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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND

 

Cambiar Global Ultra Focus Fund (the “Fund”)

 

Supplement dated June 3, 2020

to the Fund’s Prospectus and

Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), each dated March 1, 2020.

 

This Supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Prospectus and SAI, and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and SAI.

 

The name of the Fund has been changed to “Cambiar Aggressive Value Fund,” and the description of the Fund’s principal investment strategies has been revised to better reflect the investment strategies of the Fund.

 

Accordingly, effective immediately, the Prospectus and SAI are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

 

1.All references to “Global Ultra Focus Fund” in the Prospectus and SAI are hereby deleted and replaced with “Aggressive Value Fund.”

 

2.The Fund’s “Principal Investment Strategies” section of the Prospectus is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies located throughout the world. For purposes of this policy, equity securities include common stocks and derivative instruments with economic characteristics similar to equity securities. The Fund may also sell securities short. This investment policy may be changed by the Fund upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.

 

The equity securities in which the Fund invests are primarily common stocks and the Fund is generally unconstrained by any particular country, region, sector or market capitalization. The Fund’s investments may occasionally include derivative instruments and short positions. The derivative instruments in which the Fund invests will primarily be call options. To a lesser extent, however, the Fund may also invest in put options and swaps. While the Fund is generally unconstrained within its equity universe, the Fund will typically invest in a portfolio of 20-30 issuers that the Adviser believes represent the best opportunities for long-term capital appreciation. Due to the highly focused nature of the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund is considered to be non-diversified, and may invest a significant portion of its assets in a relatively small number of securities.

 

The Fund will invest a portion of its assets in the securities of foreign companies. The Fund may consider a company to be a “foreign company” if: (i) 50% of the company’s assets are located outside of the United States; or (ii) 50% of the company’s revenues are generated outside of the United States; or (iii) the company is domiciled or doing a substantial amount of business outside of the United States. The Fund may invest in securities of companies in “emerging market” countries. An “emerging market” country is any country determined by the Adviser to have an emerging market economy, considering factors such as the country’s credit rating, its political and economic stability, and the development of its financial and capital markets. Typically, emerging markets are in countries that are in the process of industrializing, with lower gross national products than more developed countries. The Adviser’s allocation among various foreign countries does not seek to replicate any particular index’s country allocation by global capitalization or regional capitalization. There is no limit on investments in securities of foreign companies, including emerging markets companies.

 

 

 

The Fund may purchase ADRs, rather than foreign shares that are traded on foreign exchanges, because the ADRs have greater liquidity or for other reasons. From time to time, the Fund may also focus its investments in a particular geographic region.

 

In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser uses a fundamental, relative value investment approach to build a portfolio of companies that meet the following criteria:

 

Quality – The Adviser seeks to identify companies that possess strong competitive positions within their sector or industry, and offer a track record of innovation and product leadership as well as strong pricing and cost discipline. The Adviser prefers companies that possess strong financial characteristics such as low leverage and sufficient liquidity.

 

Valuation – The Adviser uses conventional valuation metrics, such as price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios, to identify companies that are trading at the lower end of their long-term valuation range.

 

Catalyst – The Adviser seeks to identify a fundamental positive development or catalyst (such as the onset of a new product or pricing cycle, resolution of a transitory overhang or normalization of the business’s cash flow, margins and/or earnings) that it believes can positively change investors’ perception of a company, but has not yet been recognized by the market.

 

Hurdle Rate – The Adviser seeks to identify companies that it believes have the ability to generate a significant investment return consisting of both capital appreciation and dividend income, typically over a 1-2 year time horizon, and is based on the company returning to its normal (not peak) earnings and valuation.

 

The Adviser constructs the Fund’s portfolio on a security-by-security basis, with the goal of building a portfolio that strikes a balance between the Adviser’s conviction in an investment and portfolio diversification. The Adviser seeks to manage the Fund’s risk through its research process as well as limits on individual position sizes and allocations to an economic sector or individual country.

 

The Adviser will consider liquidating or reducing its investment in a company if: (a) the investment thesis is realized and the stock reaches its price target, (b) the stock price increases disproportionately relative to actual company developments, (c) position size, country or sector limits are reached, or (d) there is a negative change in fundamentals, or the investment thesis fails to develop as expected. The Adviser will not sell a stock simply because of a decline in price, and may add to the position if the investment thesis remains intact.

 

To the extent the Fund invests in derivatives, those instruments will primarily be intended to hedge against the risk of unfavorable price movements in the underlying instruments, to increase long exposure to underlying instruments, to provide short exposure, to manage cash flows or currency exposure, or for other purposes.

 

The Fund may buy and sell securities more frequently than other mutual funds, which could result in the Fund having a higher portfolio turnover rate than other mutual funds.

 

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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

 

CMB-SK-030-0100

 

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