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 32% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for
investment purposes) in common stocks of foreign companies across the market capitalization spectrum
(i.e., inclusive of small, medium and large capitalization companies), including sponsored and
unsponsored American Depositary Receipts or American Depositary Shares (ADRs and ADSs are
dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers traded in the U.S.). The Fund invests mainly in a
limited number of small, mid and large capitalization stocks of companies listed or traded on a national
securities exchange or on a national securities association, including foreign securities traded on a
national securities exchange or on a national securities association. The Fund considers a company to be
a small, mid or large capitalization company if it has a market capitalization, at the time of purchase,
within the capitalization range of the MSCI World All Cap Index as of the date it was last reconstituted.
The market capitalizations within the index vary, but as of August 31, 2026, they ranged from
approximately $504.29 million to $1.84 trillion.
In determining whether an investment is appropriate for inclusion in the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser
screens companies using quality and valuation measures such as long-term operating and gross margin,
return on invested capital and free cash flow. International companies that make it through the
Adviser’s initial quality and valuation measures are then subjected to intensive fundamental analysis to
determine whether a company has a competitive advantage in the marketplace and a sustainable
business model. In analyzing a company’s fundamentals, the Adviser utilizes, among other sources of
information, publicly available filings, third-party research materials, and industry research calls. In
addition, the Adviser may interact with company management though participation on earnings calls
and investor relations conferences.
In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser engages in fundamental analysis to identify high
quality durable businesses, with sustainable competitive advantages, pricing power, and a consistent,
sustainable record of strong returns on capital over a full business cycle. In addition, the Adviser
emphasizes quality and attempts to find sustainable competitive advantages, one stock at a time, with an
overall focus on positive risk/reward to protect capital in challenging markets while capturing most of
the upside return when stocks advance. The Adviser then applies its proprietary Private Market Value
(“PMV”) methodology to determine a company’s intrinsic value. The Adviser selects investments for
the Fund’s portfolio that generally can be purchased at a discount of 30% or more to the PMV. The
Adviser typically sells investments when they reach, or are close to reaching, the PMV, or due to a
change in the fundamentals of the security. From time to time, the Fund may also invest in real estate
investment trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may focus its investments in securities of companies in the same
economic sector.
Principal Risks
As with any mutual fund, there are risks to investing. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a
bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
governmental agency. In addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose all
or a portion of your investment in the Fund over short or even long periods of time. The principal
risks of investing in the Fund are: