Please see the Financial Highlights section of the Funds’ financial statements for more current information with respect to Expense Ratios.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The performance data does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The investment return and principal value of an investment in a Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For more information on the Funds, to obtain performance data current to the most recent month end, or to obtain a prospectus, please call 1-800-544-6060. You should carefully consider the investment objectives, potential risks, management fees, and charges and expenses of each Fund before investing. A Fund’s prospectus contains this and other information about the Fund, and should be read carefully before investing.

 

The Funds are distributed by Unified Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA.

 

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Expense Examples (Unaudited)

 

Yorktown Funds

 

As a shareholder in a Yorktown Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Each example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period August 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018.

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line for each class in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual 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 second line for each class in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s 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 a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples 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). Therefore, the second line for each share class 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.

 

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Beginning
Account

Value

Ending
Account

Value,
January 31,
2018

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
(a)

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

Growth Fund

       

Class A

       

Actual

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,152.50

$ 7.51

1.38%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,018.27

7.00

1.38%

Class L

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,146.90

12.88

2.38%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,013.21

12.08

2.38%

Institutional Class

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,152.70

7.46

1.38%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,018.27

7.00

1.38%

         

Capital Income Fund

       

Class A

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,092.90

7.18

1.36%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,018.34

6.93

1.36%

Class L

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,088.70

11.11

2.11%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,014.57

10.71

2.11%

Institutional Class

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,094.40

5.86

1.11%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,019.61

5.65

1.11%

         

Multi-Asset Income Fund

       

Class A

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,043.10

5.72

1.11%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,019.61

5.65

1.11%

Class L

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,041.30

8.29

1.61%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,017.08

8.19

1.61%

Class C

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,041.30

8.29

1.61%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,017.08

8.19

1.61%

Institutional Class

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,046.20

3.15

0.61%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,022.12

3.12

0.61%

         

Short Term Bond Fund

       

Class A

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,010.80

4.62

0.91%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,020.61

4.64

0.91%

Class L

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,004.80

9.66

1.91%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,015.57

9.71

1.91%

Institutional Class

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,012.50

4.62

0.91%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,020.61

4.64

0.91%

 

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Beginning
Account

Value

Ending
Account

Value,
January 31,
2018

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
(a)

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

Master Allocation Fund

       

Class A

       

Actual

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,111.00

$ 6.59

1.24%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,018.96

6.31

1.24%

Class L

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,107.00

10.57

1.99%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,015.18

10.11

1.99%

Institutional Class

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,112.50

5.25

0.99%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,020.24

5.02

0.99%

         

Small Cap Fund

       

Class A

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,112.60

7.45

1.40%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,018.15

7.12

1.40%

Class L

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,108.10

11.42

2.15%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,014.37

10.92

2.15%

Institutional Class

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,114.00

6.13

1.15%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,019.41

5.85

1.15%

         

Mid Cap Fund

       

Class A

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,103.90

7.95

1.50%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,017.64

7.63

1.50%

Class L

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,100.80

11.91

2.25%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,013.86

11.42

2.25%

Institutional Class

       

Actual

1,000.00

1,106.40

6.64

1.25%

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

1,000.00

1,018.90

6.36

1.25%

 

 

(a)The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (184) and divided by 365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

 

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

 

Both (i) a description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to the Funds’ portfolio securities and (ii) information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to the Funds’ portfolio securities during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30th are available without charge, upon request, by calling the Trust at (800) 544-6060, or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

 

The Trust files each Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The filed forms may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

 

Board Initial Approval of Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)

 

SAPPHIRE STAR CAPITAL, LLC

 

The initial approval of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Sub-IA Agreement”) between Yorktown Management & Research Company, Inc. (“Yorktown”) and Sapphire Star Capital LLC (“Sapphire”), on behalf of the Yorktown Small Cap Fund (the “SC Fund”), was approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board"), including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or any person who is a party to the Sub-IA Agreement, at an in-person meeting held on September 13, 2017. The Trust’s Board considered the factors described below prior to approving the Sub-IA Agreement.

 

To assist the Board in making its determination as to whether the Sub-IA Agreement should be approved for the SC Fund, the Board requested and received the following information: a description of Sapphire’s business and personnel, a description of the compensation to be received by Sapphire from Yorktown as a percentage of the overall management fee charged to the SC Fund; a description of the fees charged by Sapphire for services provided to its other clients, information relating to Sapphire’s compliance and operational policies and procedures, and a description of any material legal proceedings or securities enforcement proceedings regarding Sapphire or its personnel (there were none of either). In addition, the Board requested and received financial information from Sapphire to gain an understanding of the firm’s viability.

 

The Board then discussed the nature, extent and quality of Sapphire’s services to be provided to the SC Fund. The Board noted Mr. Borgen’s responses to their questions with respect to providing comprehensive and consistent investment management to the Fund, and their efforts to maintain ongoing regulatory compliance for the Fund.

 

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The Board then discussed the SC Fund’s proposed fee structure and whether such structure would allow the SC Fund to realize economies of scale as it grew. The Board noted that the IA Agreement’s fee structure did not currently contain a breakpoint scale wherein relative IA fees would decrease as assets grew, but the proposed sub-advisory agreement did contain such breakpoints. The Board noted that as assets grew, the IA Agreement might need to be revisited. The Board then discussed at length the services to be provided to the SC Fund by Yorktown and Sapphire, and the percentage amount of the overall management fee to be paid to Sapphire. The Board also reviewed the proposed fees in light of the fees charged to other similar funds. After full review of the materials presented, the related discussions, and careful consideration, the Board, with the independent trustees separately concurring, agreed that the investment management fees to be charged to the SC Fund appeared to be fair and reasonable at the present time in light of the services to be provided to the SC Fund, that the proportion of the fee to be paid to Sapphire appeared to be reasonable, and that the portion of the fee to be retained by Yorktown appeared to be reasonable.

 

The Board next considered the matter of investment performance. Because the SC Fund was a relatively new fund that had only recently commenced investment operations, past performance was not a material consideration. However, the Board did note that Sapphire had been managing clients similar to the SC Fund, and the performance of those client accounts had been satisfactory. The Board also noted with approval that Sapphire’s business included serving a number of different clients, so Sapphire did not appear to realize any extraordinary ancillary benefits or profits deriving from its relationship with the SC Fund.

 

The Board also reviewed information relating to the average overall expense ratios of competing funds versus the overall expense ratios of the SC Fund. The Board noted with approval that the overall expense ratios of the SC Fund appeared to be in line with the average of the competition, although it was on the higher end of the scale.

 

The Independent Trustees then met separately with counsel to the Independent Trustees and the Chief Compliance Officer to discuss the proposed Sub-Advisory Agreement.

 

After full discussion, the Board, with the Independent Trustees separately concurring, approved the Sub-IA Agreement and directed Trust management to call a special meeting of the shareholders of the SC Fund to solicit their approval of the Sub-IA Agreement. The Trust held a Special Meeting of the shareholders of the SC Fund on October 16, 2017, at which time a majority of the SC Fund’s shareholders voted to approve the Sub-IA Agreement.

 

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)

 

At a Special In-Person Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust held on May 22, 2017, the Trustees considered and approved a new Investment Advisory Agreement (the “IA Agreement”) between the Trust and Yorktown Management & Research Company, Inc. (“Yorktown”) on behalf of each Fund of the Trust. Mr. David D. Basten informed the Board that Yorktown was seeking Board approval of the new investment advisory agreement between the Trust and each Fund as a result of a planned change in the ownership structure of Yorktown (the “Transaction”). Yorktown decided to proceed with the Transaction for the purpose of long term estate planning and to ensure that the Adviser is in a strong ownership position for the foreseeable future. Mr. Basten assured the Board that the Transaction would not affect the operations of the Adviser. He stated that the officers of the Adviser will remain in place, and that all advisory functions will be handled by the same employees as before the Transaction. Mr. David D. Basten stated that he would continue to serve as President and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser, as well as lead portfolio manager to the Funds.

 

The Board was further informed that the fees paid to the Adviser under the IA Agreement would be calculated at exactly the same rate as the fees previously charged under the present advisory agreements for all Funds.

 

The Board then reviewed the IA Agreement as it related to each Fund. In making the determination whether or not to recommend approval of the IA Agreement to shareholders of each Fund, the Board considered all information the Trustees deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the IA Agreement and to determine that the IA Agreement would be in the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders.

 

The principal areas of review by the Board were the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and the reasonableness of the fees charged for those services. These matters were considered by the Independent Trustees consulting with experienced counsel for the Independent Trustees, who is independent of the Adviser. The Board gave substantial weight to the Adviser’s representations that: (i) the responsibilities of the Adviser under the IA Agreement are the same in all material respects as under the present advisory agreement, except that administrative services will no longer be provided; (ii) the operations of the Adviser and the level or quality of advisory services provided to each Fund will not be materially affected as a result of the IA Agreement; (iii) the same personnel of the Adviser who currently provide investment advisory services to each Fund will continue to do so upon approval of the IA Agreement; and (iv) the financial condition of the Adviser will not be adversely affected by the Transaction.

 

In addition, the Board considered the information they received when they approved the continuance of the present advisory agreements at an in-person meeting held on March 29, 2017 and the information regarding the Adviser and each Fund’s performance they had been provided throughout the year at regular meetings of the Board.

 

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The Boards’ evaluation of the quality of the Adviser’s services took into account their knowledge and experience gained through meetings with and reports of the Adviser’s senior management over the course of many years. Both short-term and long-term investment performance of each Fund was considered. Each Fund’s performance was compared to its performance benchmark and to that of competitive funds with similar investment objectives. The Board also considered the scope and quality of the in-house capabilities of the Adviser and other resources dedicated to performing services for the Funds. The quality of administrative and other services, including the Adviser’s role in coordinating the activities of each Fund's other service providers, were considered in light of each Funds’ compliance with investment policies and applicable laws and regulations and of related reports by management and each Fund's independent public accounting firm in periodic meetings with the Trust’s Audit Committee. The Board also considered the business reputation of the Adviser, the qualifications of its key investment and compliance personnel, and its financial resources.

 

In reviewing the proposed fees to be payable under the IA Agreement, the Board compared the current and proposed advisory fees and overall expense levels of each Fund with those of competitive funds with similar investment objectives. To assist the Board in its deliberations and considerations, the Board was provided with a written comparative analysis of fund fees and expenses prepared by an independent third party.

 

Additionally, the Board considered the impact of the proposed advisory fee on the overall expenses of each Fund on a share class basis.

 

After full discussion and consideration, the Board concluded that approval of the New Investment Advisory Agreement on behalf of each Fund would be in the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, the services to be performed under the New Investment Advisory Agreement are services required for the operation of the Funds, Yorktown is likely to continue to provide satisfactory advisory services to the Funds, and the fees for the advisory services which Yorktown performs appear to be within the range of what would have been negotiated at arm’s length in light of the circumstances. The Board then authorized Trust management to call a special meeting of the shareholders of each Fund for the purpose of seeking shareholder approval of the IA Agreement. The shareholders of the Funds approved the IA Agreement at a shareholders meeting held on August 18, 2017.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)

 

The table below provides information about the Trust’s trustees and officers, including biographical information about their business experience. The address of each trustee and officer is 2303 Yorktown Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501.

 

Name and Age

Position(s)
Held with
Trust

Term of
Office and
Length of
Service (*)

Number of
API Trust
Portfolios
Overseen

Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years and

Other Directorships Held

David D. Basten
Age 67

President and Trustee

Since 1985

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

President, Director and Portfolio Manager, Yorktown Management & Research Company, Inc.; Partner, Downtown Enterprises (real estate); Managing Partner, WAIMED Enterprises, LLC (real estate and travel services). He is the father of David M. Basten.

David M. Basten
Age 40

Vice-President, Assistant Secretary and Trustee

Since 2008

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

Portfolio Manager, Yorktown Management & Research Company, Inc.. He is the son of David D. Basten.

Mark A. Borel
Age 65

Trustee

Since 1985

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

President, Borel Construction Company, Inc.; President, Borel Properties, Inc. (real estate); President, Humble, LLC (real estate); Member/Manager, Humble II, LLC (real estate); Partner, JBO, LLC (real estate); Partner, JAMBO International, LLC (commercial real estate); Partner, Jamborita, LLC (commercial real estate); Partner, Neighbor’s Place Restaurant; Partner, The HAB Company, LC (real estate); Partner, Piedmont Professional Investments, LLC (real estate); Partner, A & K - BO, LLC (real estate); Partner, TABO International, LLC (real estate); Partner, Braxton Park, LLC (real estate); Partner, BOJAM, LLC (commercial real estate); Partner, New London Development Company (real estate); Partner, Lake Group, LLC (real estate); Member/Manager, Bootleggers Lynchburg, LLC (Restaurant).

 

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Name and Age

Position(s)
Held with
Trust

Term of
Office and
Length of
Service (*)

Number of
API Trust
Portfolios
Overseen

Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past Five Years and

Other Directorships Held

Stephen B. Cox
Age 69

Trustee

Since 1995

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

Retired

G. Edgar Dawson III
Age 61

Trustee

Since 1995

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

Shareholder, President and Director, Petty, Livingston, Dawson, & Richards, P.C. (law firm). Member, PLDR Properties, LLC (real estate)

Wayne C. Johnson
Age 65

Trustee

Since 1988

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

Retired; Previously Vice President of Operations and Human Resources, C.B. Fleet Company, Inc. (pharmaceuticals).

David D. Jones
Age 60

Secretary/Chief Compliance Officer

Since 2008

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

Co-founder and Managing Member, Drake Compliance, LLC (compliance consulting); founder and controlling shareholder, David Jones & Associates (law firm).

Charles D. Foster
Age 57

Chief Financial Officer

Since 1988

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

Chief Financial Officer, Yorktown Management & Research Company, Inc.

M. Dennis Stratton
Age 55

Controller

Since 1989

All (consisting of seven portfolios)

Controller, Yorktown Management & Research Company, Inc.

 

 

(*)Trustees of the Trust serve a term of indefinite length until their resignation or removal and stand for re-election by shareholders only as and when required by the 1940 Act. Officers of the Trust serve one-year terms, subject to annual reappointment by the Board of Trustees.

 

Mr. David D. Basten and Mr. David M. Basten are considered to be “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust by virtue of their positions with the Trust’s investment adviser or its affiliated entities.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUST’S TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS IS CONTAINED IN THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST BY CALLING 1-800-544-6060.

 

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SHAREHOLDER SERVICES

Yorktown Funds

c/o Ultimus Asset Services, LLC

P.O. Box 46707

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246-0707

(888) 933-8274

 

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Yorktown Funds

c/o Ultimus Asset Services, LLC

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES

Yorktown Funds

2303 Yorktown Avenue

Lynchburg, Virginia 24501

(800) 544-6060

 

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Tait, Weller & Baker LLP

1818 Market Street, Suite 2400

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

 

This report is submitted for the general
information of the shareholders of the Trust.
The report is not authorized for distribution to
prospective investors in the Trust unless preceded
or accompanied by an effective Prospectus.

 

www.yorktownfunds.com

 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party. During the period covered by the report, no amendments were made to the provisions of this code of ethics. During the period covered by the report, Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from a provision of this code of ethics to Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party. The Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of such code of ethics. To request a copy of the code of ethics, contact the registrant at 1-800-544-6060.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant does not have a member who qualifies as an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR, serving on its audit committee. However, although the Board has not determined that any of its members is an “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR, the audit committee members collectively have sufficient financial expertise in business and finance, including the evaluation of the Registrant’s financial statements, supervision of the Registrant’s preparation of its financial statements, and oversight of the work of the Registrant’s independent auditors. Each of the members of the Registrant’s audit committee is “independent” under the standards set forth in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. The Board determined that given the collective financial expertise of the audit committee members, it was not necessary to appoint an audit committee financial expert to the audit committee.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a) Audit Fees: The aggregate fees billed for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017 for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the 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 were $116,000 and $115,000, respectively.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees: The aggregate fees billed for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017 for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported above in Item 4(a) were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

(c) Tax Fees: The aggregate fees billed for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017 for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning were $23,000 and $23,000, respectively.

 

(d) All Other Fees: The aggregate fees billed for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported above in Items 4(a) through (c) were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

(e)(1) Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrant’s Audit Committee Charter provides that the Audit Committee shall determine whether to approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the auditor to provide other audit services to the Registrant or to provide non-audit services to the Registrant, its investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant.

 

 

(e)(2) Percentage of Services Approved by Audit Committee: There were no services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item (including services required to be approved by Registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X) that were approved by Registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f) Not applicable.

 

(g) Aggregate Non-Audit Services: The aggregate non-audit fees billed during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017 by the Registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were $23,000 and $23,000, respectively.

 

(h) Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

 

Not applicable. This schedule is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

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

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

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

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

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

 

Not applicable to Registrant.

 

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

 

There were 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) Based on their evaluation of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date, Registrant’s President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are: (i) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately communicated to Registrant’s officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures required in this report; (ii) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner; and (iii) are effective in achieving the goals described in (i) and (ii) above and have been reasonably designed and are functioning as intended to ensure that all relevant and required information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in this report on Form N-CSR.

 

 

  (b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s second fiscal quarter of 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 Registrant.

 

Item 13. Exhibits

 

  (a)(1) The registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed with the registrant’s annual Form N-CSR.

 

  (a)(2) The certification required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

  (a)(3) Not applicable to Registrant.

 

  (b) The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT. The certifications provided pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  AMERICAN PENSION INVESTORS TRUST  
Date: April 5, 2018    
     
 

/s/ David D. Basten

 
  David D. Basten  
  President  

 

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.

 

Date: April 5, 2018    
     
 

/s/ David D. Basten

 
  David D. Basten  
  President  

 

Date: April 5, 2018    
     
 

/s/ Charles D. Foster

 
  Charles D. Foster  
  Chief Financial Officer