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Provident Trust Strategy Fund
Provident Trust Strategy Fund
Investment Objective:
Provident Trust Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund:
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees0.64 %
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
None
Other Expenses
0.32 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1)
0.01 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(1)
0.97 %
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of these periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the contractual expense limitation for one year).
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years
$99$309$536$1,190
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 14% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests mainly in a limited number of multi-capitalization growth stocks. The Fund is a non-diversified core growth equity fund. The Fund will compare itself to, and attempt to exceed, the S&P 500® Index over full investment cycles. Provident Trust Company (the “Adviser”) selects common stocks of all market capitalizations based on their potential to appreciate in value relative to other stocks. When selecting individual stock investments, the Adviser takes a “bottom-up”
investment approach, meaning that it selects investments based on its assessment of whether an individual company has the potential for above average growth. Stock selection criteria include improving revenue and earnings growth, increasing margins, significant stock ownership by management and improving price-to-earnings ratios. The Adviser generally prefers to invest in large capitalization and medium capitalization stocks but may also invest a portion of the Fund’s portfolio in small capitalization stocks. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that, compared to diversified mutual funds, the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer.
The Adviser employs a sell discipline pursuant to which it will:
•Reduce or sell an entire position when a security reaches the Adviser’s target price,
•Reduce or sell a position as part of its asset allocation process or for portfolio diversification, or
•Sell an entire position when fundamentals are deteriorating.
Principal Risks
There is a risk that you could lose all or a portion of your money on your investment in the Fund. This risk may increase during times of significant market volatility. The risks below could affect the value of your investment, and because of these risks, the Fund is a suitable investment only for those investors who have long-term investment goals.
•Stock Market Risk: The prices of the securities in which the Fund invests may decline for a number of reasons. The price declines of common stocks, in particular, may be steep, sudden and/or prolonged. Price changes may occur in the market as a whole, or they may occur in only a particular company, industry, or sector of the market.
•Non-Diversification Risk: Because the Fund is non-diversified, the Fund’s shares may be more susceptible to adverse changes in the value of a particular security than would be the shares of a diversified mutual fund. Thus, the Fund is more sensitive to economic, business and political changes which may result in greater price fluctuations of the Fund’s shares.

•Equity Securities Risks: Common stocks and other equity securities held by the Fund will fluctuate in value based on the earnings of the company and on general industry and market conditions, leading to fluctuations in the Fund’s share price. Depending on a company’s market capitalization, it may be subject to some or all of the following additional risks:

◦Large Capitalization Companies Risk: Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond as quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes as innovative, smaller competitors. Also, large capitalization companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

◦Medium Capitalization Companies Risk: Medium capitalization companies tend to be more susceptible to adverse business or economic events than large capitalization companies, and there is a risk that the securities of medium capitalization companies may have limited liquidity and greater price volatility than securities of large capitalization companies.
◦Small Capitalization Companies Risk: Small capitalization companies typically have relatively lower revenues, limited product lines and lack of management depth, and may have a smaller share of the market for their products or services, than large and medium capitalization companies. There is a risk that the securities of small capitalization companies may have limited liquidity and greater price volatility than securities of large and medium capitalization companies, which can negatively affect the Fund’s ability to sell these securities at quoted market prices. Finally, there are periods when investing in small capitalization company stocks falls out of favor with investors and small capitalization company stocks may underperform.

•Recent Market Events: U.S. and international markets have experienced volatility in recent months and years due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors, including the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, which has resulted in public health issues, business interruptions, growth concerns in the U.S. and overseas, layoffs, rising unemployment claims, changed travel and social behaviors and reduced consumer spending. The effects of COVID-19 may lead to a substantial economic downturn or recession in the U.S. and global economies, the recovery from which is uncertain and may last for an extended period of time.

•Asset Allocation Risk: The Fund may allocate its investments among various asset classes. The Fund’s performance will be affected by the Adviser’s ability to anticipate correctly the relative potential returns and risks of the asset classes in which the Fund invests.

•Management Risk: The Fund is subject to management risk as an actively-managed investment portfolio and depends on the Adviser’s investment strategies to produce the desired results.

•Redemption Risks: The Fund may experience periods of redemptions that could cause the Fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the Fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons, or unpredictable cash flow needs. In addition, redemption risk is heightened during periods of overall market turmoil. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the Fund could hurt performance and/or cause the remaining shareholders in the Fund to lose money. If the Fund is forced to liquidate its assets under unfavorable conditions or at inopportune times, the value of your investment could decline.
Performance
The bar chart and table show the historical performance of the Fund’s shares and provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s total returns before taxes have varied from year to year, while the table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns to the returns of the S&P 500® Index. Prior to August 31, 2012, the Adviser served as sub-adviser to the Fund and another investment adviser served as the adviser to the Fund. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.provfunds.com or by calling 1‑855‑739‑9950.
Provident Trust Strategy Fund Annual Total Returns (calendar years 2011 – 2020)
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During the ten-year period shown on the bar chart, the Fund’s best and worst quarters are shown below:
Best Quarter2nd Quarter 202017.80%
Worst Quarter3rd Quarter 2011-14.32%
Average Annual Total Returns(for the periods ended December 31, 2020)
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred or other tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”).
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended December 31, 2020)
1 Year5 Years10 Years
Provident Trust Strategy Fund
Return before taxes
19.49%15.11%12.40%
Return after taxes on distributions
17.12%13.93%11.34%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
13.21%12.02%10.09%
S&P 500® Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.40%15.22%13.88%
The S&P 500® Index consists of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group designates the stocks to be included in the Index on a statistical basis. A particular stock’s weighting in the Index is based on its relative total market value (i.e., its market price per share times the number of shares outstanding). Stocks may be added or deleted from the Index from time to time. A direct investment in an index is not possible.