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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

 

August 31, 2011

MTB TAX-FREE MONEY MARKET FUND

 

 

Class/Ticker        A ATFXX        I AKXXX        I2 AFIXX

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated August 31, 2011, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund, go to www.mtbfunds.com, email a request to mtbfunds@mtbia.com or call 1-800-836-2211, or ask any financial advisor, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the Fund.

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks to provide current income that is exempt from federal income taxes while maintaining liquidity and stability of principal.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold the Fund’s Class A Shares, Class I Shares and Class I2 Shares.

Shareholder Fees

(Fees paid directly from your investment)

 

     Class A      Class  I      Class  I2  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)      None         None         None   
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)      None         None         None   
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (and other Distributions)      None         None         None   
Redemption Fee      None         None         None   
Exchange Fee      None         None         None   

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

     Class A      Class  I      Class  I2  
Management Fee      0.40%         0.40%         0.40%   
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees      0.25%         None         0.25%   
Other Expenses      0.43%         0.43%         0.18%   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      1.08%         0.83%         0.83%   

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’s Class A Shares, Class I Shares and Class I2 Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  

Class A

  $ 110      $ 343      $ 595      $ 1,317   

Class I

  $ 85      $ 265      $ 461      $ 1,025   

Class I2

  $ 85      $ 265      $ 461      $ 1,025   

Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment goal by investing in high-quality, short-term municipal money market instruments, including variable rate debt instruments, that pay interest exempt from federal income tax. The issuers of these securities may be state and local governments and agencies located in any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories and possessions. The Fund maintains a fundamental policy that, under normal market conditions, 80% of its income will be exempt from federal income tax, including the federal alternative minimum tax (“AMT”).

In selecting securities for the Fund, the Advisor considers factors such as current yield, the anticipated level of interest rates, and the maturity of the instrument relative to the maturity of the entire Fund. In addition, the Fund may only purchase securities that meet certain SEC requirements relating to maturity, diversification and credit quality. Under these requirements, the Fund’s securities must have remaining maturities of 397 days or less, and the Fund must have a dollar-weighted average maturity of 60 days or less.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

All mutual funds take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The primary factors that may reduce the Fund’s returns include:

 

   

Interest Rate Risk. The risk posed by the fact that prices of fixed income securities rise and fall inversely in response to interest rate changes. In addition, this risk

 

 

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increases with the length of the maturity of the debt. Prices of fixed income securities generally fall when interest rates rise and vice versa.

 

   

Credit Risk. There is a possibility that issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may default in the payment of interest or principal on the securities when due, which would cause the Fund to lose money.

 

   

Tax Risk. Failure of a municipal security to meet certain legal requirements may cause the interest received and distributed by the Fund to shareholders to be taxable.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Performance Information

The bar chart and table immediately following show the variability of the Fund’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year, with respect to its Class A Shares, and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of broad measures of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The table shows returns for the Fund’s broad-based market indexes, the iMoneyNet, Inc. Tax-Free Retail Average and the iMoneyNet, Inc. Tax-Free Institutional Average. Updated performance information is available at www.mtbfunds.com.

Annual Total Returns – Class A Shares

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Best Quarter

0.74%

9/30/2007

 

Worst Quarter

0.00%

6/30/2009

 

The Fund’s Class A Shares total return for the six-month period from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 was 0.01%.

Average Annual Total Returns

(For the periods ended December 31, 2010)

 

    1 Year     5  Years     10  Years  

Class A Shares

                       

Return Before Taxes

    0.01%        1.41%        1.28%   

Class I Shares

                       

Return Before Taxes

    0.03%        1.69%        1.55%   

Class I2 Shares

                       

Return Before Taxes

    0.03%        1.58%        1.46%   

iMoneyNet, Inc. Tax-Free Retail Average (reflects no deduction for taxes)

    0.03%        1.55%        1.40%   

iMoneyNet, Inc. Tax-Free Institutional Average (reflects no deduction for taxes)

    0.05%        1.69%        1.55%   

Management of the Fund

Investment Advisor

MTB Investment Advisors, Inc.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Requests to purchase or redeem Fund Shares are processed on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for business. You may purchase or redeem Shares by contacting the Fund at 1-800-836-2211. If you invest through a financial intermediary, please contact that intermediary regarding purchase and redemption procedures.

 

Minimum Initial Investment Amount (Class A):    $ 500   
Minimum Initial Investment Amount (Class I and Class I2):    $ 100,000   
Minimum Subsequent Investment Amount:    $ 25   

The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts may be waived or lowered from time to time.

Tax Information

The distributions you receive from the Fund are primarily exempt from regular federal income tax. A portion of these distributions, however, may be subject to AMT and state and local taxes. The Fund may also make distributions that are taxable to you as ordinary income.

Additional Payments to Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies (such as the Advisor) may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your sales person or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 

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