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ICON EQUITY FUND
ICON Equity Fund
Investment Objective/Goals

Seeks capital appreciation,

with a secondary objective of capital preservation to provide long-term growth.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The table and example do not reflect any transaction fees that may be charged by financial intermediaries or commissions that a shareholder may be required to pay directly to its financial intermediary when buying or selling shares.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees - ICON EQUITY FUND - USD ($)
Institutional Class
Investor Class
Sales and redemption charges none none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - ICON EQUITY FUND
Institutional Class
Investor Class
Management fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees none 0.25%
Other expenses 0.24% 0.24%
Acquired funds fees and expenses 0.01% 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expense 1.00% 1.25%
Expense Reimbursement none none
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement 1.00% 1.25%

Shelton Capital Management has contractually agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, certain compliance costs, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation or merger and reorganization expenses, for example) exceed 1.25% and 1.50% for Institutional Class and Investor Class shares, respectively, until May 20, 2021. This agreement may only be terminated with the approval of the SCM Trust Board. Shelton may be reimbursed for any foregone advisory fees or unreimbursed expenses within three fiscal years following a particular reduction or expense, but only to the extent the reimbursement does not cause the Fund to exceed applicable expense limits, and the effect of the reimbursement is measured after all ordinary operating expenses are calculated. Any such reimbursement is subject to the review and approval of the SCM Trust Board.

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 you invest $10,000 in the Fund 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 may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example - ICON EQUITY FUND - USD ($)
One Year
Three Years
Five Years
Ten Years
Institutional Class 102 318 552 1,225
Investor Class 127 397 686 1,511

Assuming shareholder approval, the ICON Equity Fund of SCM Trust will be the successor fund to three funds of ICON Funds trust, the ICON Fund, the ICON Long/Short Fund, and the ICON Opportunities Fund (the "Predecessor Funds"). The Predecessor Funds will be reorganized into a new series of SCM Trust as the ICON Equity Fund on or about May 22, 2020. All historic performance and financial information presented is that of the predecessor ICON Long/Short Fund, which was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. Historic information presented for the Institutional Class and Investor Classes shares is based on that of the Class S and Class A shares, respectively, of the predecessor ICON Long/Short Fund.

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 predecessor ICON Long/Short Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of the portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund uses a quantitative methodology to identify securities ICON Advisors, Inc. ("ICON") the Fund's investment sub-advisor, believes are underpriced relative to value. Normally the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities traded in the U.S. This strategy may not be changed unless Fund shareholders are given at least 60 days prior notice. To manage the risk of holding equity securities, the Fund may write call options or purchase put options on securities or securities indexes.

 

ICON's quantitative methodology calculates intrinsic value using average earnings per share, future earnings growth estimates, beta, and bond yield. This calculated intrinsic value for each individual stock is aggregated by industry and sector which enables ICON to identify value opportunities within industries and sectors. ICON then employs a tactical, rotation-based process that tilts the Fund toward industries and sectors ICON believes will outperform.

 

ICON believes that equity markets go through themes over time, simply stated, stocks in industries that were market leaders at one time tend to become overpriced relative to intrinsic value, and stocks in industries that were not in favor tend to drop below intrinsic value. The Fund will sell securities in industries ICON believes are overpriced and buy securities in industries we believe are underpriced. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its assets in a single industry. We believe ICON's combination of industry rotation and bottom-up valuation distinguishes us from other investment managers. Equity securities in which the Fund may invest include common stocks and preferred stocks of companies of any market capitalization.

 

The Fund may short securities and may also purchase exchange traded funds, including leveraged and inversed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). Leveraged ETFs seek to deliver multiples of the performance of the index or benchmark they track. Inverse ETFs (also called "short" funds) seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or benchmark they track. Like traditional ETFs, some leveraged and inverse ETFs track broad indices, some are sector-specific, and others are linked to commodities, currencies, or some other benchmark.

Principal Investment Risks

Like all investments in securities, you risk losing money by investing in the Fund. The main risks of investing in this Fund are:

 

Industry, Focus and Concentration Risk. Companies that have similar lines of business are grouped together in broad categories called industries. Certain industries are grouped together in broad categories called sectors. The Fund may overweight industries within various sectors and may invest up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in a single industry. The fact that the Fund may overweight a specific industry or industries may cause the Fund's performance to be more susceptible to political, economic, business or other developments that affect those industries or sectors. This overweighting means the Fund may be less diverse and more volatile than its benchmark. Moreover, the Fund generally maintains a portfolio of approximately 30 to 40 securities. Holding a smaller, more concentrated portfolio rather than a larger, more diversified portfolio may likewise cause the Fund to be more volatile and susceptible to political, economic, business and other developments, all of which could adversely affect performance.

 

Small and Mid-Size Company Risk. The Fund may invest in small or mid-size companies which in turn may also involve greater risk of loss and price fluctuation. The trading markets for securities of small-cap issuers may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of larger companies.

 

Short Sale Risk. If a security sold short increases in price, the Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short sale price, resulting in a loss. To borrow the security, the Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold short. The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss increased, by the amount of the premium, dividends, interest or expenses the Fund may be required to pay in connection with the short sale. In addition, because the Fund's loss on a short sale arises from increases in the value of the security sold short, such loss is theoretically unlimited. By contrast, the Fund's loss on a long position arises from decreases in the value of the security and is limited by the fact that a security's value cannot drop below zero. Because the Fund screens and buys and sells securities using a value based, quantitative methodology, the Fund may be entirely long or entirely short depending on where the Portfolio Manager sees value and reads the market in general.

 

ETF Risk. Investing in an ETF will provide the Fund with exposure to the securities comprising the index on which the ETF is based and will expose the Fund to risks similar to those of investing directly in those securities. Shares of ETFs typically trade on securities exchanges and may at times trade at a premium or discount to their net asset values. In addition, an ETF may not replicate exactly the performance of the benchmark index it seeks to track for a number of reasons, including transaction costs incurred by the ETF, the temporary unavailability of certain index securities in the secondary market or discrepancies between the ETF and the index with respect to the weighting of securities or the number of securities held. Investing in ETFs, which are investment companies, involves duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. The Fund will pay brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of ETFs.

 

Leveraged and Inverse ETF Risk. Risks associated with investing in inverse and leveraged ETFs include compounding risk, derivative securities risk, correlation risk and leverage. Most leveraged and inverse ETFs "reset" daily, meaning that they are designed to achieve their stated objectives on a daily basis. Their performance over longer periods of time - over weeks or months or years can differ significantly from the performance (or inverse of the performance) of their underlying index or benchmark during the same period of time. This effect can be magnified in volatile markets.

 

Quantitative Model Risk. Quantitative models and the analysis of specific metrics are used to construct the Fund's portfolio. The impact of these metrics on a stock's performance can be difficult to predict, and stocks that previously possessed certain desirable quantitative characteristics may not continue to demonstrate those same characteristics in the future. In addition, relying on quantitative models entails the risk that the models themselves may be limited or incorrect, that the data on which the models rely may be incorrect or incomplete, and that ICON Advisers may not be successful in selecting companies for investment or determining the weighting of particular stocks in the Fund's portfolio. Any of these factors could cause the Fund to underperform funds with similar strategies that do not select stocks based on quantitative analysis.

 

Manager Risk. ICON Advisers' opinion about the intrinsic worth or creditworthiness of a company or security may be incorrect or the market may continue to undervalue the company or security. ICON Advisers may not make timely purchases or sales of securities for the Fund.