(2) Nuance Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive its management fees and pay Fund expenses, in order to ensure that Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding any front-end or contingent deferred loads, AFFE, leverage/borrowing, expenses paid with securities
lending expense offset credits, interest, interest expense, dividends paid on short sales, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) do not
exceed 1.20% of the average daily net assets of the Investor Class, 0.95% of the average daily net assets of the Institutional Class and 0.80% of the
average daily net assets of the Z Class. Fees waived and expenses paid by the Adviser may be recouped by the Adviser for a period of 36 months
following the month during which such fee waiver and expense payment was made, if such recoupment can be achieved without exceeding the expense
limit in effect at the time the fee waiver and expense payment occurred and the expense limit in place at the time of recoupment. The Operating Expenses
Limitation Agreement is indefinite in term and cannot be terminated through at least August 28, 2027. Thereafter, the agreement may be terminated at
any time upon 60 days’ written notice by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) or the Adviser, with the consent of the Board.
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example
also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses
remain the same (taking into account the expense limitation for one year). You may be required to pay
brokerage commissions on your purchases and sales of Z Class shares of the Fund, which are not
reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions, your costs would be:
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns
over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 110% of the average value of
its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies that Nuance Investments, LLC (the
“Adviser”) believes are high quality, though temporarily out of favor. Under normal market
conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment
purposes) in securities issued by mid-capitalization companies. The Adviser defines mid-
capitalization companies as companies within the range of the capitalization of companies constituting
the Russell Midcap® Index. The Adviser intends to manage the Fund so that the average weighted
market capitalization of its portfolio (derived from FactSet and excluding short-term investments) falls
within the range of the smallest and largest members of the Russell Midcap® Index, as determined by
averaging the smallest and largest members’ month end market capitalization over the last 12 months.
As of June 30, 2026, the trailing twelve-month capitalization range of the Russell Midcap® Index was
between approximately $1.1 billion and $125.9 billion. The Fund’s investments may include preferred
or convertible preferred stocks. The Fund typically invests in a portfolio of 50 to 90 companies.
Although the Fund will invest primarily in companies organized or traded in the U.S., the Fund may
invest up to 15% of its assets in non-U.S. companies in countries that are classified as “developed” by
MSCI, Inc. (“MSCI”). Nuance utilizes FactSet’s country assignments for individual companies. As of
the date of this prospectus, the following countries were classified as “developed” by MSCI: Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United
Kingdom, and the United States.