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WALDEN EQUITY FUND
WALDEN EQUITY FUND
Investment Goals

The Walden Equity Fund (formerly the Walden Social Equity Fund) seeks long-term capital growth through an actively managed portfolio of stocks.

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 Walden Equity Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
WALDEN EQUITY FUND
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
WALDEN EQUITY FUND
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees none
Other Expenses [1] 0.39%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.14%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [2] (0.14%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement 1.00%
[1] Other Expenses have been restated to reflect current fees.
[2] Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc. (the "Adviser") has entered into an expense limitation agreement with the Fund to reduce fees payable to the Adviser and/or reimburse the Fund to limit the Total Fund Operating Expenses of the Fund to 1.00% of its average daily net assets through August 1, 2014 (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, litigation, indemnification, expenses associated with the investments in underlying investment companies and extraordinary expenses (as determined under generally accepted accounting principles)). The Adviser may seek recoupment of fees waived and expenses reimbursed within three fiscal years after fees were waived or expenses reimbursed if the Fund is able to make the repayment without exceeding the current limitation on Total Fund Operating Expenses. The expense limitation agreement may be terminated by the Board of Trustees at any time and will terminate automatically upon termination of the Investment Management Agreement.
Example:

The 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 a $10,000 investment, a 5% annual return, redemption at the end of each period 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 (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
WALDEN EQUITY FUND
102 348 614 1,374
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 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 10.34% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of domestic equity securities, such as common and preferred stock. The Fund may invest in companies of any size, but generally focuses on large capitalization companies. “Assets” means net assets, plus the amount of borrowing for investment purposes. Shareholders will be given 60 days’ advance notice of any change to this policy.


The Walden Equity Fund incorporates comprehensive environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidelines in portfolio construction. The Fund also seeks to strengthen ESG performance and accountability of portfolio companies through proxy voting, shareholder engagement and public policy advocacy. In selecting stocks, Walden Asset Management (“Walden”), an affiliate of the Adviser, favors investment in companies and institutions it deems to have relatively strong ESG records and seeks to avoid those with inferior ESG performance relative to peers. After investing in a company, Walden may also choose to pursue shareholder advocacy to encourage stronger corporate responsibility and accountability.


Walden researches, evaluates and seeks to promote corporate responsibility in five broad areas of concern: products and services, workplace conditions, community impact, environmental impact and corporate governance. Hence, in each of the five broad areas identified above, and notwithstanding other investment considerations, Walden favors companies judged to demonstrate best practices relative to peers, improvement over time, robust management systems, and accountability through standardized public reporting and responsiveness to shareholders.

Principal Investment Risks

All investments carry a certain amount of risk and the Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. The value of the Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions and interest rates and the value of your investment in the Fund will also vary. You could lose money on your investment in the Fund, or the Fund could underperform other investments. Investments in the Fund are not deposits of Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) or Boston Trust & Investment Management Company and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Below are the main risks of investing in the Fund.


Market Risk: Market risk refers to the risk related to investments in securities in general and the daily fluctuations in the securities markets.


Equity Risk: The value of the equity securities held by the Fund, and thus the value of the Fund’s shares, can fluctuate — at times dramatically.


Small and Mid Cap Company Risk: These companies may be subject to greater market risks and fluctuations in value than large capitalization companies and may not correspond to changes in the stock market in general.

Performance

The bar chart and performance table below illustrate the variability of the returns of the Fund, which provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns over time compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Of course, the Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at no cost by visiting www.btim.com or by calling 1-800-282-8782, extension 7050.

Average Total Returns (Years ended December 31)
Bar Chart

Best quarter:

 

Worst quarter:

Q3 2009

 

Q4 2008

14.02%

 

(21.00)%


For the period January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013, the aggregate (non-annualized) total return for the Fund was 13.12%.

Average Annual Total Returns (as of December 31, 2012)
Average Annual Returns
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
WALDEN EQUITY FUND
11.17% 2.37% 6.59%
WALDEN EQUITY FUND After Taxes on Distributions
10.99% 2.18% 6.34%
WALDEN EQUITY FUND After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.50% 1.99% 5.75%
WALDEN EQUITY FUND S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%

After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rate and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholder’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your Fund shares in tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRA”).