485APOS 1 f439_d2-SEC.htm EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND 485(A) FILING
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2018.
1933 Act File No. 33-65572
1940 Act File No. 811-7852


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___
Post-Effective Amendment No. 150
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 151

USAA MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

9800 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX 78288
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code
(210) 498-0226
Jon Hadfield, Secretary
USAA MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288-0227
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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PROSPECTUS
USAA Extended Market Index Fund (USMIX)
May 1, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved of this Fund's shares or determined whether this prospectus is accurate or complete. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

 


 


Investment Objective
The USAA Extended Market Index Fund (the Fund) seeks to match, before fees and expenses, the performance of the U.S. stocks not included in the S&P 500 Index as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market IndexSM (the “Index”).1 The Index measures the performance of all small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market IndexSM less the stocks in the S&P 500 Index.
1 “Dow Jones,” and “The Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market IndexSM” are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings, LLC.
Fees and Expenses
The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay, directly and indirectly, to invest in the Fund. The annual fund operating expenses for the Fund are based on expenses incurred during the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fee 0.10%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees None
Other Expenses 0.34%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.44%(a)
(a) The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.
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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, you would pay the following expenses on a $10,000 investment, assuming (1) a 5% annual return, (2) the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and (3) you redeem all of your shares at the end of the periods shown.
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$45 $141 $246 $555

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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, including 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 shares of the Fund are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example tables, affect the Fund’s performance.
For the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was [xx]% of the average value of its whole portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund’s principal investment strategy is, under normal market conditions, to invest at least 80% of its assets in securities or other financial instruments of companies that are components of, or have economic characteristics similar to, the securities included in the Index. This strategy may be changed upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
The Index is composed of all the equity securities that are issued by companies headquartered in the United States with their primary market listing in the United States, except those stocks included in the S&P 500.
In seeking to track the performance of the index, the Fund uses the “sampling” method of indexing. Under this approach, the Fund selects a representative sample of stocks and/or derivatives that resemble the Index in terms of industry weightings, market capitalization, and other characteristics. It is not the Fund’s intent to fully replicate the Index.
Principal Risks
Any investment involves risk, and there is no assurance that the Fund’s objective will be achieved. As you consider an investment in the Fund, you also should take into account your tolerance for the daily fluctuations of the financial markets and whether you can afford to leave your money in the Fund for long periods of time to ride out down periods. As with other mutual funds, losing money is a risk of investing in the Fund.
The equity securities held in the Fund are subject to stock market risk. A company’s stock price in general may decline over short or even extended periods, regardless of the success or failure of a company’s operations. Stock markets tend to run in cycles, with periods when stock prices generally go up and periods when stock prices generally go down. Equity securities tend to be more volatile than debt securities.
The Fund invests in small- and mid-cap companies, which may be more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic conditions. Securities of small- and mid-cap companies may be less liquid and more

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volatile than securities of larger companies or the market in general and, therefore, may involve greater risk than investing in securities of larger companies.
The Fund may invest in futures, options, and other types of derivatives linked to the performance of the Index or other indices that are highly correlated with the Index. Risks associated with derivatives include the risk that the derivative is not well-correlated with the security, index, ETF, or currency to which it relates; the risk that derivatives used for risk management or to gain market exposure may not have the intended effects and may result in losses, underperformance, or missed opportunities; the risk that the Fund will be unable to sell the derivative because of an illiquid secondary market; the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or unable to meet its obligation; the risk of interest rate movements; and the risk that the derivatives transaction could expose the Fund to the effects of leverage, which could increase the Fund’s market exposure, magnify investment risks and losses, and cause losses to be realized more quickly. There is no guarantee that derivative techniques will be employed or that they will work as intended, and their use could lower returns or even result in losses to the Fund.
While the Fund attempts to match the performance of the Index as closely as possible before the deduction of fees and expenses, the ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective depends to some extent on the cash flow in and out of the Fund and purchases and redemptions by other investors in the Fund. The Fund’s performance may be affected by factors such as the size of the Fund’s portfolio, transaction costs, management fees and expenses, and brokerage commissions and fees. Changes in the cash flow of the Fund may affect how closely the Fund tracks the Index.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in USAA Federal Savings Bank, or any other bank, and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance
The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund and illustrates the Fund's volatility and performance from year to year for each full calendar year over the past 10 years. The table shows the Fund’s average annual total returns for the periods indicated  compared to those of the Fund's benchmark index. Performance reflects any expense limitations in effect during the periods shown.
Remember, historical performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate what will happen in the future. For the Fund’s most current performance information, log on to usaa.com or call (800) 531-USAA (8722) or (210) 531-8722.

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RISK/RETURN BAR CHART
Annual Returns for Periods Ended December 31

During the periods shown in the chart: Returns Quarter ended
Highest Quarter Return 20.56% June 30, 2009
Lowest Quarter Return -26.43% December 31, 2008
Year-to-Date Return X.XX% March 31, 2018
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. In certain situations, the return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may be higher than the other return amounts. A higher after-tax return may result when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and translates into an assumed tax deduction that benefits the shareholder. The actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. If you hold your shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as an individual retirement account (IRA) or 401(k) plan, the after-tax returns shown in the table are not relevant to you.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
For Periods Ended December 31, 2017

  Past
1 Year
Past
5 Years
Past
10 Years
Fund Shares      
Return Before Taxes 17.72% 13.99% 8.68%
Return After Taxes on Distributions 15.64% 12.30% 7.59%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 11.53% 10.92% 6.87%
Index
Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 18.20% 14.25% 8.27%
Investment Adviser
USAA Asset Management Company (“AMCO” or “Adviser”)
Subadviser
BNY Mellon Asset Management North America (“BNYM AMNA”)
Portfolio Managers
Karen Q. Wong, CFA, Managing Director and Head of Equity Portfolio Management of BNYM AMNA, has managed the Fund since February 2018.
Richard A. Brown, CFA, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Team Lead of BNYM AMNA, has managed the Fund since February 2018.
Thomas J. Durante, CFA, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Team Lead of BNYM AMNA, has managed the Fund since February 2018.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
You may purchase or sell Fund Shares through a USAA investment account on any business day through our website at usaa.com or mobile.usaa.com, or by telephone at (800) 531-USAA (8722) or (210) 531-8722. You also may purchase or sell Fund Shares through certain other financial intermediaries. If you have opened an account directly with the Fund, you also may purchase and sell Fund Shares by mail at P.O. Box 659453, San Antonio, Texas 78265-9825.
Minimum initial purchase: $3,000

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Minimum subsequent investment: $50
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that generally will be taxed to you as ordinary income or long-term capital gains, unless you are a tax-exempt investor or you invest through an IRA, 401(k) plan, or other tax-deferred account (in which case you may be taxed later, upon withdrawal of your investment from such account).
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund 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 such shares and certain servicing and administrative functions. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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USAA Asset Management Company (AMCO, Adviser, or Manager) manages this Fund. For easier reading, AMCO may be referred to as “we” or “us” throughout the prospectus.
Investment Objective
■    What is the Fund’s investment objective?
The Fund seeks to match, before fees and expenses, the performance of the U.S. stocks not included in the S&P 500 Index as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market IndexSM (the “Index”), which measures the performance of all small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market IndexSM less the stocks in the S&P 500 Index. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may change the Fund’s investment objective without shareholder approval.
More Information on the Fund’s Investment Strategy
■    What is the Fund’s investment strategy?
The Fund’s principal investment strategy is to invest, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in securities or other financial instruments of companies that are components of, or have economic characteristics similar to, the securities included in the Index. This strategy may be changed upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
The Index is composed of all the equity securities that are issued by companies headquartered in the United States with their primary market listing in the United States, except those stocks included in the S&P 500.
In seeking to track the performance of the Index, the Fund uses the “sampling” method of indexing. Under this approach, the Fund selects a representative sample of stocks and/or derivatives that resemble the Index in terms of industry weightings, market capitalization, and other characteristics. It is not the Fund’s intent to fully replicate the Index.
In addition to the principal investment strategy discussed above, the Fund may seek to earn additional income through securities lending.
■    What is an index fund?
An index fund is a mutual fund that attempts to track the performance of a specific index. An index is an unmanaged group of securities whose overall performance is used as a standard to measure investment performance of a particular market. It is a passive measure of stock market returns. It does not factor in the costs of buying, selling, and holding stocks, which are reflected in an index fund’s performance. Keep in mind that the target index is a model, not an actual portfolio, and you cannot invest directly in an index.

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Therefore, while a fund attempts to track its target index as closely as possible, it typically will not match the performance of the index exactly.
■    What is the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index?
The Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of more than 3,000 U.S. equity securities. It measures the performance of all small- and mid-cap stocks regularly traded on the exchanges and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market. The Index includes all the stocks in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index except for stocks included in the S&P 500 Index. See Additional Information on the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index for further information.
■    How is the Fund’s portfolio managed?
The Fund is not managed according to traditional methods of “active” investment management, which involve the buying and selling of securities based upon economic, financial, and market analyses and investment judgment. The Fund utilizes a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach in an attempt to match, as closely as possible, the performance of the Index, before the deduction of fees and expenses.
Under the “sampling” method of indexing, the Fund selects a representative sample of stocks and/or derivatives that resemble the Index in terms of industry weightings, market capitalization, and other characteristics. For example, the Fund may invest in a representative sample of technology stocks in the Index by investing in some, but not all, of the technology stocks included in the Index. This approach generally is less expensive than buying and holding all the stocks in the Index.
The ability of the Fund to replicate the total return of the Index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs, administrative expenses, taxes, changes in the composition of the Index or the assets of the Fund, the timing and amount of investors’ contributions and withdrawals, and other fees and expenses borne by the Fund.
■    As an investor, what are the benefits of using a passive or indexing approach?
Indexing may appeal to many investors because it provides simplicity through a straightforward market-matching strategy and may provide diversification by investing in a wide variety of companies and industries. Indexing tends to involve lower costs than actively managed funds because index funds do not have many of the expenses of actively managed funds such as research, and usually have relatively low trading activity, so total brokerage commissions tend to be lower.
■    Will the Fund purchase other types of securities?
Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund’s assets will be invested in securities or other financial instruments of companies that are

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components of, or have economic characteristics similar to, the securities included in the Index. Consistent with these conditions, the Fund may hold up to 20% of its assets in short-term debt securities, money market instruments, or other securities, in most cases to provide liquidity to pay redemptions and fees.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities and repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days. In addition, the Fund may lend securities with a value up to 33 1/3% of its total assets.
The Fund may invest in derivative instruments, and may at times invest a significant portion of its assets in futures contracts linked to the performance of the Index or other indices that are highly correlated with the Index. Derivatives allow the Fund to increase or decrease its exposure to the Index quickly and at less cost than buying or selling stocks. The Fund will invest in options, futures, and other derivative instruments in order to gain market exposure quickly in the event of subscriptions, to maintain liquidity in the event of redemptions, and to keep trading costs low. The Fund also may purchase exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Risks
Cash Flow and Tracking Error Risk: While the Fund seeks to match the performance of the Index as closely as possible before the deduction of fees and expenses, the ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective depends, to some extent, on the cash flow in and out of the Fund. The Fund’s performance may be affected by factors such as the size of the Fund’s portfolio, transaction costs, management fees and expenses, and brokerage commissions and fees. When a shareholder buys or sells shares of the Fund, it may result in the Fund having to buy or sell stocks in its portfolio. Changes in the cash flow of the Fund may affect how closely the Fund will track the Index. Because of the differences between the Index and the portfolio of the Fund, the Fund in turn may not track the Index perfectly. Because the Fund selects a representative sample of stocks from the Index as opposed to investing in each stock composing the Index, tracking error may at times be higher than a fund that invests in each stock of the Index.
Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest in futures, options, swaps, and other types of derivatives. Risks associated with derivatives include the risk that the derivative is not well-correlated with the security, index, ETFs, or currency to which it relates; the risk that derivatives used for risk management may not have the intended effects and may result in losses, underperformance, or missed opportunities; the risk that the Fund will be unable to sell the derivative because of an illiquid secondary market; the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or unable to meet its obligation; the risk of interest rate movements; and the risk that the derivatives transaction could expose the Fund to the effects of leverage, which could increase the Fund’s market exposure, magnify investment risks and losses, and cause losses to be realized

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more quickly. In addition, proposed and current regulation may limit the Fund’s ability to invest in derivatives. There is no guarantee that derivative techniques will be employed or that they will work as intended, and their use could lower returns or even result in losses to the Fund.
Futures and Options Risk: Risks associated with investments in futures and options include the risk that the futures or options contract will not fully offset the underlying position and that the investments in futures and options used for risk management may not have the intended effects and may result in losses or missed opportunities. The risk of loss of money from futures contracts and options on futures contracts used for non-hedging purposes may be greater than that of investments for hedging purposes.
Leveraging Risk: Leveraging risk is the risk associated with securities or practices that multiply small price movements into large changes in value. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments or strategies that use leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments.
Liquidity Risk: Certain securities held by the Fund may be difficult (or impossible) to sell at the time and at the price the Fund would like due to a variety of factors, including general market conditions, the perceived financial strength of the issuer, or specific restrictions on resale of the securities. Consequently, the Fund may have to hold these securities longer than it would like and may forgo other investment opportunities. It also is possible that the Fund could lose money or be prevented from realizing capital gains if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that is most beneficial to the Fund. Lack of liquidity may impact valuation of such securities and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV) adversely, especially during times of financial distress. In addition, the Fund may not be able to raise cash when needed or may be forced to sell other investments to raise cash, which could impact the Fund’s performance negatively. Infrequent trading of securities also may lead to an increase in their price volatility. Liquidity is a general investment risk that potentially could impact any security, but funds that invest in privately-placed securities, certain small-company securities, high-yield bonds, mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities, foreign or emerging-market securities, derivatives, or other structured investments, which all have experienced periods of illiquidity, generally are subject to greater liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in these types of securities.
Management Risk: The Fund is subject to management risk, which is the possibility that the investment techniques and risk analyses used in managing the Fund’s portfolio will not produce the desired results. In addition, we operate under a “manager-of-managers” structure, which gives us the right, with the prior approval of the Board and without shareholder approval, to change subadviser(s). If we add or replace a subadviser to the Fund, the Fund could experience higher portfolio turnover and higher transaction costs than normal if the new subadviser realigns the portfolio to reflect its investment

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techniques and philosophy. A realignment of the Fund’s portfolio could result in higher capital gains and distributions, which could affect the tax efficiency of the Fund negatively.
Securities Lending Risk: The Fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers or other institutions on a fully collateralized basis. There is a risk of delay in recovering a loaned security and/or risk of loss in collateral if the borrower becomes insolvent. There also is risk of loss if the borrower defaults and fails to return the loaned securities. The Fund could incur losses on the reinvestment of cash collateral from the loan, if the value of the short-term investments acquired with the cash collateral is less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.
Small- and Mid-Capitalization Company Risk: Small- and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic conditions. These companies also may have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources, and can be particularly sensitive to interest rates, borrowing costs, and earnings. Securities of such companies may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of larger companies or the market in general and, therefore, may involve greater risk than investing in securities of larger companies. In addition, small- and mid-cap companies may not be well known to the investing public, may not have institutional ownership, and may have only cyclical, static, or moderate growth prospects. Investing more heavily in one market capitalization (large, medium, or small) carries the risk that due to market conditions, that market capitalization sector may underperform the others.
Stock Market Risk: Because the Fund invests in stocks and other assets whose value is tied to stocks, it is subject to stock market risk. A company’s stock price in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time, regardless of the success or failure of a company’s operations. Stock markets tend to run in cycles, with periods when stock prices generally go up, and periods when stock prices generally go down. However, stock markets also can move up and down rapidly or unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions and other factors. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact a market as a whole.
Market turmoil may be reflected in perceptions of economic uncertainty, price volatility in the equity and debt markets, and fluctuating trading liquidity. In response, governments may adopt a variety of fiscal and monetary policy changes, including but not limited to, direct capital infusions into companies, new monetary programs, and lower interest rates. An unexpected or quick reversal of these policies could increase volatility in the equity and debt markets. Market conditions and economic risks could have a significant effect on domestic and international economies, and could add significantly to the risks of increased volatility for the Fund. Equity securities tend to be more volatile than debt securities.

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Computer Systems Risk. In addition, markets and market participants are increasingly reliant upon both publicly available and proprietary information data systems. Data imprecision, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies, unauthorized use or access, and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems and may have an adverse impact upon a single issuer, a group of issuers, or the market at large. In certain cases, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on either specific securities or even the entire market, which may result in the Fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or accurately price its investments.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This prospectus does not tell you about every policy or risk of investing in the Fund. For additional information about the Fund's investment policies and the types of securities in which the Fund's assets may be invested, you may request a copy of the Fund's SAI (the back cover of this prospectus tells you how to do this).
Portfolio Holdings
A description of the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio securities is available in the Fund's SAI, which is available upon request.
Fund Management
AMCO serves as the manager of the Fund. The Fund is one of 51 no-load mutual funds offered by USAA Mutual Funds Trust. We are an affiliate of United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a large, diversified financial services institution. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 659453, San Antonio, Texas 78265-9825. We had approximately $[xxx] billion in total assets under management as of March 31, 2018.
We provide investment management services to the Fund pursuant to a Management Agreement. Under the Management Agreement, we are responsible for managing the business and affairs of the Fund, subject to the authority of and supervision by the Board. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the Fund’s Management Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the period ended June 30. Subsequent to the date of this prospectus, the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders also will include a discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the Subadvisory Agreement.

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For our services, the Fund pays us an investment management fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annualized rate of one-tenth of one percent (0.10%) of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund operated as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure investing all of its assets in the Master Extended Market Index Series (Extended Market Portfolio) of the Quantitative Master Series LLC, a separate registered mutual fund advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (BlackRock). Under the Management Agreement, we were responsible for monitoring the services provided to the Extended Market Portfolio by BlackRock. We received no fee for providing those monitoring services.
In addition to providing investment management services, we also provide administration and servicing to the Fund. USAA Investment Management Company acts as the Fund's distributor. Our affiliate, USAA Shareholder Account Services (SAS), provides transfer agency services to the Fund. The Fund or the Fund's distributor or transfer agent may enter into agreements with third parties (Servicing Agents) to pay such Servicing Agents for certain administrative and servicing functions.
The Fund uses a “manager-of-managers” structure. We are authorized to select (with approval of the Board and without shareholder approval) one or more subadvisers to manage the day-to-day investment of the Fund's assets. We monitor each subadviser’s performance through quantitative and qualitative analysis and periodically report to the Board as to whether each subadviser’s agreement should be renewed, terminated, or modified. We also are responsible for determining how the Fund’s assets should be allocated to the subadviser(s). The allocation for each subadviser can range from 0% to 100% of the Fund's assets, and we can change the allocations without shareholder approval.
We have entered into a Subadvisory Agreement with Mellon Capital Management Corporation (“Mellon Capital”), located at 50 Freemont Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94105, to delegate the day-to-day discretionary management of the Fund’s assets. Under this agreement, Mellon Capital manages the assets of the Fund, subject to the general supervision of the Board and us, in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective, policies, and restrictions. Mellon Capital is compensated directly by AMCO and not by the Fund.
On January 31, 2018, The Boston Company Asset Management LLC (“TBCAM”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC (“Standish”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, merged into Mellon Capital (the “Reorganization”), and Mellon Capital was renamed BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corporation. BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corporation (“BNYM AMNA”) is a corporation organized

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under the laws of the state of Delaware and is an indirect subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon Corp.”). Each of Mellon Capital, Standish and TBCAM were indirect subsidiaries of BNY Mellon Corp. BNYM AMNA is headquartered at BNY Mellon Center, One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. 
Portfolio Managers
Karen Q. Wong, CFA, Managing Director and Head of Equity Portfolio Management of BNYM AMNA (formerly Mellon Capital), has managed the Fund since February 2018. Ms. Wong joined BNYM AMNA in 2000. She has 18 years of investment management experience. Education: M.B.A, in finance and a B.S. in accounting, San Francisco State University.
Richard A. Brown, CFA, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Team Lead of BNYM AMNA (formerly Mellon Capital), has managed the Fund since February 2018. Mr. Brown joined BNYM AMNA in 1995. He has 22 years of investment management experience. Education: M.B.A., California State University at Hayward.
Thomas J. Durante, CFA, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Team Lead of BNYM AMNA (formerly Mellon Capital), has managed the Fund since February 2018. Mr. Durante joined BNYM AMNA in 2000. He has 35 years of investment management experience. Education: B.A. in accounting, Fairfield University.
The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed, and ownership of Fund securities.
CHANGE OF SUBADVISERS
We have received an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that permits us, subject to certain conditions, including prior approval of the Board, to appoint and replace subadvisers, enter into subadvisory agreements, and amend subadvisory agreements on behalf of the Fund without shareholder approval. As a result, we can change the fee rate payable to a subadviser or appoint a new subadviser at a fee rate different than that paid to the current subadviser, which in turn may result in a different fee retained by AMCO. We will notify shareholders within 90 days after hiring any new subadviser for the Fund.
Purchases
OPENING AN ACCOUNT WITH THE FUND
You may purchase shares in a USAA investment account or through certain financial intermediaries as described below. You may call toll free at (800) 531-USAA (8722) or (210) 531-8722, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to

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10 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central time, to inquire about opening an account with us. If you already have an account with us, you will not need to fill out another application to invest in another fund of the USAA family of funds unless the registration is different or we need further information to verify your identity.
As required by federal law, we must obtain certain information from you prior to opening an account with us. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may refuse to open your account, or we may open your account and take certain actions without prior notice to you, including restricting account transactions pending verification of your identity. If we subsequently are unable to verify your identity, we may close your account and return to you the value of your shares at the next calculated net asset value (NAV). We prohibit opening accounts for certain investors, including but not limited to, foreign financial institutions, shell banks, correspondent accounts for foreign shell banks, and correspondent accounts for foreign financial institutions. A “foreign shell bank” is a foreign bank without a physical presence in any country. A “correspondent account” is an account established for a foreign bank to receive deposits from, or to make payments or other disbursements on behalf of, the foreign bank, or to handle other financial transactions related to such foreign bank.
TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
Each shareholder named on an account with us must provide a Social Security number or other taxpayer identification number to avoid “backup” tax withholding required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). See the section titled Taxes for additional tax information.
PURCHASING SHARES
Shares of the Fund are only available for sale in the United States and certain other areas subject to U.S. jurisdiction and may not be offered for sale in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Investors residing outside of the United States (except those with Air/Army Post Office (APO), Fleet Post Office (FPO), or Diplomatic Post Office (DPO) addresses) generally may not purchase shares of the Fund, even if they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.
Shares of the Fund are available through a USAA investment account and through certain financial intermediaries, as described below. You may purchase shares of the Fund through your USAA investment account on the Internet or by telephone; and if you have an account directly with the Fund, you also may purchase shares by mail. Shares purchased through your USAA investment account will be subject to applicable policies and procedures.
If shares of the Fund are purchased through a retirement account or an investment professional (i.e., a financial intermediary), the policies and procedures relating to these purchases may differ from those discussed in this prospectus and may vary. Additional fees also may apply to your investment

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in the Fund, including a transaction fee, if you buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker or other investment professional. For more information on these fees, check with your investment professional.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Your ability to purchase, exchange, redeem, and transfer shares will be affected by the policies of the financial intermediary through which you do business. Some policy differences may include: minimum investment requirements, exchange policies, fund choices, cutoff time for investments, and trading restrictions.
In addition, your financial intermediary may charge a transaction or other fee for the purchase or sale of shares of the Fund. Those charges are retained by the financial intermediary and are not shared with us. Please contact your financial intermediary or plan sponsor for a complete description of its policies.
Copies of the Fund's annual report, semiannual report, and SAI are available from your financial intermediary or plan sponsor.
MINIMUM INITIAL PURCHASE
$3,000. However, financial intermediaries may set different investment minimums, and the Fund reserves the right to waive or lower purchase minimums in certain circumstances.
ADDITIONAL PURCHASES
$50 minimum per transaction, per account. Employees of USAA and its affiliated companies may make additional purchases through payroll deduction for as little as $25 per pay period.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF PURCHASE
When you make a purchase, your purchase price will be the NAV per share next calculated after we or the financial intermediary receive your request in proper form (e.g., complete, signed application and payment). The Fund's NAV per share is calculated as of the close of the regular trading session (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) each day it is open for trading. If we or the financial intermediary receive your purchase request in proper form prior to that time, your purchase price will be the NAV per share calculated for that day. If we or the financial intermediary receive your purchase request in proper form after that time, the purchase price will be the NAV per share calculated as of the close of the next regular trading session of the NYSE.

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The Fund or the Fund's distributor or transfer agent may enter into agreements with Servicing Agents (such as financial intermediaries or plan sponsors), which hold shares of the Fund in omnibus accounts for their customers, under which the Servicing Agents are authorized to receive orders for shares of the Fund on the Fund’s behalf. Under these arrangements, the Fund will be deemed to have received an order when an authorized Servicing Agent receives the order. Accordingly, customer orders will be priced at the Fund’s NAV per share next calculated after they are received by an authorized Servicing Agent even though the orders may be transmitted to the Fund by the Servicing Agent after the time the Fund calculates its NAV.
PAYMENT
If you hold an account directly with the Fund and you plan to purchase shares from us with a check, money order, or other similar instrument, the instrument must be written in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank. We do not accept the following foreign instruments: checks, money orders, traveler’s checks, or other similar instruments. In addition, we do not accept cash or coins. If you plan to purchase shares through a financial intermediary, please check with that financial intermediary regarding acceptable forms of payment.
Redemptions
For federal income tax purposes, a redemption of shares of the Fund is a taxable event, upon which you may recognize a capital gain or loss (unless you hold the shares of the Fund in a tax-deferred account or are a tax-exempt investor). A capital gain or loss is based on the difference between your basis in the redeemed shares and the proceeds you receive upon their redemption. See the section titled Taxes for information regarding basis election and reporting.
The Fund may elect to suspend the redemption of shares or postpone the date of payment in limited circumstances (e.g., if the NYSE is closed or when permitted by order of the SEC).
Under normal market conditions, the Fund typically expects to meet redemption requests by paying out proceeds from cash or cash equivalent portfolio holdings, or by selling portfolio holdings. Under deteriorating market conditions or market stress, the Fund also may borrow from a line of credit to which the Fund and certain other USAA Funds are parties. The Fund and the other USAA Funds are limited as to the amount that each may individually and collectively borrow under the line of credit. As a result, borrowings available to the Fund may be insufficient to satisfy Fund redemption requests. In addition, the Fund reserves the right to honor redemption orders wholly or partly with in-kind distributions of Fund portfolio securities instead of cash.

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REDEEMING SHARES
You may redeem shares of the Fund through your USAA investment account on the Internet or by telephone on any day the NAV per share is calculated. If you have a direct account with the Fund, you also may redeem shares by mail. Shareholders will receive a redemption price of the NAV per share next calculated after we receive your request in proper form. If we receive your redemption request in proper form prior to the close of the NYSE’s regular trading session (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time), your redemption price will be the NAV per share calculated for that day. If we receive the redemption request after that time, the redemption price will be the NAV per share calculated as of the close of the next regular trading session of the NYSE. Shares redeemed through your USAA investment account will be subject to applicable policies and procedures.
The Fund has undertaken certain authentication procedures regarding telephone transactions and will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine. Before any discussion regarding your account, we will obtain certain information from you to verify your identity. Additionally, your telephone calls may be recorded or monitored, and confirmations of account transactions are sent to the address of record or by electronic delivery to your designated e-mail address.
If you hold shares of the Fund through a USAA investment account or an account directly with the Fund, the Fund typically expects to pay out redemption proceeds on the next business day after your order is received in proper form; however, it may take up to seven days to send your proceeds. Payment for redemption of shares purchased by electronic funds transfer (EFT) or check will be sent after the EFT or check has cleared, which could take up to seven days from the purchase date.
If you hold shares of the Fund in your account with a financial intermediary, please contact your financial intermediary regarding redemption policies. Generally, any redemption request you place with your financial intermediary in proper form prior to the close of the NYSE (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) will receive the NAV per share calculated for that day, subject to the financial intermediary’s applicable policies and procedures. Normally, the Fund transmits proceeds to intermediaries for redemption orders that are received in proper form on the next business day after receipt. Under certain circumstances and when deemed to be in the Fund’s best interests, proceeds may not be sent to intermediaries for up to seven days after receipt of the redemption order.
Exchanges
For federal income tax purposes, an exchange between funds is a taxable event, upon which you may recognize a capital gain or loss (unless you hold the shares of the Fund in a tax-deferred account or are a tax-exempt investor).

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Such a gain or loss is based on the difference, if any, between your basis in the exchanged shares and the aggregate NAV of the shares you receive in the exchange. See the section titled Taxes for information regarding basis election and reporting.
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE
You may exchange shares between funds in the USAA family of funds, provided the shares to be acquired are offered in your state of residence. The Fund, however, reserves the right to terminate or change the terms of an exchange offer.
If you have opened an account directly with the Fund, you may make exchanges through the USAA self-service telephone system and on usaa.com. If you have a USAA investment account, you may make exchanges on usaa.com or on mobile.usaa.com. After we receive the exchange orders, the Fund’s transfer agent will simultaneously process exchange redemptions and purchases at the share prices next calculated pursuant to the procedures set forth herein. See the section titled Effective Date of Purchase for additional information. The investment minimums applicable to share purchases also apply to exchanges.
If you hold shares of the Fund in an account with a financial intermediary or plan sponsor, the policies and procedures on an exchange may differ from those discussed in this prospectus. Additional fees also may apply to your investment in the Fund, including a transaction fee, if you buy, sell, or exchange shares of the Fund through a broker or other investment professional. For more information on these fees, check with your investment professional.
Other Important Information About Purchases, Redemptions, and Exchanges
CONTACTING USAA
The following features may be available to you to purchase, redeem, and exchange shares of the Fund you hold in a USAA investment account or in an account opened directly with the Fund.
Internet Access
Review account information and make most account transactions. This includes making purchases, exchanges, and redemptions; reviewing account activity; checking balances; and more.

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Mobile Access
Review account information and make most account transactions.
USAA Self-Service Telephone System (800) 531-USAA (8722) or (210) 531-8722
Access account information and make most account transactions.
Telephone
Call toll free (800) 531-USAA (8722) or (210) 531-8722 Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central time, to speak with a member service representative.
Fax
If you hold an account directly with the Fund, you may send a signed fax with your written redemption instructions to (800) 292-8177. In certain instances we may require a signature from all owners associated with an account.
Mail
If you hold an account directly with the Fund and would like to make a purchase or request a redemption by mail, send your written instructions to:
Regular Mail:
USAA Investment Management Company
P.O. Box 659453
San Antonio, TX 78265-9825
Registered or Express Mail:
USAA Investment Management Company
9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78240
Bank Wire
To add to your account or request a redemption by bank wire, visit us at usaa.com or call (800) 531-USAA (8722) or (210) 531-8722 for instructions. This helps to ensure that your account will be credited or debited promptly and correctly.

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Electronic Funds Transfer
Additional purchases on a regular basis may be deducted electronically from a bank account, paycheck, income-producing investment, or USAA money market fund account. Sign up for these services when opening an account or log on to usaa.com or call (800) 531-USAA (8722) or (210) 531-8722 to add them.
IRA DISTRIBUTION FEE
The Fund may apply a distribution fee to all full IRA distributions, except for those due to death, disability, divorce, or transfer to other USAA lines of business. Partial IRA distributions are not charged a distribution fee.
EXCESSIVE SHORT-TERM TRADING
The USAA Funds generally are not intended as short-term investment vehicles (except for the money market funds, Short-Term Bond Fund, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund, and Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund). Some investors try to profit by using excessive short-term trading practices involving mutual fund shares, frequently referred to as “market timing.”
Excessive short-term trading activity can disrupt the efficient management of a fund and raise its transaction costs by forcing portfolio managers to first buy and then sell portfolio securities in response to a large investment or redemption by short-term traders. While there is no assurance that the USAA Funds can deter all excessive and short-term trading, the Board has adopted the following policies (except for the money market funds, Short-Term Bond Fund, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund, and Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund). These policies are designed to deter disruptive, excessive short-term trading without needlessly penalizing bona fide investors.
To deter such trading activities, the USAA Funds’ policies and procedures state that:
Each USAA Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order, including an exchange, that it regards as disruptive to the efficient management of the particular fund.
Each USAA Fund may use a fair value pricing service or other model to assist in establishing the current value of foreign securities held by the USAA Fund. Fair value pricing is used to adjust for “stale pricing” that may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges or markets and the time when the USAA Fund calculates its NAV per share. The use of fair value pricing is intended to deter investors who may be trying to take advantage of time-zone differences in the valuation of foreign securities and to prevent dilution to long-term investors. Fair value pricing of a foreign security can result in a USAA Fund using a price that is higher or lower than the closing price of a foreign security for purposes of calculating a USAA Fund’s NAV.

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THE USAA FUNDS’ RIGHT TO REJECT PURCHASE AND EXCHANGE ORDERS AND LIMIT TRADING IN ACCOUNTS
The USAA Funds’ main safeguard against excessive short-term trading is their right to reject purchase or exchange orders if in the best interest of the affected fund. In exercising this discretion to reject purchase and exchange orders, the USAA Funds deem that certain excessive short-term trading activities are not in the best interest of the fund because such activities can hamper the efficient management of the fund. Generally, persons who engage in an “in and out” (or “out and in”) transaction within a 30-day period will violate the USAA Funds’ policy if they engage in another “in and out” (or “out and in”) transaction in the same fund within 90 days. The USAA Funds also reserve the right to restrict future purchases or exchanges if an investor is classified as engaged in other patterns of excessive short-term trading, including after one large disruptive purchase and redemption or exchange. Finally, the USAA Funds reserve the right to reject any other purchase or exchange order in other situations that do not involve excessive short-term trading activities if in the best interest of a fund.
The following transactions are exempt from the excessive short-term trading activity policies described above:
Transactions in the money market funds, Short-Term Bond Fund, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund, and Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund;
Purchases and sales pursuant to automatic investment or withdrawal plans;
Purchases and sales made through USAA Managed Portfolios-UMP®, USAA 529 College Savings PlanTM, USAA Giving Fund, USAA Federal Savings Bank Trust Department, or other designated USAA managed investment accounts;
Purchases and sales by the Target Retirement Funds, Cornerstone Conservative Fund, and/or Cornerstone Equity Fund; and
Other transactions that are not motivated by short-term trading considerations if they are approved by transfer agent management personnel and are not disruptive to a fund.
If a person is classified as having engaged in excessive short-term trading, the remedy will depend upon the trading activities of the investor in the account and related accounts and its disruptive effect, and can include warnings to cease such activity and/or restrictions or termination of trading privileges in a particular USAA Fund or all of the USAA Funds.
The USAA Funds rely on the transfer agent to review trading activity for excessive short-term trading. There can be no assurance, however, that its monitoring activities will successfully detect or prevent all excessive

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short-term trading. The USAA Funds or the transfer agent may exclude transactions below a certain dollar amount from monitoring and may change that dollar amount from time to time.
The USAA Funds seek to apply these policies and procedures uniformly to all investors; however, some investors purchase shares of a USAA Fund through financial intermediaries that establish omnibus accounts to invest in the USAA Funds for their clients and submit net orders to purchase or redeem shares after combining their client orders. The USAA Funds subject to the short-term trading policies generally treat these omnibus accounts as an individual investor and will apply the short-term trading policies to the net purchases and sales submitted by the omnibus account unless the USAA Funds or their transfer agent have entered into an agreement requiring the omnibus account to submit the underlying trading information for their clients upon our request and/or monitor for excessive trading. For those omnibus accounts for which we have entered into agreements to monitor excessive trading or provide underlying trade information, the financial intermediary or USAA Funds will review net activity in these omnibus accounts for activity that indicates potential, excessive short-term trading activity. If we detect suspicious trading activity at the omnibus account level, we will request underlying trading information and review the underlying trading activity to identify individual accounts engaged in excessive short-term trading activity. We will instruct the omnibus account to restrict, limit, or terminate trading privileges in a particular fund for individual accounts identified as engaging in excessive short-term trading through these omnibus accounts.
We also may rely on the financial intermediary to review for and identify underlying trading activity for individual accounts engaged in excessive short-term trading activity, and to restrict, limit, or terminate trading privileges if the financial intermediary’s policies are determined by us to be at least as stringent as the USAA Funds’ policy. For shares purchased through financial intermediaries there may be additional or more restrictive policies. You may wish to contact your financial intermediary to determine the policies applicable to your account.
Because of the increased costs to review underlying trading information, the USAA Funds will not enter into agreements with every financial intermediary that operates an omnibus account. The USAA Funds or their transfer agent could decide to enter into such contracts with financial intermediaries for all funds or particular funds and can terminate such agreements at any time.
OTHER FUND RIGHTS
The Fund reserves the right to:
Reject or restrict purchase or exchange orders when in the best interest of the Fund;
Limit or discontinue the offering of shares of the Fund without notice to the shareholders;

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Calculate the NAV per share and accept purchase, exchange, and redemption orders on a business day that the NYSE is closed;
Redeem some or all of its shares in kind when in the best interest of the Fund;
Require a signature guarantee for transactions or changes in account information in those instances where the appropriateness of a signature authorization is in question (the SAI contains information on acceptable guarantors);
Redeem an account with less than $250, with certain limitations;
Restrict or liquidate an account when necessary or appropriate to comply with federal law; and
Discontinue or otherwise limit the opening of accounts with us.
Shareholder Information
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Certain financial intermediaries perform recordkeeping, networking, administrative, sub-transfer agency, and shareholder services for their clients with respect to their investments in the Fund that would otherwise be performed by the Fund’s transfer agent or administrator and shareholder servicing agent. In some circumstances, we, or one of our affiliates, will pay a financial intermediary for these services out of our own resources. In other circumstances, the Fund will pay a fee to the financial intermediary for performing those services. The Fund will not pay financial intermediaries more than it would pay its direct service providers for transfer agency, administration, and/or shareholder services. In cases where intermediary fees are higher due to differences in the services being provided or other factors, the additional amounts will be paid by us and/or the distributor. In addition, these payments generally are based on either (1) a percentage of the average daily net assets of Fund shareholders’ accounts serviced by a financial intermediary or (2) a fixed dollar amount for each account serviced by a financial intermediary. The aggregate amount of these payments may be substantial.
In addition, we and the Fund's distributor may make payments to intermediaries for various additional services, other expenses, and/or the financial intermediaries’ distribution of shares of the Fund. Such payments are sometimes referred to as “revenue sharing” and generally are negotiated with a financial intermediary on the basis of such factors as the number or value of shares of the Fund that the financial intermediary sells or may sell; the value of client assets invested; or the type and nature of services or support furnished by the financial intermediary. Such revenue sharing payments are intended to compensate a financial intermediary for one or more of the

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following: (1) distribution, which may include expenses incurred by financial intermediaries for their sales activities with respect to the Fund, such as preparing, printing, and distributing sales literature and advertising materials and compensating registered representatives or other employees of such financial intermediaries for their sales activities, as well as the opportunity for the Fund to be made available by such financial intermediaries; (2) shareholder services, such as providing individual and custom investment advisory services to clients of the financial intermediaries; and (3) marketing and promotional services, including business planning assistance, educating personnel about the Fund, including the Fund on preferred or recommended lists or in certain sales programs sponsored by the intermediary, and sponsorship of sales meetings, which may include covering costs of providing speakers. The distributor may sponsor seminars and conferences designed to educate financial intermediaries about the Fund and may cover the expenses associated with attendance at such meetings, including travel costs. These payments and activities are intended to educate financial intermediaries about the Fund and may help defray, or compensate the financial intermediary for, the costs associated with offering the Fund.
The payments also may, to the extent permitted by applicable regulations, contribute to various non-cash and cash incentive arrangements to promote the sale of shares of the Fund, as well as sponsor various educational programs, sales contests and/or promotions. We and the Fund's distributor may, from time to time, provide occasional gifts, meals, tickets or other entertainment, or support for due diligence trips. These payments are in addition to any fees paid by the Fund to compensate financial intermediaries for providing distribution-related services to the Fund and/or shareholder services to Fund shareholders. These payments may be a fixed dollar amount or may be based on a percentage of the value of shares sold to, or held by, customers of the financial intermediary involved. The amount of these payments may be substantial and may differ among financial intermediaries. In addition, certain financial intermediaries may have access to certain services from us or the distributor, including research reports and economic analysis, and portfolio analysis tools. In certain cases, the financial intermediary may not pay for these services. These payments and other arrangements may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information. The amount of any payments described by this paragraph is determined by us or the distributor, and all such amounts are paid out of our available assets or the assets of the distributor and do not directly affect the total expense ratio of the Fund.
SHARE PRICE CALCULATION
The price at which you purchase and redeem shares of the Fund is equal to the NAV per share calculated on the effective date of the purchase or redemption. The NAV per share is calculated by adding the value of the Fund’s assets (i.e., the value of its investments and other assets), deducting

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liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. Shares of the Fund may be purchased and sold at the NAV per share without a sales charge. The Fund’s NAV per share is calculated as of the close of the NYSE (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) each day that the NYSE is open for regular trading. The NYSE is closed on most national holidays and Good Friday.
VALUATION OF SECURITIES
The Board has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”); and subject to Board oversight and approval, the Committee administers and oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures. Among other things, these policies and procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities dealers, and a wide variety of sources and information to establish and adjust the fair value of securities as events occur and circumstances warrant.
Equity securities, including ETFs, except as otherwise noted, traded primarily on domestic securities exchanges or the over-the-counter markets, are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or primary market on which they trade. Equity securities traded primarily on foreign securities exchanges or markets are valued at the last quoted sale price, or the most recently determined official closing price calculated according to local market convention, available at the time the Fund is valued. If no last sale or official closing price is reported or available, the average of the bid and ask prices generally is used.
Short-term debt securities with original or remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, provided that amortized cost represents the fair value of such securities.
Repurchase agreements are valued at cost.
Investments in open-end investment companies, commingled, or other funds, other than ETFs, are valued at their NAV at the end of each business day.
Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price at the close of market on the principal exchange on which they are traded or, in the absence of any transactions that day, the values are based upon the settlement price on the prior trading date if it is within the spread between the closing bid and ask price closest to the settlement price.
Options contracts are valued by a pricing service at the National Best Bid/Offer (NBBO) composite price, which is derived from the best available bid and ask price in all participating options exchanges determined to most closely reflect market value of the options at the time of computation of the Fund’s NAV. Options on futures are valued at the settlement price.
In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, are not reflective of market value, or a significant event has been recognized in relation to a security or class of securities, the securities are valued in good faith, at fair value by the Committee in accordance with valuation procedures

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approved by the Board. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded, and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund’s NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.
Fair value methods used by the Fund include, but are not limited to, obtaining market quotations from secondary pricing services, broker-dealers, other pricing services, or widely used quotation systems. General factors considered in determining the fair value of securities include fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of any restrictions on disposition of the securities, evaluation of credit quality, and an evaluation of the forces that influenced the market in which the securities are purchased and sold.
For additional information on how securities are valued, see Valuation of Securities in the Fund's SAI.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund intends to pay distributions of net investment income (dividends) annually. Ordinarily, any net realized capital gains are distributed in December of each year. The Fund may make additional distributions to shareholders, or may not make a distribution, when considered appropriate or necessary. For example, the Fund could make one or more additional distributions to avoid the imposition of any federal income or excise taxes or may not make a distribution to limit returns of capital.
The Fund automatically reinvests all dividends and other distributions paid on a share class in additional shares of that class unless you request to receive those distributions by way of electronic funds transfer. The share price for a reinvestment is the NAV per share of the class computed on the ex-distribution date. Any distribution made by the Fund reduces the NAV per share of the class by the amount of the distribution on the ex-distribution date. You should consider carefully the effects of purchasing shares of the Fund shortly before any distribution (as explained below). The Fund will invest in your account, at the current NAV per share, any distribution payment returned to the Fund by your financial institution.
TAXES
The following tax information is quite general and refers to the federal income tax law in effect as of the date of this prospectus.
■    Treatment of the Fund
The Fund, which is treated as a separate corporation for federal tax purposes, has qualified for each past taxable year, and intends to continue to qualify, for treatment as a “regulated investment company” under the Code. By doing so, the Fund (but not its shareholders) is relieved of federal income tax on the

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part of its investment company taxable income (consisting generally of taxable net investment income, the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss (“net short-term gain”), and net gains and losses from certain foreign currency transactions, if any, all determined without regard to any deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss), if any, that it distributes to its shareholders.
■    Shareholder Taxation
Distributions that shareholders receive from the Fund generally are subject to federal income tax and may be subject to state and/or local taxes. Dividends and distributions of net short-term gains are taxable to you as ordinary income, whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. A portion of the Fund’s dividends (which is not expected to be substantial) may qualify for (1) the 50% dividends-received deduction available to corporations, and (2) the lower maximum federal income tax rates applicable to “qualified dividend income” of individuals and certain other non-corporate shareholders (each, an “individual shareholder”) who satisfy certain holding period and other restrictions with respect to their shares of the Fund—a maximum of 15% for a single shareholder with taxable income not exceeding $425,800 ($479,700 for married shareholders filing jointly) and 20% for those individual shareholders with taxable income exceeding those respective amounts (which are effective for 2018 and will be adjusted for inflation annually thereafter).
Regardless of the length of time you have held shares of the Fund, distributions of net capital gains that the Fund realizes are taxable to you as long-term capital gains, whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. Those distributions are taxed to individual shareholders at the 15% and 20% tax rates described above.
You may realize a capital gain or loss for federal income tax purposes on a redemption or an exchange (which is treated like a redemption for those purposes) of shares of the Fund. Your gain or loss is based on the difference, if any, between your basis in the redeemed (or exchanged) shares and the redemption proceeds (or the aggregate NAV of the shares of the fund into which you exchange) you receive. Any capital gain an individual shareholder recognizes on a redemption or exchange of his or her shares of the Fund that have been held for more than one year will qualify for the 15% and 20% tax rates described above.
In addition, an individual shareholder is subject to a 3.8% federal tax on the lesser of (1) the individual’s “net investment income,” which generally includes distributions the Fund pays and net gains realized on the redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund, or (2) the excess of his or her “modified adjusted gross income” over $200,000 (or $250,000 if married and filing jointly). This tax is in addition to any other taxes due on that income. You

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should consult your tax adviser regarding the effect, if any, this provision may have on your investment in shares of the Fund.
Your basis in shares of the Fund that you acquired after December 31, 2011, (Covered Shares) will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s default method, which is average basis, unless you affirmatively elect in writing (which may be electronic) to use a different acceptable basis determination method, such as a specific identification method. The basis determination method you elect (or the default method) may not be changed with respect to a redemption of Covered Shares after the settlement date of the redemption. You should consult with your tax adviser to determine the best Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-accepted basis determination method.
■    Withholding
Federal law requires the Fund to withhold (referred to as “backup withholding”) and remit to the U.S. Treasury 24% of (1) dividends, capital gain distributions, and proceeds of redemptions, regardless of the extent to which gain or loss may be realized, otherwise payable to any individual shareholder who fails to furnish the Fund with a correct taxpayer identification number and (2) those dividends and distributions otherwise payable to any individual shareholder who:
Underreports dividend or interest income or
Fails to certify that he or she is not subject to backup withholding.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax, and any amounts so withheld may be credited against a shareholder’s federal income tax liability or refunded. To avoid this withholding, you must certify on your application, or on a separate IRS Form W-9 supplied by the Fund's transfer agent, that your taxpayer identification number is correct and you currently are not subject to backup withholding.
■    Reporting
The Fund will report information to you annually concerning the tax status of your dividends and other distributions for federal income tax purposes. In addition, the Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the IRS and furnish to its shareholders the basis information for Covered Shares and indicate whether they had a short-term (one year or less) or long-term (more than one year) holding period. You should consult with your tax adviser to obtain more information about how the basis reporting law applies to you.
SHAREHOLDER MAILINGS
■    Householding
Through our ongoing efforts to help reduce Fund expenses, each household will receive a single copy of the Fund’s most recent shareholder reports and prospectus. You will receive a single copy if you and/or a family member own

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more than one account in the Fund. For many of you, this eliminates duplicate copies and saves paper and postage costs for the Fund. However, if you would like to receive individual copies, please contact us; and we will begin your individual delivery within 30 days of your request.
■    Electronic Delivery
Log on to usaa.com and sign up to receive your statements, confirmations, financial reports, tax documents, and prospectuses electronically instead of through the mail.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, including, among others, the Fund's manager, transfer agent, and distributor, who provide services to the Fund. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended (or “third-party”) beneficiaries of, any of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any individual shareholder or group of shareholders any right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the Trust or the Fund.
This prospectus provides information concerning the Trust and the Fund that you should consider in determining whether to purchase shares of the Fund. Neither this prospectus nor the related SAI is intended to be, or should be read to give rise to, an agreement or contract between the Trust or the Fund and any investor, or to give rise to any rights in any shareholder or other person other than any rights under federal or state law that may not be waived.
Financial Highlights
The following financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past five years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all income dividends and capital gain distributions).
The information has been derived from financial statements audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund's financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report to shareholders, which is available upon request.

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USAA EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
  Year Ended December 31,
  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net asset value at beginning of period   $16.06 $18.02 $17.63 $13.33
Income (loss) from investment operations:          
Net investment income   .18 .14 .16 .13
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and futures transactions   2.33 (.81) 1.09 4.82
Total from investment operations   2.51 (.67) 1.25 4.95
Less distributions from:          
Net investment income   (.18) (.15) (.16) (.13)
Realized capital gains   (1.05) (1.14) (.70) (.52)
Total distributions   (1.23) (1.29) (.86) (.65)
Net asset value at end of period   $17.34 $16.06 $18.02 $17.63
Total return (%)*   15.48 (3.76) 7.18 37.26
Net assets at end of period (000)   $671,703 $619,624 $660,930 $615,739
Ratios to average net assets:**          
Expenses, including expenses of the Master Extended Market Index Series (%)(a)   .48 .48(b) .48 .50
Expenses before reimbursements, including expenses of the Master Extended Market Index Series (%)(a)   .48 .48 .48 .51
Net investment income (%)   1.14 .86 .94 .89
Portfolio turnover (%)***   13 14 10 18
* Assumes reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any, during the period. Includes adjustments in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and could differ from the Lipper reported return. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
** For the year ended December 31, 2017, average net assets were $716,917,349.
*** Represents the portfolio turnover of the Master Extended Market Index Series (the Series).
(a) Reflects total annual operating expenses of the Fund before reductions of any expenses paid indirectly. The Fund's expenses paid indirectly decreased the expense ratios as follows:
   
    (.00%)+
+ Represents less than 0.01% of average net assets.
(b) Prior to May 1, 2015, the Manager had voluntarily agreed to limit the annual expenses of the Fund to 0.50% of the Fund’s average net assets.

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Additional Information on the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index
The “Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market IndexSM” is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, or its affiliates (“SPDJI”), and has been licensed for use by USAA Mutual Funds Trust (the “Trust”). Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of S&P Global (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”). It is not possible to invest directly in an index. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, or any of their respective affiliates (collectively, “S&P Dow Jones Indices”). The S&P Dow Jones Indices do not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly or the ability of the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index to track general market performance. Past performance of an index is not an indication or guarantee of future results. S&P Dow Jones Indices’ only relationship to the Trust with respect to the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Indexis the licensing of the Index and certain trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of S& P Dow Jones Indices and/or its licensors. The Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index is determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices without regard to the Trust or the Fund. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation to take the needs of the Trust or the owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index. The S&P Dow Jones Indices are not responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the prices, and amount of the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of the Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Fund is to be converted into cash, surrendered or redeemed, as the case may be. S&P Dow Jones Indiceshave no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund. There is no assurance that investment products based on the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. SPDJI is not an investment or tax advisor. A tax advisor should be consulted to evaluate the impact of any tax-exempt securities on portfolios and the tax consequences of making any particular investment decision. Inclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it considered to be investment advice.
THE S&P DOW JONES INDICES DO NOTGUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE DOW JONES U.S. COMPLETION TOTAL STOCK MARKET

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INDEXSM OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO OR ANY COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. S&P DOW JONES INDICES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE TRUST, OWNERS OF THE TRUST’S PRODUCT(S), OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE DOW JONES U.S. COMPLETION TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEXSM OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THERE ARE NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND THE TRUST, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF S&P DOW JONES INDICES.

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Investment Company Act File No. 811-7852
 
 
42886-0518 ©2018, USAA. All rights reserved.
USAA MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
May 1, 2018
Extended Market Index Fund (USMIX)
USAA MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST (the Trust) is an open-end management investment company offering shares of fifty-one no-load mutual funds, one of which is described in this statement of additional information (SAI): the USAA Extended Market Index Fund (the Fund). The Fund is classified as diversified.
You may obtain a free copy of the prospectus dated May 1, 2018, for the Fund by writing to USAA Mutual Funds Trust, 9800 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX 78288, or by calling toll free (800) 531-USAA (8722). The prospectus provides the basic information you should know before investing in the Fund. This SAI is not a prospectus and contains information in addition to and more detailed than that set forth in the Fund’s prospectus. It is intended to provide you with additional information regarding the activities and operations of the Trust and the Fund, and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s prospectus.
The financial statements of the Fund and the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Reports thereon for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, are included in the annual report to shareholders of that date and are incorporated herein by reference. The annual report to shareholders is available, without charge, by writing or calling the Trust at the above address or toll-free phone number.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Valuation of Securities
USAA Asset Management Company (AMCO or Manager) serves as the Manager of the Fund. Shares of the Fund are offered on a continuing, best-efforts basis through USAA Investment Management Company (IMCO or Distributor). The offering price for shares of the Fund is equal to the current net asset value (NAV) per share. The NAV per share of the Fund is calculated by adding the value of all its portfolio securities and other assets, deducting its liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding.
The Fund’s NAV per share is calculated each day, Monday through Friday, except days on which the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is closed. The NYSE currently is scheduled to be closed on New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and on the preceding Friday or subsequent Monday when one of these holidays falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively. The Fund reserves the right to calculate the NAV per share on a business day that the NYSE is closed.
The Trust’s Board of Trustees (the Board) has established the Valuation Committee (the Committee); and, subject to Board oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures which are approved by the Board. Among other things, these policies and procedures allow a Fund to use independent pricing services, quotations from securities dealers, and a wide variety of sources and information to establish and adjust the fair value of securities as events occur and circumstances warrant.
The Committee reports to the Board on a quarterly basis and makes recommendations to the Board as to pricing methodologies and services used by the Fund and presents additional information to the Board regarding application of the pricing and fair valuation policies and procedures during the preceding quarter.
The Committee meets as often as necessary to make pricing and fair value determinations. In addition, the Committee holds regular monthly meetings to review prior actions taken by the Committee and the Manager. Among other things, these monthly meetings include a review and analysis of backtesting reports, pricing service quotation comparisons, illiquid securities and fair value determinations, pricing movements, and daily stale price monitoring.
The value of securities of the Fund is determined by one or more of the following methods:
Equity securities, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), and equity linked structured notes, except as otherwise noted, traded primarily on domestic securities exchanges or the over-the-counter markets, are valued at the last sales price or official closing price on the exchange or primary market on which they trade. Equity securities traded primarily on foreign securities exchanges or markets are valued at the last quoted sale price, or the most recently determined official closing price calculated according to local market convention, available at the time a Fund is valued. If no last sale or official closing price is reported or available, the average of the bid and ask prices generally is used.
Securities trading in various foreign markets may take place on days when the NYSE is closed. Further, when the NYSE is open, the foreign markets may be closed. Therefore, the calculation of a Fund’s NAV may not take place at the same time the price of certain foreign securities held by a Fund is determined. In many cases, events affecting the values of foreign securities that occur between the time of their last quoted sales or official closing prices are determined and the close of normal trading on the NYSE on a day a Fund’s NAV is calculated will not need to be reflected in the value of a Fund’s foreign securities. However, the Manager and, if applicable, the Subadvisers will monitor for events that would materially affect the value of a Fund’s foreign securities. The Subadvisers have agreed to notify the Manager of significant events they identify that may materially affect the value of a Fund’s foreign securities. If the Manager determines that a particular event would materially affect the value of a Fund’s foreign securities, then the Manager, under valuation procedures approved by the Board, will consider such available information that it deems relevant to determine a fair value for the affected foreign securities. In addition, a Fund may use information from an external vendor or other sources to adjust the foreign market closing prices of foreign equity securities to reflect what the Fund believes to be the fair value of the securities as of the close of the NYSE. Fair valuation of affected foreign equity securities may occur frequently based on an assessment that events which occur on a fairly regular basis (such as U.S. market movements) are significant.
Debt securities with maturities greater than 60 days are valued each business day by a pricing service (the Service) approved by the Board. The Service uses an evaluated mean between quoted bid and ask prices or the last sales price to value a security when, in the Service’s judgment, these prices are readily available and are representative of the security’s market values. For many securities, such prices are not readily available. The Service generally prices those securities based on methods that include consideration of yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type; indications as to values from dealers in securities; and general market conditions. Short-term securities with original or remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, provided that it is determined that amortized cost represents the fair value of such securities. The Fund has adopted policies and procedures under which the Committee, subject to supervision by the Board, monitors the continued appropriateness of amortized cost valuations for such securities. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost.
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Investments in open-end investment companies, commingled, or other funds, other than ETFs, are valued at their NAV at the end of each business day. Futures contracts are valued at the last quoted sales price at the close of market on the principal exchange on which they are traded or, in the absence of any transactions that day, the values are based upon the last sale price on the prior trading date if it is within the spread between the closing bid and ask price closest to the last sale price. Options contracts are valued by a pricing service at the National Best Bid/Offer (NBBO) composite price, which is derived from the best available bid and ask prices in all participating options exchanges determined to most closely reflect market value of the options at the time of computation of Fund’s NAV.
In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, are not reflective of market value, or a significant event has been recognized in relation to a security or class of securities, the securities are valued in good faith by the Committee in accordance with valuation procedures approved by the Board. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause a Fund’s NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.
Fair value methods used by the Manager include, but are not limited to, obtaining market quotations from secondary pricing services, broker-dealers, other pricing services, or widely used quotation systems. General factors considered in determining the fair value of securities include fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of any restrictions on disposition of the securities, evaluation of credit quality, and an evaluation of the forces that influenced the market in which the securities are purchased and sold.
Conditions of Purchase and Redemption
Nonpayment
If any order to purchase shares directly from the Trust is canceled due to nonpayment or if the Trust does not receive good funds either by check or electronic funds transfer, USAA Shareholder Account Services (Transfer Agent) will treat the cancellation as a redemption of shares purchased, and you may be responsible for any resulting loss incurred by the Fund or the Manager. If you hold shares in an account with the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent can redeem shares from any of your account(s) with the Transfer Agent as reimbursement for all losses. In addition, you may be prohibited or restricted from making future purchases in any of the USAA family of funds (USAA Funds). A $29 fee is charged for all returned items, including checks and electronic funds transfers.
Transfer of Shares
Under certain circumstances, you may transfer Fund shares to another person by sending written instructions to the Transfer Agent. The account must be clearly identified, and you must include the number of shares to be transferred and the signatures of all registered owners. You also need to send written instructions signed by all registered owners and supporting documents to change an account registration due to events such as marriage or death. If a new account needs to be established, you must complete and return an application to the Transfer Agent.
Confirmations and Account Statements
Fund shareholders will receive a confirmation for each purchase, redemption, exchange, or share conversion transacted in their account. However, confirmations will not be sent for all dividend and capital gain distribution reinvestments and purchases through certain automatic investment plans and certain retirement plans, as well as certain automatic exchanges and withdrawals (excluding those in money market funds). These transactions will be confirmed at least quarterly on shareholder account statements.
Additional Information Regarding Redemption of Shares
The value of your investment at the time of redemption of your shares may be more or less than the cost at purchase, depending on the value of the securities held in the Fund’s portfolio. Requests for redemption that are subject to any special conditions or that specify an effective date other than as provided herein cannot be accepted. A gain or loss for federal income tax purposes may be realized on the redemption of shares of the Fund, depending upon their aggregate NAV when redeemed and your basis in those shares for those purposes.
Shares of the Fund may be offered to other USAA Funds that are structured as funds-of-funds, institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and other large investors (e.g., managed account programs offered by affiliated and unaffiliated investment advisers). These investors may, from time to time, own or control a significant percentage of the Fund’s shares. Accordingly, the Fund is subject to the potential for large-scale inflows and outflows as a result of purchases and redemptions by large investors in the Fund. These inflows and outflows may be frequent and could increase the Fund’s expense ratio, transaction costs, and taxable capital gain distributions (of net gains realized on the liquidation of portfolio securities to meet redemption requests), which could negatively affect
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the Fund’s performance and could cause shareholders to be subject to higher federal income tax with respect to their investments in the Fund. These inflows and outflows also could limit the Manager's ability to manage investments of the Fund in an efficient manner, which could adversely impact the Fund's performance and its ability to meet its investment objective. For example, after a large inflow, the Fund may hold a higher level of cash than it might hold under normal circumstances while the Manager seeks appropriate investment opportunities for the Fund. In addition, large inflows and outflows may limit the ability of the Fund to meet redemption requests and pay redemption proceeds within the time period stated in its prospectus because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons, and could cause the Fund to purchase or sell securities when it would not normally do so, which would be particularly disadvantageous for the Fund if it needs to sell securities at a time of volatility in the markets, when values could be falling.
Shares normally are redeemed in cash, although the Fund reserves the right to redeem some or all of its shares in kind by delivering securities from the Fund’s portfolio of investments, rather than cash, under unusual circumstances or in order to protect the interests of remaining shareholders. Securities distributed in kind would be valued for this purpose using the same method employed in calculating the Fund’s NAV. If the Fund redeems your shares in kind, you may bear transaction costs and will bear market risks until such securities are converted into cash.
Accounts held with the Transfer Agent with a balance of less than $250 may be subject to automatic redemption, provided that (1) the value of the account has been reduced, below the minimum initial investment in such Fund at the time the account was established, for reasons other than market action, (2) the account has remained below the minimum level for six months, and (3) 30 days’ prior written notice of the proposed redemption has been sent to you. The Trust anticipates closing certain small accounts yearly. Shares will be redeemed at the NAV on the date fixed for redemption. Prompt payment will be made directly to your bank account on file, or if none, by mail to your last known address.
The Trust reserves the right to suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment (1) for any periods during which the NYSE is closed, (2) when trading in the markets the Trust normally uses is restricted, or an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of the Trust’s investments or determination of its NAV is not reasonably practicable, or (3) for such other periods as the SEC by order may permit for protection of the Trust’s shareholders.
For the mutual protection of the investor and the Fund, the Trust may require a signature guarantee. If required, each signature on the account registration must be guaranteed. Signature guarantees are acceptable from FDIC member banks, brokers, dealers, municipal securities dealers, municipal securities brokers, government securities dealers, government securities brokers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing agencies, and savings associations. A signature guarantee for active duty military personnel stationed abroad may be provided by an officer of the United States Embassy or Consulate, a staff officer of the Judge Advocate General, or an individual’s commanding officer.
Excessive Short-Term Trading
The USAA Funds generally are not intended as short-term investment vehicles (except for the money market funds, Short-Term Bond Fund, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund, and Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund). Some investors try to profit by using excessive short-term trading practices involving mutual fund shares, frequently referred to as “market timing.”
Excessive short-term trading activity can disrupt the efficient management of a fund and raise its transaction costs by forcing portfolio managers to first buy and then sell portfolio securities in response to a large investment by short-term traders. While there is no assurance that the USAA Funds can deter all excessive and short-term trading, the Board has adopted the following policies (except for the money market funds, Short-Term Bond Fund, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund, and Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund). These policies are designed to deter disruptive, excessive short-term trading without needlessly penalizing bona fide investors.
To deter such trading activities, the USAA Funds’ policies and procedures include:
•    Each fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order, including an exchange, that it regards as disruptive to the efficient management of the particular fund.
•    Each fund may use a fair value pricing service or other model to assist in establishing the current value of foreign securities held by any of the USAA Funds. Fair value pricing is used to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges or markets and the time the USAA Funds calculate their NAV per share. Using fair value pricing is intended to deter those trying to take advantage of time-zone differences in the valuation of foreign securities and to prevent dilution to long-term investors. Fair value pricing of a foreign security can result in the USAA Funds using a price that is higher or lower than the closing price of a foreign security for purposes of calculating a fund’s NAV.
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Fund's Right to Reject Purchase and Exchange Orders and Limit Trading in Accounts
The USAA Funds’ main safeguard against excessive short-term trading is their right to reject purchase or exchange orders if in the best interest of the affected Fund. In exercising this discretion to reject purchase and exchange orders, the USAA Funds deem that certain excessive short-term trading activities are not in the best interest of the affected Fund because such activities can hamper the efficient management of the Fund. Generally, persons who engage in an “in and out” (or “out and in”) transaction within a 30-day period will violate the USAA Funds’ policy if they engage in another “in and out” (or “out and in”) transaction in the same Fund within 90 days. The USAA Funds also reserve the right to restrict future purchases or exchanges if an investor is classified as engaged in other patterns of excessive short-term trading, including after one large disruptive purchase and redemption or exchange. Finally, each Fund reserves the right to reject any other purchase or exchange order in other situations that do not involve excessive short-term trading activities if in the best interest of the Fund.
The following transactions are exempt from the excessive short-term trading activity policies described above:
•    Transactions in the money market funds, Short-Term Bond Fund, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund, and Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund;
•    Purchases and sales pursuant to automatic investment or withdrawal plans;
•    Purchases and sales made through USAA Managed Portfolios-UMP®, USAA 529 College Savings PlanTM, USAA Giving Fund, USAA Federal Savings Bank Trust Department, or other designated USAA managed investment accounts;
•    Purchases and sales by the Target Retirement Funds, Cornerstone Conservative Fund, and/or Cornerstone Equity Fund; and
•    Other transactions that are not motivated by short-term trading considerations if they are approved by Transfer Agent management personnel and are not disruptive to the Fund.
If a person is classified as having engaged in excessive short-term trading, the remedy will depend upon the trading activities of the investor in the account and related accounts and its disruptive effect, and can include warnings to cease such activity and/or restrictions or termination of trading privileges in a particular USAA Fund or all of the USAA Funds.
The USAA Funds rely on the Transfer Agent to review trading activity for excessive short-term trading. There can be no assurance, however, that its monitoring activities will successfully detect or prevent all excessive short-term trading. The USAA Funds or the Transfer Agent may exclude transactions below a certain dollar amount from monitoring and may change that dollar amount from time to time.
The USAA Funds seek to apply these policies and procedures uniformly to all investors; however, some investors purchase shares of USAA Funds through financial intermediaries that establish omnibus accounts to invest in the USAA Funds for their clients and submit net orders to purchase or redeem shares after combining their client orders. The USAA Funds subject to short-term trading policies generally treat each omnibus account as an individual investor and will apply the short-term trading policies to the net purchases and sales submitted by the omnibus account unless the USAA Funds or their Transfer Agent have entered into an agreement requiring the omnibus account to submit the underlying trading information for their clients upon our request and/or monitor for excessive trading. For those omnibus accounts for which we have entered into agreements to monitor excessive trading or provide underlying trade information, the financial intermediary or USAA Funds will review net activity in these omnibus accounts for activity that indicates potential, excessive short-term trading activity. If we detect suspicious trading activity at the omnibus account level, we will request underlying trading information and review the underlying trading activity to identify individual accounts engaged in excessive short-term trading activity. We will instruct the omnibus account to restrict, limit, or terminate trading privileges in a particular USAA Fund for individual accounts identified as engaging in excessive short-term trading through these omnibus accounts.
We also may rely on the financial intermediary to review and identify underlying trading activity for individual accounts engaged in excessive short-term trading activity, and to restrict, limit, or terminate trading privileges if we determine the intermediary’s policies to be at least as stringent as the USAA Funds’ policy. For shares purchased through financial intermediaries, there may be additional or more restrictive policies. You may wish to contact your financial intermediary to determine the policies applicable to your account.
Because of the increased costs to review underlying trading information, the USAA Funds will not enter into agreements with every financial intermediary that operates an omnibus account. The USAA Funds or their Transfer Agent could decide to enter into such contracts with financial intermediaries for all Funds or particular Funds, and can terminate such agreements at any time.
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Investment Plans
Automatic Purchase of Shares
InvesTronic® – The regular purchase of additional shares through electronic funds transfer from a checking or savings account. You may invest as little as $50 per transaction.
Direct Purchase Service – The periodic purchase of shares through electronic funds transfer from a non-governmental employer, an income-producing investment, or an account with a participating financial institution.
Direct Deposit Program – The monthly transfer of certain federal benefits to directly purchase shares of a USAA mutual fund. Eligible federal benefits include: Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Veterans Compensation and Pension, Civil Service Retirement Annuity, and Civil Service Survivor Annuity.
Government Allotment – The transfer of military pay by the U.S. Government Finance Center for the purchase of USAA mutual fund shares.
Automatic Transfer Plan – The periodic transfer of funds from a USAA money market fund to purchase shares in another non-money market USAA mutual fund. There is a minimum investment required for this program of $5,000 in the money market fund, with a monthly transaction minimum of $50.
Buy/Sell Service – The intermittent purchase or redemption of shares through electronic funds transfer to or from a checking or savings account. You may initiate a “buy” or “sell” whenever you choose.
Directed Dividends – If you own shares in more than one of the funds in the USAA family of funds, you may direct that dividends and/or capital gain distributions received from one fund be used to purchase shares automatically in the same class of another of those funds.
Participation in these automatic purchase plans allows you to engage in dollar-cost averaging.
Systematic Withdrawal Plan
If you own shares in a single investment account (accounts in different USAA Funds cannot be aggregated for this purpose), you may request that enough shares to produce a fixed amount of money be liquidated from the account monthly, quarterly, or annually. The amount of each withdrawal must be at least $50. Using the electronic funds transfer service, you may choose to have withdrawals electronically deposited at your bank or other financial institution. You also may elect to have checks made payable to an entity unaffiliated with United Services Automobile Association (USAA). You also may elect to have such withdrawals invested in another USAA Fund.
This plan may be initiated on usaa.com or by completing a Systematic Withdrawal Plan application, which may be requested from the Manager. You may terminate participation in the plan at any time. You are not charged for withdrawals under the Systematic Withdrawal Plan. The Trust will not bear any expenses in administering the plan beyond the regular Transfer Agent and custodian costs of issuing and redeeming shares. The Manager will bear any additional expenses of administering the plan.
Withdrawals will be made by redeeming full and fractional shares on the date you select at the time the plan is established. Withdrawal payments made under this plan may exceed dividends and other distributions and, to that extent, would reduce the dollar value of your investment and could eventually exhaust the account. Reinvesting dividends and other distributions helps replenish the account. Because share values and net investment income can fluctuate, you should not expect withdrawals to be offset by rising income or share value gains. Withdrawals that exceed the value in your account will be processed for the amount available, and the plan will be canceled.
The redemption of shares of the Fund may result in realization of a gain or loss, which must be reported on your federal income tax return. Therefore, you should keep an accurate record of any gain or loss realized on each withdrawal.
Tax-Deferred Retirement Plans
Federal tax on distributions may be deferred if you hold shares of a Fund through certain types of retirement programs. For your convenience, the Manager offers 403(b)(7) accounts and various forms of individual retirement accounts (IRAs). You may make investments in one or any combination of the Funds described in the prospectuses of the Trust (excluding any Fund that distributes tax-exempt-interest dividends).
Applications for the IRA and 403(b)(7) programs should be sent directly to USAA Shareholder Account Services, P.O. Box 659453, San Antonio, TX 78265-9825. USAA Federal Savings Bank serves as Custodian of these tax-deferred retirement accounts under the
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programs made available by the Manager. Applications for these retirement accounts received by the Manager will be forwarded to the Custodian for acceptance.
An administrative fee of $20 is deducted from the money sent to you after closing an account. Exceptions to the fee are: partial distributions, total transfer within USAA, and distributions due to disability or death. This charge is subject to change as provided in the various agreements. There may be additional charges, as mutually agreed upon between you and the Custodian, for further services requested of the Custodian.
You may obtain detailed information about the accounts from the Manager. Each employer or individual establishing a tax-deferred retirement account also is advised to consult with a tax adviser before establishing the account.
Investment Policies
The sections captioned Investment Objective and More Information on the Fund’s Investment Strategy in the Fund’s prospectus describe the Fund's investment objective(s) and the investment policies applicable to the Fund. There can, of course, be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective(s). The Fund’s objective(s) is not a fundamental policy and may be changed upon notice to, but without the approval of, the Fund’s shareholders. If there is a change in the investment objective of the Fund, the Fund’s shareholders should consider whether the Fund remains an appropriate investment in light of then-current needs. The following is provided as additional information regarding the investment policies, types of instruments, and certain risks of the Fund. Unless described as a principal investment policy in the Fund’s prospectus, these represent the non-principal investment policies of the Fund.
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in securities or other financial instruments of companies that are components of, or have economic characteristics similar to, the securities included in the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index (the Index). This strategy may be changed upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
In seeking to replicate the total return of the Index, the Fund may not allocate its investments among all of the common stocks in the Index, or in the same weightings as the Index. Instead, the Fund may invest in a sample of the stocks included in the Index and other types of financial instruments based on the Fund’s optimization process, a statistical sampling technique that aims to create a portfolio that will match approximately the performance of the Index with less transaction costs than would be incurred through full replication. The Fund may use options and futures contracts and other types of financial instruments. The investments to be included in the Fund will be selected so that the market capitalizations, industry weightings, and other fundamental characteristics of the stocks, and of the stocks underlying or otherwise related to the foregoing financial instruments, closely approximate those same factors in the Index, with the objective of reducing the selected investment portfolio’s deviation from the performance of the Index (this deviation is referred to as “tracking error”). The Fund also may engage in securities lending.
The Index contains all of the U.S.-headquartered equity securities regularly traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the NASDAQ stock market, except those stocks included in the S&P 500 Index. The Index generally is considered broadly representative of the performance of publicly traded mid-capitalization and small-capitalization stocks. A company’s stock market capitalization is the total market value of its outstanding shares.
About Indexing
The Fund is not managed according to traditional methods of “active” investment management, which involve the buying and selling of securities based upon economic, financial, and market analyses, and investment judgment. Instead, the Fund uses essentially a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach, and seeks to replicate, before expenses (which can be expected to reduce the total return of the Fund), the total return of its Index.
Indexing and Managing the Fund
The Fund will be invested substantially in securities in the Index, and will invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in securities or other financial instruments of companies that are components of or have economic characteristics similar to the securities included in the Index. For this purpose, net assets include any borrowings for investment purposes.
Because the Fund seeks to replicate the total return of its Index, generally it will not attempt to judge the merits of any particular security as an investment but will seek only to replicate the total return of the securities in the Index. However, the Fund may omit or remove a security which is included in the Index from its portfolio if, following objective criteria, the Fund judges the security to be insufficiently liquid or believes the merit of the investment has been impaired substantially by extraordinary events or financial conditions.
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The Fund may acquire certain financial instruments based upon individual securities or based upon or consisting of one or more baskets of securities (which basket may be based upon a target index). Certain of these instruments may represent an indirect ownership interest in such securities or baskets. Others may provide for the payment to the Fund or by the Fund of amounts based upon the performance (positive, negative or both) of a particular security or basket. The Fund will select such instruments when it believes that the use of the instrument will correlate substantially with the expected total return of a target security or index. In connection with the use of such instruments, the Fund may enter into short sales in an effort to adjust the weightings of particular securities represented in the basket to more accurately reflect such securities’ weightings in the target index.
Other Investment Policies, Practices, and Risk Factors
Cash Management
Generally, the Fund will employ futures and options on futures to provide liquidity necessary to meet anticipated redemptions or for day-to-day operating purposes. However, if considered appropriate in the opinion of the Manager, a portion of the Fund’s assets may be invested in certain types of instruments with remaining maturities of 397 days or less for liquidity purposes. Such instruments would consist of: (i) obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies, instrumentalities, authorities or political subdivisions (U.S. government securities); (ii) other fixed-income securities rated Aa or higher by Moody’s or AA or higher by S&P or, if unrated, of comparable quality in the opinion of the Manager; (iii) commercial paper; (iv) bank obligations, including negotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances; and (v) repurchase agreements. At the time the Fund invests in commercial paper, bank obligations, or repurchase agreements, the issuer or the issuer’s parent must have outstanding debt rated Aa or higher by Moody’s or AA or higher by S&P or outstanding commercial paper, bank obligations or other short term obligations rated Prime-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P or, if no such ratings are available, the instrument must be of comparable quality in the opinion of the Manager.
Short Sales
The Fund may make short sales of securities, either as a hedge against potential declines in value of a portfolio security or to realize appreciation when a security that the Fund does not own declines in value. When the Fund makes a short sale, it borrows the security sold short and delivers it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale, as collateral for its obligation to deliver the security upon conclusion of the sale. A portfolio may have to pay a fee to borrow particular securities and is often obligated to turn over any payments received on such borrowed securities to the lender of the securities.
The Fund secures its obligation to replace the borrowed security by depositing collateral with the broker-dealer, usually in cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities similar to those borrowed. With respect to uncovered short positions, the Fund is required to segregate similar collateral, if necessary, to the extent that the value of both collateral deposits in the aggregate is at all times equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the security sold short. Depending on arrangements made with the broker-dealer from which the Fund borrowed the security, regarding payment received by the Fund on such security, the Fund may not receive any payments (including interest) on its collateral deposited with such broker-dealer.
Because making short sales in securities that it does not own exposes the Fund to the risks associated with those securities, such short sales involve speculative exposure risk. As a result, if the Fund makes short sales in securities that increase in value, it will likely underperform similar funds that do not make short sales in securities they do not own. The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in price between those dates. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to close out a short sale position at any particular time or at an acceptable price. Although the Fund ‘s gain is limited to the price at which it sold the security short, its potential loss is limited only by the maximum attainable price of the security, less the price at which the security was sold and may, theoretically, be unlimited.
The Fund may also make short sales “against the box” without being subject to any limitations. In this type of short sale, at the time of the sale, the Fund owns or has the immediate and unconditional right to acquire the identical security at no additional cost.
Cash Flows; Expenses
The ability of the Fund to satisfy its investment objective depends to some extent on its ability to manage cash flow (primarily from purchases and redemptions and distributions from the Fund investments). The Fund will make investment changes to its portfolio to accommodate cash flow while continuing to seek to replicate or exceed, as the case may be, the total return of the Fund’s target index. Investors also should be aware that the investment performance of an index is a hypothetical number that does not take into account brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, custody and other costs of investing, and any incremental operating costs (e.g., transfer agency and accounting costs) that will be borne by the Fund. Finally, since the Fund seeks to replicate the total return of its target index, the Fund generally will not attempt to judge the merits of any particular security as an investment.
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Cyber Security Issues
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks also may be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users). Cyber security failures or breaches by the Fund’s adviser, subadviser, and other service providers (including, but not limited to, the Fund’s accountants, custodians, transfer agents, and administrators), and the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of the Fund’s shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund has established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent, such cyber attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by service providers to the Fund and issuers in which the Fund invests. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.
Certificates of Deposit and Bankers’ Acceptances
Certificates of deposit are receipts issued by a depository institution in exchange for the deposit of funds. The issuer agrees to pay the amount deposited plus interest to the bearer of the receipt on the date specified on the certificate. The certificate usually can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity. Bankers’ acceptances typically arise from short-term credit arrangements designed to enable businesses to obtain funds to finance commercial transactions. Generally, an acceptance is a time draft drawn on a bank by an exporter or an importer to obtain a stated amount of funds to pay for specific merchandise. The draft is then “accepted” by a bank that, in effect, unconditionally guarantees to pay the face value of the instrument on its maturity date. The acceptance may then be held by the accepting bank as an earning asset or it may be sold in the secondary market at the going rate of discount for a specific maturity. Although maturities for acceptances can be as long as 270 days, most acceptances have maturities of six months or less.
To the extent the Fund holds instruments of foreign banks or financial institutions, it may be subject to additional investment risks that are different in some respects from those incurred if invested only in debt obligations of U.S. domestic issuers. Such risks include future political and economic developments, the possible imposition of withholding taxes by the particular country in which the issuer is located, the possible confiscation or nationalization of foreign deposits, the possible establishment of exchange controls, or the adoption of other foreign governmental restrictions, which may adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on these securities.
Domestic banks and foreign banks are subject to different governmental regulations with respect to the amount and types of loans that may be made and interest rates that may be charged. In addition, the profitability of the banking industry depends largely upon the availability and cost of funds and the interest income generated from lending operations. General economic conditions and the quality of loan portfolios affect the banking industry. Unexpected changes with respect to these factors may adversely affect the issuance of and the secondary market for these securities.
Commercial Paper
Commercial paper consists of short-term (usually from 1 to 270 days) unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations in order to finance their current operations. A variable amount master demand note (which is a type of commercial paper) represents a direct borrowing arrangement involving periodically fluctuating rates of interest under a letter agreement between a commercial paper issuer and an institutional lender pursuant to which the lender may determine to invest varying amounts.
Illiquid Securities
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in securities that are illiquid. Illiquid securities are those securities which cannot be disposed of in the ordinary course of business, seven days at approximately the same value at which the Fund has valued the securities.
Historically, illiquid securities have included securities subject to contractual or legal restrictions on resale by seven days. Securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (1933 Act) are referred to as private placements or restricted securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the secondary market. Mutual funds do not typically hold a significant amount of these restricted or other illiquid securities because of the potential for delays on resale and uncertainty in valuation. Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio securities and a mutual fund might be unable to dispose of restricted or other illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices and might thereby experience difficulty satisfying redemptions within seven days. A mutual fund might also have to register such restricted securities in order to dispose of them resulting in additional expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could impede such a public offering of securities.
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A large institutional market has been developed for certain securities that are not registered under the 1933 Act, including repurchase agreements, commercial paper, foreign securities, municipal securities, and corporate bonds and notes. Institutional investors depend on an efficient institutional market in which the unregistered security can be readily resold or on an issuer’s ability to honor a demand for repayment. The fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions on resale of such investments to the general public or to certain institutions may not be indicative of their liquidity.
The SEC has adopted Rule 144A, which allows a broader institutional trading market for securities otherwise subject to restriction on their resale to the general public. Rule 144A establishes a “safe harbor” from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act of resales of certain securities to qualified institutional buyers.
The Fund may invest in Rule 144A Securities, which are securities in the United States that are not registered for sale under federal securities laws but which can be resold to institutions under Rule 144A. Provided that a dealer or institutional trading market in such securities exists, these restricted securities are treated as exempt from the 15% limit on illiquid securities. Under the supervision of the Board, the Fund’s adviser or subadviser(s) determines the liquidity of restricted securities and, through reports, the Board will monitor trading activity in restricted securities. If institutional trading in restricted securities were to decline, the liquidity of the Fund could be adversely affected.
In reaching liquidity decisions, the Fund’s adviser or subadviser(s) will consider, among other things, the following factors: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the security; (2) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential purchasers; (3) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security; and (4) the nature of the security and of the marketplace trades including the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers, and the mechanics of the transfer.
Investment in Other Investment Companies
The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange traded funds. In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities of other investment companies. In addition, under the 1940 Act, the Fund may not own more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of any investment company and not more than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in securities of any investment company. As with other investments, investments in other investment companies are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, if the Fund acquires shares in investment companies, shareholders would bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of such investment companies (including management and advisory fees). Investments by the Fund in wholly owned investment entities created under the laws of certain countries will not be deemed an investment in other investment companies.
Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may invest in securities pursuant to repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements may be entered into only with a member bank of the Federal Reserve System or primary dealer in U.S. government securities, or an affiliate thereof, or with other entities which the Manager otherwise deems to be creditworthy. Under a repurchase agreement, the seller agrees, upon entering into the contract with the Fund, to repurchase the security at a mutually agreed upon time and price in a specified currency thereby determining the yield during the term of the agreement. This results in a fixed rate of return insulated from market fluctuations during such period. The price at which the trades are conducted do not reflect accrued interest or dividends on the underlying obligation. Repurchase agreements may be construed to be collateralized loans by the purchaser to the seller secured by the securities transferred to the purchaser. The Fund will require the seller to provide additional collateral if the market value of the securities falls below the purchase price at any time during the term of the repurchase agreement. In the event of default by the seller under a repurchase agreement construed to be a collateralized loan, the underlying securities are not owned by the Fund but only constitute collateral for the seller’s obligation to pay the repurchase price. Therefore, the Fund may suffer time delays and incur costs or possible losses in connection with the disposition of the collateral. In the event of a default under such a repurchase agreement, instead of the contractual fixed rate, the rate of return to the Fund shall be dependent upon intervening fluctuations of the market value of such securities and the accrued interest on the securities. In such event, the Fund would have rights against the seller for breach of contract with respect to any losses arising from market fluctuations following the failure of the seller to perform. The Fund may not invest more than 15% of its net assets in repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days together with all other illiquid securities. The Fund may purchase new issues, which are initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of equity securities. The volume of initial public offerings and the levels at which the newly issued stocks trade in the secondary market are affected by the performance of the stock market overall. If initial public offerings are brought to the market, availability may be limited and the Fund may not be able to buy any shares at the offering price, or if it is able to buy shares, it may not be able to buy as many shares at the offering price as it would like. In addition, the prices of securities involved in initial public offerings are often subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than more established stocks. IPOs have the potential to produce substantial gains. There is no assurance that the Fund will have access to profitable IPOs and therefore investors should not rely on any past gains from IPOs as an indication of future performance. The investment performance of the Fund during periods when it is unable to invest significantly or at all in IPOs may be lower than during periods when it is able to do so. In addition,
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as the Fund increases in size, the impact of IPOs on its performance will generally decrease. Securities issued in IPOs are subject to many of the same risks as investing in companies with smaller market capitalizations. Securities issued in IPOs have no trading history, and information about the companies may be available for very limited periods.
Lending of Securities
The Fund may lend its securities in accordance with a lending policy that has been authorized by the Board and implemented by the Manager. Securities may be loaned only to qualified broker-dealers or other institutional investors that have been determined to be creditworthy by the Manager. When borrowing securities from the Fund, the borrower will be required to maintain cash collateral with the Trust in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the borrowed securities. During the term of each loan, the Fund will be entitled to receive payments from the borrower equal to all interest and dividends paid on the securities during the term of the loan by the issuer of the securities. In addition, the Fund will invest the cash received as collateral in high-quality short-term instruments such as obligations of the U.S. government or of its agencies or instrumentalities or in repurchase agreements or shares of money market mutual funds, thereby earning additional income. Risks to the Fund in securities-lending transactions are that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or return the securities when due, and that the value of the short-term instruments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower. No loan of securities will be made if, as a result, the aggregate of such loans would exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets. The Fund may terminate a loan at any time. The Fund may lend portfolio securities to certain borrowers determined to be creditworthy by the Manager, including to borrowers affiliated with the Manager. The borrowers provide collateral that is maintained in an amount at least equal to the current market value of the securities loaned. No securities loan shall be made on behalf of the Fund if, as a result, the aggregate value of all securities loans of the Fund exceeds one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral received). The Fund may terminate a loan at any time and obtain the return of the securities loaned. The Fund receives the value of any interest or cash or non-cash distributions paid on the loaned securities.
Securities of Smaller Companies
An investment in the Fund involves greater risk than is customarily associated with funds that invest in more established companies. The securities of smaller companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than larger, more established companies or the market average in general. These companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, or they may be dependent on a limited management group.
While the issuers in which the Fund will primarily invest may offer greater opportunities for capital appreciation than larger cap issuers, investments in smaller companies may involve greater risks and thus may be considered speculative.
To some extent, the securities in which the Fund invests will often be traded only in the over-the-counter (OTC) market or on a regional securities exchange and may not be traded every day or in the volume typical of trading on a national securities exchange. As a result, the disposition by the Fund of portfolio securities, to meet redemptions or otherwise, may require the Fund to sell these securities at a discount from market prices or during periods when in management’s judgment such disposition is not desirable or to make many small sales over a lengthy period of time.
Small companies are generally little known to most individual investors although some may be dominant in their respective industries. Management of the Fund believes that relatively small companies will continue to have the opportunity to develop into significant business enterprises. The Fund may invest in securities of small issuers in the relatively early stages of business development which have a new technology, a unique or proprietary product or service, or a favorable market position. Such companies may not be counted upon to develop into major industrial companies, but management believes that eventual recognition of their special value characteristics by the investment community can provide above-average long-term growth to the portfolio.
Equity securities of specific small-cap issuers may present different opportunities for long-term capital appreciation during varying portions of economic or securities markets cycles, as well as during varying stages of their business development. The market valuation of small-cap issuers tends to fluctuate during economic or market cycles, presenting attractive investment opportunities at various points during these cycles.
Smaller companies, due to the size and kinds of markets that they serve, may be less susceptible than large companies to intervention from the Federal government by means of price controls, regulations, or litigation.
Strategies Involving Options, Futures, Swaps, Indexed Instruments, and Foreign Exchange Transactions
The Fund also may invest in derivative instruments that it believes may serve as substitutes for individual securities in an attempt to broadly represent a particular market, market segment or index, as the case may be. The derivative instruments in which the Fund may invest include the purchase and writing of options on securities indices and the writing of covered call options on stocks or derivative instruments correlated with an index or components of the index rather than securities represented in that index. The Fund will normally
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invest a substantial portion of its assets in options and futures contracts correlated with an index representing the Fund’s particular market segment or index. The Fund also may utilize options on futures, swaps and other indexed instruments, and convertible bonds. Derivatives may be employed as a proxy for a direct investment in securities underlying the index.
Options, futures, and other derivative instruments also may be employed to gain market exposure quickly in the event of subscriptions in order to provide liquidity, to invest uncommitted cash balances, and for bona fide hedging purposes. The Fund also may use derivatives in connection with the investment strategy that seeks to profit from differences in price when the same (or similar) security, currency, or commodity is traded in two or more markets.
The Manager will choose among the foregoing instruments based on its judgment of how best to meet the Fund’s goal. In connection therewith, the Manager will assess such factors as current and anticipated securities prices, relative liquidity and price levels in the options, futures and swap markets compared to the securities markets, and the Fund’s cash flow and cash management needs.
Indexed Securities
The Fund may invest in securities the potential return of which is based on an index. As an illustration, the Fund may invest in a debt security that pays interest based on the current value of an interest rate index, such as the prime rate. Indexed securities involve credit risk, and certain indexed securities may involve leverage risk and liquidity risk. The Fund will invest in indexed securities for bona fide hedging. When used for anticipatory hedging purposes, indexed securities involve correlation risk.
Options on Securities and Securities Indices
Put Options
The Fund is authorized to purchase put options to seek to hedge against a decline in the value of its securities or to enhance its return. By buying a put option, the Fund acquires a right to sell such underlying securities or instruments at the exercise price, thus limiting the Fund’s risk of loss through a decline in the market value of the securities or instruments until the put option expires. The amount of any appreciation in the value of the underlying securities or instruments will be partially offset by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and any related transaction costs. Prior to its expiration, a put option may be sold in a closing sale transaction and profit or loss from the sale will depend on whether the amount received is more or less than the premium paid for the put option plus the related transaction costs. A closing sale transaction cancels out the Fund’s position as the purchaser of an option by means of an offsetting sale of an identical option prior to the expiration of the option it has purchased. The Fund also may purchase uncovered put options.
The Fund also has authority to write (i.e., sell) put options on the types of securities or instruments that may be held by the Fund, provided that such put options are covered, meaning that such options are secured by segregated, liquid instruments. The Fund will receive a premium for writing a put option, which increases the Fund’s return. The Fund will not sell puts if, as a result, more than 50% of the Fund’s assets would be required to cover its potential obligations under its hedging and other investment transactions. The Fund is also authorized to write (i.e., sell) uncovered put options on securities or instruments in which it may invest but for which it does not currently have a corresponding short position or has not deposited cash equal to the exercise value of the put option with the broker dealer through which it made the uncovered put option as collateral. The principal reason for writing uncovered put options is to receive premium income, even though in exchange the Fund may be required to acquire such securities or instruments at a net price above their current market value. The Fund has the obligation to buy the securities or instruments at an agreed upon price if the price of the securities or instruments decreases below the exercise price. If the price of the securities or instruments increases during the option period, the option will expire worthless and the Fund will retain the premium and will not have to purchase the securities or instruments at the exercise price. In connection with such transaction, the Fund will segregate unencumbered liquid securities or cash with a value at least equal to the Fund’s exposure, on a marked-to-market basis (as calculated pursuant to requirements of the SEC). Such segregation will ensure that the Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction and will avoid any potential leveraging of the Fund’s investments. Such segregation will not limit the Fund’s exposure to loss.
Additional Options on Securities Indices
Call Options
The Fund may purchase call options on any of the types of securities or instruments in which it may invest. A purchased call option gives a portfolio the right to buy, and obligates the seller to sell, the underlying security at the exercise price at any time during the option period. The Fund also may purchase and sell call options on indexes. Index options are similar to options on securities except that, rather than taking or making delivery of securities underlying the option at a specified price upon exercise, an index option gives the holder the right to receive cash upon exercise of the option if the level of the index upon which the option is based is greater than the exercise price of the option.
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The Fund also is authorized to write (i.e., sell) covered call options on the securities or instruments in which it may invest and to enter into closing purchase transactions with respect to certain of such options. A covered call option is an option in which the Fund, in return for a premium, gives another party a right to buy specified securities owned by the Fund at a specified future date and price set at the time of the contract. The principal reason for writing call options is the attempt to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a greater return than would be realized on the securities alone. By writing covered call options, the Fund gives up the opportunity, while the option is in effect, to profit from any price increase in the underlying security above the option exercise price. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the underlying security will be limited while the option is in effect unless the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction. A closing purchase transaction cancels out the Fund’s position as the writer of an option by means of an offsetting purchase of an identical option prior to the expiration of the option it has written. Covered call options also serve as a partial offset to the extent of the premium received against the price of the underlying security declining.
The Fund also is authorized to write (i.e., sell) uncovered call options on securities or instruments in which it may invest but that are not currently held by the Fund. The principal reason for writing uncovered call options is to realize income without committing capital to the ownership of the underlying securities or instruments. When writing uncovered call options, the Fund must deposit and maintain sufficient margin with the broker dealer through which it wrote the uncovered call option as collateral to ensure that the securities can be purchased for delivery if and when the option is exercised. In addition, in connection with each such transaction the Fund will segregate unencumbered liquid securities or cash with a value at least equal to the Fund’s exposure (the difference between the unpaid amounts owed by the Fund on such transaction minus any collateral deposited with the broker dealer), on a marked-to-market basis (as calculated pursuant to requirements of the SEC). Such segregation will ensure that the Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction and will avoid any potential leveraging of the Fund’s investments. Such segregation will not limit the Fund exposure to loss. During periods of declining securities prices or when prices are stable, writing uncovered calls can be a profitable strategy to increase the Fund’s income with minimal capital risk. Uncovered calls are riskier than covered calls because there is no underlying security held by the Fund that can act as a partial hedge. Uncovered calls have speculative characteristics and the potential for loss is unlimited. When an uncovered call is exercised, the Fund must purchase the underlying security to meet its call obligation. There is also a risk, especially with less liquid preferred and debt securities, that the securities may not be available for purchase. If the purchase price exceeds the exercise price, the Fund will lose the difference.
Types of Options
The Fund may engage in transactions in options on individual securities, baskets of securities or securities indices, or particular measurements of value or rate (an index), such as an index of the price of treasury securities or an index representative of short-term interest rates. Such investments may be made on exchanges and in the OTC markets. In general, exchange-traded options have standardized exercise prices and expiration dates and require the parties to post margin against their obligations, and the performance of the parties’ obligations in connection with such options is guaranteed by the exchange or a related clearing corporation. OTC options have more flexible terms negotiated between the buyer and seller, but generally do not require the parties to post margin and are subject to greater credit risk. OTC options also involve greater liquidity risk.
Futures
The Fund may engage in transactions in futures and options thereon. Futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts which obligate a purchaser to take delivery, and a seller to make delivery, of a specific amount of an asset at a specified future date at a specified price. No price is paid upon entering into a futures contract. Rather, upon purchasing or selling a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit collateral (margin) equal to a percentage (generally less than 10%) of the contract value. Each day thereafter until the futures position is closed, the Fund will pay additional margin representing any loss experienced as a result of the futures position the prior day or be entitled to a payment representing any profit experienced as a result of the futures position the prior day. Futures involve substantial leverage risk.
The sale of a futures contract limits the Fund’s risk of loss through a decline in the market value of portfolio holdings correlated with the futures contract prior to the futures contract’s expiration date. In the event the market value of the portfolio holdings correlated with the futures contract increases rather than decreases, however, the Fund will realize a loss on the futures position and a lower return on the portfolio holdings than would have been realized without the purchase of the futures contract.
The purchase of a futures contract may protect the Fund from having to pay more for securities as a consequence of increases in the market value for such securities during a period when the Fund was attempting to identify specific securities in which to invest.
In the event that such securities decline in value or the Fund determines not to complete a bona fide hedge transaction relating to a futures contract, however, the Fund may realize a loss relating to the futures position.
The Fund also is authorized to purchase or sell call and put options on futures contracts including financial futures and stock indices in connection with its hedging activities. Generally, these strategies would be used under the same market and market sector conditions (i.e., conditions relating to specific types of investments) in which the Fund would enter into futures transactions. The Fund may
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purchase put options or write call options on futures contracts and stock indices in lieu of selling the underlying futures contract in anticipation of a decrease in the market value of its securities. Similarly, the Fund can purchase call options, or write put options on futures contracts and stock indices, as a substitute for the purchase of such futures to hedge against the increased cost resulting from an increase in the market value of securities which the Fund intends to purchase.
Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to registered investment companies to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its liquidation value in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps (CFTC Derivatives), or if the fund markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. To the extent the Fund uses CFTC Derivatives, it intends to do so below such prescribed levels. The Fund will not market itself as a “commodity pool” or a vehicle for trading such instruments.
However, the Fund may have investments in “underlying funds” (and such underlying funds themselves may invest in underlying funds) not advised by the Manager (which for purposes of the no-action letter referenced below may include certain securitized vehicles and/or mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITS) that may invest in CFTC Derivatives). The Manager has no transparency into the holdings of these underlying funds because they are not advised by the Manager. To address this issue of lack of transparency, the CFTC staff issued a no-action letter on November 29, 2012, permitting the adviser of a fund that invests in such underlying funds and that would otherwise have filed a claim of exclusion pursuant to Rule 4.5, to delay registration as a “commodity pool operator” until six months from the date on which the CFTC issues additional guidance on the treatment of CFTC Derivatives held by underlying funds. The Manager has filed a claim with the CFTC to rely on this no-action relief with respect to the Fund.
Swap Agreements
The Fund is authorized to enter into equity swap agreements, which are OTC contracts in which one party agrees to make periodic payments based on the change in market value of a specified equity security, basket of equity securities or equity index in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the change in market value of a different equity security, basket of equity securities or equity index. Swap agreements may be used to obtain exposure to an equity or market without owning or taking physical custody of securities in circumstances in which direct investment is restricted by local law or is otherwise impractical.
The Fund will enter into an equity swap transaction only if, immediately following the time it enters into the transaction, the aggregate notional principal amount of equity swap transactions to which the Fund is a party would not exceed 5% of its net assets. Whether the Fund’s use of swap agreements will be successful in furthering its investment objective will depend on the Manager’s ability to correctly predict whether certain types of investments are likely to produce greater returns than other investments. Because they are two-party contracts and because they may have terms of greater than seven days, swap agreements may be considered to be illiquid. Moreover, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. The Fund will seek to lessen the risk to some extent by entering into a transaction only if the counterparty meets the current credit requirement for OTC option counterparties. Swap agreements also bear the risk that the Fund will not be able to meet its payment obligations to the counterparty. The Fund, however, will segregate liquid securities, cash or cash equivalents, or other assets permitted to be so segregated by the Commission in an amount equal to or greater than the market value of the Fund’s liabilities under the swap agreement or the amount it would cost the Fund initially to make an equivalent direct investment, plus or minus any amount the Fund is obligated to pay or is to receive under the swap agreement. Restrictions imposed by the tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, may limit the Fund’s ability to use swap agreements. The swaps market is largely unregulated. It is possible that development in the swap market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.
Risk Factors in Derivatives
The Fund may use instruments referred to as derivatives. Derivatives are financial instruments the value of which is derived from another security, a commodity (such as gold or oil), or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500 Index or the prime lending rate). Derivatives allow the Fund to increase or decrease the level of risk to which the Fund is exposed more quickly and efficiently than transactions in other types of instruments.
Derivatives are volatile and involve significant risks, including:
Credit risk -- the risk that the counterparty on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund, or the risk that the reference entity in a credit default swap or similar derivative will not be able to honor its financial obligations.
Currency risk -- the risk that changes in the exchange rate between two currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.
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Leverage risk -- the risk associated with certain types of investments or trading strategies (for example, borrowing money to increase the amount of investments) that relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment. Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
Liquidity risk -- the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth.
Correlation risk -- the risk that changes in the value of a derivative will not match the changes in the Fund’s portfolio holdings that are being hedged or of the particular market or security to which the Fund seeks exposure.
The Fund intends to enter into transactions involving derivatives only if there appears to be a liquid secondary market for such investments or, in the case of illiquid instruments traded in OTC transactions, such instruments satisfy the criteria set forth below under “Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives.” However, there can be no assurance that, at any specific time, either a liquid secondary market will exist for a derivative or the Fund will otherwise be able to sell such instrument at an acceptable price. It may therefore not be possible to close a position in a derivative without incurring substantial losses, if at all.
Certain transactions in derivatives (such as futures transactions or sales of put options) involve substantial leverage risk and may expose the Fund to potential losses which may exceed the amount originally invested by the Fund. When the Fund engages in such a transaction, it will deposit in a segregated account liquid securities with a value at least equal to the Fund’s exposure, on a marked-to-market basis, to the transaction (as calculated pursuant to requirements of the SEC). Such segregation will ensure that the Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction, but will not limit the Fund’s exposure to loss.
Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives
Certain derivatives traded in OTC markets, including indexed securities, swaps and OTC options, involve substantial liquidity risk. The absence of liquidity may make it difficult or impossible for the Fund to sell such instruments promptly at an acceptable price. The absence of liquidity also may make it more difficult for the Fund to ascertain a market value for such instruments. The Fund will, therefore, acquire illiquid OTC instruments (i) if the agreement pursuant to which the instrument is purchased contains a formula price at which the instrument may be terminated or sold, or (ii) for which the Manager anticipates the Fund can receive on each business day at least two independent bids or offers, unless a quotation from only one dealer is available, in which case that dealer’s quotation may be used.
Because derivatives traded in OTC markets are not guaranteed by an exchange or clearing corporation and generally do not require payment of margin, to the extent that the Fund has unrealized gains in such instruments or has deposited collateral with its counterparty, the Fund is at risk that its counterparty will become bankrupt or otherwise fail to honor its obligations. The Fund will attempt to minimize the risk that a counterparty will become bankrupt or otherwise fail to honor its obligations by engaging in transactions in derivatives traded in OTC markets only with financial institutions which have substantial capital or which have provided the Fund with a third-party guaranty or other credit enhancement.
Merger Transaction Risk
The Fund may buy stock of the target company in an announced merger transaction prior to the consummation of such transaction.
In that circumstance, the Fund would expect to receive an amount (whether in cash, stock of the acquiring company or a combination of both) in excess of the purchase price paid by the Fund for the target company’s stock. However, the Fund is subject to the risk that the merger transaction may be canceled, delayed or restructured in which case the Fund holding of the target company’s stock may not result in any profit for the Fund and may lose significant value.
Additional Limitations on the Use of Derivatives
The Fund may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that it would be prohibited by its investment restrictions from purchasing directly.
Recent Market Conditions and Regulatory Developments
The financial crisis in the U.S. and global economies over the past several years has resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, and in the net asset values of many mutual funds, including the Fund. The values of some sovereign debt and of securities of issuers that hold that sovereign debt have fallen. Conditions in the United States have resulted, and may continue to result, in fixed-income instruments experiencing unusual liquidity issues, increased price volatility and, in some cases, credit downgrades and increased likelihood of default. These events have reduced the willingness and ability of some lenders to extend credit, and have made it more difficult for borrowers to obtain financing on attractive terms, if at all. As a result, the values of many types of securities have been reduced.
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In addition, global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country might adversely impact issuers in a different country. Because the situation in the markets is widespread and largely unprecedented, it may be unusually difficult to identify both risks and opportunities using past models of the interplay of market forces, or to predict the duration of these market conditions. The severity or duration of these conditions also may be affected by policy changes made by governments or quasi-governmental organizations. These conditions could negatively impact the value of the Fund’s investments.
The situation in the financial markets has resulted in calls for increased regulation. In particular, the Dodd-Frank Act has initiated a revision of the U.S. financial regulatory framework and covers a broad range of topics, including (among many others) a reorganization of federal financial regulators; new rules for derivatives trading; and the registration and additional regulation of hedge and private equity fund managers. The regulators that have been charged with the responsibility for implementing the Dodd-Frank Act (e.g., the SEC and the CFTC) have been active in proposing and adopting regulations and guidance on the use of derivatives by market participants, including mutual funds. Instruments in which the Fund may invest, or the issuers of such instruments, may be negatively affected by the legislation and regulation, some, in ways that are still unforeseeable. Although many of the implementing regulations have been finalized, the ultimate impact of the Dodd-Frank Act is not yet certain.
In July 2014, the SEC adopted amendments to money market fund regulations (2014 Amendments). In general, the 2014 Amendments require money market funds that do not meet the definition of a “retail money market fund” or “government money market fund” to transact at a floating NAV per share (similar to all other non-money market mutual funds), instead of at a $1 stable share price, as has traditionally been the case. The 2014 Amendments also require retail money market funds and permit government money market funds to impose liquidity fees and redemption gates during times of market stress. The SEC also adopted additional diversification, stress testing, and disclosure measures.
The U.S. federal government and certain foreign central banks have taken actions to support financial markets and increase confidence in the U.S. and world economies. Certain of these entities have injected liquidity into the markets and taken other steps in an effort to stabilize the markets and grow the economy. Others have opted for austerity, which may limit growth, at least in the short to medium term. The ultimate effect of these efforts is only beginning to reveal itself. Where economic conditions are recovering, they are nevertheless perceived as still fragile. Changes in government policies may exacerbate the markets’ difficulties and withdrawal of this support, or other policy changes by governments or central banks, could negatively affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments and cause it to lose money. In addition, political events within the United States and abroad may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree.
Borrowing Money and Issuing Senior Securities
Pursuant to the investment restrictions that have been adopted by the Trust for the Fund, the Fund may not borrow money or issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act. “Senior securities” are defined as any bond, debenture, note, or similar obligation or instrument constituting a security and evidencing indebtedness, and any Fund obligations that have a priority over the Fund’s shares with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of Fund assets. The 1940 Act prohibits the Fund from issuing senior securities except that the Fund may borrow money in amounts of up to one-third (33 1/3%) of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings) from banks. Any borrowings that exceed this amount will be reduced within three days (excluding Sundays and holidays) to the extent necessary to comply with the 33 1/3% limitation even if it is not advantageous to sell securities at that time. Borrowings may be used for a variety of purposes, including (i) for temporary or emergency purposes, (ii) in anticipation of or in response to adverse market conditions, (iii) for cash management purposes, and (iv) for investment purposes. Borrowed money will cost the Fund interest expense and/or other fees. The costs of borrowing may reduce the Fund’s return. To the extent that the Fund has outstanding borrowings, it will be leveraged. Leveraging generally exaggerates the effect on NAV of any increase or decrease in the market value of the Fund’s securities.
The Fund participates, along with other funds of the Trust, in a joint, short-term, revolving, committed loan agreement of $500 million with USAA Capital Corporation (CAPCO), an affiliate of the Manager. The Trust may request an optional increase of the committed loan agreement from $500 million up to $750 million. The purpose of the agreement is to provide a backup source of liquidity to meet temporary cash needs (generally repaid within 60 days or less), such as to satisfy redemption requests that might otherwise require the untimely disposition of portfolio securities. Subject to availability (including usage of the facility by other funds of the Trust), the Fund may borrow from CAPCO an amount up to 5% of the its Fund’s total assets at an interest rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), plus 100.0 basis points. The Fund also is assessed a facility fee by CAPCO based on the amount of the commitment. The facility fee is allocated among the USAA Funds based on their respective average net assets.
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Investment Restrictions
Below are the fundamental policies of the Fund. A fundamental policy of the Fund may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. A majority of the outstanding voting securities under the 1940 Act, and as used in this SAI and the Fund’s prospectus, means, the lesser of (1) 67% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund are present or represented by proxy or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund (except that no investment restriction of the Fund shall prevent the Fund from investing all of its investable assets in an open-end investment company with substantially the same investment objective):
(1)    may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable relief.
(2)    will concentrate to approximately the same extent that its underlying index concentrates in the stocks of a particular industry or group of industries.
(3)    may not issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act.
(4)    may not underwrite securities of other issuers, except to the extent that it may be deemed to act as a statutory underwriter in the distribution of any restricted securities or not readily marketable securities.
(5)    may make loans only as permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.
(6)    may not purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments issued by persons that purchase or sell commodities or commodities contracts; but this shall not prevent the Fund from purchasing, selling and entering into financial futures contracts (including futures contracts on indices of securities, interest rates and currencies), options on financial futures contracts (including futures contracts on indices of securities, interest rates and currencies), warrants, swaps, forward contracts, foreign currency spot and forward contracts or other derivative instruments that are not related to physical commodities.
(7)    may not purchase or sell real estate, except that the Fund may invest in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or securities of companies that deal in real estate or are engaged in the real estate business.
The Fund is classified as a diversified fund under the 1940 Act and is subject to the diversification requirements of the 1940 Act. In addition, the Fund is required to comply with certain requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
Additional Restriction
The Fund may not change its policy of investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in securities or other financial instruments that are components of or have economic characteristics similar to the securities included in the target index and options, futures and other derivative instruments that have economic characteristics similar to the securities included in the index, without providing shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior written notice of such change.
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage Commissions
The Manager or the Subadviser, subject to the general control of the Board, places all orders for the purchase and sale of Fund securities. In executing portfolio transactions and selecting brokers and dealers, it is the Trust’s policy to seek the best overall terms available. The Manager or the Subadviser shall consider such factors as it deems relevant, including the breadth of the market in the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer, and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction or on a continuing basis. Securities purchased or sold in the over-the-counter market will be executed through principal market makers, except when, in the opinion of the Manager or the Subadviser, better prices and execution are available elsewhere. In addition, the Manager or the Subadviser may effect certain “riskless principal” transactions through certain dealers in over-the-counter markets under which mark-ups or mark-downs (which in this context may be deemed the equivalent of commissions) are paid on such transactions.
The Fund will have no obligation to deal with any particular broker or group of brokers in the execution of portfolio transactions. The Fund contemplates that, consistent with obtaining the best overall terms available, brokerage transactions may be effected through USAA Brokerage Services, an affiliated discount brokerage service of the Manager and through affiliated brokers or the Subadviser. The Board has adopted procedures in conformity with the requirements of Rule 17e-1 under the 1940 Act designed to ensure that all brokerage commissions paid to USAA Brokerage Services or any broker affiliated directly or indirectly with the Fund, the Manager, or the Subadviser are reasonable and fair. The Board has authorized the Manager or the Subadviser for the Fund to effect portfolio
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transactions for the Fund on any exchange of which the Manager or the Subadviser (or any entity or person associated with the Manager or the Subadviser) is a member and to retain compensation in connection with such transactions. Any such transactions will be effected and related compensation paid only in accordance with applicable SEC regulations.
The Board has approved procedures in conformity with the requirements of Rule 10f-3 under the 1940 Act whereby the Fund may purchase securities that are offered in underwritings in which an affiliate of the Manager and/or the Subadviser participates. These procedures prohibit the Fund from directly or indirectly benefiting an affiliate of the Manager and/or the Subadviser in connection with such underwritings. In addition, for underwritings where the Manager and/or Subadviser affiliate participates as a principal underwriter, certain restrictions may apply that could, among other things, limit the amount of securities that the Fund could purchase in the underwritings.
In the allocation of brokerage business used to purchase securities for the Fund, preference may be given to those broker-dealers who provide research and brokerage services to the Manager or the Subadviser subject to obtaining the best overall terms available. Payment for such services also may be generated through fixed price public offering underwriting concessions from purchases of new issue fixed-income securities. Such research and brokerage services may include, for example: advice concerning the value of securities; the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, and the availability of securities or the purchasers or sellers of securities; analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and performance of accounts; and various functions incidental to effecting securities transactions, such as clearance and settlement. These research services may also include access to research on third-party databases, such as historical data on companies, financial statements, earnings history and estimates, and corporate releases; real-time quotes and financial news; research on specific fixed-income securities; research on international market news and securities; and rating services on companies and industries. Thus, the Manager or the Subadviser may be able to supplement its own information and to consider the views and information of other research organizations in arriving at its investment decisions. If such information is received and it is in fact useful to the Manager or the Subadviser, it may tend to reduce the Manager’s or the Subadviser’s costs.
In return for such services, the Fund may pay to a broker a “higher commission” (as such term may be interpreted by the SEC) than may be charged by other brokers, provided that the Manager or the Subadviser determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or of the overall responsibility of the Manager or the Subadviser to the Fund and its other clients. The receipt of research from broker-dealers that execute transactions on behalf of the Trust may be useful to the Manager or the Subadviser in rendering investment management services to other clients (including affiliates of the Manager); and conversely, such research provided by broker-dealers who have executed transaction orders on behalf of other clients may be useful to the Manager or the Subadviser in carrying out its obligations to the Trust. While such research is available to and may be used by the Manager or the Subadviser in providing investment advice to all its clients (including affiliates of the Manager), not all of such research may be used by the Manager or the Subadviser for the benefit of the Trust. Such research and services will be in addition to and not in lieu of research and services provided by the Manager or the Subadviser, and the expenses of the Manager or the Subadviser will not necessarily be reduced by the receipt of such supplemental research. See Investment Adviser.
The Manager or the Subadviser continuously reviews the performance of the broker-dealers with which it places orders for transactions. A periodic evaluation is made of brokerage transaction costs and services. In evaluating the performance of brokers and dealers, the Manager or the Subadviser considers whether the broker-dealer has generally provided the Manager or the Subadviser with the best overall terms available, which includes obtaining the best available price and most favorable execution.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, and in all instances subject to the Fund’s policies regarding best execution, the Manager or the applicable Subadvisers may allocate brokerage transactions to broker-dealers that have entered into commission recapture arrangements in which the broker-dealer allocates a portion of the commissions paid by the Fund toward the reduction of that Fund’s expenses. The Manager or the Subadviser may use step-out trades where the executing broker-dealer agrees to step-out a portion of a larger trade to the commission recapture broker-dealer to facilitate the commission recapture arrangement.
The Manager and the Subadviser and their respective affiliates may advise, or have proprietary interests in, accounts with similar, dissimilar or the same investment objective as one or more of the Funds. Investment decisions are based on criteria relevant to each Fund or other account; portfolio management decisions and results of a Fund’s investments may differ from those of such other accounts. Securities of the same issuer will, from time to time, be purchased, held, or sold at the same time by one or more Funds and other accounts or companies for which the Manager or the Subadviser acts as the investment adviser (including affiliates of the Manager or the Subadviser). On occasions when the Manager or the Subadviser deems the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interest of one or more as well as the Manager or the Subadviser’s other clients, the Manager or the Subadviser, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, may aggregate such securities to be sold or purchased for a Fund with those to be sold or purchased for other customers in order to obtain best execution and lower brokerage commissions, if any. Trade orders submitted by one or more Funds and other investment accounts are not necessarily combined or “blocked” in all cases. Portfolio managers could purchase or sell securities for one Fund or account and not another Fund or account, or can take similar action for two Funds or accounts
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at different times, even if the Funds and accounts have the same investment objective and permissible investments. However, the Manager or Subadviser may, when feasible and when consistent with the fair and equitable treatment of the Funds and other accounts and best execution obligations, aggregate and block orders of one or more Funds and other accounts for order entry and execution. In some cases, the ability of a Fund to participate in volume transactions will produce better executions and prices for the Fund. In other cases, however, this could have a detrimental effect on the price or value of the security or instrument as far as a Fund is concerned.
The Manager and the Subadviser have established allocation policies and procedures applicable to the Fund and other investment accounts they manage to ensure allocations are appropriate given their respective clients’ differing investment objectives and other considerations. In cases where orders to purchase or sell securities are aggregated, allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Manager or the Subadviser in the manner it considers to be equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to all such customers, including the Fund. In some instances, this procedure may affect the price and size of the position obtainable for the Fund. Generally, when the amount of securities available is insufficient to satisfy the volume or price requirements for a participating fund and other accounts, the amount executed is distributed among participating fund and other accounts based on methodologies and factors set forth in the procedures adopted by the Manager or the Subadviser, which may include pro rata allocation based upon the relative sizes of the participating funds and accounts, pro rata allocation based upon the relative sizes of the orders submitted, random allocations in certain circumstances, or allocations based on other factors, such as available cash, liquidity requirements, investment phase of the account (e.g., ramping up or taking gains/losses for tax purposes), and the specific objectives and constraints for each fund or account, which could include, but are not limited to: risk tolerance; rating constraints; maturity constraints; issue size; yield; purchase price; existing exposure; minimum trade allocation; minimum position holding size; sector allocation limits; duration; strategy, and lot size.
Trade allocation policies and procedures may not always contemplate all facts and circumstances. In addition, such policies and procedures typically identify circumstances under which it is appropriate to deviate from the general allocation criteria and describe the alternative procedures. For example, adjustments may be made: (i) to eliminate de minimis positions or satisfy minimum denomination requirements; (ii) to give priority to accounts with specialized investment policies and objectives; and (iii) to reallocate in light of a participating account’s portfolio characteristics (e.g., based on factors such as those outlined above). Allocations are determined, documented and approved in accordance with procedures adopted by the Manager or Subadviser.
The Trust pays no brokerage commissions for debt securities. The market for such securities is typically a “dealer” market in which investment dealers buy and sell the securities for their own accounts, rather than for customers, and the price may reflect a dealer’s mark-up or mark-down. In addition, some securities may be purchased directly from issuers. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund did not purchase any securities of regular broker dealers or parents of regular broker dealers.
Brokerage Commissions
Prior to February 24, 2018, the Fund operated as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure and invested all of its investable assets in the Master Extended Market Index Series (Extended Market Portfolio) of the Quantitative Master Series, LLC (Master LLC), which is a separate registered mutual fund advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (BlackRock).
Information about the brokerage commissions paid by the Extended Market Portfolio, including commissions paid to Merrill Lynch, for the last three fiscal years ended December 31, is set forth in the following table.
2017 2016 2015
$ $21,211 $26,798
Securities Lending
As a stand alone fund, the Fund may engage in securities lending transactions. The Extended Market Portfolio also engaged in securities lending. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, the Extended Market Portfolio retains 80% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses). In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the Equity-Liquidity Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Extended Market Portfolio, pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, will receive for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 85% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses).
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the securities lending fees paid by the Master LLC to the securities lending agent were $xxx,xxx.
Portfolio Turnover Rates
The rate of portfolio turnover of the Fund will not be a limiting factor when the Manager or the Subadviser deems changes in the Fund’s portfolio appropriate in view of its investment objective(s). Ordinarily, the Fund will not purchase or sell securities solely to achieve
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short-term trading profits, although the Fund may sell portfolio securities without regard to the length of time held if consistent with the Fund’s investment objective(s).
The portfolio turnover rate is computed by dividing the dollar amount of securities purchased or sold (whichever is smaller) by the average value of securities owned during the year. Short-term investments such as, but not limited to, commercial paper and short-term U.S. government securities are not considered when computing the turnover rate.
For the last two fiscal years ended December 31, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rates were as follows:
Fund 2017 2016
Extended Market Index Fund*

XX% 13%
* Represents the portfolio turnover rate of the Extended Market Portfolio.
Fund History and Description of Shares
The Trust, formerly known as USAA State Tax-Free Trust, is an open-end management investment company established as a statutory trust under the laws of the state of Delaware pursuant to a Master Trust Agreement dated June 21, 1993, as amended. The Trust is authorized to issue shares of beneficial interest in separate portfolios. Fifty-one such portfolios have been established, one of which is described in this SAI. Under the Master Trust Agreement, the Board is authorized to create new portfolios in addition to those already existing without shareholder approval.
The Fund is a series of the Trust and is diversified. The Fund was established on July 19, 2000, and commenced public offering of its shares on October 30, 2000, and was reorganized into the Trust in August 2006. The Trust is permitted to offer additional funds or classes of shares. The Fund’s shares currently are available for investment through a USAA member account with the Manager, USAA Brokerage Services, or certain other financial intermediaries the Fund may approve from time to time. The Fund’s assets and all income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, subject only to the rights of creditors, are specifically allocated to the Fund. They constitute the underlying assets of the Fund, are required to be segregated on the books of account, and are to be charged with the expenses of the Fund. Any general expenses of the Trust not readily identifiable as belonging to the Fund are allocated on the basis of the Fund’s relative net assets during the fiscal year or in such other manner as the Trustees determines to be fair and equitable. Each share of the Fund represents an equal proportionate interest in the Fund with every other share and is entitled to dividends and distributions out of the net income and capital gains belonging to the Fund when declared by the Board. Upon liquidation of the Fund, shareholders are entitled to share pro rata in the net assets belonging to the Fund available for distribution.
Under the Trust’s Master Trust Agreement, no annual meeting of shareholders is required. Thus, there will ordinarily be no shareholder meeting unless required by the 1940 Act. Under certain circumstances, however, shareholders may apply for shareholder information to obtain signatures to request a special shareholder meeting. The Trust may fill vacancies on the Board or appoint new Trustees if the result is that at least two-thirds of the Trustees have still been elected by shareholders. Moreover, pursuant to the Master Trust Agreement, any Trustee may be removed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Trust shares; and holders of 10% or more of the outstanding shares of the Trust can require Trustees to call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting on the removal of one or more Trustees. The Trust will assist in communicating to other shareholders about the meeting. On any matter submitted to the shareholders, the holder of each share is entitled to one vote per share (with proportionate voting for fractional shares) regardless of the relative NAVs of the Fund’s shares. However, on matters affecting an individual Fund, a separate vote of the shareholders of that Fund is required. For example, the Advisory Agreement must be approved separately by each Fund and only becomes effective with respect to a Fund when a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund approves it. Shareholders of the Fund are not entitled to vote on any matter that does not affect the Fund but which requires a separate vote of another Fund.
Shares do not have cumulative voting rights, which means that holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Board, and the holders of less than 50% of the shares voting for the election of Trustees will not be able to elect any person as a Trustee.
Shareholders of a particular Fund might have the power to elect all of the Trustees of the Trust because that Fund has a majority of the total outstanding shares of the Trust. When issued, each Fund’s shares are fully paid and nonassessable, have no pre-emptive or subscription rights, and are fully transferable. There are no conversion rights.
Tax Considerations
Taxation of the Fund
The Fund, which is treated as a separate corporation for federal tax purposes, intends to continue to qualify each taxable year for treatment as a “regulated investment company” (RIC) under Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code
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of 1986, as amended (the Code). If a Fund so qualifies it will not be liable for federal income tax on its net investment income and net capital gains (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that it distributes to its shareholders.
To continue to qualify for treatment as a RIC, a Fund must, among other things, (1) derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year from (a) dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities, or foreign currencies, and or other income (including gains from options, futures, or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in stock, securities, or such currencies, and (b) net income from an interest in a “qualified publicly traded partnership” (i.e., a publicly traded partnership that is treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes and derives less than 90% of its gross income from the items described in clause (a)) (a QPTP) (income requirement); (2)  distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income (generally consisting of net investment income, the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss, and net gains and losses from certain foreign currency transactions) for the taxable year (“distribution requirement”); and (3) satisfy certain diversification requirements at the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year (diversification requirement).
If a Fund failed to qualify for RIC treatment for any taxable year either (1) by failing to satisfy the distribution requirement, even if it satisfied the income requirements and diversification requirements (collectively, Other Qualification Requirements), or (2) by failing to satisfy any of the Other Qualification Requirements and was unable to, or determined not to, avail itself of Code provisions that enable a RIC to cure a failure to satisfy any of the Other Qualification Requirements as long as the failure “is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect” and the RIC pays a deductible tax calculated in accordance with those provisions and meets certain other requirements, then for federal income tax purposes it would be taxed as an ordinary corporation on the full amount of its taxable income for that year without being able to deduct the distributions it makes to its shareholders. In addition, for those purposes all those distributions, including distributions of net capital gain, would be taxable to its shareholders as dividends to the extent of the Fund’s earnings and profits. For individual and certain other non-corporate shareholders (each, an individual shareholder), those dividends would be taxable as “qualified dividend income” (as described in each Fund’s prospectus) (QDI) and thus subject to federal income tax at the lower rates for net capital gain. In the case of corporate shareholders that meet certain holding period and other requirements regarding their shares of the Fund, all or part of those dividends would be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. Furthermore, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make substantial distributions before requalifying for RIC treatment.
The Code imposes a nondeductible 4% excise tax (Excise Tax) on a RIC that fails to distribute during a calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of (1) 98% of its ordinary (taxable) income for the year, (2) 98.2% of its capital gain net income for the twelve-month period ending on October 31 of that year, plus (3) any prior undistributed income and gains. The Fund intends to continue to make distributions necessary to avoid imposition of the Excise Tax.
The use of hedging strategies, such as writing (selling) and purchasing options and futures contracts and entering into forward currency contracts, involves complex rules that will determine for federal income tax purposes the amount, character, and timing of recognition of the gains and losses a Fund realizes in connection therewith. Gain from the disposition of foreign currencies (except certain gains that may be excluded by future regulations), and gains from options, futures contracts, and forward currency contracts a Fund derives with respect to its business of investing in securities or foreign currencies, will be treated as “qualifying income” under the income requirements. The tax treatment of swap agreements and other derivative instruments, such as commodity-linked derivative instruments, including commodity index-linked notes, commodity options, futures contracts, and options on futures, may be affected by future regulatory or legislative changes that could affect whether income (earned directly or indirectly) from such investments is such “qualifying income.”
Some futures contracts, foreign currency contracts, and “nonequity” options (i.e., certain listed options, such as those on a “broad-based” securities index) but not including any “securities futures contract” that is not a “dealer securities futures contract” (both as defined in the Code) and any interest rate swap, currency swap, basis swap, interest rate cap, interest rate floor, commodity swap, equity swap, equity index swap, credit default swap, or similar agreement in which a Fund invests may be subject to section 1256 of the Code (collectively, “section 1256 contracts”). Any section 1256 contracts a Fund holds at the end of its taxable year generally must be “marked-to-market” (that is, treated as having been sold at that time for their fair market value) for federal income tax purposes, with the result that unrealized gains or losses will be treated as though they were realized. Sixty percent of any net gain or loss recognized on these deemed sales, and 60% of any net realized gain or loss from any actual sales of section 1256 contracts, will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and the balance will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. These rules may operate to increase the amount that a Fund must distribute to satisfy the distribution requirement (i.e., with respect to the portion treated as short-term capital gain), which will be taxable to its shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them, and to increase the net capital gain a Fund recognizes, without in either case increasing the cash available to it.
Section 988 of the Code also may apply to forward currency contracts and options and futures contracts on foreign currencies. Under that section, each foreign currency gain or loss generally is computed separately and treated as ordinary income or loss. These gains or losses will increase or decrease the amount of a Fund’s investment company taxable income to be distributed to its shareholders as
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ordinary income, rather than affecting the amount of its net capital gain. In the case of overlap between sections 1256 and 988, special provisions determine the character and timing of any income, gain, or loss.
Section 1092 of the Code (dealing with straddles) also may affect the taxation of certain options, futures contracts, and forward currency contracts in which a Fund may invest. That section defines a “straddle” as offsetting positions with respect to actively traded personal property; for these purposes, options, futures contracts, and forward currency contracts are positions in personal property. Under that section, any loss from the disposition of a position in a straddle generally may be deducted only to the extent the loss exceeds the unrealized gain on the offsetting position(s) of the straddle. In addition, these rules may postpone the recognition of loss that otherwise would be recognized under the mark-to-market rules discussed above. The regulations under section 1092 also provide certain “wash sale” rules, which apply to transactions where a position is sold at a loss and a new offsetting position is acquired within a prescribed period, and “short sale” rules applicable to straddles. If a Fund makes certain elections, the amount, character, and timing of recognition of gains and losses from the affected straddle positions would be determined under rules that vary according to the elections made. Because only a few of the regulations implementing the straddle rules have been promulgated, the tax consequences to a Fund of straddle transactions are not entirely clear.
The Fund will monitor its transactions, make appropriate tax elections, and make appropriate entries in its books and records when it acquires any option, futures contract, forward currency contract, foreign currency, or hedged investment to mitigate the effect of the foregoing rules, prevent its disqualification as a RIC, and minimize the imposition of federal income tax and the Excise Tax.
The Fund may invest in the stock of “passive foreign investment companies” (PFICs). A PFIC is any foreign corporation (with certain exceptions) that, in general, meets either of the following tests for a taxable year: (1) at least 75% of its gross income is passive or (2) an average of at least 50% of its assets produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. Under certain circumstances, a Fund will be subject to federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” it receives on the stock of a PFIC and of any gain on its disposition of that stock (collectively, PFIC income), plus interest thereon, even if the Fund distributes the PFIC income as a dividend to its shareholders. The balance of the PFIC income will be included in the Fund’s investment company taxable income and, accordingly, will not be taxable to it to the extent it distributes that income to its shareholders. Fund distributions thereof will not be eligible for the reduced maximum federal income tax rates on individual shareholders’ QDI.
If a Fund invests in a PFIC and elects to treat the PFIC as a “qualified electing fund” (QEF), then in lieu of the foregoing tax and interest obligation, the Fund would be required to include in income each taxable year its pro rata share of the QEF’s annual ordinary earnings and net capital gain which the Fund likely would have to distribute to satisfy the distribution requirement and avoid imposition of the Excise Tax even if the QEF did not distribute those earnings and gain to the Fund. In most instances it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to make this election because some of the information required to make this election may not be easily obtainable.
The Fund may elect to “mark to market” any stock in a PFIC it owns at the end of its taxable year, in which event it would be required to distribute to its shareholders any resulting gains in accordance with the distribution requirement. “Marking-to-market,” in this context, means including in gross income each taxable year (and treating as ordinary income) the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock over a Fund’s adjusted basis therein (including mark-to-market gain for each prior taxable year for which an election was in effect) as of the end of that year. Pursuant to the election, a Fund also would be allowed to deduct (as an ordinary, not a capital, loss) the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis in PFIC stock over the fair market value thereof as of the taxable year-end, but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to that stock the Fund included in income for prior taxable years under the election. A Fund’s adjusted basis in each PFIC’s stock subject to the election would be adjusted to reflect the amounts of income included and deductions taken thereunder.
Investors should note that a Fund’s determination whether a foreign corporation is a PFIC is a fact-intensive determination that is based on various facts and circumstances and thus is subject to change, and the principles and methodology used in determining whether a foreign corporation is a PFIC are subject to interpretation. It is possible that a Fund could invest in a foreign corporation that becomes, or is determined to be, a PFIC after the Fund invests therein. It is anticipated that any federal income tax imposed on a Fund with respect to investments in PFICs would be insignificant.
For federal income tax purposes, debt securities purchased by a Fund, including zero coupon bonds, may be treated as having original issue discount (OID) (generally, the excess of the stated redemption price at maturity of a debt obligation over its issue price). OID is treated for those purposes as earned by a Fund as it accrues, whether or not any payment is actually received, and therefore is subject to the distribution requirement. Generally, the accrual of OID is determined on the basis of a constant yield to maturity, which takes into account the compounding of accrued interest. Because each Fund annually must distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deduction for dividends paid), including any accrued OID, to satisfy the distribution requirement and to avoid imposition of the Excise Tax, the Fund may be required in a particular taxable year to distribute as a dividend an amount that is greater than the total amount of cash it actually receives. Those distributions will be made from a Fund’s cash assets or from the proceeds of sales of its portfolio securities, if necessary. A Fund may realize capital gains or losses from those sales, which would increase or decrease its investment company taxable income and/or net capital gain.
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If a Fund purchases a debt security on a secondary market at a price lower than its stated redemption price, the difference is “market discount.” Generally, any gain realized on the disposition of, and any partial payment of principal on, a debt security having market discount is treated as ordinary income to the extent the gain, or principal payment, does not exceed the “accrued market discount” on the debt security. Market discount generally accrues in equal daily installments.
A Fund also may purchase debt securities at a premium (i.e., at a purchase price in excess of face amount). The premium may be amortized if a Fund so elects. The amortized premium is first offset against interest received on the securities and then allowed as a deduction and generally must be amortized under an economic accrual method. The amortized bond premium on a security will reduce a Fund’s adjusted tax basis in the security.
Income from direct investments in commodities and certain types of derivative contracts regarding commodities, such as certain swaps on commodity indices, is not “qualifying income” for purposes of the income requirement. Although the IRS had issued a large number of private letter rulings (PLRs) (which the Funds may not cite as precedent) beginning in 2006 stating that income a RIC derives from certain “structured notes that create a commodity exposure” (i.e., commodity-linked notes) constitutes qualifying income, the IRS (1) suspended the issuance of those rulings in July 2011 and (2) in September 2016 issued guidance providing that it will not “ordinarily” issue PLRs on any issue relating to the treatment of a corporation as a RIC that requires a determination of whether a financial instrument or position is a “security.” As a result, the IRS is revoking outstanding PLRs regarding commodity-linked notes, and it is highly unlikely that future PLRs addressing the status of those notes will be issued, if at all.  Accordingly, if a Fund invests in those notes to an extent that might threaten its ability to satisfy the income requirement, the Fund may be unable to qualify as a RIC for one or more taxable years.
Taxation of the Shareholders
Distributions generally are included in a shareholder’s gross income for the taxable year in which they are received. However, distributions the Fund declares in October, November, or December that are payable to shareholders of record in such a month are deemed to have been received on December 31, if the Fund pays the distributions during the following January.
Any gain or loss a shareholder realizes on the redemption or exchange of shares of the Fund, or on receipt of a distribution in complete liquidation of the Fund, generally will be a capital gain or loss, which will be long-term or short-term, depending upon the shareholder’s holding period for the shares. Any such gain an individual shareholder recognizes on a redemption or exchange of Fund shares that he or she has held for more than one year will qualify for the 15% or 20% maximum federal income tax rates mentioned in the Fund’s prospectus. Any loss realized on a redemption or exchange of shares will be disallowed to the extent the shares are replaced (including shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan) within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after disposition of the shares; in such a case, the basis in the acquired shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. Any loss a shareholder realizes on a disposition of shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any distributions of net capital gain the shareholder received with respect to such shares.
If the Fund's distributions in a taxable year exceed its current and accumulated earnings and profits—the Fund's capital loss carryovers, if any, carried from taxable years beginning before 2011 do not reduce current earnings and profits, even if such carryovers offset current taxable year realized gains—the excess distributed to each shareholder will be treated as a “return of capital” to the extent of the shareholder’s basis in its shares and thereafter as capital gain. A return of capital distribution is not taxable, but it reduces a shareholder's basis in its shares and thus results in a higher capital gain or lower capital loss when the shares are redeemed. Distributions in excess of the Fund's distribution requirement, but not in excess of its earnings and profits, will be taxable to its shareholders and will not constitute non-taxable returns of capital.
If the Fund engages in securities lending, the borrower generally will be obligated to pay the Fund an amount equal to (“in lieu of”) any dividend paid on the loaned securities during the loan term. Even if the dividend otherwise would be QDI, distributions to the Fund's shareholders of such “in lieu of” payments will not be treated as such and instead will be taxed at the shareholders’ marginal federal income tax rates.
In addition to the requirement to report the gross proceeds from redemptions of Fund shares, the Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the IRS the basis information for Fund shares purchased after December 31, 2011, (Covered Shares) that are redeemed or exchanged and indicate whether they had a short-term (one year or less) or long-term (more than one year) holding period. In addition, the Fund will indicate whether the lot has been adjusted for a wash sale. The requirement to report only the gross proceeds from a redemption or exchange of Fund shares will continue to apply to all non-Covered Shares.
Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), “foreign financial institutions” (FFIs) and “non-financial foreign entities” (NFFEs) that are shareholders of a Fund may be subject to a generally nonrefundable 30% withholding tax on (1) income dividends the Fund pays and (2) certain capital gain distributions and the proceeds of redemptions of Fund shares it pays after December 31, 2018. As discussed more fully below, the FATCA withholding tax generally can be avoided (a) by an FFI, if it reports certain information
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regarding direct and indirect ownership of financial accounts U.S. persons hold with the FFI, and (b) by an NFFE that certifies its status as such and, in certain circumstances, information regarding substantial U.S. owners.
An FFI can avoid FATCA withholding by becoming a “participating FFI,” which requires the FFI to enter into a tax compliance agreement with the IRS under the Code. Under such an agreement, a participating FFI agrees to (1) verify and document whether it has U.S. accountholders, (2) report certain information regarding their accounts to the IRS, and (3) meet certain other specified requirements.  The U.S. Treasury has negotiated intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with certain countries and is in various stages of negotiations with other foreign countries with respect to one or more alternative approaches to implement FATCA. An entity in one of those countries may be required to comply with the terms of the IGA instead of U.S. Treasury regulations.
An FFI resident in a country that has entered into a Model I IGA with the United States must report to that country’s government (pursuant to the terms of the applicable IGA and applicable law), which will, in turn, report to the IRS. An FFI resident in a Model II IGA country generally must comply with U.S. regulatory requirements, with certain exceptions, including the treatment of recalcitrant accountholders. An FFI resident in one of those countries that complies with whichever of the foregoing applies will be exempt from FATCA withholding.
An NFFE that is the beneficial owner of a payment from a Fund can avoid FATCA withholding generally by certifying its status as such and, in certain circumstances, either that (1) it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or (2) it does have one or more such owners and reports the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each such owner. The NFFE will report to the Fund or other applicable withholding agent, which will, in turn, report information to the IRS.
Those foreign shareholders also may fall into certain exempt, excepted, or deemed compliant categories established by U.S. Treasury regulations, IGAs, and other guidance regarding FATCA. An FFI or NFFE that invests in a Fund will need to provide the Fund with documentation properly certifying the entity’s status under FATCA to avoid FATCA withholding. The requirements imposed by FATCA are different from, and in addition to, the tax certification rules to avoid backup withholding described in the Funds’ prospectuses. Foreign investors are urged to consult their tax advisers regarding the application of these requirements to their own situation and the impact thereof on their investment in a Fund.
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The foregoing discussion of certain federal tax considerations affecting the Fund and its shareholders is only a summary and is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Purchasers of Fund shares should consult their own tax advisers as to the tax consequences of investing in shares, including under federal, state, local and other tax laws. Finally, the foregoing discussion is based on current applicable provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial authority, and administrative interpretations published by the date hereof; changes in any applicable authority could materially affect the conclusions discussed above, possibly retroactively, and such changes often occur.
Trustees and Officers of the Trust
The Board consists of eight Trustees who supervise the business affairs of the Trust. The Board is responsible for the general oversight of the Fund's business and for assuring that the Fund is managed in the best interests of the Fund's respective shareholders. The Board periodically reviews the Fund's investment performance as well as the quality of other services provided to the Fund and its shareholders by each of the Fund's service providers, including AMCO and its affiliates.
Board Leadership Structure
The Board is comprised of a super-majority (80% or more) of Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined under the 1940 Act) of the Fund (the Independent Trustees) and one Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Fund (Interested Trustee). In addition, the Chairman of the Board is an Independent Trustee. The Chairman presides at meetings of the Trustees, and may call meetings of the Board and any Board committee whenever he deems it necessary. The Chairman participates in the preparation of the agenda for meetings of the Board and the identification of information to be presented to the Board with respect to matters to be acted upon by the Board. The Chairman also acts as a liaison with the Fund's management, officers, and other Trustees generally between meetings. The Chairman may perform such other functions as may be requested by the Board from time to time. Except for any duties specified in this SAI or pursuant to the Trust’s Master Trust Agreement or By-laws, or as assigned by the Board, the designation of a Trustee as Chairman does not impose on that Trustee any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on any other Trustee, generally. The Board has designated a number of standing committees as further described below, each of which has a Chairman. The Board also may designate working groups or ad hoc committees as it deems appropriate.
The Board believes that this leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise informed and independent judgment over matters under its purview, and it allocates areas of responsibility among committees or working groups of Trustees and the full Board in a manner that enhances effective oversight. The Board considers leadership by an Independent Trustee as Chairman
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to be integral to promoting effective independent oversight of the Fund's operations and meaningful representation of the shareholders’ interests, given the number of Funds offered by the Trust and the amount of assets that these Funds represent. The Board also believes that having a super-majority of Independent Trustees is appropriate and in the best interest of the Fund's shareholders. Nevertheless, the Board also believes that having an interested person serve on the Board brings corporate and financial viewpoints that are, in the Board’s view, important elements in its decision-making process. In addition, the Board believes that the Interested Trustee provides the Board with the Manager’s perspective in managing and sponsoring the Fund. The leadership structure of the Board may be changed, at any time and in the discretion of the Board, including in response to changes in circumstances or the characteristics of the Trust.
Board Oversight of Risk Management
As series of a registered investment company, the Fund is subject to a variety of risks, including investment risks (such as, among others, market risk, credit risk and interest rate risk), financial risks (such as, among others, settlement risk, liquidity risk and valuation risk), compliance risks, and operational risks. The Trustees play an active role, as a full board and at the committee level, in overseeing risk management for the Fund. The Trustees delegate the day-to-day risk management of the Fund to various groups, including but not limited to, portfolio management, risk management, compliance, legal, fund accounting, and various committees discussed herein. These groups provide the Trustees with regular reports regarding investment, valuation, liquidity, and compliance, as well as the risks associated with each. The Trustees also oversee risk management for the Fund through regular interactions with the Fund's external auditors and periodic presentations from USAA Operational Risk Management.
The Board also participates in the Fund's risk oversight, in part, through the Fund's compliance program, which covers the following broad areas of compliance: portfolio management, trading practices, code of ethics and protection of non-public information, accuracy of disclosures, safeguarding of fund assets, recordkeeping, marketing, fees, privacy, anti-money laundering, business continuity, valuation and pricing of funds shares, processing of fund shares, affiliated transactions, fund governance and market timing. The Board also receives periodic updates regarding cyber security matters. The program seeks to identify and assess risk through various methods, including through regular interdisciplinary communications between compliance professionals, operational risk management and business personnel who participate on a daily basis in risk management on behalf of the Fund. The Fund's chief compliance officer provides an annual compliance report and other compliance related briefings to the Board in writing and in person.
AMCO seeks to identify for the Board the risks that it believes may affect the Fund and develop processes and controls regarding such risks. However, risk management is a complex and dynamic undertaking and it is not always possible to comprehensively identify and/or mitigate all such risks at all times since risks are at times impacted by external events. In discharging its oversight responsibilities, the Board considers risk management issues throughout the year with the assistance of its various committees as described below. Each committee presents reports to the Board after its meeting, which may prompt further discussion of issues concerning the oversight of the Fund's risk management. The Board as a whole also reviews written reports or presentations on a variety of risk issues as needed and may discuss particular risks that are not addressed in the committee process.
Among other committees, the Board has established an Audit and Compliance Committee, which is composed solely of Independent Trustees and which oversees management of financial risks and controls. The Audit and Compliance Committee serves as the channel of communication between the independent auditors of the Fund and the Board with respect to financial statements and financial reporting processes, systems of internal control, and the audit process. Although the Audit and Compliance Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of financial risks, the Board is regularly informed of these risks through committee reports.
Trustee Qualifications
The Board believes that all of the Trustees bring to the Board a wealth of executive leadership experience derived from their service as executives, board members, and leaders of diverse companies, academic institutions, and community and other organizations. The Board also believes that the different perspectives, viewpoints, professional experience, education, and individual qualities of each Trustee represent a diversity of experiences and a variety of complementary skills. In determining whether an individual is qualified to serve as a Trustee of the Fund, the Board considers a wide variety of information about the Trustee, and multiple factors contribute to the Board's decision. However, there are no specific required qualifications for Board membership. Each Trustee is determined to have the experience, skills, and attributes necessary to serve the Fund and its shareholders because each Trustee demonstrates an exceptional ability to consider complex business and financial matters, evaluate the relative importance and priority of issues, make decisions, and contribute effectively to the deliberations of the Board. The Board also considers the individual experience of each Trustee and determines that the Trustee’s professional experience, education, and background contribute to the diversity of perspectives on the Board. The business experience and objective thinking of the Trustees are considered invaluable assets for AMCO management and, ultimately, the Fund's shareholders.
Set forth below are the Independent Trustees, the Interested Trustee, officers, and each of their respective offices and principal occupations during the last five years, length of time served, information relating to any other directorships held, and the specific roles and experience of each Board member that factor into the determination that the Trustee should serve on the Board.
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Name, Address* and Date of Birth Position(s) Held with Funds Term of Office** and Length of Time Served Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee Other Directorships Held
Independent Trustees  
Robert L. Mason, Ph.D.
(July 1946)
Trustee and Chairman Trustee since January 1997 and Chair since January 2012 Institute Analyst, Southwest Research Institute (03/02-01/16), which focuses in the fields of technological research. He was employed at Southwest Research Institute for 40 years. Dr. Mason brings to the Board particular experience with information technology matters, statistical analysis, and human resources as well as over 21 years’ experience as a Board member of the USAA family of funds. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
Jefferson C. Boyce (September 1957) Trustee Trustee since September 2013 Senior Managing Director, New York Life Investments, LLC (1992-2012), an investment manager. Mr. Boyce brings to the Board experience in financial investment management, and, in particular, institutional and retail mutual funds, variable annuity products, broker dealers, and retirement programs, including experience in organizational development, marketing, product development, and money management as well as four years’ experience as a Board member of the USAA family of funds. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds Westhab, Inc.
Dawn M. Hawley
(February 1954)
Trustee Trustee since April 2014 Manager of Finance, Menil Foundation, Inc. (05/07-06/11), which is a private foundation that oversees the assemblage of sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Director of Financial Planning and Analysis and Chief Financial Officer, AIM Management Group, Inc. (10/87-01/06). Ms. Hawley brings to the Board experience in financial investment management and, in particular, institutional and retail mutual funds, variable annuity products, broker dealers, and retirement programs, including experience in financial planning, budgeting, accounting practices, and asset/liability management functions including major acquisitions and mergers, as well as over four years’ experience as a Board member of the USAA family of funds. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
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Name, Address* and Date of Birth Position(s) Held with Funds Term of Office** and Length of Time Served Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee Other Directorships Held
Paul L. McNamara
(July 1948)
Trustee Trustee since January 2012 Director, Cantor Opportunistic Alternatives Fund, LLC (03/10-02/14), which is a closed-end fund of funds by Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors, LLC. Mr. McNamara retired from Lord Abbett & Co. LLC, an independent U.S. investment management firm, as an Executive Member on 09/30/09, a position he held since 10/02. He had been employed at Lord Abbett since 1996. Mr. McNamara brings to the Board extensive experience with the financial services industry and, in particular, institutional and retail mutual fund markets, including experience with mutual fund marketing, distribution, and risk management, as well as overall experience with compliance and corporate governance issues. Mr. McNamara also has experience serving as a fund director as well as six years’ experience as a Board member of the USAA family of funds. Paul L. McNamara is of no relation to Daniel S. McNamara. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
Richard Y. Newton III (January 1956) Trustee Trustee since March 2017 Managing Partner, Pioneer Partnership Development Group (12/15-present); Executive Director, The Union League Club of New York (06/14-11/15); Executive Vice President, Air Force Association (08/12-05/14); Lieutenant General, United States Air Force (01/08-06/12). Lieutenant General Newton (Ret.) served 34 years of active duty in the United States Air Force. Lt. Gen. Newton retired as the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director of Air Staff at the Headquarters of the U.S. Air Force where he was responsible for overseeing the administration and organization of the Air Staff, which develops policies, plans and programs, establishes requirements, and provides resources to support the Air Force’s mission. Lt. Gen. Newton is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Webster University, and The National War College. Lt. Gen. Newton brings to the Board extensive management and military experience, as well as one year experience as a Board member of the USAA family of funds. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
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Name, Address* and Date of Birth Position(s) Held with Funds Term of Office** and Length of Time Served Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee Other Directorships Held
Barbara B. Ostdiek, Ph.D.
(March 1964)
Trustee Trustee since January 2008
Senior Associate Dean of Degree programs at Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University (07/13-present); Associate Professor of Finance at Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University (07/01-present); Academic Director, El Paso Corporation Finance Center at Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University (07/02-06/12). Dr. Ostdiek brings to the Board particular experience with financial investment management, education, and research as well as over ten years’ experience as a Board member of the USAA family of funds. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
Michael F. Reimherr
(August 1945)
Trustee Trustee since January 2000
President of Reimherr Business Consulting (05/95-present), which performs business valuations of large companies to include the development of annual business plans, budgets, and internal financial reporting. Mr. Reimherr brings to the Board particular experience with organizational development, budgeting, finance, and capital markets as well as over 18 years’ experience as a Board member of the USAA family of funds. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
* The address for each Independent Trustee is USAA Asset Management Company, P.O. Box 659430, San Antonio, Texas 78265-9430.
** Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee serves as a Trustee of the Trust during the lifetime of the Trust and until its termination except as such Trustee sooner dies, resigns, retires, or is removed. However, pursuant to a policy adopted by the Board, each elected or appointed Independent Trustee may serve as a Trustee until the Trustee either reaches age 72 or has served 20 years, and the Interested Trustee may serve as a Trustee until the Trustee either reaches age 65 or has served 20 years. The Board may change or grant exceptions from this policy at any time without shareholder approval. A Trustee may resign or be removed by a vote of the other Trustees or the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Trust at any time. Vacancies on the Board can be filled by the action of a majority of the Trustees, provided that after filling such vacancy at least two-thirds of the Trustees have been elected by the shareholders.
Trustees and officers of the Trust who are employees of the Manager or affiliated companies are considered “interested persons” under the 1940 Act.
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Name, Address* and Date of Birth Position(s) Held with Fund Term of Office and Length of Time Served Principal Occupation(s) Held
During the Past Five Years
Total Number of USAA Funds Overseen by Officer Other Directorships Held
Interested Trustee
Daniel S. McNamara (June 1966) Trustee, President and Vice Chairman January 2012 President of Financial Advice & Solutions Group (FASG), USAA (02/13-present); Director of USAA Asset Management Company (AMCO), (08/11-present); Director of USAA Investment Management Company (IMCO) (09/09-present); President, IMCO (09/09-04/14); President, AMCO (08/11-4/13); President and Director of USAA Shareholder Account Services (SAS) (10/09-present); Senior Vice President of USAA Financial Planning Services Insurance Agency, Inc. (FPS) (04/11-present); Director of FPS (12/13-present); President and Director of USAA Investment Corporation (ICORP) (03/10-present); Director of USAA Financial Advisors, Inc. (FAI) (12/13-present). Mr. McNamara brings to the Board extensive experience in the financial services industry, including experience as an officer of the Trust. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
Interested Officers
John C. Spear (May 1964) Vice President December 2016 Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, USAA Investments, (03/17-present); Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, USAA Investments, (11/16-03/17); Vice President, Long Term Fixed Income (05/12–11/16). two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
John P. Toohey (March 1968) Vice President June 2009 Head of Equities, Equity Investments, AMCO (01/12-present). two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
Jon K. Hadfield (September 1974) Secretary October 2017 Assistant Vice President, Securities Attorney, FASG Counsel, USAA (1/18-present); Executive Director/Attorney, FASG General Counsel, USAA (2013-2017); Associate, Allen & Overy (2012-2013); Associate, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP (2005-2012). Mr. Hadfield also serves as Secretary of IMCO, AMCO, ICORP, SAS, FAI, and FPS. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
Kristen Millan
(April 1983)
Assistant Secretary September 2017 Senior Attorney, FASG General Counsel, USAA (9/17-present); Attorney, FASG General Counsel, USAA (6/13-9/17); Associate, Dechert LLP (10/10-05/13). Ms. Millan also serves as Assistant Secretary of AMCO, ICORP, and SAS. one registered investment company consisting of 51 funds None
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Name, Address* and Date of Birth Position(s) Held with Fund Term of Office and Length of Time Served Principal Occupation(s) Held
During the Past Five Years
Total Number of USAA Funds Overseen by Officer Other Directorships Held
Roberto Galindo, Jr. (November 1960) Treasurer February 2008 Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Accounting/Financial Administration, USAA (12/02-present). Mr. Galindo also serves as the Funds’ Principal Financial Officer. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
James K. De Vries (April 1969) Assistant Treasurer December 2013 Executive Director, Investment and Financial Administration, USAA (04/12-present). two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
Stephanie A. Higby (July 1974) Chief Compliance Officer February 2013 Assistant Vice President, Compliance-Investments, USAA (2/18-present); Assistant Vice President, Compliance Mutual Funds, USAA (12/16–1/18); Executive Director, Institutional Asset Management Compliance, USAA (04/13-12/16); Director of Compliance, Institutional Asset Management Compliance, USAA (03/12-04/13). Ms. Higby also serves as the Funds’ anti-money laundering compliance officer and as the Chief Compliance Officer for AMCO, IMCO, and FPS. two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds None
* The address of the Interested Trustee and each officer is USAA Asset Management Company, P.O. Box 659430, San Antonio, Texas 78265-9430.
Committees of the Board
The Board typically conducts regular meetings five or six times a year to review the operations of the Fund in the USAA family of funds. During the Fund's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Board held meetings five times. A portion of these meetings is devoted to various committee meetings of the Board, which focus on particular matters. In addition, the Board may hold special meetings by telephone or in person to discuss specific matters that may require action prior to the next regular meeting. The Board has five committees: an Executive Committee, an Audit and Compliance Committee, a Product Management and Distribution Committee, a Corporate Governance Committee, and an Investments Committee. The duties of these five Committees and their membership are as follows:
Executive Committee: Between the meetings of the Board and while the Board is not in session, the Executive Committee of the Board has all the powers and may exercise all the duties of the Board in the management of the business of the Trust which may be delegated to it by the Board. Interested Trustee D. McNamara and Independent Trustee Mason are members of the Executive Committee. During the Fund's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Executive Committee held no meetings.
Audit and Compliance Committee: The Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Trustees reviews the financial information and the independent auditor’s reports and undertakes certain studies and analyses as directed by the Board. The Audit and Compliance Committee has responsibility for the review of the Trust’s compliance program and the performance of the Trust’s chief compliance officer, as well as responsibility for certain additional compliance matters. Independent Trustees Boyce, Hawley, Mason, P. McNamara, Ostdiek, Newton, and Reimherr are members of the Audit and Compliance Committee. During the Fund's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Audit and Compliance Committee held four meetings.
Product Management and Distribution Committee: The Product Management and Distribution Committee of the Board reviews the Fund offered by the Trust and the respective investment objectives and policies, as well as selection of subadvisers; oversees the distribution and marketing of the Fund; and assists the Board in overseeing certain third-party service providers and related matters. The Product Management and Distribution Committee provides oversight with respect to the sale and distribution of shares of the Fund, including payments made by the Fund pursuant to the Trust’s 12b-1 Plan. Interested Trustee D. McNamara and Independent Trustees
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Boyce, Hawley, Mason, P. McNamara, Ostdiek, Newton, and Reimherr are members of the Product Management and Distribution Committee. During the Fund's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Product Management and Distribution Committee held five meetings.
Corporate Governance Committee: The Corporate Governance Committee of the Board maintains oversight of the organization, performance, and effectiveness of the Board and the Independent Trustees. The Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for maintaining a policy on Board tenure and term limitations for the Independent Trustees and establishing procedures to identify and recruit potential candidates for Board membership and to recommend candidates to fill any vacancy for Independent Trustees on the Board. The Corporate Governance Committee has adopted procedures to consider nominees recommended by shareholders. Shareholders may send recommendations to Mr. Paul McNamara, chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee. To be considered by the Board, any recommendations for a nomination submitted by a shareholder must include at least the following information: name; date of birth; contact information; education; business profession and other expertise; affiliations; experience relating to serving on the Board; and references. Independent Trustees Boyce, Hawley, Mason, P. McNamara, Ostdiek, Newton, and Reimherr are members of the Corporate Governance Committee. During the Fund's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Corporate Governance Committee held five meetings.
Investments Committee: The Investments Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities overseeing, among other things: the investment programs implemented by AMCO and/or the investment subadviser(s) for the Fund; the performance and portfolio composition of the Fund; and the valuation and liquidity of the Fund’s assets. In addition, the Investments Committee coordinates the Board’s consideration of investment advisory and underwriting agreements pursuant to Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. Interested Trustee D. McNamara, and Independent Trustees Boyce, Hawley, Mason, P. McNamara, Ostdiek, Newton, and Reimherr are members of the Investments Committee. During the Fund's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Investments Committee held four meetings.
In addition to the previously listed Trustees and/or officers of the Trust who also serve as Directors and/or officers of the Manager, the following individual is an executive officer of the Manager: Brooks Englehardt, President. There are no family relationships among the Trustees, officers, and managerial level employees of the Trust.
The following table sets forth the dollar range of total equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustees of the Funds listed in this SAI and in all of the USAA Funds overseen by the Trustees as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2017.
  Extended Market Index Fund USAA Family of Funds Total
Interested Trustee    
Daniel S. McNamara

None Over $100,000
Non-Interested Trustees    
Robert L. Mason, Ph.D.

None Over $100,000
Jefferson C. Boyce

None $50,001-$100,000
Dawn M. Hawley

None Over $100,000
Paul L. McNamara

None Over $100,000
Richard Y. Newton, III

None None
Barbara B. Ostdiek, Ph.D.

None $10,001-$50,000
Michael F. Reimherr

None Over $100,000
The following table sets forth information describing the compensation of the current Trustees of the Trust for their services as Trustees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
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Name of Trustee Aggregate
Compensation from the
Fund Listed in this SAI
Total Compensation
from the USAA Family of Funds (b)
Interested Trustee    
Daniel S. McNamara

None (a) None (a)
Independent Trustee    
Robert L. Mason, Ph.D.

$ $
Jefferson C. Boyce

$ $
Dawn Hawley

$ $
Paul L. McNamara

$ $
Richard Y. Newton III(c)

$ $
Barbara B. Ostdiek, Ph.D.

$ $
Michael F. Reimherr

$ $
(a) Daniel S. McNamara is affiliated with the Trust’s investment adviser, AMCO, and, accordingly, receives no remuneration from the Trust or any other fund of the USAA Fund Complex.
(b) At December 31, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of two registered investment companies offering 57 individual funds.
(c) Lt. Gen. Newton became a Trustee of the Trust as of March 22, 2017. Prior to that date, he served as a consultant to the Board and received compensation in the amount of $120,000 for that service.
Control Persons and Principal Shareholders
A principal shareholder is any person who owns of record or beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a Fund. A control person is one who owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a company or acknowledges the existence of control. Shareholders with a controlling interest could affect the outcome of voting or the direction of management of a Fund.
As of January 31, 2018, the officers and Trustees of the Trust, as a group, owned beneficially or of record less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Trust.
Control Persons
As of January 31, 2018, there were no control persons of the Fund.
Principal Shareholders
As of January 31, 2018, the following persons were known to own of record or beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the share class and Fund indicated:
Title of Class Name of Address of Beneficial Owner Percent of Class Nature of Ownership1
Extended Market Index Fund

National Financial
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310
xx.xx% Record
1 “Record” ownership means the shareholder of record, or the exact name of the shareholder on the account, i.e. “ABC Brokerage, Inc.” “Beneficial” ownership refers to the actual pecuniary, or financial, interest in the security, i.e. “Jane Doe Shareholder.”
Investment Adviser
As described in the Fund’s prospectus, AMCO is the manager and investment adviser, providing the services under a Management Agreement dated August 1, 2006, with respect to the Fund. AMCO, organized in August 2011, is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a large, diversified financial services institution.
In addition to the services it provides under the Management Agreement, AMCO advises and manages the investments of USAA and its affiliated companies. As of March 31, 2018, total assets under management by AMCO were approximately $XXX billion, of which approximately $XX billion were in mutual fund portfolios.
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Management Agreement
Under the Management Agreement, the Manager provides an investment program, carries out the investment policies, and manages the portfolio assets for the Fund. The Manager is authorized, subject to the control of the Board, to determine the selection, amount, and time to buy or sell securities for the Fund. The Management Agreement authorizes the Manager to retain one or more Subadvisers for the management of all or a portion of a Fund’s investment. The Manager is responsible for monitoring the services furnished pursuant to the Subadvisory Agreement and making recommendations to the Board with respect to the retention or replacement of Subadviser(s) and renewal of the Subadvisory Agreement.
For the services under this agreement, the Fund has agreed to pay the Manager a fee computed as described under Fund Management in its prospectus. Management fees are computed and accrued daily and are payable monthly. The Manager compensates all personnel, officers, and Trustees of the Trust if such persons also are employees of the Manager or its affiliates.
Except for the services and facilities provided by the Manager, the Fund pays all other expenses incurred in its operations. Expenses for which the Fund is responsible include taxes (if any); brokerage commissions on portfolio transactions (if any); expenses of issuance and redemption of shares; charges of transfer agents, custodians, and dividend disbursing agents; costs of preparing and distributing proxy material; audit and legal expenses; certain expenses of registering and qualifying shares for sale; fees of Trustees who are not interested (not affiliated) persons of the Manager; costs of printing and mailing the prospectus, SAI, and periodic reports to existing shareholders; and any other charges or fees not specifically enumerated. The Manager pays the cost of printing and mailing copies of the prospectus, the SAI, and periodic reports to prospective shareholders.
The Management Agreement will continue in effect from year to year for the Fund as long as it is approved at least annually (i) by a vote of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as defined by the 1940 Act) or by the Board (on behalf of the Fund) and (ii) by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees of the Trust cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Management Agreement may be terminated at any time by either the Trust or AMCO on 60 days’ written notice and will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment (as defined by the 1940 Act).
Prior to February 24, 2018, the Fund operated as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure and invested all of its investable assets in the Extended Market Portfolio, which is a separate fund advised by BlackRock. The table below sets forth information about the total management fee paid by the Extended Market Portfolio to BlackRock and the amounts waived by BlackRock for the periods indicated.
Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
Paid to BlackRock Advisors, LLC Waived by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (if applicable)
2017

$ $
2016

$61,284 $8,730
2015

$66,372 $9,674
Subadvisory Agreement
On September 25, 2017, the Manager entered into a subadvisory agreement (Subadvisory Agreement) with Mellon Capital Management Corporation (Mellon Capital), located at 50 Freemont Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94105. Mellon Capital is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
On January 31, 2018, The Boston Company Asset Management LLC (“TBCAM”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC (“Standish”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, merged into Mellon Capital Management Corporation (the “Reorganization”) and Mellon Capital Management Corporation (“Mellon Capital”) was renamed BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corporation. BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corporation (“BNYM AMNA”) is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and is an indirect subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon Corp.”). Each of Mellon Capital, Standish and TBCAM were indirect subsidiaries of BNY Mellon Corp. BNYM AMNA is headquartered at BNY Mellon Center, One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.
Under the Subadvisory Agreement, BNYAMNA (formerly, Mellon Capital) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the assets of the Fund pursuant to the Fund’s investment objective and restrictions. For its services, BNYM AMNA receives a fee from the Manager at an annual rate of 2 basis points of the first $500 million; 1.5 basis points for the next $500 million; 1 basis point for assets exceeded over $1 billion. The Subadvisory Agreement is subject to the same approval of the Board as the oversight and renewal of the Management Agreement. BNYM AMNA has agreed to provide to the Fund, among other things, analysis and statistical and economic data and information concerning the compilation of the Index, including portfolio composition. Asset allocation, index and modeling strategies are employed by BNYM AMNA for other investment companies and accounts advised or subadvised by BNYM AMNA. If these strategies indicate particular securities should be purchased or sold at the same time by the Fund and one or more of these investment companies or accounts, available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated equitably to the Fund by
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BNYM AMNA. In some cases, these procedures may adversely affect the size of the position obtained for or disposed of by the Fund or the price paid or received by the Fund.
Administration and Servicing Agreement
Under an Administration and Servicing Agreement effective August 1, 2006, the Manager is obligated on a continuous basis to provide such administrative services as the Board reasonably deems necessary for the proper administration of the Fund. AMCO will generally assist in all aspects of the Fund’s operations; supply and maintain office facilities, statistical and research data, data processing services, clerical, accounting, bookkeeping and recordkeeping services (including without limitation the maintenance of such books and records as are required under the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder, except as maintained by other agents), internal auditing, executive and administrative services, and stationery and office supplies; prepare and file tax returns; supply financial information and supporting data for reports to and filings with the SEC and various state Blue Sky authorities; supply supporting documentation for meetings of the Board of Trustees; provide and maintain an appropriate fidelity bond; process and coordinate purchases and redemptions and coordinate and implement wire transfers in connection therewith; execute orders under any offer of exchange involving concurrent purchases and redemptions of shares of one or more funds in the USAA family of funds; respond to shareholder inquiries; assist in processing shareholder proxy statements, reports, prospectuses, and other shareholder communications; furnish statements and confirms of all account activity; respond to shareholder complaints and other correspondence; and negotiate arrangements with, and supervise and coordinate the activities of, agents and others to supply services. For these services under the Administration and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the Fund, the Trust has agreed to pay the Manager a fee computed daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate equal to 0.15% of average daily net assets. Prior to February 24, 2018, the annual rate was equal to 0.25% of average daily net assets. We also may delegate one or more of our responsibilities to others at our expense.
For the last three fiscal years ended December 31, AMCO earned administrative and other services fees as follows:
Fund 2017 2016 2015
Extended Market Index

$ $1,531,615 $1,658,557
In addition to the services provided under the Fund’s Administration and Servicing Agreement, the Manager also provides certain compliance legal and tax services for the benefit of the Fund. The Trust’s Board of Trustees has approved the reimbursement of a portion of these expenses incurred by the Manager. For the last three fiscal years ended December 31, the Fund reimbursed the Manager for these compliance and legal services, as follows:
Fund 2017 2016 2015
Extended Market Index

$ $15,476 $16,592
Codes of Ethics
The Fund, the Fund’s Manager, and the Subadviser have each adopted a Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, which permits personnel covered by the rule to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund, but prohibits fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative conduct in connection with that personal investing. The Board reviews the administration of the Code of Ethics at least annually and receives a certification from the Manager and the Subadviser regarding compliance with the Codes of Ethics.
While the officers and employees of the Manager, as well as those of the Fund, may engage in personal securities transactions, such of these parties applicable Code of Ethics contain certain restrictions and limiting procedures. The Code of Ethics is designed to ensure that the shareholders’ interests come before those of the individuals who manage the Fund. The Code of Ethics requires the portfolio manager and other employees with access information about the purchase or sale of securities by the Fund to abide by the Code of Ethics requirements before executing permitted personal trades.
Copies of the Codes of Ethics for the Fund’s Manager and the Subadviser have been filed with the SEC and are available for public review.
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
The Board has delegated to the Manager authority to vote on proposals presented to shareholders of portfolio securities held by the Funds. The Manager generally will vote on proposals presented to shareholders of portfolio securities held by the Funds. However, the Manager reserves the right not to vote on such proposals where it determines that the cost of exercising voting rights on behalf of a Fund exceeds the benefit of exercising such voting rights. In addition, the Manager generally will not vote on proposals presented to shareholders with respect to foreign securities that are on loan under the Fund’s securities lending program. In this connection, the Manager has determined that the potential return from lending such securities generally is more advantageous to the Fund than recalling such securities from the borrower to exercise voting rights with respect thereto. In addition, the Manager generally will not vote on
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proposals presented to shareholders with respect to foreign securities that are subject to share blocking where the foreign company prevents the sale of shares for a certain period of time around the shareholder meeting. For companies in countries with share blocking periods, the disadvantage of being unable to sell the stock regardless of changing conditions typically outweighs the advantages of voting at the shareholder meeting. The Manager has retained Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) to receive proxy statements, provide voting recommendations, vote shares according to our instructions, and to keep records of our votes on behalf of the Funds. ISS has developed a set of criteria for evaluating and making recommendations on proxy voting issues (for example, elections of boards of directors or mergers and reorganizations). These criteria and general voting recommendations are set forth in the ISS Proxy Voting Guidelines as customized by the Manager with respect to certain matters. The Manager retains the authority to determine the final vote for securities held by the Funds.
To avoid any improper influence on the Manager’s voting decisions, the Manager generally will follow the voting recommendations of ISS, except as briefly described below. Before any voting deadline, ISS will provide the Manager’s Head of Equity Investments (or his or her delegate) with a summary of the proposal and a recommendation based on the ISS Guidelines. In evaluating ISS’s recommendations, the Manager may consider information from many sources, including the Funds’ portfolio manager, the Manager’s Investment Strategy Committee, the management of a company presenting a proposal, shareholder groups, and other sources. The Manager believes that the recommendation of management should be given weight in determining how to vote on a particular proposal. The Manager’s Head of Equity Investments will then review ISS’s recommendations, and if he or she determines that it would be in the Funds’ best interests to vote the shares contrary to ISS’s recommendation, he or she must determine, based on reasonable inquiry, whether any material conflict of interest exists between the Funds, on the one hand, and the Manager, the Funds’ principal underwriter, or any person who is an affiliated person of the Funds, the Manager, or the Funds’ principal underwriter, on the other. If a material conflict of interest is determined to exist, the Head of Equity Investments may vote contrary to ISS’s recommendation only if the proposed voting recommendation of the Head of Equity Investments is reviewed by the Manager’s Investment Strategy Committee, which will determine how to vote the particular proxy. With respect to any such proxy votes, the information prepared by the Manager’s Investment Strategy Committee regarding any material conflict of interest identified will be summarized and presented to the Funds’ Board of Trustees at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. The Manager’s Investment Strategy Committee also may establish certain proxy voting procedures for votes on certain matters that will override any ISS recommendation.
Copies of the Manager’s proxy voting policies and procedures are available without charge (i) by calling (800) 531-USAA (8722); (ii) at usaa.com; and (iii) on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge at usaa.com; and (ii) on the SEC’s Website at http://www.sec.gov.
Portfolio Manager Disclosure
BNYM AMNA
Other Accounts Managed
The following table sets forth other accounts for which the Fund's portfolio managers were primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management as of February 28, 2018.
  Number of Other Accounts Managed
and Assets by Account Type
  Number of Accounts and Assets for Which
Advisory Fee is Performance-Based
Name of Portfolio Manager Registered
Investment
Companies
# of Accts
Total Assets
(millions)
Other Pooled
Investment
Vehicles
# of Accts
Total Assets
(millions)
Other
Accounts
# of Accts
Total Assets
(millions)
  Registered
Investment
Companies
# of Accts
Total Assets
(millions)
Other Pooled
Investment
Vehicles
# of Accts
Total Assets
(millions)
Other Accounts
# of Accts
Total Assets
(millions)
Karen Q. Wong

        $0 $0 $0
Richard A. Brown

        $0 $0 $0
Thomas J. Durante

        $0 $0 $0
Conflicts of Interest:
BNYM AMNA manages numerous accounts with a variety of interests. This necessarily creates potential conflicts of interest for BNYM AMNA. For example, BNYM AMNA or an affiliate may cause multiple accounts to invest in the same investment. Such accounts may have conflicting interests and objectives in connection with such investment, including differing views on the operations or activities of the portfolio company, the targeted returns for the transaction, and the timeframe for and method of exiting the investment. Conflicts may also arise in cases where multiple firm and/or affiliate client accounts are invested in different parts of an
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issuer’s capital structure. For example, one of BNYM AMNA’s client accounts could acquire debt obligations of a company while an affiliate’s client account acquires an equity investment. In negotiating the terms and conditions of any such investments, BNYM AMNA may find that the interests of the debt-holding client accounts and the equity-holding client accounts may conflict. If that issuer encounters financial problems, decisions over the terms of the workout could raise conflicts of interest (including, for example, conflicts over proposed waivers and amendments to debt covenants). For example, debt holding accounts may be better served by a liquidation of an issuer in which it could be paid in full, while equity holding accounts might prefer a reorganization of the issuer that would have the potential to retain value for the equity holders. As another example, holders of an issuer’s senior securities may be able to act to direct cash flows away from junior security holders, and both the junior and senior security holders may be firm client accounts. Any of the foregoing conflicts of interest will be discussed and resolved on a case-by-case basis. Any such discussions will factor in the interests of the relevant parties and applicable laws.
BNYM AMNA has a fiduciary duty to manage all client accounts in a fair and equitable manner. To accomplish this, the firm has adopted various policies and procedures including, but not limited to, policies relating to trading operations, best execution, trade order aggregation and allocation, short sales, cross-trading, code of conduct, personal securities trading, and purchases of securities from affiliated underwriters. These procedures are intended to help employees identify and mitigate potential side-by-side conflicts of interest such as those described above. BNYM AMNA has also developed a conflicts matrix listing potential side-by-side conflicts, the compliance policies and procedures reasonably designed to mitigate such potential conflicts of interest, and the corresponding compliance testing program established with the goal of confirming the firm’s adherence to such policies and procedures.
Compensation:
The primary objectives of the BNYM AMNA plans are to:
•    Motivate and reward superior investment and business performance
•    Motivate and reward continued growth and profitability
•    Attract and retain high-performing individuals critical to the on-going success of BNYM AMNA
•    Create an ownership mentality for all plan participants
Cash compensation is comprised primarily of a market-based base salary and variable incentives (cash and deferred). Base salary is determined by the employees’ experience and performance in the role, taking into account the ongoing compensation benchmark analyses. Base salary is generally a fixed amount that may change as a result of an annual review, upon assumption of new duties, or when a market adjustment of the position occurs. Funding for the BNYM AMNA Annual and Long Term Incentive Plan is through a pre-determined fixed percentage of overall BNYM AMNA profitability. Therefore, all bonus awards are based initially on BNYM AMNA’s financial performance. The performance period under which annual incentive opportunities are earned covers the January 1 through December 31st calendar year. The compensation for each individual is evaluated on a total compensation basis, in which combined salaries and incentives are reviewed against competitive market data (benchmarks) for each position annually. Awards are 100% discretionary. Factors considered in awards include individual performance, team performance, investment performance of the associated portfolio(s) (including both short and long term returns) and qualitative behavioral factors. Other factors considered in determining the award are the asset size and revenue growth/retention of the products managed (if applicable). Awards are paid partially in cash with the balance deferred through the Long Term Incentive Plan.
Participants in the Long Term Incentive Plan have a high level of accountability and a large impact on the success of the business due to the position's scope and overall responsibility. This plan provides for an annual award, payable in cash after a three-year cliff vesting period as well as a grant of BNY Mellon Restricted Stock for senior level roles.
BNYM AMNA’s Portfolio Managers responsible for managing mutual funds are paid by BNYM AMNA and not by the mutual funds. The same methodology described above is used to determine Portfolio Manager compensation with respect to the management of mutual funds and other accounts. Mutual fund Portfolio Managers are also eligible for the standard retirement benefits and health and welfare benefits available to all BNYM AMNA employees. Certain Portfolio Managers may be eligible for additional retirement benefits under several supplemental retirement plans that BNYM AMNA provides to restore dollar-for-dollar the benefits of management employees that had been cut back solely as a result of certain limits due to the tax laws. These plans are structured to provide the same retirement benefits as the standard retirement benefits. In addition, mutual fund Portfolio Managers whose compensation exceeds certain limits may elect to defer a portion of their salary and/or bonus under The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees.
Portfolio Ownership
As of the period ended February 24, 2018, the Fund’s portfolio managers did not beneficially own any securities of the Fund.
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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure
The Trust’s Board has adopted a policy on selective disclosure of portfolio holdings. The Trust’s policy is to protect the confidentiality of each Fund’s portfolio holdings and prevent the selective disclosure of material non-public information about the identity of such holdings. To prevent the selective disclosure of portfolio holdings of the Funds, the general policy of the Funds is not to disclose any portfolio holdings of the Funds, other than the portfolio holdings filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR (i.e., annual and semiannual reports) and Form N-Q (i.e., quarterly portfolio holdings reports), and any portfolio holdings made available on usaa.com. This general policy shall not apply, however, in the following instances:
•    Where the person to whom the disclosure is made owes a fiduciary or other duty of trust or confidence to the Fund (e.g., auditors, attorneys, and Access Persons under the Fund's Code of Ethics);
•    Where the person has a valid reason to have access to the portfolio holdings information and has agreed not to disclose or misuse the information (e.g., custodians, accounting agents, securities lending agents, subadvisers, rating agencies, mutual fund evaluation services, such as Lipper, Inc. and proxy voting agents);
•    As disclosed in this SAI; and
•    As required by law or a regulatory body.
If portfolio holdings are released pursuant to an ongoing arrangement with any party that owes a fiduciary or other duty of trust or confidence to the Fund or has a valid reason to have access to the portfolio holdings information and has agreed not to disclose or misuse the information, the Fund must have a legitimate business purpose for doing so, and neither the Fund, nor the Manager or its affiliates, may receive any compensation in connection with an arrangement to make available information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings. If the applicable conditions set forth above are satisfied, the Fund may distribute portfolio holdings to mutual fund evaluation services such as Lipper and broker-dealers that may be used by the Fund, for the purpose of efficient trading and receipt of relevant research. In providing this information to broker-dealers, reasonable precautions are taken to avoid any potential misuse of the disclosed information.
The Fund also may disclose any and all portfolio information to its service providers and others who generally need access to such information in the performance of their contractual duties and responsibilities and are subject to duties of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on non-public information, imposed by law and/or agreement. The Fund may provide portfolio holdings information to the following affiliates, subadvisers, vendors, broker-dealers and service providers: (1) certain affiliated entities with common systems access; (2) subadvisers to series of the Trust; (3) master fund advisers; (4) custodians and tax service providers (e.g., SSB Tax, State Street Bank and Trust, State Street Global Markets and Northern Trust Investments, Inc.); (5) securities lending agents (e.g., Citibank); (6) proxy voting and class action filing agents (ISS); (7) trade analytic consultants (e.g., Elkins McSherry LLC); (8) financial statement service providers (e.g., V.G. Reed & Sons, Inc. and RR Donnelley); (9) certain mutual fund evaluation service providers (e.g., Lipper, Inc., Morningstar, Inc., Factset, Bloomberg Finance LP); (10) pricing vendors (e.g., S&P, JJ Kenney & Co., Thompson Financial/Reuters, ValueLine, Yield Book and IDC) and (11) platform vendors, (e.g., Charles River and Sungard (Dataware Solutions)) as well as certain other individuals that owe the Trust a duty of trust and confidence including fund counsel, internal audit, independent auditors, identified NRSROs and executing broker dealers.
Any person or entity that does not have a previously approved ongoing arrangement to receive non-public portfolio holdings information and seeks the Fund’s portfolio holdings information that (i) has not been filed with the SEC, or (ii) is not available on usaa.com, must submit its request in writing to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), or USAA FASG Legal Counsel, or their designee(s), who will make a determination whether disclosure of such portfolio holdings may be made and whether the relevant Fund needs to make any related disclosure in its SAI. A report will be made to the Board at each quarterly meeting about (i) any determinations made by the CCO or USAA FASG Legal Counsel, pursuant to the procedures set forth in this paragraph, and (ii) any violations of the portfolio holdings policy.
The Fund intends to post its annual and semiannual reports, and quarterly schedules of portfolio holdings on usaa.com after these reports are filed with the SEC. In addition, the Fund intends to post its top 10 holdings on usaa.com 15 days following the end of each month.
Approximately 31 days after the end of month, the Fund’s portfolio holdings will be delivered to certain independent evaluation and reporting services such as Bloomberg, S&P, and Morningstar.
For the last month of each quarter, after each Fund's top holdings are made available on usaa.com, this information will be delivered to certain independent evaluation and reporting services such as Lipper, S&P, Thomson Financial, and Value Line.
In order to address potential conflicts of interest between the interests of the Fund’s shareholders, on the one hand, and the interests of the Fund’s Manager, principal underwriter, or certain affiliated persons, on the other, the Fund has adopted the policies described
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above (i) prohibiting the receipt of compensation in connection with an arrangement to make available information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings and (ii) requiring certain requests for non-public portfolio holdings information to be approved by the CCO or USAA FASG Legal Counsel, and then reported to the Board, including the Independent Trustees.
General Information
Custodian and Accounting Agent
The Custodian is responsible for, among other things, safeguarding and controlling the Fund’s cash and securities, handling the receipt and delivery of securities, processing the pricing of reach Fund’s securities, and collecting interest on the Fund’s investments. State Street Bank and Trust Company, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 is the custodian and accounting agent for the Fund. The accounting agent is responsible for, among other things, calculating the Fund’s daily NAV and other recordkeeping functions.
Counsel
K&L Gates LLP, 1601 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006, reviews certain legal matters for the Trust in connection with the shares offered by the prospectuses.
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP, 1700 Frost Bank Tower, 100 West Houston Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205, is the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund. In this capacity, the firm is responsible for the audit of the annual financial statement of the Fund and reporting thereon.
Underwriter and Distributor
The Trust has an agreement with USAA Investment Management Company (IMCO), 9800 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX 78288, for exclusive underwriting and distribution of the Fund's shares on a continuing best efforts basis. This agreement provides that IMCO will receive no fee or other compensation for such distribution services.
Transfer Agent
USAA Shareholder Account Services (the Transfer Agent), 9800 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas 78288, performs transfer agent services for the Trust under a Transfer Agency Agreement. Services include maintenance of shareholder account records, handling of communications with shareholders, distribution of Fund dividends, and production of reports with respect to account activity for shareholders and the Trust. For its services under the Transfer Agency Agreement, the Fund pays the Transfer Agent an annual fixed fee of $23 per account. The fee is subject to change at any time.
In addition to these fees, the Transfer Agent also is entitled to reimbursement from the Trust for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, charges and other disbursements incurred by it in connection with the performance of services under the Transfer Agency Agreement, including but not limited to: (1) the cost of any and all forms, statements, labels, envelopes, checks, tax forms, and other printed materials which is required by the Transfer Agent to perform its duties; (2) delivery charges, including postage incurred in delivering materials to, and receiving them from, the Trust and shareholders; (3) communication charges; (4) maintenance of shareholder records (including charges for retention and imaging); (5) tax reporting systems; (6) counsel fees; and (7) cash and asset management services.  The fee paid to the Transfer Agent includes processing of all transactions and correspondence. Fees are billed on a monthly basis at the rate of one-twelfth of the annual fee. Each Fund pays all out-of-pocket expenses of the Transfer Agent and other expenses which are incurred at the specific direction of the Trust. Fees paid under the Transfer Agency Agreement are subject to change at any time.
The Transfer Agent is authorized to enter into arrangements with third party service providers to provide a portion or all of the functions under the Transfer Agency Agreement. For accounts held with third party intermediaries, the Trust pays the Transfer Agent the same fees that would have been paid to the Transfer Agent if all the accounts had been maintained by the Transfer Agent. The intermediaries may receive payments directly or indirectly from the Transfer Agent, AMCO, or their affiliates for providing services to their clients who hold Fund shares.
Appendix A – Description of Bond Ratings
A Description of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.’s (“Moody’s”) Global Rating Scales
Ratings assigned on Moody’s global long-term and short-term rating scales are forward-looking opinions of the relative credit risks of financial obligations issued by non-financial corporates, financial institutions, structured finance vehicles, project finance vehicles, and
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public sector entities. Long-term ratings are assigned to issuers or obligations with an original maturity of one year or more and reflect both on the likelihood of a default on contractually promised payments and the expected financial loss suffered in the event of default. Short-term ratings are assigned to obligations with an original maturity of thirteen months or less and reflect the likelihood of a default on contractually promised payments.
Description of Moody’s Long-Term Obligation Ratings
Aaa Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk.
Aa Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.
A Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.
Baa Obligations rated Baa are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit risk and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.
Ba Obligations rated Ba are judged to be speculative and are subject to substantial credit risk.
B Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.
Caa Obligations rated Caa are judged to be speculative of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.
Ca Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.
C Obligations rated C are the lowest rated class and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.
Note: Moody’s appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aaa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.
Hybrid Indicator (hyb)
The hybrid indicator (hyb) is appended to all ratings of hybrid securities issued by banks, insurers, finance companies, and securities firms. By their terms, hybrid securities allow for the omission of scheduled dividends, interest, or principal payments, which can potentially result in impairment if such an omission occurs. Hybrid securities may also be subject to contractually allowable write-downs of principal that could result in impairment. Together with the hybrid indicator, the long-term obligation rating assigned to a hybrid security is an expression of the relative credit risk associated with that security.
Description of Short-Term Obligation Ratings
Moody’s employs the following designations to indicate the relative repayment ability of rated issuers:
P-1 Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-1 have a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
P-2 Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
P-3 Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-3 have an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.
NP Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.
Description of Moody’s US Municipal Short-Term Obligation Ratings
The Municipal Investment Grade (“MIG”) scale is used to rate US municipal bond anticipation notes of up to three years maturity. Municipal notes rated on the MIG scale may be secured by either pledged revenues or proceeds of a take-out financing received prior to note maturity. MIG ratings expire at the maturity of the obligation, and the issuer’s long-term rating is only one consideration in assigning the MIG rating. MIG ratings are divided into three levels—MIG 1 through MIG 3—while speculative grade short-term obligations are designated SG.
MIG 1 This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.
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MIG 2 This designation denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample, although not as large as in the preceding group.
MIG 3 This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Liquidity and cash-flow protection may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established.
SG This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Debt instruments in this category may lack sufficient margins of protection.
Description of Moody’s Demand Obligation Ratings
In the case of variable rate demand obligations (“VRDOs”), a two-component rating is assigned: a long or short-term debt rating and a demand obligation rating. The first element represents Moody’s evaluation of risk associated with scheduled principal and interest payments. The second element represents Moody’s evaluation of risk associated with the ability to receive purchase price upon demand (“demand feature”). The second element uses a rating from a variation of the MIG scale called the Variable Municipal Investment Grade (“VMIG”) scale.
VMIG 1 This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
VMIG 2 This designation denotes strong credit quality. Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
VMIG 3 This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
SG This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a liquidity provider that does not have an investment grade short-term rating or may lack the structural and/or legal protections necessary to ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
Description of Standard & Poor’s, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“Standard & Poor’s”), Issue Credit Ratings
A Standard & Poor's issue credit rating is a forward-looking opinion about the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to a specific financial obligation, a specific class of financial obligations, or a specific financial program (including ratings on medium-term note programs and commercial paper programs). It takes into consideration the creditworthiness of guarantors, insurers, or other forms of credit enhancement on the obligation and takes into account the currency in which the obligation is denominated. The opinion reflects Standard & Poor's view of the obligor's capacity and willingness to meet its financial commitments as they come due, and may assess terms, such as collateral security and subordination, which could affect ultimate payment in the event of default.
Issue credit ratings can be either long-term or short-term. Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days—including commercial paper. Short-term ratings are also used to indicate the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to put features on long-term obligations. The result is a dual rating, in which the short-term rating addresses the put feature, in addition to the usual long-term rating. Medium-term notes are assigned long-term ratings.
Issue credit ratings are based, in varying degrees, on Standard & Poor’s analysis of the following considerations:
•    Likelihood of payment—capacity and willingness of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on an obligation in accordance with the terms of the obligation;
•    Nature of and provisions of the obligation;
•    Protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in the event of bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors’ rights.
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Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings*
AAA An obligation rated ‘AAA’ has the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.
AA An obligation rated ‘AA’ differs from the highest-rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.
A An obligation rated ‘A’ is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.
BBB An obligation rated ‘BBB’ exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
BB
B
Obligations rated ‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CCC’, ‘CC’, and ‘C’ are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. ‘BB’ indicates the least degree of speculation and ‘C’ the highest.
CCC
CC
C
While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.
BB An obligation rated ‘BB’ is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
B An obligation rated ‘B’ is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
CCC An obligation rated ‘CCC’ is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
CC An obligation rated ‘CC’ is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
C A ‘C’ rating is assigned to obligations that are currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment, obligations that have payment arrearages allowed by the terms of the documents, or obligations of an issuer that is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or similar action which have not experienced a payment default. Among others, the ‘C’ rating may be assigned to subordinated debt, preferred stock or other obligations on which cash payments have been suspended in accordance with the instrument’s terms or when preferred stock is the subject of a distressed exchange offer, whereby some or all of the issue is either repurchased for an amount of cash or replaced by other instruments having a total value that is less than par.
D An obligation rated ‘D’ is in payment default. The ‘D’ rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless Standard & Poor’s believes that such payments will be made within five business days, irrespective of any grace period. The ‘D’ rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized. An obligation’s rating is lowered to ‘D’ upon completion of a distressed exchange offer, whereby some or all of the issue is either repurchased for an amount of cash or replaced by other instruments having a total value that is less than par.
NR This indicates that no rating has been requested, that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that Standard & Poor’s does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.
*The ratings from ‘AA’ to ‘CCC’ may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.
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Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings
A-1 A short-term obligation rated ‘A-1’ is rated in the highest category by Standard & Poor’s. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.
A-2 A short-term obligation rated ‘A-2’ is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.
A-3 A short-term obligation rated ‘A-3’ exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
B A short-term obligation rated ‘B’ is regarded as vulnerable and has significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments.
C A short-term obligation rated ‘C’ is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
D A short-term obligation rated ‘D’ is in payment default. The ‘D’ rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless Standard & Poor’s believes that such payments will be made within any stated grace period. However, any stated grace period longer than five business days will be treated as five business days. The ‘D’ rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.
Description of Standard & Poor’s Municipal Short-Term Note Ratings
A Standard & Poor’s U.S. municipal note rating reflects Standard & Poor’s opinion about the liquidity factors and market access risks unique to the notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes with an original maturity of more than three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. In determining which type of rating, if any, to assign, Standard & Poor’s analysis will review the following considerations:
•    Amortization schedule—the larger the final maturity relative to other maturities, the more likely it will be treated as a note; and
•    Source of payment—the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note.
Standard & Poor’s municipal short-term note rating symbols are as follows:
SP-1 Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.
SP-2 Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
SP-3 Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.
Description of Fitch Ratings’ (“Fitch’s”) Credit Ratings Scales
Fitch’s credit ratings provide an opinion on the relative ability of an entity to meet financial commitments, such as interest, preferred dividends, repayment of principal, insurance claims or counterparty obligations. Credit ratings are used by investors as indications of the likelihood of receiving the money owed to them in accordance with the terms on which they invested.
The terms “investment grade” and “speculative grade” have established themselves over time as shorthand to describe the categories ‘AAA’ to ‘BBB’ (investment grade) and ‘BB’ to ‘D’ (speculative grade). The terms “investment grade” and “speculative grade” are market conventions, and do not imply any recommendation or endorsement of a specific security for investment purposes. “Investment grade” categories indicate relatively low to moderate credit risk, while ratings in the “speculative” categories either signal a higher level of credit risk or that a default has already occurred.
Fitch’s credit ratings do not directly address any risk other than credit risk. In particular, ratings do not deal with the risk of a market value loss on a rated security due to changes in interest rates, liquidity and other market considerations. However, in terms of payment
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obligation on the rated liability, market risk may be considered to the extent that it influences the ability of an issuer to pay upon a commitment. Ratings nonetheless do not reflect market risk to the extent that they influence the size or other conditionality of the obligation to pay upon a commitment (for example, in the case of index-linked bonds).
In the default components of ratings assigned to individual obligations or instruments, the agency typically rates to the likelihood of non-payment or default in accordance with the terms of that instrument’s documentation. In limited cases, Fitch may include additional considerations (i.e., rate to a higher or lower standard than that implied in the obligation’s documentation). In such cases, the agency will make clear the assumptions underlying the agency’s opinion in the accompanying rating commentary.
Description of Fitch’s Long-Term Corporate Finance Obligations Rating Scales
Fitch long-term obligations rating scales are as follows:
AAA Highest credit quality. ‘AAA’ ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.
AA Very high credit quality. ‘AA’ ratings denote expectations of very low credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.
A High credit quality. ‘A’ ratings denote expectations of low credit risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB Good credit quality. ‘BBB’ ratings indicate that expectations of credit risk are currently low. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate but adverse business or economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.
BB Speculative. ‘BB’ ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to credit risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time; however, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B Highly speculative. ‘B’ ratings indicate that material credit risk is present.
CCC ‘CCC’ ratings indicate that substantial credit risk is present.
CC ‘CC’ ratings indicate very high levels of credit risk.
C ‘C’ ratings indicate exceptionally high levels of credit risk.
NR This designation is used to denote securities not rated by Fitch where Fitch has rated some, but not all, securities comprising an issuance capital structure.
WD This designation indicates that the rating has been withdrawn and the issue or issuer is no longer rated by Fitch.
Note: The modifiers “+” or “-” may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the ‘AAA’ obligation rating category, or to corporate finance obligation ratings in the categories below ‘B’.
Description of Fitch’s Short-Term Ratings
A short-term issuer or obligation rating is based in all cases on the short-term vulnerability to default of the rated entity or security stream and relates to the capacity to meet financial obligations in accordance with the documentation governing the relevant obligation. Short-Term Ratings are assigned to obligations whose initial maturity is viewed as “short term” based on market convention. Typically, this means up to 13 months for corporate, sovereign, and structured obligations and up to 36 months for obligations in U.S. public finance markets.
Fitch short-term ratings are as follows:
F1 Highest short-term credit quality. Indicates the strongest intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.
F2 Good short-term credit quality. Good intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.
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F3 Fair short-term credit quality. The intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate.
B Speculative short-term credit quality. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus heightened vulnerability to near term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
C High short-term default risk. Default is a real possibility.
RD Restricted default. Indicates an entity that has defaulted on one or more of its financial commitments, although it continues to meet other financial obligations. Applicable to entity ratings only.
D Default. Indicates a broad-based default event for an entity, or the default of a short-term obligation.
NR This designation is used to denote securities not rated by Fitch where Fitch has rated some, but not all, securities comprising an issuance capital structure.
WD This designation indicates that the rating has been withdrawn and the issue or issuer is no longer rated by Fitch.
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USAA MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28 Exhibits  
a (i) USAA Mutual Funds Trust Third Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement dated September 22, 2015 (35)
  (ii) USAA Mutual Funds Trust Fourth Amended and Restated Master Trust Agreement dated February 25, 2016 (35)
b (i) Second Amended and Restated By-Laws, dated September 22, 2015 (35)
c   None other than provisions contained in Exhibits (a)(i), (a)(ii), and (b) above
d (i) Management Agreement for the Extended Market Index Fund dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (ii) Advisory Agreement for the Nasdaq-100 Index Fund dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (iii) Management Agreement for the S&P 500 Index Fund dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (iv) Advisory Agreement dated August 1, 2006 with respect to all other funds (2)
  (v) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and BHMS dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (vi) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Batterymarch dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (vii) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Loomis Sayles dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (viii) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and MFS dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (ix) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and NTI dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (x) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Wellington Management dated August 1, 2006 (2)
  (xi) Amendment No. 1 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Batterymarch dated August 1, 2006. (2)
  (xii) Amendment No. 2 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Batterymarch dated October 2, 2006 (3)
  (xiii) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and The Renaissance Group, LLC dated December 3, 2007 (5)
  (xiv) Letter Agreement to Advisory Agreement adding Global Opportunities Fund (9)
  (xv) Letter Agreement to Advisory Agreement adding Target Retirement Income Fund, Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Target Retirement 2040 Fund, and Target Retirement 2050 Fund (9)
  (xvi) Letter Agreement to Advisory Agreement adding Managed Allocation Fund (12)
  (xvii) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (11)
  (xviii) Amendment No. 1 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Wellington Management (15)
  (xix) Letter Agreement to Advisory Agreement adding Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund and Real Return Fund (16)
  (xx) Amendment No. 1 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (18)
  (xxi) Amendment No. 1 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and MFS (18)
  (xxii) Amendment No. 2 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between IMCO and QMA (20)
  (xxiii) Letter Agreement to Advisory Agreement adding Cornerstone Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund. (22)
  (xxiv) Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Advisory Agreement. (21)
  (xxv) Transfer and Assumption Agreement dated December 31, 2011. (21)
  (xxvi) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Granahan Investment Management, Inc. dated July 11, 2012. (22)
  (xxvii) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Cambiar Investors dated July 11, 2012. (22)
  (xxviii) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., dated October 17, 2012. (24)
  (xxix) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Lazard Asset Management dated October 16, 2012. (24)
  (xxx) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Victory Capital Management Inc. dated August 1, 2013. (27)
  (xxxi) Letter Agreement to Advisory Agreement adding Flexible Income Fund and Target Retirement 2060 Fund dated July 12, 2013. (26)
  (xxxii) Amendment No. 2 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Wellington Management (28)
  (xxxiii) Letter Agreement to Advisory Agreement adding Target Managed Allocation Fund and Global Equity Income Fund dated August 7, 2015. (32)
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  (xxxiv) Amendment No. 1 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Lazard dated August 28, 2015. (32)
  (xxxv) Amendment No. 3 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Wellington Management dated August 28, 2015. (32)
  (xxxvi) Amendment No. 2. To Investment Advisory Agreement dated October 1, 2015. (32)
  (xxxvii) Amendment No. 3. To Investment Advisory Agreement dated October 1, 2016. (36)
  (xxxviii) Amendment No. 4. To Investment Advisory Agreement dated April 1, 2017. (38)
  (xxxix) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and ClariVest Asset Management LLC dated May 16, 2017. (39)
  (xl) Amendment No. 4 to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Wellington Management dated August 31, 2017. (40)
  (xli) Amendment No. 5 to Investment Advisory Agreement dated July 26, 2017. (40)
  (xlii) Amendment No. 6 to Investment Advisory Agreement dated October 1, 2017. (41)
  (xliii) Amendment No. 7 dated December 1, 2017, to Investment Advisory Agreement between USAA Mutual Funds Trust and AMCO dated August 1, 2006. (filed herewith)
  (xliv) Amendment No. 1 dated December 1, 2017, to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Cambiar dated July 11, 2012. (filed herewith)
  (xlv) Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Mellon Capital dated September 25, 2017. (filed herewith)
e (i) Amended and Restated Underwriting Agreement dated April 30, 2010. (14)
  (ii) Letter Agreement to Underwriting Agreement adding Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund and Real Return Fund. (17)
  (iii) Letter Agreement to Underwriting Agreement adding Cornerstone Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund. (22)
  (iv) Letter Agreement to Underwriting Agreement adding Flexible Income Fund and Target Retirement 2060 Fund dated July 12, 2013. (26)
  (v) Letter Agreement to Underwriting Agreement adding Target Managed Allocation Fund and Global Equity Income Fund dated August 7, 2015. (32)
f   Not Applicable
g (i) Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated July 31, 2006 with Fee Schedule dated November 28, 2006. (3)
  (ii) Custodian Agreement for S&P 500 Index Fund dated July 31, 2006. (4)
  (iii) Subcustodian Agreement dated March 24, 1994. (1)
  (iv) Fee Schedule dated January 1, 2010. (13)
  (v) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement adding Global Opportunities Fund. (9)
  (vi) Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement adding Target Retirement Income Fund, Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Target Retirement 2040 Fund, and Target Retirement 2050 Fund. (8)
  (vii) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement adding Managed Allocation Fund. (12)
  (viii) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement adding Cornerstone Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund. (22)
  (ix) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement adding Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund and Real Return Fund. (17)
  (x) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement adding Flexible Income Fund and Target Retirement 2060 Fund dated July 12, 2013. (26)
  (xi) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement adding Target Managed Allocation Fund and Global Equity Income Fund dated August 7, 2015. (34)
  (xii) Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated October 19, 2012. (31)
  (xiii) Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated September 1, 2013. (31)
  (xiv) Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated June 1, 2014. (31)
  (xv) Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated July 13, 2015. (31)
  (xvi) Letter Agreement dated August 11, 2017, amending Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated July 31, 2006, to add Extended Market Index Fund. (filed herewith)
h (i) Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 1, 2012. (21)
  (ii) Administration and Servicing Agreement dated August 1, 2006. (2)
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  (iii) Master Revolving Credit Facility Agreement with USAA Capital Corporation dated September 30, 2017. (41)
  (iv) Agreement and Plan of Conversion and Termination with respect to USAA Mutual Fund, Inc. (2)
  (v) Agreement and Plan of Conversion and Termination with respect to USAA Investment Trust (2)
  (vi) Agreement and Plan of Conversion and Termination with respect to USAA Tax Exempt Fund, Inc. (2)
  (vii) Amended and Restated Subadministration Agreement dated October 1, 2006 (6)
  (viii) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Global Opportunities Fund. (9)
  (ix) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Target Retirement Income Fund, Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Target Retirement 2040 Fund, and Target Retirement 2050 Fund. (9)
  (x) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Managed Allocation Fund. (12)
  (xi) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund and Real Return Fund. (22)
  (xii) Amendment to Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Institutional Share Classes dated September 1, 2011. (19)
  (xiii) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Cornerstone Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund. (22)
  (xiv) Letter Amendment to the Administration and Servicing Agreement for the Extended Market Index Fund and Nasdaq-100 Index Fund, dated May 1, 2012. (21)
  (xv) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 1, 2012, adding Cornerstone Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund dated June 8, 2012. (22)
  (xvi) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 1, 2012, adding Flexible Income Fund, Target Retirement 2060 Fund, Global Managed Volatility Fund Shares, Total Return Strategy Fund Institutional Shares, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund Institutional Shares dated July 12, 2013. (26)
  (xvii) Letter Amendment to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Flexible Income Fund, Flexible Income Fund Adviser Shares, Flexible Income Fund Institutional Shares, Target Retirement 2060 Fund, Global Managed Volatility Fund Shares, Total Return Strategy Fund Institutional Shares, and Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund Institutional Shares dated July 12, 2013. (26)
  (xviii) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 1, 2012, adding Target Managed Allocation Fund, Global Equity Income Fund Shares, Global Equity Income Fund Institutional Shares, Capital Growth Fund Institutional Shares, Growth & Income Fund Institutional Shares, Government Securities Fund Institutional Shares, and World Growth Fund Institutional Shares dated August 7, 2015. (30)
  (xix) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Target Managed Allocation Fund, Global Equity Income Fund Shares, Global Equity Income Fund Institutional Shares, Capital Growth Fund Institutional Shares, Growth & Income Fund Institutional Shares, Government Securities Fund Institutional Shares and World Growth Fund Institutional Shares dated August 7, 2015. (32)
  (xx) Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated June 1, 2015. (31)
  (xxi) Amendment No. 2 to Administration and Servicing Agreement dated December 1, 2015. (36)
  (xxii) Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated December 2, 2015. (35)
  (xxiii) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Intermediate-Term Bond Fund ETF Shares and Short-Term Bond Fund ETF Shares dated February 25, 2016. (35)
  (xxiv) Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated June 1, 2016. (35)
  (xxv) Letter Agreement to the Administration and Servicing Agreement adding Government Securities Fund R6 Shares, High Income Fund R6 Shares, Income Fund R6 Shares, Income Stock Fund R6 Shares, Intermediate-Term Bond Fund R6 Shares, Nasdaq-100 Index Fund R6 Shares, Short-Term Bond Fund R6 Shares, and Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund R6 Shares dated December 1, 2016. (37)
  (xxvi) Letter Agreement to the Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 1, 2012, adding Government Securities Fund R6 Shares, High Income Fund R6 Shares, Income Fund R6 Shares, Income Stock Fund R6 Shares, Intermediate-Term Bond Fund R6 Shares, Nasdaq-100 Index Fund R6 Shares, Short-Term Bond Fund R6 Shares, and Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund R6 Shares dated December 1, 2016. (37)
  (xxvii) Amendment No. 3 to Administration and Servicing Agreement dated July 26, 2017. (40)
  (xxviii) Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated July 26, 2017. (40)
  (xxix) Global Securities Lending Agency Agreement dated February 14, 2017. (41)
  (xxx) Amendment No. 1 to Global Lending Agency Agreement dated August 10, 2017. (41)
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  (xxxi) Amendment No. 2 to Global Lending Agency Agreement dated October 19, 2017. (41)
  (xxxii) Amendment No. 4 dated February 23, 2018, to Administration and Servicing Agreement dated August 1, 2001, to add Extended Market Index Fund. (filed herewith)
  (xxxiii) Amendment No. 1 dated February 23, 2018, to Management Agreement dated August 1, 2006, to add Extended Market Index Fund. (filed herewith)
i (i) Opinion and Consent of Counsel with respect to Growth and Tax Strategy Fund, Emerging Markets Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), International Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), Precious Metals and Minerals Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), and World Growth Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), Government Securities Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, Institutional Shares, and R6 Shares), Managed Allocation Fund, Treasury Money Market Trust and Cornerstone Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderate Fund (formerly Balanced Strategy Fund), Cornerstone Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderately Aggressive Fund (formerly Cornerstone Strategy Fund), Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund. (40)
  (ii) Opinion and Consent of Counsel with respect to Aggressive Growth Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Growth Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Growth & Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares and Adviser Shares), Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares, and R6 Shares), Income Stock Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares and R6 Shares), Short-Term Bond Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares, and R6 Shares), Money Market Fund, Science & Technology Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), First Start Growth Fund, Small Cap Stock Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Intermediate-Term Bond Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares and R6 Shares), High Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares, and R6 Shares), Capital Growth Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), and Value Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, and Adviser Shares). (41)
  (iii) Opinion and Consent of Counsel with respect to Total Return Strategy Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Extended Market Index Fund, S&P 500 Index Fund (Member Shares and Reward Shares), Nasdaq-100 Index Fund (Fund Shares and R6 Shares), Global Managed Volatility Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Real Return Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, and R6 Shares), Target Retirement Income Fund, Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Target Retirement 2040 Fund, Target Retirement 2050 Fund, Target Retirement 2060 Fund, and Flexible Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, and Adviser Shares). (38)
  (iv) Opinion and Consent of Counsel with respect to Tax Exempt Long-Term Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Tax Exempt Intermediate-Term Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Tax Exempt Money Market, California Bond Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), New York Bond Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Virginia Bond Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Target Managed Allocation Fund, and Global Equity Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares). (39)
j (i) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with respect to Growth and Tax Strategy Fund, Emerging Markets Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), International Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), Precious Metals and Minerals Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), World Growth Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, and Institutional Shares), Government Securities Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares, Institutional, and R6 Shares), Managed Allocation Fund, Treasury Money Market Trust, and Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderate Fund (formerly Balanced Strategy Fund), Cornerstone Moderately Aggressive Fund (formerly Cornerstone Strategy Fund), Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, Cornerstone Conservative Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund. (40)
  (ii) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with respect to Aggressive Growth Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Growth Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Growth & Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares and Adviser Shares), Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares and R6 Shares), Income Stock Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, and R6 Shares), Short-Term Bond Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares, and R6 Shares), Money Market Fund, Science & Technology Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), First Start Growth Fund, Small Cap Stock Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Intermediate-Term Bond Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares, and R6 Shares), High Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Adviser Shares, and R6 Shares), Capital Growth Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), and Value Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, and Adviser Shares). (41)
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  (iii) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with respect to Total Return Strategy Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Extended Market Index Fund, S&P 500 Index Fund (Member Shares and Reward Shares), Nasdaq-100 Index Fund (Fund Shares and R6 Shares), Global Managed Volatility Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares), Real Return Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares, Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, and R6 Shares), Target Retirement Income Fund, Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Target Retirement 2040 Fund, Target Retirement 2050 Fund, Target Retirement 2060 Fund, and Flexible Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, and Adviser Shares). (38)
  (iv) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with respect to Tax Exempt Long-Term Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Tax Exempt Intermediate-Term Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Tax Exempt Short-Term Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Tax Exempt Money Market, California Bond Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), California Money Market, New York Bond Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), New York Money Market, Virginia Bond Fund (Fund Shares and Adviser Shares), Virginia Money Market Funds, Target Managed Allocation Fund, and Global Equity Income Fund (Fund Shares, Institutional Shares). (39)
k   Omitted Financial Statements - Not Applicable
l   Subscriptions and Investment Letters
  (i) Subscription and Investment Letter for Global Opportunities Fund (9)
  (ii) Subscription and Investment Letter for Target Retirement Income Fund, Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Target Retirement 2040 Fund, and Target Retirement 2050 Fund (9)
  (iii) Subscription and Investment Letter for Managed Allocation Fund (12)
  (iv) Subscription and Investment Letter for Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund and Real Return Fund (17)
  (v) Subscription and Investment Letter for Cornerstone Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Moderately Conservative Fund, Cornerstone Aggressive Fund, and Cornerstone Equity Fund (22)
  (vi) Subscription and Investment Letter for Flexible Income Fund (Fund Shares, Adviser Shares and Institutional Shares) and Target Retirement 2060 Fund dated July 12, 2013. (26)
  (vii) Subscription and Investment Letter for Target Managed Allocation Fund and Global Equity Income Fund (Fund Shares and Institutional Shares) dated August 7, 2015. (34)
m (i) 12b-1 Plans. (14)
  (ii) Amended Schedule A Pursuant to 12b-1 Plans. (25)
n   18f-3 Plans
  (i) Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan Purchase to Rule 18f-3 USAA Mutual Funds Trust (S&P 500 Index Fund). (10)
  (ii) Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan Purchase to Rule 18f-3 USAA Mutual Funds Trust. (41)
o   Reserved
p   Code of Ethics
  (i) USAA Investment Management Company dated October 1, 2017. (41)
  (ii) Northern Trust Investments dated April 1, 2016. (35)
  (iii) QS Investor, LLC dated May 30, 2015. (33)
  (iv) Wellington Management Company LLP dated April 30, 2017. (39)
  (v) Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. dated August 11, 2016 (37)
  (vi) Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc. dated January 3, 2006. (7)
  (vii) MFS Investment Management dated October 31, 2016 (38)
  (viii) Renaissance Investment Management December 29, 2016. (38)
  (ix) Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. December 4, 2009. (11)
  (x) Granahan Investment Management, Inc., October 25, 2013. (28)
  (xi) Cambiar Investors, LLC April 2014. (29)
  (xii) Lazard Asset Management. (35)
  (xiii) Victory Capital Management Inc. July 30, 2016. (37)
  (xiv) Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. (23)
  (xv) ClariVest Asset Management LLC (41)
q   Powers of Attorney
  (i) Powers of Attorney for Daniel S. McNamara, Michael Reimherr, Robert L. Mason, Barbara Ostdiek, Paul L. McNamara, Dawn M. Hawley, Jefferson C. Boyce, Richard Y. Newton, III, and Roberto Galindo, Jr. dated September 22, 2017. (40)
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1 Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 1996).
2 Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2006).
3 Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2006).
4 Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2007).
5 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 29 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2007).
6 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 30 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2008).
7 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 31 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2008).
8 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 33 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2008).
9 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 40 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2008).
10 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 42 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2009).
11 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 50 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2010).
12 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 51 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2010).
13 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 52 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2010).
14 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 53 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2010).
15 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 54 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2010).
16 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 57 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2010).
17 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 61 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2010).
18 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 65 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2011).
19 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 67 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2011).
20 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 70 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2011).
21 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 76 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2012).
22 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 78 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2012).
23 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 84 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2012).
24 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 86 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2013).
25 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 88 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May10, 2013).
26 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 91 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2013).
27 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 95 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2013).
28 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 99 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2014).
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29 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 101 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2014).
30 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 111 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2015).
31 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 112 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2015).
32 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 120 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2015).
33 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 122 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2015).
34 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 124 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2016).
35 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 127 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2016).
36 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 134 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2016).
37 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 138 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2016).
38 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 141 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2017).
39 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 143 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2017).
40 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 145 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2017).
41 Previously filed with Post-effective Amendment No. 148 of the Registrant (No. 33-65572 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2017).
Item 29.    Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund
Information pertaining to persons controlled by or under common control with Registrant is hereby incorporated by reference to the section captioned “Trustees and Officers of the Trust” in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
Item 30.    Indemnification
Protection for the liability of the adviser and underwriter and for the officers and trustees of the Registrant is provided by two methods:
(a) The Trustee and Officer Liability Policy. This policy covers all losses incurred by the Registrant, its adviser, and its underwriter from any claim made against those entities or persons during the policy period by any shareholder or former shareholder of any Fund by reason of any alleged negligent act, error, or omission committed in connection with the administration of the investments of said Registrant or in connection with the sale or redemption of shares issued by said Registrant. The Trust will not pay for such insurance to the extent that payment therefor is in violation of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) or the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).
(b) Indemnification Provisions under Agreement and Declaration of Trust. Under Article VI of the Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each of its Trustees and officers or any person serving at the Registrant’s request as directors, officers, or trustees of another organization in which the Registrant has any interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise (“Covered Person”) shall be indemnified against all liabilities, including but not limited to amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and expenses, including reasonable accountants’ and counsel fees, incurred by any Covered Person in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any court or administrative or legislative body, in which such Covered Person may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise or with which such person may be or may have been threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of being or having been such an officer, director, or trustee, except with respect to any matter as to which it has been determined that such Covered Person had acted with willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such Covered Person’s office (such conduct referred to hereafter as “Disabling Conduct”). A determination that the Covered Person is entitled to indemnification may be made by (i) a final decision on the merits by a court or other body before whom the proceeding was brought that the person to be indemnified was not liable by reason of Disabling Conduct, (ii) dismissal of a court action or an administrative proceeding against a Covered Person for insufficiency
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  of evidence of Disabling Conduct, or (iii) a reasonable determination, based upon a review of the facts, that the Covered Person was not liable by reason of Disabling Conduct by (a) a vote of a majority of a quorum of Trustees who are neither “interested persons” of the Registrant as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act nor parties to the proceeding, or (b) an independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
Expenses, including accountants and counsel fees so incurred by any such Covered Person (but excluding amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines or penalties), may be paid from time to time from funds attributable to the Fund of the Registrant in question in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding, provided that the Covered Person shall have undertaken to repay the amounts so paid to the Fund of the Registrant in question if it is ultimately determined that indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under this Article VI and (i) the Covered Person shall have provided security for such undertaking, (ii) the Registrant shall be insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances, or (iii) a majority of a quorum of the disinterested Trustees who are not a party to the proceeding, or an independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall have determined, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to full trial-type inquiry), that there is reason to believe that the Covered Person ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.
As to any matter disposed of by a compromise payment by any such Covered Person pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise, no such indemnification either for said payment or for any other expenses shall be provided unless such indemnification shall be approved (a) by a majority of the disinterested Trustees who are not parties to the proceeding or (b) by an independent legal counsel in a written opinion. Approval by the Trustees pursuant to clause (a) or by independent legal counsel pursuant to clause (b) shall not prevent the recovery from any Covered Person of any amount paid to such Covered Person in accordance with any of such clauses as indemnification if such Covered Person is subsequently adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been liable to the Registrant or its shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such Covered Person’s office.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to trustees, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of the Trust or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, then the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by a controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 31.    Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser
Information pertaining to business and other connections of the Registrant’s investment adviser is hereby incorporated by reference to the section of the Prospectus captioned “Fund Management” and to the section of the SAI captioned “Trustees and Officers of the Trust.”
With respect to certain funds of the Registrant, AMCO currently engages the following subadvisers:
  (a) Wellington Management Company LLP (Wellington Management), located at 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, serves as a subadviser to the Science & Technology Fund, Small Cap Stock Fund, and International Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Wellington Management is incorporated herein by reference to Wellington Management’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (b) Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (Loomis Sayles), located at One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, serves as a subadviser to the Growth Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Loomis Sayles is incorporated herein by reference to Loomis Sayles’ current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (c) Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc. (BHMS), located at 2200 Ross Avenue, 31st Floor, Dallas, Texas 75201-2761, serves as a subadviser to the Growth & Income Fund and Value Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of BHMS is incorporated herein by reference to BHMS’ current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (d) QS Investors, LLC. (QS Investors), located at 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, serves as a subadviser to the Capital Growth Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of QS Investors is incorporated herein by reference to QS Investors’ current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
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  (e) Northern Trust Investments, N.A. (NTI), located at 50 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, serves as a subadviser to the Growth and Tax Strategy Fund, S&P 500 Index Fund, and Nasdaq-100 Index Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of NTI is incorporated herein by reference to NTI’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (f) MFS Investment Management (MFS), located at 111 Huntington, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, serves as a subadviser to the International Fund and World Growth Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of MFS is incorporated herein by reference to MFS’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC, and is incorporated herein by reference.
  (g) Renaissance Investment Management (Renaissance), located at 625 Eden Park Drive, Suite 1200, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, serves as a subadviser to the Growth Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Renaissance is incorporated herein by reference to Renaissance’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (h) Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. located at 640 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10019, serves as a subadviser to the Income Stock Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Epoch is incorporated herein by reference to Epoch’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (i) Granahan Investment Management, Inc., located at 404 Wyman St. Suite 270, Waltham MA 02451, serves as a subadviser to the Small Cap Stock Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Granahan is incorporated herein by reference to Granahan’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (j) Cambiar Investors, LLC, located at 2401 East Second Avenue, Denver, CO 80206, serves as a subadviser to the Small Cap Stock Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Cambiar is incorporated herein by reference to Cambiar’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (k) Lazard Asset Management, located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112-6300, serves as a subadviser to the Emerging Markets Fund and International Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Lazard is incorporated herein by reference to Lazard’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (l) Victory Capital Management, Inc., located at 4900 Tiederman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144, serves as a subadviser to the Emerging Markets Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of Victory is incorporated herein by reference to Victory’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (m) Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., located at 11988 El Camino Real, San Diego, California 92130, serves as a subadviser to the Emerging Markets Fund. The information required by this Item 26 with respect to each director and officer of Brandes is incorporated herein by reference to Brandes’ current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
  (n) ClariVest Asset Management LLC located at 3611 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130, serves as a subadviser to the Small Cap Stock Fund. The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director and officer of ClariVest is incorporated herein by reference to ClariVest’s current Form ADV as amended and filed with the SEC.
Item 32.    Principal Underwriters
(a) USAA Investment Management Company (“IMCO”) acts as principal underwriter and distributor of the Registrant’s shares on a best-efforts basis and receives no fee or commission for its underwriting services.
(b) Following is information concerning directors and executive officers of IMCO.
   
Name and Principal   Business Address   Position and Offices
with Underwriter
  Position and Offices
with Fund
Daniel S. McNamara   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  Chairman of the Board of Directors   President, Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Brandon Carter   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  President and Director   None
Brooks Englehardt   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  Director   None
Diane Tobin   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  Assistant Vice President,
Chief Investment Officer
  None
Jon K. Hadfield   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  Secretary   Secretary
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Name and Principal   Business Address   Position and Offices
with Underwriter
  Position and Offices
with Fund
Seba P. Kurian   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  Assistant Secretary   None
Diana Dominquez   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  Senior Financial Officer, Treasurer   None
James D. Muir   9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78288
  Broker Dealer Compliance & Chief Compliance Officer   None
(c) Not Applicable
Item 33.    Location of Accounts and Records
The following entities prepare, maintain, and preserve the records required by Section 31(a) of the 1940 for the Registrant. These services are provided to the Registrant through written agreements between the parties to the effect that such services will be provided to the Registrant for such periods prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1940 Act and such records are the property of the entity required to maintain and preserve such records and will be surrendered promptly on request.
USAA Asset Management Company
9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, Texas 78288
Northern Trust Investments, N.A.
50 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
USAA Investment Management Company
9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, Texas 78288
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
USAA Shareholder Account Services
9800 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, Texas 78288
State Street Bank and Trust Company
1776 Heritage Drive
North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171
Wellington Management Company LLP
75 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Science & Technology Fund, Small Cap Stock Fund, and International Fund)
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Growth Fund)
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.
3232 McKinney Avenue
15th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75204-2429
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Growth & Income Fund and Value Fund)
QS Investors, LLC.
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Capital Growth Fund)
Northern Trust Investments, N.A.
50 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser to the Growth and Tax Strategy Fund, S&P 500 Index Fund, and Nasdaq-100 Index Fund)
MFS Investment Management
111 Huntington Avenue
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Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the International Fund and World Growth Fund)
Renaissance Investment Management
625 Eden Park Drive, Suite 1200
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Growth Fund)
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
640 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10019
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Income Stock Fund)
Granahan Investment Management, Inc.
275 Wyman St. Suite 270
Waltham, MA 02451
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Small Cap Stock Fund)
Cambiar Investors, LLC
2401 East Second Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Small Cap Stock Fund)
Lazard Asset Management
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112-6300
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Emerging Markets Fund and International Fund)
Victory Capital Management, Inc.
4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, OH 44144
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Emerging Markets Fund)
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.
11988 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Emerging Markets Fund)
ClariVest Asset Management LLC
3611 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92130
(records relating to its functions as a subadviser with respect to the Small Cap Stock Fund)
Item 34.    Management Services
Not Applicable.
Item 35.    Undertakings
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the city of San Antonio, and state of Texas, on the 28th day of February, 2018.
USAA Mutual Funds Trust
By: *

Daniel S. McNamara
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.
(Signature)   (Title)   (Date)
*
Robert L. Mason
  Chairman of the Board of Trustees    
*
Daniel S. McNamara
  Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President (Principal Executive Officer)    
*
Roberto Galindo, Jr.
  Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
*
Dawn M. Hawley
  Trustee    
*
Jefferson C. Boyce
  Trustee    
*
Paul L. McNamara
  Trustee    
*
Richard Y. Newton III
  Trustee    
*
Barbara B. Ostdiek
  Trustee    
*
Michael F. Reimherr
  Trustee    
*By : /S/ KRISTEN MILLAN

* Kristen Millan, under the Powers of Attorney dated September 22, 2017, incorporated herein and filed under Post Effective Amendment No. 145, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2017.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit   Item
d (xliii)   Amendment No. 7 dated December 1, 2017, to Investment Advisory Agreement between USAA Mutual Funds Trust and AMCO dated August 1, 2006
d (xliv)   Amendment No. 1 dated December 1, 2017, to Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Cambiar dated July 11, 2012
d (xlv)   Investment Subadvisory Agreement between AMCO and Mellon Capital dated September 25, 2017
g (xvi)   Letter Agreement dated August 11, 2017, amending Amended and Restated Custodian Agreement dated July 31, 2006, to add Extended Market Index Fund
h (xxxiii)   Amendment No. 4 dated February 23, 2018, to Administration and Servicing Agreement dated August 1, 2001, to add Extended Market Index Fund
h (xxxiv)   Amendment No. 1 dated February 23, 2018, to Management Agreement dated August 1, 2006, to add Extended Market Index Fund
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