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HENNESSY BALANCED FUND

Investor Class HBFBX

Summary Prospectus, February 27, 2015

hennessyfunds.com | 1-800-966-4354

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, as supplemented from time to time, and other information about the Fund online at hennessyfunds.com/investing-with-us/literature-library.fs. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-966-4354 or 1-415-899-1555 or by sending an e-mail request to fundsinfo@hennessyfunds.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated February 27, 2015, as supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Hennessy Balanced Fund seeks a combination of capital appreciation and current income.

Fund Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.


SHAREHOLDER FEES
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Sales charge (load)		None
Redemption fee		None
Exchange fee		None

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees		0.60%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees		0.15%
Other Expenses1		0.93%
Shareholder Servicing	0.10%
All Remaining Other Expenses	0.83%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.68%

“Other Expenses” have been restated to reflect current administration and related fees included in “All Remaining Other Expenses.” Because of this restatement, the “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets shown in the Fund’s most recent annual report.

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of this 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 you reinvest all dividends and distributions, 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 the assumptions, your costs would be:

One Year	Three Years	Five Years	Ten Years
$171	$530	$913	$1,987

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 Fund had a portfolio turnover rate of 23% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategy

The Fund invests approximately 50% of its assets in roughly equal dollar amounts in the ten highest dividend-yielding Dow Jones Industrial Average (“DJIA”)* stocks (known as the “Dogs of the Dow”), but limits exposure to market risk and volatility by investing approximately 50% of its assets in U.S. Treasury securities with a maturity of less than one year.

On numerous dates throughout the year, the Manager will determine the ten highest yielding common stocks in the DJIA by annualizing the last quarterly or semi-annual ordinary dividend declared on each stock and dividing the result by the market value of that stock. The Fund will then purchase those stocks in approximately equal dollar amounts until the next determination of the ten highest yielding DJIA stocks. The Fund also purchases from time to time an approximately equal amount of U.S. Treasury securities having a remaining maturity of less than one year.

The Fund generally holds its stock investments for one year, including stocks that are no longer one of the Dogs of the Dow stocks, stocks that are no longer in the DJIA and stocks received in reorganizations of companies in the DJIA. At the end of the one-year period, the Fund sells any stocks that are no longer one of the Dogs of the Dow stocks and replaces them with stocks that are Dogs of the Dow stocks. Additionally, it may sell a portion of the stocks that remain in the portfolio so that the rebalanced portion of the Fund’s portfolio will consist of approximately 50% U.S. Treasury securities and approximately 50% of the ten highest yielding stocks in the DJIA in approximately equal dollar amounts.

Principal Risks

Although approximately 50% of the Fund’s portfolio is invested in U.S. Treasury securities, there are market and investment risks associated with an investment in the Fund, as there are with any security. The value of your investment will fluctuate over time and it is possible to lose money. The principal risks of investing in the Fund include the following:

Market Risk: The market value of a security may move up or down, and these fluctuations may cause a security to be worth more or less than the price originally paid for it. Market risk may affect a single

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the property of the Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is not affiliated with the Hennessy Funds or its investment advisor. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. has not participated in any way in the creation of the Hennessy Funds or in the selection of stocks included in the Hennessy Funds and has not approved any information included in this Prospectus.

company, an industry, a sector of the economy or the market as a whole. The value of equity securities will fluctuate due to many factors, including the past and predicted earnings of the issuer, the quality of the issuer's management, general market conditions, forecasts for the issuer's industry and the value of the issuer's assets.

Formula Investing Risk: The Fund will adhere to its strategy during the course of the year, subject to applicable Securities and Exchange Commission requirements and federal tax requirements relating to mutual funds, despite any adverse developments that may arise. This could result in substantial losses to the Fund, if for example, the stocks selected for the Fund’s portfolio for a given year are experiencing financial difficulty, or are out of favor in the market because of weak performance, a poor earnings forecast, negative publicity or general market cycles. The Fund’s portfolio is rebalanced annually in accordance with its strategy, which may result in the elimination of better performing assets from the Fund’s investments and increases in investments with relatively lower total return.

Non-Diversification Risk: Because the Fund is non-diversified (meaning that compared to diversified mutual funds, the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a more limited number of issuers), the Fund’s shares may be more susceptible to adverse changes in the value of a particular security than would be the shares of a diversified mutual fund. Thus, the Fund may be more volatile because each stock in which it invests could have greater impact on the Fund’s performance.

Performance Information

The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Hennessy Balanced Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of an index that reflects a broad measure of market performance, the DJIA, as well as an additional index that reflects the types of securities in which the Fund invests, the 50/50 Blended DJIA/Treasury Index (which consists of 50% common stocks represented by the DJIA and 50% short-duration Treasury securities represented by the BofA Merrill Lynch 1-Year Treasury Note Index). For additional information on these indices, please see “Index Descriptions” on page 66 of the Prospectus. The Fund is the successor to the Hennessy Balanced Fund, a series of The Hennessy Funds, Inc. (the “Predecessor Balanced Fund”). The performance information provided for the periods on or prior to February 28, 2014 is historical information for the Predecessor Balanced Fund, which was managed by the same investment adviser and had the same investment objective and investment strategy as the Fund. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future performance. Performance may be higher or lower in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website (hennessyfunds.com).

HENNESSY BALANCED FUND

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS

For the period shown on the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly return was 14.05% for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and the lowest quarterly return was -12.52% for the quarter ended December 31, 2008.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

(for the periods ended December 31, 2014)

	One	Five	Ten
	Year	Years	Years
Hennessy Balanced Fund

Return before taxes	2.64%	6.58%	3.81%

Return after taxes
on distributions	1.48%	6.13%	3.28%

Return after taxes
on distributions and
sale of Fund shares	2.45%	5.17%	3.02%

50/50 Blended
DJIA/Treasury Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)	5.10%	7.30%	5.17%

Dow Jones
Industrial Average
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)	10.04%	14.22%	7.91%

We use the 50/50 Blended DJIA/Treasury Index as an additional index because it compares the Fund’s performance with the returns of an index holding investments similar to those of the Fund.

The 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 depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the 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. The Fund’s return after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares may be higher than its return before taxes and after taxes on distributions because it may include a tax benefit resulting from the capital losses that would have resulted.

Investment Manager

Hennessy Advisors, Inc. is the investment manager of the Fund.

Portfolio Managers

Neil J. Hennessy and Brian E. Peery are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the portfolio of the Fund and for developing and executing the Fund’s investment program. Mr. Hennessy serves as a Portfolio Manager of the Fund, and has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Manager, a registered investment advisor, since its organization in 1989. Mr. Peery has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since October 2014 and served as a Co-Portfolio Manager of the Fund from February 2011 through September 2014. He has been employed by the Manager since 2002.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

To purchase Fund shares, you may contact your broker-dealer or other financial intermediary. To purchase Fund shares directly from the Hennessy Funds, or for assistance with completing your application, please call 1-800-966-4354 or 1-415-899-1555 between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Eastern time/6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Pacific time on Monday through Thursday or between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern time/6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Pacific time on Friday (excluding holidays). You may buy Fund shares each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.

The minimum initial investment in Fund shares is $2,500 for regular accounts and $250 for Individual Retirement Accounts. For corporate sponsored retirement plans, there is no minimum initial investment. There is no subsequent minimum investment requirement. A $100 minimum exists for each additional investment made through an Automatic Investment Plan. The Fund may waive the minimum investment requirements from time to time. Investors purchasing Fund shares through financial intermediaries’ asset based fee programs may have the above minimums waived by their intermediary, since the intermediary, rather than the Fund, absorbs the increased costs of small purchases.

You may redeem Fund shares each day the NYSE is open either by mail (Hennessy Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701) or by calling the Transfer Agent at 1-800-261-6950 between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern time/6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on Monday through Friday (excluding holidays). Investors who wish to redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary should contact the intermediary regarding the hours during which orders to redeem Fund shares may be placed.

Tax Information

Distributions on Fund shares are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, in which case such distributions may be taxable at a later date.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

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