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Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares | THB Asset Management MicroCap Fund
THB ASSET MANAGEMENT MICROCAP FUND
Fund Investment Objective

The THB Asset Management MicroCap Fund (the "Fund") seeks capital appreciation.

Fund Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares
THB Asset Management MicroCap Fund
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) 2.00% [1]
[1] As a percentage of amount redeemed, if shares redeemed have been held for less than 30 days.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares - THB Asset Management MicroCap Fund
Institutional Class Shares
Investor Class Shares
Management Fees 1.25% 1.25%
12b-1 Fees none 0.25%
Shareholder Servicing Fees none 0.20%
Other Operating Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.70%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.75% 2.20%
Less Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements [1] (0.50%) (0.50%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements 1.25% 1.70%
[1] Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc. (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding 12b-1 Fees, Shareholder Servicing Fees, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other costs and expenses relating to the securities that are purchased and sold by the Fund, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and non-routine expenses (collectively, "excluded expenses")) from exceeding 1.25% of the average daily net assets of each of the Fund's share classes until March 29, 2021 (the "expense cap"). In addition, the Adviser may receive from the Fund the difference between the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (not including excluded expenses) and the expense cap to recoup all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements made during the rolling three-year period preceding the recoupment if at any point Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (not including excluded expenses) are below the expense cap (i) at the time of the fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement and (ii) at the time of the recoupment. This Agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust"), for any reason at any time; or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on March 29, 2021.
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 those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses (including capped expenses for the period described in the footnote to the fee table) remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example - Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares - THB Asset Management MicroCap Fund - USD ($)
One Year
Three Years
Five Years
Ten Years
Institutional Class Shares 127 498 898 2,018
Investor Class Shares 173 636 1,130 2,492
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 total annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During its most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

In pursuing the Fund's investment objective, the Adviser seeks to identify and invest Fund assets in equity securities of smaller U.S. companies that, in the Adviser's opinion, are undervalued in the market. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are primarily common stocks. In addition, the Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"). The Fund expects that typically 10% or less of the Fund's total asset value will be invested in ADRs, as determined at the time of investment. The Adviser may invest in both growth and value stocks. Investments are selected based on an active fundamental process which combines financial analysis and proprietary research to evaluate potential investments' management and long-term outlook and business strategies.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of micro-capitalization companies. This investment policy may be changed by the Fund without shareholder approval upon 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders. The Fund considers micro-capitalization companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, are within the range of capitalization of companies included in the Russell Microcap Index (the "Index"). As of the June 28, 2019 Index reconstitution, the capitalization range of the Index was $30 million to $4 billion. The Adviser expects the Fund's weighted average market capitalization to be similar to that of the Index, although this may vary at any time. The Fund may, from time to time, focus its investments in one or more sectors represented in the Index.

Principal Risks

As with all mutual funds, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. This could occur because its strategy failed to produce the intended results or because the Adviser did not implement its strategy properly. A Fund share is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders' investments in the Fund are set forth below.

 

Equity Risk – Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices may fall over short or extended periods of time. This price volatility is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.

 

Micro-Capitalization Company Risk – Micro-capitalization companies may be newly-formed or in the early stages of development with limited product lines, markets or financial resources. In addition, there may be less public information available about these companies. Micro-cap stock prices may be more volatile than small-, mid- and large-capitalization companies and such stocks may be more thinly-traded and thus difficult for the Fund to buy and sell in the market.

 

Value Stock Risk – Value investing focuses on companies with stocks that appear undervalued in light of a variety of factors. If the Adviser's assessment of a company's value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations or market conditions is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds.

 

Growth Stock Risk – Growth investing focuses on companies that, in the Adviser's opinion, have the potential for growth in revenues and earnings. If the Adviser's assessment of a company's aptitude for growth is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds.

 

Foreign Company Risk – Investing in foreign companies poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. Securities of foreign companies may not be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and foreign companies are generally not subject to the regulatory controls imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Income from foreign securities owned by the Fund may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which tax would reduce income received from the securities comprising the portfolio.

 

Sector Focus Risk – Because the Fund's investments may, from time to time, be more heavily invested in particular sectors, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect those sectors. As a result, the Fund's share price may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of sectors. The specific risks for each of the sectors in which the Fund may focus its investments include the additional risks described below:

 

Financial Services. Companies in the financial services sector are subject to extensive governmental regulation which may limit both the amounts and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, the interest rates and fees they can charge, the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain.

 

Health Care. Companies in the health care sector are subject to extensive government regulation and their profitability can be significantly affected by restrictions on government reimbursement for medical expenses, rising costs of medical products and services, pricing pressure (including price discounting), limited product lines and an increased emphasis on the delivery of healthcare through outpatient services.

 

Producer Durables. Companies in the producer durables sector are subject to intense competition, consolidation, domestic and international politics, excess capacity, consumer demand and spending trends and the general state of the economy.

 

Materials. Companies in the materials sector are subject to the level and volatility of commodity prices, exchange rates, depletion of resources, over production, consumer demand, litigation and government regulations.

 

Technology. Companies in the technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology product cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs.

 

Consumer Discretionary. Companies in the consumer discretionary sector are subject to the performance of the overall international economy, interest rates, competition and consumer confidence. Success depends heavily on disposable household income and consumer spending.

 

Consumer Staples. Companies in the consumer staples sector are subject to government regulation and changes in consumer spending, competition, demographics and consumer preferences.

 

Energy. Companies in the energy sector are subject to supply and demand, exploration and production spending, world events and economic conditions, swift price and supply fluctuations, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, liabilities for environmental damage, general civil liabilities and tax and other governmental regulatory policies.

 

Utilities. Companies in the utilities sector are subject to increases in fuel and operating costs, rising costs of financing capital construction and the cost of complying with federal and state regulations, environmental factors, liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities, and rate caps or rate changes.

 

Management Risk – The Adviser's investment strategy may fail to produce the intended result.

 

LIBOR Risk – The elimination of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") may adversely affect the interest rates on, and value of, certain Fund investments for which the value is tied to LIBOR. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has announced that it intends to stop compelling or inducing banks to submit LIBOR rates after 2021. However, it remains unclear if LIBOR will continue to exist in its current, or a modified, form. Alternatives to LIBOR are established or in development in most major currencies, including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), which is intended to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates. Questions around liquidity impacted by these rates, and how to appropriately adjust these rates at the time of transition, remain a concern for the Fund. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Fund until new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products, instruments and contracts are commercially accepted.

Performance Information

The bar chart and the performance table below illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's Institutional Class Shares' performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's Institutional Class Shares' and Investor Class Shares' average annual total returns for 1 and 5 years and since inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance.

 

Of course, the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available by calling 1-855-THB-FUND.

Bar Chart
BEST QUARTER WORST QUARTER
17.11% (16.77)%
(12/31/2016) (12/31/2018)
Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2019

This table compares the Fund's average annual total returns for the periods ended December 31, 2019 to those of an appropriate broad based index.

 

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 will depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ("IRAs"). After-tax returns are shown only for Institutional Class Shares. After-tax returns for Investor Class Shares will vary.

Average Annual Total Returns - Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares - THB Asset Management MicroCap Fund
Label
1 Year
5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
Institutional Class Shares Fund Returns Before Taxes 12.18% 6.95% 10.15% Mar. 30, 2012
Institutional Class Shares | After Taxes on Distributions Fund Returns After Taxes on Distributions 12.03% 5.97% 9.09% Mar. 30, 2012
Institutional Class Shares | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales Fund Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 7.31% 5.23% 7.90% Mar. 30, 2012
Investor Class Shares Fund Returns Before Taxes 11.68% 6.46% 9.66% Mar. 30, 2012
Russell Microcap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Russell Microcap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 22.43% 6.57% 10.41% Mar. 30, 2012